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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 1d

So pleased you enjoyed it, and thank you for reading @sagreene1.bsky.social‬

S A Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. The ending is perfection.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI today we're featuring The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit by Helen Harradine #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/06/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d

"I try to blend in but everything prickles with judgement and I want to escape." The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit by Helen Harradine #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/06/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

Great to know you enjoyed Divine Intervention, Emily. Thank you so much for reading and sharing @emilyrinkema.bsky.social‬
@jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, @jennystalter.bsky.social, amazing story! That ending is so brutal and so good!

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

So pleased you enjoyed Divine Intervention, Linda. Thank you so much for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social‬
@jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction

Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 3d

"the susurrus, I know the word susurrus ’cause that was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire this week, so anyway I remember the susurrus..." Wow. I'm just knocked back in my seat this morning by @jennystalter.bsky.social , whose story is now out in @fictivedream.bsky.social .

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

Thrilled to be featuring your story today, Jenny. It's terrific and thank you for sending it our way @jennystalter.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #flashfiction

Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social · 3d

So excited to share my new story out today in @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thanks to editor Laura Black for selecting this story, and thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social for their workshop where this was born!🍂 🍁 🍂

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

I'm delighted you enjoyed Divine Intervention, Dan. Thank you for reading and sharing @danbillyc.bsky.social‬ @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction

Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 3d

"Anyway, I remember walking home after getting my beer, the leaves crunching under my feet, all the colors, the susurrus,...."

My lord, what a brilliant story! Those last lines, wow! By @jennystalter.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI today we're featuring Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI today we're featuring Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

It's a great pleasure to welcome Helen Harradine with her micro The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit, out tomorrow #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 3d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 4d

We're delighted to welcome Jenny Stalter with her story Divine Intervention, out tomorrow @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring The View from Enceladus by Lindsay Hill #shortstory #fiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/03/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 5d

"Enceladus is covered in ice, the way he was covered in ice by the time their marriage ended with her death." The View from Enceladus by Lindsay Hill #shortstory #fiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/03/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 6d

It's a pleasure to welcome back Lindsay Hill with his #shortstory The View from Enceladus, out tomorrow #fiction #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

So pleased you enjoyed Shedding, Kathryn. Thank you for reading and sharing @kathrynreese.bsky.social‬ @emmikhor.bsky.social #MicroMonday #microfiction

Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · 8d

“Yours has become a musty coat, child, rumpled and moulding. It needs to breathe,”

Love this sensuous transformation story by @emmikhor.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social !

PS go yeah nah crew!

Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote a teensy thing 🥹
Thanks @fictivedream.bsky.social for taking it in and the Yeah Nah team hosted by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the feedback that helped make this little piece 💖

#microfiction #speculative #flashfiction #specfic #literary #litfic #writesky

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

Further thanks for our September #fictions: Mikki Aronoff @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social Imogen Rae @ckrich.bsky.social @ajmillernow.bsky.social Niamh Wood Elizabeth Hashimura @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social and @emmikhor.bsky.social. Please click on the link to enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

It's been another month of terrific #fiction and our thanks go to @lisaferranti.bsky.social @polyscribe70.bsky.social Emma Llewelyn @dawnsteffler.bsky.social Sandra Arnold and @louellalester.bsky.social (more to follow). Please. click on the link to read their fine #stories fictivedream.com/2025/09/

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

Totally! So pleased you enjoyed Shedding and thank you for reading @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social‬ @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 9d

This is a stunner! Love it @emmikhor.bsky.social 🎉🎉

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

"The old coat is gone, shed for something entirely new." Shedding by Emmi Khor @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/29/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to know you enjoyed Shedding, Sumitra. Thank you for reading and sharing @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats @emmikhor.bsky.social for landing this amazing story with @fictivedream.bsky.social! "On a bus one day, she sits next to an ancient bundle of gathered contours. "
Want to hang with awesome writers? Come along to Yeah Nah this Thurs 7pm Melb time. Deets: bsky.app/profile/pleo...

Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote a teensy thing 🥹
Thanks @fictivedream.bsky.social for taking it in and the Yeah Nah team hosted by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the feedback that helped make this little piece 💖

#microfiction #speculative #flashfiction #specfic #literary #litfic #writesky

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI today from #MicroMonday we thrilled to be feat. Shedding by Emmi Khor @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/29/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

A great pleasure, Emmi, and thank you again @emmikhor.bsky.social‬

Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks so much for giving this little piece a home 🥹

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

Thrilled to be featuring Shedding today, Emmi, and thank you for sending it our way @emmikhor.bsky.social‬ @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social #MicroMonday #microfiction

Emmi Khor - Writer @emmikhor.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote a teensy thing 🥹
Thanks @fictivedream.bsky.social for taking it in and the Yeah Nah team hosted by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the feedback that helped make this little piece 💖

#microfiction #speculative #flashfiction #specfic #literary #litfic #writesky

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

"The old coat is gone, shed for something entirely new." Shedding by Emmi Khor @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/29/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 9d

"The old coat is gone, shed for something entirely new." Shedding by Emmi Khor @emmikhor.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/29/m...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10d

ICYMI today's story is Smudged Reflections by Liz deBeer @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/28/s...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10d

Looking forward to it, Liz. Thank you @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity

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