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Melissa Ostrom

@melostrom.bsky.social

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Author. Potter. Mom. THE BELOVED WILD (Feiwel & Friends, 2018) & UNLEAVING (Feiwel & Friends, 2019) Rep’d by Faye Bender. melissaostrom.com

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 8h

Stacy! Thank you!🥰🤗🤎💛🤎

Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 9h

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 15h

Aww, thank you so much!🥰🤗❤️

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 15h

Oh, my goodness, I use mine for salsa and guacamole! But any dip or condiment combo would work!!❤️❤️

Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

Still on my caddy kick. Here’s a new one in marbled brown and cream clay bodies. #pottery🤎💛

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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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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

“Writing has always been a way of understanding myself…”

Check out @charhamrick.bsky.social’s wonderful interview with @ronita.bsky.social!📚💚

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like writing the whimsical in your short fiction? Do you amuse your readers, or make them muse? If so, send me a story at Necessary Fiction! I'm guess editing this month: necessaryfiction.submittable.com/Submit

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

Eileen! Congratulations!🎉❤️

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

“If this isn’t Mary, what would be the alternative?”

Oh, I love this story by @anniejowrites.bsky.social. Check it out, friends!❤️

Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 7d

I have a new short story in the wonderful Terrazzo Editions today called “Maybe Mary” & I’d be thrilled if you give it a read. so grateful to amazing editor Gina Nutt. you can find her interview with me here too www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomag/...

title: Maybe Mary
author: Anna Vangala Jones

a mosaic pattern in blue, tan, and purple

title: Maybe Mary
author: Anna Vangala Jones

a mosaic pattern in blue, tan, and purple

quote from story: “She says she doesn’t want to talk about the disappearance. Anything but that is fine.”

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 16h

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Suzanne Frischkorn @suzfrischkorn.bsky.social · 5d

Happy to have a new poem in the gorgeous fall issue of North American Review! Many thanks to J.D Schraffenberger and the NAR team. This is a poem from a new manuscript I’ve been working on.
@northamerreview.bsky.social

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures