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Frazzled Lit *ISSUE 4 OUT NOW* @frazzledlit.bsky.social · 16d
And just like that, issue 4 is live!

We are indebted to all our contributors, our readers, and audience. Thanks to the amazing @jmcm.bsky.social
for putting together another terrific and most gorgeous issue.

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ha...
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Announcing our top picks from Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social

We narrowed it down to four each that particularly resonated with us, but it was excruciating to do so. We have so much love for this issue and all in it.

We hope you love them as much as we do!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ou...
Issue 4 - Our top picks
Jennifer & Laura choose their top picks from our latest issue!
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January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
The exquisite ache of this story @elissafield.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social “Your wife had been in hospital, you told the filly, her lips velvet and careless in your palm.”
elissafield.bsky.social Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 16d
Excited to see the filly story I wrote in August, Perfect Star, has gone live @frazzledlit.bsky.social today. Thanks to Jennifer & Laura, amazing editors. And thanks Flash Pack and @smokelong.bsky.social workshop peeps who were first to read it!

tinyurl.com/3cxejzz8
#fiction #shortstory
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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madeleinewrite.bsky.social
Two fab stories here by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for @frazzledlit.bsky.social. Both so sumptuous, and both feel connected, with a theme of disposing of "inconvenient" parts
nomad-sw18.bsky.social Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 11d
Delighted to have 2 stories in this amazing issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social What a treat to appear with so many stellar writers incl @elissafield.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social @barbarabyar.bsky.social

Letting go www.frazzledlit.com/p/letting-go
Marie Kondo www.frazzledlit.com/p/and-now-i-...
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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niamhcullen.bsky.social
My strangle little retelling of the Niamh and Oisin story appears in the Independent’s New Irish Writing series today. Very pleased it found a home there m.independent.ie/entertainmen...
New Irish Writing: Come Away, O Human Child by Niamh Cullen
1. It was a long time since Niamh had felt the warmth of a man against her body. Her sisters didn’t understand the longing. Why bother, Síobha said, when they are so impatient and skittish, their live...
m.independent.ie
August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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saraschansarkar.bsky.social
"You’re here, Avi, in my home and my imagination gets unleashed. I imagine we’d fled, pursued music together. I imagine you’ve placed your arm around me. I imagine holding your callused hands."

The amazing @sudhab.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social:
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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elissafield.bsky.social
So much great writing in this issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social Love seeing @nomad-sw18.bsky.social & so many others as well! Was thrilled to have my "Perfect Star" among them!
nomad-sw18.bsky.social Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 11d
Delighted to have 2 stories in this amazing issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social What a treat to appear with so many stellar writers incl @elissafield.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social @barbarabyar.bsky.social

Letting go www.frazzledlit.com/p/letting-go
Marie Kondo www.frazzledlit.com/p/and-now-i-...
January 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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frazzledlit.bsky.social
We love issue 4, but we think it's time to revisit some old classics too.

On our first ever Frazzled Lit Friday Flashback
(Aware it's Saturday 😆, Laura had work.)

Here's: You meet me at the Galactic Cafe by the wonderful Sara Aultman @saraaultman.bsky.social

www.frazzledlit.com/p/poetry-by-...
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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clodaghob.bsky.social
A new flash fiction piece 'She Didn't Know' - www.frazzledlit.com/p/she-didnt-... is published over at @frazzledlit.bsky.social.
She Didn't Know
Flash fiction by Clodagh O'Brien
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January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
frazzledlit.bsky.social
We love issue 4, but we think it's time to revisit some old classics too.

On our first ever Frazzled Lit Friday Flashback
(Aware it's Saturday 😆, Laura had work.)

