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r3dai.bsky.social
Got a 3 parter in the works. Gonna use them for the streak 💪

#writing #dailywriting #shortstory #ocstory #snipfic #redsturningstone
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
martinmarriott.bsky.social
I’m terrible at self-promotion (aren’t most writers?), but I’m sharing a short story set in my fantasy world on the continent of Tollow.

The Ibril

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#fantasy #fiction #shortstory #darkfantasy #amreading #kindleunlimited
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
aarondavid50.bsky.social
I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent’. aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny
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January 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM
gabelucatero.bsky.social
The Ghost Lover. Available on Amazon. #fiction #shortstory #scary #ghost

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January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
ericstevensauthor.bsky.social
An unexpected delivery in PACKAGE FOR YOU! Subscribe at patreon.com/ericstevensauthor for new monthly Gay Erotic tales.
#Package #readers #patreon #queer #shortstory
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
ingridver.bsky.social
I have a meteoroid in my throat

#drawing #shortstory #meteor
#voice
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
lucyfelthouse.bsky.social
A murder mystery weekend turns into something altogether more sinister. Weekend at Wilderhope Manor: books2read.com/wawm #lesbian #lesfic #IARTG #LPRTG #SSRTG #lovestory #oneclick #shortstory #bookworm #audio #halloween
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
inventingreality.bsky.social
Beware of marketing scammers targeting writers
#bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations that make it seem the sender (always with a Gmail address, always presenting as a marketing or PR expert) has really read the book,Read More
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January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
inventingreality.bsky.social
Warning: “Film” scammers targeting writers
#bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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They're (NOT) Gonna Put You in the Movies: Book-to-Film Scams
Book-to-film scams naming streaming services like Netflix are a new variation on the old Hollywood writing scams. Beware!
annerallen.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
storyshack.bsky.social
The Game by Carla Dow (art by Joe Zabel): thestoryshack.com/flash-fictio... #flashfiction #ShortStory
The Game | Flash fiction by Carla Dow
Discover Carla Dow's 'The Game' on Story Shack ✓ Illustrated flash fiction ✓ Art by Joe Zabel.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
karenlykkebo.com
Grab your spooky read 🖤

Five short stories of the eerie, tragic, and macabre ⏳💀
One novelette of dark waves and folkloric vibes 🌊🖤
Five creepy tales from the garden 🤎🪱

Ebook from 99c and available on paperback!

Find them here: https://www.karenlykkebo.com/shortstory
Cover of Now and the hour of Death. Skull with a finger in front of its teeth as if shoosing someone. Cover of Drowned Hearts. Hands reaching up to the surface. A faint outline of an anatomical heart in background. Surrounded by white flowers. Dirt you shall become. Trowel and pink peony. Text: Spooky short stories. Eerie, tragic, dark short stories waiting to give you goosebumps.
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 PM
dreadunderarm.bsky.social
Get a glimpse of what’s coming!

Read "War and War", my Azhar Prize-winning short story that takes place in the world of CLINGING TO THE STONES. #ShortStory #Fantasy
#amqyerying #ClingingToTheStones

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War and War
Winner of the 2025 Azhar Writing Prize — A foreign correspondent confronts devastation and violence before crossing a line of no return.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:35 PM
cjpayling.bsky.social
I did it!

...500 words of drivel, but I did it...

But who did I team up with? I hear you ask.
You'll just have to find out later.

#NotQuiteWritePrize
#Writer #WritingCompetition
#WriterSky #WritingCommunity
#WritingPrompts #WritersLife #WritersofBluesky
#ShortStory #FlashFiction
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 PM
smuttyreads.bsky.social
Away With the Fairies 🔞
I only wanted a walk in the woods. The dryad wanted a sex slave
A new #darkromance #faefiction #shortstory 🌶️📚
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January 24, 2026 at 12:12 PM
fictivedream.bsky.social
We're thrilled to welcome back Scott Bolendz with his #shortstory Stone Age, out tomorrow #flashfiction #readingcommunity #literarycommunity.
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
storyshack.bsky.social
"The Daughter of the Gold-Rich King" by Laura Beasley (art by Terri Kelleher): thestoryshack.com/flash-fictio... #flashfiction #ShortStory
The Daughter of the Gold-Rich King | Flash fiction by Laura Beasley
Discover Laura Beasley's 'The Daughter of the Gold-Rich King' on Story Shack ✓ Illustrated flash fiction ✓ Art by Terri Kelleher.
thestoryshack.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 AM
ruby-forensics.bsky.social
The vanishing sparkly thing

Ruby sighed the sigh of a cat who had seen too much of the world and too little tuna.
“Gone,” she repeated. “Or misplaced?”

