Fictive Dream
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Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/
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"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
Wonderful word isn't it! Glad you enjoyed this gem, Matt. Thank you for reading and sharing @mattkendrick.bsky.social @kerryhp.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
"“Grockles” they call us here, meaning those of us from another place"
Wonderful sense of place and atmosphere in this little gem from @kerryhp.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
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Wonderful sense of place and atmosphere in this little gem from @kerryhp.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
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MicroMonday #16
Grockles by Kerry Hadley-Pryce Katy Perry is now officially an astronaut. The voice on the radio tells us this, and you repeat it and laugh. ‘Put that on your CV, Katy,’ you say. And you laugh agai…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wonderful word isn't it! Glad you enjoyed this gem, Matt. Thank you for reading and sharing @mattkendrick.bsky.social @kerryhp.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
Glad you enjoyed it, Mike, and thank you for reading. Very much appreciated @polyscribe70.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
Very finely written - thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Glad you enjoyed it, Mike, and thank you for reading. Very much appreciated @polyscribe70.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
Delighted to be featuring your micro today, Olga. Thank you for sending it our way @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
My Monday had been brightened by this! Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social #fkashfiction #microfiction #amwriting @ninearchespress.bsky.social
ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Delighted to be featuring your micro today, Olga. Thank you for sending it our way @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
ICYMI today we're featuring Layla by Louis Gallo #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/09/l...
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
ICYMI today we're featuring Layla by Louis Gallo #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/09/l...
"...I turn my head and there’s Layla lying in the street, the car zooming off, burning rubber..." Layla by Louis Gallo #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/09/l...
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"...I turn my head and there’s Layla lying in the street, the car zooming off, burning rubber..." Layla by Louis Gallo #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/09/l...
Great to know you enjoyed Love (a journey), Patricia. Thank you for reading and sharing @patriciabender.bsky.social
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@laurabesley.bsky.social, beautiful story of love, loss, love, and your writing is gorgeous. @fictivedream.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Great to know you enjoyed Love (a journey), Patricia. Thank you for reading and sharing @patriciabender.bsky.social
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
A gem! Thank you for reading and sharing, Sudha. Delighted you enjoyed it @sudhab.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
...on the evening of our fifth wedding anniversary (wood). I give Gareth a hammer (he wanted one, honest) and he hands me two large hearts entwined.
Love this story from @laurabesley.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
Love this story from @laurabesley.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A gem! Thank you for reading and sharing, Sudha. Delighted you enjoyed it @sudhab.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
So glad to know you enjoyed Love (a journey), Sarah. Thank you for reading and sharing @scturnerfiction.bsky.social
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
‘We don’t talk about my mother (controlling) or the house (sold) or our baby ( ). Or how he wanted to try again.’
Such a moving story by @laurabesley.bsky.social
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Such a moving story by @laurabesley.bsky.social
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"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So glad to know you enjoyed Love (a journey), Sarah. Thank you for reading and sharing @scturnerfiction.bsky.social
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Absolute stunner! Delighted you enjoyed Love (a journey), Matt. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts @mattkendrick.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social
#flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
#flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
"It all starts to unravel on the evening of our fifth wedding anniversary (wood). I give Gareth a hammer (he wanted one, honest) and he hands me two large hearts entwined"
A stunner from @laurabesley.bsky.social that fractures time in such a clever, non-linear way
A stunner from @laurabesley.bsky.social that fractures time in such a clever, non-linear way
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Absolute stunner! Delighted you enjoyed Love (a journey), Matt. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts @mattkendrick.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social
#flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
#flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
ICYMI today we're featuring Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI today we're featuring Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
So pleased you enjoyed Love (a journey) and thank you for reading @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity
Uh, my lord, so good, so good @laurabesley.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So pleased you enjoyed Love (a journey) and thank you for reading @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity
Delighted you enjoyed today's story, Jack. Thank you for reading and sharing @jackmmorris.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory
This is so well written, @laurabesley.bsky.social - what a tour de force!
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Delighted you enjoyed today's story, Jack. Thank you for reading and sharing @jackmmorris.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory
So pleased to be featuring your story today, Laura. Thank you for sending it our way @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
I am absolutely delighted to have a new story out - Love (a journey) - with Fictive Dream. Huge thanks to editor Laura whose dedication to short fiction is phenomenal.
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So pleased to be featuring your story today, Laura. Thank you for sending it our way @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
We are thrilled to welcome back Laura Besley with her story Love (a journey), out tomorrow @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We are thrilled to welcome back Laura Besley with her story Love (a journey), out tomorrow @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Great #fiction from our Oct. authors so our thanks to Lindsay Hill @jennystalter.bsky.social Helen Harradine @kdiannerule.bsky.social @katehollingswrites.bsky.social @drhannahstevens.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social Brian Kirk and @bsherm36.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great #fiction from our Oct. authors so our thanks to Lindsay Hill @jennystalter.bsky.social Helen Harradine @kdiannerule.bsky.social @katehollingswrites.bsky.social @drhannahstevens.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social Brian Kirk and @bsherm36.bsky.social
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Shoes by Andrew Plattner, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/m...
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Shoes by Andrew Plattner, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/m...
So pleased to be featuring your story. Thank you for sending it our way @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
Delighted to have a new short story published by @fictivedream.bsky.social. Read my take on Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarrelled here 👇
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So pleased to be featuring your story. Thank you for sending it our way @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
Thrilled to know you've enjoyed this fine story. Thank you for reading and sharing @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
This is a gorgeous story! Gripping all the way through. You feel like it's being told directly to you: the squabbles of men, the impossibility of living in the world with others, the familiarity of a village.
(TW: harm to animals. But thematically earned, not for shock value or humor.)
(TW: harm to animals. But thematically earned, not for shock value or humor.)
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Thrilled to know you've enjoyed this fine story. Thank you for reading and sharing @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
"You sense a gimmick, that she might later today return the shoes with a receipt, claim the cash." Shoes by Andrew Plattner, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/03/m...
November 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"You sense a gimmick, that she might later today return the shoes with a receipt, claim the cash." Shoes by Andrew Plattner, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/03/m...
ICYMI today we're feat. A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI today we're feat. A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
November 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
Some new short fiction from me coming tomorrow with the brilliant @fictivedream.bsky.social. Watch this space!
It's a great pleasure to welcome Jude Cook with his #shortstory A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled), out tomorrow @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM