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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch

@yallaalia.bsky.social
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🚀Dancer & Writer. ✨Brit based in Zurich. ⚡️Words in Fractured Lit, X-RAY Literary, LEON Literary, Bending Genres, Gone Lawn, JMWW, Your Impossible Voice…Nom BSF & BMF 2025 🎖️Bath Flash Fiction Short List

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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 01/09/2026
"At first they were blind little hand warmers piling on us mothers, all warm, cozy bodies and colored furs, their sloe-eyed faces, exquisite with whiskers." Amazing work from @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in @fishbarrelreview.bsky.social fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/n...
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Our Children Have Turned to Kittens At first they were blind little hand warmers piling on us mothers, all warm, cozy bodies and colored furs, their sloe-eyed faces, exquisite with whiskers. We wer…
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 28/08/2026
"Someone passed around the red coffee jug full of bright cherry Kool-Aid. It tasted like metal and childhood and everything else that disappears before it should." Love this! #archivechallenge @zaryfekete.bsky.social ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
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Humidity — Ghost Parachute
In July the air was thick enough to push back. You and I stood in it, early, before the sun arrived like a loud, brash fire. At dawn the corn leaves were still wet and sharp at the edges. Our shirts s...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 27/08/2026
Such a purrrrrfect 'happy' ending! #archivechallenge @lumchanmfa.bsky.social ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
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There’s a Dead Cat in the Installation — Ghost Parachute
I want to scream at you but I know you don’t want to hear it as you wander around the abandoned drug store turned found art showcase, old boxes of meds, the kanji, hiragana, katakana in red, blue, whi...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 23/08/2026
So many excuses! @sherrieflick.bsky.social #archivechallenge ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...
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Because — Ghost Parachute
Because she couldn’t see the model completely and because she was shy and because her pen had leaked all over her bag and because she’d had that crush on Ned and because Ned modeled sometimes, like to...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 20/08/2026
Amazing! The tension of a Dorito! #archivechallenge ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...
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Sacred Geometry — Ghost Parachute
“Are you still seeing that guy,” Sloane asks from her bed while rubbing sunscreen into the dip beneath her collarbone, “Mall Mike?” Zoe laughs with her mouth full, with orange dust clinging to her lip...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 18/08/2026
"Star Shine had eyes like water bottle caps, a body like a gallon of milk." Love this. The deep sadness and longing of the adult, and the inability of the child to put into words what's wrong. #archivechallenge ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
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Star Shine — Ghost Parachute
It wasn’t a bad baby, she just liked to make it cry. They called the baby Star Shine because that was its name and Lesly thought that was a joke—her older brother not known for his humor but for his s...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 13/08/2026
Beautiful use of an object to hold a story of motherhood and loss @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social #archivechallenge ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
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Ship in a Bottle — Ghost Parachute
Dahlia peers out to the horizon where a tiny sailboat hovers. Her throat tightens when she imagines it speeding away and disappearing from sight, wishes she could pluck it from the sea, cradle it in h...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 13/08/2026
So happy and grateful to be nominated for Best of the Net 2027. Thanks to Court Harler & Flash The Court: flashthecourt.com/2025/12/05/l...
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“Ladies Prefer Blonds: Fragments of an Undoing” by Ali McKenzie-Murdoch
“Ladies Prefer Blonds: Fragments of an Undoing” by Ali McKenzie-Murdoch is a prose poem that fixates on one deceptive word: rubio, which means blond but with bloodred roots. But it’s also a flash f…
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 09/08/2026
Incredible how a story can be told through a few lines of Google searches... @kimmagowan.bsky.social #archivechallenge ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
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How Do I Clear a Search History — Ghost Parachute
How do I assess if someone is lying What are somatic “cues” Most unobtrusive GPS tracking devices How do I install a GPS tracking device Can a phone detect a hidden tracker How much does average divor...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 07/08/2026
Amazing micro by Sarah Freligh. It earns its final line completely...inevitable and devastating. @sfreligh.bsky.social #archivechallenge ghostparachute.com/issue/august...
