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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 19h

"They walk on cooling sand by the sea at the end of another hot day, where they call out to each other, over the sound of the waves,...." Big love for this brilliance by @fionamckay.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 19h

This is stunning!!! Like Virgina Woolf collided with @fionamckay.bsky.social on steroids!!!⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 19h

"On they fly, calling to one another in alarm and joy." It's about bins, but not really, and it's absolutely gorgeous. Brava, @fionamckay.bsky.social 🗑️💙

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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 19h

"What a view, what freedom. No longer would they squat obediently in back gardens and down the side-alleys like tethered pets." "But how will their families manage without them?" Wheeee! The depth & relatability. Such an absolutely brilliant story from @fionamckay.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute.🔥❤️

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T.L. Tomljanovic @tomljanovic.bsky.social · 20h

“how nice it is to be clean and empty on an evening like this, and not smelling of fish guts, lemon peel and sadness.”

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 20h

Amazing story!!!

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 14h

The wonderful @kathyfish.bsky.social shows us how it’s done! This story pivots on the line ‘We excavated them late at night.’, and then fractures and splinters, the language rebounding to create new layers of meaning! Brilliant!! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

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Archaeology — Ghost Parachute

My childhood best friend was beautiful. For many years, she had to wear a back brace. It gave her a dignified air, as if a string were attached to the top of her head, pulling her up tall. She glided ...

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Order this brilliant book that I had the privilege to get an early glimpse of!! Not just for the werewolf sex!! (But also, the BEST werewolf sex!!)

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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Writers, if, like me, you're proud of your non-AI work, when you share a new story, maybe you could share your Pangram result too?

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My writing is 100% human because I’m a Small Language Mammal not a Large Language Model #StopAI

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stop right now 🚨 and read this stunning piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social ❤️ So dark and brilliant!

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This!! 100% this! Writing is hard, and it’s infuriating to read stuff that feels like AI, then Pangram it and have that suspicion confirmed. The point of writing is bringing yourself to the page, not a poor simulacrum of what it is to be human! 😱🤯😡

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Holy moly!! Such a powerful, fiery piece from @fionamckay.bsky.social 🔥 "...smile like a children’s TV presenter, and keep dodging, dodging, dodging awkward questions about their absent parent..." LOVE IT!! bendinggenres.com/rx/

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm a bit teared up this morning already & this really got me going! I could so relate to this. Great story @fionamckay.bsky.social

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Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The breathing before speaking, the passage of those tears past smile lines and into her ears - oof, the constrictive weight of this piece 👏 Congrats, Fiona! 🎉🎉🎉

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T.L. Tomljanovic @tomljanovic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fiona McMay’s latest that hits close to home.

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

bendinggenres.com/rx/ I was away last month when this came out and didn’t get to post. So, thank you to @bendinggenres.bsky.social for publishing my piece, Rx ❤️❤️❤️

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🛑 Stop whatever you’re doing RIGHT NOW and read one of THE best micros I’ve ever read!! 🛑 Congratulations to @alimcg.bsky.social for this brilliant piece of writing 🎉🎉🎉

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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I was very lucky to win the “Care” contest with what was a very difficult-to-write story about my mom. Thank you to @fionamckay.bsky.social for selecting my piece. It took 20 years to understand how to write it. ♥️ #writesky #cnf #writing #writingcontest #creativenonfiction

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Taking Care" by @emhall47.bsky.social whose prose appears/is forthcoming in places such as Passages North, 100 Word Story, FlashFlood Journal, Gooseberry Pie Lit, Bending Genres, The Disappointed Housewife, and more. "Taking Care" won our CARE contest, judged by @fionamckay.bsky.social

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Read this beautifully constructed story by the inimitable @sarahillswrites.bsky.social - how is this only 300 words??? Sara conjures the vast hinterland of multiple countries and a marriage in this fabulous piece of writing!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Delighted to make the Longlist for the Wigleaf top 50 ❤️ Thanks to @trashcatlit.bsky.social for publishing my story and @sudhab.bsky.social for all the hard work on the @wigleaf.bsky.social top 50

