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Ashley Mangtani

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Slipstream Writer ✍️ Published or forthcoming in Strange Horizons | LITRO | Washington Square Review | Boudin | Neon Dystopia | Expat Press | HAWKEYE etc Short story collection ⬇️ ashleymangtani.com

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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Is anyone interested in collaborating on a short story with me for Collaborature Journal? Open to any suggestions ☺️ duotrope.com/magazine/col... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Collaborature
Collaborate: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor. literature: writings in prose or verse Mission: Minds can be opened, much can be learned, and creativity ca...
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Slowly starting to resent everything I’ve learned over the last decade as a technical writer. The day job is just painfully boring now. I am so done with software documentation. I just want to ditch reality, write fiction, and create fantastical worlds for my characters. #WritersSky #CreativeWriting
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Since my HTML Short Story Games didn't find a home elsewhere, I decided to just self-publish the first two! 🎮📖 You can play "Full Service" and "Groundhog Royale" for free right here: ashleymangtani.com/#storygames If you enjoy them, I'd love to make more! #WritingCommunity #StoryGame
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Ashley Mangtani | Fiction Writer & Short Story Portfolio
Ashley Mangtani is a slipstream writer whose work explores ecological and social collapse, and the roles people inhabit in moments of crisis. Drawing on an M.Sc. in Environmental Science and experienc...
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Basile's 1634 tale ends with seven women throwing a girl into a cesspit and the story hurrying on to a wedding. It looks away at the exact moment it should stare. So I gave her the seating plan. First in a series on how I wrote every story in my collection, Unhappy Endings. sl1nk.com/e87mmag
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Seven Chairs for Seven Sins: How I Wrote Dinner with the Myrtle
In 1634, Giambattista Basile published the Pentamerone, the book the Grimms would later strip-mine for parts. Inside it sits a tale called…
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Escaped from the clutches of X. Now I’m back 🥹
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@stanchion.bsky.social I wrote an essay about the decline of the literary scene, the closure of magazines, and why independent journals matter more than ever. Thank you for everything you’ve built. medium.com/p/why-im-wri... #LiteraryMagazines #WritingCommunity
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Why I’m Writing a Book Called Unhappy Endings
On a good week, I read forty strangers’ stories before I write a sentence of my own. I read longform fiction for Ploughshares and slush for…
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Lots happening lately. I’m gearing up to finish my short story collection, Unhappy Endings, and I've got another 5 or so published pieces I can’t wait to share. Also just wrapped a proof of concept essay and sent it out to the big magazines. Will share more soon 📖 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Sometimes I want to give up 🤦‍♀️
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Gearing up to crack open my very first batch of @pshares.bsky.social fiction submissions and the anticipation is real! Huge thanks to @jennymolberg.bsky.social for trusting me with the queue. Let’s go! 📚✨ I’m on the masthead ⬇️🥹 pshares.org/about/staff/ #WritingCommunity #Ploughshares #AmWriting
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, POETRY EDITORJenny Molberg MANAGING EDITORRachel Dillon NONFICTION EDITORHanif Abdurraqib FICTION EDITORPaul Harding Art Director: Allison Truj Director of Finance and Business Develo...
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Haven’t posted in a minute. Update: more rejections rolling in, 157 active submissions on Submittable across 11 stories, a Bridport Prize entry, shortlisted for the Write Mentor Award and Fahmidan 26, 3 more stories published 🤞 Also working on my debut short story collection. #WritingCommunity
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The 2026 scorecard so far: 17 short stories written. 9 published. 5 forthcoming. 3 currently in the submission trenches. Back to the keyboard. ☕️ #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFiction #ShortStoryWriter #Submittable #WritersOfBluesky
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Guys, I’ve made the shortlist for the @write-mentor.bsky.social First Novel Award 2026 out of 1300 entries and I can’t contain my excitement! Stand by for Redeployment was a love affair from the first word. Fingers crossed for the win. 🤞 SHORTLIST⬇️ tinyurl.com/mz65w9mu #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thrilled for my upcoming stories in Flash Fiction Magazine, Empyrean, The McNeese Review, Boudin, Mobius, GossamerWight, The Thieving Magpie, NFNF, and Ultramarine Literary Review! Massive thank you to the editors, and for keeping me sane. Onto the next one! 🖋️ #WritingCommunity #LitMag #SpecFic
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Six million pounds of fuel beneath this small arrangement of bones." My piece "T–00:00:43" is out in Quasar Review! Huge thanks to the editors. Read here: online.fliphtml5.com/vaxyt/dhoo/#... What are your favorite tense sci-fi reads? 👇 #SciFi #FlashFiction #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Tenth Edition - The Quasar Review's One-Year-Anniversary
The Quasar Review's One-Year-Anniversary Edition.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Something special is brewing with @quasarreview, tracing the echoes of the 1993 Titan IV rocket disaster. 🚀🌌 It brings back memories of cold launch days and the silence that changed everything. The countdown is on. Stay posted! #SpaceExploration #History #SpaceDisaster #WritingCommunity #MustRead
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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Mr. White is running late. Late for his father's funeralhis family…his life until a shortcut through the backyard opens into something far stranger. A journey through memory, regret & the cost of always putting tomorrow ahead of today from @writerash.bsky.social literarygarage.com/down-the-rab...
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Down The Rabbit Hole | Literary Garage
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Huge thank you to the team @literarygarage.bsky.social for publishing “Down the Rabbit Hole” out today! 🐰🕰️ “You whittled yourself down to a timetable and called it a life. And now you are exactly on time.” When do you finally stop running? #ShortStory #LiteraryHorror #MustRead
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A huge thank you to @write-mentor.bsky.social! "Stand by for Redeployment" has officially made the longlist for their 2026 Novel Award. 🖋️✨ Such a proud milestone. Fingers crossed for the shortlist🤞 #WritingCommunity #WriteMentor #SpecFic #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting write-mentor.com/2026/05/29/w...
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WriteMentor 2026 Novel and Picture Book Awards: In partnership with Darley Anderson Agency: Longlists - WriteMentor
Thanks so much to everyone who entered the awards this year. In total we had 1336 entries across the 3 categories and that reflects the value you all have for […]
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Just finished the hardest story I’ve ever written. "The Eastern Feeder" captures one catastrophic day during the fall of the Khmer Empire. I stripped the prose down to the absolute bone for this one. Time to send it out and see what happens. 🌊✍️ #WritingCommunity #LitFic #AmWriting
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Building my debut short story collection titled “Unhappy Endings”, and it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever written. Living in the utter tragedy of my characters lives is becoming overwhelmingly dark. But we need stories so I keep going. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Booksky
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
If you could place work in one literary journal, which would it be. You can only pick one and if you’re willing to share, I’d like to know why and whether you’ve submitted to them before and if so how many times. I’m a nosy nosy Parker! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #ShortStories
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Two stories coming out next week. Trying to have an Anne Hathaway 2026: an absurd amount of work suddenly releasing all at once. Goal is 20+ published short stories by the end of the year. #WritingCommunity #ShortStories #AmWriting
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“T–00:00:43” Forthcoming @HalfDayMoonJournal, Issue 4 (August) Based on the 2003 Columbia disaster, it moves through a launch sequence into the final moments of consciousness inside the capsule. What do you see in the final seconds? Link coming soon🫶 #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
When in doubt: DELETE DELETE DELETE #AmWriting #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It’s hard to stomach but the truth is that nobody cares about your growth apart from you. Looks into the mirror saying his affirmations: “I will get 50 publications this year!” So here’s a pat on the back Ash 🤚You deserve it! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ShortStory
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
“The room received the wreckage and asked no questions.” An ageing writer dies moments after finally producing the only sentence that could have saved him. The Satis House is live in Expat Press. expatpress.com/the-satis-ho... #LitFic #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Published #FlashFiction
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The Satis House – Ashley Mangtani - ExPat Press
The bed had not been left, and he had not left it. Between them, they had made something neither could name. The other things came in the usual order. That he was talented. That the world was mistaken...
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Looking back at my old life writing tech thought leadership. My work gets cited in academic journals, but none of it feels remotely as meaningful as publishing fiction. online-journals.org/index.php/i-... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitFic
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Do people still make About.me pages in 2026 or is this the online equivalent of buying a fax machine? Either way: about.me/ashley.mangtani #WritingCommunity #Networking #AmWriting
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Just remembered I wrote a whole book during the height of the pandemic! #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting www.waterstones.com/book/howexpe...
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HowExpert Guide to Becoming a Digital Nomad by Howexpert, Ashley Mangtani | Waterstones
Buy HowExpert Guide to Becoming a Digital Nomad by Howexpert, Ashley Mangtani from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Who else is addicted to checking their @submittable page? #WritingCommunity #Submissions #ShortStory
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Check out my 75-word story published on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social. “The Myrtle” a continuation of Giambattista Basile’s fairy tale from the Pentamerone. Curious what people think about retellings that push beyond original endings #FlashFiction #FairyTales #WritingCommunity www.paragraphplanet.com
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Published today in @paragraphplanet.bsky.social — “The Myrtle”, my 75-word continuation of Giambattista Basile’s 1634 fairy tale from the Pentamerone, where the myrtle finds her own justice. Really proud of this one. #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LitMag www.paragraphplanet.com
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Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Thank you @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for featuring my 75 word story going live (May 12). It’s tricky to land an emotional punch in so little space. Every word has to earn its place and my refusal to write happy endings only makes it harder. www.paragraphplanet.com #WritingCommunity #Microfiction
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Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Things have moved very fast. 3 stories accepted for publication in 2 months. Honestly shocked and incredibly grateful. If you’re submitting, don’t give up. I'm building a WhatsApp community for writers to share tips, life, inspiration & publishing advice. Interested? DM Me #WritingCommunity #LitMags
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/05/2026
Author, bookseller, and publisher friends: Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I just had a short story accepted for the print edition of the #WashingtonSquareReview I am gobsmacked 😶 I thought I’d share it with people who actually care 🫶 Published in early August. God that feels like a lifetime 📝 #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #KeepGoing
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Just putting it out there because I can’t sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a good news day 🤞I can feel it. Red eyed and resenting my laptop after sending out 50+ submissions. #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #Sleep
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’ve made a living off writing. Not many people can say that. Then I tell you my job. “I’m a content manager” you say “oh right” and the conversation sours. Pivoting to fulfil my creative dream so that beautiful words make me rich instead of ugly ones. Here’s to being unafraid 🙈 #WritingCommunity
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Built a list of literary magazines accepting short fiction subs in May. From cult indie journals to major lit mags, weird fiction, horror, flash, speculative, and fairy tale markets. Save it before submission season eats you alive: shorturl.at/6Zamh #WritingCommunity #LitMags #ShortFiction
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’ve had such a brilliant response for beta readers that I’ve created this Google Form to help streamline the application process. If you’d like to join my team you can apply here: ⬇️ forms.gle/KppyyCVrX5oH... Also setting up a WhatsApp group. DM me your mobile numbers to join 📲 #BetaReaders
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Stand by for Redeployment is published today in CommuterLit. A story built over a year, now out in the world. What would you risk to start over? Read it here: ⬇️ commuterlit.com/2026/05/wedn... #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Literature
An image of a message from Submittable addressed to Ashley Mangtani. The text thanks Ashley for submitting "Stand by for Redeployment" and states that they would like to post it as a general submission during the week of May 4 - 8, 2026. It also encourages signing up for their weekly newsletter on their homepage to see which day it will be posted.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I’m writing a reimagining of the ending of The Myrtle, from The Pentamerone. In the original, seven jealous women destroy a girl who lives inside a myrtle plant and are thrown into cesspits. Beta readers needed! #WritingCommunity #BetaReader en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pen...
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The Pentamerone, or The Story of Stories/The Myrtle - Wikisource, the free online library
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I want to share an incredibly personal memoir published in Mercurius One. It’s a nostalgic, queer coming-of-age reflection on love, identity and breaking free from 2000s cultural myths to find self acceptance. #QueerMemoir #QueerVoices #IndieLit #ComingOfAgeStory www.mercurius.one/home/life-lo...
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Life, Love & Gay Inhibitions In The Noughties — Mercurius
By Ashley Mangtani
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“Stand by for Redeployment” published in #CommuterLit on May 6. When an organism reclaims Earth, paramedic Dan Mercer learns authorities sacrificed his crew to track the outbreak. Refusing the system, he builds an underground refuge and must decide what he will sacrifice to keep survivors alive.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How many projects do you keep on the go at once? I’ve got 6 short stories in progress, 1 major WIP, and 3–4 submissions out. Feels normal now but I’ve no idea what the baseline is. How many are you juggling? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #ShortStory
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Working full time as a content manager, studying part time for a master’s in environmental science, and writing at least 15 hours a week, I thought it was finally catching up with me. Then I got a 98 on my last assignment and landed a publication in CommuterLit! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitMags
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Which lit mags do you keep going back to when you submit and what drives that choice? Prestige , response times, editorial taste, or just a sense that your work fits there. What matters most when you pick where to send your writing? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitFiction #WritersOfBluesky
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A few days ago, I wrote about how painful it is to spend months on a story only for it to go nowhere. Today I found out Stand-by for Redeployment has been accepted by CommuterLit and will be published next week. Keep going. #WritersOfBluesky #BookSky #ShortStory #AmWriting #WritingLife #LitFic
A vertical split-screen image contrasting a messy, red-inked physical manuscript labeled "Before: The Grind" with a bright laptop screen showing a formal acceptance email from CommuterLit labeled "After: Accepted." The email confirms the story "Stand-by for Redeployment" will be published next week.
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Observation Five short stories charting civilisation’s downfall over a hundred year period. Each captures a pivotal moment in humanity’s encounter with a hostile species long thought extinct. Would you read it? Beta Readers Needed! #WritingCommunity #SciFi #ShortStories #WIP #SubmissionCall
Three exhausted survivors sit in a dim, rusted tunnel, covered in dust and wearing damaged gas masks. One slumps against the wall while the others crouch beside him. A sealed metal hatch looms behind them as debris litters the ground. Below the image, a white panel displays a tense excerpt describing their escape and the line: “They know where we are now.”
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Ashley Mangtani @writerash.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Observation Something is in the water. It shouldn’t be there. And she can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched. The samples are wrong. The readings don’t make sense. What do you think it is? #SciFiHorror #ShortStory #AmWriting #WIP #WritingCommunity
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