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iamagnat.bsky.social
Writer, engineer, mother, dabbler in crafts.
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Thanks to the generous sponsors for my stair climb challenge, I have free spots for low-income writers on all my upcoming #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. Details about the courses: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work... Sign up to the "lottery": docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Re-reading my cousin's story RedDog - take two minutes out of your day to enjoy this. necessaryfiction.com/stories/Nual...

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If you are available for writing fun this Sunday - try this Write Along from @trashcatlit.bsky.social. Free and inspiring (as well as fun).

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

#submissioncall for this lovely journal - poetry, prose and visual art. Free to submit. Cash for acceptance. Deadline 8th June.

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I am currently enjoying episodes of Feather and Flock - a mixture of ornithology, music, folklore and history. @goldengrenadesco.bsky.social and @electrarhodes.bsky.social you might like this? www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

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What is it with 3am-ish story ideas? Could ye not just wait until proper morning?

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#30Words30Days Day 31(!) - #Launch The animals seemed unharmed; it was time to launch a human test of the time machine. When I got back Paul was still standing there. “Who are you?” he asked.

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#30Words30Days Day 30 - #Gather We both turned fifty-nine last week. “It’s all downhill from here,” he said. We gather ourselves together for the next stage. We strap on our skis, push off and whoop.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Have you sent a story to the TrashCat? You probably should. Accepting originals and reprints, themed on 'treasure in unexpected places'.

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#30Words30Days Day 29 - #String The physicists theorise that particles are strings rather than points. Vibrations of these strings affect the universe. Quantum stuff. Einstein simply harrumphs, lifts his violin to his shoulder and plays.

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#30Words30Days Day 28 - #Wave Sound needs a medium and, sometimes, there is a void between us. I am howling silently like a black hole. As we start to listen our wavelengths align once more.

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#30Words30Days Day27 - #Skip Through her window, lit by the soft early summer dawn, she watches. With a hop, skip and jump the magpies tease the urban fox that snaps helplessly at thin air.

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I have a #haiku in this tea-themed anthology.

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#30Words30Days Day26 - #Rummage The floorboards groan under the gathered weight of books and newspapers. He rummages through the detritus and hauls out her wedding album. All she says is, “What a pretty lady”.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

No luck for me , but eager to read all your @natflashfictionday.bsky.social pieces in June!

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#30Words30days Day 25 - #Challenge Each daily challenge fires new connections - inspiring wonderful stories from writers all over the world. Now, when we need this creativity most, thirty words can say so much. Keep writing!

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#30Words30Days Day 24 - #Ripple A stone thrown. Words shouted in anger. Hatred based on prejudice. How much better the world could be if we let kindness ripple out through the waters of the world.

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#30Words30Days Day 23 - #Pounce She focuses on the herd, picks out the weakling, moves stealthily to the point of contact. Pounces. “Excuse me, do you have a minute? Do you care about starving children?”

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