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Fiona McKay

@fionamckay.bsky.social

Writer | THE TOP ROAD (AdHoc Fiction 2023) | DRAWN AND QUARTERED (Alien Buddha Press 2023) | THE LIVES OF THE DEAD (AdHoc Fiction July 2025) | Words in places | Autistic + ADHD Ally to πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ and πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Free πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ and slava πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Family Business β€” Ghost Parachute β€˜Jesus, would you look at her, what is she like?’ β€˜You know I can’t see anyone from this angle, mam. I’ve got to keep looking up, keep imploring me da to save me from myself, you know the drill,’ Jesu...

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Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social and Ghost Parachute for having my story in this issue ❀️

01.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you so much, Clodagh ❀️❀️❀️ I do hope so!!

25.02.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Sudha ❀️❀️❀️

25.02.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, James ❀️❀️❀️ I’m very nervously giving a workshop on NiFs at FFF this year…

25.02.2026 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Kik ❀️❀️❀️

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Thank you ❀️❀️❀️

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Thank you so much, Gearóidín ❀️❀️❀️

24.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Emma ❀️❀️❀️ That’s very kind, and I hope publishers agree!!!!

24.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Beth!! I’m looking forward to reading it!! πŸŽ‰

24.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Diane ❀️❀️❀️

24.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Catherine ❀️❀️❀️

24.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks JP! Good showing of Trash Cats!! 🦝🦝🦝

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Huge thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for all the work she puts into this award ❀️

I’m happy to have been Highly Commended, and now the search begins to find a publisher for this Novella…

And big hugs anyone on the shortlist feeling disappointed today ❀️❀️❀️

24.02.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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CNF by @fionamckay.bsky.social:

β€œI remember carrying her, my cousin, when I was ten and she was five and clingy as a limpet: two only children making siblings of each other, with none of the skills honed by everyday friction.”

www.claudineliterary.net/fionamckay

19.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to be one of the judges here! Send us your favourite words!

13.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which page? The blog or the competition entry?

13.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, interesting!!!

07.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sarah’s been swimming but says the sea is too old From now on, she’s swimming in chlorinated pools with chrome handrails. Fake is where it’s at. Fake tans – no skin cancer. Fake nails – the polish lasts longer. Fake hair colour – the m…

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πŸ›‘ Stop and read this beauty by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - the grief, the grief πŸ’”

05.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Lindsey ❀️❀️❀️

04.02.2026 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️

03.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not crying YOU ARE! Really felt this one @fionamckay.bsky.social 🫢

03.02.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😭😭😭 Aw, Ani, thank you so much ❀️😘❀️

03.02.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Her breasts are the first to disappear. Such a strange sensation, the wind cutting through her where the flesh had curved out over her meaty ribs, where blood had flowed through deep blue veins, and now there is nothing.

Love this one by @fionamckay.bsky.social in @thin-skin.bsky.social

03.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Belinda ❀️❀️❀️

03.02.2026 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Change - Thin Skin Her breasts are the first to disappear. Such a strange sensation, the wind cutting through her where the flesh had curved out over her meaty ribs, where blood had flowed through deep blue veins, and n...

'she realises that the firm peach of her ass is gone, vanished, kaput – like a page ripped out of a magazine. She still has something to sit on, but whatever it is, Gary isn’t looking at it'.

Love this by @fionamckay.bsky.social
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03.02.2026 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you so much, Patience ❀️❀️❀️

03.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Pat ❀️❀️❀️

03.02.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

CNF from @fionamckay.bsky.social and @claudineliterary.bsky.social A first. Congratulations

02.02.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Denise ❀️😘❀️

03.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, Emily ❀️❀️❀️

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