ML Strijdom
@mlstrijdom.bsky.social
South African Emerging Writer writing in my second language.
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⭐️Published in Multiple Journals 🥳⭐️
If I can do it, so can you. 😊
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⭐️Published in Multiple Journals 🥳⭐️
If I can do it, so can you. 😊
🩰 My story "Threadbare" is featured today in Ratbag Lit!! Yay!! 🩰
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Threadbare
By ML Strijdom
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January 29, 2026 at 4:36 PM
🩰 My story "Threadbare" is featured today in Ratbag Lit!! Yay!! 🩰
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine
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#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine
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Reposted by ML Strijdom
Today's story is "Threadbare" by ML Strijdom.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
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#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
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January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Today's story is "Threadbare" by ML Strijdom.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/threadbare
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/threadbare
Reposted by ML Strijdom
Today's story is "Threadbare" by ML Strijdom.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/threadbare
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/threadbare
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
My most favorite historical fiction story is out now in @sundialmagazine.bsky.social !! Please go have a look! Has stunning artwork too! 🥳🥳 its based on true events from 1901 Kimberley Club, South Africa. 🥳🥳
#historicalfiction
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#historicalfiction
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Sundial Magazine - Burning Crowns
Burning Crowns
Words by ML Strijdom
Art by Scott Tierney
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January 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
My most favorite historical fiction story is out now in @sundialmagazine.bsky.social !! Please go have a look! Has stunning artwork too! 🥳🥳 its based on true events from 1901 Kimberley Club, South Africa. 🥳🥳
#historicalfiction
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#historicalfiction
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Reposted by ML Strijdom
"I hadn’t heard from the Boers in a while, but the Lords at the Kimberley Club weren’t worried. They said Kimberley was surrounded."
Read "Burning Crowns", a new #shortstory set in #southafrica by @mlstrijdom.bsky.social. With original #art by Scott Tierney.
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Read "Burning Crowns", a new #shortstory set in #southafrica by @mlstrijdom.bsky.social. With original #art by Scott Tierney.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"I hadn’t heard from the Boers in a while, but the Lords at the Kimberley Club weren’t worried. They said Kimberley was surrounded."
Read "Burning Crowns", a new #shortstory set in #southafrica by @mlstrijdom.bsky.social. With original #art by Scott Tierney.
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Read "Burning Crowns", a new #shortstory set in #southafrica by @mlstrijdom.bsky.social. With original #art by Scott Tierney.
sites.google.com/view/sundial...
My literary piece has just been published with Tiger Moth Review! “Broken Spirals”. 🤩 #tigermothreview
Go read it here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d235...
Go read it here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d235...
January 14, 2026 at 5:14 AM
My literary piece has just been published with Tiger Moth Review! “Broken Spirals”. 🤩 #tigermothreview
Go read it here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d235...
Go read it here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d235...
Made the Top 128 out of 410 stories in @writingbattle.bsky.social ! 🥳🥳
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Made the Top 128 out of 410 stories in @writingbattle.bsky.social ! 🥳🥳
Made it to final showdown of @writingbattle.bsky.social 2K contest with my Vampire Romance story! Yay!! 🥳🥳🥳 #writingbattle #shortstory #indieauthor
December 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Made it to final showdown of @writingbattle.bsky.social 2K contest with my Vampire Romance story! Yay!! 🥳🥳🥳 #writingbattle #shortstory #indieauthor
My Crime Short Story “Falling Souffles” was just published at Short-story.me ! Yay! Go enjoy a cozy crime read!
#shortstory #crime #indieauthor #fun #cozycrime
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#shortstory #crime #indieauthor #fun #cozycrime
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Falling Souffles
The oven timer ringed, and I slid out a tray of ginger cookies. The scent of cinnamon and nutmeg wrapped Knead Bakery in a cozy winter blanket, until Vincent walked in. His gaze is hungry, with thin c...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My Crime Short Story “Falling Souffles” was just published at Short-story.me ! Yay! Go enjoy a cozy crime read!
#shortstory #crime #indieauthor #fun #cozycrime
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#shortstory #crime #indieauthor #fun #cozycrime
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Made it to top 16 out of 571 stories in the Fear Pro Writing Battle Contest!! Genre: Horror! Look at us go! Yay!! 🥳🥳 @writingbattle.bsky.social #writingbattle #indieauthor #shortstory #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #writingcontest #writingcommunity #flashfiction
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Made it to top 16 out of 571 stories in the Fear Pro Writing Battle Contest!! Genre: Horror! Look at us go! Yay!! 🥳🥳 @writingbattle.bsky.social #writingbattle #indieauthor #shortstory #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #writingcontest #writingcommunity #flashfiction
My first ever real publication in a lit mag! You can find my fictional short story inside. Thank you @livinapress.bsky.social A dream came true! #publishedauthor #indieauthor #shortstory #fantasystory
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My first ever real publication in a lit mag! You can find my fictional short story inside. Thank you @livinapress.bsky.social A dream came true! #publishedauthor #indieauthor #shortstory #fantasystory
Made it to the top 128 out of 571ish stories in the Horror Genre for Fear Battle in Writting Battle!! So excited! Lets gooo!!!
#writingbattle #top128 #indieauthor #shortstorywriter
#writingbattle #top128 #indieauthor #shortstorywriter
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Made it to the top 128 out of 571ish stories in the Horror Genre for Fear Battle in Writting Battle!! So excited! Lets gooo!!!
#writingbattle #top128 #indieauthor #shortstorywriter
#writingbattle #top128 #indieauthor #shortstorywriter
My story: “Cycle 14” Scifi is live on Alphanumeric: Zoetic Press! Audio version! 🥰🥰🎤🎧🔈
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AN 07 Femme Fury — Zoetic Press
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November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My story: “Cycle 14” Scifi is live on Alphanumeric: Zoetic Press! Audio version! 🥰🥰🎤🎧🔈
www.zoeticpress.com/an-07-femme-...
www.zoeticpress.com/an-07-femme-...
My first ever hard copy Lit Mag in my hands!
Thank you Livina Press for making that dream cone true with a story that’s so close to my heart: “Of Feathers and Faun” 🥳🥳
#livinapress #indieauthor #litmag #publishedauthor #debutpub #writingcommunity #shortstory #AmWriting #InPrint #fantasywriting
Thank you Livina Press for making that dream cone true with a story that’s so close to my heart: “Of Feathers and Faun” 🥳🥳
#livinapress #indieauthor #litmag #publishedauthor #debutpub #writingcommunity #shortstory #AmWriting #InPrint #fantasywriting
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My first ever hard copy Lit Mag in my hands!
Thank you Livina Press for making that dream cone true with a story that’s so close to my heart: “Of Feathers and Faun” 🥳🥳
#livinapress #indieauthor #litmag #publishedauthor #debutpub #writingcommunity #shortstory #AmWriting #InPrint #fantasywriting
Thank you Livina Press for making that dream cone true with a story that’s so close to my heart: “Of Feathers and Faun” 🥳🥳
#livinapress #indieauthor #litmag #publishedauthor #debutpub #writingcommunity #shortstory #AmWriting #InPrint #fantasywriting
Made the Long List for the @historythroughfiction contest 2025! www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-...
#writingcommunity #writing #historywriter #indiewriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #emergingwriters #shortstorywriter #historicalwriting
#writingcommunity #writing #historywriter #indiewriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #emergingwriters #shortstorywriter #historicalwriting
September 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Made the Long List for the @historythroughfiction contest 2025! www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-...
#writingcommunity #writing #historywriter #indiewriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #emergingwriters #shortstorywriter #historicalwriting
#writingcommunity #writing #historywriter #indiewriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #emergingwriters #shortstorywriter #historicalwriting
My thriller: ‘This is Living’ just dropped on Flash Phantoms!! 🛥️.
