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Leigh Aplin
@leighaplin.bsky.social
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Writing, reading, kayaking & hiking. 🌎💚
#FlashFiction #Poetry #ShortStories
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leighaplin.bsky.social
Emma Thompson really hates AI as a #writer and I love her for that. 🔥
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe 🔜 MICE @noethematt.bsky.social · Oct 28
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! 🍁
canadianpaintings.bsky.social Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · Oct 9
You're Welcome Back Anytime
Lee Munn
2022
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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trekkiebill.bsky.social
Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
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Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2021
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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trashcatlit.bsky.social
Check out the webpage for our upcoming print anthology. We have added story teases from our twenty-seven amazing contributors to tantalise your readerly appetites🦝💜

trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...
What Comes to Light 2025
Edited by JP Relph Coming late September 2025 is our first print anthology to raise funds for UK charity, The Wildlife Trusts. The theme for this submission call was Treasure in Unexpected Places, …
trashcatlit.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
“Oh, you’re Canadian? How do you spell centre, colour, defence?” I could go on...
agpasquella.bsky.social A.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social · Sep 19
“Oh, you’re Canadian? How much poutine is in your backpack?”
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Sep 18
"Oh, so you're Canadian? Name three Tragically Hip songs"

www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/t...
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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cclim.bsky.social
So freaking cool to see my book in a bookstore. Every single time. Like, never gets old.
A table of books under a sign “Canadian Authors”. Books include my book, THE MIDNIGHT PROJECT, nestled in the middle on the left.
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
#Kayaking at night. The red lights under my boat were a bit eerie...
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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trashcatlit.bsky.social
Our second spotlight today 🦝
We loved the quiet tension in @leighaplin.bsky.social's piece, the sense of longing amidst danger, the beautiful connection to death and renewal.

Read here: trashcatlit.com/when-the-riv...
September 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
She Waits by the Lake
Holly Cheverie ~ Anishinaabe
2025
September 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
So happy to have a flash piece out. Read it here: trashcatlit.com/when-the-riv...

Thanks to @trashcatlit.bsky.social
When the River Sets Us Free
Leigh Aplin Her fur is gone and that makes me sad. I liked sitting here watching her, but I was envious of her freedom. I’d like that kind of freedom too. Alistair says it’s too dangerous for me to…
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September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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trashcatlit.bsky.social
We pushed and we pushed and we have delivered a pair of delightful flashy collections 🦝🦝

Thirteen flash from all new Trash Family:
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...
Twelve flash from repeat bin offenders:
trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...

A bumper read of amazing prompted stories - ENJOY!
September 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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lunastation.bsky.social
At 384 pages with a perfect binding and no ads, our September issue isn't really a magazine, it's a book!

www.lunastationquart...

www.amazon.com/dp/19...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
September 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Corns, Beans, Squash - Sisters
Leah Dorion ~ Métis
2021
September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Join TNQ for a weekend of impressive Canadian literature, in-depth discussions, and immersive writing workshops at the 2025 Wild Writers Literary Festival! Check out the program today: wildwriters.ca/2025-program/

#wildwriters2025 #canlit #literaryfestival
Announcement that the 2025 Wild Writers Literary Festival program is now live on the wild writers website at wildwriters.ca.
September 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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trashcatlit.bsky.social
HERE THEY ARE! 25 contributors to the upcoming Prompted Stories issue. Split into new and existing Trash Family for your consumption. The issue will launch on Thursday 🦝
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September 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
leighaplin.bsky.social
Interesting discussion here... What makes a "serious" writer?
lorekeating.bsky.social Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · Aug 12
Saw a post recently about what makes someone a "serious" writer. It included studying writing at university, partaking in multi-day workshops, attending conferences, attending awards ceremonies.

Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
August 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
A beautiful storm in Ontario would be great right about now. We need rain! 🌧️
canadianpaintings.bsky.social Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · Aug 11
Beautiful Storm
Nicki Ault
2019
August 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
"we live on a ball of art" 💚
And yes, cool fuckin' boulders!
southpawed.bsky.social Rick Tyrrell @southpawed.bsky.social · Aug 5
Somehow, surrounded by unfathomable, ineffable vastness and mystery that we named as The Universe, we live on a ball of art. It is, from time immemorial, our mother and our muse. In other words, check out these cool fuckin' boulders! #photography #motherearth #boulders #lakehuron #canada #foundart
August 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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‪Well this was a trippy adventure! Spot the bird nest at the start of the clip. #kayaking
July 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
A Place to Return to
Jeff Dillon
2025
July 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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pinholepoetry.bsky.social
Get your manuscripts ready for the third annual Pinhole Poetry chapbook search. Guidelines up now on our website! Read them here:
pinholepoetry.ca/chapbook-con...
July 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
leighaplin.bsky.social
"For once, I don’t want to know what you’re thinking." #flashfiction
July 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM