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lmbayley.bsky.social
"Should I always care what everyone thinks, suffocating in expectations?"

There's an unexpected meditation on a life well-lived by @lisaferranti.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social this morning!

#FlashInTheFeed #microfiction #MicroMonday
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 2d
"Did you mean I should always sass my mom and not appreciate what she sacrificed for me..." To the girl who signed my high school yearbook, “never change!” by @lisaferranti.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/11/02/m...
https://fictivedream.com/2026/11/02/microfiction-79/
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November 2, 2026 at 11:43 AM
fictivedream.bsky.social
Delighted you enjoyed today's micro, Linda. Thank you for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social sky.social @lisaferranti.bsky.social #FlashInTheFeed #microfiction #MicroMonday
November 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"The foxes are doing okay. There are plenty of diseased rabbits for them to eat."

Here's a little post-apocalypse by @judehwriter2.bsky.social to go with your coffee this morning, from @fictivedream.bsky.social

#FlashInTheFeed #microfiction
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 16d
"The cats come closer and peer at you as you stir the pot." Pussies Galore by Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/10/19/m...
October 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
So much wonder in one sentence!! What a fabulous piece.

#FlashInTheFeed #microfiction today from @fictivedream.bsky.social
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 23d
"When this rumour went around that the old woman living in an overgrown orchard was going outside bare breasted..." The Terrible Disappearance of Jimmy McKirfie by Frankie McMillan #MicroMonday #microfiction. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/10/12/m...
October 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
!!!!!

#FlashInTheFeed
October 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"and she says, I’m not a little girl, you know, and I say I know, but that sometimes I get scared you don’t need me anymore"

#FlashInTheFeed by the wonderful @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @turnandwork.com

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Vestigial - Turn and Work
Two sisters meet to share shocking secrets over unlimited breadsticks.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"I want to ask what she needs to plan. I want to say we planned to be a family but look at us now."

#FlashInTheFeed by @ashtonrussell.bsky.social in @turnandwork.com

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Battles No One Sees - Turn and Work
An exclusive excerpt from Russell’s chapbook What the Living Has Done.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
This piece by @travisflatt.bsky.social reminds me of the suicide centres in Soylent Green. Except told as only Travis could tell it.

#FlashInTheFeed in @turnandwork.com

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I’ll Never Forget That Lightening - Turn and Work
In the New State, every move is monitored. Every drop is rationed. But some things remain strictly private.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"Dale nods and smiles and it’s fine. None of his replies need to be longer than six words."

#FlashInTheFeed by Laura O'Meara in @turnandwork.com

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Resonance - Turn and Work
Every night hundreds, maybe thousands, of women sank back into their pillows with Dale Baker’s voice in their ears.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"You can be in the right place in your life and not even know it; you don’t need the nostalgic shit to tell you that."

#FlashInTheFeed by @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social in @turnandwork.com

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Of all the flash I've read this year, this is one of my favourites.
Let it Bleed by Hugh Behm-Steinberg - Turn & Work
What plays in your mind during moments of silence?
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October 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"all you are, and ever were, and ever will be, contracted in that moment into an awareness of that fist, hovering, waiting, and vanished into the vacuum surrounding that suspended violence."

#FlashInTheFeed by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social in @turnandwork.com

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When You Are Mugged in a Boston Tube Station on Your Way Home from Your Night Shift - Turn and Work
A sudden act of violence contracts the entire universe into a single, breathless vacuum.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
I have two pieces on this list: one that was fun to write, and one that hurt.

#FlashInTheFeed
October 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"Mama’s eyes are empty. I remember one time after Daddy’d been gone for months, I asked if she was lonely. She said nah, more like sad. She said sad was when you miss yourself and she’d been sad long before she ever met Daddy."

#FlashInTheFeed by @tracieadams.bsky.social !
cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · Sep 30
The old Buick LeSabre ticks and cools around us. Everything we own is packed inside it—three black trash bags full of clothes, a blanket that smells like home, and a cardboard box Mama won't let me touch.

Dig "Safe Enough" by @tracieadams.bsky.social: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/safe-enough....
September 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
A story about a potato has no right to be this sad. Or this human.

