Damhnait Monaghan 🇨🇦🇮🇪
@downith.bsky.social
Writer|Namesplainer|2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist|2022 Winner Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer|2020 Winner Saboteur Best Novella| Agent: Hilary McMahon @ Westwood Creative Artists
www.damhnaitmonaghan.com
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Been a while! Moved to Canada (still unpacking) forgot my password, life stuff, etc, etc But… subbed two flash in the last month & shortlisted in the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize after a solid year of no, nope, nada #persist Commonwealth story below. If you read it, I hope you love it.
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My creative year has mostly been about exploring and experimenting in my sketchbooks. Over the summer I started to make my own collage papers, and I played around with different tools and materials. Its all kept me in a creative flow, even when life was challenging.
December 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My creative year has mostly been about exploring and experimenting in my sketchbooks. Over the summer I started to make my own collage papers, and I played around with different tools and materials. Its all kept me in a creative flow, even when life was challenging.
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Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/
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December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ready for the New Year, we have announced the 2026 NIF award shortlist.,Congrats to all the authors. Final results out end Jan. The longlist was also full of excellent novellas. Best wishes for all of them & to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/
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Am very excited to share that my new historical novella-in-flash ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press in 2026!
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December 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Am very excited to share that my new historical novella-in-flash ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press in 2026!
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Thank you to everyone who has subbed so far to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES! Our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social are busy reading away! You have till 15 Feb to submit your flash. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who has subbed so far to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES! Our editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social are busy reading away! You have till 15 Feb to submit your flash. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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Great to know you enjoyed Cancelling Scrooge. Thank you for reading and sharing @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @downith.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity
‘Should you be charged with DUI, the reputational damage to Santa Claus® would be catastrophic. The importance of brand protection cannot be over-stated.’
Something special from @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social on Christmas Eve 🎅
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Something special from @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social on Christmas Eve 🎅
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Cancelling Scrooge
by Damhnait Monaghan To: s.claus@northpole.comFrom: d.downer@grinchconsulting.com Re: Santa Claus® Review of Global Enterprises (“SCROOGE”) Sir, Attached is our preliminary report, with highlights …
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December 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Great to know you enjoyed Cancelling Scrooge. Thank you for reading and sharing @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @downith.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity
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I am still getting over this. Have been a P&W reader for over 30 years! Anyway, long live flash fiction!
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.
December 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am still getting over this. Have been a P&W reader for over 30 years! Anyway, long live flash fiction!
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
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‘Should you be charged with DUI, the reputational damage to Santa Claus® would be catastrophic. The importance of brand protection cannot be over-stated.’
Something special from @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social on Christmas Eve 🎅
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Something special from @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social on Christmas Eve 🎅
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Cancelling Scrooge
by Damhnait Monaghan To: s.claus@northpole.comFrom: d.downer@grinchconsulting.com Re: Santa Claus® Review of Global Enterprises (“SCROOGE”) Sir, Attached is our preliminary report, with highlights …
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December 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
‘Should you be charged with DUI, the reputational damage to Santa Claus® would be catastrophic. The importance of brand protection cannot be over-stated.’
Something special from @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social on Christmas Eve 🎅
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Something special from @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social on Christmas Eve 🎅
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Flash prompts to close out the year from the ever generous @kathyfish.bsky.social 👏👏👏😍
Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
With Gratitude: Fifteen Prompts to Get Us Through the Rest of (Another) Tired, Old Year
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Flash prompts to close out the year from the ever generous @kathyfish.bsky.social 👏👏👏😍
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From Susan Cooper's The Shortest Day, a poem of the winter solstice:
"They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
and hope for peace."
That's really everything, isn't is. Not just today, but in life. Everything else either feeds into or draws away from them
"They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
and hope for peace."
That's really everything, isn't is. Not just today, but in life. Everything else either feeds into or draws away from them
December 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
From Susan Cooper's The Shortest Day, a poem of the winter solstice:
"They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
and hope for peace."
That's really everything, isn't is. Not just today, but in life. Everything else either feeds into or draws away from them
"They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
and hope for peace."
That's really everything, isn't is. Not just today, but in life. Everything else either feeds into or draws away from them
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Okay this may be my favourite christmas story, its brilliant @downith.bsky.social, i loved it, so funny.
