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Rita Riebel Mitchell
@rrmitchell.bsky.social
South Jersey native. Solid blue 💙 Writer of flash fiction. 💙 Subscribe for free weekly stories at FridayMicro.com
Have you read any of the tiny fiction at 50 Word Stories? Begin with my newest from last week! fiftywordstories.com/2025/10/28/r...
RITA RIEBEL MITCHELL: Cartwheeling Mama
Drippy red wax stained the white carpet where the lava lamp leaked after it tumbled off the table and cracked open when Sandy kicked it while demonstrating for her ten-year-old daughter the one-han…
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November 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm excited to have an acceptance this week from @fiveminutelit.bsky.social My 100-word micro-memoir, Sixth Grade, will be published in Dec/Jan. 😀
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary
Scary Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Scary Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create scary short stories based on assigned prompts in 48 hours.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reposted by Rita Riebel Mitchell
oof, a flaming hot flare up of a micro today from Rita Riebel Mitchell!

https://www.havehashad.com/qbadg
June 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Read my newest micro at 50-Word Stories today!
fiftywordstories.com/2025/04/28/r...
#flashfiction #50wordstories
April 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Read my newest micro at 50-Word Stories today!
fiftywordstories.com/2025/04/28/r...
#flashfiction #50wordstories
April 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I was happy for the opportunity to submit to @havehashad.com, and now I'm thrilled to receive my first skull! The sleep deprivation was worth it! Thank you, Aaron.
April 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Can you write a story in 100 words? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100-word Microfiction Challenge on March 21st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...
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March 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Writing keeps me sane. My husband thinks it makes me crazy. We're probably both right.
#writing #flashfiction #writingcommunity #writers
March 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by Rita Riebel Mitchell
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My 50-word micro is published! Read it here: fiftywordstories.com/2025/01/31/r...
50-Word Stories
Brand new bite-sized fiction every weekday!
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February 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Orchid blossoms in a snowy window. #Flowers reminding me to see beauty in spite of current events.
January 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's a great day when the first email you see is a story you wrote in a publisher's newsletter! #50GiveorTake @vineleavespress.bsky.social preview.mailerlite.com/i5m8p1l6c5/2...
50 Give or Take Story No.1519
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January 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My last Friday Micro for 2024. #FlashFiction #MicroFiction Check it out. preview.mailerlite.io/preview/5183...
Friday Micro: Read the final micro for 2024 and Happy New Year!
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December 31, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Happy holidays! Anyone else writing instead of wrapping gifts and decorating? #procrastination
December 22, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Read my 101-word story, published today! 101words.org/deux-souhaits/ #WritingCommunity
December 3, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I just submitted my entry for the NYC Midnight 100-word Microfiction Challenge. I'm not crazy about the genre (historical fiction) but it's written and submitted. Fingers crossed! #100wordchallenge #NYCMidnight
April 21, 2024 at 3:31 AM
"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair."~ Mary Heaton Vorse #quote #writing I need to do this!
April 11, 2024 at 5:09 PM
I love writing but stumble on submitting, sending out fewer and fewer with every rejection. Working to change my mindset in 2024. #rejections
January 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM
#HappyThanksgiving
I wish you a great dinner full of story-worthy moments (take notes).
November 23, 2023 at 4:10 AM
I just spilled Bordeaux on my favorite mouse pad. Drat. It's going to stain. And yes, I still use a mouse and a keyboard with my laptop while sitting at my desk writing and drinking wine.
Good news is I've finished my Friday Micro newsletter that goes out to subscribers tomorrow morning.
November 17, 2023 at 12:06 AM
Donate your gently-used books and/or $$ to www.booksmiles.org a non-profit created by a NJ English teacher from my former district. A genuine nice guy, Mr. Abrams and his helpers distribute lots of free books to teachers and students in “book deserts.” Check it out. #smokelong
October 11, 2023 at 1:46 AM
After attending a wonderful @smokelong.bsky.social Afterglow webinar this afternoon with the talented Shasta Grant, I've decided that by the time I get the nerve to write CNF about the living relatives, I will have forgotten who they are.
September 30, 2023 at 5:46 PM