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Claudia Monpere
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
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San Francisco Bay Area writer and educator. Flash fiction and cnf in SmokeLong, Bending Genres, Atlas and Alice, The Forge, Ghost Parachute, Craft & elsewhere.Poetry in journals such as New Ohio Review, Plume, Hunger Mountain and Cincinnati R. (she/her)
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7
Really looking forward to my "Story Shapes" workshop in October where I'm going to get writers writing Cinderella narratives against the clock and crafting stories across different sized bits of paper.

7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.

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Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Story Shapes. Pyramids, Fishes, Spirals and Trees. Online workshop on creating story structure and emotional build.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 10d
"When you en garde your business card and ask me for mine, my feet have already turned into a bitter, hard-shelled pointed end plate, a telson at the end secreting musky and glandular." Love this winning story @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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ICYMI @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social annual writing award winner by the wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

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The Undulating Movement Of The Predatory Arthropod At The 10-Year College Reunion - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo be Pexels.com: Cottonbro by Sumitra Singam When you walk into the reunion with your husband like a phalanx and your apple-pie-posed photos of your 2.3 kids and dog like armour, I kick my heels o...
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 10d
Amazing story, Sumitra! Congratulations!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 16d
Dawn! How did I miss this. Gorgeous and so imaginative. And heartbreaking. Many thanks.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 16d
Stunning! So much conveyed in this micro. Thank you, Sharon.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 16d
Oh Sharon, what a heartbreak. And beautifully written. I look forward to teaching this. Many thanks.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Tim! What an amazing story. The insects finally have their say. love it. Definitely teaching this. Thanks so much.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Tim, I love the playfulness and imagination in this. Tea with bourbon and maple syrup sounds like just the thing when the ocean's overflowing. Many thanks!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Oh, this is so powerful, Kleopatra. And so sad. Many thanks!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
I laughed and teared up at this amazing climate fiction story @angiemccullagh.bsky.social
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Angie McCullagh @angiemccullagh.bsky.social · 19d
:) Hope you don't mind me plugging my own work. Still proud of this one. www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/245...
Green Freak
He has developed a shorthand response to my entreaties: Landfill, he hisses, and he walks away.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Wow, Angie. What an amazing story. Unforgettable. It had me laughing and tearing up all at once. Yes, be proud of this one! Many thanks.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Melissa, this is gorgeous. I love the images. I, too, am comforted by birds. We find hope wherever we can--so we can get out of bed each day! Many thanks.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Kara! This is stunning. And tragic. Thank you so much.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18d
Thanks! Love the title.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
The years of fat water-- what a stunning phrase. This is perfect for my class, Myna. Thank you!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
Kathryn! What a heartbreaking micro. Thank you.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
This is perfect! So chilling. Thank you.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
Got it! Thank you!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
It's terrific! Thank you, Eric. And Sumitra!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
Abby! omg I never thought climate fiction would make me laugh. I love the black humor. Thank you!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
Oh Didi, what a tragic gem of a story. Thank you!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 19d
This is perfect. Thank you!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 20d
I love it. Thank you, Sarah!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 20d
I'd be grateful if you can send links for flash stories where climate change plays a role. I'd like my students to write these kinds of stories for an assignment, but I don't have many models. Thanks!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 20d
"The python flicks its tongue, unhinges its jaw, keen to swallow the charmer, who darts away with a phew!" Love this joyful, lyrical collaboration b/w Kathryn Silver-Hajo and Mikki Aronoff @fictivedream.bsky.social
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Everyone’s Hangry at the Celestial Hurly Burly
by Mikki Aronoff and Kathryn Silver-Hajo             — inspired by the painting, Good and Evil, an Abstraction, by Jewad Selim …
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