Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've just submitted my piece for the @writerscentreau.bsky.social's monthly #FuriousFiction #flashfiction challenge. Writers: Why not give it a go? www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fict...writerscentre.com.au 110
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Katya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social knocks it out of the park as usual with a vivid and dreamy poem about loss and yearning: latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/09/30/d...latinosenglishedition.blogdeseo by Katya Millslife is like death without you the sun always in the eyes lost and blind i cannot speak . i scratch a few sprawling words on a postcard lick the stamp and mail it to my niece then another. for my n… 012
Reposted by Richard GibneySpace VFX @spacevfx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Golden dust swirls in the velvet dark, A spiral of fire, a celestial spark. Stars bloom like embers in the deep, Waking the cosmos from its sleep. Through the void, a radiant stream, The universe unfolds its ancient dream. 11107071
Reposted by Richard GibneySiobhan Muir @siobhanmuir.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#ThursThreads Week 724 is now LIVE. Come tie on your tale for judge @drmag00.bsky.social . What will your 250 words say today? @raethye.bsky.social @susankayequinn.bsky.social @mysoulstears.bsky.social #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #Writing #WritingPrompt siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads... 0106
Reposted by Richard GibneyVista VFX @vistavfx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Amethyst Shore #landscape 8114940
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Here's a short story, Feeding the Algorithm, about the addictive nature of our digital spaces: onthepremises.com/issues/issue...onthepremises.comIssue #47, Guest Writer #2 – On the PremisesFiction Magazine 000
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm delighted to feature at On the Premises as a guest writer with a speculative short story. You can read 'Feeding the Algorithm' here: onthepremises.com/issues/issue... 030
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Horror novel Sisters by Thomas Hunt and Rob Novellin is a "chateau in the woods" frightener featuring an outwardly nubile family of siblings, and far more as the story unfolds: www.amazon.com/Sisters-Rob-...amazon.comSistersSisters 000
Reposted by Richard GibneyThe Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Are you in need of a village? We are The Village with All of The Flash Writers. And here's the invitation link: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/plans/191340...smokelong-quarterly.mn.coThe VillageThe village with all of the flash writers 414041
Reposted by Richard GibneyZoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 29/07/2026#MAGACultMorons always blame someone else. F*ck rand paul 584157144759
Reposted by Richard GibneyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace. 783164615227
Reposted by Richard GibneySiobhan Muir @siobhanmuir.bsky.social · 30/07/2026#ThursThreads Week 717 is now LIVE. Come tie on your tale for host @siobhanmuir.bsky.social. Got a tale to tie on? Newbies welcome! @mysoulstears.bsky.social @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social @drmag00.bsky.social @gorashade.bsky.social #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #Writing siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads... 055
Reposted by Richard GibneySiobhan Muir @siobhanmuir.bsky.social · 25/06/2026#ThursThreads Week 712 is now LIVE. Come tie on your tale for judge George Varhalmi. Got a tale to tie on? @mysoulstears.bsky.social @raethye.bsky.social @mlgammella.bsky.social @purplequeenpub.bsky.social #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #Writing siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads... 096
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026A soupcon of erotica here in the wonderful literary fiction of @katya444ever.bsky.social: latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/06/19/b...latinosenglishedition.blogBETTER HALF OF HEN By Katya MillsHe was on the road driving his load of sand down a numbered highway, dropping it off, switching trailers, picking up another one, rinse and repeat. Ample time to daydream and when he got tired of t… 010
Reposted by Richard GibneyRobert Fairhead @tallandtrue.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I enjoyed writing my June #FuriousFiction story on the weekend. The brief was fun, and a lot less challenging than June 2021's "Seven Descriptions" brief, for which I somehow wrote Reminiscing with Alice. 🤔 #writer #writing #flashfiction #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...tallandtrue.com.auReminiscing with AliceThe glow of Norman's youth was a distant memory. The years had added aches and pains and padding, and his love handles had long served no purpose with Alice. 051
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 10/06/2026the faucet still drips the body still aches at dawn. the material world evaporates. as the light gives us the sky what was not possible. is #vss365 #dawn 072
Reposted by Richard GibneyAaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Saw this (self-described, per their website) “occult, feminist, black metal band” last night, Witch Club Satan, and it was one of the most exciting, metal, rad, punk rock shows/experiences I’ve seen in a while. Legit made me feel excited about music & art & life. 1102
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 04/06/2026you won't need to worry about #falling if you haven't hyped yourself up or whatever you're selling #vss365 0122
Reposted by Richard GibneySplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 04/06/2026✨ June is a TIP JAR SUB MONTH ✨ Tips allow us to pay our submittable fees and pay our contributors! As long as we’ve got money, we’re committed to paying people for their work. 062
Reposted by Richard GibneyWensum Literary Magazine @wensumlit.bsky.social · 04/06/2026An artist. A cat named Goose. A wound no one believed was real. Genie and Goose of 18, Dursden Street by Ruchi Sneha is a haunting story about illness, isolation and being unheard. 📖 Read it now. wensumlit.co.uk/2026/06/01/g...wensumlit.co.ukGenie and Goose of 18, Dursden Street by Ruchi SnehaTomorrow, the papers will finally post an obituary about her: amateur artist, full-time freelancer and weekends-only volunteer at the Art History Museum. Friend of Kim Jeong, Director of said museu… 011
Reposted by Richard GibneyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026👇🏽 🎯 598205347283
Reposted by Richard GibneyEllie Jay @elliejaywrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Secrets In The Flames should be YOUR next read! This epic thriller has everything! Secrets, action, and sarcasm! Oh, and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ratings... amazon.com/dp/B09SGNCQCN #thriller #action #mystery #book #BookSky #indieauthor #WritingCommunity 0162
Reposted by Richard GibneyEllie Jay @elliejaywrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A NobleJay Short Story Collection: Volume 3 is now out in paperback and ebook ( #FREE on KU) In this collection, we bring together indie voices from around the world to give you bite-sized, multi-genre fiction for any moment amazon.com/dp/B0GJ12HLSK #NewRelease #shortstories #indieauthor #BookSkyamazon.comA NobleJay Short Story Collection: Volume 3 (NobleJay's Short Story Collections)Amazon.com: A NobleJay Short Story Collection: Volume 3 (NobleJay's Short Story Collections) eBook : Jay, Ellie, Noble, Neil, Lind, Fleur, Runte, Mark, Levy, Lenny, Weaver, Ray, Miller, Zara, Newhouse, Tyler, Mann, K: Kindle Store 24721
Reposted by Richard GibneyAllAuthor @allauthor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A gritty, suspenseful ride through the underbelly of crime and survival. When the lines between right and wrong blur, a tense game of cat and mouse begins in the shadows. 🕶️💵 #crimethriller #noir 051
Reposted by Richard GibneyM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Cool,Cuz We Can't Get Enough Of Mayor Mamdani.......👏🏻 488199434104
Reposted by Richard GibneyAaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 13/11/2025cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!! "Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?" autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma 1312525
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The Weight of Angels by John Boyne: Book Review. manuscriptmasters.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/t...manuscriptmasters.wordpress.comThe Weight of Angels by John Boyne Book ReviewThis engaging and well-researched speculative tale imagines how Oscar Wilde’s life may have turned out if he hadn’t been imprisoned for gross indecency in 1895 and suffered subsequent ill health as… 000
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 23/05/2026May poems by Katya Mills kissilent.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/p... #poetry #writersofblueskykissilent.wordpress.composts 5.23on a planet the color of rose we immerse the rows in liquid metal so not to come undone in the cold heat of absent sun not want for couragei am spent from these dealingsthe theme lingersproducing i… 041
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 19/05/2026the forms spoke with intent at the pace of earths rotation the angle a bellicosity lent casting stark shadows upon the moss time took the rose off and left her spent nevertheless malcontent #poem #vss365static.klipy.comFinal Fantasy XIII LightningALT: Final Fantasy XIII Lightning 0132
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A superb piece, ESL Level 2, by Michelle Bridges, at @muleskinnerjournal.bsky.social: www.muleskinnerjournal.com/esl-level-2muleskinnerjournal.comESL Level 2 — The Muleskinner Journal 001
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 12/05/2026appreciation to @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social for helping in the editing/drafting process of this piece :) 021
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Take a trip to Vegas--and just chill, reflecting on an absence of domestic chores--with @katya444ever.bsky.social: www.thewordsfaire.com/issuei/pulse...thewordsfaire.com‘Pulses Synched and Fading’ — THE WORDS FAIREPulses Synched and Fading Twenty-third floor. King bed. Watching films with your sweetheart in a room papered red-orange with horseshoes, floating far above the Vegas strip. This is the end ... 020
Reposted by Richard GibneyWensum Literary Magazine @wensumlit.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The Boy Who Danced with the Fishes by Dakshika Cooray wensumlit.co.uk/2026/04/27/t...wensumlit.co.ukThe Boy Who Danced with the Fishes by Dakshika CoorayNestled into a hillock, emerald green and trimmed in a giggling lace-white spring, the estate bungalow he called home, overlooked four hundred acres of a tea plantation. It belonged to one, Mister … 021
Reposted by Richard GibneyWensum Literary Magazine @wensumlit.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Be sure to check out our wonderful new pieces by Ian Carass, Irenosen Akharele, and Dakshika Coora. If you have work that you think would be a good fit for WENSUM, we want to read it! Head over to wensumlit.co.uk/submissions to submit.wensumlit.co.ukSUBMISSIONSSUBMISSIONS SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN We accept submissions for any unpublished short stories or flash fiction that has not appeared in print or online (this includes personal websites and soc… 021
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Transatlantic coffee by Neil James at @wensumlit.bsky.social... Some wonderful insights related to character throughout, with a dash of what-could've-been: wensumlit.co.uk/2026/03/01/t...wensumlit.co.ukTransatlantic Coffee by Neil JamesI’ve pictured this scene a thousand times. A table by the window, people-watching in Manhattan, waiting for Sapphire. Rush hour’s a restless river of frantic wipers, headlights, and honking horns. … 011
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 10/05/2026don't let your life be #haunted by your lack of fully living it she told herself and from that day forward she made a lot of enemies for speaking her mind and going into spaces that frightened her but she made waves and you don't always make friends making waves #vss365static.klipy.comWaves PaintingALT: Waves Painting 094
Reposted by Richard GibneyAnne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A Very Ordinary Life by AnneMarie Silbiger i am the awakening in my very ordinary life i am the wonder i am the prize i push myself to believe in my very ordinary life 041
Richard Gibney @ragtaggiggagon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A short story accepted a couple of years back at the wonderful @zoeticpress.bsky.social: www.zoeticpress.com/contributoro...zoeticpress.comThe Troglodyte — Zoetic PressRichard Gibney The rain pelted down mercilessly for hours. My guide, Stak, was leading me through the jungle back towards the village. I’ve never been blessed with a sense of direction, so I was abso... 020
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 24/04/2026she sang a little doing the dishes marking up her face boiling the eggs cinching the belt he followed her everywhere sweet Lolo if only you could bring those yearning eyes to work #cats #vss365 0162
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 26/04/2026the wool of the hungry sheep clearing the fields grew in a #lunar pattern and uncompelling gravity. A bell hung from a neck and rang out mercifully in the terrible heat #vss365 093
Reposted by Richard GibneyKatya Mills @katya444ever.bsky.social · 11/04/2026working on a short story collection - my first. read my latest #story published in the inaugural edition of this quarterly independent #press ... www.thewordsfaire.com/issuei/pulse...thewordsfaire.com‘Pulses Synched and Fading’ — THE WORDS FAIREPulses Synched and Fading Twenty-third floor. King bed. Watching films with your sweetheart in a room papered red-orange with horseshoes, floating far above the Vegas strip. This is the end of cooking, cleaning, washing, rinsing, sweeping, mopping, and drying ... it’s strange but you a 092
Reposted by Richard Gibneybarbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Admirably succinct and accurate! 074
Reposted by Richard GibneySiobhan Muir @siobhanmuir.bsky.social · 09/04/2026#ThursThreads Week 702 is now LIVE. Come tie on your tale for judge Mirra Allure. What kind of tale can you tie on? #FlashFiction #Writing #Writingcommunity #AmWriting siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads... 063
