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The Cat in the Guest Bedroom

November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

@delgeo14.bsky.social

This is your chance to nominate your favourite lit mags ❤
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 15d

It’s back 😏

Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️

www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!

Writers!
Who are the best litmags of 2025?

CHILL SUBS®

November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM

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Megan @ Sugar Pig

@sugarpigblog.bsky.social

"Maxine’s soul sings to survive."

That twist!

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 20d

I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'

www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...

The Cat in the Guest Bedroom by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos CW: Child Abuse & Mental Health Their mother had prayed for a son. His name would have been Arthur—a strong name for a strong...

The Cat in the Guest Bedroom

November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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Marie-louise McGuinness

@mlmcguinness.bsky.social

"Emelyn can read Mommy’s mood by the echo of the front door slamming into its peeling frame, by the depth of each line on her face"

Read "The Cat in the Guest Bedroom" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...

The Cat in the Guest Bedroom by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos CW: Child Abuse & Mental Health Their mother had prayed for a son. His name would have been Arthur—a strong name for a strong...

Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.

November 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM

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Cowboy Jamboree

@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.

We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.

www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...

fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....

The Cat in the Guest Bedroom

November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

@delgeo14.bsky.social

I'm so grateful to @anwinkle.bsky.social for giving my weird tale a home in Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

'By the time she turns fifteen, green-haired Maxine’s irritation itches like the wool jumpers of her childhood.'

www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-cat-in-t...

The Cat in the Guest Bedroom by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos CW: Child Abuse & Mental Health Their mother had prayed for a son. His name would have been Arthur—a strong name for a strong...

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Homing by Marie-Louise McGuinness

November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM

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The Pride Roars

@theprideroars.bsky.social

Pride member Marie-Louise McGuinness has a story being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 3.45pm today, make sure to tune in! It will be available on the BBC Sounds App afterwards!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.

www.bbc.co.uk

November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM

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Marie-louise McGuinness

@mlmcguinness.bsky.social

Today on BBC Radio 4 and afterwards on the BBC Sounds App

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Homing by Marie-Louise McGuinness

A seemingly ordinary day inspires a woman to reflect on what led her to this life.

www.bbc.co.uk

November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

@delgeo14.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.

Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social

(links to each in thread)

November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

@delgeo14.bsky.social

Received a lovely surprise in the post this morning from my dear friend and writer extraordinaire @mlmcguinness.bsky.social . How perfect ❤️❤️❤️

November 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

@delgeo14.bsky.social

Absolutely love this piece by @hilary55.bsky.social ❤️

The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social · 29d

"And underneath all the trappings of wealth and privilege, the one-time prince was revealed as nothing more than a dirty old man."

Read "And The People Said..." By @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-...

And The People Said ... / Hilary Ayshford

theprideroars.blogspot.com

November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM

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Marie-louise McGuinness

@mlmcguinness.bsky.social

"everybody talked about those poor kids left behind—what kind of mother could… a father… yes… but a mother?—"

Read "When She Left" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @GhostParachute

ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

her kids were all grown up—she’d cared and cooked and cleaned and cajoled and consoled and done the best she humanly/womanly/motherly could until night sweat wept through her pores, until her body scr...

November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM

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Bernadette Geyer

@bernadettegeyer.bsky.social

The Berlin launch event for my book is this Friday at Metis Books & Cafe! I would love to see you there!

📖 What Haunts Me - reading & discussion by Bernadette Geyer
🗓️ Friday, 7th Nov.
⏰ 19:00-21:00
🌇 Gleimstr. 21, 10437 Berlin

Register here: tiny.url/WHMLaunch

(1st 10 purchasers get a gift!)

November 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM

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Brooksie C. Fontaine

@brooksiesbooks.bsky.social

Go read this beautiful and heartbreaking story (that I had the privilege of doing an illustration for)!

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · Nov 1

So grateful to have a new piece 'When She Left' in the latest Ghost Parachute illustrated by the amazing @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

her kids were all grown up—she’d cared and cooked and cleaned and cajoled and consoled and done the best she humanly/womanly/motherly could until night sweat wept through her pores, until her body scr...

November 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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Brett Pribble

@brettpribble.bsky.social

Read "When She Left" written by @delgeo14.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social.

"... everybody shook their heads and tut-tutted and agreed she had always been trouble or a narcissist or too much of a goody-two-shoes, how they’d seen the signs..."

tinyurl.com/y8fmsvpk

her kids were all grown up—she’d cared and cooked and cleaned and cajoled and consoled and done the best she humanly/womanly/motherly could until night sweat wept through her pores, until her body scr...

tinyurl.com

November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM

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Brett Pribble

@brettpribble.bsky.social

The November 2025 issue of Ghost Parachute is here!

tinyurl.com/bdvtr9bx

November 2025 Issue — Ghost Parachute

tinyurl.com

November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

@delgeo14.bsky.social

So grateful to have a new piece 'When She Left' in the latest Ghost Parachute illustrated by the amazing @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

her kids were all grown up—she’d cared and cooked and cleaned and cajoled and consoled and done the best she humanly/womanly/motherly could until night sweat wept through her pores, until her body scr...