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Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social and Ghost Parachute for having my story in this issue β€οΈ
@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 π³οΈβπ and π³οΈββ§οΈ Free π΅πΈ and slava πΊπ¦
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Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social and Ghost Parachute for having my story in this issue β€οΈ
Thank you so much, Clodagh β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ I do hope so!!
25.02.2026 11:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much, Sudha β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
25.02.2026 11:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much, James β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ Iβm very nervously giving a workshop on NiFs at FFF this yearβ¦
25.02.2026 11:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you, Kik β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
24.02.2026 20:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
24.02.2026 18:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much, GearΓ³idΓn β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
24.02.2026 18:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much, Emma β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ Thatβs very kind, and I hope publishers agree!!!!
24.02.2026 17:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations, Beth!! Iβm looking forward to reading it!! π
24.02.2026 17:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you, Diane β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
24.02.2026 17:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, Catherine β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
24.02.2026 17:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks JP! Good showing of Trash Cats!! π¦π¦π¦
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Huge thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for all the work she puts into this award β€οΈ
Iβm happy to have been Highly Commended, and now the search begins to find a publisher for this Novellaβ¦
And big hugs anyone on the shortlist feeling disappointed today β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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CNF by @fionamckay.bsky.social:
βI 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.β
www.claudineliterary.net/fionamckay
Delighted to be one of the judges here! Send us your favourite words!
13.02.2026 20:45 β π 9 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Which page? The blog or the competition entry?
13.02.2026 19:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh, interesting!!!
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π Stop and read this beauty by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - the grief, the grief π
Thank you, Lindsey β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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03.02.2026 14:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm not crying YOU ARE! Really felt this one @fionamckay.bsky.social π«Ά
03.02.2026 11:48 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0πππ Aw, Ani, thank you so much β€οΈπβ€οΈ
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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
Thank you so much, Belinda β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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'she realises that the firm peach of her ass is gone, vanished, kaput β like a page ripped out of a magazine. She still has something to sit on, but whatever it is, Gary isnβt looking at it'.
Love this by @fionamckay.bsky.social
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Thank you so much, Patience β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
03.02.2026 11:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much, Pat β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
03.02.2026 11:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0CNF from @fionamckay.bsky.social and @claudineliterary.bsky.social A first. Congratulations
02.02.2026 22:23 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you, Denise β€οΈπβ€οΈ
03.02.2026 11:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you so much, Emily β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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