You should definitely read this wonderful post about finding your voice by Seán McNicholl with Frazzled Lit *Opens 1st October* frazzledlit.com/p/in-your-own-…

Excited to have a wee story here! Does It Have Pockets doesithavepockets.com/fiction/marie-…

Oof, this brilliant story hits hard 😭

The July issue of "Does it have Pockets" is out and I'm so happy to have a little story included! Does It Have Pockets doesithavepockets.com/fiction/marie-…

'He remembers the loud reprimands of his first week here. The strutting and chest-puffing, the reverberation of his desk from the strike of a heavy hand.' Read this stunning piece by Marie-Louise McGuinness 'To Where The Boy Belongs' in Does It Have Pockets doesithavepockets.com/fiction/marie-…

“He draws them sometimes, the alive eyes, using shading techniques he learned from YouTube. It is an act of remembering. He could never show her the pictures.”

Icymi

My little piece "Stone Mother's Lament" and all other nominated stories are available to read at The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/stone-…

Yesterday I was honoured to take part in the virtual book launch for Best Microfictions 25. Check out the Facebook page for cool readings from some of the amazing Best Microfictions winners (and me) and maybe grab a copy!!! facebook.com/events/s/best-…

The Pride is back! Check out this amazing piece by the fabulous Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos

I feel like it's time to give something back to the #WritingCommunity. It might not be Twitter's anymore, but we're still here. So, I'm offering free beta reading to 3 stories up to 1000 words. Tell me about your story and I'll pick three by Friday. Feedback by Sunday🙂

New on The Pride Roars 'Liberty, TX, Travelodge' by Megan Hanlon Megan @ Sugar Pig 'we stayed there six weeks one small room four of us two beds zero jobs' theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/09/libert…

An exquisite corpse - where each contributor sent their last line to the next writer as a prompt - that turned into an exquisite rant. Coming tomorrow!

Today, we have an Exquisite Corpse, a collective rant by our lionesses. "Today's must-haves are nothing more than tomorrow's junk." hilary55 Joyce Bingham Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos Megan @ Sugar Pig T.L. Tomljanovic Read 'Dear Society,' up at The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/09/dear-s…

"Debby told Anna not to worry; neither of them would get it, because both of them were bilingual and spoke two languages daily" Read "The Funeral" by Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/october-…

"and dove hides in the freezer still awaiting resurrection" Read "A Museum of Waxwings" by Dilys Wyndham Thomas in Chestnut Review chestnutreview.com/dilys-wyndham-…

We are over the moon to be able to nominate the following pieces from The Pride Roars for a Pushcart Prize, congratulations everyone! Fiona McKay 📚NEW BOOK OUT NOW📚🏳️‍⚧️ally🏳️‍🌈 Nina Miller T.L. Tomljanovic Joyce Bingham Megan @ Sugar Pig Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos theprideroars.blogspot.com

'And here I am, on a road I had long since abandoned, humming an old nursery rhyme for comfort; three blind mice, three blind mice — see how they run?' Today, on The Pride Roars, 'Mother' by Marie-Louise McGuinness Marie-Louise McGuinness theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/10/mother…

Another stunning piece by Marie-Louise McGuinness 'I know not to expect an apology. I know she feels no guilt.' A must-read ❤️ theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/10/mother…