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Barbara McVeigh
@barbaramcveigh.bsky.social
Writer, teacher-librarian, ESL advocate & cycling ambassador. SSAC completist. ❤️ my Brompton.

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Thought I’d give this crossword mini a go.
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Friday, Nov 14, 2025 — Apple News+ Crossword Mini
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November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
First snow
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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There's still time to sign up for my 1-hour #flashfiction #onlineclass with @flashfictioninst.bsky.social

Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts

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Tradition and Transition with Tara Campbell | Sunday, Nov. 9 | 11am PST/2pm EST - Flash Fiction Institute
Tap into the power of ritual and tradition for an hour, and come away with two flash starts that create new alternatives.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
From the Bookshelf
November 2025
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November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Our November issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-is...

Words:
NINA Y. MORAGON
HAL WRIGHT
@meliseliz.bsky.social
RACHEL EPHRAIM
MAGGIE LEVANTOVSKAYA
@mooninabucket.bsky.social
JENNY CHU
CAROL ROSE LITTLE

Cover art:
SUSAN POLLET
Volume 14, Issue 11
COVER ART BY SUSAN POLLET   FICTION CABBAGE SOUP WEEK BY NINA Y. MORAGON ONE OF GOD’S FAVORITES BY HAL WRIGHT CREEPS BY MELISSA BENTON BARKER THE NEED IN HER EYES BY RACHEL EPHRAIM   NONF…
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November 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Love this! From the title to that poignant beautifully landed ending... Congratulations @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 🎉
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Predicting a baseball’s path

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October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Artists in the neighbourhood
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Emerging proof that my neighborhood is getting a little spooky:
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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How I discovered I’m a ghost.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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WordLock
Daily puzzle with many solutions
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October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I will go to the mat for this song, but get a load of how insane this video was. This is why my generation is a mess - we saw this stuff every day and people just accepted it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDXi...
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Boo!
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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As always delighted to talk to my favorites @thecorlew.bsky.social and @bnothing.bsky.social

My starting 5 basketball team of monsters is my finest work
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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"When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms." ~ Mary Oliver
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Ice Floe is open for hybrid submissions on the theme Process/Marginalia/Otherworlds.

I'll be curating with EIC @rfredekenter.bsky.social🔥

Send your expansive visions. Hybrid = 2 mediums at least. Include an element of your PROCESS🙏

@icefloepress.bsky.social

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October 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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