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MM Schreier, author

@mmschreier.bsky.social
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#amwriting words. Mostly #SpecFic 🦔 | HWA | SFWA | she/her Likely a mocktail-drinking raccoon in leggings. 🦝 Always roots for the monster. 🐉 Potty mouthed & probably having a hot flash. mmschreier.com

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Dream Theory Media [Subs Closed] @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Over the next few months we have new flash fiction lined up from @futureupbeat.bsky.social, @rubycosmos.bsky.social, @mmschreier.bsky.social, @danpeacock.bsky.social and more! We also have more of Cody Schell's wonderful visual strip "ART of the Solar System".
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I do not write a lot of military fiction, but I think this issue of Bullet Points has an important theme. My story, Phantom Conversations, doubles down on the cost of war, making it very personal. Check it out—the digital version is currently on sale for less than a cup of Dunks. #amwriting #scifi
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
OMG. <giggle*snort> Congrats on your HM!
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Super excited to have won the @foofarawpress.bsky.social “ordinary” short story contest with a story that might not be quite that ordinary. 😂 #amwriting #shortfiction #SpecFic
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Story trading cards! What fun! Those are my story's purple eyeballs on the right. If you haven't had a chance to read or listen to "What Do Moms Know About Fashion", why are you waiting? Then start collecting your @foofarawpress.bsky.social deck! #amwriting #flashfiction #scifi #socialcommentary
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Me: I definitely should be editing the new collection. Also me: making cover mock ups for said wholly unedited collection. Coming 2027...stay tuned! 😉 #amwriting #scifi #flashfiction
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Got me a couple of stories in the new @writersworkout.bsky.social Games anthology: a #SpecFic piece called "A Place to Leave Your Grief" about grief (obvs!) and an experimental piece called "Everyone Knows" about life on the bottom of the sea. Get a copy today! #amwriting #shortfiction
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72 Hours of Insanity: Anthology of The Games: vol. 14
Amazon.com: 72 Hours of Insanity: Anthology of The Games: vol. 14 eBook : Workout, The Writer's: Kindle Store
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Fry's Shut Up And Take My Money Meme
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh my goodness. Thank you! 🥰
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Seeing tons of folks mourning for Tim Curry in my feed. It reinforces that I've cultivated my connections with the best weirdos on the interwebs. Gods' speed back to Transsexual, Transylvania, Tim. 😭
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Me: I like a SFF thing! SFF Dude Bro: WeLL, aCtUaLLy iT’s nOt a tHinG… Just another day as a woman on the interwebs being mansplained by SFF gatekeepers. 🙄 #whyaremen
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Some great ones in this thread! May I humbly submit: “when the ice moon rises, and the night is strangely bright” intrepidusink.com/when-the-ice...
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when the ice moon rises, and the night is strangely bright - Intrepidus Ink
ICYMI: Literary folklore, breathless imagery illuminating the wild hunt and a tale of danger and grief. Read at intrepidusink.com.
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yours too! Congrats!
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh lookie. I won a thing. MEEP! #amwriting #contestjunkie
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I've got a new story out at @unchartedmag.bsky.social #amwriting #fantasy www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
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The Taste of a Name - Uncharted
Some dreams taste like cotton candy. Nostalgic moments, remembered imperfectly with their spun-sugar veneers. Others are dark chocolate, writhing with intertwined limbs, playing out carnal fantasies. ...
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Dropped my laptop & damaged the power port. I hate having to config a new computer. But I guess it is a good excuse to buy a lot of cool new stickers... #writerslife
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
July is almost over and with it goes the 1/2 off ebooks deal at Smashwords. Get your copies of "Monstrosity, Humanity" or "Bruised, Resilient" today! #amwriting #ebook #collections #shortfiction #horror #scifi #fantasy #feministfiction www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
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MM Schreier
MM Schreier is a classically trained vocalist who took up writing as therapy for a mid-life crisis. Whether contemporary or speculative fiction, favorite stories are dark and rich in sensory details....
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I have 7 hours in the car tomorrow and a story with a looming deadline. What are the odds I can write the whole thing via voice notes while driving? #amwriting
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Funny Cat Driving Car
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Looking for stories to read at the beach that AREN'T beach reads? There's still time to get both my short story collections at 1/2 price! #horror #feministfiction #shortstories #flashfiction #amwriting #ebooks #booksale
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Cognitively, I accept this. I’m at my highest ever acceptance rate YTD. And yet a single rejection at a coveted market threatens to derail me. Send chocolate. 🍫 😭 2/2 #neurobiologysucks #writerslife
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Nerd alert: I’ve said this before—our brains are hardwired to give more weight to negative stimuli. Generally, it benefits survival to remember where the tiger hides to ambush us over where pretty flowers grow. Negatives *instinctively* trump positives even when it’s not life threatening. 1/2
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thanks so much for this! It's always such a treat to hear my work narrated! 😍
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I did a thing! I love this weird little #scifi tale about the generational divide between mothers & daughters. Thank you @foofarawpress.bsky.social for the loving the story, too. And heckin' amazing visuals as well as audio narration! 😍 #amwriting #flashfiction
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
All vibes, no plot is my theme song. Why am I like this? 😂 😭 #amwriting #writerslife
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Oh, lookie! I did a thing! #amwriting #flashfiction
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The joys of perimenopause insomnia is midnight writing where the words just sort of pour out in a wild verbose rush. But, also, the story’s weird AF. #amwriting
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Elmo I Don't Know Idk
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Rio Lombana @riolombana.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Pleased to share my teeny tiny PNW-themed story, published by the ever-lovely Foofaraw Press and their microfic imprint.
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Check out these great story reviews by Maria Haskins out at Locus. (And it's not just because she says nice things about my story "Stairs for Mermaids.") #amwriting #flashfiction
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Stunning!
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I wrote a teeny tiny story. The kind that takes only a minute to read, but stays in your head a lot longer. #amwriting #scifi #readmorewomen #drabbles
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The thing I love about the #amwriting community is so many of us who were in the trenches with @shelbyvanpelt.bsky.social genuinely celebrating her amazing success. No jealousy, only pride at seeing our girl do the thing, excited the world loves her as much as we do. Go watch. Have tissues. #rbc
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It’s a book mail x2 & an acceptance kind of day. Definitely not complaining. #amwriting
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Part of the process with prompted flash is the “We hates it, Precious” stage. I might be stuck there. #amwriting #promptedflash #writingcontests
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gollum from the lord of the rings is screaming with the words `` we hates it , precious '' .
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Spring showers makes for a busy bee! How are your writing goals progressing? #amwritig #submissions #publications
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Text: March/April Writing Updates
Submissions
25 new (31 ytd)
20 pending, 16 form rejections, 4 personal/short lists, 2 acceptances (yay!)
Publications
"Three-Second Rewind" Sally Port Magazine
"Hand-Picked, Hand-Delivered" TL;DR Press
"./Human Legacy" NYCmidnight
Drafting
11 new stories (21 ytd)
9,784 words (19,958 ytd)
Contests
Writing Battle Tempest Raven - runner up
Odd Embers - short list
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I have this queued up for the drive home today! <3
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
*This (For the amount of times I typo on social media, it's amazing I ever win anything... 🤦‍♀️)
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Thank you! 🤗
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
his might be one of my favorite #scifi dystopian pieces of #flashfiction I've ever written. Hope you like it!
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Have you ever wondered what could you do if you were able to reverse three seconds at a time and do them over? Find out in my newest story "Three-Second Rewind" in Sally Port Magazine's April Issue! #amwriting #magicalrealism #shortstories #readmorewomen sallyportmagazine.com/2026-april-i...
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Sally Port Magazine April 2026 / Issue 06

