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.
Patience Mackarness
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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
Love this from Tiia-May Redditt. Food and longing, excellently done!
As I Slurped Aburasoba flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/05...
More readers are needed for Thin Skin magazine - showcasing the work of writers over 50. Find out more via the contact page at
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Thin Skin's open to poetry submissions!
WOW to this one by Lena Kinder in @havehashad.com !
"You will wrap tiny fingers around my thumb, blink up at me with eyes ancient as starlight ..." Just gorgeous.
Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social and @mizuki-yama.bsky.social ! What an honour to be included, love the comments too ❤️ #Mondettes
Patience Mackarness
Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7.
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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/
I have signed the petition to ask the UK Government to scrap all contracts with Palantir.
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Patience Mackarness
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Special pub day for me. This CNF was workshopped in @smokelong.bsky.social (thanks peeps) and written in honor of my youngest daughter— we recovered from our eating disorders together. Thanks to Bright Flash Literary Review for publishing Rebirth.
brightflash1000.com/2026/06/05/r...
Thin Skin magazine
Creative Non-fiction by Tracie Adams I will lift you from embryonic waters, my heart a purring engine against your buttery skin. I will kiss your rosebud lips, feed you from my own body. You will w…
