Stephanie Carty
@stephaniecarty.bsky.social
Writer & Clinical Psychologist. Saboteur Award (novella). Eyelands Book Award (story collection). Fond of pyjamas and kindness.
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Would you like to have a cry? Yes. Yes you would. Read this @trampset.bsky.social piece by Oladosu Michael Emerald. It's 230 words. You will be grateful you took 3 minutes out of your day, I promise.
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Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns
by Oladosu Michael Emerald
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September 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Would you like to have a cry? Yes. Yes you would. Read this @trampset.bsky.social piece by Oladosu Michael Emerald. It's 230 words. You will be grateful you took 3 minutes out of your day, I promise.
trampset.org/reasons-to-s...
trampset.org/reasons-to-s...
Jus finished @debdanthewriter.bsky.social In the Dark Eyes of the Rabbit - winner of @bathflashaward.bsky.social Novella-in Flash award. Wonderful voice. Broke my heart quietly.
August 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Jus finished @debdanthewriter.bsky.social In the Dark Eyes of the Rabbit - winner of @bathflashaward.bsky.social Novella-in Flash award. Wonderful voice. Broke my heart quietly.
So pleased to share my new novella in flash out for pre-order with AdHocFiction. 3 women’s lives intertwine can unscrupulous adoption agency.
Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty @stephaniecarty.bsky.social
runner-up in our 2025 novella in flash award is now up for preorder at AdHocFiction.com at a 25% discount until publication day on July 6th
Another wonderful read! Launched at flashfictionfestival.com
runner-up in our 2025 novella in flash award is now up for preorder at AdHocFiction.com at a 25% discount until publication day on July 6th
Another wonderful read! Launched at flashfictionfestival.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So pleased to share my new novella in flash out for pre-order with AdHocFiction. 3 women’s lives intertwine can unscrupulous adoption agency.
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Want to go shadowy with your #flashfiction stories? @stephaniecarty.bsky.social &
@susmitab.bsky.social are leading workshops on darker themes at the flashfiction festival 18-20th July! Flashfictionfestival.co
@susmitab.bsky.social are leading workshops on darker themes at the flashfiction festival 18-20th July! Flashfictionfestival.co
April 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Want to go shadowy with your #flashfiction stories? @stephaniecarty.bsky.social &
@susmitab.bsky.social are leading workshops on darker themes at the flashfiction festival 18-20th July! Flashfictionfestival.co
@susmitab.bsky.social are leading workshops on darker themes at the flashfiction festival 18-20th July! Flashfictionfestival.co
Down the Red Rabbit Hole talking about sleep disorders, the brain and fiction…
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April 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Down the Red Rabbit Hole talking about sleep disorders, the brain and fiction…
shows.acast.com/the-red-rabb...
shows.acast.com/the-red-rabb...
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Textile artwork by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico #WomensArt
April 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Textile artwork by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico #WomensArt
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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Waiting in bed for me…
March 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Waiting in bed for me…
99p on kindle for 5 days!
My slightly creepy suspense novel about a girl who nobody knows exists amzn.eu/d/81PMan9
A SAFE PLACE
My slightly creepy suspense novel about a girl who nobody knows exists amzn.eu/d/81PMan9
A SAFE PLACE
March 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
99p on kindle for 5 days!
My slightly creepy suspense novel about a girl who nobody knows exists amzn.eu/d/81PMan9
A SAFE PLACE
My slightly creepy suspense novel about a girl who nobody knows exists amzn.eu/d/81PMan9
A SAFE PLACE
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When we say that we hope this post is ‘awesome,’ we don’t mean we want it to be expressive of awe or terror.
We mean that we hope you like it.
This reduction of a word's intensity is called ‘semantic bleaching.’
We mean that we hope you like it.
This reduction of a word's intensity is called ‘semantic bleaching.’
March 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When we say that we hope this post is ‘awesome,’ we don’t mean we want it to be expressive of awe or terror.
We mean that we hope you like it.
This reduction of a word's intensity is called ‘semantic bleaching.’
We mean that we hope you like it.
This reduction of a word's intensity is called ‘semantic bleaching.’
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Etymology of the day: in the expression ‘just deserts’, ‘deserts’ is an old past participle of the French ‘deservir’, meaning ‘deserve’. To get your just deserts is to get what you deserve.
‘Desert’ in this sense is obsolete, which is why lexicographers see ‘just desserts’ popping up everywhere.
‘Desert’ in this sense is obsolete, which is why lexicographers see ‘just desserts’ popping up everywhere.
March 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Etymology of the day: in the expression ‘just deserts’, ‘deserts’ is an old past participle of the French ‘deservir’, meaning ‘deserve’. To get your just deserts is to get what you deserve.
‘Desert’ in this sense is obsolete, which is why lexicographers see ‘just desserts’ popping up everywhere.
‘Desert’ in this sense is obsolete, which is why lexicographers see ‘just desserts’ popping up everywhere.
