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Lisa Alletson

@lisaalletson.bsky.social
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Toronto writer. Words in Wigleaf Top 50, Cincinnati Review, Gone Lawn, Milk Candy, New Ohio Review, Pithead Chapel Reader, Fractured Lit. Noms Pushcart, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, BOTN. Award-winning chapbook, Good Mother Lizard.

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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I never miss one. They open my week thoughtfully.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely thrilled that my debut book, a flash fiction collection, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is out Oct. 13. Kindle preorders now on Amazon. Printed text available 10/13. Remote launch SAT 11/14, 10:00 am PT. Details soon. Heartfelt thanks @vanwinkle.bsky.social. #flashfiction
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What a beautiful read, Vic.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Will DM you soon.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So sad about this.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So excited to hear this news! Ordering now.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I miss what Twitter was. Miss reading the daily poems and micros from friends in the writing community. Miss being inspired to post my own daily writing.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thank you. I hope the same for you. ❤️
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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another time round with this piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social - would love you to read it as I really loved writing it 🧡
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wow. Incredible story, Sumitra. ❤️
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congratulations, Shome!
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🏛️🏰📜 WINNER of the History Prize, "Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001" by @sfreligh.bsky.social A brilliantly-rendered microcosm that projects outwards in such a tragic way towards global events: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001 | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Oh that's so powerful. Congratulations.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thank you! Can't wait to get my copy and read all the other stories. Quite the list of authors you have!
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I haven't written for ages, so I'm delighted to have a story included in the Bending Genre anthology. Thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social & @amymarques.bsky.social My story, 'The Inn of Frozen Things' first ran in Atticus Review, then in the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50. www.amazon.com/dp/194502880...
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Bending in the Breeze: Vaughan, Robert, Marques, Amy: 9781945028809: Amazon.com: Books
Bending in the Breeze [Vaughan, Robert, Marques, Amy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bending in the Breeze
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Amazing! This group would be so much fun. I loved Dawn's story in Beautiful Things today.
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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The end of @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's story is touching and bewildered and sadly inevitable. fracturedlit.com/we-didnt-wea...
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We Didn’t Wear Masks | Fractured
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Oh so beautiful.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great story.
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
ICYMI today we're feat. Storm by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social as part of our #TenYears celebrations. Please click on the link below and enjoy #flashfiction #readingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/06/12/s...
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Beautiful story.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Dancing with my amazing Mom at the Toronto Brickworks after getting caught in a downpour. Eighteen months since her stroke and her spirit is stronger than ever.
Dancing with my amazing Mom at the Toronto Brickworks after getting caught in a downpour. Eighteen months since her stroke and her spirit is stronger than ever.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Great idea for a puzzle. We're big puzzlers in this family.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Oh no, Suzanne. I'm terribly sorry to hear that. What a lovely photo of the two of you. ❤️
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thank you!
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Congratulations!
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Yes, please.
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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Virtual book launch this Thursday for I’M THE UNDERTOW!! 👇🏼🌊👇🏼
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sorry to hear that Fizz. ❤️
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Lovely Sumitra. ❤️ Thank you so much. Big hugs back from both of us.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My pup Clover turned one last week. She's grown into a beautiful, loving, silly girl. My constant walking/writing companion. We celebrated at Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works and she greeted every dog and human with gusto. I miss Luna terribly. She died too young. But Clover has brought me joy again.
My pup Clover turned one last week. She's grown into a beautiful, loving, silly girl. My constant walking/writing companion. We celebrated at Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works and she greeted every dog and human with gusto. I miss Luna terribly. She died too young. But Clover has brought me joy again.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Congratulations! I loved this novel.
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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm back in Monkeybicycle today with a new flash story. This one is about comic books. Check it out if you wanna 💙 📚 Link to the story: monkeybicycle.net/downsizing/
Legs with a hand hanging down into the image holding comic book in front of a brown couch.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Loved this, Will, and especially that ending.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congratulations, Sarah!
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
What a beautiful story.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Happy birthday. Sorry it's been rough.
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Kathryn Silver-Hajo @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My story won first prize in the @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social annual contest! So much flash brilliance in this special issue. Congratulations to all and huge thanks to @jhhwriter.bsky.social and judge @danbillyc.bsky.social . 🥳💜🤩 gooseberry-pie.com/what-a-solit...
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What a Solitary Bird Drifting on the Wind Might Have Witnessed When the Boy Disappeared - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
First Place Winner 2026 Gooseberry Pie Writing Competition by Kathryn Silver-Hajo A parent on a beach blanket, another in the water, the space between them, quizzical looks, triangulations, miles of w...
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Powerful writing, Kathryn. Congratulations.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Beautiful, Vic.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Love this so much, Melissa. ❤️
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Me too, my loves. Me too.
Me too, my loves. Me too.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hah!
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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Survived the dentist and came home to this being announced, which is nice. My congratulations to all the nominees. www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
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Current Ballot – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I got snow, rain, hail, and sunshine while driving 20 minutes on Bayview.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This story stuck with me. Even more so after I heard you read it in Matt's workshop. Huge congratulations, Claudia.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Love this fresh perspective from @mattkendrick.bsky.social on Show Don't Tell. Further down in his newsletter he continues with some examples and a prompt, which I'll be trying. I admire Matt's writing and teachings tremendously. prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/the-tell-a...
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The Tell-and-vision Show
I was talking with one of my mentees this morning and they brought up the aphorism “show don’t tell” and I got myself in a bit of a lather about it.
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Beautiful. Congratulations!
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Lisa Alletson @lisaalletson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"It’s dark enough, moonless; his body moves inside shadows cast by the structures, his indigo shape etching through the deeper, stilled black." So many stunning sentences in Hypnagogia by David Ryan, 3rd place winner, the @fracturedlit.bsky.social 2025 Elsewhere Prize. fracturedlit.com/hypnagogia/
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Hypnagogia | Fractured
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