Patience Mackarness
@patiencemackarness.bsky.social
Writer, grandmother, tree-hugger. Born in Hampshire, now in rural Brittany, with pitstops in Leeds, Portugal, Wales, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Liverpool. I write flash fiction and other things.
'The claggy, cream-cheese-breath director for Talk Dirty to Me, that yappy dog of his decked out in a red tie' Don't miss this stunner of a flash from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in Thin Skin! thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
She was One of Us - Thin Skin
We know naked. We've done naked for a living. But tonight we are washing you. Tonight we are saying goodbye.We can’t be there tomorrow, on those hard wooden pews, in the church your family chose. Bu...
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Issue 8 of the wonderful Thin Skin is out! Poetry, short stories, and flash fiction ❤️❤️❤️
Thin Skin magazine@thin-skin.bsky.social · 5d agoWelcome to Issue 8 - Thin Skin % % share.google/HRasb4ieJnsx...
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
@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reading at the Bath Flash Fiction Festival. Great event and stellar authors as ever!
"whispers of the Celt for ‘Devil Water’ in the town’s name shook tree branches and they shivered." Love this by @judydarley.bsky.social . And it's a Dawlish tale for you @philippabowe.bsky.social ! gooseberry-pie.com/three-strang...
Three Strangers on a Coastal Path - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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'Tall, tall windows with mote-filled light and billowing curtains quietly entering like polite guests'❤️❤️❤️
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last mo.I have a new piece up at @bulbregion.bsky.social Many thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for having me back! I'd love for you to read, "Dimensions." 💙 bulbregion.com/Dimensions-b...
This lovely piece by David Henson is in the Wigleaf Top 50! thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
The Garden of Our Dreams - Thin Skin
You sit up and stretch your arms as I fumble for the alarm. I had the strangest dream, you say through a yawn. We had this luscious garden and grew all our own vegetables.
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Thin Skin magazine is reading poetry! (Flash Fiction and short stories too.) thin-skin.com/submit/
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Thin Skin magazine@thin-skin.bsky.social · 2mo agoApologies if we've confused you. For a while our submissions page said we couldn't take poetry due to a technical glitch but our posts said we could. All is now resolved and we are now definitely open to poetry. So get going!
"You will wrap tiny fingers around my thumb, blink up at me with eyes ancient as starlight ..." Just gorgeous.
Tracie Adams@tracieadams.bsky.social · 2mo agoSpecial pub day for me. This CNF was workshopped in @smokelong.bsky.social (thanks peeps) and written in honor of my youngest daughter— we recovered from our eating disorders together. Thanks to Bright Flash Literary Review for publishing Rebirth. brightflash1000.com/2026/06/05/r...
The first expansion of the Universal Turing Machine is live! 8 chessboard memoirs including mine, which is called 'Metaphor Soup'. Free to read online, all welcome to join in. universalturingmachine.co.uk
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More readers are needed for Thin Skin magazine - showcasing the work of writers over 50. Find out more via the contact page at thin-skin.com
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Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7. thin-skin.com
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Love this from Tiia-May Redditt. Food and longing, excellently done! As I Slurped Aburasoba flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/05...
WOW to this one by Lena Kinder in @havehashad.com !
HAD@havehashad.com · 3mo agotoday's Lena Kinder story is so great, but maybe esp every perfect line in that first paragraph "We talk for hours after sex, about your girlfriend, mostly. I ask questions, and you answer them. I knew her before you knew her, but you don’t know that yet." https://www.havehashad.com/d0kfe
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Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social and @mizuki-yama.bsky.social ! What an honour to be included, love the comments too ❤️ #Mondettes
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis month's #Mondettes picked by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mizuki made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2026
It's here 🎉 Welcome to Issue 40, with brilliant stories from: @nadiaborn.com, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal, @rachelmhollis.bsky.social Tess Kelly, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social Tarmo Rajasaari & Rob Walton newflashfiction.com/issue-40/
Issue 40 | New Flash Fiction Review
Featuring new work by Nadia Born, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal, Rachel Hollis, Tess Kelly, Rosaleen Lynch, Patience Mackarness, Mandira Pattnaik, Tarmo Rajasaari, and Rob Walton.
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'Train Man' is in New Flash Fiction Review! My first time in this great publication🥳 🥳 Super proud to join the fabulous lineup in Issue 40. newflashfiction.com/issue-40 Image: Unsplash
Bonjour. The shortest month of the year deserves the smallest and mightiest issue of the year. Tell your local short king. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #writingcommunity
'she realises that the firm peach of her ass is gone, vanished, kaput – like a page ripped out of a magazine. She still has something to sit on, but whatever it is, Gary isn’t looking at it'. Love this by @fionamckay.bsky.social thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
The Change - Thin Skin
Her breasts are the first to disappear. Such a strange sensation, the wind cutting through her where the flesh had curved out over her meaty ribs, where blood had flowed through deep blue veins, and n...
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On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_8.html Dora by Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social & The Multiple Whammies of December 2019 by Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social
What an honour to be on this longlist!❤️🔥
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
Check out this beautiful issue of Raw Lit! My CNF contribution, 'The Multiple Whammies of December 2019', is very raw indeed. Thanks @kathyfish.bsky.social for the inspiration. rawlit.weebly.com/issue8.html
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I’m happy to officially welcome Marie-Louise McGuinness as a Prose/Poetry Editor. We have worked together on many projects– you might remember her fabulous work as our Issue 5 Guest...
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Totally agree, wonderful piece that made me cry. Thanks @lorifontanes.bsky.social !
Claudia Monpere@claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 7mo ago"So far, however, I’ve failed to nudge the right kitty in your direction. You know how it is with cats. Herding. All that. Meanwhile, I can feel my connection to the earthly plane starting to fray." Love! @lorifontanes.bsky.social. Makes me think of my beloved Scuba who lived a remarkable 20 years.
'this sky, white with winter silence, orange-clawed by the tiger ghost of summer'. Fabulous words from @philippabowe.bsky.social at @necessaryfiction.com
Philippa Bowe@philippabowe.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe wonderful @necessaryfiction.com put out a beautiful, irresistible solstice/New Year call, Points of Light. I'm very happy they selected the prose poem I wrote for it and to feature in such a gorgeous line up! 🙏🤩💜 necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
I'm reading this Thursday, with @bsherm36.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social and more - hope you can join us. Thanks @dublinwriter.bsky.social!
Debbi Voisey@dublinwriter.bsky.social · 8mo agoMeet my first half readers at #WritersReading Novella-in-Flash special zoom Thu at 7pm UK: @patiencemackarness.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social and Adele Evershed. All welcome Book your free ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/dubli...
