Marie-louise McGuinness

Huge congratulations Claudia, so well deserved!

Yesterday I was honoured to take part in the virtual book launch for Best Microfictions 25. Check out the Facebook page for cool readings from some of the amazing Best Microfictions winners (and me) and maybe grab a copy!!!

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My little piece "Stone Mother's Lament" and all the nominated stories are available to read at The Pride Roars

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Marie-Louise McGuinness — Does It Have Pockets To Where The Boy Belongs

“He whispers messages to them inside his head, things like — I'm here now and I'm ready to go.”

“When he climbs into his bed on a Friday the boy knows what it is like to be happy.”

@mlmcguinness.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mari...

Thank you for reading and sharing, Pat!

Too many amazing presenters to name, but we've got great sessions from @kitdewaal.com @desperatelit.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social & so many more.

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Thank you Christine!

Marie-Louise McGuinness — Does It Have Pockets To Where The Boy Belongs

The July issue of "Does it have Pockets" is out and I'm so pleased to have a little story included! @doesithavepockets.bsky.social

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I'm going to grab my tissues and read!!!

We updated our guidelines (basically, they're the same, but the important stuff is bigger/bolder now)
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Themes/Imagery cactus - bread - oil lamp - train station - donut - girl/woman - moth - mother - classroom/school - puzzle - cooking - empty road

Call to artists - submission call closing on the 15th of June
for guidelines & submission form:
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The Family Margarine Tub / T.L. Tomljanovic

"Contains: hydrogenated and/or liquid canola oil farmed for generations in Saskatchewan, may contain palm oil not the black gold that built skyscrapers in Alberta"

Read "The Family Margarine Tub" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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Still Life Pain-ting — Ghost Parachute It swallowed her. The pain engulfed Marie whole, like a triskelion of emotional, physical, spiritual agony. She had stopped asking questions. There were no answers to be had. There was no why, and no ...

"She would never get frightened by the storm, an earthquake, or the dog’s bark, would never enjoy the birds’ song as they welcomed dawn, or fall asleep to a lullaby"

Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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Hunger Three Ways — Ghost Parachute Blood The wolf howls into the night, adrenaline and cortisol in my blood increases. I’ll taste of fear. He must enjoy that bitter sweet meat. But in front of me there is a tree, glorious in the moonli...

"It places its limbs upon my bough and lays across my bark. Lies, always lies, wielding machines to cut us down"

Read "Hunger Three Ways" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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I still can't believe I've had a story chosen for Best Microfictions, a dream come true!

Out of Sight, Out of Mind / Hilary Ayshford

"The chances are high that, unless you have it, you've probably never heard of aphantasia"

Read "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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Other Moms... by T.L. Tomljanovic | The Woolf .

“We want Lennon here, but—” The words safe spaces and inclusivity buzz like bees into ear wax"

Read 3 micros from @tomljanovic.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social

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I love all three of these! And yeah, if you need therapy, I do too!

"I met my father for the first time when I was fifty-seven and he, forty-one"

Read "How I Met My Father" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

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Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People's Choice Award The Wales Book of the Year Award celebrates talented Welsh writers who excel in a variety of literary forms in both Welsh and English. There are four categories in both languages – Poetry, Fiction, Cr...

Congratulations to Raw Lit's contributor Katrina Moinet, whose poetry book 'Portrait of a Young Girl Falling' made the shortlist of Wales Book Of The Year!

Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award

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How do you like your Muzak? / Joyce Bingham

"Sounds are not always my friend; I find myself prone to my brain hooking onto repetitive irritant noises"

Read "How do you like your Muzak" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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The Undulating Movement Of The Predatory Arthropod At The 10-Year College Reunion - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo be Pexels.com: Cottonbro by Sumitra Singam When you walk into the reunion with your husband like a phalanx and your apple-pie-posed photos of your 2.3 kids and dog like armour, I kick my heels o...

"And as you smile your apple-chomping teeth same as you did the morning after like it’s me that’s done something weird"

Huge congratulations to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for winning the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social competition, judged by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social

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My Sincere Apologies / Megan Hanlon

"I'm sorry we thought people shouldn't go bankrupt paying for healthcare; obviously cancer is a choice."

Read "My Sincere Apologies" by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

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Illustration for 'Popcorn for Hale-Bopp' by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social; Ghost Parachute May 2025.
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Thank you so much Sumitra!!

Thank you so much Dan!!