Melissa Llanes Brownlee

You may have read this one by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social before, but it deserves a second reading for the last lines alone!

"Tyler's receiving an award at tonight’s Senior Ceremony; his slacks are too short. I wanted to say, You’re just like your Dad, always leaving stuff to the last minute! But I didn’t. I said, “Would you like to look in your Dad’s closet?" A gem @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
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Check out @dawnsteffler.bsky.social latest in @lascauxreview.bsky.social! So good!!

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So appreciative to @lascauxreview.bsky.social for picking my story, Détente, as a finalist for the 2025 Lascaux Prize in Flash Fiction.

And of course, huge thanks go out to judge @sarahillswrites.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social where it first appeared.

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I'm away all week and just now got access to Blsky, but hiii! Today is my book's birthday! 🥰

So grateful to everyone who pre-ordered. And deeply indebted forever to @stanchion.bsky.social, the BEST indie in the world. ♥️

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Congratulations to Ghost Parachute's Best of the Net Nominees @djpoissant.bsky.social and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social!

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Christmas in August 😂

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A Very Flash Review: Avitus B. Carle, These Worn Bodies published by Moon City Press @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @mooncitypress.bsky.social

Ghost Parachute Pub, Best Microfiction Launch, and Wanna Hangout with Me? — Melissa Llanes Brownlee I hope that those of you suffering through the hellish heat of this summer are staying safe. It got the hottest ever for this time of year in Japan in the city where my husband works, so that’s been w...

weekly talk story about Ghost Parachute (@brettpribble.bsky.social) pub, @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social launch, and wanna hang out...

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say yes to distress — Ghost Parachute hey everybody’s doing it just let us shove this camera thingy down your throat don’t let your hands reach up to stop it to grab it to pull it back out don’t move your head don’t vomit and most of all…

Don't miss out on reading @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's latest micro fiction piece, "say yes to distress," over on Ghost Parachute! buff.ly/gTPRdw2

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET right here: bit.ly/3PuHbEn
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"...and all you want is it to stop to not hear the voices of comfort of yes...."

My lord, this extraordinary piece by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Thank you so much Dan 🥰

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Places I’ll Never See Again - The Forge Literary Magazine Places I’ll Never See Again, nonfiction by Andrew Bertaina

ICYMI new story up @theforge.bsky.social

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In May, I made a phone note: swarm of lavender bees. I carried the bees until Kathy Fish's summer immersive when "Lavender Bees, Dilly Dilly" was born 🐝Thank you to the @themerseyreview.bsky.social editors for seeing something in my purple micro fiction haze. www.themerseyreview.com/issues/7/lav...

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Girl Locks — Split Lip Magazine It’s very late, the policeman insists, for a woman and a girl. His flashlight drills into our car.

Stunned and thrilled to be a Best of the Net finalist for "Girl Locks," published in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. Thank you, @wendyoleson.bsky.social, @maureenlangloss.bsky.social , @amystuber.com, and Star Su for giving my story such a loving home. splitlipthemag.com/flash/0524/c...

say yes to distress — Ghost Parachute hey everybody’s doing it just let us shove this camera thingy down your throat don’t let your hands reach up to stop it to grab it to pull it back out don’t move your head don’t vomit and most of all ...

“… don’t let your hands reach up to stop it to grab it to pull it back out don’t move your head don’t vomit and most of all don’t cry as you …”

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/august...

Thank you so much Pat 🥰❤️

😂 yeah gotta try

Thanks!!

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