“As the sun set, we draped embroidered haircloth over the bamboo and created a pleasure-home that glowed with gold.” Really enjoyed this wonderfully immersive piece by @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social ✨👏✨

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2d ago

'The Mirage Palace' historical fiction from @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social Chinggis Khan had a palace which moved through the desert, assembled nightly from bamboo poles that chattered as we carried them over our shoulders to the next camp. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

'The Mirage Palace' historical fiction from @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social Chinggis Khan had a palace which moved through the desert, assembled nightly from bamboo poles that chattered as we carried them over our shoulders to the next camp. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

The impetus for this story was my dad’s pet theory that we were descendants of Genghis Khan. Please give it a read!

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2d ago

'The Mirage Palace' historical fiction from @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social Chinggis Khan had a palace which moved through the desert, assembled nightly from bamboo poles that chattered as we carried them over our shoulders to the next camp. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

'The Mirage Palace' historical fiction from @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social Chinggis Khan had a palace which moved through the desert, assembled nightly from bamboo poles that chattered as we carried them over our shoulders to the next camp. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

'In Remembrance' by Steph Auteri The church smells of incense and furniture polish, perfume and old paper. I get there early so I can review the hymns. “How Great Thou Art” and “Be Not Afraid.” “On Eagle’s Wings” and “I Am the Bread of Life.” Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/in-r...

Editor Steve at the renewed @ellipsiszine.bsky.social grabbed a flashlight & poked around in the Ellipsis archival cellar until he found a fiction of mine from 2020. My thanks to EZ for bringing back my story about stars & the people who love (or ignore) them. www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/pats...

Pat’s Unlikely Star by Michael Grant Smith

Flash Fiction: Pat’s Unlikely Star

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'In Remembrance' by Steph Auteri The church smells of incense and furniture polish, perfume and old paper. I get there early so I can review the hymns. “How Great Thou Art” and “Be Not Afraid.” “On Eagle’s Wings” and “I Am the Bread of Life.” Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/in-r...

"You wonder what it would be like to disappear. If you started to dissolve, how long would ..." @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

Lost and Found by Suzanne Hicks

Flash Fiction: Lost and Found

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'Chapel of Dreams' microfiction from Chris Cottom My newbuild husband would settle for a soulless maisonette on a deathless estate, so I insist on another look at the old Baptist church with its pinnacles and glory. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/chap...

'Third Best Fighter in the Year' non-fiction from Garrie Fletcher Coverack Close, a training ground, a spectacle, a gym, the bench set down upon the faded grass. My shapeless arms tremble with the anticipation of failure, as Dad urges me on... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/thir...

'Third Best Fighter in the Year' non-fiction from Garrie Fletcher Coverack Close, a training ground, a spectacle, a gym, the bench set down upon the faded grass. My shapeless arms tremble with the anticipation of failure, as Dad urges me on... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/thir...

'Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger...' Tender & evocative piece by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @crowkeys.bsky.social #fiction #historicalfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #flashfiction crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/11/h...

Hellcat, They Call You—James Montgomery

Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger; how the skin has tightened to the skull, its frame as slight as a sparrow’s. Continue reading&…

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'Detergentized' micro fiction from @angelajoynes.bsky.social I am the crone among us, old enough to remember the PRE world order before the male revolt abolished abortion rights and birth control, before rescinding our voting rights... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/dete...

"I’m not afraid of needles, I mean, I don’t like them, who does? But I’m most definitely fine with them if, you know, like I have to get them" @tomljanovic.bsky.social uses tension so well in this wonderful micro in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/tryp...

Trypanophobia Isn’t so Bad Once You Know How to Manage It by T.L. Tomljanovic

Flash Fiction: Trypanophobia Isn’t so Bad Once You Know How to Manage It

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'Detergentized' micro fiction from @angelajoynes.bsky.social I am the crone among us, old enough to remember the PRE world order before the male revolt abolished abortion rights and birth control, before rescinding our voting rights... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/dete...

I've got a new story, just up on @ellipsiszine.bsky.social If you've got 2 minutes, I'm grateful for any reads, would love to hear your thoughts. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it! #amwriting #flashfiction #microfiction #library #libraries #shortstories

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2w ago

'If You Build It With Lego, They Will Come' micro fiction from @fuzzynick.bsky.social Somehow they’ve learnt that Frances, who runs our Lego Club, once upon a time was Francis (who ran our Lego Club) and now they’re outside... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/if-y...

'If You Build It With Lego, They Will Come' micro fiction from @fuzzynick.bsky.social Somehow they’ve learnt that Frances, who runs our Lego Club, once upon a time was Francis (who ran our Lego Club) and now they’re outside... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/if-y...

'Trypanophobia Isn’t so Bad Once You Know How to Manage It' micro fiction from @tomljanovic.bsky.social I’m not afraid of needles, I mean, I don’t like them, who does? But I’m most definitely fine with them if, you know, like I have to get them... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/tryp...

'Trypanophobia Isn’t so Bad Once You Know How to Manage It' micro fiction from @tomljanovic.bsky.social I’m not afraid of needles, I mean, I don’t like them, who does? But I’m most definitely fine with them if, you know, like I have to get them... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/tryp...

'Lost and Found' flash fiction by @suzannehicks.bsky.social When the car turned down the street, your eyes went straight to the cemetery at the entrance, the rows of raised stones, ruins covered in moss, shaded by large oak trees. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

I have a new story up today! Many thanks to @ellipsiszine.bsky.social for giving it a home. I wrote this in a @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop where she showed me how to build an entire town to inspire this story.

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 3w ago

'Lost and Found' flash fiction by @suzannehicks.bsky.social When the car turned down the street, your eyes went straight to the cemetery at the entrance, the rows of raised stones, ruins covered in moss, shaded by large oak trees. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

'Lost and Found' flash fiction by @suzannehicks.bsky.social When the car turned down the street, your eyes went straight to the cemetery at the entrance, the rows of raised stones, ruins covered in moss, shaded by large oak trees. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

ICYMI, I’ve got a micro called “My Mother, the Robot” in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social (www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/my-m...)

'Only the Female Mosquito Drinks Blood' flash fiction from @judydarley.bsky.social The North Sea is 28 degrees Celsius and Johnny’s gran thinks it’s heaven. “Like a warm bath, Elspeth!” she tells me, wading in deeper to soothe her varicose veins. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/only...

For those of you on the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social come down and looking for your next flash fiction fix, I've got a couple of things coming up in August and I'd love to write with you 👇 Also, a couple of free things (goodies!!!) below, below that are very flashy and fixy 👇👇

Great story from Judy Darley @judydarley.bsky.social, an absolute must-read, globally warmed* and packed with poignancy. *I honestly started sweating more as I was reading

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 3w ago

'Only the Female Mosquito Drinks Blood' flash fiction from @judydarley.bsky.social The North Sea is 28 degrees Celsius and Johnny’s gran thinks it’s heaven. “Like a warm bath, Elspeth!” she tells me, wading in deeper to soothe her varicose veins. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/only...

'Only the Female Mosquito Drinks Blood' flash fiction from @judydarley.bsky.social The North Sea is 28 degrees Celsius and Johnny’s gran thinks it’s heaven. “Like a warm bath, Elspeth!” she tells me, wading in deeper to soothe her varicose veins. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/only...

Mercury has been in retrograde in Cancer since last month and will only be retrograde for a couple more days. Why am I telling you this? Well, this is my most Mercury Retrograde ever. So if you feel drawn back into the past lately, this story is for you. Let's play What If?

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 3w ago

'The What If? Game: Advanced Version' flash fiction from @chelseastickle.bsky.social Tossing and turning in your twin bed, you try to understand your place in every room. Sleep won’t visit until you’ve exhausted yourself. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

'The What If? Game: Advanced Version' flash fiction from @chelseastickle.bsky.social Tossing and turning in your twin bed, you try to understand your place in every room. Sleep won’t visit until you’ve exhausted yourself. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

New flash over at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social about rumination and the various paths our lives could've taken. Tonight we play out all the shoulda coulda wouldas.

Ellipsis Zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 3w ago

'The What If? Game: Advanced Version' flash fiction from @chelseastickle.bsky.social Tossing and turning in your twin bed, you try to understand your place in every room. Sleep won’t visit until you’ve exhausted yourself. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...