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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam)
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
BSF 2025 B Microfic 2024
Trauma writing workshops. Yeah Nah Monthly Zoom
Will probably rearrange your dishwasher.
Bi (2) x Demi (1/2) = 1 Sexual
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YEAH NAH FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH 7PM MELBOURNE TIME
Meet, chat, read online w me and other flashy people!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Yeah Nah 1st Thursday monthly 7pm Melb time. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Yeah Nah 1st Thursday monthly 7pm Melb time. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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'You and Kate are you-and-Kate with no interruption and that is how you love me.'

You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“It was rising from bed, reluctant as cold sap, and shuffling off the protective cocoon.” Another hard-hitting piece from @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡🔥🔥🔥
"...crouching before the blue god of short flames in his black metal cave, winking at me like a dozen butterfly wings, sucking moisture from my lips in return for brief comfort."

Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
What if the cover letter was the perennial aussie childhood refrain: “you get what you get and you don’t get upset”
Dear editors: We apologize in advance for the unavoidable sass. BUT! We read 4,000 submissions guidelines, and we have a few notes. Y'know, to make the whole thing easier. Way, WAY easier.
We've Read over 4,000 Submission Guidelines. Here's Some Feedback | Chill Subs Blog
Deepest apologies for the unavoidable sass
www.chillsubs.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Have you heard the 🔥🔥🔥 news? We are so excited for our own @pleomorphic2.bsky.social! Cupcakes for all!
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 11:57 PM
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This is so exciting!
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 11:58 PM
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
Extraordinary work by the always amazing @maireadwrites.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social “We’ll need extra bleach for all this shouting,’ they advise, ‘and something stronger for these stains,’ they add, pointing out the silences between.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Say I wrote a novella-in-flash. And say it's coming out in Dec with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social. Would anyone be interested in a wee sneak peek of the cover (by @nmals.bsky.social)???
a statue of a deer is sitting on a stone ledge
Alt: a man is slowly peeking over the edge of a concrete wall
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
So excited to be in this issue with so many great authors. Thanks @eireneeleni.bsky.social and @templeinacity.bsky.social! This was inspired by my unhinged group chat with @kateaxeford.bsky.social @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social 🧡
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Read these bangers by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Twisted Tongue Press 🔥🔥🔥
“Recently, the layers have begun to recede with the waxing of the moon, and by the moon I mean booze…”
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sharing for the timezones 🧡 @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡
Massive thanks to @the-engine-idling.bsky.social and @dehm000.bsky.social for publishing my little felony poem! This thread explains the wee love story that inspired it 🧡🌈

bsky.app/profile/pleo...
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Massive thanks to @the-engine-idling.bsky.social and @dehm000.bsky.social for publishing my little felony poem! This thread explains the wee love story that inspired it 🧡🌈

bsky.app/profile/pleo...
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Chuffed to be reading at the Prose Garden hosted by @francinewitte.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social with these brilliant names! Sat Nov 15 2pm EST. Rego link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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This piece by @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social makes me want to go for a walk in the forest, in the rain. It’s been nearly two decades since I’ve done such a thing!

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Storm Season by Kathryn Reese
The girl with a forest in her chest has been without a love so long she has forgotten what it is to hold hands, so tonight she runs a finger round the outline of her own palm: thumbpad, lifeline, wris...
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thank you all so much for your lovely wishes yesterday. This is 49, and quietly happy on a Sunday making a banging playlist for a cool kid 🧡
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Happy Birthday Sumitra!💐💐💐 And thank you for brightening my own year with your glorious writing. Especially this.. flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/on-f...
'On Family Movie Nights We Watch The Video of My Father’s Colonoscopy' by Sumitra Singam
Ma shrugs, it’s how he was – intrusive, shaming . To me, the stippled mucosa telescoping into view is like veined marble, unknowable beauty....
flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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It’s our dear Sumitra’s birthday and we love her so! 💜💜💜
It's my birthday today folks. To celebrate, here's a video of my choir performing last year. I hope you will all find some way to give yourself joy today. So much love for this amazing community 🧡
youtu.be/WCvBDH9K1zo?...
Kate Miller-Heidke + 500 singers: Little Roots, Little Shoots / Melbourne Indie Voices
YouTube video by Melbourne Indie Voices
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It's my birthday today folks. To celebrate, here's a video of my choir performing last year. I hope you will all find some way to give yourself joy today. So much love for this amazing community 🧡
youtu.be/WCvBDH9K1zo?...
Kate Miller-Heidke + 500 singers: Little Roots, Little Shoots / Melbourne Indie Voices
YouTube video by Melbourne Indie Voices
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One of my favourite pieces by my favourite poet (and bae) @kathrynreese.bsky.social in my favourite litmag @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
As we head into the weekend, spend a few moments reading this quiet, musical little piece by @kathrynreese.bsky.social. And if you like it, say "coo-ee!" in the comments! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Read this heartwrenching piece by @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social about the way mothers are judged 💔 "My daughter, the sort of fighter who hides behind her hair. "
I have a CNF here in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social . Content note for parenting & mental health care (or lack thereof).
CNF "Case Review" by Kathryn Reese

“My ex beside me, blocking my view of my daughter. My daughter, the sort of fighter who hides behind her hair.”

www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/case-rev...
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Hilarious and fun little piece about getting a refund on your dating match by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social !!

Give it a read, and beware spitting out your wine as you crack up!!

thehooghlyreview.com/to-the-manuf...

#flashfiction #shortstories #sci-fi #datingapps
To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™ – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
thehooghlyreview.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I’ve chucked something joyful @templeinacity.bsky.social’s way! Hope you will too. They’re awesome!!
Today it’s easy to be joyful so how about a little pop-up theme call. Joy is the theme. Whatever gives you joy counts unless it’s hate, that won’t count. Poems flash micro art, everyone welcome even if you’ve already submitted. templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
NIKKIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! KAWANNNNNNNNN!!!!!! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!! 🧡🎉
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM