Things that are bringing me joy this year number 9. #Mondettes!
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I always love seeing what my story-pickers have picked. Big thanks to @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lmariharris.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social...
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I always love seeing what my story-pickers have picked. Big thanks to @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lmariharris.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social...
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Little worlds. Worlds on a postage stamp. A whole universe inside a thimble. Each month a different writer recommends ten pieces of flash fiction they've enjoyed. Click to read Mondettes, by Matt Kend...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Things that are bringing me joy this year number 9. #Mondettes!
mondettes.substack.com
I always love seeing what my story-pickers have picked. Big thanks to @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lmariharris.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social...
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I always love seeing what my story-pickers have picked. Big thanks to @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lmariharris.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @bdiggswrites.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social...
This month's #Mondettes picked by @ezhang77.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
September 2026
Ten stories picked by Elena Zhang
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September 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @ezhang77.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
Love this!! Check out @pleomorphic2.bsky.social Mondettes selection!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025
March 2025
Ten stories picked by Sumitra Singam
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March 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Love this!! Check out @pleomorphic2.bsky.social Mondettes selection!
Thank you so much @happilander.bsky.social for including my piece and thank you for always always always supporting me. And thank you so much, @mattkendrick.bsky.social, for #Mondettes.
This month's #Mondettes picked by @happilander.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025
October 2025
Ten stories picked by Mileva Anastasiadou
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October 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Thank you so much @happilander.bsky.social for including my piece and thank you for always always always supporting me. And thank you so much, @mattkendrick.bsky.social, for #Mondettes.
I always look forward to #Mondettes. Bookmarked to read later.
This month's #Mondettes picked by
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
February 2026
Ten stories picked by Kathryn Reese
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February 17, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I always look forward to #Mondettes. Bookmarked to read later.
Folks, it was HARD, but I picked 10 of my fave flashes by writers from the Global Majority for @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s Mondettes. Have a read, tell me (and the writers) what you think!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025
March 2025
Ten stories picked by Sumitra Singam
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March 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Folks, it was HARD, but I picked 10 of my fave flashes by writers from the Global Majority for @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s Mondettes. Have a read, tell me (and the writers) what you think!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @noranadj.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Nora made these brilliant picks
💡Two great prompts
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Nora made these brilliant picks
💡Two great prompts
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2024
Ten stories picked by Nora Nadjarian
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November 19, 2024 at 10:45 AM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @noranadj.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Nora made these brilliant picks
💡Two great prompts
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Nora made these brilliant picks
💡Two great prompts
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Omg! I'm in this month's Mondettes! Thanks so much for including 'The Mattress,' @mizuki-yama.bsky.social and @mattkendrick.bsky.social!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mizuki made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2026
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mizuki made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2026
March 2026
Ten stories picked by Mizuki Yamamoto
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March 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Omg! I'm in this month's Mondettes! Thanks so much for including 'The Mattress,' @mizuki-yama.bsky.social and @mattkendrick.bsky.social!
Matt, thank you so much for the opportunity to contribute to your marvellous Mondettes feature. It was a joy to select these truly memorable flashes and I hope your readers love them as much as I do @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
This month's #Mondettes have been picked by Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social - wonderful to mark 10 years of FD in this way.
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026
July 2026
Ten stories picked by Laura Black at Fictive Dream
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July 21, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Matt, thank you so much for the opportunity to contribute to your marvellous Mondettes feature. It was a joy to select these truly memorable flashes and I hope your readers love them as much as I do @mattkendrick.bsky.social #flashfiction #Mondettes #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
I made it into Matt's wonderful Mondettes thanks to @fictivedream.bsky.social. Love every other story Laura selected, as well as the interesting prompts!
July 21, 2026 at 10:29 AM
I made it into Matt's wonderful Mondettes thanks to @fictivedream.bsky.social. Love every other story Laura selected, as well as the interesting prompts!
Had such fun choosing 10 flash for @mattkendrick.bsky.social #Mondettes.
In honour of summer & playing hooky, I've chosen #games as my theme. Shout out to @erinvachon.bsky.social for sending me down this theme with their prompts for @smokelong.bsky.social
Bonus: 3 witing prompts!
In honour of summer & playing hooky, I've chosen #games as my theme. Shout out to @erinvachon.bsky.social for sending me down this theme with their prompts for @smokelong.bsky.social
Bonus: 3 witing prompts!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is on the theme of games as a way of telling a story slant
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/june-2026
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/june-2026
June 2026
Ten stories picked by Cole Beauchamp
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June 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Had such fun choosing 10 flash for @mattkendrick.bsky.social #Mondettes.
In honour of summer & playing hooky, I've chosen #games as my theme. Shout out to @erinvachon.bsky.social for sending me down this theme with their prompts for @smokelong.bsky.social
Bonus: 3 witing prompts!
