fionajanemack@bsky.social
@fionajanemack.bsky.social
Scottish-American writer. Flash collection "The Yet Unknowing World." Stories in Best Small Fictions 2019 and 2023. Historical novel "Ancestral Virgins" out in 2026! www.fionajmackintosh.com #writer #flashfiction
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This makes me so sad. His beauty was magnetic in Death in Venice, one of my all-time favorite films, but what a difficult life he led, full of exploitation and loss. Rest in peace Tadzio.
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Bjorn Andresen, Reluctant ‘Most Beautiful Boy,’ Dies at 70
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October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This makes me so sad. His beauty was magnetic in Death in Venice, one of my all-time favorite films, but what a difficult life he led, full of exploitation and loss. Rest in peace Tadzio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/m...
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When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
Having had a recent airing on Inverness Hospital Radio, my Tahitian Princess in Scotland story is now re-published in the stellar (and very kind!) @bulbculture.bsky.social as of today! My grateful thanks to them for being such stalwart supporters of my writing. 🙏
The light is on for Fiona J. Mackintosh! @fionajanemack.bsky.social💡
“The Other Half of the Sky” is an arresting and astonishingly written piece of historical fiction set along the east coast of an early 20th century Scotland.
Check out Fiona’s supremely gorgeous writing over at the site!
“The Other Half of the Sky” is an arresting and astonishingly written piece of historical fiction set along the east coast of an early 20th century Scotland.
Check out Fiona’s supremely gorgeous writing over at the site!
The Other Half of the Sky - Fiona J. Mackintosh — Bulb Culture Collective
Even now, I can only love him when the candles have been pinched and our light and dark is hidden by the night.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Having had a recent airing on Inverness Hospital Radio, my Tahitian Princess in Scotland story is now re-published in the stellar (and very kind!) @bulbculture.bsky.social as of today! My grateful thanks to them for being such stalwart supporters of my writing. 🙏
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Hooray! It’s Friday! Which means there are 2 ways to listen to Sherry’s Shorts today: live at 12 noon UK time on HHR.scot or use the Listen Again anytime link below for brilliant stories from @fionajanemack.bsky.social @Lindy biller & me.
The August episode of Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio.bsky.social is here! Featuring @fionajanemack.bsky.social's
fabulous Tahitian princess tale, @lindybiller.bsky.social's 'Good Baby' & 1 little story from me. Have a listen to these 5🌟 'Outsider' tales: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...
fabulous Tahitian princess tale, @lindybiller.bsky.social's 'Good Baby' & 1 little story from me. Have a listen to these 5🌟 'Outsider' tales: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...
August 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hooray! It’s Friday! Which means there are 2 ways to listen to Sherry’s Shorts today: live at 12 noon UK time on HHR.scot or use the Listen Again anytime link below for brilliant stories from @fionajanemack.bsky.social @Lindy biller & me.
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Cutleaf Journal will be open in Sept for collaboratively written short fiction up to 4k words. Guest editors for this call are @kimmagowan.bsky.social & Michelle Ross, who wrote a collab story in Cutleaf which you can check out here. Also included: an interview with them abt their process.
Deluxe Scrabble - Cutleaf Journal
When I was a kid, I had this friend named Sunshine. Sunshine’s house was filthy, and if I walked barefoot on her family’s tile floors, the soles of my feet would turn gray-black.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Cutleaf Journal will be open in Sept for collaboratively written short fiction up to 4k words. Guest editors for this call are @kimmagowan.bsky.social & Michelle Ross, who wrote a collab story in Cutleaf which you can check out here. Also included: an interview with them abt their process.
The NY Times has a new article on the Fife Coastal Path. Pic 1 shows the Isle of May, the setting for my novel in progress As Birds to Sky, and pic 2 shows the beach in Anstruther where we scattered my mum's ashes in 2022. 💞https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/travel/scotland-hiking-fife-trail.html
An Inn-to-Inn Walk on Scotland’s Idyllic East Coast
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August 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The NY Times has a new article on the Fife Coastal Path. Pic 1 shows the Isle of May, the setting for my novel in progress As Birds to Sky, and pic 2 shows the beach in Anstruther where we scattered my mum's ashes in 2022. 💞https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/travel/scotland-hiking-fife-trail.html
Delighted to have my story The Other Half of the Sky featured on Sherry's Shorts on Inverness Hospital Radio. It's about a young Tahitian Princess who marries a Scottish merchant and finds herself the subject of unwelcome attention in her new home town (which is also mine!). 🌏
The August episode of Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio.bsky.social is here! Featuring @fionajanemack.bsky.social's
fabulous Tahitian princess tale, @lindybiller.bsky.social's 'Good Baby' & 1 little story from me. Have a listen to these 5🌟 'Outsider' tales: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...
fabulous Tahitian princess tale, @lindybiller.bsky.social's 'Good Baby' & 1 little story from me. Have a listen to these 5🌟 'Outsider' tales: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...
August 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Delighted to have my story The Other Half of the Sky featured on Sherry's Shorts on Inverness Hospital Radio. It's about a young Tahitian Princess who marries a Scottish merchant and finds herself the subject of unwelcome attention in her new home town (which is also mine!). 🌏
Can any of my fellow writers on here recommend a sensitivity reader (for a historical novel) who specializes in disability issues (Down's syndrome)? Someone you've worked with personally and liked their work? Thanks!
July 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can any of my fellow writers on here recommend a sensitivity reader (for a historical novel) who specializes in disability issues (Down's syndrome)? Someone you've worked with personally and liked their work? Thanks!
I'm sorry to be missing the cherry blossoms in DC, but I found some at Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park instead. 🌸🌸🌸🌸
March 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I'm sorry to be missing the cherry blossoms in DC, but I found some at Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park instead. 🌸🌸🌸🌸
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As more and more Americans get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning. 🧵: www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
March 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As more and more Americans get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning. 🧵: www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
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Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism.
Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.
Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism.
Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.
Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.
I don't know what world y'all are living in, but every day is #worldbookday in this house. 📚📚📚📚😱
a girl is reading a book with a sign that says 20 % off in the background
Alt: Anime girl is reading a book very fast.
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March 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I don't know what world y'all are living in, but every day is #worldbookday in this house. 📚📚📚📚😱
Many thanks to the amazing @fictivedream.bsky.social for reposting my Arizona otter story from a year ago. 🌵🦦
One year ago today we feat. Different Ways to Catch the Light by @fionajanemack.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. If you missed it the first time, then here's another chance... tinyurl.com/4hhdpdvm
March 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Many thanks to the amazing @fictivedream.bsky.social for reposting my Arizona otter story from a year ago. 🌵🦦
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“Even now, with more wealth than she could ever need, Mary hears the scratch of the wolf at her door and feels the stir and fret of Baby Gladys deep within her.”
@fionajanemack.bsky.social and Mary Pickford in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
@fionajanemack.bsky.social and Mary Pickford in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
Female of the Species
by Fiona J. Mackintosh For Gladys Louise Smith THREE MONTHS AFTER Mother dies, Mary Pickford cuts off her hair. The cameras flash as the barber snips and Mary drapes each long sausage curl ac…
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March 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“Even now, with more wealth than she could ever need, Mary hears the scratch of the wolf at her door and feels the stir and fret of Baby Gladys deep within her.”
@fionajanemack.bsky.social and Mary Pickford in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
@fionajanemack.bsky.social and Mary Pickford in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
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I’d like to apologize to President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine on behalf of the people of the United States of America
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’d like to apologize to President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine on behalf of the people of the United States of America
I just booked. Something to look forward to amidst the dumpster fire that is the world right now.
Excited to announce this year’s Flash Fiction Festival weekend at Trinity College, Bristol U.K. 18-20th July is open for booking! All details of the workshops, presenters etc on flashfictionfestival.com Hope you can come! Bar, bookshop, readings, friends, fun!
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I just booked. Something to look forward to amidst the dumpster fire that is the world right now.
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"But it turns out she was nothing but a pop of cotton candy before the latest starlets came along and spread themselves across the screen like butter."
