Fictive Dream

Fictive Dream

@fictivedream.bsky.social

Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/

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Taking Stones to the Moon is among your best, Mike, and I'm looking forward to featuring it. Thank you for sending it our way @polyscribe70.bsky.social #shortstory #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Mike Fox@polyscribe70.bsky.social

Joyful news to share. A new story, Taking Stones to the Moon, will appear in the superb @fictivedream.bsky.social on 29th November. Where better?

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Isn't it wonderful! Very pleased you enjoyed Needlebird, Suzanne. Thank you for reading and sharing @sagreene1.bsky.social #shortstory #SusmitaMukherjee #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

Suzanne (writing as S A Greene)@sagreene1.bsky.social

'Her mother continues making language without permission. Sunburn skin becomes oldpaper. A spoon left too long becomes tiredwater. The underside of a pillow becomes sleepside.' Beautiful title. Beautiful story. Beautiful words.

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A remarkable read. So pleased you enjoyed it, James. Thank you for reading and sharing @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @alimcg.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social

‘…his name being another kind of ghost word we fear to say out loud…’ What a pleasure to read this micro from @alimcg.bsky.social in its final form in @fictivedream.bsky.social. This one will lodge into a corner of your mind, and you’ll turn it over and over… 🛏️ fictivedream.com/2026/08/31/m...

fictivedream.comMicrofiction #72by Ali McGrane That dream where Marianne said she’d found a reference to one of my stories in a Roland Barthes essay and when I woke up, I told her about it, how real it seemed. Roland Barthes, for…
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Delighted to know you enjoyed Pussies Galore, Suzanne. Thank you for reading and sharing @sagreene1.bsky.social @judehwriter2.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

Suzanne (writing as S A Greene)@sagreene1.bsky.social

'The foxes are doing okay. There are plenty of diseased rabbits for them to eat. A big dog fox with a lustrous coat paused outside the house at dusk yesterday...' Love this deeply human darkly humorous post-apocalyptic story by @judehwriter2.bsky.social And what a glorious title!

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So pleased you enjoyed this gem, Belinda. Thank you for reading and sharing @belindarowe.bsky.social @judehiggins.bsky.social #mirofiction #MicroMonday

Belinda Rowe@belindarowe.bsky.social

'It would be nice if life, at the end, was like a Bond film with all the baddies dispatched and the world saved from a psychopath’s madness Read 'Pussies Galore', a haunting speculative fiction piece by @judehiggins.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/10/19/m...

fictivedream.comMicrofiction #77Pussies Galore by Jude Higgins It would be nice if life, at the end, was like a Bond film with all the baddies dispatched and the world saved from a psychopath’s madness. Instead, starving cats roa…
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So pleased you enjoyed Ted. As you say, an original take. Thank you for reading and sharing @mattkendrick.bsky.social @rachelmhollis.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social

"My son turned six and all he wanted was a potato. Raw. Whole. When he opened his gift—a spud wrapped in yesterday’s newspaper—he drew a smiley face on it. Named it Ted." Wonderfully original piece from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social - so poignant and sweet

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Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social

"My son turned six and all he wanted was a potato. Raw. Whole. When he opened his gift—a spud wrapped in yesterday’s newspaper—he drew a smiley face on it. Named it Ted." Wonderfully original piece from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social - so poignant and sweet

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So pleased you enjoyed April 28th, in the Kitchen, Mike. A impressive piece and thank you for reading @polyscribe70.bsky.social #CharlieHill #shortstory #fiction

Mike Fox@polyscribe70.bsky.social

I won't quote, because to do so would be to reduce, but I love this - everything about it. The short story form continues to expand in scope.

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Thrilled to be featuring your story today, Steve. Thank you for sending it our way @stevesaroff.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

Steve Saroff@stevesaroff.bsky.social

Published today, Oct 11th, in the wonderful, UK-based, literary journal @fictivedream.bsky.social "THIS MORNING BEFORE DAWN, I was woken by a pounding on my back door. I got out of bed and went to see who it could be.…

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So pleased you enjoyed Slapstick, Timothy. Thank you for reading and sharing @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

Timothy C Goodwin@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social

“I was on the verge of popular.” Oof: what a piece by @bsherm36.bsky.social at @fictivedream.bsky.social! fictivedream.com/2026/10/09/s...

fictivedream.comSlapstickby Beth Sherman When mom enrolled in clown school, life became unbearable. Picking me up after soccer practice, she’d still be wearing her costume—checked coat, baggy pants, oversized shoes, bow ti…