"Explosive reports signalled hot bullets that might attach molten stone to any uncovered flesh or clothing ..." - a snippet from "Looks like rain", my latest slice-of-life #microfiction offering. manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/08/look... #FlashLit #flashfiction #writing #Scotland #poverty

Looks like rain

Describing an episode from a childhood spent in poverty, "Looks like rain" is a short story by Russ Cavanagh.

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Ha ha! Great news! I might grant immortality to anyone if it means they buy a T Shirt! (*conditions apply)

Fab clothing for serious #microfiction, #flashfiction, #FlashLit, #writing bods! I'm putting my order in! #writingcommunity #writinglife

Paragraph Planet@paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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Being in a #SciFi mindset, here's a fairly simple #GIF I made a few years back: "Mad Robot" #AI #Tech #Illustration #Cartoons

On a Philip K Dick curve this past week or so, having read the "Electric Dreams" short story collection and "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" I'm now reading his #speculative #fiction masterpiece "Man in the high castle". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man... #Books #Literature #SciFi #Bookshelf

The Man in the High Castle - Wikipedia

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"The Troubles" - My slice-of-life tale from childhood memories set in Lowland #Scotland in the 1970s. First stirrings of #love, shocking scandal - and more! manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-... #FlashLit #ShortStory #VSS365 #Writing

The troubles

"The Troubles" is a slice-of-life short story about childhood, love and scandal set in the 1970s and written by Scottish writer Russell Cavanagh.

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I hope you will enjoy today's #VSS365. It's written in the form of a prose #poem - and so is best read out aloud. I hope you enjoy it. 😎 "On this coastal summer night" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/on-t... #Poetry #FlashLit #Landscape #Photography

On this coastal summer night

"On this coastal summer night" - a slice-of-life prose-poem by Russ Cavanagh

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My #VSS365 this morning is a quiet vignette, perhaps bordering on #prose #poetry, to start the day with: "Morning interlude on Scotland's west coast" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/morn... #FlashLit #shortstory #writing

Morning interlude on Scotland's west coast

"Morning interlude on Scotland's west coast" is a slice-of-life vignette by Russ Cavanagh.

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"The Troubles" - My slice-of-life tale from childhood memories set in Lowland #Scotland in the 1970s. First stirrings of #love, shocking scandal - and more! manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-... #FlashLit #ShortStory #VSS365 #Writing

The troubles

"The Troubles" is a slice-of-life short story about childhood, love and scandal set in the 1970s and written by Scottish writer Russell Cavanagh.

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#booksky #poetry #poetrysky With all the buzz about The Odyssey, this one is very relevant

I hope you will enjoy today's #VSS365. It's written in the form of a prose #poem - and so is best read out aloud. I hope you enjoy it. 😎 "On this coastal summer night" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/on-t... #Poetry #FlashLit #Landscape #Photography

On this coastal summer night

"On this coastal summer night" - a slice-of-life prose-poem by Russ Cavanagh

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My #VSS365 this morning is a quiet vignette, perhaps bordering on #prose #poetry, to start the day with: "Morning interlude on Scotland's west coast" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/morn... #FlashLit #shortstory #writing

Morning interlude on Scotland's west coast

"Morning interlude on Scotland's west coast" is a slice-of-life vignette by Russ Cavanagh.

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Next on my reading list: Philip K Dick "Electric Dreams" short story collection Definitely something to look forward to, sprawled out on the couch ... 😎 www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Dick... #SciFi #fiction #Books #Literature #ReadingList

"Whenever he went through to his kitchen or to use his bathroom he would hear one or two steps follow him, then total silence." - from my latest ghastly #VSS365 "Poor lost soul" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/poor... #flashfiction #FlashLit #microfiction #writing

Poor lost soul

" Poor lost soul" - ghastly ghostly flash fiction by Russ Cavanagh

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First draft of always longhand on paper - everything - to feel the words, follow their shape - before hammering the keys for all things #poetry #flashfiction

r. p. singletary@rpsingletary.bsky.social · 2w ago

#booksky awesomegang.com/r-p-singleta... Do you have any unusual writing habits? That’s called “the secret sauce,” I think....

life is like a book with each page we brave to #turn know you are with me ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #Poetry #PoetryCommunity 👇 youtu.be/z4q05resEvc

"Cat was now on Keith's knee, looking straight ahead through the windscreen at the sunny Islington street, readying for another tour similar to one a week earlier." - from my true #VSS365: "What kind of cat is that?" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/what... #F;ashLit #Cats #Animals #Pets #Writing

What kind of cat is that?

