Andrea Damic
@damicandrea.bsky.social
#artist / #author / #editor - @pictura.bsky.social. I spend many an hour fiddling around with my website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.
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My full debut collection of art, poetry and prose titled ‘All the Losses’ launches on 1st February 2026. It feels like a dream. To say I am over the moon would be an understatement 😊😅
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social 🙏
#debutcollection #writingcommunity
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social 🙏
#debutcollection #writingcommunity
*I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About the Butterflies*
So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!
So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!
*I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About the Butterflies*
So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!
damicandrea.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
*I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About the Butterflies*
So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!
So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!
My full debut collection of art, poetry and prose titled ‘All the Losses’ launches on 1st February 2026. It feels like a dream. To say I am over the moon would be an understatement 😊😅
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social 🙏
#debutcollection #writingcommunity
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social 🙏
#debutcollection #writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My full debut collection of art, poetry and prose titled ‘All the Losses’ launches on 1st February 2026. It feels like a dream. To say I am over the moon would be an understatement 😊😅
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social 🙏
#debutcollection #writingcommunity
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social 🙏
#debutcollection #writingcommunity
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social who’s fantastic story you can read here. Also, huge thanks to my daughter Lara and her collaboration on this mixed media artwork. Love you!
Read "In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death" written by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"So we agreed on lying in our beds, the sun just razoring through the blinds, soft shadows that often welcomed us..."
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"So we agreed on lying in our beds, the sun just razoring through the blinds, soft shadows that often welcomed us..."
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In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute
How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social who’s fantastic story you can read here. Also, huge thanks to my daughter Lara and her collaboration on this mixed media artwork. Love you!
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @sfreligh.bsky.social who’s amazing story you can read here
Read "The Way the Cookie Crumbles" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school."
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"Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school."
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The Way the Cookie Crumbles — Ghost Parachute
Sometimes Rita pretends to be sick so she can stay home from school. She and her mom watch television in the morning, talk shows where the hosts interview celebrities about their workout routines or t...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @sfreligh.bsky.social who’s amazing story you can read here
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social who’s beautiful story you can read here
Read "The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut" written by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet."
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"My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet."
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The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut — Ghost Parachute
My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet. That’s what my mother said the one time she met the four-year-old. I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother sn...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social who’s beautiful story you can read here
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social who’s story you can read here. 💐
Read "One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us" written by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her."
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"her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her."
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One Day, Pele Decides She Wants to Visit Us — Ghost Parachute
her lava coursing down our streets into our houses, like liquid gelatin, as we eat our cereal and go to school, swimming through her. We learn to breathe, to talk, to sing in her. Our mothers, our aun...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social who’s story you can read here. 💐
So thrilled with this nomination for my nonfiction piece ‘Another Version of Her’. Thank you Editors
, this means a great deal to me. Over the moon!
You can read it here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/andrea-d...
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees!
#writingcommunity #bestofthenet
, this means a great deal to me. Over the moon!
You can read it here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/andrea-d...
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees!
#writingcommunity #bestofthenet
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
So thrilled with this nomination for my nonfiction piece ‘Another Version of Her’. Thank you Editors
, this means a great deal to me. Over the moon!
You can read it here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/andrea-d...
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees!
#writingcommunity #bestofthenet
, this means a great deal to me. Over the moon!
You can read it here:
www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/andrea-d...
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees!
#writingcommunity #bestofthenet
Best of the Net nominations for 2026 for @pictura.bsky.social are now out. Huge thanks to our EIC Alicia Wright. This was no small feat!
Congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
We are always open and always free. Submit away: picturajournal.com/submit/
Congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
We are always open and always free. Submit away: picturajournal.com/submit/
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September 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Best of the Net nominations for 2026 for @pictura.bsky.social are now out. Huge thanks to our EIC Alicia Wright. This was no small feat!
Congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
We are always open and always free. Submit away: picturajournal.com/submit/
Congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
We are always open and always free. Submit away: picturajournal.com/submit/
*Best of the Net 2026 artwork nomination by Gone Lawn*
Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:
Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:
*Best of the Net 2026 artwork nomination by Gone Lawn*
Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:
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September 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
*Best of the Net 2026 artwork nomination by Gone Lawn*
Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:
Thank you Gone Lawn for nominating my visual art ‘Bountiful’ for Best of the Net 2026. Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees! Link to the website:
Reposted by Andrea Damic
Looking for a fiction editor to lead a team.
