Niamh Mac Cabe
@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
Writer, artist, stylite.
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Spouting nonsense from my roost in northwestern Ireland
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Spouting nonsense from my roost in northwestern Ireland
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
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Thank you, David ♦️
‘Four Night Seas’ is an exceptional first book of short stories. Niamh Mac Cabe takes the reader deep into the textures and instabilities of memory, desire and loss, with well-judged humour and vivid depictions of landscape and character. Published @lilliputpress.bsky.social March.
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Thank you, David ♦️
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February 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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‘There is an appetite for daring, experimental writing, and community and collaboration are what matter most in the world of independent publishing.’
- Jess Chandler, @prototypepubs.bsky.social
- Jess Chandler, @prototypepubs.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
‘There is an appetite for daring, experimental writing, and community and collaboration are what matter most in the world of independent publishing.’
- Jess Chandler, @prototypepubs.bsky.social
- Jess Chandler, @prototypepubs.bsky.social
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
'Where is the heat? Go to the heat.'
'Where is the heat? Go to the heat.'
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Whose story is it, and what is the story?"
"Whose story is it, and what is the story?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Yes, I will write you a letter of recommendation."
"Yes, I will write you a letter of recommendation."
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
'Where is the heat? Go to the heat.'
'Where is the heat? Go to the heat.'
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February 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"I am not a spontaneous person, and aside from the context of marriage have exposed my adult body parts only to medics, & then reluctantly. But the river flickered light in the early autumn sun, the trees promised sanctuary, & [...] I felt momentarily like a participant in an impressionist painting"
"Her body, small, slender, the skin very pale, belied the age I’d guessed she must be." Creatures of Our Time by Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/02/08/c...
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"I am not a spontaneous person, and aside from the context of marriage have exposed my adult body parts only to medics, & then reluctantly. But the river flickered light in the early autumn sun, the trees promised sanctuary, & [...] I felt momentarily like a participant in an impressionist painting"
Honoured to have my weird wee flash appear in this great publication. Thx to Tobias and all the Minor Lits team. If you need a story containing shape-shifting couriers and paramedic cats, scroll no further, my friends. 🛋🚪🩺
ICYMI — last week @ minor lits ...
— new fiction from @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/03/t...
— @yanisiqbal.bsky.social on The Kills' Tape Song
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/05/y...
— new fiction from @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/03/t...
— @yanisiqbal.bsky.social on The Kills' Tape Song
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/05/y...
You Have Got to Go Straight Ahead: The Aesthetics of Insistence in The Kills’ “Tape Song” — Yanis Iqbal
In The Kills’ “Tape Song,” there is enjoyment, but enjoyment of a peculiar kind, enjoyment that doesn’t come from aiming at enjoyment, but enjoyment that is simply picked up, assumed along the way,…
minorliteratures.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Honoured to have my weird wee flash appear in this great publication. Thx to Tobias and all the Minor Lits team. If you need a story containing shape-shifting couriers and paramedic cats, scroll no further, my friends. 🛋🚪🩺
❤️🔥🎢🙏
ICYMI — last week @ minor lits ...
— new fiction from @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/03/t...
— @yanisiqbal.bsky.social on The Kills' Tape Song
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/05/y...
— new fiction from @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/03/t...
— @yanisiqbal.bsky.social on The Kills' Tape Song
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/05/y...
You Have Got to Go Straight Ahead: The Aesthetics of Insistence in The Kills’ “Tape Song” — Yanis Iqbal
In The Kills’ “Tape Song,” there is enjoyment, but enjoyment of a peculiar kind, enjoyment that doesn’t come from aiming at enjoyment, but enjoyment that is simply picked up, assumed along the way,…
minorliteratures.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
❤️🔥🎢🙏
Oh yes
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Oh yes
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Look what arrived today, or at least the ebook did. This is the first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to medieval women’s writing globally,focusing on the thousand-year period between 500-1500. Entries on about 250 women writers plus longer thematic essays. You’re welcome.
February 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Look what arrived today, or at least the ebook did. This is the first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to medieval women’s writing globally,focusing on the thousand-year period between 500-1500. Entries on about 250 women writers plus longer thematic essays. You’re welcome.
Zsa Zsa and Uno, being teens
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Zsa Zsa and Uno, being teens
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i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
February 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
🧵🪇♦️🎩👏👏
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"I hope that simple love and truth will be strong in the end. I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world"
Charles Dickens 'David Copperfield' (1850)
🎨 Edward Burne-Jones 'Love' 1880s
#BookwormSat
Charles Dickens 'David Copperfield' (1850)
🎨 Edward Burne-Jones 'Love' 1880s
#BookwormSat
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
"I hope that simple love and truth will be strong in the end. I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world"
Charles Dickens 'David Copperfield' (1850)
🎨 Edward Burne-Jones 'Love' 1880s
#BookwormSat
Charles Dickens 'David Copperfield' (1850)
🎨 Edward Burne-Jones 'Love' 1880s
#BookwormSat
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CORRECTION! The next online gathering will be on Thursday 19th February and feature authors Oscar Mardell and Kevin Boniface. Invitations go out to all subscribers next week. If you're not already on the list and would like to join us email me via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
February 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
CORRECTION! The next online gathering will be on Thursday 19th February and feature authors Oscar Mardell and Kevin Boniface. Invitations go out to all subscribers next week. If you're not already on the list and would like to join us email me via my website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
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ICYMI Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
ICYMI Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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”It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born #OTD 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born #OTD 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 6:08 AM
”It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born #OTD 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born #OTD 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
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We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website:
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website:
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...
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One week until submissions open.
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
One week until submissions open.
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
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Thicket
A3, 16.5X11.7” Colored Pencil on Paper
A3, 16.5X11.7” Colored Pencil on Paper
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Thicket
A3, 16.5X11.7” Colored Pencil on Paper
A3, 16.5X11.7” Colored Pencil on Paper
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Patiently explaining to the greengrocer that one cannot 'own' fruit as his two enormous sons sit on my back while we wait for the police
July 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Patiently explaining to the greengrocer that one cannot 'own' fruit as his two enormous sons sit on my back while we wait for the police
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February 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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"Uncanny the place is:
Thence upward ascendeth the surging of waters,
Wan to the welkin, when the wind is stirring
The weathers unpleasing, till the air groweth gloomy,
And the heavens lower."
--- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
(Boston, USA, 1892), trans. John Lesslie Hall
Thence upward ascendeth the surging of waters,
Wan to the welkin, when the wind is stirring
The weathers unpleasing, till the air groweth gloomy,
And the heavens lower."
--- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
(Boston, USA, 1892), trans. John Lesslie Hall
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 AM
"Uncanny the place is:
Thence upward ascendeth the surging of waters,
Wan to the welkin, when the wind is stirring
The weathers unpleasing, till the air groweth gloomy,
And the heavens lower."
--- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
(Boston, USA, 1892), trans. John Lesslie Hall
Thence upward ascendeth the surging of waters,
Wan to the welkin, when the wind is stirring
The weathers unpleasing, till the air groweth gloomy,
And the heavens lower."
--- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
(Boston, USA, 1892), trans. John Lesslie Hall