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Ali Morretta

@alimorrettawrites.bsky.social
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Freelance editor and copywriter. Words in Citywide Lunch, Pacifica Lit, Flash Frog, and The Citron Review. Dogs love me.

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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Go read my new flash piece at Citywide Lunch it’s kinda deranged citywidelunch.wordpress.com/peekaboo-by-...
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“Peekaboo” by Ali Morretta.
We’re watching the Breaking Bad episode where a dude named Spooge gets his head crushed by an ATM after calling his girlfriend a skank, when my ex-boyfriend (whose name isn’t Spooge but probably sh…
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Any other Elder Millennial Italians not allowed to eat lamb growing up because Nonno fought in WW2 and mutton rations fucked him in the head or that just me?
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I think we should talk more about how AI in creative writing is actually just plagiarism
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
White-knuckling my way through this week cause Friday I’m getting a new tattoo and a flash piece of mine is dropping
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Good morning! It’s a great day to suffer through the latest chapter of my novel instead of using AI :)
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thank you so much to everyone at @pacificalit.bsky.social for giving “Care Package” a home ❤️ www.pacificareview.com/care-package/
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Care Package - Pacifica Literary Review
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My short story is live in the latest issue of @pacificalit.bsky.social! Check it out if you’re in the mood for mild psychosis and dolls behaving badly.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Got a short(ish) story dropping early next week, breaking my year+ long rejection streak. Being a stubborn bitch does have its benefits.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Absolutely love this
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Getting a form rejection on a story you wrote for your dad on his one-year deathiversary is certainly ✨An Experience ✨
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This a little too loud I fear
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
As a huge fan of David Ryan, I’m not even remotely surprised this one is a banger.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The mail I’ve been waiting for while ignoring overdue bills.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Mary Beth’s boyfriend popped the question, and because she truly loved the idea of love, and maybe even him, she said yes, yet another preset answer rolling off her tongue before she could even stop to think.’ This one by @jekwriter.bsky.social is a surreal (and a bit too relatable) read.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of this one! Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social and @flashfrog.bsky.social (and guest judge Gina Chung) for giving this a home. Also, a huge thanks to @jiksuncheung.bsky.social for the incredible art, which is now framed and hanging above my bar cart 🍸
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This one by @salenacasha.bsky.social seems like an excellent choice for #FlashInTheFeed because it was a liiiiiiitle too relatable for me to have read it at 6:30am on a Saturday. @smokelong.bsky.social
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Sophie looking like an NPC about to hit me with a brainless, timesuck fetch-quest
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Oof. This one hits. www.smokelong.com/stories/we-a...
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We All Know About Margo - SmokeLong Quarterly
When Margo takes off her shirt, we all know what’s coming. Margo, who we all say has the best tits in the senior class, has a shot of tequila in one hand and the shirt in the other. It’s a flimsy litt...
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Sometimes I think I have an original idea. Then I read a story where a tattooed Jesus goes to a chili dinner, and I end up staring at the wall and questioning all my life choices.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to put my work in front of David Ryan every week. Loved this new one from the @fracturedlit.bsky.social Elsewhere contest. fracturedlit.com/hypnagogia/
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Hypnagogia | Fractured
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I need to tattoo this on the back of my eyelids
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
An absolute banger from one of my favorite humans
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This is so delightfully haunting and the art is gorgeous.
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Ali Morretta @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I read this yesterday and again this morning and I can’t stop thinking about it.
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