Writes things, teaches things, learns things, parents a person, and some other things (BFFA winner; Bridport SL; Pushcart Nominated; LL Wigleaf Top 50) South West, UK, but Northern.
MaireadWrites
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My first read of the day and it's a beautiful one
‘His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opened with a swift beheading’ - the unsettling atmosphere, the almost imperceptible build to an understanding of quiet devastation - magnificent.
This takes an unexpected turn and sparks a whole heap of joy!
"“Careful you don’t get a reputation for being a b-i-t-c-h,” spells out Maggie."
This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
In memory of John Brantingham, one of his stories in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Such a light that has gone out in the world. I'm so lucky I got to meet him, if only online, if only for a few hours.
#FlashInTheFeed
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If you haven't read our charity anthology yet, here's three reasons why you should! 🦝
In Roadkill, Mairead Fagan @maireadwrites.bsky.social gives us gripping and gruesome with a haunting tale of desperation and survival 💜
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“a softening in the earth like something exhaling from below…”
This is too fucking good
Mon Dickson
Very proud that my story about deep cleaners is out in Gooseberry Pie today 😁 gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/
“The Librarian”
by @sagreene1.bsky.social
Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Writing Comp
gooseberry-pie.com/the-librarian/
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by John Brantingham IT’S JUST DUSK SOMEWHERE outside Topeka, Kansas, and you’ve been driving all day with Ellen beside you, now silently in her own world when you see what you think are giant…
Stories by @kiklodge.bsky.social always make my day, this one no exception, and it’s only quarter to eight.
Does It Have Pockets
@maireadwrites.bsky.social
“It’ll take them the rest of the day, so we leave them to it and head to the hospital, to sit at my mother’s bedside and watch her sleep.”
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Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Writing Competition by S A Greene The Librarian wakens to find himself spreadeagled naked on the centre page of a book, with his modesty, such as it is, preserved only ...
Photo by Aleksi Partanen on Unsplash by Mairead Robinson They start in the attic with buckets and bleach, their efficient brooms sweeping spiders into tiny binbags as sunlight spills through gaps in t...
Brilliant flash by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social “Still, regret rings through me like a tuning fork.” Brings a whole new meaning to “spark joy”!
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
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The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“Property Line” by Elena Rotzokou is now up!
Art by Ruri Kato
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The year the sinkhole opened behind Marla’s house we were already halfway through the brisket and three handles of vodka, the folding tables bowing under deviled eggs sweating in paprika, the kids …
