@lmbayley.bsky.social
Words in BULL, FlashFlood, Does It Have Pockets, Frazzled Lit, Trash Cat Lit, Urban Pigs Press, Fictive Dream. Genrepunk Awards nominee. Shortlisted for the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. She/her. @lmbayley at the other place.
@lmbayley.bsky.socialI know there are things I wouldn't want my family to read, but I write about them anyway. Maybe the trick is to keep it all in a burn box or a folder marked DELETE. But I don't think it's healthy not to write the things we need to write.
Thanks for sharing this essay, @thorntonforreal.bsky.social !
@lmbayley.bsky.socialInteresting that the essayist's mother didn't want to be written about. Before he died, my dad gave me permission to write anything I wanted/needed to. This writing has been instrumental to my growth as a human, and has helped me love him better and forgive him for his failings.
@lmbayley.bsky.socialAfter my mom died, I found some erotic poetry she'd written, and letters from a man besotted with her. They were uncomfortable to read - she was my mother, for God's sake! But they also showed me that she had a real life outside of motherhood, and that made me so happy. I think I'd rather know.
@lmbayley.bsky.socialRead my ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Amy Goldmacher's memoir Terms & Conditions, available now through @stanchion.bsky.social !
@lmbayley.bsky.socialMeanwhile in Canada
@lmbayley.bsky.socialP.S. You can get Amy's book here: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
@lmbayley.bsky.socialWith me as the 4th! I watched the video of Jack Black doing Mr. Crowley last year so many times...
@lmbayley.bsky.socialKnocked on my butt this morning by this section of Amy Goldmacher's memoir Terms & Conditions, available now through @stanchion.bsky.social
@lmbayley.bsky.socialI love that when you post Ghost Parachute stories, you also give the artist credit. And I love that it's not all super-slick art: every line made with the artist's hand, made with love and craft, not with AI.
@lmbayley.bsky.socialCongratulations on the nomination, Emily!!!
@lmbayley.bsky.socialCongratulations on the nomination, Liz!!
@lmbayley.bsky.socialI realize my post was a little vague. What I was trying to say is, the authors on this list are among my favourites, and I am so happy to see them nominated for Best Small Fictions! These stories from @turnandwork.com really deserve those nominations. Congratulations everyone!
@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.social!!!!!
@lmbayley.bsky.socialI have two pieces on this list: one that was fun to write, and one that hurt.