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Mac Cabe, Niamh, "Peor es Nada," Fictive Dream (August 2025)
Magee, MacKenzie, "All the Friends I Could Have Made Are Having Fun Without Me," Okay Donkey, (September 2025)
Magowan, Kim, "What To Do If Someone Tries To Tell You Bad News," Fractured Lit, (Jun 2025)
Mannix, Joshua, "The Yatai on Kuiper Station Nine,"
Sci-Fi Shorts (January 2025)
Marques, Amy, "A letter From The First Girl To Break Your Son's Heart," Roi Faineant(Jan, 2025)
Martini, Maximilian, "Sub Specie Aeternitatis,"
Trampset, March 2025
McDole, Lorri, "The Beer-Eating Woman and Her Unlucky Husband," Timber (Winter, 2025)
McDonald, Robert, "Jane Goodall of the Mantid Kingdom," Gone Lawn (September 2025)
McKay, Fiona, "The Good People," Trash Cat Literary (Autumn 2025)

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

@ronanhession.bsky.social You’re making me buy books!! (Looks great, I’ve just started it)

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Not me, sobbing at my desk over this one, @judehwriter2.bsky.social 😭 Beautifully judged emotion here ❤️

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Sharp, relatable writing from Fiona 💜 "does she need to worry about her pension or will the world have ended?"

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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

'The orange drips juice and her fingers are sticky on her phone as she calculates the number of seconds in a week.' Brilliant, @fionamckay.bsky.social! (Was this inspired by me waiting for a response to a submitted story?😂)

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Rage against the dying of the light!! Love this, @kateaxeford.bsky.social 🕺

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“She feels every single oscillation. Balances the needs of her students, and her desire for a promotion.” Brilliance from @fionamckay.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social ⚛️🧡🧡🧡

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Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We all know days like these! Spend an atomic second or two to read this from @fionamckay.bsky.social #amreading #nffd2026

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Oof, hit us with that 6, Nick!! Such a beautiful way to tell this story… @fuzzynick.bsky.social

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Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ⏱️🍊⚛️ 'She feels every single oscillation.' We do too! Check out 'A Brief History of Atomic Time' by @fionamckay.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

‘She reads about the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of this atom.’ Fabulous writing by @fionamckay.bsky.social

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Beautiful layers of metaphor here, swimming is from despair to hope 😍 @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

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Travis Flatt @travisflatt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"The effect of waiting on the passage of time should be studied." That's a really damn profound line. Nice. Excellent, expansive flash from @fionamckay.bsky.social

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Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @crankedanvil.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

WOW! 'A Brief History of Atomic Time' by @fionamckay.bsky.social published on NFFD's #flashflood Fiona won 1st prize in our #flashfiction competition in 2021 for her brilliant story 'Glass', and this one is another triumph. Nice one Fiona! #nffd2026 flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-br...

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'A Brief History of Atomic Time' by Fiona McKay

In the staffroom, Kate plugs in a fan which swings from side to side, moving the stale air around. Beside her, a physics textbook is open, a...

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social takes us to the line in this visceral piece - but thus far shall we go and no further 😢

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Love this sensual piece by @tomljanovic.bsky.social with perfectly placed details!!

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Stop and read this great piece by @deniseb.bsky.social with wild boars and animal insight! 🐗🐗🐗

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Huge thanks to @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for this exciting opportunity ❤️ I’m so looking forward to spending time with Niamh, Patrick and @byddi.bsky.social

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Judges Natalie Wong (Sting), @mspicone.bsky.social (Friends & Friendship), and @fionamckay.bsky.social (Care) want your micromemoirs! 5 minutes 100 words! fiveminutelit.com/marathon

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hey Autistic friends - if you have taken a course with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social hop on here and give them your vote at the National Diversity Awards 🗳️

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Order, Order!! And read Ani’s post to see why I say you you have to…

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Fiona McKay @fionamckay.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hey, micro-memoir writers!! Competition coming up in @fiveminutelit.bsky.social and I’m one of the judges - my theme is Care, so if you have something to write on that topic, Submit!!!

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