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Fictive Dream

@fictivedream.bsky.social
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Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website fictivedream.com

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 14h
"When this rumour went around that the old woman living in an overgrown orchard was going outside bare breasted..." The Terrible Disappearance of Jimmy McKirfie by Frankie McMillan #MicroMonday #microfiction. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/10/12/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to welcome Steve S. Saroff with his story Leaving Is a Start @stevesaroff.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/10/04/l...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"This morning before dawn, I was woken by a pounding on my back door." Leaving Is a Start by Steve S. Saroff #shortstory #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/10/11/l...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #flashfiction and #shortstories #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to welcome Benjamin Woodard with his story Figment @woodardwriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/21/microfiction-74
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'A hat,' her mother said, 'your dad never used to wear hats.' The Shape of Her Father’s Felt Hat by Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri @hegelincanada.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/11/t...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring The Pool Boy by Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/04/t...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
ICYMI we're taking an August break so this month please enjoy #fiction from our recent catalogue. Today we're featuring Bijin no Yu by Elizabeth Hashimura #shortstory #featuredauthor. Please follow the link below and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2025/09/26/b...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
ICYMI today we're featuring Last Sunset at Lake Temagami by Chris Clemens #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/08/24/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"The dock sways. Across the dark water calls a lonely loon." Last Sunset at Lake Temagami by Chris Clemens #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/08/24/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ICYMI we're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #writingcommunity #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
ICYMI we're delighted to be feat. Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/08/10/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"He plants a wet one on your cheek and the barflies gather like moths, you smell flammable all over him." Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/08/10/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We're taking a break in August so this month please enjoy #fiction from our recent catalogue. Today we begin with Laura Besley's Love (a journey) @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please follow the link below and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It's always a pleasure to feature #fiction by Jim Toal and today we're delighted to bring you Forensics Of Fire @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/26/f...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"...he took me inside a cavern filled with rows of shark teeth erupting from the jagged ceiling and slippery floor." Luray by Dina Perthakines #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/20/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Collisions in a Kentucky Buc-ees off I-75 by Mandy Lange #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/13/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring A Good Scratch by Madison Ellingsworth #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/12/a...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"Charlie has decided I'm in love with our neighbor." A Good Scratch by Madison Ellingsworth #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/12/a...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"Your Sister—the queen of bad timing, is once again off the rails and needs to be cooled out..." Your Sister— by Jane Charna Meyers #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/10/y...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Levy's Fine Jewelry on Oxmoor Road by Ashton Russell @ashtonrussell.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/06/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"That woman’s in front of me again. Her mouth moving in slow motion." My jumbling tumble of days, forgotten, remembered" by Cole Beauchamp @nomad-sw18.bsky.social #flashfiction #TenYears #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/26/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"The old man holds out his hand, which I shake, trying not to think about where it’s been or what might hop from his clothing to mine." Closer Than He Thinks by Louella Lester #microfiction #MicroMonday #TenYears. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/22/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Martin parked in front of their childhood home, and together they walked up the cracked concrete path through a weed-covered garden..." The Last Lost List by Sandra Arnold #shortstory #readingcommunity #TenYears Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/21/t...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"He’d come in out of the weather, footed off his boots and had felt the damp around his toes from the leak in the soles." Magpie by Kerry Hadley Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #TenYears. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/19/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In the month that marks our #TenYears on the #litmag scene we're delighted to be featuring Magpie by Kerry Hadley Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/19/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"To the south and east lightning had begun to flicker." Storm by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #readingcommunity #TenYears. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/12/s...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
ICYMI we're currently feat. Going Central by Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social as part of our #TenYears. This is a companion piece to Going Out Somewhere. If you missed it back then, here's another chance #fiction. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/01/07/g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We're currently feat. Going Central by @polyscribe70.bsky.social, a companion piece to Going Out Somewhere. If you missed this, here's another chance, just click on the link below. Finally, sincerest thanks to Mike Fox for his support over the years. Thank you, Mike! fictivedream.com/2024/01/07/g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"The roads are steep here, with a lot of curves. We’re descending." The Sand Pit by Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social #microfiction #MIcroMonday #readingcommunity #TenYears. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/08/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
ICYMI today we're feat. Truth About Husbands (a tryptich) by Meg Pokrass as part of our #TenYear celebrations #flashfiction #readingcommunity @megpokrass.bsky.social. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/05/t...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
ICYMI today we're feat. Cath Holland's How to Make a Good First Impression, the first in a series of stories to mark Fictive Dream's 10th year on the #litmag scene. Please click the link below to enjoy @caththewriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #TenYears fictivedream.com/2026/06/01/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
June marks the 10th year of Fictive Dream. Our sincere thanks to all who have supported us as #authors #readers #artists and #editors. To celebrate the occasion please enjoy our marvellous selection of forthcoming #fiction. Thank you to everyone for being a part of this wonderful journey.
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
"Over the phone, Joanne tries to explain it to her daughter, who shrieks, ‘You picked up a hitchhiker and he’s at your house?'"The Hitchhiker by Jessica Klimesh. Please click on the link below and enjoy @jekwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/05/31/t...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We are open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're look forward to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We're open for #submissions of contemporary #microfiction #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking fwd to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
"Seems Linh lived next door for all my boyhood but Dad still asks how come I can’t remember the Jefferies, the nice, Christian couple..." Do You Want a Happy Ending? by Claire Massey #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/24/d...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"Tossing the mail aside, Dad said we’d better get packing, that we were heading to the poor house..." Poor House by Ann Kammerer #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/22/p...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
ICYMI today we're featuring Magazine Hidden in His Underpants Drawer, Found During a Refresh by Ashley Chantler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/18/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Wanting to put his midlife cock into a barely legal isn’t a crisis..." Magazine Hidden in His Underpants Drawer, Found During a Refresh by Ashley Chantler #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/18/m...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"It notes the things that are missing: the weight of a child climbing its limbs, the joyous squeals of families playing, dogs chasing balls." The Tree Taught Itself to Read the Graffiti by @annalisacrawford.bsky.social #flashfiction. Pls click on the link below fictivedream.com/2026/05/10/t...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We're thrilled to welcome back Annalisa Crawford with her #flashfiction The Tree Taught Itself to Read the Graffiti, out tomorrow @annalisacrawford.bsky.social #flashfiction #climatecrisis #climatechange
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Road Out of Higuey by J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social #shortstory #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/05/08/r...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
We're delighted to welcome Matt Hollingsworth with his #shortstory Tumbling, out tomorrow @matthollingsworth.com #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We're thrilled to welcome Robert Priest with his #shortstory Silver Maple, out tomorrow #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We are open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We look fwd to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Our thanks to our April authors for their top-class #fiction: Maxwell Roberson @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @lmbayley.bsky.social Robert Pope @livimichael.bsky.social Kathleen Hellen Greta Stoddart Sophie Isham @abbywilliams.bsky.social Bob Hamilton. Pls click the link below fictivedream.com/2026/04/
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"‘I’ve been watching you,’ she said." Thanks, Lady by Dan Tremaglio, the latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/04/27/m...
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