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meme | noun | an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media
March 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
meme | noun | an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media
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‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
March 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
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Want to know how to forge a Great Master and get away with it? Then read THE LAST LETTERS OF VILLA CLARA. She’s out today in paperback in all the usual places. @headlinebooks.bsky.social @sheilland.bsky.social #1960s #art #tuscany #london #vermeer #historicalfiction #publicationday
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Want to know how to forge a Great Master and get away with it? Then read THE LAST LETTERS OF VILLA CLARA. She’s out today in paperback in all the usual places. @headlinebooks.bsky.social @sheilland.bsky.social #1960s #art #tuscany #london #vermeer #historicalfiction #publicationday
My little sleeping beauty / wolf flash reprint with Trash Cat Lit 🐺
SPRING ISSUE HIGHLIGHT
Today's highlight is from @stephaniecarty.bsky.social with the gorgeous reimagining of a classic fairy tale that manages to feel very modern.
We loved the powerful imagery here, the tension.
Our reader, Sarah simply said "Stunning. Exquisite" 💜
trashcatlit.com/waking-beauty/
Today's highlight is from @stephaniecarty.bsky.social with the gorgeous reimagining of a classic fairy tale that manages to feel very modern.
We loved the powerful imagery here, the tension.
Our reader, Sarah simply said "Stunning. Exquisite" 💜
trashcatlit.com/waking-beauty/
March 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My little sleeping beauty / wolf flash reprint with Trash Cat Lit 🐺
Hurray I’m in Issue 3 of Trash Cat Lit with a reprint 🐺 Some bedtime reading…
IT'S BIN DAY!
Our Spring Issue is now live with fifteen amazing preloved stories for your reading pleasure 🦝
Audio versions are available for several.
We hope you love this packed issue as much as we do.
trashcatlit.com/issue-three/
Thank you @sarahkat.bsky.social for reading & contributing 💜
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Our Spring Issue is now live with fifteen amazing preloved stories for your reading pleasure 🦝
Audio versions are available for several.
We hope you love this packed issue as much as we do.
trashcatlit.com/issue-three/
Thank you @sarahkat.bsky.social for reading & contributing 💜
1/3
Issue Three
Spring 2025 Preloved Stories content warnings where relevant, are shown at the beginning of the story and can be revealed by clicking the arrow SHORT STORIES My Little Monsterby Martha Hipley A fri…
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February 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Hurray I’m in Issue 3 of Trash Cat Lit with a reprint 🐺 Some bedtime reading…
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A triple tease for Issue 3 🦝
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social delivers a complex, heart-breaking journey of loss in Grace,
@markpeters.bsky.social takes us somewhere children’s dreams become all too real in Last Rites of Spring,
and @stephaniecarty.bsky.social reimagines a lupine fairytale in Waking Beauty
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social delivers a complex, heart-breaking journey of loss in Grace,
@markpeters.bsky.social takes us somewhere children’s dreams become all too real in Last Rites of Spring,
and @stephaniecarty.bsky.social reimagines a lupine fairytale in Waking Beauty
February 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A triple tease for Issue 3 🦝
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social delivers a complex, heart-breaking journey of loss in Grace,
@markpeters.bsky.social takes us somewhere children’s dreams become all too real in Last Rites of Spring,
and @stephaniecarty.bsky.social reimagines a lupine fairytale in Waking Beauty
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social delivers a complex, heart-breaking journey of loss in Grace,
@markpeters.bsky.social takes us somewhere children’s dreams become all too real in Last Rites of Spring,
and @stephaniecarty.bsky.social reimagines a lupine fairytale in Waking Beauty
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A dating app but it's just one picture of someone's bookshelves, one of their usual grocery haul, one of their pets, and one their thermostat
February 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A dating app but it's just one picture of someone's bookshelves, one of their usual grocery haul, one of their pets, and one their thermostat
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Daily reminder
February 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Daily reminder
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Normalize celebrating the official completion of absolutely un-commercially viable novels.
a woman in a red outfit is saying oops i did it again .
ALT: a woman in a red outfit is saying oops i did it again .
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February 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Normalize celebrating the official completion of absolutely un-commercially viable novels.
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Final day to submit. You have till 23:59 GMT today (Saturday 15 Feb) to submit to Micro Fiction Comp (100 words, no theme) & our anthology (500 words, theme of SEASONS). Cash prizes! Huge thanks to everyone who has subbed. Good luck! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
a black and white photo of a grandfather clock with the words tick-tock below it
ALT: a black and white photo of a grandfather clock with the words tick-tock below it
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February 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Final day to submit. You have till 23:59 GMT today (Saturday 15 Feb) to submit to Micro Fiction Comp (100 words, no theme) & our anthology (500 words, theme of SEASONS). Cash prizes! Huge thanks to everyone who has subbed. Good luck! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Human: I’ll have two desk chairs in my room so if a cat sits on one I can wheel over the other
Cats:
Cats:
February 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Human: I’ll have two desk chairs in my room so if a cat sits on one I can wheel over the other
Cats:
Cats: