Reposted by Angela BenhamRat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Paid subscribers can read our rat recommendation "Catastrophe" by Billy Craven at: ratbaglit.substack.com/p/catastroph... Or buy it in issue one, digital or print: ko-fi.com/ratbaglit/shop 001
Reposted by Angela BenhamRat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Paid subscribers can read our rat recommendation "Apawcalypse Meow" by Angela Benham, @authorabenham.bsky.social at: ratbaglit.substack.com/p/apawcalyps... Or buy it in issue one, digital or print: ko-fi.com/ratbaglit/shop (Sorry it took so long ot post this, cat had my tongue.) 032
Reposted by Angela BenhamRat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Today's story is "A Practical Taxonomy of Animals for the Purpose of Husbandry by Dr. Arthur Talbot" by Angela Benham. @authorabenham.bsky.social #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #microsopen.substack.comA Practical Taxonomy of Animals for the Purpose of Husbandry by Dr. Arthur TalbotBy Angela Benham 032
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 14/02/2026So excited to snag a second win with the Write Hook writing contest, this time for the 1k word count. Much love to my fellow UDLW writer, Victor, for being my emergency beta reader. 💜 170
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Let’s do it again, see if we can’t get a little farther. 180
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Can you take home the £500 prize? #writingcommunity #flashfiction 010
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 27/07/2025What an honor to be among such talented authors! Well done to all the winners, and I look forward to competing again next year. 💜 Thanks to Writer’s Workout for hosting this challenging competition! 010
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Can’t complain about an Honorable mention! And again, so many amazing writers up there. Bring on Event 3! 020
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 28/06/2025My goal was just to not have any DQs this time around, so we’re off to a fantastic start with fourth. And what a great group of people to be in that list with! Still just aiming for no DQs this year, lol. 120
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025One of the top 16 stories out of 365? I’ll take it. But one of these days I’m finally going to break out of the Sweet 16, I hope! 😂 030
Reposted by Angela BenhamStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The little ink drop was crying, because his mother was in the pen and he didn't know how long the sentence would be. Thank you very much. I'll leave quietly. 44310812908
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 02/05/2025www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Spring Microfiction Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on May 2, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn Morewritingbattle.comWriting Battle — the writer's colosseumThe writer's colosseum. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Every story receives oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. ... 010
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Do you have a survival story in the works? Ready Chapter 1 is running a contest with a publishing deal for your survival story offered as the prize. Entry is free, so why not give it a shot? 000
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Day 12: Plunder - “Ephemeral” Lawless men plunder villages for gold and silver coins. Trinkets turned museum artifacts centuries later. The violence of men ebbs and flows in the stream of time, but never wins. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit 050
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Day 11: Wander - “Untethered” Cut these ties. Set me free. Let me wander this world, tasting its wonders, basking in its beauty. When I close my eyes, I’ll leave it behind with no regrets. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #Microlit #microfiction 070
Reposted by Angela BenhamEmma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025‘What activities does she like?’ The walls are hung with bright, daubed paintings and clumsy needlework. The care home nurse smiles; I fight back tears. The parent-child switch is complete. #30Words30Days #Switch 5102
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Belated Day 10: Switch - “Perspective” Dread fills her daily drive into her soul-sucking job. Until another driver blows a red, a near miss. She’s given a second chance to switch paths and pursue her dreams. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit 070
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 10/04/2025So excited for @victorcabinta.bsky.social and his new book!!! Get your copy of Superstring, I promise it will be worth it! 💜 121
Reposted by Angela Benhamsilveraspen @silveraspen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Okay. There's a lot going on right now, and I do mean a LOT. And while it's important to stay aware, stay informed, a doomscrolling spiral won't help you or anyone else. So. Pick one thing. One thing you can do now, one action you can take, no matter how small. Do that. That's where you start. ❤️ 13010
Reposted by Angela BenhamSimon & Schuster Ed/Library @ssedlib.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Libraries aren't a luxury. They are a right. As publishers, we are unwavering in our support libraries. We remain committed to a literate, informed society and democracy, during #NationalLibraryWeek and beyond. Read our full statement: simonandschuster.biz/p/IMLS-Lette... 9615142
Reposted by Angela BenhamRobert Fairhead @tallandtrue.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I watch the cormorant dive into the sea and surface with a live fish flapping in its bill. I will the fish to escape, but death is a one-sided battle. ✍️ #30words30days #writingcommunity #amwriting #writing #flashfiction #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity #bluesky 9/30 #dive 051
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Day 9: Dive - “Dissolution” She had plans. But none involved him leaving her for a younger woman. Now she’s a fixture in this dive bar, looking for answers at the bottom of a bottle. #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #Microfiction #microlit 050
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Day 8: Jangle - “Illegal” Men shuffle in a line, heads down. The jangle of their chains as discordant as cheers from the desensitized multitudes. The wolves wait, licking their lips, anticipating their unwitting feast. #30words30days #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit #writingcommunity 060
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Day 7: Flip - “Worship” Decks shuffling and dice rattling provide percussion for a slot machine choir. This casino is my church. I whisper my prayers for fortune’s blessing before the flip of a card… #30words30days #writingcommunity #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit 290
Angela Benham @authorabenham.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Day 6: Swivel - “Nascent” I wanted a fresh start. Now I’m in a foreign cobblestone street, crying over a suitcase’s broken swivel wheel. A man’s warm voice interrupts, offering help. A handsome fresh start. #30words30days #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit #writingcommunity 180
Reposted by Angela BenhamAlethea Paul @aletheapaul.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Butterflies Inside Noses brush. Eyelashes flutter. We’re just a breath apart, until our lips reach for each other like flowers to the sun. A kiss. One kiss that releases a thousand chrysalises. 041
Reposted by Angela BenhamThomas J. Padden @thomasjpadden.com · 06/04/2025Nothing. Inky black. Dark blue at the edges. Faint streaks bled through the void from an indiscernible somewhere. Something. An image. Collecting in waves, forming in blobs, it trickled in from all sides as new cells settled. #1stlinepit #wip #a #h #sf 0144
Reposted by Angela BenhamK.D. Lohr @kdlohr.bsky.social · 05/04/2025"The second sun crested the sky, and the forest smelled of death. There was a saying, in the mountains, that to walk carelessly through the woods was like attending a funeral; the acrid scent overwhelms, but wild flowers offer their condolences." #1stLinePit #SF #WIP #YA #CMe 14012
Reposted by Angela BenhamThomas J. Padden @thomasjpadden.com · 06/04/2025Rain fell from the same starless periwinkle fog that the infinite rows of buildings seemed to descend from. The polluted haze was a splotchy rainbow glow of neon signs advertising pasta shops, holo-phone outlets, and defunct video game corporations. #1stlinepit #a #sf #com 0163
Reposted by Angela BenhamNichole Louise @nichole-louise.bsky.social · 06/04/2025August 4, 1577 - Bungay, England "At first, the congregants believe the slight rattling is only wind insisting upon the church door." #1stlinepit #astrangeandterriblewonder #histfic #historicalfiction 2152
Reposted by Angela BenhamJ.P. Flynn @jpflynn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025THE IMMORTAL’S ASSISTANT Supernatural X Ninth House “Ten minutes. It took ten minutes to get to her dad’s office—seven if she ran.” #1stLinePit #Q #A #F #P #agentguide #litagents #querying 2469
