Catherine O'Brien
@catherineobrien.bsky.social
Writer/Scríbhneoir. Gaeilge - gar dod’ chroí 's beimid mar chairde. BOTN’23 nominee @JanusLiterary BSF ‘23 nominee @BendingGenres
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Stone Circle Review@stonecirclereview.bsky.social · last wk.POEM 361: "Cry pretty" by Catherine O’Brien (@catherineobrien.bsky.social) "I lean on harmony. I’ve dropped the tempo and tickled the synth. I comb the pattern for its crime. I taste the blast of the furnace." stonecirclereview.com/cry-pretty #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 361: "Cry pretty" by Catherine O’Brien (@catherineobrien.bsky.social) "I lean on harmony. I’ve dropped the tempo and tickled the synth. I comb the pattern for its crime. I taste the blast of the furnace." stonecirclereview.com/cry-pretty #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
⚡️ COMING SOON! ⚡️ The Rumpus is pleased to announce a new category for submissions, Flash Fridays. We will be accepting fiction and nonfiction, up to 1,000 words, to be included in our weekly newsletter on Fridays. Payment for this work is $200. Keep an eye our for when subs open: buff.ly/l4g69vI
Friends, I took a musical poser and wrote a 💔🏳️🌈🥂☠️ story about it and a total bucket list journal @lostballoon.bsky.social took it and I’m so stoked. It features karipap, Thai Song (what do you mean you’ve never tried it) and Richard Marx. Can u pls read it? Tx lost-balloon.com/category/fla...
flash fiction – Lost Balloon
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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · last wk.We have a great new piece today from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social! Check out “Murder Ballad.” lost-balloon.com/2026/08/12/m...
I think my heart stopped 😭. Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social for seeing something in my CNF. There is a Nosehill Park. There was a boy. The thing I love best about writing is the agency it gives to write new stories and rewrite old ones.
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2w ago🌎🌎🌎 WINNER of the Earth Prize, "Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social A piece that's wonderfully vivid and wonderfully alive: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
“I am stalked by the silliness of smiles…” This poignant beauty by @catherineobrien.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social!💙
Catherine O'Brien@catherineobrien.bsky.social · 3w agoMy flash 'Clapping with Ghosts' appears in @soflopojo.bsky.social latest issue alongside some very talented writers. My thanks to @francinewitte.bsky.social editor for giving this piece a great home! www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
'you were like a light I’d wanted to bask in' beautifully atmospheric @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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'She tells me she wants to be a shadow when she grows up.' @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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My flash 'Clapping with Ghosts' appears in @soflopojo.bsky.social latest issue alongside some very talented writers. My thanks to @francinewitte.bsky.social editor for giving this piece a great home! www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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My flash fiction piece 'Clapping with Ghosts' appears in this issue with lots of talented writers. Do yourself a favour and check out the issue.
SoFloPoJo@soflopojo.bsky.social · 3w agoSoFloPoJo Issue 42 - August 2026 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
My flash 'Clapping with Ghosts' appears in @soflopojo.bsky.social latest issue alongside some very talented writers. My thanks to @francinewitte.bsky.social editor for giving this piece a great home! www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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My flash fiction piece 'Clapping with Ghosts' appears in this issue with lots of talented writers. Do yourself a favour and check out the issue.
SoFloPoJo@soflopojo.bsky.social · 3w agoSoFloPoJo Issue 42 - August 2026 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
Such a thrill to see MIDNIGHT AT THE SALTMARSH 🌕🌊 for sale in the wonderful @booksupstairs.bsky.social 📚 💫✨ @thegallerypress.bsky.social
Hey friends i have a poem out in Abundance today - ekphrasis after a photo by @kathrynreese.bsky.social It features pineapples and leeches 🍍🪱🧡🧡🧡 online.fliphtml5.com/FunInTheZine...
Happy The Odyssey Day, friends—here are some literary journals opening for submissions in August. Some are open now or will close *soon* in July or August. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative. These should be no-fee. There are more resources out there, too. Wish y’all well
'A good engineer, she’d thought; not other nouns.' Loved the acerbic tone of this! @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Kim Magowan@kimmagowan.bsky.social · last mo.Delighted to have a new story in @fictivedream.bsky.social ! Many thanks to Laura Black for publishing this one, and to my @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness workshop crew and @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social for reading drafts.
Received an acceptance from @stonecirclereview.bsky.social can't wait to appear there and share this poem with you all soon!
"I wonder if I am cannibalizing you." Check out the latest from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in The Sandy River Review. 🌹
Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2mo agoFriends, WHAT a day. I have two CNF pieces out today in The Sandy River Review. They’re both about my dear friend Jessica who passed 18 months ago. I’d love it if you gave them a read 🧡🙏🏾💔 sandyriverreview.com/2026/07/03/h... sandyriverreview.com/2026/07/03/s...
Wonderfully taut and deft piece from @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🌬️🍉
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 2mo agoLet’s go fly a kite! 🪁 Thrilled to have a new flash in the fabulous @fictivedream.bsky.social, which is celebrating 10 years of championing short and short-short stories. Laura has created such a wonderfully-curated journal, and I’m so proud to be featured. Enjoy! 💛 fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...
Hello writing friends! Thrilled to have two pieces in Issue 36 of @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social and a cool bonus is you can read my first piece that I published with the lovely editors at @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social if you follow this 🔗 t.co/JvwvjsP8Sj
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Hello writing friends! Thrilled to have two pieces in Issue 36 of @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social and a cool bonus is you can read my first piece that I published with the lovely editors at @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social if you follow this 🔗 t.co/JvwvjsP8Sj
https://leonliteraryreview.com/author-bio-catherine-obrien-2/
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Issue 36 is live! And cool enough to beat this heat? Find out! Adam Berlin Andrew Bertaina Christie Chapman Amrita Chowdhury Heather Emmanuel Zary Fekete Kelsey Flaherty Richard Leise & Lillian Taylor Catherine O'Brien Eric Roller Mary Magdalen Smihula leonliteraryreview.com
LEON Literary Review
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Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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"Sometimes she wondered if all her husband saw were shadows." @thorntonforreal.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW STORY ⚡️🐸 “Migration of the Sandhill Cranes” by @thorntonforreal.bsky.social is now up! Art by @kimmylarson.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/06/22/m...
Delighted to receive an acceptance from @soflopojo.bsky.social for their next issue.
Yippee! My FlashFlood micro is live… and it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, right? Take a sip and enjoy ‘Making a Margarita After Filing for Divorce’, and have the most flash-tastic day everyone! And cheers to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and the hard-working editors! 🍋🟩🍸
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo agoFlashFlood: 'Making a Margarita After Filing for Divorce' by James Montgomery #nffd2026
