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Melissa Fitzpatrick

@melissafitz.bsky.social
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Words in Five South, Flash Fiction Online, Atlas + Alice, Lunch Ticket, Flash Fiction Magazine, Roi Faineant, and elsewhere. Website: melissa-fitzpatrick.com Substack: melissafitz.substack.com

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Anti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Friends, our submission inbox is completely empty. If you'd be so kind as to help us spread the word among your communities it would be so greatly appreciated. heroinchic.weebly.com
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Really loved this story! ❤️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“What you see before you is what’s left, a mean soil that grows little but grief, my sadness, as wide as a cattail crop.” A terrific story from @melostrom.bsky.social 🌾💛
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The space we make for each other … just the most beautiful comic by @allisoncole.bsky.social Please read it! @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2026/08/18/t...
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The Space We Make for Each Other - The Rumpus
My son taught me that the way someone moves through the world isn't a problem to solve. It’s a measure of how much room we are willing to make.
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We are now more than halfway through our sub period but you still have plenty of time to get your writing and art in!
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Tiny Molecules @tinymolecules.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our Summer Issue is live! 10 stunning new pieces of fiction from some very talented writers. Enjoy!! www.tinymolecules.com/issues/issue...
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Just gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yoko Ono show at The Broad is amazing!
Branch of olive tree hung with wishes written on paper tags. One wish is for “a cooler planet.” Another for “self-love and autism awareness.”“Add Color (Refugee Boat)” - a wooden boat in a room. The boat, floor, and walls are covered with blue and white messages and drawings made by visitors to the exhibition. Written instruction for a “painting for a broken sewing machine” — Place a broken sewing machine in a glass tank ten or twenty times larger than the machine. Once a year on a snowy evening, place the tank in the town square and have everyone throw stones at it. 1961 winter
A framed typewritten paper with the following instruction: Smell Piece — Send the smell of the moon. 1953 autumn
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Taking It Home" by Rana Bitar: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Taking It Home | MattKendrick.co.uk
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Gorgeous writing! ❤️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🔥🔥🔥
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Issue 9 Submissions are now open! Details: epistemiclit.com/submissions/ Submission form: forms.gle/tycBEc2GhxuY...
Agency vs Determinism
August 1-31, 2026
Epistemic Literary logo
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A heartbreaking beauty, this one 💔
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
August Submissions Open Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.
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August Submissions Open
Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Others call it a defect. It isn’t.” Love, love, love this 🚕🚜🛵🚌🚚🚗🏎️🚒❤️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Gorgeous 💖
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Oh, this one got me right in the ❤️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My goodness, this is so beautiful ❤️
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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 17/07/2026
“[...] I tell her sometimes people don’t understand they are standing in the middle of a miracle until all that’s left of it is an afterthought.” “Case of Missing Animals” by Sarp Sozdinler, new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/17/c...
This image is defined by contrast: blue and orange are the colors used here. Most of the elements of the image are blue, including the "MISSING: SAD JACK" poster in the center of the image. However, the image of Sad Jack on the poster is orange-tinted, and he is facing about 1/4 away from the front. There's a light-blue line twisting & scribbled above Sad Jack, which almost gives the impression of lightning.
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Beautiful story ✨
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Haven’t written much lately, but enjoying chasing bees around with my new macro lens
A honeybee hovers over white/pink blossoms
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just beautiful
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Open until July 15, are you ready? Micro flash poetry, your name here, maybe. New writer friendly, don’t second guess your way out of a chance. Open to many styles. Send us what you love but no generative AI please, and no hate. Otherwise, hi!
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Beautiful 💔
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I love this! ❤️🐝
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thank you so much, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 💕💕💕
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Subs open for flash micro poetry letters or a mix of all that, your tiny manifestos or whispered graffiti, a word we never remember how to spell but you might and we’re impressed, your shouts into wind and ocean, your grave concerns or vaulting triumphs etc. ETC! templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
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Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Love this! 🍨🩷
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We’d love to hear from you. Open for flash. micro, poetry, some kind of mix, some kind of wonderful, some kind of whatever it is you do best or are trying for the first time, or something else entirely. Surprise us. Surprise yourself. Ok? Ok!
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It’s pub day for my (mostly) flash fiction collection Songs from the Blimp Ruins. Thank you @alkratz.bsky.social & Silverbacked Punk for bringing it to life. It's available here: qgyjj4z.s.gy/sTuEPy Signed copies also available (message me) My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
So good 💔
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Congratulations!
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is so good ❤️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Back from a trip to Tuscany. What a beautiful place!
Italian storefront with beautiful fresh vegetables displayed in front. Reflected in the window is the a marble church front, with religious statue.
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Crucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New comic by artist Mike Centeno: No Place Feels Like Home - Witnessing Trump's overreach into Venezuela from abroad. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/no-pla...
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New, new from the @welkinpress.bsky.social - in the lead-up to the Welkin Genre Prize, I'll be teaching 6 one-hour generative workshops which delve into Welkin micros past to inspire some Welkin micros future! 1st one is on Thursday 7th May. Details / book: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops
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WBTL Live Workshops
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Writers and artists, if you’re feeling some righteous rage (who isn’t?), you won’t find a more caring team than the editors at @epistemiclit.bsky.social Send them some 🔥🔥🔥!
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Wow, thank you so much for sharing my work! ☺️
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A tiny bird (ruby-crowned kinglet) takes flight from a delicate branch. The text reads: leaves shudder / hawk cries in the distance / but listen / the smallest voice / still has a song
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I have a collage piece in this. Thank you @the-engine-idling.bsky.social and @lowermelody.bsky.social for the inspiration. Can’t wait to explore the issue more!
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A yellow and black bird (townsend’s warbler) spreads its wings, about to leap into flight from a branch with new leaves. The text reads: “leaves unfurl / spring’s first green / sky fills / the empty spaces”
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Gorgeous and heartbreaking 💔
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Koss @kossworks.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social for this publication in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Check out the whole issue, which includes stupendous work by @happilander.bsky.social, @amymarques.bsky.social, @pdforan.bsky.social and others! gooseberry-pie.com/obituary-sis...
pie illustration/logo with red background and promotional text for gooseberry pie 40~
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
“Fresh off a ghostlighting incident that left him clear-eyed and cold . . .” A new @pdforan.bsky.social story is always a treat! In @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/on-a-ghostli...
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On a Ghostlight Night - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Avi Theret on Unsplash by Pat Foran Fresh off a ghostlighting incident that left him clear-eyed and cold, the horse we rode in on didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t seem to know what we signe...
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
So good ❤️
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HAD @havehashad.com · 02/02/2026
"...This story has already happened—a ravenous wanting in the shadow of my heart. I was a telescope once, a continuous stretching. Now I turn to rage before I ghost..." today from Hannah Levy!! www.havehashad.com/5e34h
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Waiting for T Coronae Borealis to Explode by Hannah Levy
Three thousand light-years away there is a flame that will explode at any moment. They call her the blaze star. A recurrent nova. She has two eyes double blinking over a valley of ashes, empty space…
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Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Incredible story 🌨️🌨️🌨️
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JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Submissions Open We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!
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Submissions Open
We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
SECOND PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "What Stays Behind" by Muntasir Salman. A powerhouse of a micro with so much buried inside its one hundred words: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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What Stays Behind | MattKendrick.co.uk
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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
THIRD PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "That Witch, Gopa Devi, She Burn" by @anibanerjee.bsky.social. A story that crackles from beginning to end, propulsive and powerful: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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That Witch, Gopa Devi, She Burn | MattKendrick.co.uk
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