"We’ve finished the wine and in the vine overhead, sinewy stripes in black, coral, and white snake through the drooping bruised flowers." Emily Macdonald brings in the longing in her piece "Stay In Sheets" @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

Stay in Sheets by Emily Macdonald

“Stay in bed,” I sing to you. A line from our favourite song.“Stay in sheets,” you reply, and we laugh and tumble again, tangle in white cotton.When my breathing slows, I lie back under your arm, eyes...

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Thank you so much for sharing this story @bulbculture.bsky.social

Bulb Culture Collective@bulbculture.bsky.social · 2w ago

The light is on for Emily Macdonald! @ekmacdonald.bsky.social 💡 “Laundry” is a lyric flash fiction told from the POV of a character who sees and experiences the world in a beautiful way. Read Emily’s incredible work over at the site!

I’m delighted to have a piece in issue 3. Thank you @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 4w ago

It's finally the 12th! Which means, Issue 3 is LIVE, folx! 23 fabulous pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Come on in, grab a beanbag, your beverage of choice, and read! And if any of the pieces speak to you, let the author know! And so, here we go! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue3

And then, read @ekmacdonald.bsky.social 's story "Nadir Shadow"....High above the town he built, an aging kingpin considers betrayal, succession & the price of being underestimated. Check it out: literarygarage.com/nadir-shadow

Nadir Shadow | Literary Garage

An aging kingpin considers betrayal, succession, and the price of being underestimated.

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Source: Literary Garage Thanks so much @literarygarage.bsky.social

Great readings from the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology - incl a lack of teeth by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social romance from @ekmacdonald.bsky.social materialising aliens by @andylavender.bsky.social the chasm of dementia by @hilary55.bsky.social & hedgehogs by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

And continuing our thanks to our March authors #MikkiAronoff @joannagarbutt.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social #SusmitaMukherjee @writesofkathryn.bsky.social. To catch up please click on the link below and enjoy

Mar 2026 – Fictive Dream

12 posts published by Fictive Dream during March 2026

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Thank you so much @fictivedream.bsky.social.

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"Stupid Peter sat on the blanket and banged the bucket with a plastic spade." Brother is a Fish by Emily Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy

Thank you so much @trashcatlit.bsky.social. I'm so happy to see Reg back out in the world.

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Our spotlight has a side of Q&A today 🦝 We found @ekmacdonald.bsky.social's short story to be full of tension, grit and authenticity - a proper *story* and a flawed, complex character in Reg. trashcatlit.com/watching-the... Also read Emily's cracking interview: trashcatlit.com/2026/03/04/q...

Our Trash Family Gallery has some new additions. Check out our Preloved Stories contributors - their words are coming tomorrow! trashcatlit.com/trash-family...

We're tempting you before the Preloved Stories issue launches on the 28th 🦝 @ekmacdonald.bsky.social gives us Reg, a character in crisis, wondering if he can change in time while a storm rages @lousie-w.bsky.social shows us a young girl torn by the loss of the best person in her life, and a hen

Woohoo

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Here They Are! 💜 The fifteen spangly new Trash Family contributing their amazing stories to our upcoming Spring Preloved Stories issue. Be there on the 28th 🦝 @ekmacdonald.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @tracierenee.bsky.social @christinaltudor.bsky.social @lousie-w.bsky.social 1/2

"I’m thinking I got the Ray Liottas like from Goodfellas when he’s coked to the eyeballs, truly fucked up, knowing shit’s gonna hit now he’s under the eyes of the feds, the buzzing in my ears the hover copter tracking my moves inch for inch" @ekmacdonald.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

My shortlisted story in the Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition, At the Bay is published today: atthebay.org/emily-macdon...

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Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2025 Short List The seagull cruises the breeze, high above the blue and green of Cardigan Bay. The sea is tipped with white ruffles, inked with shadow, edged by the...

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Thank you so much Laura @fictivedream.bsky.social

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · last yr.

"If only Roger had died sooner." Wilt or Bloom by @ekmacdonald.bsky.social from today's "Second Chances" themed #MicroMonday #microfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...

Thank you @freeflashfiction.bsky.social and judge @sagreene1.bsky.social a story prompted by these hot dry days

Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · last yr.

As chosen by Judge S.A. Greene - @sagreene1.bsky.social FFF Competition Twenty-Eight Shortlisted: Between Dust and Desolation by Emily Macdonald www.macdonaldek11.com @ekmacdonald.bsky.social freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

Yay! So happy to be part of Micro Madness.

National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand@natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats 🎊 🎊 to our June 12 Micro Madness winner Emily Macdonald #flashfiction #microfiction #micromadness

My contributor copy arrived today. It's beautiful. Can't wait to dive in.

bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · last yr.

Just before the end of our 30th £1460 prize fund award, this Sunday 8th June, our beautiful 2024 anthology, The Constancy of Woodpigeons Is back from the printers and being mailed out to contributors today! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/back...

Yay! Story published today at the wonderful TSS. This one started on Matt Kendrick's brilliant Go with the Flow course. theshortstory.co.uk/short-story-...

Story published today. Thanks @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the expert beta reading and advice. gastropodalitmag.wixsite.com/main/post/co...

Collect by Emily Macdonald

Max collects bugs. Crickets, cicadas, stick insects, one golden Weta. Rae helps him to catch moths and butterflies, North Island Lichen, Monarchs, Common Coppers and Long-Tailed Blues. Max whispers ap...

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If you haven't yet done a course with Matt Kendrick, you're missing a great joy.

Woohoo!

Thanks FFF!

Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 3y ago

Added to the FFF Bookshop! Wheel Spin & Traction by E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social macdonaldek11.com freeflashfiction.com/product/whee...

As chosen by Judge Emma Phillips - @emmapwrites.bsky.social FFF Competition Twenty-Two Shortlisted: FOUR OF THESE FIVE DREAMS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE by Emily Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social macdonaldek11.com #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

Competition Twenty-Two Shortlisted: FOUR OF THESE FIVE DREAMS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE – Free Flash Fiction

One   I dream you bend your head towards me, and our lips briefly touch before we hear the key in the lock, the bellowed, ‘I’m home’ from below.   Two   I have the fleeing dream where I’m like a roadr...

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Thanks Ian!

Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 3y ago

Added to the FFF Bookshop! Wheel Spin & Traction by E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social macdonaldek11.com freeflashfiction.com/product/whee...

Check this out. Fab mag, fab issue including my story ‘Pink’

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos@delgeo14.bsky.social · 3y ago

Raw Lit - Issue 4 is live! rawlit.weebly.com/issue4.html @sugarpigblog.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social

Thanks so much. It's already up on Amazon. Yay!

Joyce Bingham@joycebingham.bsky.social · 3y ago

How exciting, I have my copy ordered, can't wait to read this collection.

Coming soon! Out 13th November, flash fiction collection of driving related stories with Alien Buddah Press.

My October newsletter is full of freebies for the writing community - example story lists, a character creator template, a story planner, a geeky submissions tracker spreadsheet... Hopefully some useful stuff for you all. PS - very grateful for re-posts to spread the word! #Flashfiction #writers

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Over the last few weeks, my health has decided to explore a new dimension. Which is the most positive way I can find of saying it has tumbled over another cliff. It isn’t worse necessarily just diff...

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I'm delighted to be included in the 1st issue of @proppencil.bsky.social in great company. Thank you @nivenaudrey.bsky.social thepropellingpencil.com/laundry-by-e...