September 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Looking for a fiction editor to lead a team.
Thank you @gonelawn.bsky.social for my visual art Best of the Net 2026 nomination. It’s an honour 💐💐💐
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
Link to the hunter’s moon issue 57 where my artwork ‘Bountiful’ was on the cover is here:
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
#artcommunity #photography
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
Link to the hunter’s moon issue 57 where my artwork ‘Bountiful’ was on the cover is here:
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
#artcommunity #photography
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thank you @gonelawn.bsky.social for my visual art Best of the Net 2026 nomination. It’s an honour 💐💐💐
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
Link to the hunter’s moon issue 57 where my artwork ‘Bountiful’ was on the cover is here:
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
#artcommunity #photography
Heartfelt congratulations to all the nominees 🥰
Link to the hunter’s moon issue 57 where my artwork ‘Bountiful’ was on the cover is here:
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
#artcommunity #photography
*Remedios Varo – workshop with EIC Lorette C. Luzajic from ‘The Ekphrastic Review’*
Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching…
Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching…
*Remedios Varo – workshop with EIC Lorette C. Luzajic from ‘The Ekphrastic Review’*
Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching and writing, and I love Varo. I actually didn't know much about Varo until a couple of years back, but once I saw her paintings, I fell in love.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
*Remedios Varo – workshop with EIC Lorette C. Luzajic from ‘The Ekphrastic Review’*
Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching…
Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching…
*SmokeLong Quarterly - Micro Contest Winner*
*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen. This means a great deal to me.
*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen. This means a great deal to me.
*SmokeLong Quarterly – Micro Contest Winner*
*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen.I almost didn't enter as the story was not meant to be about Trump, and it needed to be at least loosely about a train wreck. I wrote about it metaphorically, alluding to what is going on.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
*SmokeLong Quarterly - Micro Contest Winner*
*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen. This means a great deal to me.
*** Yay! Over the moon for winning this micro contest. It's such an honour!*** Huge thanks to the SmokeLong team and EIC Christopher Allen. This means a great deal to me.
So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, and this time for @jacqdoyle.bsky.social amazing story ‘Ella’s Going Places’. The artwork is called “where do souls go?”.
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Read "Ella’s Going Places" written by @jacqdoyle.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"Ella was thrilled when the burly guy at the door beckoned them to the front of the line."
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"Ella was thrilled when the burly guy at the door beckoned them to the front of the line."
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Ella’s Going Places — Ghost Parachute
Was He an Actor? Ella was thrilled when the burly guy at the door beckoned them to the front of the line. Never mind that the club was dark and crowded when they got inside, and the first guy who boug...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, and this time for @jacqdoyle.bsky.social amazing story ‘Ella’s Going Places’. The artwork is called “where do souls go?”.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, for another amazing story, this time by Rebecca Tiger.
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#writingcommunity
Read "Crustacean" written by Rebecca Tiger and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"Camille won’t do it anymore. No more pulling the lobsters from the tank. She doesn’t want that kind of responsibility."
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"Camille won’t do it anymore. No more pulling the lobsters from the tank. She doesn’t want that kind of responsibility."
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Crustacean — Ghost Parachute
Camille won’t do it anymore. No more pulling the lobsters from the tank. She doesn’t want that kind of responsibility. If the wash-ashores from Connecticut and New York want to eat a creature that’s j...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, for another amazing story, this time by Rebecca Tiger.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, for this amazing story by @noraraywrites.bsky.social
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#writingcommunity
Read "Always Forever Friend" written by @noraraywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."
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"An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough."
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Always Forever Friend — Ghost Parachute
An old friend who stops talking to you for no reason can be a special friend, a lingering and recurring friend, especially when it’s your best friend. She bombards you with pictures of her meals prepa...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So happy to be a part of yet another Ghost Parachute’s journey. Thank you EIC @brettpribble.bsky.social for inviting me to create for this issue, for this amazing story by @noraraywrites.bsky.social
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Reposted by Andrea Damic
August 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social Barbara Leonhard, for the publication of my poem ‘The Way Nightmares Are Formed’. This means a great deal to me.
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#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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“The Way Nightmares Are Formed” by Andrea Damic
Photo by SHVETS production on Pexels.com the way your life changes foreverlike a timeless pendulumwavering from one extreme to another the way you get used to sleepless nights,unwashed hair and lac…
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August 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social Barbara Leonhard, for the publication of my poem ‘The Way Nightmares Are Formed’. This means a great deal to me.
masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/t...