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Jumpers — Ghost Parachute
I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning. I used to dream I was one of them, on a window le...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 07/08/2026
So proud to be on this list!
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 16/02/2026
So delighted to be longlisted for the @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🎉
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 14/01/2026
Very excited and grateful to be nominated by Flash the Court for Best Small Fictions 2026 flashthecourt.com/noms/?fbclid...
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Noms
Each year, Flash the Court will endeavor to nominate as many pieces as possible to the various venues who seek anthology nominations. Find the ongoing list below: 2026 Nominations Best of the Net“T…
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 10/12/2025
Amazing human beings? @kelliborges2.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social @cariwriting.bsky.social 💖💖💖
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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
"In Renaissance Venice, women bleached their hair with horse urine and lemon juice, lying on sun-soaked roofs. Blonde, they believed, was closer to the divine. The sting, the smell, the heat." Gripping piece here from @yallaalia.bsky.social
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Congratulations @yallaalia.bsky.social, @jefferyallentobin.bsky.social, @sabinejaccaud.bsky.social, Sheree Shatsky & Mike Wilson, our nominees for the next @sundresspub.bsky.social #BestoftheNet anthology. Fingers crossed! #flashfiction #prosepoetry #creativenonfiction
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 05/12/2025
So excited to publish my first prose poem, part of my WIP novella-in-flash. Many thanks to Flash the Court. Also Julie Irigaray & @saloneurope.bsky.social for helping me dive deeper into this form. Enjoy my obsession with blonds! flashthecourt.com
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 04/10/2025
“You belong in a Picasso painting — there, one ear higher than the other, sawhorse for a cheekbone, hatchet marks for lips.” Wonderful prose poem, The Bad Doctor, from my lovely friend @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47
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Unbroken | Issue 46 | Summer 2025
Prose poems for y'all.
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 01/10/2025
So happy to be nominated for my piece “Feeding Time” which I recently had the pleasure of reading in Brussels at the @saloneurope.bsky.social
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 12/09/2025
So happy to read at the @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels. “Feeding Time” pub. @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social thewoolfx.com/feeding-time...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 12/09/2025
Such a great experience, reading at the opening evening of the @saloneurope.bsky.social Big thank you for organizing such an inspiring event,
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 08/09/2025
What truths will unfold as Katerina Zherebtsova reads from her debut poetry collection? I’m excited to interview Katerina on Tuesday, 23rd Sept, from 18.30 at B2 Hotel Zurich All proceeds go to @Action4WomenCH Tickets: Girls left in the woods become archeologists | bossladies
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 18/08/2025
Wonderful, visceral, raw read from @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
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Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
“No one plaits my hair anymore. It streams behind me, and I swim against the tide.” This beauty! 💙💙💙@yallaalia.bsky.social @librelit.bsky.social
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 16/08/2025
“I will say my goodbyes to each room. Remember our newborn snuggling on a sheepskin rug, hear the creaking herringbone parquet floors, relive my postpartum vigil at the bedroom window, the slow-motion clouds.” Delighted to see my piece In Between in @librelit.bsky.social
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Libre @librelit.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Fictions today by @yallaalia.bsky.social librelit.com/2025/08/16/a...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 25/07/2025
Perfect companion for a holiday in Italia…bravo @fionamckay.bsky.social for your wonderful & deeply moving novella published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social Read The Lives of the Dead now!
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 07/07/2025
"He tells her how he’s never seen any place as beautiful, the ice clear and aquamarine, how it glows as if lit within." So beautiful from @kelliborges2.bsky.social In @fracturedlit.bsky.social
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 29/06/2025
Wow such great flash selected by @mariegethins.bsky.social Congratulations to all the winners! Well deserved. 👏👏👏
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 27/06/2025
“Yes, this is how she wants to be. With her friends. Freed of the shellac smothering the rest of her life.” What a flash by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social 😍
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 26/06/2025
OMG! 🎉I’m over the moon to be on the shortlist! @bathflashaward.bsky.social
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 21/06/2025
I’m so excited to find myself on the long list of the 30th @bathflashaward.bsky.social ! 🎉
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 15/06/2025
“We never walk to our cars without our keys in hand, nails flashing Kick Ass Red, metal splayed through our fingers like weapons.” Chilling and powerful flash from my treasured friend @kelliborges2.bsky.social
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
"She wonders if she made the monster from her wanting—her skin, her softness, her silence. Did she mistake the vibration in her body for desire, not warning? Did she hand him the keys?" Brilliant extended metaphor from @yallaalia.bsky.social
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 14/06/2025
So excited to be in this flash flood! Amazing. Enjoy the ride!
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 12/06/2025
My flash “ Daniel is a Monster Truck” will be joining the flood at 8:40 a.m. (BST) on 14 June 2025. Thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
ICYMI: Our new #Bully issue is packed with a fierce mix of #shortfiction from @yallaalia.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @marjorietesser.bsky.social @tomljanovic.bsky.social along with Chris Clemens, Alice Kinerk & Tracy Hope. Have a look.. thewoolfx.com
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
'Dad says he only wants to help.' Another day at the beach, another incident with Dad - here's a masterclass in sensory #flashfiction from @yallaalia.bsky.social in the #Bully issue, out now. thewoolfx.com/feeding-time...
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Feeding Time by Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch | The Woolf
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 19/05/2025
“She also remembers the question that always nudged its way up her body like a helium balloon during the holidays. Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Was Linda alone?” Powerful flash from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social thewoolfx.com/bully-by-daw...
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"Tattooed forearms flexing, he ploughs through the pebbles and onto the tarmac before anyone can stop him" A piece full of brilliant details from @yallaalia.bsky.social. Always wonderful to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb story out in the world!
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Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
“A figure staggers towards our blanket. Mum growls deep in her throat. I manage a whimper. Dad?” @yallaalia.bsky.social Ali’s stories are always gorgeous and full of exquisite detail! Read “Feeding Time,” @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social ❤️
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Without further ado, Issue 8 is now live! The #Bully issue features thought-provoking words from 14 incredible writers. Stay tuned for highlights or have a look yourself - it's a corker #flashfiction #microfiction #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #shortstories thewoolfx.com
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Sometimes we howl.
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 18/05/2025
“Tonight is fish and chips on the beach, serenaded by the whizz-bang ka-ching from the amusement arcade.” Read my piece “Feeding Time” in the latest @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social thewoolfx.com/feeding-time...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 07/05/2025
Love the style of the latest @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social issue. Read my piece “On Viewing” on p.54 or here! “Simon collects people like some collect stamps, cataloguing their bodies with his camera. The curve of a shoulder, a collarbone, parted lips.” thehooghlyreview.com/issues/issue...
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 26/04/2025
Woohoo! So excited to float down the river. My piece, “Daniel is a Monster Truck”, will bob up and down in the Flood. Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social workshop where I wrote this flash.
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 20/04/2025
Excited to see my piece in this beautiful new issue of @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
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Ali Mckenzie-Murdoch @handle.invalid · 13/04/2025
“Though the road was empty, I switched on the blinker to hear a few rounds of the ticking.” Love this melodious piece by @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social Powerful, tense, wonderfully capturing the fear and desire of teenage girls.
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
"We drank Prosecco on the number 31, escaping the confetti blizzard, the plastic champagne flute cheap between my lips but the ring heavy on my finger" Ooft - great one-sentence story from @yallaalia.bsky.social -such a wonderful build of character and emotion
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D.B. Miller @dbmillerwriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Ooof, squeezed between ceramic and lobster-pink skin indeed... a wee and wild flash by @yallaalia.bsky.social
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Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“and still in my wedding dress with the matching red patent shoes, I whispered footsteps in snow strewn with autumn leaves” A STUNNER by the amazing yallaalia.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social Don’t miss this one, it’s 🔥🔥🔥
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