#AmWriting #IndieLit #SmallPress #LitMag #LitFic #FlashFiction #FlashPhantoms #Thriller
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#AmWriting #IndieLit #SmallPress #LitMag #LitFic #FlashFiction #FlashPhantoms #Thriller
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September Flash Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms
For the month of September 2025, these are the horror stories of 1,000 words or less that entertain us the most.
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August 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
My thriller: ‘This is Living’ just dropped on Flash Phantoms!! 🛥️.
#AmWriting #IndieLit #SmallPress #LitMag #LitFic #FlashFiction #FlashPhantoms #Thriller
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#AmWriting #IndieLit #SmallPress #LitMag #LitFic #FlashFiction #FlashPhantoms #Thriller
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My cozy fantasy: ‘The Glow of Starwhiskers’ has found a loving home WITH stunning illustrations 🥹🌸🩷🥰
Thank you Starspun Lit! You guys are amazing 🥳
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Thank you Starspun Lit! You guys are amazing 🥳
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Starspun Lit - The Glow of Starwhiskers
The Glow of Starwhiskers
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August 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My cozy fantasy: ‘The Glow of Starwhiskers’ has found a loving home WITH stunning illustrations 🥹🌸🩷🥰
Thank you Starspun Lit! You guys are amazing 🥳
www.starspunlit.org/issues/summe...
Thank you Starspun Lit! You guys are amazing 🥳
www.starspunlit.org/issues/summe...
Leopard at night, Lower Zambezi, Zambia.
#leopard #cats #zambia #lowerzambezi #wildlifephotography #sony #safari #africa
#leopard #cats #zambia #lowerzambezi #wildlifephotography #sony #safari #africa
August 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Leopard at night, Lower Zambezi, Zambia.
#leopard #cats #zambia #lowerzambezi #wildlifephotography #sony #safari #africa
#leopard #cats #zambia #lowerzambezi #wildlifephotography #sony #safari #africa
My story: A Golden Moment was just released on Westword! Go read it here! 🌟✨💫🌟
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A Golden Moment
A Micro Fiction by ML Strijdom
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August 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My story: A Golden Moment was just released on Westword! Go read it here! 🌟✨💫🌟
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Elephants in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#elephants #wildlife #safari #photography #africa #zambia #wildlifephotography
#elephants #wildlife #safari #photography #africa #zambia #wildlifephotography
August 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Elephants in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#elephants #wildlife #safari #photography #africa #zambia #wildlifephotography
#elephants #wildlife #safari #photography #africa #zambia #wildlifephotography
Wilddogs of the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#wilddogs #sony #sonya6500 #zambia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #safari #lowerzambezi
#wilddogs #sony #sonya6500 #zambia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #safari #lowerzambezi
August 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Wilddogs of the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#wilddogs #sony #sonya6500 #zambia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #safari #lowerzambezi
#wilddogs #sony #sonya6500 #zambia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #safari #lowerzambezi
Leopard mom and her cub caught peeping out from their hideout, Lower Zambezi, Zambia 🐆 #leopards #sony #lowerzambezi #zambia #bigcats #nature #wildlifephotography
August 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Leopard mom and her cub caught peeping out from their hideout, Lower Zambezi, Zambia 🐆 #leopards #sony #lowerzambezi #zambia #bigcats #nature #wildlifephotography
Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa
#capetown #bloubergstrand #sony #sonya6500 #zeisslens
#capetown #bloubergstrand #sony #sonya6500 #zeisslens
August 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa
#capetown #bloubergstrand #sony #sonya6500 #zeisslens
#capetown #bloubergstrand #sony #sonya6500 #zeisslens
Baboon posing in the morning sun, Lower Zambezi, Zambia
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Baboon posing in the morning sun, Lower Zambezi, Zambia
Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa 🏄🌊
August 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa 🏄🌊