Madeleine Armstrong
@madeleinewrite.bsky.social
Writer, runner, trying to keep up with another social media platform
What do you mean, if you're a certain age? Lovefool was only released 5 minutes ago...oh. Great tale by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social here
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 2w agoToday we have a very relatable prose poem (if you're a certain age) from Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the breathless nature of this, the encapsulating of years in a moment, and the MCs journey to realisation and acceptance. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...
Sooooo excited about this! Thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social for the nomination, and everything you do
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're working our trashy butts off for award season 🦝 Congrats to our Trash Family nominees for @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards. Links to their amazing stories are in the comments 💜 1/4
Check out my little werewolf tale here! Always a pleasure to be part of @trashcatlit.bsky.social 💜
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 3w agoLet's get to spotlighting pieces from our prose poetry issue, starting with this corker from Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the voice and style of writing here, and how perfectly and unexpectedly it hit the brief 💜 Read & listen: trashcatlit.com/hereditary/
Kathy's poem Ricochet is absolutely stunning. So clever, so affecting. Make sure you read it!
Kathy Prokhovnik @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social · 3w agoWhat a great line-up to be a part of. Thanks for revealing that I write poetry @trashcatlit.bsky.social Not something I ever expected.
Here's my prose poem Hereditary, inspired by an encounter with my son's teacher, and worries he might be "different" (which got me thinking about my own brain). Thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social for having me, and @meanerharker.bsky.social for the beta read! trashcatlit.com/hereditary/
Hereditary
Madeleine Armstrong Listen to Madeleine read her prose poem When my son Harry was born covered in golden fuzz, I’m not sure why I was surprised. I thought he’d be like my wife – normal – but instea…
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OMG, this: "what I do know is every single lyric to this song, and the feeling of being twenty" Amazing, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social!
Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 3w agoThank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...
So happy to be in this issue, along with all these amazing writers. It's a gorgeous collection, check it out
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 3w agoOur very first prose poetry issue is NOW LIVE 🦝 Twenty absolute stunners for you to savour. Huge thanks to Jude Potts @judepickledplum.bsky.social for her reading assistance. We'll start highlighting these beauts soon. For now, grab a brew and lose yourself 💜 trashcatlit.com/prose-poetry... 1/2
Excited to be in this stellar line-up! 🤩
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.We're thrilled to reveal the contributor line up for our very first prose poetry issue 🦝 Look out for this 20-piece issue on 28th September, it's a beaut 💜 @madeleinewrite.bsky.social Moira Ashley, Lavanya Arora, Polly Conway, @sandrinado.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social Rachel Jones 1/2
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
ISSUE 3 | Litnamjooning
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Got a story in the latest, gorgeous issue of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social, inspired by my son's reaction to this painting at the National Gallery. About to dig into the rest of the issue, can see a lot of familiar names there - can't wait! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Madeleine Armstrong
Lady Jane gropes for the chopping block, her hand as small and delicate as my son’s, onlyhis is hot and sticky and hers looks cool as porcelain.His fingers tighten on mine. “Is she scared?”“It’s just ...
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So honoured to have my little tribute to my dad in Broken Hearts Literary 💔
Melissa Flores Anderson@melissacuisine.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur heartbreak arrived a bit late this week, but here we have the latest from @madeleinewrite.bsky.social with a perfect ode to her father: brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...
Can't wait for this!!
Underbelly Press@underbellypress.bsky.social · 4mo agoShort Fiction: ☆ Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social ☆ Huina Zheng ☆ Ian Brownlie @ianbrownlie.bsky.social ☆ Kathy Prokhovnik ☆ Katy Goforth @katywrites.bsky.social ☆ Kelly Murashige ☆ Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social ☆ Megan Hanlon (CNF) @sugarpigblog.bsky.social ☆
Strap in for today's spotlight as things get well weird at a funeral tea 🦝 We loved @madeleinewrite.bsky.social's grubby British setting, the build in humour and tension, and the delicious payoff. Grab a slice of quiche and get stuck in. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/not-all-hero...
Today's Prompted Story spotlight is from Zoe Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social🦝 We loved the angst in this young MC, the real-world challenges of his "gift". It's gritty and sassy and we loved the way the nemesis was transformed in the story. Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/southend-fal...