#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
@pictura.bsky.social Pictura Journal Issue 4 (Aug 2025) is out now! Thank you to all contributors and our EIC Alicia Wright
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Hope you enjoy it! 🙃😌
You can read the full issue here: picturajournal.com
#writingcommunity
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Hope you enjoy it! 🙃😌
You can read the full issue here: picturajournal.com
#writingcommunity
August 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
@pictura.bsky.social Pictura Journal Issue 4 (Aug 2025) is out now! Thank you to all contributors and our EIC Alicia Wright
💐💐💐
Hope you enjoy it! 🙃😌
You can read the full issue here: picturajournal.com
#writingcommunity
💐💐💐
Hope you enjoy it! 🙃😌
You can read the full issue here: picturajournal.com
#writingcommunity
Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social Barbara Leonhard, for the publication of my poem ‘Lines in the Sand’. This means a great deal to me.
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#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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“Lines in the Sand” by Andrea Damic
Photo by Iurii Laimin on Pexels.com I think about the lines in the sand, madeeach time my parents took me to the beach.I think about the waves crashing on the shore andmy lines in the sand vanishin…
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July 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social Barbara Leonhard, for the publication of my poem ‘Lines in the Sand’. This means a great deal to me.
masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/l...
#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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#poetry #poems #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
After a long time a have a micro published, tiny 50 words story. Thank you Editor John McCaffrey and @vineleavespress.bsky.social (50 Give or Take). Looking forward to the print anthology as well. Thank you 😊
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#writingcommunity #microfiction
July 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
After a long time a have a micro published, tiny 50 words story. Thank you Editor John McCaffrey and @vineleavespress.bsky.social (50 Give or Take). Looking forward to the print anthology as well. Thank you 😊
#writingcommunity #microfiction
#writingcommunity #microfiction
Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing my artwork in June issue against this amazing story by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
Good to be back!
Good to be back!
Read "Daisy and Bear" written by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"They were first thrown together when Bear’s father and Daisy’s mother wed after their experiment in “wife swapping” resulted in the first two divorces."
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"They were first thrown together when Bear’s father and Daisy’s mother wed after their experiment in “wife swapping” resulted in the first two divorces."
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Daisy and Bear — Ghost Parachute
After their parents’ divorce, which was the second divorce, really, or third, depending on how you look at it, Daisy and Bear secretly meet up at the ill-lit Cat’s Meow Tavern at the edge of town. The...
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July 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing my artwork in June issue against this amazing story by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
Good to be back!
Good to be back!
Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social Happy to be back in Ghost Parachute with my artwork. Great story by @jekwriter.bsky.social
Read "Put a Hat on or You’ll Catch Your Death" written by @jekwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.
"You wonder where time has gone, if it’s all just an illusion."
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"You wonder where time has gone, if it’s all just an illusion."
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Put a Hat on or You’ll Catch Your Death — Ghost Parachute
“Daffodil,” you say to your ten-pound poodle, “are we crazy? If we get wet, will we actually melt?” You’re decked out in a weatherproof windbreaker and rain boots, an umbrella dangling from your wrist...
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July 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social Happy to be back in Ghost Parachute with my artwork. Great story by @jekwriter.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @rfpress.bsky.social for this flash fiction publication. So happy to be back! Woohoo 🥰
You can check the whole issue 86 here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
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You can check the whole issue 86 here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#flashfiction #writingcommunity
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"Most Intricate" by Andrea Damic
If only you could pretend you don’t care about the superficially courteous relationship with your in-laws who also pretend to have risen above the meddling games yet manage to shove their friendly opi...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Huge thanks to @rfpress.bsky.social for this flash fiction publication. So happy to be back! Woohoo 🥰
You can check the whole issue 86 here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#flashfiction #writingcommunity
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/most-in...
You can check the whole issue 86 here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#flashfiction #writingcommunity
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/most-in...
Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor, Barbara Harris Leonhard, for the publication of my poem 'Passage'. This is my first publication with Masticadores, and I am over the moon.
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“Passage” by Andrea Damic
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Images fade from your eyesyou’ve lost the sequence of eventsashen memories in a slushThe insecure fluttering of your strained breathas you try to recall the …
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June 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Heartfelt thanks to Masticadores USA Editor, Barbara Harris Leonhard, for the publication of my poem 'Passage'. This is my first publication with Masticadores, and I am over the moon.
masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/p...
masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/p...