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stephaniecarty.bsky.social
Author & Clinical Psychologist. Saboteur Award (novella). Eyelands Book Award (story collection). Psychology for Writers series. Short & long fiction. Fond of pyjamas and kindness. Novella and workbook coming July 2025.
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A triple tease for Issue 3 🦝 @emilyrinkema.bsky.social delivers a complex, heart-breaking journey of loss in Grace, @markpeters.bsky.social takes us somewhere children’s dreams become all too real in Last Rites of Spring, and @stephaniecarty.bsky.social reimagines a lupine fairytale in Waking Beauty

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A dating app but it's just one picture of someone's bookshelves, one of their usual grocery haul, one of their pets, and one their thermostat

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

Sooooo excittttting! ✨️ The proof of my new novel is here and it is beautiful. You can't tell in the photo but there is gold foil detailing. 💙💙💙 Available to pre-order now. amzn.to/4i9tZ4c

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Daily reminder

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Normalize celebrating the official completion of absolutely un-commercially viable novels.

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Final day to submit. You have till 23:59 GMT today (Saturday 15 Feb) to submit to Micro Fiction Comp (100 words, no theme) & our anthology (500 words, theme of SEASONS). Cash prizes! Huge thanks to everyone who has subbed. Good luck! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Parrots having a play time

submitted 17 days ago • 97 comments

Human: I’ll have two desk chairs in my room so if a cat sits on one I can wheel over the other Cats:

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I’m enjoying bouncing between my new projects. Next writers’ workbook should be out this summer for flash-fictioners ⚡️ #Flashology

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PRICE DROP! Get the 2nd in the Elderwick Mysteries series for only 99p🎉📚 geni.us/TurnUpforTheBooks 🚪🗝️ 🏡 Small villages can hide big secrets #cosymystery #lockedroom #booksky

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Downy woodpecker

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Just 10 days left to get your submissions in for the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Anthology. Up to 500 words on the theme Seasons. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...

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PITCH: An updated version of the curse of Cassandra where she's describing things that are happening now, in front of everyone, but still isn't believed.

submitted 22 days ago • 79 comments

This morning’s sunshine has reminded me of the word ‘philocaly’: a love of beauty, even in the smallest things.

submitted 25 days ago • 90 comments

Working on a new novella… #Mycophilia

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

Today! Guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge & win a book! ( could be a duo of colours!) Badge colour (s) revealed tomorrow

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Over the moon with this result and that my novella-in-flash will be published thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and @judehwriter2.bsky.social . Congratulations to everyone named below, new novella-buddies 👊

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