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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 7h

"The Lodger" by Helen Biggs, an antipodean writer residing in south London. She is interested in the ways we move in and out of others’ lives.

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 20h

Five Minutes' October Newsletter is live! 5minutes100words.substack.com/

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 1d

October reader Asmi Mahajan is a student from India who finds reading & writing cathartic. Work in Short Beasts, Down in the Dirt, 50-Word Stories, exploring human experience in sharp, honest bursts of storytelling. Get micros in to Asmi & the rest of the Oct. team at fiveminutelit.com/submissions

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 2d

October reader Kathy Lynn Carroll has worked as a freelance proofreader, editor, children’s picture book blogger & writer for years, publishing fiction, mini-mysteries & nonfiction in journals and magazines. Get micros in to Kathy & the rest of the October team at link in bio!

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 3d

October reader Tenley Cederholm, co-editor of The Hallway & our fledgling TikTok, loves reading all genres, especially horror, but writing is her passion. She also loves interviewing, music, and fashion design. Get micros in to Tenley & the rest of the October team! fiveminutelit.com/submissions

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 4d

"Breakfast Fail" by Salvatore Difalco, who lives in Toronto, Canada

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 4d

October Reader @carlyanderson.bsky.social is a NYC-based writer published in 100 Word Story, Brevity & more. She’s nonfiction editor for Qu, the lit mag of Queens U. of Charlotte where she’s pursuing her MFA. She’s happiest hanging with her handsome husband, brilliant daughter & feisty soul cat.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 5d

"Thieves" by James. W. Miller in case you missed it

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 5d

"Little Incident" by Sandra Hudson, a semi-retired nurse, Michigan native, entrepreneur, artist, and writer. Her writing interests are diverse—poetry, essays, short stories, and fiction.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 6d

"Encouragement" by Angela Lam, an artist and writer. She sells her artwork at Made Local Marketplace and teaches creative writing @gothamwriters.bsky.social. #encouragement #concussion #sofa #useless #mute #son #catalogue #paper #nevergiveup #determination #micromemoir

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 6d

Loved it, Tracy, so glad to have it!

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 7d

"Apprehension" by @tracyroyce.bsky.social, whose writing appears in/is forthcoming in Bending Genres, Does It Have Pockets, The Dribble Drabble Review, Scrawl Place, Villain Era, and elsewhere.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 10d

"Making the Cut" by Chase Troxell, who graduated with his BA and MBA from the University of Findlay. He lives in Findlay, Ohio, with his two kids, Ethan and Felicity. Read more at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 11d

"Released" by Jennifer Gippel, an economist and writer who enjoys wandering in the wildish places near her home in Jindabyne, Australia

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 13d

.—"Unfit for Use" by Catherine Levine in case you missed it

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 14d

"Tightrope" by Mridula Morgan, a South Asian writer living on the unceded Indigenous land called Canada. She's currently a student @twssfu.bsky.social

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks for sharing it with us!

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 14d

"Sea Lake" by @sandrinado.bsky.social in case you missed it

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 15d

"Kindness" by @emhall47.bsky.social, whose prose has appeared, or is forthcoming, in places such as Portland Review, Passages North, 100 Word Story, Necessary Fiction, and Cherry Tree.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16d

"Zairian Road" by Andrea Montgomery, in case you missed it, more micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 18d

"Dad's Trombone" by Albert DeGenova, an award-winning writer and poet. He is the publisher and editor of After Hours magazine. DeGenova is also a blues saxophonist. More micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com.

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 18d

"Words of Wisdom" by Miguel Ángel Calvo in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 19d

"Writing Horror" by Karin Round in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com

Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 19d

"Earliest Memory" by @FiiJ20.bsky.social, who writes short, dark-themed fiction and nature-themed nonfiction. More micros at fiveminutelit.com

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to the August writers whose pieces inspired these prompts! Everyone else, get writing.

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