Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 9hI’m late to read this, but it truly touched me. So sorry for your loss. 💔 220
Reposted by Melissa FitzpatrickAndrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So happy to have new work up at literary namjooning literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...literarynamjooning.wixsite.comDeciphering by Andrew BertainaAt night, we search for the darkness. We stumble around inside of ourselves. Someone says they can still see the fireflies, and I think, perhaps, I can still see my lover—pale pink lips.We cannot make... 1229
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lost girls, found girls, free girls. Love this by @melostrom.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com 131
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 · 01/09/2026Thank you so much, Matt, and congrats to the other nominees! 000
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
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I used to amaze my daughter’s friends making popcorn on the stove. What is this wizardry, haha. A few would ask for it every time they came over. 100
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... 03011
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Here is wikipedia article … scroll down to US examples for northern cities vowel shift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_s...en.wikipedia.orgVowel shift - Wikipedia 010
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It can sound like insertion of w if you don’t have that distinction in your dialect (I don’t), but if you were transcribing phonetically, it would actually be a different vowel (phonectic symbol looks something like a backwards c) 210
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Not a linguist (but have studied linguistics and phonetics). I would say the vowel is probably different from what you may use in your dialect. I don’t know how to put phonetic symbols on here, but sone dialects distinguish caught/cot, Dawn/Don. 120
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 · 25/06/2026How cool to see a family of them! I’m on west coast, but it looks like there are snowy egrets on east coast too. But there could certainly be east coast birds I’m not familiar with! Here’s the snowy egrets entry from Cornell lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_...allaboutbirds.orgSnowy Egret Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of OrnithologyAmong the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Those feet seem to play a role in stirring up or herding smal... 110
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Maybe snowy egret? Hard to tell from picture for sure. Did you happen to see the feet? If yellow, then snowy (if you’re in right location for those) 110
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Thank you so much, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social 💕💕💕 052
Melissa Fitzpatrick @melissafitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This is really going to stay with me. Thank you for writing it. 110