Three-Second Rewind
by MM Schreier

Only three seconds...
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I’ve just realized that I’m currently sitting, YTD, at the same number of acceptances as I hit for the ENTIRETY of 2025. Wut? #amwriting
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
CNF is hard. Especially when it requires being vulnerable. I’m committed to finishing & submitting it (stretch goals and everything) but there is going to be monster horror and dystopian SciFi for DAYS afterwards. #amwriting #ptsd #cnf
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Michael Staniforth @staniforthmick.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Day 84! I read Things I Don’t Tell My Sister by @mmschreier.bsky.social published in @factorfourmagazine.com. Random Accessed Memories in deep space. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/s...
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S/D/Y Mar 25 – Things I Don’t Tell My Sister by MM Schreier – Factor Four
This was an interesting one. A multilayered story of memory and survival with a lot of details in such a short story which play with the themes really well. The idea of the protagonist exploring th…
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thanks for reading & sharing your thoughts! Glad you liked it! 😊
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Excited to learn that my story "Phantom Conversations" will be included in an upcoming issue of @bulletpoints.bsky.social. I don't write a lot of military fiction, but this is a #scifi tale about family, perception, and the cost of war. Glad to see it land at a good home! #amwriting
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Oh goodness! Thanks Joe! 🖤
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
There’s something kinda satisfying about coming in 13th in an #amwriting #horror comp. 😈 It’s always a privilege to contribute to one of @tldrpress.bsky.social’s charity anthologies. Good humans, good stories, for good causes. Stay tuned for book details.
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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
thrilled to be joining the @foofarawpress.bsky.social masthead as their novelette editor! gimme those words!!!
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
DOUBLE CREATURE FEATURE: Friday the 13th & Valentine's Day! For 2 days only, get 25 monster stories for 99 cents. Nothing says love like chills and thrills, right? (Offer good on ebooks at Smashwords.) #amwriting #horror #shortfiction #monsters #collections #books
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MM Schreier, author @mmschreier.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Me: <cutting 200 words> snip snip motherfuckers! Also me: <cutting 3 words> Nooooo! I need them all! #amwriting #writerslife
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