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E K Macdonald

@ekmacdonald.bsky.social
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Writer, flash fiction, short stories. Wheel Spin and Traction, Flash collection out 13th Nov 2024. Words in Fictive Dream, Gooseberry Pie Lit, Punk Noir, Lucent Dreaming, Raw Lit. Shortlisted Bath Short Story Award. macdonaldek11.com

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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How brilliant. I was sorry not to be able to join you.
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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"We’ve finished the wine and in the vine overhead, sinewy stripes in black, coral, and white snake through the drooping bruised flowers." Emily Macdonald brings in the longing in her piece "Stay In Sheets" @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
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Stay in Sheets by Emily Macdonald
“Stay in bed,” I sing to you. A line from our favourite song.“Stay in sheets,” you reply, and we laugh and tumble again, tangle in white cotton.When my breathing slows, I lie back under your arm, eyes...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you so much for sharing this story @bulbculture.bsky.social
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m delighted to have a piece in issue 3. Thank you @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you Cole. Your insight helped breathe life into this story.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thank you. I’m so happy to be in the garage
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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
And then, read @ekmacdonald.bsky.social 's story "Nadir Shadow"....High above the town he built, an aging kingpin considers betrayal, succession & the price of being underestimated. Check it out: literarygarage.com/nadir-shadow
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Nadir Shadow | Literary Garage
An aging kingpin considers betrayal, succession, and the price of being underestimated.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Source: Literary Garage Thanks so much @literarygarage.bsky.social
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Brilliant! Congratulations Kate. I love the imagery.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yes that’s right. I have Cole Beachamp to thank for recommending your stories.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So wish I’d met you. I’m a great admirer of your writing.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Beautifully done. Congrats.
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Great readings from the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology - incl a lack of teeth by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social romance from @ekmacdonald.bsky.social materialising aliens by @andylavender.bsky.social the chasm of dementia by @hilary55.bsky.social & hedgehogs by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Thank you Fiona
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
And continuing our thanks to our March authors #MikkiAronoff @joannagarbutt.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social #SusmitaMukherjee @writesofkathryn.bsky.social. To catch up please click on the link below and enjoy
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Mar 2026 – Fictive Dream
12 posts published by Fictive Dream during March 2026
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Thank you so much @fictivedream.bsky.social.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thank you so much @trashcatlit.bsky.social. I'm so happy to see Reg back out in the world.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our Trash Family Gallery has some new additions. Check out our Preloved Stories contributors - their words are coming tomorrow! trashcatlit.com/trash-family...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We're tempting you before the Preloved Stories issue launches on the 28th 🦝 @ekmacdonald.bsky.social gives us Reg, a character in crisis, wondering if he can change in time while a storm rages @lousie-w.bsky.social shows us a young girl torn by the loss of the best person in her life, and a hen
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Stunner
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Woohoo
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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"I’m thinking I got the Ray Liottas like from Goodfellas when he’s coked to the eyeballs, truly fucked up, knowing shit’s gonna hit now he’s under the eyes of the feds, the buzzing in my ears the hover copter tracking my moves inch for inch" @ekmacdonald.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Thank you @MrBullBull. So happy to see this story, started in a @mattkendrick.bsky.social course, out there.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My shortlisted story in the Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition, At the Bay is published today: atthebay.org/emily-macdon...
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Emily Macdonald: Waiting for a real da
Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2025 Short List The seagull cruises the breeze, high above the blue and green of Cardigan Bay. The sea is tipped with white ruffles, inked with shadow, edged by the...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Thank you so much Dan.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Thank you so much Laura @fictivedream.bsky.social
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thank you so much Dan.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thank you @freeflashfiction.bsky.social and judge @sagreene1.bsky.social a story prompted by these hot dry days
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Yay! So happy to be part of Micro Madness.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congratulations Joyce. So delighted for you.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
My contributor copy arrived today. It's beautiful. Can't wait to dive in.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Thanks so much Steven
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Yay! Story published today at the wonderful TSS. This one started on Matt Kendrick's brilliant Go with the Flow course. theshortstory.co.uk/short-story-...
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Short Story: Elementary Dying but for Marylou, by Emily Macdonald - TSS Publishing
First time I die it’s Anzac Day and a chill has come into the air. Marylou is wearing one of those hair bands that puts fluff balls over her ears. This annoys me, not just because they look real stupi...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Wouldn’t have got there without you
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Story published today. Thanks @nomad-sw18.bsky.social for the expert beta reading and advice. gastropodalitmag.wixsite.com/main/post/co...
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Collect by Emily Macdonald
Max collects bugs. Crickets, cicadas, stick insects, one golden Weta. Rae helps him to catch moths and butterflies, North Island Lichen, Monarchs, Common Coppers and Long-Tailed Blues. Max whispers ap...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
If you haven't yet done a course with Matt Kendrick, you're missing a great joy.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Woohoo!
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Thanks FFF!
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Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
As chosen by Judge Emma Phillips - @emmapwrites.bsky.social FFF Competition Twenty-Two Shortlisted: FOUR OF THESE FIVE DREAMS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE by Emily Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social macdonaldek11.com #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
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Competition Twenty-Two Shortlisted: FOUR OF THESE FIVE DREAMS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE – Free Flash Fiction
One   I dream you bend your head towards me, and our lips briefly touch before we hear the key in the lock, the bellowed, ‘I’m home’ from below.   Two   I have the fleeing dream where I’m like a roadr...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Thanks Ian!
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Check this out. Fab mag, fab issue including my story ‘Pink’
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Thanks so much. It's already up on Amazon. Yay!
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Coming soon! Out 13th November, flash fiction collection of driving related stories with Alien Buddah Press.
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
My October newsletter is full of freebies for the writing community - example story lists, a character creator template, a story planner, a geeky submissions tracker spreadsheet... Hopefully some useful stuff for you all. PS - very grateful for re-posts to spread the word! #Flashfiction #writers
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Over the last few weeks, my health has decided to explore a new dimension. Which is the most positive way I can find of saying it has tumbled over another cliff. It isn’t worse necessarily just diff...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Love it. Katherine Mansfield for the 21st Century.
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
I'm delighted to be included in the 1st issue of @proppencil.bsky.social in great company. Thank you @nivenaudrey.bsky.social thepropellingpencil.com/laundry-by-e...
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E K Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
Hellooo. I’m here
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