ICYMI we're delighted to welcome back Scott Bolendz with A Wet Plop Against the Window, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please follow the link below and enjoy
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"Its throat pulses, slow and steady. Just breathing. Just hanging on." A Wet Plop Against the Window by Scott Bolendz #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/08/03/m...
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A Wet Plop Against the Window by Scott Bolendz It’s over. I told him. Finally. In the middle of a hurricane. Everything flying apart, even us, but we’re still stuck together. Forced to ride out the…
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ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look forward to reading your words fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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We're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look forward to reading your words fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
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ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words.
Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
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We're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look forward to reading your words.
Submission Guidelines
We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
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Wonderful isn't it! Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading and sharing @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity
Liz deBeer@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social · last wk.Love love love the last sentence.
Delighted you enjoyed it, Melissa. Thank you for reading and sharing @melissafitz.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity
Melissa Fitzpatrick@melissafitz.bsky.social · last wk.Oh, this one got me right in the ❤️
Another month of great #fiction. Our thanks to @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social Deidre Jaye Byrne @ashtonrussell.bsky.social Jane Charna Meyers Madison Ellingsworth Mandy Lange Dina Perthakines @kimmagowan.bsky.social @jtstories.bsky.social Kathleen McGookey. Please enjoy
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ICYMI it's a great pleasure to be featuring Things We Threw in the Dumpster by Kathleen McGookey #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy
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Good to know this micro resonated with you. Thank you for reading, Linda @lmbayley.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #FlashInTheFeed
Linda M. Bayley@lmbayley.bsky.social · last wk.Having had to clear out my father's apartment twice, once after a crisis, and once after he died, I can relate to this piece by Kathleen McGookey in @fictivedream.bsky.social a little too well. :( #FlashInTheFeed #MicroMonday #microfiction fictivedream.com/2026/07/27/m...
"Moldy tuxedo, Kodak slide projector and six spare carousels of slides, boxed-up love letters from his second wife, dated 1979." Things We Threw in the Dumpster by Kathleen McGookey #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy
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Thank you so much for reading and commenting, Mike. Glad you enjoyed it @polyscribe70.bsky.social @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity
Mike Fox@polyscribe70.bsky.social · 2w ago'Still days away from Bonfire Night, with a gull’s lament a rocket lances the starless night, explodes, and dies' - Made my Sunday to come upon this gripping new story by @jtstories.bsky.social. A telling image in almost every line.
So pleased you enjoyed it and thank you for reading @kjserafinvgn.bsky.social @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity
KJ Serafin🌱@kjserafinvgn.bsky.social · 2w agoIt’s very good.
It's a pleasure to be featuring another of your stories, Jim. Thank you for sending this one our way @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity
Jim Toal@jtstories.bsky.social · last wk.I have a new story up @fictivedream.bsky.social. Thanks to Laura for selecting it.
Great to know you enjoyed it, Ellen. Thank you for reading @weighedwords.bsky.social @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity
Ellen Wade Beals@weighedwords.bsky.social · last wk.Wow! Intense. Superb writing.
It's always a pleasure to feature #fiction by Jim Toal and today we're delighted to bring you Forensics Of Fire @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/26/f...
So pleased you enjoyed it, Emmi. Thank you for reading and recommending @emmikhor.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Emmi Khor - Writer@emmikhor.bsky.social · 2w agoOof, thoroughly heartbroken in the sweetest way by this piece. By @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social Check it out! fictivedream.com/2026/06/26/m... #micro #flashfiction #literary
"The house is going nicely by now, smoke billowing and flames fingering the windows." Forensics Of Fire by Jim Toal @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/26/f...
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ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're look forward to reading your words...
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We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
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A great pleasure, Christopher. Kerosene Man resonates with me to this day @christopherallen.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #Mondettes #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Christopher Allen@christopherallen.bsky.social · 2w agoThank you so much, Laura Black from @fictivedream.bsky.social for believing in my kerosene man.
We are open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're look forward to reading your words...
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We publish short stories, including translations, of up to 2,500 words that have not previously appeared elsewhere, either in print or online (including your own blog and social media). We offer th…
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Sudha, it was a delight to do so. Your story is heartbreaking and beautifully rendered @sudhab.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · 2w agoThank you so much Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for including my story in this month's #mondettes. Thank you, @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏 mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026?...
You're welcome, Roberta! "I Still Dream of You, Ben" will always be among my favourites @shortpoemz.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
RobertA Beary (they/she)@shortpoemz.bsky.social · 2w agothanks a mill for including *I Still Dream of You, Ben* #Mondettes @mattkendrick.bsky.social & @fictivedream.bsky.social Lovely to read Laura Black’s insights and revisit powerful stories by writer pals which first appeared in her amazing journal!
Honestly, Matt, I loved the whole process. And of course I'm lucky to have such a catalogue of great authors. Thank you for asking me @mattkendrick.bsky.social
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w agoThank you so much for taking the time to put this amazing list together. It must have been so hard picking just ten pieces from all the amazing flash you've published over the years.
Absolutely thrilled to have included "But You Can Never Leave." Thank you, Kathryn, so kind of you @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Kathryn Kulpa@writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 2w agoThank you to Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for including me in this month’s #mondettes. Fictive Dream is such a welcoming place for flash writers! ✍️ 💙
Peor Es Nada is a story that's unearthly and memorable. Thank you, Niamh @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Niamh Mac Cabe@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm honoured to have my Peor Es Nada in among these gems in Matt's #Mondettes. So grateful to editor Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social, and her insightful analysis 🔎🥂
A pleasure to include "Sylvia, Before and After the Sun Collapsed," Beth. It still resonates with me today @bsherm36.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
bsherm36.bsky.social@bsherm36.bsky.social · 2w agoI made it into Matt's wonderful Mondettes thanks to @fictivedream.bsky.social. Love every other story Laura selected, as well as the interesting prompts!
Matt, thank you so much for the opportunity to contribute to your marvellous Mondettes feature. It was a joy to select these truly memorable flashes and I hope your readers love them as much as I do @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w agoThis month's #Mondettes have been picked by Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social - wonderful to mark 10 years of FD in this way. ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026