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kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social
Κλεοπάτρα 🇨🇾 Writer, reader, editor | HAD, Tiny Molecules, Flash Flood, Maudlin House, Raw Lit | Longlisted, Bath Flash Fiction Award | She/her. kleopatraolympiou.com
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@mizukiyamagen.bsky.social was in my group in @smokelong.bsky.social March Micro Madness and I remember thinking how impossibly, impressively talented she is and how far her writing would go!! Just immensely satisfying to be proven right by these incredible news ☺️ Congratulations!!!

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Hello!! I am overjoyed to announce my story "Between Chamisa and Rengyo" has won ✨FIRST PLACE✨ in the Smokey! Am I dreaming?! Tremendously honored to be amongst these incredible authors and stories. Super grateful to the @smokelong.bsky.social judges for seeing something special in this one. 🌿

submitted 3 days ago • 20 comments

Yay open access!!

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Sauron wants to dominate Middle Earth. We sat down with him to discuss his love for rings. - Rohan Sun-Telegraph

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no

submitted 13 days ago • 55 comments

We have 14 places left for external participants! Write with us this summer. It's going to be the biggest SmokeLong party yet. www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

So excited to have a story in this wonderful anthology -- preorders available! Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social, what an honour!

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

"...and it’s when she says the word that she knows we are there, that she sees us, or maybe hears the leathery slap of our wings as we fill her room and watch her,...." My lord, this remarkable piece of writing by @fionamckay.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute! 💙💙💙 ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

We're getting ready for a party.

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New @marioaliberto3.bsky.social story: fracturedlit.com/i-regret-to-...

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

My debut prose pub is out today! Grateful to @havehashad.com and @hexliterary.bsky.social for letting me share this personal piece.

submitted 41 days ago • 7 comments

Woke up to an acceptance from swamp pink today!! In utter disbelief that I get to be in such a dream mag.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Many thanks to our FlashFlood editors: @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @saraschansarkar.bsky.social @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social @judiwalsh.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @amygcb.bsky.social & Cassandra Parkin

submitted 43 days ago • 6 comments

I'm absolutely stoked to be a part of my very first FlashFlood this year! 🌊🌊🌊 They are still open for a little while longer - get those micros in, people!

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

Incredibly honored my little piece "Sweet Fruit for Tired Wings" managed to trickle its way into the Flash Flood's Debut Flash Series. Thank you editors 🍓 @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

"When I was a girl, a woman in my town died in suspicious circumstances." Anyone looking for a story with a great opening and ending to teach, @fionamckay.bsky.social's got you covered!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Really grateful to past me who saved this to read when I had a clearer mind and wow, I'm once again in awe of @aniking.bsky.social. Go read it!!!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Wow

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So far FlashFlood has accepted stories from the following countries. Please let me know if I have missed anywhere: UK, Netherlands, Italy, Canada, South Africa, UAE, France, Australia, India, New Zealand, Spain, Bangladesh, Greece, Germany, Ireland, US & Japan! Let’s add some more countries!

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

We’d love to read your work 😊

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