Amazing #FlashInTheFeed by @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social today.
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 28
"The potato drove with us in the cupholder, had its own chair at the dinner table." Ted by Rachel M. Hollis, latest in our #microfiction #MicroMonday series. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/28/m...
https://fictivedream.com/2026/09/28/microfiction-75/
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September 28, 2026 at 10:36 AM
emhall47.bsky.social
A must-read piece for anyone who’s had to navigate the dull waters of office culture. 🦀 #flashfiction #flashinthefeed #writesky #fiction
michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 24
As you know, @ellipsiszine.bsky.social is digging into its archives and bringing back stories. This sensitive, somber one of mine from 2023 addresses the office-wide emotional distress and confused feelings caused by co-workers who think they are crustaceans.

www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/rust...
Rusty the Crab by Michael Grant Smith
Flash Fiction: Rusty the Crab
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September 24, 2026 at 1:10 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
Kumar Sen had a new piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social yesterday, so I decided I'd go back and read this earlier #FlashInTheFeed first, as a treat. So good, even on the second and third readings!

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September 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
Don't know how I missed this? But #readingcommunity you need to check out all these pieces! #FlashInTheFeed
September 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
fictivedream.bsky.social
Great to know you enjoyed today's micro, Linda. Thank you for reading and sharing @lmbayley.bsky.social @woodardwriter.bsky.social #FlashInTheFeed #microfiction #MicroMonday
lmbayley.bsky.social Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · Sep 21
"He was still deep in mourning, after all, and despite being over 40, he still needed parents."

Sometimes your wife and therapists don't give you quite the right advice... I'm with Brock on this one.

#FlashInTheFeed #Microfiction from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 21
"Brock spotted empty beer cans on Paul and Diane’s driveway, a blight that would never sully the property of his teetotaling parents." Figment by Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/21/m...
September 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"He was still deep in mourning, after all, and despite being over 40, he still needed parents."

Sometimes your wife and therapists don't give you quite the right advice... I'm with Brock on this one.

#FlashInTheFeed #Microfiction from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 21
"Brock spotted empty beer cans on Paul and Diane’s driveway, a blight that would never sully the property of his teetotaling parents." Figment by Benjamin Woodard @woodardwriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/09/21/m...
https://fictivedream.com/2026/09/21/microfiction-74/
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September 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"The father tries the best he can. He tries and tries."

Speaking of heartbreak, here's #FlashInTheFeed by James Keith Smith @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social , out in @vestalreview.bsky.social

www.vestalreview.net/home-planet
Home Planet — Vestal Review
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September 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
At first, I wasn't sure what to make of this piece. But then the last line, OMG. Read this #FlashInTheFeed in @mrbullbull.bsky.social .
mrbullbull.bsky.social MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · Sep 15
"I was wearing his jacket & feeling good & thought about when my grandfather'll die & whether my mom'll be relieved. Whether she’ll feel light & whether I’ll regret not asking him anything or not telling him anything. But he doesn’t really ask." Ben Gambuzza mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
September 20, 2026 at 1:05 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"You, of all people, should know what happens to the Hot Boyfriend!"

Heard @dawnsteffler.bsky.social read this at @travisflatt.bsky.social 's book launch last night. So fun, and so heartbreaking!

#FlashInTheFeed from Ghost Parachute

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You were supposed to find me, not get eaten — Ghost Parachute
The whomp-whomp of a military helicopter is faint, but the handful of us nurses and doctors hear it. We un-barricade the door with hospital beds and sprint up the stairwell to the roof. Minutes later,...
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September 20, 2026 at 12:56 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"The view through the binoculars showed him the previous years of his life, all the places he'd had to go to through no choice of his own..."

#FlashInTheFeed by Neil Campbell in @fictivedream.bsky.social
fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 18
ICYMI today we're delighted to welcome back Neil Campbell with his #shortstory Wildfire. Please follow the link below and enjoy #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/09/18/w...
https://fictivedream.com/2026/09/18/wildfire/
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September 20, 2026 at 1:10 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
"I told the boy’s parents that their son would be fine. I wanted to believe this."

Devastating #FlashInTheFeed from @andreamarcusa.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
mrbullbull.bsky.social MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · Sep 18
"After twenty years of nursing, lying’s as automatic as 'Happy Holidays,' every December. It’s how I survive the medical trenches. 'It’s only a pinch.' 'The doctor’ll be here soon.' 'He didn’t suffer.'"
@andreamarcusa.bsky.social
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September 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM
lmbayley.bsky.social
In which @caitlinohalloran.bsky.social makes me cry, just a little bit.

I'd hate it if somebody put red tiles in my bathroom, too.

#FlashInTheFeed in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
September 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM