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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑

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𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎-𝚘𝚏-𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜. 😎 manmadeflash.blogspot.com 😎 poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com #𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 #𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚢 #𝙺𝙹𝚅 (𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚉!)

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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 23h
A #poem on the life-and-death nature of writing competitions: "This morning" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/this... #Poetry #WritersLife #PoetryCommunity #Humour
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like local #poetry competitions? "Ze competition" is my latest #microfiction #VSS. manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/ze-c... #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #Humour
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Ze Competition
"Ze Competition" is a silly flash-fiction story by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WARNING: This #shortstory has a pretty graphic ending! "But one kid decided he knew how to deal with the situation. He would creep up on newbies like me ..." - snippet from my latest #flashfiction "Late confession" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/late... #ShortReads #FlashLit #VSS #Crime
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Late confession
"Late confession" is a flash-fiction story by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As writers, to what extent does what we read by others affect our own creative work? "I blame thon James Kelman | four stories in 60 words" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/i-bl... #ShortReads #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #VSS #flashfiction
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I blame thon James Kelman | four stories in 60 words
As writers, to what extent does what we are reading by others affect our own creative work? "I blame thon James Kelman" by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A #one-word story that's actually a #streetphotography image I took in #Cleethorpes. Otherwise, I'm working on two or more #SliceOfLife and #flashfiction #VSS due to appear later this week on manmadeflash.blogspot.com. Wishing everyone a peaceful Sunday. 😎
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My new #poem: "Cry" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/cry.... #Poetry #SpilledInk #micropoetry #poetrycommunity
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WARNING: This #shortstory has a pretty graphic ending! "But one kid decided he knew how to deal with the situation. He would creep up on newbies like me ..." - snippet from my latest #flashfiction "Late confession" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/late... #ShortReads #FlashLit #VSS #Crime
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Late confession
"Late confession" is a flash-fiction story by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As writers, to what extent does what we read by others affect our own creative work? "I blame thon James Kelman | four stories in 60 words" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/i-bl... #ShortReads #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #VSS #flashfiction
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I blame thon James Kelman | four stories in 60 words
As writers, to what extent does what we are reading by others affect our own creative work? "I blame thon James Kelman" by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A #one-word story that's actually a #streetphotography image I took in #Cleethorpes. Otherwise, I'm working on two or more #SliceOfLife and #flashfiction #VSS due to appear later this week on manmadeflash.blogspot.com. Wishing everyone a peaceful Sunday. 😎
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Want to read along with the text while listening to a professional story-reader narrating my slice-of-life #flashfiction story "Obituary"? manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/audi... #FlashLit #microfiction #writingcommunity #WritersLife #VSS
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Audio reading of my story "Obituary"
Story reader Heather Sherman gives an audio reading of Russ Cavanagh's flash-fiction story "Obituary"
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The gang had completely taken over Kyle's life. They would bully him into giving up his welfare benefits and his medication..." - from my #SliceOfLife short story about drug culture on Scotland's west coast: "Junkie trash #2" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/junk... #FlashNoir #VSS #ShortReads
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Junkie trash #2
"Junkie trash #2" is a slice-of-life short story by Russ Cavanagh about drug culture on Scotland's west coast.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The gang had completely taken over Kyle's life. They would bully him into giving up his welfare benefits and his medication..." - from my #SliceOfLife short story about drug culture on Scotland's west coast: "Junkie trash #2" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/junk... #FlashNoir #VSS #ShortReads
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Junkie trash #2
"Junkie trash #2" is a slice-of-life short story by Russ Cavanagh about drug culture on Scotland's west coast.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Seona knocks, and I unlock the door. She then waltzes through until she's in my bedroom." "Junkie trash" is my gritty #microfiction about an exchange between drug dealers. Yes, I live in such a neighbourhood. manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/junk... #flashfiction #FlashLit #VSS #Crime #RealLife
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Junkie trash
"Junkie trash" is a micro-fiction story written by Russ Cavanagh about an episode in drug dealers' lives.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"...He says air ticket prices in the States have gone through the roof, and they're blaming it on shortages of aviation fuel..." - from my latest dystopian #VSS: set in today's world: "System Failure" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/syst... #flashfiction #microfiction #Oil #Iran #FlashLit
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System failure
"System failure" is a dystopian flash-fiction story set in the present and written by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Seona knocks, and I unlock the door. She then waltzes through until she's in my bedroom." "Junkie trash" is my gritty #microfiction about an exchange between drug dealers. Yes, I live in such a neighbourhood. manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/junk... #flashfiction #FlashLit #VSS #Crime #RealLife
manmadeflash.blogspot.com
Junkie trash
"Junkie trash" is a micro-fiction story written by Russ Cavanagh about an episode in drug dealers' lives.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"...He says air ticket prices in the States have gone through the roof, and they're blaming it on shortages of aviation fuel..." - from my latest dystopian #VSS: set in today's world: "System Failure" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/syst... #flashfiction #microfiction #Oil #Iran #FlashLit
manmadeflash.blogspot.com
System failure
"System failure" is a dystopian flash-fiction story set in the present and written by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-t... #poems #poetry
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My rather silly #poem: "Where cobble met tarmac" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/04/wher... #micropoetry #poetry #vssdaily
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #poem: "performers" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/perf... #poetry #micropoetry #maturepoetry
