Dan Crawley

Just your random reminder that you can get one of the most best weirdest most fucked up collections of mini-fiction you'll find out there for a lousy 5 bucks. Amazon keeps telling us that we can't keep the price that cheap, and we say, Fuck you, Bezos. Power to the poor writers! ✊

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"Two of those are obviously incompatible, but which is the lie?"

I love this gem by @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 💙💙💙

In-Person: Worldbuilding Summer Camp for BIPOC Teen Writers in Seattle Speculative fiction writing camp for teens at yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective.

Don't miss out on signing up for @taracampbell.bsky.social's in-person workshop "Worldbuilding Summer Camp for BIPOC Teen Writers," on August 18-22 from 10-2 PM PDT, hosted by @clarionwest.bsky.social! buff.ly/4To2wta

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@susanschulman.bsky.social

If you missed this discussion on Tuesday night & would like to catch up with all the wisdom shared by @mynachang.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social about historical & speculative fiction, the recorded version is now available for the bargain price of £4:

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"Make-up talk. Talk that was ‘after.’"

This is brilliant writing, and the last line--wow. By @karenc.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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

Yay! Very cool! Big congrats @mossyair.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

Sea Lake by Sandrina Dorigo — Five Minutes Out on the salt flats, I imagine being at the bottom of whatever sea was once here, megalodon and ribbons of sea grass above.

"In my eardrums waves thrum, roaring against the silence."

This brilliant piece of writing by @sandrinado.bsky.social in @fiveminutelit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
www.fiveminutelit.com/sea-lake

Death Benefit — Ghost Parachute The neighbor, Lyle, he was a plumber, and also an action junkie. He’d bet on anything. Eagle sightings. If any of the kids would get a skinned knee that day. Whether he could convince the teetotalers ...

"We got the adjoining subdivisions involved. Sold-out, winner-take-all, and the pot was up to more than seventy grand."

I dig this piece of writing by @brettbbl.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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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 💙💙💙

Big congrats, Claudia, on your very powerful piece! 🎉

"Imagine my surprise when a young man shows up at the doorstep during Qingming Festival, saying he’s my older brother."

I love this gem by @csquareh.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"'It’s weird, isn’t it?' she says. 'Squaring who you are with who you might have been…'"

Wow! This perfection, the last lines. Love this story by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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This is great news, Łukasz! Big congrats! 🎉

What Kind of Country — Ghost Parachute They are eating pasta with too much parmesan. They are waiting for the news. Waiting to see which direction their country will angle next. Right or left. They don’t have much hope, but they still have...

"They hold onto each other. Their bodies in an embrace. How could they not?"

Wow, this powerful piece of writing by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social 💙💙💙
ghostparachute.com/issue/august...

"All Rita has to do is step out and follow the path of light to the waiting spaceship, happy as hell to live among them and not smell like a cigarette."

I love this phenomenal piece of writing by @sfreligh.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"I pulled the strings of the Milky Way, made a river of stars, pulled the string that made green waves of light above a silent sea,...."

Big love for this gem by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Bright blue skies over a clear pond.

My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography

Yay, Mizuki! Congrats! 🎉

Yay @karenc.bsky.social! Big congrats on your piece's appearance in @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉

I love this collage on your powerful piece of writing, Karen! 💙💙💙

Thank you so much for reading, your kind words, Gina! 💙💙

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"As we said goodbye, my wife apologized and said she had one last question. She hesitated, then finally asked, 'Is this an OK house?'"

I really love this piece of writing, how it moves on the page, by @the-big-quiet.bsky.social in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social 💙💙💙

🐸 General subs are open!🐸

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"The entire week I visited her felt like a foreign movie in which nothing happened, yet everything changed."

Big love for this phenomenal piece by @megpokrass.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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"And now it’s Beatrice’s turn to dazzle as she steps inside the church as gracefully as she would step off the trapeze platform, swinging high above the sawdust by her knees."

I love this award-winner by @eleanor-luke.bsky.social in @flashficfestuk.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Yay, Eleanor! Big congrats! 🎉