Fantastic story about Mary Pickford from @fionajanemack.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social #FlashFictionFebruary
Fantastic story about Mary Pickford from @fionajanemack.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social #FlashFictionFebruary
"Mother’s absence is a rip in her seam that unravels a little more every day..." Female of the Species by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
February 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"But it turns out she was nothing but a pop of cotton candy before the latest starlets came along and spread themselves across the screen like butter."
Fantastic story about Mary Pickford from @fionajanemack.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social #FlashFictionFebruary
Fantastic story about Mary Pickford from @fionajanemack.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social #FlashFictionFebruary
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"Even now, with more wealth than she could ever need, Mary hears the scratch of the wolf at her door and feels the stir and fret of Baby Gladys deep within her."
Such depth of character here from @fionajanemack.bsky.social - a whole life on a postage stamp
Such depth of character here from @fionajanemack.bsky.social - a whole life on a postage stamp
"Mother’s absence is a rip in her seam that unravels a little more every day..." Female of the Species by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
February 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Even now, with more wealth than she could ever need, Mary hears the scratch of the wolf at her door and feels the stir and fret of Baby Gladys deep within her."
Such depth of character here from @fionajanemack.bsky.social - a whole life on a postage stamp
Such depth of character here from @fionajanemack.bsky.social - a whole life on a postage stamp
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This, my friend is brilliant. Have a read of this by the so-talented-its-crazy @fionajanemack.bsky.social over at @fictivedream.bsky.social
"Mother’s absence is a rip in her seam that unravels a little more every day..." Female of the Species by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
February 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This, my friend is brilliant. Have a read of this by the so-talented-its-crazy @fionajanemack.bsky.social over at @fictivedream.bsky.social
My grateful thanks to the stellar
@fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my flash about the extraordinary but troubled Mary Pickford today. One in my series of pieces about women in the silent film era. #flashfictionfebruary 🎥🎞️🎬
@fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my flash about the extraordinary but troubled Mary Pickford today. One in my series of pieces about women in the silent film era. #flashfictionfebruary 🎥🎞️🎬
"Mother’s absence is a rip in her seam that unravels a little more every day..." Female of the Species by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/25/f...
February 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My grateful thanks to the stellar
@fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my flash about the extraordinary but troubled Mary Pickford today. One in my series of pieces about women in the silent film era. #flashfictionfebruary 🎥🎞️🎬
@fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my flash about the extraordinary but troubled Mary Pickford today. One in my series of pieces about women in the silent film era. #flashfictionfebruary 🎥🎞️🎬
I have a little interview up @bulbculture.bsky.social today about my short story Les Soeurs Jumelles (aka The Twin Sisters) - the link to which is in the post below the interview. Many thanks to Jared and L.M. for their support and enthusiasm and to you guys for checking it out!
We're thrilled to Shine A Light on the incredible Fiona J. Mackintosh! @fionajanemack.bsky.social
Fiona's "Les Soeurs Jumelles" is an impeccable story, and now you can learn a lot more about its creation over at the site!
Fiona's "Les Soeurs Jumelles" is an impeccable story, and now you can learn a lot more about its creation over at the site!
BCC Shines A Light On: Fiona J. Mackintosh — Bulb Culture Collective
Name of the piece published by BCC: Les Soeurs Jumelles When/where was it originally published: Imprint: A Bournemouth Writing Prize Anthology , Fresher Press, 2022 Tell us more abo...
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February 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I have a little interview up @bulbculture.bsky.social today about my short story Les Soeurs Jumelles (aka The Twin Sisters) - the link to which is in the post below the interview. Many thanks to Jared and L.M. for their support and enthusiasm and to you guys for checking it out!
Congrats to all on the list and in the anthology! 🥂
Congratulations to all 50 writers who have been selected for our 29th award longlist.https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/february-2025-long-list/
February 2025 Long List
Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long l…
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February 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Congrats to all on the list and in the anthology! 🥂
Justifying yet again my decision to cancel my subscription. 🚫
The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Justifying yet again my decision to cancel my subscription. 🚫