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Want to read along with the text while listening to a professional story-reader narrating my slice-of-life #flashfiction story "Obituary"? manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/audi... #FlashLit #microfiction #writingcommunity #WritersLife #VSS
manmadeflash.blogspot.com
Audio reading of my story "Obituary"
Story reader Heather Sherman gives an audio reading of Russ Cavanagh's flash-fiction story "Obituary"
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My #VSS #microfiction: "About his wife" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/abou... #flashfiction #FlashLit #Writing #Love
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About his wife
"About his wife" is a slice-of-life very short story written by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My #poem "unspoken baptism" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/unsp... #poetry #micropoetry #shortpoetry #precariat #writing
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Blade Runner (1982) | "All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain" #shorts #quotes
YouTube video by Movievation
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #poem: "Dirty old man" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/dirt... #poetry #relationships #maturepoetry
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #poem: "Edinburgh Festical city" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/edin... #poetry #micropoetry #maturepoetry #Edinburgh
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My #poem "unspoken baptism" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/unsp... #poetry #micropoetry #shortpoetry #precariat #writing
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My #VSS #microfiction: "About his wife" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/abou... #flashfiction #FlashLit #Writing #Love
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About his wife
"About his wife" is a slice-of-life very short story written by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #poem: "Dirty old man" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/dirt... #poetry #relationships #maturepoetry
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #poem: "Edinburgh Festical city" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/edin... #poetry #micropoetry #maturepoetry #Edinburgh
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My #poem: "performers" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/perf... #poetry #micropoetry #maturepoetry
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My #FlashFiction #VSS "NASA says it's round" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/05/nasa... #Fiction #Writing #NASA #Artemis
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NASA says it's round
Is the Earth flat or round? Did we go to the Moon? Flash Fiction short story by Russell Cavanagh
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My rather silly #poem: "Where cobble met tarmac" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/04/wher... #micropoetry #poetry #vssdaily
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-t... #poems #poetry
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'"My body, my choice!" screamed the empty wombs.' - snippet from my slice-of-life #VSS365: "My body, my choice" #abortion #health #wellbeing #microfiction #FlashLit manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-b...
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My body, my choice
"My body, my choice" is a slice-of-life short story about abortion, based on real experience and written by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My new #poem: "September sun" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/sept... #poetry #weather #Seasons #Writing #Humour
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A s p e n🕊️©️(AspenBrave®️™️) @aspenbrave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Memorizing midnight's #moonglade Reaching beyond dark’s fear Gliding my illumination Beyond night & day Braving spheres' Transformation No tete-a-tete Risked higher A humble way My love steers A Harmonization Survivor's silhouette Memorializing a manifestation #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry
Woman’s silhouette against a golden moon
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This site is a great concept - daily reading a random paragraph that can add salt to your outlook or thought - well worth supporting. And I'm blessed to have two pieces published there. Get writing!
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thanks to @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social for sharing this wonderful find on YT. One of the 20th century's great writers and an inspiration. 😎
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here's a cheery #poem for anyone out there who, like me, is advancing in years: "My time to die" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-t... #Ageing #Health #Poetry #NHS #flu
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'"My body, my choice!" screamed the empty wombs.' - snippet from my slice-of-life #VSS365: "My body, my choice" #abortion #health #wellbeing #microfiction #FlashLit manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/09/my-b...
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My body, my choice
"My body, my choice" is a slice-of-life short story about abortion, based on real experience and written by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My new #poem: "September sun" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/sept... #poetry #weather #Seasons #Writing #Humour
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"That species, aliens who'd become the ruling class on Earth, had been considered contrary to all mankind almost since the dawn of time" - snippet from my timely #dystopian #flashfiction The last sane man on Earth manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #FlashLit #microfiction #NWO #surveillance
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The last sane man on Earth
"The last sane man on Earth" - dystopian flash fiction by Russ Cavanagh.
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wrote this #supernatural #microfiction a few months ago. It's not a genre I generally veer towards but it really was fun #writing it, and reading it again recently - and so I hope you enjoy: "Back from the old road" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/05/back... #VSS365 #flashfiction #FlashLit
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Back from the old road
Strange things happen when you're on the road for hours - flash fiction by Russell Cavanagh
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ah, the acrimony that follows a #love lost: My #poem "This beast lives" poetrusscavanagh.blogspot.com/2026/09/this... #poetry #writing #relationships
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wrote this #supernatural #microfiction a few months ago. It's not a genre I generally veer towards but it really was fun #writing it, and reading it again recently - and so I hope you enjoy: "Back from the old road" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/05/back... #VSS365 #flashfiction #FlashLit
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Back from the old road
Strange things happen when you're on the road for hours - flash fiction by Russell Cavanagh
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Didn't call the police. Instead, I ejected them, the three junkies who thought my stair a great place to unload and evaluate their haul." - snippet from my #FlashLit #ShortStory: "This one last night of summer" manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/08/this... #VSS365 #economy #energy #Hope
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This one last night of summer
"This one last night of summer" is a slice-of-life story about the end times we live in, written by Russ Cavanagh
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𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚑 @russcavanagh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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