Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickAnti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Friends, 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 01315
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 🌾💛 131
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The 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...therumpus.netThe Space We Make for Each Other - The RumpusMy 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. 082
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickEpistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We are now more than halfway through our sub period but you still have plenty of time to get your writing and art in! 065
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickTiny Molecules @tinymolecules.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Our Summer Issue is live! 10 stunning new pieces of fiction from some very talented writers. Enjoy!! www.tinymolecules.com/issues/issue... 03111
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickThe Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Shortlisted in the Body Prize, "Taking It Home" by Rana Bitar: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...mattkendrick.co.ukTaking It Home | MattKendrick.co.uk 5254
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickEpistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Issue 9 Submissions are now open! Details: epistemiclit.com/submissions/ Submission form: forms.gle/tycBEc2GhxuY... 01410
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickJMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026August Submissions Open Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.jmwwblog.wordpress.comAugust Submissions OpenOpen now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries. 02516
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Others call it a defect. It isn’t.” Love, love, love this 🚕🚜🛵🚌🚚🚗🏎️🚒❤️ 121
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickOkay 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... 3194
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Haven’t written much lately, but enjoying chasing bees around with my new macro lens 2131
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickTemple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Open 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! 095
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Thank you so much, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 💕💕💕 052
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickTemple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Subs 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...templeinacity.comTemple in a CityTemple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters 11413
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickTemple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We’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! 11311
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It’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... 209325
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Back from a trip to Tuscany. What a beautiful place! 050
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickCrucial Comix @crucialcomix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026New comic by artist Mike Centeno: No Place Feels Like Home - Witnessing Trump's overreach into Venezuela from abroad. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/no-pla... 053
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickThe Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026New, 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-workshopsmattkendrick.co.ukWBTL Live Workshops 12216
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Writers 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 🔥🔥🔥! 061
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Wow, thank you so much for sharing my work! ☺️ 040
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I 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! 142
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickKoss @kossworks.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Thank 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... 72613
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...gooseberry-pie.comOn a Ghostlight Night - Gooseberry Pie Lit MagazinePhoto 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... 280
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickHAD @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/5e34hhavehashad.comWaiting for T Coronae Borealis to Explode by Hannah LevyThree 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… 071
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickJMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Submissions Open We are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best!jmwwblog.wordpress.comSubmissions OpenWe are reading all genres through February 15th. Send us your best! 02215
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickThe Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 30/01/2026SECOND 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...mattkendrick.co.ukWhat Stays Behind | MattKendrick.co.uk 64312
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickThe Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 29/01/2026THIRD 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...mattkendrick.co.ukThat Witch, Gopa Devi, She Burn | MattKendrick.co.uk 16358