T.L. Tomljanovic
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
Flash Fiction 🇨🇦Writer ~ Member of @theprideroars.bsky.social ~ Words @moonparkreview.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social ~ https://tomljanovic.wordpress.com/publication-credits/
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T.L. Tomljanovic
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
· Oct 23
We are over the moon to be able to nominate the following pieces from theprideroars.blogspot.com for a Pushcart Prize, congratulations everyone!
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@delgeo14.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@delgeo14.bsky.social
This is pretty cool, but what’s even better is being part of a group of women that support one another.
Darkly comedic flash by the incredible @sagetyrtle.bsky.social
DREAM LITMAG REALIZED! This is the VERY exciting acceptance I got in November, I've been sending my work in to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for FIVE YEARS! This piece starts, "You are a billionaire’s new, about-to-turn-19 wife..."
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#FlashFiction #FlashLit
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#FlashFiction #FlashLit
The Billionaires Are Having a Party | Fractured
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January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Darkly comedic flash by the incredible @sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Bwahaha 🤣 I’m snorting out loud. 20 years ago I was screamed at for using Wikipedia by a publisher. How the tables have turned.
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Bwahaha 🤣 I’m snorting out loud. 20 years ago I was screamed at for using Wikipedia by a publisher. How the tables have turned.
Such a pleasure to be part of The Woolf pack❣️
Thank you to all the writers who made the #Bully and #Trouble issues so sparkly, including @jen-bryant.bsky.social, @shivpreet.bsky.social, @moomoocamus.bsky.social, @marjorietesser.bsky.social, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, @yallaalia.bsky.social, @tomljanovic.bsky.social...
December 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Such a pleasure to be part of The Woolf pack❣️
Love @welkinprize.bsky.social contest run by @mattkendrick.bsky.social. For one thing, it's a drabble, which is probably my fav form. For another, it's free to enter!
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Love @welkinprize.bsky.social contest run by @mattkendrick.bsky.social. For one thing, it's a drabble, which is probably my fav form. For another, it's free to enter!
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Wonderful to see the uplift created by this, so I decided to pick a group today, one tomorrow + another on Sat to keep it going.
Today's pick: @ronita.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social @susanlleary.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social
Please message me your email ad & what recording you'd like
Today's pick: @ronita.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social @susanlleary.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social
Please message me your email ad & what recording you'd like
Who wants something nice for a weary Wednesday? Quote post this post & tag 1, 2 or 3 other writers who inspire you / support you / are amazing human beings. I'll pick a winner at random. Poster + nominees win a free recording of one one of my workshops: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
Workshop-recordings (List) | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wonderful to see the uplift created by this, so I decided to pick a group today, one tomorrow + another on Sat to keep it going.
Today's pick: @ronita.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social @susanlleary.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social
Please message me your email ad & what recording you'd like
Today's pick: @ronita.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social @susanlleary.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social
Please message me your email ad & what recording you'd like
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Thank you so much @thedrevlow.bsky.social
for publishing my latest weirdness in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
'Obituary / Bryant Farmer (1975-2025)'
for publishing my latest weirdness in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
'Obituary / Bryant Farmer (1975-2025)'
"As her non-existent father figure, Gwyneth shall mourn him for what could have been rather than what was." @delgeo14.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thank you so much @thedrevlow.bsky.social
for publishing my latest weirdness in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
'Obituary / Bryant Farmer (1975-2025)'
for publishing my latest weirdness in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
'Obituary / Bryant Farmer (1975-2025)'
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A short story published in WestWord. Originally written in Flash Face Off in @writershq.bsky.social and brought into being in Amanda Saint's Slow Story workshop. westword.substack.com/p/a-few-ston...
A Few Stones Out of Place
A Short Story by Joyce Bingham
westword.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A short story published in WestWord. Originally written in Flash Face Off in @writershq.bsky.social and brought into being in Amanda Saint's Slow Story workshop. westword.substack.com/p/a-few-ston...
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Oh hello hi! I wrote a NiF. My totally unbiased cousin said this! I’m having a launch on zoom and you should come because I will reveal the truly awful line drawing I did that led to @nmals.bsky.social amazing cover!
Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Oh hello hi! I wrote a NiF. My totally unbiased cousin said this! I’m having a launch on zoom and you should come because I will reveal the truly awful line drawing I did that led to @nmals.bsky.social amazing cover!
Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I made the short list! 🎉
#BlessedAndCursed SHORTLIST & LONGLIST revealed! Is your story in there? 📚
liarsleague.com/2025/10/29/n...
Shortlisted authors will receive brief feedback on their submitted story within 4 weeks, PLUS
🎟️ a free ticket to the show on Tue 9 Dec at @thephoenix_w1
🥂 a drink on us - cos it’s Christmas!
liarsleague.com/2025/10/29/n...
Shortlisted authors will receive brief feedback on their submitted story within 4 weeks, PLUS
🎟️ a free ticket to the show on Tue 9 Dec at @thephoenix_w1
🥂 a drink on us - cos it’s Christmas!
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I made the short list! 🎉
I hear the mountains calling... 🏔️ A flash about hitting the slopes in mid-life.
FFF19022025
Possibility of White
by T.L. Tomljanovic
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift
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Possibility of White
by T.L. Tomljanovic
@tomljanovic.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift
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Possibility of White – Free Flash Fiction
Between Linda’s dangling legs yawned a white abyss. She sucked in a breath eating her stale moist neck warmer. Twenty-year-old skis and boots pulled at her hips like anchors. She scooched her butt as ...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I hear the mountains calling... 🏔️ A flash about hitting the slopes in mid-life.
