We're tempting you before the Preloved Stories issue launches on the 28th 🦝
@ekmacdonald.bsky.social gives us Reg, a character in crisis, wondering if he can change in time while a storm rages
@lousie-w.bsky.social shows us a young girl torn by the loss of the best person in her life, and a hen
And continuing our thanks to our March authors #MikkiAronoff @joannagarbutt.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social #SusmitaMukherjee @writesofkathryn.bsky.social. To catch up please click on the link below and enjoy
"I’m thinking I got the Ray Liottas like from Goodfellas when he’s coked to the eyeballs, truly fucked up, knowing shit’s gonna hit now he’s under the eyes of the feds, the buzzing in my ears the hover copter tracking my moves inch for inch" @ekmacdonald.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Our Trash Family Gallery has some new additions. Check out our Preloved Stories contributors - their words are coming tomorrow!
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Thank you @freeflashfiction.bsky.social and judge @sagreene1.bsky.social a story prompted by these hot dry days
Thank you so much @fictivedream.bsky.social.
Thank you so much @trashcatlit.bsky.social. I'm so happy to see Reg back out in the world.
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My shortlisted story in the Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition, At the Bay is published today: atthebay.org/emily-macdon...
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12 posts published by Fictive Dream during March 2026
"If only Roger had died sooner." Wilt or Bloom by @ekmacdonald.bsky.social from today's "Second Chances" themed #MicroMonday #microfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...
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Here They Are! 💜
The fifteen spangly new Trash Family contributing their amazing stories to our upcoming Spring Preloved Stories issue.
Be there on the 28th 🦝
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"Stupid Peter sat on the blanket and banged the bucket with a plastic spade." Brother is a Fish by Emily Macdonald @ekmacdonald.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy
As chosen by Judge S.A. Greene -
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FFF Competition Twenty-Eight Shortlisted:
Between Dust and Desolation
by Emily Macdonald
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Joe kicks the earth. Dust puffs and powders his worn boots. A few spits in the wind and a muddied sky raised his hopes but the feeble intimations have amounted to nothing. He crouches low and scans fo...
Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2025 Short List The seagull cruises the breeze, high above the blue and green of Cardigan Bay. The sea is tipped with white ruffles, inked with shadow, edged by the...
Our spotlight has a side of Q&A today 🦝
We found @ekmacdonald.bsky.social's short story to be full of tension, grit and authenticity - a proper *story* and a flawed, complex character in Reg.
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Also read Emily's cracking interview:
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