The Siege of Herons 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…

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.

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So good!!

Wonderful story! Congratulations 🥳

All those layers but with such a light touch - masterly, as always x

S’okay. I got four emails so maybe it was only 4,250 people.

This takes an unexpected turn and sparks a whole heap of joy!

Nothing wrong with that 💪

Bloody marvellous!!! Well done, you wonder you!!! 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Stories by @kiklodge.bsky.social always make my day, this one no exception, and it’s only quarter to eight.

Brill - loved this!

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Agree completely!

"“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

Brilliant! - You’ve nailed that cheerleader vibe!

When My mother Is Admitted to Hospital, We Organise a Team of Cleaners to Perform a Deep Clean of Her House - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine 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...

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“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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Whole nut - yes.

‘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.

Thank you Matt! Glad you enjoyed it x

Ahhhh lovely Sumitra - beautiful artwork x

Yippee! Congratulations and yes please x

Thank you so much x

Thank you x

Thanks for reading xx

Thank you Emily x

Hello to you too! Writing in the hairline cracks between life at the moment xx

Thank you lovely Sumitra x

Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories

Very proud that my story about deep cleaners is out in Gooseberry Pie today 😁 gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/

Oh wow! I listened and didn’t even cotton on it was your story - what a banger though - congrats!

Wonderful stories - what a treat to read them - congratulations all.