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Mizuki

@mizuki-yama.bsky.social

What a lovely piece of meditation and expansion in @claudineliterary.bsky.social by the wonderful @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social 🌊

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

✨ICYMI✨

“the instructor says to breathe deep and let go, and my mind peels back the pastry folds of time and brings me to the beach on the northwest side of the island, fifteen and doing a star float in the twilight”

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November 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine

@claudineliterary.bsky.social

✨ICYMI✨

“the instructor says to breathe deep and let go, and my mind peels back the pastry folds of time and brings me to the beach on the northwest side of the island, fifteen and doing a star float in the twilight”

@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

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November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM

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Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick.bsky.social

"and my mind peels back the pastry folds of time and brings me to the beach on the northwest side of the island"

Absolutely beautiful breathless micro from @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

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

✨ICYMI✨

“the instructor says to breathe deep and let go, and my mind peels back the pastry folds of time and brings me to the beach on the northwest side of the island, fifteen and doing a star float in the twilight”

@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

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November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM

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Rosaleen Lynch

@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

Check out this lovely uplifting piece in @claudineliterary.bsky.social 🙏

Here I Am by @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

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November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM

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June Gemmell

@junegemmell.bsky.social

This is such a beautifully crafted piece by @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social
Thank you for posting!

Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social · 11d

Check out this lovely uplifting piece in @claudineliterary.bsky.social 🙏

Here I Am by @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

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November 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM

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Gill O'Halloran

@quickasaflash.bsky.social

I'm so happy to be the winner. Congrats to @alisonwassell.bsky.social and @abbywilliams.bsky.social + long and shortlisters. Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @smokelong.bsky.social of course where this began.

Flash 500 Writing Competitions @flash500.bsky.social · 14d

The results are in for the third quarter's flash fiction category as judged by @scooterwriter.bsky.social

Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!

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Flash Fiction: Winners

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November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM

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Diane Simmons

@scooterwriter.bsky.social

So lovely to receive such a fab review of ‘Finding a Way’ six years after it was published. Thank you @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 14d

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Kleopatra's review of Finding a Way

5/5: Diane Simmons' Finding a Way had me weeping and weeping and loudly blowing my nose on the plane, so I think that's testament to its emotional power. It's a heartbreaking novella-in-flash about a ...

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November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM

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Flash Fiction Online

@flashfictiononline.bsky.social

COZY SCI-FI: “The Last Ofutan in Orbit” by Mizuki Yamagen is available to read on FFO:
“Tsukumogami are objects that grow souls after a hundred years. Not many are left…”
#flashfiction #sciencefiction #writingcommunity
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The Last Ofuton in Orbit

After my grandmother died, I was left with the ofuton and the spirit inside it.It had been hers since before lift-off, stitched by hand on Earth, brought to the orbiting colony in the old days when…

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November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM

Kleopatra Olympiou

@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

Happy FlashGiving, @smokelong.bsky.social!

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 19d

It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!

November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM

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Brecht De Poortere

@brechtdp.bsky.social

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM

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Alison Stine

@alisonstine.bsky.social

I always share when I come across this quote again:

caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 22d

Harvard Gazette:
Gazette: “You are the mother of two In ten years you have produced three novels and two short-story collections. Can you talk about your process and how you manage work and family?”
Groff: “I understand that this is a question of vital importance to a lot of people, particularly to other mothers who are artists trying to get their work done, and know that I feel for everyone in the struggle. But until I see a male writer asked that question, I am going to respectfully decline to answer it.”

November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM

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Claudia Monpere

@claudiamonpere.bsky.social

"fifteen and doing a star float in the twilight, ears underwater, the world muted except for the hiss of waves pushing pebbles up the beach" Gorgeous, joyful CNF @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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Steve Edwards

@the-big-quiet.bsky.social

Once in a blue moon I write a poem.

To the Students in Back Giggling at Something on their Phones During a Lesson on the Long-Term Losses of Bird Populations in North America Over the Last Fifty Years—Nearly Three Billion Birds—Which Cornell Lab Director John Fitzpatrick and Study Coauthor Peter Marra Describe as “A staggering loss that suggests the very fabric of North America’s ecosystem is unraveling.”

I try to teach you
about grief
but I’m the one
doing all the learning

—Steve Edwards

November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM

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Claudine: A Literary Magazine

@claudineliterary.bsky.social

New micro CNF by Kleopatra Olympiou @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

💚🐈‍⬛💚

“I remember a classmate in P.E. who thought that everyone says namaste because it means ‘here we are’ in Greek”

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November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Kleopatra Olympiou

@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

what a dream to have a piece in the new issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social! Thanks so much @dehardy.bsky.social for believing in this piece, my first CNF publication! 🐈‍⬛

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November 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM

Kleopatra Olympiou

@kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

I have a CNF piece in the new issue of Claudine!!

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 24d

New micros by:

Mileva Anastasiadou @happilander.bsky.social

Zach Murphy

Kleopatra Olympiou @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social

Majella Pinto

Frey Lylark @freybytheway.bsky.social

Enjoy, humans! 💚🐈‍⬛💚

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November 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 24d

BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be available in 2 DAYS! (#Sorry #NotSorry for all the screaming. We're just really, really, REALLY, excited.)

W/ advance praise from @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social, don't forget to preorder a copy right here: buff.ly/83mvSR7
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November 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM

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Best Microfiction

@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social

Folks, we are now OPEN until December 15th! Lit mag editors, please send us your 5 nominated stories! Judged by Diane Seuss. @dseuss.bsky.social www.bestmicrofiction.com

#FlashFiction #Microfiction #LiteraryMagazines #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks

Best Microfiction

The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

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November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM

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megpokrass.bsky.social

@megpokrass.bsky.social

Best Microfiction reopens! Please spread the word!

Best Microfiction @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social · 24d

Folks, we are now OPEN until December 15th! Lit mag editors, please send us your 5 nominated stories! Judged by Diane Seuss. @dseuss.bsky.social www.bestmicrofiction.com

#FlashFiction #Microfiction #LiteraryMagazines #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks

Best Microfiction

The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

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November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Fiona McKay

@fionamckay.bsky.social

Hey, come hear some readings tomorrow!! @travisflatt.bsky.social has a chapbook out and he will be reading along with friends (including me) to launch it!!

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