Here's: You meet me at the Galactic Cafe by the wonderful Sara Aultman @saraaultman.bsky.social

www.frazzledlit.com/p/poetry-by-...
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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nomad-sw18.bsky.social
Escape to the circus! Here's a little speculative tale about the trapeze, timing and getting more than you bargained for in a bumper issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social

♥️to editors @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social - a pleasure to work with you

www.frazzledlit.com/p/letting-go...
Letting go
Flash fiction by Cole Beauchamp
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January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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nomad-sw18.bsky.social
Delighted to have 2 stories in this amazing issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social What a treat to appear with so many stellar writers incl @elissafield.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social @barbarabyar.bsky.social

Letting go www.frazzledlit.com/p/letting-go
Marie Kondo www.frazzledlit.com/p/and-now-i-...
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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nomad-sw18.bsky.social
"She didn’t know it was you who saw the bruises before she covered them up with sleeves and makeup."

Great use of anaphora in this hard-hitting tale from @iamagnat.bsky.social - read or listen to it in Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social

www.frazzledlit.com/p/she-didnt-...
She Didn't Know
Flash fiction by Clodagh O'Brien
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January 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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nomad-sw18.bsky.social
"I started to crave simplicity, the clean metallic planes
of the machine. It calmed me, like the moon used to."

Love this poem "The reassurance machine" by @jorigg.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com/p/two-poems-...
Two Poems by Jo Rigg
The reassurance machine
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January 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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frazzledlit.bsky.social
One of those stories that grabs you by the shoulder and then by the throat a little, not really letting you go. @eireneeleni.bsky.social writes a belter of a tale.
Take a look!
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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eireneeleni.bsky.social
We love Frazzled!
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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epistemiclit.bsky.social
I love this! I’m trying to name the emotion for you but I can’t quite yet
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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eireneeleni.bsky.social
A little story in @frazzledlit.bsky.social
I’d love to know what emotion it leaves you with.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/what-doesn...
What doesn't make you stronger kills you
Flash fiction by Eirene Gentle
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January 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
frazzledlit.bsky.social
One of those stories that grabs you by the shoulder and then by the throat a little, not really letting you go. @eireneeleni.bsky.social writes a belter of a tale.
Take a look!
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 PM
frazzledlit.bsky.social
Gritty and brave. Just the way we like the stories to be. Listen to @chriscottom.bsky.social and Read this story by @yalanchang.bsky.social before you do another thing.
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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frazzledlit.bsky.social
And just like that, issue 4 is live!

We are indebted to all our contributors, our readers, and audience. Thanks to the amazing @jmcm.bsky.social
for putting together another terrific and most gorgeous issue.

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ha...
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 AM
frazzledlit.bsky.social
Our latest issue dropped last Sunday. If you've not had a chance to look at it yet, you can find it here!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ha...

Our writers would love it if you looked!
Issue 4 Has Landed!
Welcome to our Spring 2026 issue!
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January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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irishlittimes.bsky.social
Set across liminal landscapes, Four Night Seas is a collection of stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe. The collection is due to be released on March 19th and is available for preorder now at lilliputpress.ie!
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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clodaghob.bsky.social
After a long period of not writing or submitting, I have 3 stories in the bumper issue of the wonderful @frazzledlit.bsky.social Written about my lovely dad, it's called 'Let's talk about trees' - www.frazzledlit.com/p/lets-talk-... #story
Let's talk about trees
Creative non-fiction by Clodagh O'Brien
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January 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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eireneeleni.bsky.social
'Do it just once, taxes will go down, dad said. Cat in her white dress disagreed in charades behind him, perched on the table scuffed with coffee rings and knife scars. Eating plums.'
www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-house-...
Thanks @frazzledlit.bsky.social for publishing this woozy story, it means a lot
The house burnt down before we lit a candle
Flash fiction by Eirene Gentle
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January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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sudhab.bsky.social
Raise a statue to me, reluctant daughter of obedience. The ridiculous make monsters too....

Love this from @eireneeleni.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social
eireneeleni.bsky.social Eirene Eleni @eireneeleni.bsky.social · 12d
'Do it just once, taxes will go down, dad said. Cat in her white dress disagreed in charades behind him, perched on the table scuffed with coffee rings and knife scars. Eating plums.'
www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-house-...
Thanks @frazzledlit.bsky.social for publishing this woozy story, it means a lot
The house burnt down before we lit a candle
Flash fiction by Eirene Gentle
www.frazzledlit.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM