Mike Fox Book Review by Livi Michael ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/07/21/m...
Mike Fox Book Review by Livi Michael
| Blurred Edges| Ballerini Book Press| Luzern Switzerland 2026| £13.00 First-person narration is not exclusively associated with the short story but it is probably the form where it came into its o…
ensfr.univ-angers.fr
My review of this excellent collection: ensfr.univ-angers.fr/2026/07/21/m... @polyscribe70.bsky.social
Mike Fox Book Review by Livi Michael
| Blurred Edges| Ballerini Book Press| Luzern Switzerland 2026| £13.00 First-person narration is not exclusively associated with the short story but it is probably the form where it came into its o…
ensfr.univ-angers.fr
I totally agree! So pleased you enjoyed this gem and thank you for reading @livimichael.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
Livi Michael@livimichael.bsky.social · 4mo agoterrific!
ICYMI today we're featuring Tumbling by Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/03/t...
On not attaining residency in the citadel of publishing.
Gregory Norminton (@gregorynorminton)
A writing student told me the other day that they had always imagined that the publishing world was like a citadel. Once you had published a book, you were on the inside. You had gained, as it were, y...
substack.com
I left Twitter/X because of the torrents of abuse, including antisemitic abuse. I've been on a few Palestine solidarity marches and I didn't experience any abuse at all, even when carrying a sign that mentions I'm Jewish. Remind me where antisemitism is breeding.
🌟 Publication day 🌟 Today we publish Something Might Fall by David Flusfeder – a shimmering novella set in 1970s New York. 'Precise, sophisticated and shattering – this is Flusfeder's masterpiece.' – Julie Myerson 'One of the reading pleasures of the year.' – Linda Grant bit.ly/4u7lOMd
terrific!
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Two writhing snakes hung from our living room light fixture, writing warnings in the air." We Moved to the Country for the Quiet, But by Nicole Brogdon @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/04/m...
I mean, frankly, this sounds like just another day in Northern Ontario. But I can see how it would be disconcerting... #MicroMonday #microfiction by @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social this morning in @fictivedream.bsky.social ! fictivedream.com/2026/05/04/m...
MicroMonday #55
We Moved to the Country for the Quiet, But by Nicole Brogdon The cicadas chirped maniacally and the mosquitoes buzzed like angry violins, tiny bodies carrying West Nile virus. Two writhing snakes h…
fictivedream.com
Some more book recommendations: livimichael.co.uk/2026/05/01/1... @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social @polyscribe70.bsky.social @robertjrp.bsky.social
Some novels with a similar theme to Elizabeth and Ruth – Livi Michael
livimichael.co.uk
Some more book recommendations: livimichael.co.uk/2026/05/01/1... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com
Some novels with a similar theme to Elizabeth and Ruth – Livi Michael
livimichael.co.uk
Thank you Laura!
Laura Besley@laurabesley.bsky.social · 4mo ago'He pierced his right palm with a shaft of bamboo, made the sign of mourning on his chest, and walked into the forest.' Fascinating slice of history by @livimichael.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #hisfic #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m...
A fascinating insight. So pleased you enjoyed The Last Shaman, Claudia and thank you for reading @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
Claudia Monpere@claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The four-legged, the six-legged, the eight-legged, the winged ones, the crawlers, oh my uncles, oh my brethren, come. All that day we chanted, but they were hiding from us, watching." Powerful micro @fictivedream.bsky.social @livimichael.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m...
Great short fiction from Claudia Monpere! fictivedream.com/2026/04/03/u...
Ultrasound Q & A
by Claudia Monpere YOU ARRIVE AT the clinic on a cold night, lampposts flickering against the Vantablack sky. Moon and stars, gutted. You and the other pregnant women lie in ten rows of exam tables…
fictivedream.com
Thank you!
Claudia Monpere@claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The four-legged, the six-legged, the eight-legged, the winged ones, the crawlers, oh my uncles, oh my brethren, come. All that day we chanted, but they were hiding from us, watching." Powerful micro @fictivedream.bsky.social @livimichael.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m...
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring The Last Shaman by Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy
fictivedream.com
A great story by Linda Bayley also in Fictive Dream! fictivedream.com/2026/04/10/w... @lmbayley.bsky.social
Water Under
by Linda M. Bayley I’m dancing with Daniel Mitty but I’m watching you. You twirl your new girl around slowly and her laughter slices through the music like a razor blade across skin. The light stro…
fictivedream.com
Ray Holt launders money for a Manchester gang. He's also stealing from them – and has convinced himself that makes him the good guy. Darker With the Day by Trevor Mark Thomas: Northern Noir at its sharpest. Coming soon from Salt. 🖤
So delighted to be published in Fictive Dream! fictivedream.com/2026/04/13/m... @clairedean.bsky.social @xanbrooks.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ailsacox.bsky.social @dickenssociety.bsky.social @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social
MicroMonday #52
The Last Shaman by Livi Michael In 1952, after the Chinese Revolution the leaders of the Oroquen agreed to give up their superstitions and religious practices. Over three nights in July a special r…
fictivedream.com
Sorry Linda!
Linda M. Bayley@lmbayley.bsky.social · 4mo agoA particular upsetting #MicroMonday piece by @livimichael.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social today. Moreso because I know that we Canadians tried to do the same damn thing to the Indigenous peoples on these lands. I didn't want to have to feel so hard on a Monday morning, you know?
So pleased to be published in this great magazine!
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Over three nights a special ritual was held by the whole community to drive away the spirits from the land." The Last Shaman by Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy
Thank you Mike!
Mike Fox@polyscribe70.bsky.social · 4mo ago'Scudding over the earth like shoals of fish in the sea, or shadows of clouds on the hills, they left.' Very moved by this superb story from @livimichael.bsky.social - poignant, visceral and evocative. If you haven't read Livi's latest novel, Elizabeth and Ruth, I'd recommend it unreservedly.
'Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty and the well-meaning outsiders who seek to end it.'
Salt Books@saltpublishing.com · 6mo ago8 new historical novels to read in February Antonia Senior reviews ‘Elizabeth and Ruth’ by Livi Michael in The Times today. “Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty.” #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #LiteraryFiction
Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
In which @kaggsy59.bsky.social makes my jour.
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings@kaggsy59.bsky.social · 6mo agoOn the Ramblings today for #ReadIndies, a stunning short story collection by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social from @confingopublishing.bsky.social "Paris Fantastique" - so good! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i...