After 6 years of writing about the trades in my day job, I made the cover story!
'The Real Impact of the Underground Economy in B.C.' is on page 9 and free to read.
bcbuildingtrades.org/media/tradet...
#writingcommunity #freelancewriter
'The Real Impact of the Underground Economy in B.C.' is on page 9 and free to read.
bcbuildingtrades.org/media/tradet...
#writingcommunity #freelancewriter
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
After 6 years of writing about the trades in my day job, I made the cover story!
'The Real Impact of the Underground Economy in B.C.' is on page 9 and free to read.
bcbuildingtrades.org/media/tradet...
#writingcommunity #freelancewriter
'The Real Impact of the Underground Economy in B.C.' is on page 9 and free to read.
bcbuildingtrades.org/media/tradet...
#writingcommunity #freelancewriter
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Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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"She meets other Ladies with The Call to Adventure. Some try to help her where they can, but some are threatened by her Adventure. Her Adventure might diminish their own Adventures. Are there even enough dragons for all the Ladies to slay?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Lady Hero’s Journey
A woman tries to set out on The Hero’s Journey only to find that Joseph Campbell didn’t believe that women take The Hero’s Journey. She must instea...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"She meets other Ladies with The Call to Adventure. Some try to help her where they can, but some are threatened by her Adventure. Her Adventure might diminish their own Adventures. Are there even enough dragons for all the Ladies to slay?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
One of my favourite forms of storytelling (novella-in-flash) by one of my fav storytellers. Preorders available.
Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
One of my favourite forms of storytelling (novella-in-flash) by one of my fav storytellers. Preorders available.
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This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
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November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
A fairytale for modern times by @hilary55.bsky.social 😉https://theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-people-said-hilary-ayshford.html
And The People Said ... / Hilary Ayshford
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November 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A fairytale for modern times by @hilary55.bsky.social 😉https://theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-people-said-hilary-ayshford.html
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Raw Lit deserves your vote! It is so beautiful and @delgeo14.bsky.social is the most considerate editor!!
This is your chance to nominate your favourite lit mags ❤
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Raw Lit deserves your vote! It is so beautiful and @delgeo14.bsky.social is the most considerate editor!!
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Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
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Who brings this joy to you
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social @prairievixen.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @cake-girl.bsky.social @ramccafferty.bsky.social @kristinwrites.bsky.social @deniseb.bsky.social @kawalker.bsky.social
@sgscarso.bsky.social
Patrick Johanneson
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social @prairievixen.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @cake-girl.bsky.social @ramccafferty.bsky.social @kristinwrites.bsky.social @deniseb.bsky.social @kawalker.bsky.social
@sgscarso.bsky.social
Patrick Johanneson
templeinacity.com/explore-the-...
JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Latest horror drabble up @blackharepress.bsky.social
Check it out!
blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-m...
Check it out!
blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-m...
How Dominique Got Their Glass Eye by Nina Miller
’Twas just a pinhole at first. A blind spot fixed within my vision as headaches pulsed, ravaged. Doctors weren’t concerned, though it grew each day. Stretched open by something within. Millimetre, the...
blackharepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Latest horror drabble up @blackharepress.bsky.social
Check it out!
blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-m...
Check it out!
blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-m...
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I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...
The Cat in the Guest Bedroom
The Cat in the Guest Bedroom by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos CW: Child Abuse & Mental Health Their mother had prayed for a son. His name would have been Arthur—a strong name for a strong...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...
'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...
I didn't know that e-books cost libraries more than print. I love my Libby app, but I'm going to try borrow hard copies whenever possible moving forward. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
E-borrowing exceeds print at Vancouver libraries — can it keep up with the cost? | CBC News
For the first time in its history, loans of digital materials, such as e-books, e-magazines and music, have exceeded those of physical copies at the library, although online facsimiles cost three to f...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I didn't know that e-books cost libraries more than print. I love my Libby app, but I'm going to try borrow hard copies whenever possible moving forward. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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An Honour & A Privilege with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social is at the printer! Pre-order now from Stanchion to get a H&P free bookmark delivered with the most innovative craft writing book you've ever experienced.
Discounted UK shipping is available!
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Discounted UK shipping is available!
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November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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A haibun I wrote about our little neighborhood park in Mount Pleasant. Thank you, @coldmoonjournal.bsky.social!
coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/tea-...
coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/tea-...
Tea Swamp Park, a haibun by Isabella Mori
haiku senryu tanka micropoetry tanshi
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A haibun I wrote about our little neighborhood park in Mount Pleasant. Thank you, @coldmoonjournal.bsky.social!
coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/tea-...
coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/tea-...
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My #WritingCraftArticle for November is an exploration of the speculative. What it is. Why it's great. What it can teach us. And what to bear in mind:
🪞🌎👽👻🤖🧜🧙♀️🧞🧟
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/holding-a-...
🪞🌎👽👻🤖🧜🧙♀️🧞🧟
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/holding-a-...
Holding a mirror up to the world
I don’t know whether something has shifted inside of me or whether it’s something in the air, something in the shifting sands of the world, but I find myself more and more leaning into the speculative...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My #WritingCraftArticle for November is an exploration of the speculative. What it is. Why it's great. What it can teach us. And what to bear in mind:
🪞🌎👽👻🤖🧜🧙♀️🧞🧟
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/holding-a-...
🪞🌎👽👻🤖🧜🧙♀️🧞🧟
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/holding-a-...