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T.L. Tomljanovic
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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 · 23d
This is pretty cool, but what’s even better is being part of a group of women that support one another.
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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
Cover of my Novella-in-Flash “Mother Karma” rich, dark yellow background with a line drawing of an Indian mother with black bindi and hair in a bun with flowers in it, holding a baby. Text “Mother Karma A Novella-in-Flash Sumitra Singam”
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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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
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Patrick Johanneson
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JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Latest horror drabble up @blackharepress.bsky.social
Check it out!

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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...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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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.'

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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...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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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
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I am in this awesome #Writing #Craft book! Check it out:
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 12d
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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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!

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Tea Swamp Park, a haibun by Isabella Mori
haiku senryu tanka micropoetry tanshi
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
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:

🪞🌎👽👻🤖🧜🧙‍♀️🧞🧟

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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
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Thirty days to write 100 words. Simple!!! Hope lots of you will consider sending in entries 👇
welkinprize.bsky.social The Welkin Writing Prize @welkinprize.bsky.social · 15d
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
THE WELKIN MINI. For micros up to 100 words. Free to enter. Deadline = 2nd January 2026. 1st prize = £75, 2nd prize = £40, 3rd prize = £25, HC = £10.
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
tomljanovic.bsky.social
““It is the ones who don’t tick you should watch out for.”

This line gave me chills. A stunning hybrid piece by my talented friend Sumitra.
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 16d
Friends, I have a piece that isn’t entirely fictional in this issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾
“Wendy, darling and I talk about crocodiles, and ticking clocks, and people with hooks for hands.”
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October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Happy Halloween! 👻 🎃 This is my favourite scary story, written in 2nd person because I think that’s the voice of psychos.

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#horror #flashfiction
The One
I look across a crowded room, and there you are. You don’t notice me at first. Invisibility is my superpower, but by God, I notice you. Your laugh is effortless. Your joy, palpable. You toss your s…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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ICYMI: I am deeply honored to receive my second Pushcart nomination, from @theprideroars.bsky.social, for my raw and personal essay, "Exploding into Parenthood."

"To bring a child into the world, you must explode."

Read it here: theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/expl...
Exploding Into Parenthood / Megan Hanlon
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October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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SO happy to be part of Your Impossible Voice with this rage-filled #FlashFiction piece:
yourimpossiblevoice.com Your Impossible Voice @yourimpossiblevoice.com · 16d
"The bus driver brakes hard and I stumble, my 37 weeks pregnant belly stumbles, my whole big self stumbles into a woman in a baseball hat who mutters fat bitch and I open my mouth to say I’m pregnant, as if she’s right to say it."

New #flashfiction from the great @sagetyrtle.bsky.social
A List of the Reasons Women Feel Shame | Your Impossible Voice
By Sage Tyrtle — "The bus driver brakes hard and I stumble, my 37 weeks pregnant belly stumbles, my whole big self stumbles into a woman in a baseball hat who mutters fat bitch and I open my mouth to ...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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New blog post: tomljanovic.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/p...
Pushcart Prize
The fine folk over at the Pride Roars writing collective nominated my short story Price v. Price for the Pushcart Prize. Wow, that’s a shocking amount of alliteration. I wrote Price v. Price …
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October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🌟 Workshop highlight: Generative writing prompts tailored especially for emerging marginalized writers.
Come write, learn, and strategize with Mandira Pattnaik.
Sign up: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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“A last ditch swing of the lasso as the slowest grains of sand eke from her egg timer.”
theprideroars.bsky.social The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 21d
"And here I am, on a road I had long since abandoned, humming an old nursery rhyme for comfort; three blind mice, three blind mice — see how they run?"

Today on The Pride Roars "Mother" by Marie-Louise McGuinness

@mlmcguinness.bsky.social

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Mother/ Marie-Louise McGuinness
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October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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In Your Orbit / Fiona McKay
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Life Within A Dormant Bough / Nina Miller
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Price v. Price / T.L. Tomljanovic
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In Your Orbit / Fiona McKay
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October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Powdered Scrambled Egg and Prosecco / Joyce Bingham
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Exploding Into Parenthood / Megan Hanlon
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The Almost Mother / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
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Powdered Scrambled Egg and Prosecco / Joyce Bingham
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October 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
tomljanovic.bsky.social
This is pretty cool, but what’s even better is being part of a group of women that support one another.
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
tomljanovic.bsky.social
Six Reasons Why Jewelry Thief Seems the most Viable Career Option for a Middle-aged Stay-at-home Mom

1. Husband’s pristine set of power tools and multi-position ladder are available and waiting.
a woman wearing a tiara and a white fur cape
ALT: a woman wearing a tiara and a white fur cape
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October 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I've been so excited about this! My short story "Homing" will be featured on BBC Radio 4 on 7th November, Read by Charlotte McCurry

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Homing by Marie-Louise McGuinness
A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
tomljanovic.bsky.social
Like cats? Like horror? Have I got a story for you... #HappyHalloween #flashfiction
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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It's such an honor to be on this list of contributors. Happy Nine Year Anniversary to the wonderful Ghost Parachute. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and the whole team. ❤️
brettpribble.bsky.social Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Oct 1
We are excited to present the October 2025 issue, which is our Nine Year Anniversary issue. We've put out an issue every month on the first since we started, making this our 108th issue. Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.

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October 2025 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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October 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
tomljanovic.bsky.social
A new story from two writers who I've admired separately now collabing on a piece together. It's brilliant. Of course, it is.
jaimegill.bsky.social Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · Oct 15
This story’s a big deal to me for many reasons. It was my first collaboration with my friend @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social who wrote most, making it so intricate & gorgeous. Its in a dream title, @fracturedlit.bsky.social. And I love love love it. Maybe you will too?
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October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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serrey.bsky.social
I love the different voices collaborating here
September 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM