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Snow in an empty forest, with a quote from AL Kennedy's short story Expedition Skills: 'There's no one else in the woods…'

Tab and Martin have gone upstate to walk in the woods. @writereralk.bsky.social examines the terrain in her short story Expedition Skills:

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Image: Patrick Mueller

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A portrait of the writer Ali McClary, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Female friendship is close to my heart'

On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we get to know how female friendship powers Ali McClary’s #fiction

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Always cool to see the folks behind the scenes step into the spotlight. Gonna have to check this one out 🎙️

A portrait of the writer Pete Segall, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'There's a very ambient feeling of being watched'

Who's the man behind the camera? @petesegall.bsky.social steps into the frame on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast

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A portrait of the writer AL Kennedy, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'It is a time when the wealthy are just inconceivably wealthy'

On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast @writereralk.bsky.social argues that the empathy powering fiction puts politics at its heart:

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📣Calling all fans of Out of Earth!!!

Check out Sheyla Smanioto's short story Intruder, included in the latest issue of @fictionable.bsky.social

A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her blog: 'Whenever I suggest a summer read, I'm not thinking of the weather'

Is there really such a thing as summer reading? Diana Evans investigates:

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Could it be something serious? Dafydd McKimm looks for a diagnosis in his short story The Nosebleed:

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… it's a mighty story, for sure…

A portrait of the writer Ali McClary, with a quote from her short story Proper Magic: 'The street was strung out in the heat…'

The heat is stifling as Min and Hazel head to the park. But it’s not just tennis at stake in Proper Magic by Ali McClary:

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A portrait of the writer Pete Segall, with a quote from his short story Bolex Man: 'There is a man walking around the neighborhood with a movie camera…'

Who watches the watchers? @petesegall.bsky.social captures some unsettling footage in Bolex Man:

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A portrait of the writer Sheyla Smanioto, with a quote from her short story Intruder, translated by Laura Garmeson and Sophie Lewis: 'No one ever rings the bell outside Pito's bar and restaurant…'

A stranger comes to town, but there’s more than just the dish of the day on the menu in Sheyla Smanioto's short story Intruder, translated from Portuguese by Laura Garmeson and Sophie Lewis.

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A portrait of the writer AL Kennedy, with a quote from her short story Expedition Skills: 'There's no one else in the woods…'

Tab and Martin have gone upstate to walk in the woods. @writereralk.bsky.social examines the terrain in her short story Expedition Skills:

www.fictionable.world/stories/expe...

#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #blog #podcast

… aw… thanks… delighted to have you setting out on our pages with your mighty Expedition:

www.fictionable.world/stories/expe...

Hello, folks. These are lovely people...

Portraits of the contributors to Fictionable Summer 2025, from top left too bottom right: AL Kennedy, Sheyla Smanioto, Diana Evans, Dafydd McKimm, Pete Segall, Ali McClary, Laura Garmeson and Sophie Lewis

So here's #Summer with @writereralk.bsky.social Sheyla Smanioto translated by Laura Garmeson and Sophie Lewis, @petesegall.bsky.social Ali McClary and Dafydd McKimm. Plus Diana Evans on summer reading.

Catch them at fictionable.world

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And so here's a sneak peek at the fantastic #ShortStories for #Summer2025 with @writereralk.bsky.social Sheyla Smanioto read by Sophie Lewis, @petesegall.bsky.social Ali McClary and Dafydd McKimm.

Catch them all at fictionable.world

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… and this admirably focused #author is Dafydd McKimm…

… this clear-thinking #writer is the translator Sophie Lewis…

… and this crowded chair is for @petesegall.bsky.social

… so this classsic setup is @writereralk.bsky.social

An ergonomic chair sits welcoming in front of two desks and a window with a view of trees receding into the distance

So here's the first of our #mystery #authors for our #Summer issue – or their #WritersDesk at least.

A classic two-desk, ergonomic chair, inviting vista setup. But who could it be?

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A close-up of a writer's desk, with laptop, mug and a few sheets of blank paper. But who could it be?

#Summer 2025 is almost here, but here's a final #mystery #author or at least their #WritersDesk

A tight focus here on the job in hand: the blank page. But who could this focused #writer be?

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A blind is drawn in the window behind a glass desk with a large screen perched on a thesaurus and a laptop perched on a dictionary

Another #mystery #author another #WritersDesk

The glass desk suggests a writer who prefers clarity. But who is it?

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A green armchair piled high with books

Our next #mystery #WritersDesk is more chair than desk, but where are they going to sit with all those #books ?

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An ergonomic chair sits welcoming in front of two desks and a window with a view of trees receding into the distance

So here's the first of our #mystery #authors for our #Summer issue – or their #WritersDesk at least.

A classic two-desk, ergonomic chair, inviting vista setup. But who could it be?

#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #podcast

A beach ball floating on a sunlit pool

It's raining in London, but it's nearly time for #Summer at fictionable.world

Image: Raphaël Biscaldi

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A copy of Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch by Samantha Harvey stands on a lawn

Samantha Harvey follows Driscoll as he inches towards the end in our second @fictionable.bsky.social edition, Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch.

Get your copy at www.fictionable.world/pages/fictio...

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A portrait of the writer Samantha Harvey, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'You know that you should be feeling something splendidly profound, but you can't quite find what it is'

Samantha Harvey examines love and redemption in our second @fictionable.bsky.social edition, Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch.

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Samantha Harvey examines love and redemption in our second @fictionable.bsky.social edition, Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch.

www.fictionable.world/pages/fictio...

#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories