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Patience Mackarness

@patiencemackarness.bsky.social
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Writer, grandmother, tree-hugger. Born in Hampshire, now in rural Brittany, with pitstops in Leeds, Portugal, Wales, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Liverpool. I write flash fiction and other things.

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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good one, Beth!
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Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So sorry folks, we've had to suspend submissions due to major tech faults in our system. Please do not submit until it's fixed. If you haven't heard back from us about your submission, please be patient. We'll get back to you as soon as we can.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ooh, love it!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ooh, wow! Love it.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Glorious! ❤️
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
'Caravaggio wet packs and drip casts sand using subtle transitions to blend, and I can no longer fathom what is real and what is not' Much gorgeousness from @belindarowe.bsky.social okaydonkeymag.com/2026/08/21/s...
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Shall a Man That Doeth Violence Flee to the Pit? by Belinda Rowe
My beach towel floats down near a man sculpting fine white sand using a pink bucket and spade. Squinting, he says, Buongiorno, signorina, what you think of David with head of Goliath? Incredible, I…
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
'the children holding their breath as their father bent down, picked up some snow, and rubbed it on his cheek, clearing away the blood'. Fabulous tension throughout, from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One of my favourites: flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2019/11...
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Pinky Swear and Double Dog Dare You’ll Stay Forever, Robby Kidman
We wear matching straw cowboy hats and red bandannas, call each other pardner, and yell, Don’t squat with your spurs on! as we race past the beauty salon, the barber shop with the candy cane pole, …
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
'The claggy, cream-cheese-breath director for Talk Dirty to Me, that yappy dog of his decked out in a red tie' Don't miss this stunner of a flash from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in Thin Skin! thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
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She was One of Us  - Thin Skin
We know naked. We've done naked for a living. But tonight we are washing you. Tonight we are saying goodbye.We can’t be there tomorrow, on those hard wooden pews, in the church your family chose.   Bu...
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Issue 8 of the wonderful Thin Skin is out! Poetry, short stories, and flash fiction ❤️❤️❤️
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Gorgeous piece, congratulations!
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Great readings from the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology - incl a lack of teeth by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social romance from @ekmacdonald.bsky.social materialising aliens by @andylavender.bsky.social the chasm of dementia by @hilary55.bsky.social & hedgehogs by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social reading at the Bath Flash Fiction Festival. Great event and stellar authors as ever!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"whispers of the Celt for ‘Devil Water’ in the town’s name shook tree branches and they shivered." Love this by @judydarley.bsky.social . And it's a Dawlish tale for you @philippabowe.bsky.social ! gooseberry-pie.com/three-strang...
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Three Strangers on a Coastal Path - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Yes!❤️🥳
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Wow! So beautiful and haunting.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
'Tall, tall windows with mote-filled light and billowing curtains quietly entering like polite guests'❤️❤️❤️
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I haven't been on SmokeLong for ages, think I'm still in the 'Village' but haven't tried messaging anyone
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yes, sure, what would you like to know?
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This lovely piece by David Henson is in the Wigleaf Top 50! thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
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The Garden of Our Dreams - Thin Skin
You sit up and stretch your arms as I fumble for the alarm. I had the strangest dream, you say through a yawn. We had this luscious garden and grew all our own vegetables.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
26 degrees at this moment, but 38 forecast for Monday and Tuesday! 🔥We're inland though, it's several degrees cooler on the coast.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thin Skin magazine is reading poetry! (Flash Fiction and short stories too.) thin-skin.com/submit/
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"You will wrap tiny fingers around my thumb, blink up at me with eyes ancient as starlight ..." Just gorgeous.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The first expansion of the Universal Turing Machine is live! 8 chessboard memoirs including mine, which is called 'Metaphor Soup'. Free to read online, all welcome to join in. universalturingmachine.co.uk
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Big congrats Fiona, well deserved!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
More readers are needed for Thin Skin magazine - showcasing the work of writers over 50. Find out more via the contact page at thin-skin.com
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thin Skin's open to poetry submissions!
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Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7. thin-skin.com
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Love this from Tiia-May Redditt. Food and longing, excellently done! As I Slurped Aburasoba flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/05...
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Congrats, looking forward to it!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
WOW to this one by Lena Kinder in @havehashad.com !
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Oh, wow. A tough read, but so good.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thanks so much, Patricia!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Thank you!
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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I have signed the petition to ask the UK Government to scrap all contracts with Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social and @mizuki-yama.bsky.social ! What an honour to be included, love the comments too ❤️ #Mondettes
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Super congrats!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Thanks so much, Rosaleen!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Thank you for these kind words, Matt!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Thank you, James!
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It's here 🎉 Welcome to Issue 40, with brilliant stories from: @nadiaborn.com, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal, @rachelmhollis.bsky.social Tess Kelly, @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social Tarmo Rajasaari & Rob Walton newflashfiction.com/issue-40/
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Issue 40 | New Flash Fiction Review
Featuring new work by Nadia Born, Bethany Bruno, Sherry Duggal, Rachel Hollis, Tess Kelly, Rosaleen Lynch, Patience Mackarness, Mandira Pattnaik, Tarmo Rajasaari, and Rob Walton.
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Thanks so much, Bronwen!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Thank you, Denise!
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
'Train Man' is in New Flash Fiction Review! My first time in this great publication🥳 🥳 Super proud to join the fabulous lineup in Issue 40. newflashfiction.com/issue-40 Image: Unsplash
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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Bonjour. The shortest month of the year deserves the smallest and mightiest issue of the year. Tell your local short king. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #writingcommunity
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Congrats all! X
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
❤️❤️❤️
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Stunning piece by Claudia Monpere🥰
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Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
'she realises that the firm peach of her ass is gone, vanished, kaput – like a page ripped out of a magazine. She still has something to sit on, but whatever it is, Gary isn’t looking at it'. Love this by @fionamckay.bsky.social thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
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The Change - Thin Skin
Her breasts are the first to disappear. Such a strange sensation, the wind cutting through her where the flesh had curved out over her meaty ribs, where blood had flowed through deep blue veins, and n...
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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
On Raw Lit - Issue 8 rawlit.weebly.com/8_8.html Dora by Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social & The Multiple Whammies of December 2019 by Patience Mackarness @patiencemackarness.bsky.social
Dora
by Michael Anthony
“The realities of life often remain in our eyes forever.”
Michael Anthony is an American artist and writer. He has published fiction, poetry, illustrations, and photographs in literary journals and commercial magazines. His work may be viewed at: MichaelAnthony.MyPortfolio.comThe Multiple Whammies of December 2019
by Patience Mackarness
‘Whipping branches in the dark beyond the window-glass, morse-flashes of streetlamp between flying raindrops. I’m there too, reflected.’
Patience Mackarness lives and writes in Brittany, France. Her work has appeared in Moon City Review, Mslexia, Northern Gravy, The Coachella Review, Flash Flood, and many other print and online publications. Her first novella has been shortlisted in the Bath Novella-in-Flash competition.
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