"What kind of cat is that?" - a true story by Russ Cavanagh

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"Whenever he went through to his kitchen or to use his bathroom he would hear one or two steps follow him, then total silence." - from my latest ghastly #VSS365 "Poor lost soul" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/poor... #flashfiction #FlashLit #microfiction #writing

Poor lost soul

" Poor lost soul" - ghastly ghostly flash fiction by Russ Cavanagh

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Gil Scott Heron: "The revolution will not be televised" www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJF... #Culture #Politics #Society #Rap #Music

Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

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"...That anomaly was a person of interest, a man who needed investigation and, if necessary, dealt with - a subject of the New Imperial society who wasn't conforming." - from my #dystopian #flashfiction story "The last sane man on Earth" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #FlashLit #VSS365

The last sane man on Earth

"The last sane man on Earth" - dystopian flash fiction by Russ Cavanagh.

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This #VSS365 #microfiction is a dream sequence - possibly a parable - that's best spoken out loud as a continuous thought-stream for a spot of, er, oral enjoyment: "thought-stream | dream | parable" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/thou... #FlashLit #flashfiction #prose #poetry

thought-stream | dream | parable

thought-stream | dream | parable - a slice-of-life micro-fiction by Russ Cavanagh

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Am reading "The Vulture" by Gil Scott Heron. Despite knowing what a burning talent he went on to become, this book, written when he was 19 yo way back in 1970, is a vibrant, well-written and absorbing read. Highly #Recommended! canongate.co.uk/books/1255-t... #Books #Literature #Culture #Fiction

The Vulture by Gil Scott-Heron - Canongate Books

The Vulture by Gil Scott-Heron - paperback (9781847678836) published by Canongate. New edition of the first novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap

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"Cat was now on Keith's knee, looking straight ahead through the windscreen at the sunny Islington street, readying for another tour similar to one a week earlier." - from my true #VSS365: "What kind of cat is that?" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/what... #F;ashLit #Cats #Animals #Pets #Writing

What kind of cat is that?

"What kind of cat is that?" - a true story by Russ Cavanagh

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This #VSS365 #microfiction is a dream sequence - possibly a parable - that's best spoken out loud as a continuous thought-stream for a spot of, er, oral enjoyment: "thought-stream | dream | parable" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/thou... #FlashLit #flashfiction #prose #poetry

thought-stream | dream | parable

thought-stream | dream | parable - a slice-of-life micro-fiction by Russ Cavanagh

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"...That anomaly was a person of interest, a man who needed investigation and, if necessary, dealt with - a subject of the New Imperial society who wasn't conforming." - from my #dystopian #flashfiction story "The last sane man on Earth" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #FlashLit #VSS365

The last sane man on Earth

"The last sane man on Earth" - dystopian flash fiction by Russ Cavanagh.

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News today from @paragraphplanet.bsky.social that I'm listed in Paragraph Planet's "Hall of Fame" ... OK, "list of authors". I'm immortal!!! Do you have your own 75-word #VSS365 #microfiction #flashfiction to submit to this wonderfully inspired literary site? paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

An introspective and poetic 75-word #VSS365 #microfiction today: "Lips now kissing others" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/lips... #flashfiction #poetry #fusion #writing

Lips now kissing others

Lips now kissing others - 75-word poetic flash-fiction by Russ Cavanagh, dealing with the loss we all experience as we age.

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"Rich had absolutely no idea who this woman was, nor who she believed him to be, nor what she thought he'd done to her..." Snippet from my latest #VSS365: "Daddy issues, perhaps?" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/dadd... #FlashLit #flashfiction #microfiction #shortstory#writing

Daddy issues, perhaps?

"Daddy issues, perhaps?" is a micro-fiction short story, written by Russ Cavanagh.

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"Rich had absolutely no idea who this woman was, nor who she believed him to be, nor what she thought he'd done to her..." Snippet from my latest #VSS365: "Daddy issues, perhaps?" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/dadd... #FlashLit #flashfiction #microfiction #shortstory#writing

Daddy issues, perhaps?

"Daddy issues, perhaps?" is a micro-fiction short story, written by Russ Cavanagh.

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