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Laila Miller

@lailamiller.bsky.social
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Author. Scientist. Canadian. Australian. Fantasy. Windows. Flash. Gnomes. SciFi. Turnips. Micros. Puddles. Bees. Flash Frontier. FlashFlood. Best Microfiction 2024. Member, Peter Cowan Writers Centre, Electric Sheep, Codex

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thrilled to have my flash, "First-Borns" in Ghost Parachute's stunning 10th year anniversary issue, alongside so many writers I admire. Thank you, @brettpribble.bsky.social! And congratulations! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
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First-Borns — Ghost Parachute
Melissa’s baby girl has colic and huge brown eyes with thick lashes. Haley’s baby girl won’t nurse and has chronic ear infections and a full head of dark hair. Lynn’s baby boy has a large birthmark sh...
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Shatteringly terrific horror by @mynachang.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social
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Andrea @andreagoyan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Last call for The Catalyst on NetGalley! Today is the final day to request a digital review copy. If genetically modified humans, murder, conspiracy, and things going very wrong with DNA sound like your kind of read, now's your chance. NetGalley:https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/888531
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our guest this week is M.R. Robinson! Read along with us! @mruthrobinson.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Terrific conversation with John @wiswell.bsky.social in @electricsheepsf.bsky.social about Garrodigh - and character identity & names, internal conflict, story structure, and so much more.
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Looking forward to seeing John again and discussing dragon empathy.
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
POETRY recs from the wonderful Loren Maria Guay!! @nightgleaming.bsky.social
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Special Issue * Poetry Recs from Loren Maria Guay
Welcome to this special guest-edited issue, featuring poetry recommendations by Loren Maria Guay! I fell in love with Loren’s writing when I read “The Last Goodbye in the City of Electric Longing” …
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Beautiful people.
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Beautiful people!
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🥳 We've made it to the Wigleaf Top 50 lists! Many congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social, and @happilander.bsky.social!! Thank you for taking us to our very first Top 50. Also deeply grateful to @sudhab.bsky.social, Scott Garson, & the entire WTF team! 💜 #namjooning
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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
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w i g l e a f :  (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thank you, Marcy!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thank you, Marcy!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
loved Kipris by Michelle Christophorou.
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thank you for the many hours you've put in - it's a huge job to make the Flood happen and we so appreciate it @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Grateful for this lovely post from @mynachang.bsky.social for a story close to my heart that I wrote in a @sfreligh.bsky.social workshop. Thank you, Sarah! It was shortlisted in @bathflashaward.bsky.social and now in the Flood in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thank you, Myna!
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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Today nominations open for a bright new award in the SFF industry that aims to fill a gap left by the larger awards.
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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Today we are so excited to release RESIST, an FFO anthology, guest edited by Jeanna Cammarano (@wordrat.bsky.social ), whose powerful editorial really sets the tone for this collection. Check out her words and grab a copy today! #writingcommunity #flashfiction flashfictiononline.com/issues/resis...
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RESIST: A Flash Fiction Online Anthology - Flash Fiction Online
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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 14/06/2026
We are open for reprints now! Send us your lovely flash stories that would benefit from being out in the world again: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders
Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"playa frogsong lulled your kids..." gorgeous imagery and emotional resonance by @mynachang.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Happy to see this story out in the world again. It's one of my favorites. Huge thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and all the folks who work their butts off to make this happen! ❤️
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"Habit has guided my life to this place, but now the sea lies before me, and the tide is asking for my permission to turn." A perfect line to end the Flood. Thank you to the talented Alex Grehy in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Mary and Agnes, what a pair! Get to know Mary Randall in this gorgeously revealing glimpse by @alisonwassell.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"with a curated pressure. I crumbled into the ground" Love how this story by Stuti Srivastava in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social grounds the reader and simultaneously sends us to another world.
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"She didn’t fly, she didn’t need to, she didn’t have to." Love this lesson on how to find your feet by Mileva Anastasiadou in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"The taxidermist had never done a human before..." Best of black humour in this gorgeous story by @sharon54.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"the Department may assign a replacement spouse' Chilling exploration of political intrusion by Rachel M. Hollis in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"glow of amber as she walks away" brilliant way to end this gorgeous story by Rachel Smith in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"looks out at the land rising up to the sky" One beautiful, long life-affirming sentence by Sarah McPherson in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"even though I’m the one swaying in front of the fireplace the way you do with new babies, you can never stand still with babies in your arms." just gorgeous @lailamiller.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 🧡
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Thank you, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"I don’t tell Ah Ma I see Ah Ba everywhere too." wow I can learn from this author - brilliant work by Christine H. Chen in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Order restores what the day has broken." Powerful work by Atiqah Ghazali-alKashif in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Babes, fresh pupils, fourth graders...brilliant flash by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Soon, the shutters will stay down..." Quiet brilliance in this story by Vikesh Mirchandani in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Waltz through constellations..." love this one by Chloe Page @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
"Although a little watery..." Perfect line! Love this. Congrats!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Celebrating the Brits' National Flash Fiction Day. Honoured to have my story, "Standing Still" published by FlashFlood Journal. A new story is posted every 5 minutes for the 24-hour period. Enjoy! flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/stan...
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'Standing Still' by Laila Miller
It’s September, there’s going to be a killing frost, and your mum would have taken the geraniums in, he says. They can’t take frost. Winters...
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Delighted to see A23a's journey included with so many terrific authors in Myna's flash roundup. Thank you @mynachang.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Wow, love this, Caroline!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Excited to be bobbing in The Flood again this year! My story's up at 05:15 BST - see you on 13th June. Thank you to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for all you do to make this amazing event happen! Still a few hours to submit...
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"Maybe it’d be better to live the rest of my days with the possibility—the hope—" Tiny, powerful cyber-noir by @mynachang.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Love the Flood!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thank you, Myna!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thank you, Myna! How can we not adore A23a?!
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Excited to report that my micro story, "The journey of A23a" is out in Flash Frontier's fabulous March 2026 issue. Thank you to the editors for continuing to support stories of culture and environment. flashfrontier.com/march-2026-h...
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March 2026: HE MUTUNGA | ENDINGS | Flash Frontier
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Claudia Wair @cwtellstales.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“That day, we read poetry in the graveyard.” My micro, “Naming Poets,” appears in Bending Genres today. Thanks to the folks at @bendinggenres.bsky.social! bendinggenres.com/naming-poets/ #microfiction
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Naming Poets
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Laila Miller @lailamiller.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Gorgeous! Congratulations, Claudia!
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