@melissafitz.bsky.social
Words in Five South, Flash Fiction Online, Atlas + Alice, Lunch Ticket, Flash Fiction Magazine, Roi Faineant, and elsewhere. Website: https://melissa-fitzpatrick.com/ Substack: https://melissafitz.substack.com
Oh wow. Thanks so much for including my tiny story!
27.02.2026 21:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Gorgeous and heartbreaking 💔
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Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for this publication in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Check out the whole issue, which includes stupendous work by @happilander.bsky.social, @amymarques.bsky.social, @pdforan.bsky.social and others!
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“Fresh off a ghostlighting incident that left him clear-eyed and cold . . .”
A new @pdforan.bsky.social story is always a treat! In @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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So good ❤️
03.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
"...This story
has already happened—a ravenous wanting
in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once,
a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage
before I ghost..."
today from Hannah Levy!!
https://www.havehashad.com/5e34h
Incredible story 🌨️🌨️🌨️
03.02.2026 15:15 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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SECOND PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "What Stays Behind" by Muntasir Salman. A powerhouse of a micro with so much buried inside its one hundred words:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Oh my. Such a powerful story.
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THIRD PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "That Witch, Gopa Devi, She Burn" by @anibanerjee.bsky.social.
A story that crackles from beginning to end, propulsive and powerful:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
So great! Tom the Cat and Tom the Man 😆
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HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "Time for Tom to Go" by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social. A wonderfully original relationship exploration with so much verve at the level of words:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Vote! Vote! So many great stories
27.01.2026 02:33 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Beautiful and heartbreaking 💔
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Today's shortlisted story is "What the darkness knew" by
Bill Nwonwu. An atmospheric piece that shines so much light on the human condition:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
I love this. That haiku … perfection 💔
25.01.2026 13:57 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It’s so good! Congrats!
25.01.2026 13:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Whew, this piece 🔥
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Today's shortlisted story is "weak beans" by
Barnaby Wick. A piece which effectively covers so much narrative in such such an original tone of voice:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Today's shortlisted story is "The Bit Part Actress" by
Jo Withers. A brilliant character study that ironically (given the first sentence) brings its protagonist fully to life:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
POEM 301: "Something Borrowed" by Frances Klein (@fklein907.bsky.social)
I go into the deli and ask the old man behind the counter if I can borrow his cufflinks. He says he stole them from a coffin, and it’s no kind of luck to bring dead gold to a living altar
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Beautiful story 🫧
18.01.2026 15:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Beautiful and haunting ❤️🩹
18.01.2026 13:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Congratulations!
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Today's shortlisted story is "Pattern" by
David Anson Lee. A micro that uses anadiplosis to such great effect:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
So beautiful 💔
15.01.2026 19:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s so good!
15.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Fabulous! ❤️🔥
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