Our Prompted Story spotlight today is from Terri Rose @terri-rose.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the dark, creepy mood in this piece, the quiet desperation and obsession oozes with the smoke and ritual. Such an imaginative use of the prompts. Read here: trashcatlit.com/a-second-too...
Today we're very happy to spotlight rj cannon's first published story 🦝 We loved the blend of connection and destruction here. The two siblings who are so very different. The terrible tension and haunting mood. Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/the-gift/
So happy to see this story pop up again! Thanks @underbellypress.bsky.social for being so awesome🖤
Underbelly Press@underbellypress.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe're Not Really Here by Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social It's a poignant, emotional story and we enjoyed its authenticity. It captures the candid, human tone we covet beautifully, and it is a piece you feel, not just read. Read it in Issue 5.
So many fabulous stories in here...and I've got one in there too! Give it a read
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 6mo agoAnd just like that, the Spring Prompted Stories Pop-Up is available for your reading pleasure 🦝 Nineteen imaginative and creative flash created from prompts. We love it, you'll love, go get it 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... 1/3
Madeleine Armstrong's #story 'The Hanged Man,' available in the Thresholds Anthology: bit.ly/4m9wiHG. #LiteraryMagazine #Writing #Booksky #Microfiction #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Poetry #GraphicNarrative #Horror #Weird #Supernatural #Spectral #Speculative #Dystopian #Fantasy #Gothic
One of our awesome writers! @madeleinewrite.bsky.social
Frazzled Lit *Closed for Submissions*@frazzledlit.bsky.social · 6mo agoHaving a wee Thursday Thowback #Thursdaythrowback to myself on Bsky here: The short story "Beautiful Parts" by @madeleinewrite.bsky.social What an opening sentence! open.substack.com/pub/authorjm...
Our first spotlight from our current issue 🦝 We were hooked by Zilla and that first line, then immersed in fabulous dry humour and chaos in a relatable setting without any cliche. Superb voice and an MC you want to be BFFs with 😀 trashcatlit.com/bride-zilla/
Whoop, whoop, my story made it to the shortlist! 🥳
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe are pleased to announce the shortlist for our Microfiction Competition. If you are on the list, please feel free to celebrate on social media, but don’t reveal your title! Thank you to everyone who entered! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
Today we aim the spotlight at @christinaltudor.bsky.social🦝 Trash Cat said: "It hooked me hard with the strangeness, and kept me hooked. Swollen with pain and loss and torment. Leaves you breathless." trashcatlit.com/i-was-born-a...
Subs for our ever-growing Joy issue are always open because Joy is vital sustenance for the work of being alive and tending to others. Joy is nutriment. Send us your defiant joy, learned joy, exuberant joy, escape joy, any kind of joy, you’re the boss here templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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It's LAUNCH DAY! 🦝 Fifteen shiny new Trash Family delivering their most treasured words - Preloved Stories given a new home and lease of life 💜 Thanks again to @madeleinewrite.bsky.social for her reading assistance Grab a cuppa, several biccies, and get stuck in. trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
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Preloved Stories Stories labelled LISTEN IN THE BIN have audio versions SHORT STORIES Fool’s Springby David Henson “This is nice,” my wife says as we seat ourselves at a window table with a v…
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"Much later in our failed marriage, I understood you turn into a Bollywood hero when you’re trying to score." Great story, @sudhab.bsky.social - and that ending!
Temple in a city@templeinacity.bsky.social · 8mo agoFrom an elevator to a parked car, the close space is almost a character in itself. By @sudhab.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
This really moved me, @verybadllama.bsky.social
Temple in a city@templeinacity.bsky.social · 8mo ago‘you will leave him the first time it happens you’ll be gone by the end of the day not into a bed at some shelter but moved into your very own place’ Fervent and heart aching by @verybadllama.bsky.social templeinacity.com/poetry-by-ja...
Love this story by @judydarley.bsky.social for @templeinacity.bsky.social. "Small talk didn’t interest her – what she wanted was deep dives where the only light came from biofluorescence."
Temple in a city@templeinacity.bsky.social · 8mo ago‘At the aquarium he was in his element, naming fish species with a joy that was almost reverent.’ Beautiful story of connection by @judydarley.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...