"Your BMI is concerning. We recommend you consume healthy snacks while airborne..." Cancelling Scrooge by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/12/14/c...
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Okay this may be my favourite christmas story, its brilliant @downith.bsky.social, i loved it, so funny.
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The perfect read before #Christmas 🥰
"Your BMI is concerning. We recommend you consume healthy snacks while airborne..." Cancelling Scrooge by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/12/14/c...
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The perfect read before #Christmas 🥰
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Festive flash fun at its finest. @downith.bsky.social
"Your BMI is concerning. We recommend you consume healthy snacks while airborne..." Cancelling Scrooge by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/12/14/c...
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Festive flash fun at its finest. @downith.bsky.social
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ICYMI
In the first of this season’s interviews, NFFD’s Diane Simmons talks to anthology editor Sharon Telfer @sharontelfer.bsky.social about writing from the heart, taking risks & much more: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
ICYMI
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Love this so much! 💗
December 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Love this so much! 💗
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Just had some very exciting writing news!!!
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December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Just had some very exciting writing news!!!
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We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction and #microfiction #callforsubmissions Please click on the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction and #microfiction #callforsubmissions Please click on the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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It's gives us great pleasure to nominate Miss Sunkissed 1962 by @mariegethins.bsky.social for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance...please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's gives us great pleasure to nominate Miss Sunkissed 1962 by @mariegethins.bsky.social for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance...please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...
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Treat yourself to some fesive humour. ⬇️
"Your BMI is concerning. We recommend you consume healthy snacks while airborne..." Cancelling Scrooge by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/12/14/c...
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Treat yourself to some fesive humour. ⬇️
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"As for safety concerns around alcohol, the reindeer operate the sleigh, not me. And they’re teetotal."
Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Cancelling Scrooge
by Damhnait Monaghan To: s.claus@northpole.comFrom: d.downer@grinchconsulting.com Re: Santa Claus® Review of Global Enterprises (“SCROOGE”) Sir, Attached is our preliminary report, with highlights …
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December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"As for safety concerns around alcohol, the reindeer operate the sleigh, not me. And they’re teetotal."
Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Our early bird discounts close today. 1 entry £7.50. 2 entries £12.00. Buy now via PayPal. Save receipt & send stories up to 300 words by 1st Feb. £1460 in prizes. Results out end of Feb. Anthology.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Our early bird discounts close today. 1 entry £7.50. 2 entries £12.00. Buy now via PayPal. Save receipt & send stories up to 300 words by 1st Feb. £1460 in prizes. Results out end of Feb. Anthology.
Bathflashfictionaward.com
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My festive flash is up today at Fictive Dream! I HO HO HOpe it makes you smile. 🎅🎅🎅
"Your BMI is concerning. We recommend you consume healthy snacks while airborne..." Cancelling Scrooge by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/12/14/c...
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My festive flash is up today at Fictive Dream! I HO HO HOpe it makes you smile. 🎅🎅🎅
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Sherry's Shorts🎄show is here! Listen to tales of births, non-standard Xmas lights, a rowdy family meal & Winter Solstice reflection. Thanks @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @catherineogston.bsky.social Fiona Black, Mary Spence & reader @churchofben.bsky.social for these gems bit.ly/48SeACb
December 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Ho! Ho! Ho! Sherry's Shorts🎄show is here! Listen to tales of births, non-standard Xmas lights, a rowdy family meal & Winter Solstice reflection. Thanks @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @catherineogston.bsky.social Fiona Black, Mary Spence & reader @churchofben.bsky.social for these gems bit.ly/48SeACb
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📣Calling writers: Gladstone’s Library is offering one funded place on The Six-Month Writing Course with @kitdewaal.com. For writers who would benefit from the course but may otherwise be unable to access it. We especially welcome those who feel marginalised within the industry.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣Calling writers: Gladstone’s Library is offering one funded place on The Six-Month Writing Course with @kitdewaal.com. For writers who would benefit from the course but may otherwise be unable to access it. We especially welcome those who feel marginalised within the industry.
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Excited as a kid on Christmas Eve to be published again by Fictive Dream! 🎅🎄
It's a great pleasure to welcome back Damhnait Monaghan with her fabulous Christmas story, Cancelling Scrooge, out tomorrow @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Excited as a kid on Christmas Eve to be published again by Fictive Dream! 🎅🎄