@inventingreality.bsky.socialMarketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers:
Athena Mercer <[email protected]>
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@authoririscarden.bsky.socialRecycled Post: Descendant
An immortal follows a waitress on her way home from work.
#shortstory #fiction
@afterdinnerconversation.comRead the short story “The Loneliest Number” by Jeffrey Feingold which asks, "Can psychiatric medication hinder us from being our true selves?" #shortstory #fiction
@cereusai.bsky.socialThe clay figure waited for dawn's first light. A story of awakening and longing. Read now: http://spoo.me/ubpzvz #ClayFigure #Dawn #ShortStory
@afterdinnerconversation.comWe now have a fancy luma.com group for those looking to join us for in person discussion, or start a local chapter! Join us at the link. buff.ly/qeiC7DM
@epic-worlds.comOur next #inktober #shortstory is done and publiched! Henry and Maevin go on a Balloon ride for the Remembrance Tradition! #writingcommunity #indieauthor
@roses-luggage12345.bsky.socialI wrote this short story for a friend’s birthday, based on hearing spooky ice cream truck at night once.
I’ll put parts of the story in each attached post in a screenshot
@radium26.bsky.social📚🪐 Darcy Triggs is the newest detective in the City of Great Britain. Follow her and Eddy Smith as they tackle an old case in the ‘Long Shadow of Doubt’ - the latest ‘tale’ from the #RadiumAge
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@raskolnick.bsky.social#Flashfiction with exactly #121words in #Greek No more. No less.
English translations that preserve the spirit, if not the exact count, included. Read. Feel. No need to count @ 121-words.blogspot.com
#MicroFiction #ShortStory #BonsaiStory #passion #LGBTQ #StoryTellingΑΙ #121λέξεις #Raskolnick
@kodyboye.bsky.socialIn this #ShortStory Sunday, witness a girl and her friend leave the planet Earth behind.
Read this story now on Patreon via this TinyURL at https://tinyurl.com/AShipCalledDestiny
@thehermitpoet.bsky.social
@fictivedream.bsky.socialThrilled to be featuring your story today, Steve. Thank you for sending it our way @stevesaroff.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@inventingreality.bsky.socialWhat to Do if You’ve Been Scammed
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@fictivedream.bsky.socialI'm delighted to know you enjoyed Leaving is a Start, Suzanne. Thank you for reading and sharing @sagreene1.bsky.social @stevesaroff.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity
@fictivedream.bsky.socialICYMI today we're delighted to welcome Steve S. Saroff with his story Leaving Is a Start @stevesaroff.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/10/04/l...
@thebrambler13.bsky.socialI don't have "cousin" in this #WIPSnips, but my readers can tell you I'm very specific about how I describe people's features. So, the fact I ued "dirt-black hair" here was a very deliberate connection to Ata.
Also, his name is pronounced "Kil".
#Raven+Bear #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #shortstory
![An excerpt from The Eisteddfod (Raven & Bear: 6) by Bramble.
Transcript:
Sir Corbyn spoke first, “apologies young lord, do I know you?”
“My name is Cul,” each of his gasps emerged in a cloud of fog, punctured by needle-thin raindrops, “no need for titles. I know a knight of Branwen holds authority equal to a vassal.”
“Then, Cul, can I help you.” The knight held that umbrella over him, tone sterner than sea salt, “you were watching me.”
“No Sir, your page.” He straightened up, “I found them oddly familiar and can’t place it. Have you ever been to Celliwig?”
“Aye, though not with her,” a patient glare pummelled this youthful noble, who shivered pitifully. Each word from Sir Corbyn broke against Cul’s ears as waves did cliffs, “before we met a year ago, she had never left Dinas Glyndŵr in Gwynedd.”
“Then I must have the wrong of it and I’ll leave you be.”
After a nervous apology and swift farewell, that boy hurried into a downpour which washed out any colour. The old man’s cold stare darted toward his familiar dirt-black hair and rounded features when he passed by. A resemblance, he was certain. It nearly tempted Sir Corbyn to call Cul back. Yet, a great weight dragged down any words until they drowned inside him.
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@darriandusk.bsky.socialSizetober Short Story
#sizetober #sizesky #shortstory
October 11th - Moon/Change
Todays short story features @snuggleproxy.bsky.social
CW: Watersports/Pee
@shortstoriesindeed.bsky.social"Once there were three brothers who lived with their father. The old boy was a stern fellow with a sharp tongue …"
You can read the rest of this #shortstory here:
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#fiction #story #writing #writersky #bullying #brothers #supernatural #photography
@evelynklebert.bsky.socialIn need of a spooky distraction? I've just posted my second paranormal tale for Halloween Month at evelynklebert.com. #booksky #writingthreads #paranormal #psychic #urbanfantasy #shortstory #freetoread evelynklebert.com/2026/10/11/t...
@inventingreality.bsky.socialWhat to Do – and Not to Do – When a Book Scammer Approaches You
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