Molly Andrea-Ryan 👻

All week I’ve been wondering if the thing my cats are staring at is a pantry moth or a ghost. Now I desperately want to write a story about this but I can’t figure out the angle or POV and the most deranged part of my brain keeps going “give the POV to the moths”

It was such a pleasure to be part of the editing process for Priyanka Champaneri’s short story, “Good Neighbor.” I think we’re all craving connection right now, and this story delivers. Read it and then go say hi to your neighbors 💖

A story to close ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY ❤️ Assistant fiction editor @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social has a new short story up in Heavy Feather Review! Read it here and have a good night 🌙 : buff.ly/K93BZjL

"These calls were a disruption, an upheaval, a re-placing of herself onto the plane of shared existence."

🎶 🎉 Assistant Fiction Editor @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social published a story in @bulbculture.bsky.social! buff.ly/7AfBwiR

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Short Story for Side A: “Fragments of One or the Other” by Molly Andrea-Ryan Fragments of One or the Other It’s Tuesday, which means it’s the day that I spend the afternoon with my niece. I watch her, that’s what her mother would say, although that sounds a little too punit…

So excited to have this story about an aunt, her niece, and a little bit of madness up in @hfr.bsky.social today!
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Joining the Split Lip fiction team has brought me nothing but joy—plus community plus better reader insight plus plus plus…YOU SHOULD APPLY is what I’m saying 😇

Thank you 🥹 love my Split Lip fam ❤️❤️❤️

A beautiful story to close out ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🌙 Assistant Fiction Editor @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social published a fabulous story in @tinymolecules.bsky.social about motherhood and broken expectations: buff.ly/5kssm3B

Boxcutters, short stories by John Chrostek.

Who needs a book rec to head into the weekend? 🙋‍♀️ Assistant Fiction Editor @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social recommends BOXCUTTERS by John Chrostek.

"There’s a story in here about an artist who lives in a glass house and the ending will stay in my brain forever!"

Aaaaand we're officially back! And even better: we're open for submissions.✨ We can't wait to dive back into your work!

twenty-four — Tiny Molecules

I’m so honored to have my first flash story in AGES featured in the summer issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social ☀️🥀 If you’re in the mood for some motherhood grotesquerie, give her a whirl ❤️

www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

A photo of a television. On screen, a young Jessica Walter plays Libby in The Group (1966)

A screenshot of Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development (2003-2006/2018-2019)

I was watching the 1966 film adaptation of Mary McCarthy’s The Group last night and couldn’t figure out why the actor playing Libby looked so familiar, and then it hit me: she’s Lucille Bluth!

The shifting feeling is relatable to me! My most logic-lacking aspect is always the layout or construction of things, like stairs that you up for awhile just to send you back down or walls made out of sand that dissolve away, that sort of thing!

This story in particular is a great resource to read, bookmark, and share with your networks outside of Bluesky. Let's make Lex's dream come true by clicking through and sharing widely!

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Okay I know we’ve largely agreed that talking about dreams can get a little boring but I have a question for you all: what is the architecture of your dreams like? Do you dream buildings that are realistic and logically designed or do you dream buildings that are all surprises and confusion?

Thank you for reading!!! ❤️

twenty-four — Tiny Molecules

I’m so honored to have my first flash story in AGES featured in the summer issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social ☀️🥀 If you’re in the mood for some motherhood grotesquerie, give her a whirl ❤️

www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

twenty-four — Tiny Molecules

Summer 2025 is here. We have 12 amazing pieces for you to read, share, and enjoy!
https:/www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twentyfour

YouTube video by Limu013 THE MAIN INGREDIENT - SUMMER BREEZE

This cover has been my song of the summer and dare I say it’s better than the original 👀
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And on the flip side, I so rarely manage to get where I need to go in 1000 words! Writers who can live mostly in flash are so impressive to me—I’m rarely concise enough to pull it off 🥲

Admittedly every story I write starts out with *at least* 500 words that need to be scrapped 😅 I feel like I have a natural tendency to write into the 5,000-word range before realizing while editing that I actually wrote a 4,000-word story!

reposting this today because I have no marketing budget, because I'm publishing this with a tiny press run by a friend, because I put my whole heart into this book like I did with Boxcutters and I'm proud as fuck and this year has been one long painful but fruitful lesson in perseverance and risk

This was such a pleasure to read!

The Third Best Dinner Set - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash by Anika Carpenter, Sara Hills, Rosaleen Lynch, and James Montgomery David’s favourite fish is bream, which he will only eat off of our antique dinner set. His old mo...

"... I use our second-best dinner set instead and put my mother on his left with his mother’s urn on the right" Weird & wonderful collaboration @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
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A flier for my writing coaching. Very simple. Words and a picture of me smiling and holding books. Words are in the post.

Hi! I've been offering one hour Zoom writing coaching sessions, and it's been going really well! I think I've been helping people, which makes me feel good. Hit me up in my DMs for some writing therapy and for more details!

nooooooo I hate it

If I Must Starve a poem Nour Abdel Latif July 22, 2025 If I must starve, let it be with dignity in my children's eyes, not with my hands tied by silence. Let the world witness that I did not bow to the hunger but stood, even as the sky emptied and the earth closed her mouth. If I must starve, let it be while I still cradle my child's hope, not as a number lost in footnotes. Let the sea carry my name to shores that forgot my people, and let the wind whisper: she fed love when bread was gone.

From "Refaat Writes Back" newsletter, here: refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com/p/if-i-must-...

As a person who can only knit rectangles of varying lengths, I am very impressed!!

That spider is so cute!