Laura Besley

At vespertine hour, when tired feet find shelter & the routine mask slips away, we become afterlight seekers. Dusk nudges the tongue, letting slivers of inner weather thicken into ink. There, the mind at last has room to say what it has carried all day.

#vss365 #prompt December 4 #vespertine

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You're most welcome! I loved it!!

A List of the Reasons Women Feel Shame | Your Impossible Voice By Sage Tyrtle — "The bus driver brakes hard and I stumble, my 37 weeks pregnant belly stumbles, my whole big self stumbles into a woman in a baseball hat who mutters fat bitch and I open my mouth to ...

There is so much going on in this story, so many threads, so many people, but all of it driving driving to that ultimate inevitable conclusion that simply roars.
Fantastic work by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social
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Hash Browns I’ve slept in some badly made places but this building is next-level flimsy. This is where you stay when the girl in the band (that’s me) wants her own room for once and Motel 6 is too expensive. B…

'Apparently Andy’s hungry and the heart-to-heart is over. I’m fine with this. We’re practical people.
“Why not?” I say. “Getting your heart broken’s hungry work.”'

Great moment of connection between these characters.
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Dreams I see my grandmother twice every year. New Year and Salah.  Her house is a plain, single-story building in Akobo with gray screeded walls. Colors left the house when my grandfather died. Cream…

This story travels physically as well as through hearts and minds. Beautiful, surprising, heartbreaking.
Ọbáfẹ́mi Thanni in Flash Fiction Magazine
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A blue flier announcing contest details: The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: “Family”. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1st - 31st. $5 per story. $700 in prizes. On the left is a picture of Camille U Adams surrounded by trees with yellow leaves. Below the photo is the Flash Frog logo (a frog with glasses trying on a typewriter)

We are SO excited to announce the details for our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize! And thrilled and honored to welcome @camilleuadams.bsky.social 💙🐸

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‼️ Contest details are up!! 👇🏼👇🏼

“Thank you, Marie. You’ve given me Christmas.”
Check out my December magazine column, which is a little heartwarming Christmas story.

In poetry & prose, light often stirs as sight begins to loosen. What the world keeps at its surface slips inward, settling into aphotic depths that draw forth another illumination. Soft & unlike anything the eye alone can find.

The #vss365 #prompt for December 2nd: #aphotic
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Thank you for all your hard work, Laura! It's an honor to be published by @fictivedream.bsky.social again.
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At first light
the dream rises
leaving a suave trace
in the air
I begin there
inviting you to follow
wherever the words
may open…

The #vss365 prompt for December 1st: #suave

Happy writing! ✨✍️

📸 Y. Jolie

CURRENT PROMPT HOST:

The #vss365 host for December 1-15 is:

@sanjar.bsky.social

Prompts will drop at 8 AM GMT (UTC)

Follow Sanya, if you haven’t already!

That's great progress! I hope you get some helpful feedback.

Congratulations, Heather! 🎉

I wrote a brand new flash on Thursday!
How about you?
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Good morning from @valeriavescina.bsky.social in #Switzerland, @womenwritersnet.bsky.social community! How has your writing gone over the past week? Share your wins, be they great or small!

#Last Christmas there were 1, 837 celebrity memoirs for sale. This year, there are more.
#vss365 #xmas #xmas2025 #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Thank you for being here, thank U for responding to the prompts & last of all
B happy
B healthy
B you
Because Health Matters & YOU matter 🫂

A #last reminder 2 follow the talented @sanjar.bsky.social your host from 1-15 Dec posting time 8amGMT

The #vss365 #prompt for 30 Nov #Last

Beautiful! Good morning!

Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.

Bookseller crow Christmas signing graphic with copies of my books, a candy cane and the following text: CHRISTMAS AT THE CROW Author of the bestselling Loki series LOUIE STOWELL will be signing Loki: A Bad God's Guide to being Good and Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos, Saturday 6th Decemeber 2pm-3.30pm at Bookseller Crow on the Hill, 50 Westow Street, Crystal Palace.

I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)

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On reflection what is more important than family & health?
Health Matters We matter You matter
What truly matters to you?

I ask myself what can I do today 2 make a difference 2 my life tomorrow? What can I start right now that matters

The #vss365 #prompt for 29 Nov #matters

Royal Literary Fund to run free webinar series for writers

ICYMI: The Royal Literary Fund is launching a free four-part webinar series called ‘Making Writing Work’ next year 👇 #BookSky

A short story tweaked & sent out by 7am on a Saturday morning! Boom 💥
#amwriting #writingcommunity #shortfiction #shortstories

It was an absolute thrill to have my pamphlet 'Sum of her PARTS' published by @vpresslit.bsky.social 💜 Sarah is wonderful to work with & publishes such quality books. And that cover...! 💜💜 Please do check out the V. Press catalogue.
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You’re Breaking My Mother’s Heart Whenever her father misbehaved, Clio would punish him. She’d started with simple acts of defiance like ignoring him when he called for help with the groceries, letting her arms dangle like wet towe…

'Whenever her father misbehaved, Clio would punish him.' Great piece by Lara Waas that keeps upping the stakes & delivers an unexpected ending.
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