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Claudine: A Literary Magazine

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Curious. Clever. Quick. 🐈‍⬛ Monthly Magazine for Micro Prose Free to sub. Paying market. Claudineliterary.com

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 13h

Thinking about 2026 writing goals already?

How awesome would it be to have a piece published the first Monday of the year?

Microfiction and Micro CNF.
Free subs, paying market.
Now reading for January 2026!

🎉🐈‍⬛🎉

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 16h

ICYMI: “I sit by her on the bench, bike wheels spinning on their side, sending shimmers back to the sun.
You look so beautiful in this light, I say.”

New Writer microfiction by Elizabeth Gjelten!

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✨🐈‍⬛✨

Elizabeth Gjelten | Under the Blooming Buckeye

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 4d

Our staff is dreaming of your micro CNF, humans! Help make their nap-time visions a reality. 💚🐈‍⬛💚 Submissions always free.

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 5d

Friday feels. 💚🐈‍⬛💚
Claudine is a paws-on mentor.
Intern Coco is a fast learner.

Send them a micro to read! Submissions always free.

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 🐈‍⬛🙏🐈‍⬛

Duotrope @duotrope.com · 5d

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Flash Fiction feat. @johnnyamericazine.bsky.social @thecoloredlens.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @claudineliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Flash Fiction feat. @johnnyamericazine.bsky.social @thecoloredlens.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @claudineliterary.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/flash-fiction-5VCE0Bx6

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 7d

🙏🏼🐈‍⬛🙏🏼 thank you!

S A Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social · 7d

@claudineliterary.bsky.social has absolutely nailed it with this review of the amazing 'Cold Toast' by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

“Enough cannot be said about Aldridge-Morris’s ability to pin an era. She is simply a wizard of time-and-place vibe.”

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 9d

Friday night is cigarette-in-hand, tits out, turning away from the front door when you clock his dirty blonde flop, angle the drink so it spills over, and you have to lick the sticky sweetness off your fingers.

and that ending...

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 10d

Chuffed to be in this issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social with my CNF “Friday Night Is”. Thanks to @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the beta (if we’d been at uni together you would totally have been Shell or Kez, babe)
Thanks @dehardy.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡
www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

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Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @dehardy.bsky.social and @claudineliterary.bsky.social for your generous review of my flash chapbook THE MISSING GIRL (@blacklawrence.bsky.social)! Take a look at the stellar microprose and glowing review of @kazbarwrites.bsky.social's chapbook as well!

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our review of The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle. 🫥👧🏻🐈‍⬛

@jacqdoyle.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/themissinggirl

The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle | A Review

www.claudineliterary.net

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 9d

Yessssss, it’s that time again!!

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 10d

Happy reading, humans! 💚🐈‍⬛💚

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

@jekwriter.bsky.social: “I peer out the front window and see a couple of neighbors waterskiing in the street and some kids playing Marco Polo.”

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New Microfiction by Jessica Klimesh! @jekwriter.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh

Jessica Klimesh | What If Everything Is Already Ruined

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

New micro CNF by Heather Emmanuel: “You blink at her. Wonder whether you should lie, or risk torpedoing the moment built from fraught fingers.”

www.claudineliterary.net/heatheremman...

Heather Emmanuel | The Truth Is Only a Feeling

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social 🌟🐈‍⬛🌟: “Friday night is open-toed heels, purpling toes peeping at the beer-soaked floor of the Captain Cook.”

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New micro CNF by Sumitra Singam!
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

Sumitra Singam | Friday Night Is

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

@ezhang77.bsky.social: “When the left hand pointed a plastic finger to the horizon, I followed it.”

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New Microfiction by Elena Zhang! @ezhang77.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/elenazhang

Elena Zhang | Call Me

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

“Enough cannot be said about Aldridge-Morris’s ability to pin an era. She is simply a wizard of time-and-place vibe.”

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our review of Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris! ❄️🍞🐈‍⬛

@kazbarwrites.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/coldtoast

Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris | A Review

www.claudineliterary.net

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

“Doyle stands by our side, asking us why we’re so willing to trust a good story, why we’re so primed to believe.”

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our review of The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle. 🫥👧🏻🐈‍⬛

@jacqdoyle.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/themissinggirl

The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle | A Review

www.claudineliterary.net

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 9d

✨🌟✨: “I always thought I’d see you again. But the words are tumbleweeds, rolling across the desert.”

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New Writer Spotlight! ✨🐈‍⬛✨

Microfiction by Elizabeth Gjelten.

Check it out!

www.claudineliterary.net/elizabethgje...

Elizabeth Gjelten | Under the Blooming Buckeye

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New Writer Spotlight! ✨🐈‍⬛✨

Microfiction by Elizabeth Gjelten.

Check it out!

www.claudineliterary.net/elizabethgje...

Elizabeth Gjelten | Under the Blooming Buckeye

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our review of The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle. 🫥👧🏻🐈‍⬛

@jacqdoyle.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/themissinggirl

The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle | A Review

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our review of Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris! ❄️🍞🐈‍⬛

@kazbarwrites.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/coldtoast

Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris | A Review

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New micro CNF by Sumitra Singam!
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/sumitrasingam

Sumitra Singam | Friday Night Is

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New micro CNF by Heather Emmanuel!

www.claudineliterary.net/heatheremman...

Heather Emmanuel | The Truth Is Only a Feeling

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New Microfiction by Elena Zhang! @ezhang77.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/elenazhang

Elena Zhang | Call Me

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 9d

New Microfiction by Jessica Klimesh! @jekwriter.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/jessicaklimesh

Jessica Klimesh | What If Everything Is Already Ruined

www.claudineliterary.net

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 10d

Happy reading, humans! 💚🐈‍⬛💚

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 10d

Last day in the office for interns Moose and Pickles. 😿

Thank you for all the good times, gentleman. May you find your forever literary homes quickly. Get out there and claim some quality humans! 💚🐈‍⬛💚