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Marie-louise McGuinness
@mlmcguinness.bsky.social
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Irish writer with words @ Fictive Dream, Banshee, Splonk, Bending Genres, Flash Frog, The Forge, Milk Candy Review, Gone Lawn, 2x Pushcart nominated, LL Bath Short Story Award, Best Microfictions 2025, forthcoming BBC Radio 4, Co.Founder: The Pride Roars
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · 7d
"Debby told Anna not to worry; neither of them would get it, because both of them were bilingual and spoke two languages daily."

Read "The Funeral" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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The Funeral — Ghost Parachute
They’d exchanged many pretend-smile hellos, you-again waves, don’t-like-you-much nods every time they’d come across each other in the past. But when they met at the funeral, Anna was not pleased as De...
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 12d
"Today's must-haves are nothing more than tomorrow's junk."

Read "Dear Society; A Collective Roar" An exquisite corpse up now at The Pride Roars!

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Dear Society / Collective Roar
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 13d
An exquisite corpse - where each contributor sent their last line to the next writer as a prompt - that turned into an exquisite rant. Coming tomorrow!
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Sep 6
The Pride is back! Please read this fabulous piece by the fabulous @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · Sep 6
"you’ve had a bad hair day all your life. Not straight, not curly, not sure what to be, pathetically insecure"

Read "The Collateral Haircut" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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The Collateral Haircut / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Aug 4
Huge congratulations Claudia, so well deserved!
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Aug 3
Yesterday I was honoured to take part in the virtual book launch for Best Microfictions 25. Check out the Facebook page for cool readings from some of the amazing Best Microfictions winners (and me) and maybe grab a copy!!!

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Best Microfiction 2025 Book Launch Celebration!
Party event by Pelekinesis and 2 others on Saturday, August 2 202523 posts in the discussion.
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Jul 24
My little piece "Stone Mother's Lament" and all the nominated stories are available to read at The Pride Roars

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · Jul 18
“He whispers messages to them inside his head, things like — I'm here now and I'm ready to go.”

“When he climbs into his bed on a Friday the boy knows what it is like to be happy.”

@mlmcguinness.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mari...
Marie-Louise McGuinness — Does It Have Pockets
To Where The Boy Belongs
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Jul 18
Thank you for reading and sharing, Pat!
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 12
Too many amazing presenters to name, but we've got great sessions from @kitdewaal.com @desperatelit.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social & so many more.
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 12
Our latest newsletter is out, featuring our big Annual Salon Programme reveal!✨

Check out the speakers, panels, workshops and events we have booked over the 3-day event

PLUS a day of eating, touring and otherwise flaneuring around Brussels🧇

There are still 9 places left—join us!
Take a peek inside our Annual Salon Programme
See what's happening in Brussels and around Europe...
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Jul 7
Icymi
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Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · Jul 7
"The boy wonders if he will someday levitate. He thinks he’d like that as long as he could float out of here."
Capturing the otherworldly detachment of adolescence, @mlmcguinness.bsky.social takes us away | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mari... #fiction

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Jul 7
Thank you Christine!
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Jul 1
The July issue of "Does it have Pockets" is out and I'm so pleased to have a little story included! @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

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Marie-Louise McGuinness — Does It Have Pockets
To Where The Boy Belongs
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · Jun 25
I'm going to grab my tissues and read!!!
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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · Jun 25
Raw Lit - Issue 7 - is live!
Editor - François Bereaud @fbereaud.bsky.social
Cover: Katharine Weinmann
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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · Jun 16
We updated our guidelines (basically, they're the same, but the important stuff is bigger/bolder now)
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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · Jun 12
Call to artists - submission call closing on the 15th of June
for guidelines & submission form:
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Themes/Imagery cactus - bread - oil lamp - train station - donut - girl/woman - moth - mother - classroom/school - puzzle - cooking - empty road
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · Jun 10
"Contains: hydrogenated and/or liquid canola oil farmed for generations in Saskatchewan, may contain palm oil not the black gold that built skyscrapers in Alberta"

Read "The Family Margarine Tub" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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The Family Margarine Tub / T.L. Tomljanovic
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · Jun 1
"She would never get frightened by the storm, an earthquake, or the dog’s bark, would never enjoy the birds’ song as they welcomed dawn, or fall asleep to a lullaby"

Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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Still Life Pain-ting — Ghost Parachute
It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony. She had stopped asking questions. There were no answers to be had. There was no why, and no ...
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · Jun 1
"It places its limbs upon my bough and lays across my bark. Lies, always lies, wielding machines to cut us down"

Read "Hunger Three Ways" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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Hunger Three Ways — Ghost Parachute
Blood The wolf howls into the night, adrenaline and cortisol in my blood increases. I’ll taste of fear. He must enjoy that bitter sweet meat. But in front of me there is a tree, glorious in the moonli...
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · May 29
Thank you!
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · May 29
Thank you!
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · May 29
Thank you!
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Marie-louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social · May 23
I still can't believe I've had a story chosen for Best Microfictions, a dream come true!
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · May 20
"The chances are high that, unless you have it, you've probably never heard of aphantasia"

Read "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind / Hilary Ayshford
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The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · May 19
“We want Lennon here, but—” The words safe spaces and inclusivity buzz like bees into ear wax"

Read 3 micros from @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social

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Other Moms... by T.L. Tomljanovic | The Woolf
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