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#CatCrimes #PetDetectiveRuby #RubyTheCat #RubyForensics #ThanosKalamidas #ShortStory
The vanishing sparkly thing
Ruby had always known this day would come.Not the day of reckoning, exactly, but the day when crime would finally slither out from under the sofa and knock over a fish tank ornament in broad daylig…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
thanoska.bsky.social
Shadows among the ferns

The air hung thick with humidity, clinging to their skin like a second layer.

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#RaptorTribes #Dinosaurs #Adventure #Action #paleontology #Fiction #ThanosKalamidas #ShortStory
Shadows among the ferns
The air hung thick with humidity, clinging to their skin like a second layer. Edna Sullivan wiped sweat from her brow as she scanned the undulating canopy above. Somewhere beyond the dense ferns, t…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:50 AM
thanoska.bsky.social
The last cup

The andron of Philokrates’ house glittered with lamplight, bronze kraters brimming with wine, the smell of roasted lamb and garlic heavy in the air.

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#Athens #AncientGreece #Fiction #HistoricalFiction #Crime #Mystery #ShortStory
Athenian arbiter – The last cup
The andron of Philokrates’ house glittered with lamplight, bronze kraters brimming with wine, the smell of roasted lamb and garlic heavy in the air. Outside, the cicadas still droned though dusk ha…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:48 AM
thanoska.bsky.social
Blood on the Dynamite

The sun hung low over the broken horizon, painting the wasteland in shades of rust and fire.

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#Fiction #Crime #Mystery #PostApocalyptic #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Western #SciFiWestern #ShortStory #ThanosKalamidas
Hollow bounty – Blood on the Dynamite
The sun hung low over the broken horizon, painting the wasteland in shades of rust and fire. Ikkols Conner leaned against the splintered porch of the Last Chance Saloon, his duster worn thin by yea…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
lucyfelthouse.bsky.social
Can another dance help them forget the pain of the past? Another Dance - a sweet Sapphic romance short story: books2read.com/anotherdance #lesfic #lesbian #romance #bookboost #indieauthor #IARTG #ASMSG #lovestory #oneclick #shortstory #bookworm
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 AM
infinisomnia.org
Detective Dian is tasked with retrieving a briefcase. The job goes smoothly. Maybe too smoothly?

No plans for the weekend? Enjoy the 6th #ShortNovel of #Infinisomnia. Out now, free to read, #CreativeCommons.

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#Infinisomnia6 #novelette #shortstory #booksky #fiction
Tapas in València
Dian is a detective. His mission: Bring a suitcase with important documents into the country. An easy case, it seems. Until Dian realizes that absolutely nothing about this assignment is right.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:35 AM
lucidillusions.in
I have two fun stories one mentioning hamster and another mentioning chinchilla. Opting for the trifecta of smol mammal, bird and fish to share with #Critterary

It's a funny, short story (under 600 words): ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2...

#WritingPrompt #WriteSky #Ghost #Spooky #FlashFiction
The air shimmered, and a spectral golden hamster named Sir Reginald appeared, already running tirelessly on an invisible wheel. Next came Barnaby, a glowing one-legged Parakeet who could only fly in a tight, confused circle. Finally, there was the silent, perpetually surprised ghost of a Goldfish named Finn, who simply circled Elmer's exasperated head like a tiny, luminous halo of shame. Elmer buried his face in his spectral hands. His army was less an instrument of doom and more a very depressing parade float. Elmer let out a long sigh as he saw Barnaby fly through Sir Reginald’s wheel, causing a tiny, pathetic spectral short circuit. a small ghost, screaming at a roomba, and the sound coming out is BEEP! BEEP! you can see the walls and floor. on one of the wall the name of the story is written. The Phantom Ankle-Biter's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Haunting.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 AM
smuttyreads.bsky.social
Punished at the Office 🔞
Holly gets a spanking after her job interview goes badly wrong
A #Spicy #Sapphic #Spanking #ShortStory free on #KindleUnlimited
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image: book cover Text: Holly arrives late and flustered for a job interview. Then her misguided answers turn a setback into a disaster. She says she will do anything for the chance of a job, but is she prepared for what her new boss has in mind?
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
Woohoo, I've written my first draft for the #NotQuiteWritePrize. Spot on 500 words, but of course, there'll be lots of edits ... there always are! I just need to remember that the new submission deadline is 1 minute to midnight on Sunday (AEDT). 😉 #writer #writesky #writing #flashfiction #shortstory
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The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction has begun!

Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars in cash prizes & print publication!

There’s still time to enter... 👀
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 AM