In honour of summer & playing hooky, I've chosen #games as my theme. Shout out to @erinvachon.bsky.social for sending me down this theme with their prompts for @smokelong.bsky.social
Bonus: 3 witing prompts!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @happilander.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025
October 2025
Ten stories picked by Mileva Anastasiadou
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October 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @happilander.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Mileva made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/october-2025
For next week’s #Mondettes, I’m trying to pick my favourite #FlashFiction from 2024. Started trying to choose just 10; now allowing myself 20. Still feels like an impossible task!!!
December 13, 2024 at 1:13 PM
For next week’s #Mondettes, I’m trying to pick my favourite #FlashFiction from 2024. Started trying to choose just 10; now allowing myself 20. Still feels like an impossible task!!!
ICYMI this months #Mondettes picked by the superlative @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Ten flash fictions by writers from the global majority. Well worth a read.
Ten flash fictions by writers from the global majority. Well worth a read.
This month's #Mondettes picked by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025
March 2025
Ten stories picked by Sumitra Singam
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March 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICYMI this months #Mondettes picked by the superlative @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Ten flash fictions by writers from the global majority. Well worth a read.
Ten flash fictions by writers from the global majority. Well worth a read.
This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
September 2025
Ten stories picked by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
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September 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
I'm bringing back my *other* newsletter "Mondettes".
Each month a #FlashFiction superstar will be picking 10 stories they love and sharing why they love them (with prompts and everything!) @amygcb.bsky.social has picked some absolute gems for August.
Sign up here: https://mondettes.substack.com/
Each month a #FlashFiction superstar will be picking 10 stories they love and sharing why they love them (with prompts and everything!) @amygcb.bsky.social has picked some absolute gems for August.
Sign up here: https://mondettes.substack.com/
August 16, 2023 at 2:42 PM
I'm bringing back my *other* newsletter "Mondettes".
Each month a #FlashFiction superstar will be picking 10 stories they love and sharing why they love them (with prompts and everything!) @amygcb.bsky.social has picked some absolute gems for August.
Sign up here: https://mondettes.substack.com/
Each month a #FlashFiction superstar will be picking 10 stories they love and sharing why they love them (with prompts and everything!) @amygcb.bsky.social has picked some absolute gems for August.
Sign up here: https://mondettes.substack.com/
This month's #Mondettes picked by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2026
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2026
January 2026
Ten stories picked by Chris Scott
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January 20, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2026
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2026
Thank you to Matt for letting me choose this month's Mondettes! I absolutely love all 10 stories 💜
#fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #Mondettes
#fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #Mondettes
This months Mondettes have been picked by the luminous @laurabesley.bsky.social. Ten sparkling #FlashFiction stories and three prompts to have a go at.
#WritingCraft #WritingPrompts #AmWriting
#WritingCraft #WritingPrompts #AmWriting
Novemeber 2023
Ten stories picked by Laura Besley
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November 21, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Thank you to Matt for letting me choose this month's Mondettes! I absolutely love all 10 stories 💜
#fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #Mondettes
#fiction #flashfiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #Mondettes
Fantastic stories all! I love, love, love @nomad-sw18.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social stories, so great to read these again. @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #mondettes
This month's #Mondettes picked by @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Finnian made these brilliant picks
💡Three great prompts
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Finnian made these brilliant picks
💡Three great prompts
mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2025
January 2025
Ten stories picked by Finnian Burnett
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January 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fantastic stories all! I love, love, love @nomad-sw18.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social stories, so great to read these again. @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social #mondettes
Thank you so much Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for including my story in this month's #mondettes. Thank you, @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026?...
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026?...
July 2026
Ten stories picked by Laura Black at Fictive Dream
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July 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Thank you so much Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for including my story in this month's #mondettes. Thank you, @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026?...
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026?...
Thank you to @mynachang.bsky.social for the mention of my July Mondettes selections in her Flash Roundup today! 🩵🩵🩵
July 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you to @mynachang.bsky.social for the mention of my July Mondettes selections in her Flash Roundup today! 🩵🩵🩵
This month's #Mondettes picked by
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
February 2026
Ten stories picked by Kathryn Reese
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February 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
This month's #Mondettes picked by
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
@kathrynreese.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
This month's #Mondettes picked by @jenwithwords.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Jenny made these brilliant picks
🪴Two fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2025
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Jenny made these brilliant picks
🪴Two fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2025
July 2025
Ten stories picked by Jenny Wong
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July 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This month's #Mondettes picked by @jenwithwords.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Jenny made these brilliant picks
🪴Two fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2025
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Jenny made these brilliant picks
🪴Two fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2025
I've taken the reins for this month's #Mondettes - it's my end-of-year round-up of some of my favourites from 2025, also known as the MAFFIAS!!!
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I've taken the reins for this month's #Mondettes - it's my end-of-year round-up of some of my favourites from 2025, also known as the MAFFIAS!!!
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...
Always look forward to Mondettes!
This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...
September 2025
Ten stories picked by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
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September 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Always look forward to Mondettes!