Matthew C. McLean
@mcleansix.bsky.social
"I have to go on makin' a livin'...so I can die."
Writer. My fetish is a good narrative. I make them for fun and profit. if you like what you see here you can find more at https://matthewcmclean.com
Writer. My fetish is a good narrative. I make them for fun and profit. if you like what you see here you can find more at https://matthewcmclean.com
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An American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl.
In this episode, with less than 24-hours to plan a kidnapping, the American attempts to rustle up the Corsican and friends. #audio #serial
In this episode, with less than 24-hours to plan a kidnapping, the American attempts to rustle up the Corsican and friends. #audio #serial
The American, Trouble at the Garden | Matthew C. McLean
With less than 24-hours to plan a kidnapping, the American heads to neutral ground in an attempt to rustle up the Corsican and friends. A flash fiction serial.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
She had lost track of the #number of fires she had started. There was always a fraudster willing to pay. All sorts who just didn’t want to deal with anything but money. She’d burn the money if she could, but she needed something to live on until the day she didn’t escape her own blaze. #vss365
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Matthew C. McLean
An American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl.
In this episode, with less than 24-hours to plan a kidnapping, the American attempts to rustle up the Corsican and friends. #audio #serial
In this episode, with less than 24-hours to plan a kidnapping, the American attempts to rustle up the Corsican and friends. #audio #serial
The American, Trouble at the Garden | Matthew C. McLean
With less than 24-hours to plan a kidnapping, the American heads to neutral ground in an attempt to rustle up the Corsican and friends. A flash fiction serial.
matthewcmclean.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whether its standing alone or a sum, a unit or aggregate, you can always count on a #number. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Whether its standing alone or a sum, a unit or aggregate, you can always count on a #number. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
The #myth spoke of a fiery serpent that coiled at the center of the world, of a well that was so deep you could speak to it, and the snake would answer. But a girl named Lenore closed it with the question, “Why does no one love me?” & the snake’s answer was a great earthquake. #vss365 #flashfiction
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The #myth spoke of a fiery serpent that coiled at the center of the world, of a well that was so deep you could speak to it, and the snake would answer. But a girl named Lenore closed it with the question, “Why does no one love me?” & the snake’s answer was a great earthquake. #vss365 #flashfiction
Testimony in Judge Sara Ellis’s courtroom in America’s third-largest city on November 5th suggests it is DHS’s own agents who are terrifying people. One after another, protesters said that officers had pointed guns at them and tear-gassed residential streets.
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
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November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Testimony in Judge Sara Ellis’s courtroom in America’s third-largest city on November 5th suggests it is DHS’s own agents who are terrifying people. One after another, protesters said that officers had pointed guns at them and tear-gassed residential streets.
Is there a truth behind the #myth? Or is it just an attempt to explain the unexplainable? Or just a really good con? What's your #myth? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction
#vss365 #prompt #November12
Good morning. Today's word is #myth, like the exhortation to writers that we must keep subbing until agents begin fighting over who should have the privilege of representing us.
Or the Tooth Fairy. Your choice. Have fun!
Good morning. Today's word is #myth, like the exhortation to writers that we must keep subbing until agents begin fighting over who should have the privilege of representing us.
Or the Tooth Fairy. Your choice. Have fun!
a cartoon elf is holding a pair of scissors in his hand .
ALT: a cartoon elf is holding a pair of scissors in his hand .
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November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Is there a truth behind the #myth? Or is it just an attempt to explain the unexplainable? Or just a really good con? What's your #myth? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction
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𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬.
It takes time, repetition, and devotion to truly rewire the brain from any addiction—
especially an addiction to suffering.
#ThoughtJournal #Channel #ChannelledMessage
It takes time, repetition, and devotion to truly rewire the brain from any addiction—
especially an addiction to suffering.
#ThoughtJournal #Channel #ChannelledMessage
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬.
It takes time, repetition, and devotion to truly rewire the brain from any addiction—
especially an addiction to suffering.
#ThoughtJournal #Channel #ChannelledMessage
It takes time, repetition, and devotion to truly rewire the brain from any addiction—
especially an addiction to suffering.
#ThoughtJournal #Channel #ChannelledMessage
The #measure of a man can only be taken when he falls. Unless he gets back up. You’ll have to wait for him fall again. Otherwise, all that movement just makes measuring him difficult. #vss365 #flashfiction
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The #measure of a man can only be taken when he falls. Unless he gets back up. You’ll have to wait for him fall again. Otherwise, all that movement just makes measuring him difficult. #vss365 #flashfiction
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
To take the #measure of something, in any dimension, be it size or personality can tell you a lot about it. How do you measure? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
#vss365 #prompt
Good morning.
#November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail.
Today's word is #measure
Good morning.
#November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail.
Today's word is #measure
a butterfly flies over a field of red flowers at sunset
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November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
To take the #measure of something, in any dimension, be it size or personality can tell you a lot about it. How do you measure? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
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"Where's the Italian #literature section?" the battered woman asked.
"Follow me." The librarian led her to a locked room inside which was a single book about Giulia Tofana.
"Is this what you're looking for?" the librarian opened the hollowed-out book, showing her the vial of poison within. #vss365
"Follow me." The librarian led her to a locked room inside which was a single book about Giulia Tofana.
"Is this what you're looking for?" the librarian opened the hollowed-out book, showing her the vial of poison within. #vss365
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Where's the Italian #literature section?" the battered woman asked.
"Follow me." The librarian led her to a locked room inside which was a single book about Giulia Tofana.
"Is this what you're looking for?" the librarian opened the hollowed-out book, showing her the vial of poison within. #vss365
"Follow me." The librarian led her to a locked room inside which was a single book about Giulia Tofana.
"Is this what you're looking for?" the librarian opened the hollowed-out book, showing her the vial of poison within. #vss365
“What are you writing?” she asked him at the coffee shop.
“I write for Sabrina the Witch.”
“Didn’t that go off the air years ago?”
“Yeah, but it’s fan fiction.”
She turned away then and he shrugged. Emotional impact was the key to #literature, he thought, not a pedigree. #vss365 #flashfiction
“I write for Sabrina the Witch.”
“Didn’t that go off the air years ago?”
“Yeah, but it’s fan fiction.”
She turned away then and he shrugged. Emotional impact was the key to #literature, he thought, not a pedigree. #vss365 #flashfiction
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“What are you writing?” she asked him at the coffee shop.
“I write for Sabrina the Witch.”
“Didn’t that go off the air years ago?”
“Yeah, but it’s fan fiction.”
She turned away then and he shrugged. Emotional impact was the key to #literature, he thought, not a pedigree. #vss365 #flashfiction
“I write for Sabrina the Witch.”
“Didn’t that go off the air years ago?”
“Yeah, but it’s fan fiction.”
She turned away then and he shrugged. Emotional impact was the key to #literature, he thought, not a pedigree. #vss365 #flashfiction
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Did you know Paradise Lost contains things like fart jokes, gay angel sex, and Greeks traveling to space? What does your #literature contain? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
#vss365 #prompt #Nov10
Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction?
I may go back to bed now.
Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction?
I may go back to bed now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Did you know Paradise Lost contains things like fart jokes, gay angel sex, and Greeks traveling to space? What does your #literature contain? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
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One week to go until #TheMikey deadline. Although that’s 8 days, today being Saturday and there being until midnight next Saturday to enter. We know yesterday’s post said 7 days, but that person “doesn’t count the same”, so November 15 is also now further away. Did we say we aren’t numbers people?
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One week to go until #TheMikey deadline. Although that’s 8 days, today being Saturday and there being until midnight next Saturday to enter. We know yesterday’s post said 7 days, but that person “doesn’t count the same”, so November 15 is also now further away. Did we say we aren’t numbers people?
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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Is #history the past? Or the wave of what once was carrying us forward? Does it echo? Or rhyme? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
#vss365 #prompt #Nov7th
Good morning! Today's word is #history. Which I wish I'd studied better at school, because I'd enjoy historical novels more. My first husband knew the dates of all the Kings of England, which was useful.
I look forward to reading your mini historical works.
Good morning! Today's word is #history. Which I wish I'd studied better at school, because I'd enjoy historical novels more. My first husband knew the dates of all the Kings of England, which was useful.
I look forward to reading your mini historical works.
a person is holding a small piece of paper with the word book on it
ALT: a person is holding a small piece of paper with the word book on it
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Is #history the past? Or the wave of what once was carrying us forward? Does it echo? Or rhyme? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction
Cruelty and loneliness can make room for mercy. A #flashfiction piece for your Thursday.
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Fille Soumise | Flash Fictions | Matthew C. McLean
Flash fiction piece on the cruelty and mercy.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Cruelty and loneliness can make room for mercy. A #flashfiction piece for your Thursday.
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There's the geography of natural continents, the #geography of political boundaries, and the internal #geography that makes us who we are. What country are you in right now? #vss365 #flashfiction #promptshare
#vss365 #prompt #Nov6
Good morning! The next word from my Xword book index is #geography - not one of my better subjects from school, though I enjoyed drawing maps.
I still prefer real maps - if I don't know where I am now, how can GPS tell me where to go next?
Good morning! The next word from my Xword book index is #geography - not one of my better subjects from school, though I enjoyed drawing maps.
I still prefer real maps - if I don't know where I am now, how can GPS tell me where to go next?
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There's the geography of natural continents, the #geography of political boundaries, and the internal #geography that makes us who we are. What country are you in right now? #vss365 #flashfiction #promptshare
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Some of the things the MAGAverse have called @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social since his election victory last night:
• Third world communist
• Marxist jihadi
• Muslim socialist
• True extremist
• Communist Muslim Jihadist
• neo-Marxist Jihadi
• Sadiq Khan 2.0
• Bolshevik
www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
• Third world communist
• Marxist jihadi
• Muslim socialist
• True extremist
• Communist Muslim Jihadist
• neo-Marxist Jihadi
• Sadiq Khan 2.0
• Bolshevik
www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds To Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some of the things the MAGAverse have called @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social since his election victory last night:
• Third world communist
• Marxist jihadi
• Muslim socialist
• True extremist
• Communist Muslim Jihadist
• neo-Marxist Jihadi
• Sadiq Khan 2.0
• Bolshevik
www.wired.com/story/maga-r...
• Third world communist
• Marxist jihadi
• Muslim socialist
• True extremist
• Communist Muslim Jihadist
• neo-Marxist Jihadi
• Sadiq Khan 2.0
• Bolshevik
www.wired.com/story/maga-r...