"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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@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
@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.
@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
@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
@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
@lmbayley.bsky.socialThis piece by @travisflatt.bsky.social reminds me of the suicide centres in Soylent Green. Except told as only Travis could tell it.
@lmbayley.bsky.socialI have two pieces on this list: one that was fun to write, and one that hurt.
@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."
@lmbayley.bsky.socialA 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.
@emhall47.bsky.socialA must-read piece for anyone who’s had to navigate the dull waters of office culture. 🦀 #flashfiction #flashinthefeed #writesky #fiction
@lmbayley.bsky.socialKumar 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!
@lmbayley.bsky.socialDon't know how I missed this? But #readingcommunity you need to check out all these pieces! #FlashInTheFeed
@fictivedream.bsky.socialGreat 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"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
@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
@lmbayley.bsky.socialAt first, I wasn't sure what to make of this piece. But then the last line, OMG. Read this #FlashInTheFeed in @mrbullbull.bsky.social .
@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
@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
@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