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Posts by Frances Gapper

Many congratulations, Jack!!! 🐟 🐠 🐟

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she’s — Blood+Honey by Frances Gapper “watching baby starling that great fluffy lump of entitlement plumped on the feeder’s crossbar waiting to have seedy mush inserted in its beak shoved down its throat hurry up mum...

"woman with a depleted bank account who can’t stop ordering seed and suet balls and pink slabs of seed-studded suet and mealworms and new types of feeder tube or dish or guard." Love this @francesgapper.bsky.social in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/shes

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Thank you so much, Claudia! 💞

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"It used to be that every night, we had a friend who was just the sun reflected through a floating rock..."

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Today's spotlight from our latest cat-centric issue is from @francesgapper.bsky.social 🦝
We loved the brilliant brevity of this piece, which added to the mystery and quiet spookiness. We get but glimpse of Murgatroyd - but he lingers...

trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/

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Flash 405: 2025 Issue - Exposition Review Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...

Rereading our #Flash405: “Illumination” winners, now available in our Flash 405: 2025 Issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.

@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

@francesgapper.bsky.social

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Purrfect quote for a click-through and I love your writer Q & A! 😻

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Thanks so much, Tracey!!

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Thank you very much, Suzanne! 💞

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Thanks so much, Cole! 💞

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Thanks so much, Jude! 💞

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Thank you, Kyle - and many congratulations to you!

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Thanks, Kelli - and many congratulations to you too!!

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Thanks so much, Dan! 💞

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Many congratulations, Kik!

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Thank you, Kik - and many congratulations to you!!

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Thanks ever so much, Lori! 💞

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Thank you so much, Belinda!

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So delighted to be on this list! Many thanks to series editors @megpokrass.bsky.social and Gary Fincke, guest editor @dseuss.bsky.social and of course to the fabulous Switch.

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Many congratulations, Christine! ♥️

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Murgatroyd Frances Gapper Oh well Although keen on cats, Aunt Jane wished to avoid catching even a glimpse of Murgatroyd the furry death herald, our ancestral ghost. Upon turning 70 she locked her cat flap an…

A tiny tale by @francesgapper.bsky.social in @trashcatlit.bsky.social that manages to be creepy, clever, funny, and thought-provoking in very few words.

trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/

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Thank you so much, Dawn!

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Thank you so much, Lori! 😻

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Beautiful story, Lori - so heartfelt and yet lightly told!

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The cats are out of the binbag!

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Mine was 'potato' 🥔 🙂

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#flash #writer folks, check out this wonderful bin/journal—two paws up!!! 😻

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Thank you, Lori - I'm looking forward to reading about Thomas!

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Our LAST tease!
Issue launches 2nd Jan. Get your paws on 20 cat flash then 🦝

@heatherbooknook.bsky.social shows us a future where the cats get all the tech
@jennyhart2001.bsky.social layers her relationship story with martial arts
@francesgapper.bsky.social gives us a glimpse of something uncanny

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And I'm looking forward to seeing yours, Lori! 😻

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