I'm delighted to have a flash up today on TSS Publishing with the longest title I've ever come up with! My grateful thanks to @rupertdastur.bsky.socialtheshortstory.co.uk/flash-fictio...

The Things We Tell Ourselves To Try To Stop Thinking About The Things We Don’t Want To Think About, By Fiona J. Mackintosh - TSS Publishing

Flash Fiction by Fiona J. Mackintoch

Thanks for publishing it, Laura! xx

Brilliant flash fiction from my very dear and talented friend, Fiona. Every story of hers is a master class in writing flash. Do seek out more of her work.

Aww, thank you for those kind words, dear Janice. 💖

Thanks for publishing it, Laura! xx

Delighted to be included in Flash Fiction February with a story about female self-erasure that's been in my head since the 1980s when I read Zelda Fitzgerald's "Save Me the Waltz" and saw a giant mirror abandoned in a skip. Many thanks to Laura Black and @fictivedream.bsky.social!

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"How can they not see her, standing by the breakfast bar in her butter-yellow sweat suit, right here among them like a haunting?" Traitors to Our Own Delight by Fiona J. Mackintosh @fionajanemack.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary fictivedream.com/2024/02/18/t...

Traitors to Our Own Delight

by Fiona J. Mackintosh THE FIRST TIME NORA notices her absence is when she’s cleaning the bathroom mirror. She bends to pick up the Windex, and when she straightens, there’s nothing there but toothpas...

Congratulations Dawn!

It was! Despite a bunch of last minute panics, all went well in the end!

The DC-area Best Small Fictions 2023 reading last Tuesday was great fun - excellent turn-out for some fabulous fiction! I was honored to be a part of it.

Me too! You'd get the biggest hug! xxxxx