Reposted by Angela Benham✨Meagan Essary swears she's querying✨ @thecrumpet.bsky.social · 05/04/2025THIS ENDS NOW A change is as good as a rest, my Great Uncle Tobias was fond of saying, but he’d never had to cram a bulging suitcase in the receipt-strewn backseat of an Audi and strike out in the middle of a snowstorm for Slaughters Falls, Vermont in search of change. #1stLinePit #WF #A #Q 15410
Reposted by Angela BenhamScsarcona @scsarcona.bsky.social · 05/04/2025"I ran. It’s what I do best if you ask me. Or if you ask the counselors at the special school they decided to place me in due to my grades. I glanced up at the moon. Tonight it seemed closer, as if I could reach up and grab it out of the sky." #1stLinePit #MG #Q #CMe 1165
Reposted by Angela BenhamSarah Denham- Currently Writing @sdenhamwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/20255 yo Jennifer in 1987 “When I lay in the yard and stare at the sky, I look for Daddy to send me a signal from the stars. Mommy says he’s up there, exploring with other people. They are looking for new things to show us here on Earth.” #WIP #A #SF #SPF #CMe #1stLinePitmedia.tenor.coma dark blue background with a lot of white starsALT: a dark blue background with a lot of white stars 0264
Reposted by Angela BenhamElise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · 05/04/2025#1stLinePit #WIP #A #R #CON light #F #CMe Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell X Orpheus X High Times in the Low Parliament Sequel to duology: Rotten Luck, Romance and Other Perils of Writing and Murder, Marriage and Other Perils of Mothers Picks up 8 years after end of MM&OPoM 0173
Reposted by Angela BenhamTravis Knight @blueknight2024.bsky.social · 05/04/2025#1stLinePit Moonium "Eons ago, asteroids and meteors of all sizes, from the farthest reaches of the universe, crashed into what is now called The Moon." #SF #S #A #M #Tmedia.tenor.coma cartoon character with skulls in her hair says you must fulfil the true prophecy netflixALT: a cartoon character with skulls in her hair says you must fulfil the true prophecy netflix 0203
Reposted by Angela BenhamQ’Zion T. Gipson has a ✨ BOOK DEAL!✨ @qziontgipson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025‘It took me sixteen years to find a bloom. Wrapped in darkness, breathing in the manufactured oxygen that rafts through the world. I cradle it close, its white limbs glowing beneath the moon that parts the trees.’ #1stLinePit #Q #YA #SF #F #SFF 0346
Reposted by Angela BenhamB. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 06/04/2025MUPPETS × SIN CITY When I slipped into the back alley behind the deli, the crescent moon above tore through the midnight clouds. #1stlinepit #A #M #T #WIP 43915
Reposted by Angela BenhamJax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Mick Martin was halfway through writing the words “coq au vin” when an eight-foot-tall rock golem rampaged after a rooster down the street just beyond the terrace of his family’s café. #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R 1514061
Reposted by Angela BenhamCourtney Reece @courtneywrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Lowen parked her car in a small, empty lot next to the darkened woods, a chill of ominous foreboding tingling up her spine. The faux antique, purposely-yellowed invitation in her lap beckoned for her to read its words one more time. #1stLinePit #IP #YA #PR 0339
Reposted by Angela BenhamCourtney Reece @courtneywrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025ADDIE LARUE x DIVINE RIVALS Perhaps the darkness threatening to drown her wasn’t something from which she needed to be saved. Perhaps it was her magic to wield. 🌿two destined soulmates 🌿a god tasked with breaking them apart 🌿a villain-turned-softie 🌿a magical take on the string theory #2025pit 61234
Reposted by Angela BenhamAmy Oates is querying @oatesam.bsky.social · 05/04/2025The Fork in the Road: "I've lost Bette’s scent. I close my eyes to focus and adapt. My nose itches as it flattens, tan fur growing over the skin and scratching my browbone. It’s dark and the street’s quiet; no one will see the change. " #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #UF #writingcommunity 37133
Reposted by Angela BenhamJerry Schultz, Author @jerryschultz777.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Arthur Gilchrist quickened his steps along the cobblestone path, carefully concealing his bundle. #1stLinePit #SP #YA #F #ADV www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DN... 0228
