Patience Mackarness
Writer, grandmother, tree-hugger. Born in Hampshire, now in rural Brittany, with pitstops in Leeds, Portugal, Wales, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Liverpool. I write flash fiction and other things.
- Stunning piece by Claudia Monpere🥰
- I'm thrilled to have my micro, "The Periodic Family" in the beautiful @centaurlit.bsky.social. Thanks so much @lynnmundell.bsky.social centaurlit.com/the-periodic...
- 'she realises that the firm peach of her ass is gone, vanished, kaput – like a page ripped out of a magazine. She still has something to sit on, but whatever it is, Gary isn’t looking at it'. Love this by @fionamckay.bsky.social thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
- Reposted by Patience Mackarness[Not loaded yet]
- What an honour to be on this longlist!❤️🔥
- The SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
- Check out this beautiful issue of Raw Lit! My CNF contribution, 'The Multiple Whammies of December 2019', is very raw indeed. Thanks @kathyfish.bsky.social for the inspiration. rawlit.weebly.com/issue8.html
- Love this!
- Totally agree, wonderful piece that made me cry. Thanks @lorifontanes.bsky.social !
- 'this sky, white with winter silence, orange-clawed by the tiger ghost of summer'. Fabulous words from @philippabowe.bsky.social at @necessaryfiction.com
- I'm reading this Thursday, with @bsherm36.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social and more - hope you can join us. Thanks @dublinwriter.bsky.social!
- Completely gorgeous piece by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
- Issue 5 of Thin Skin - showcasing work by older writers - out now!
- "There’s a new energy rising and we’re ready to bring the whole miserable lot down – our shitty prefab concrete blocks and blocked toilets, our Trabis smoking oily exhaust like they’re on fire." Fabulous atmosphere in this one from @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
- 'As my body segments, pairs of hairy legs sprouting from each one, spiracles to breathe breathe breathe your oily-sweet pheromones' Fabulous story from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
- Thank you @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social !
- Such a buzzing, inspiring weekend (so far) with @saloneurope.bsky.social ! Big thanks to @deborahzafer.bsky.social and the team for bringing it all together. Last night's event with Balsam Karam, Philippe Marczewski, and @kitdewaal.com was completely awesome.
- Reposted by Patience Mackarness[Not loaded yet]
- Super happy to be in this issue - congrats to all!
- Beautiful piece from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social !
- 'Dance with the Tambourine Man' is up at @thesunlightpress.bsky.social today! Born in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop, inspired by the landscapes and history of Bahrain - and of course by Bob Dylan. bit.ly/3UgYF9M
- A stunner from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/07/28/t...
- And @fionamckay.bsky.social read brilliantly!
- 'Our history teacher once said that the Romans would grow their hair during times of mourning ... The clippers hum loud in my hand.' On Day 14 of @smokelong.bsky.social 's Archive Challenge, Evan Massey's 'Something About the Romans'. brilliantflashfiction.com/2018/03/31/i...
- ‘Without warning a glider filled her vision, flying very low and fast. She would always remember the wide wings, the silent surprise.’ For Day 13 of the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge, ‘Three Summer Flights’ by @timlovewriter.bsky.social from brilliantflashfiction.com/2017/09/30/i...
- From 2021, the stunning ‘Life Lessons’ by Anne Anthony. 3rd story down in a great line-up. Day 11 of the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge brilliantflashfiction.com/2021/03/31/i...
- 'Do you know what kind of trouble you’re asking for? How old are you girls? Blythe laughs, a terrible little snarly sound, a baby warthog..' A gem from 2019 by @megpokrass.bsky.social on Day 10 of the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge. brilliantflashfiction.com/2019/06/30/i...
- Sometimes an intriguing story sends you straight to Wikipedia in search of an artist you've never heard of. 'The Rocket Man' by Lorette Luzajic (second story down in a fine lineup). brilliantflashfiction.com/2023/01/31/j... on Day 9 of the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge
- On Day 8 of @smokelong.bsky.social ‘s Archive Challenge - Hit and Run by Shoshauna Shy brilliantflashfiction.com/2018/01/31/i...
- DAY 7 of smokelong.bsky.social ‘s Archive Challenge.’Black against the Blue’ by Melissa Goode (4th story down in this issue of Brilliant Flash Fiction) brilliantflashfiction.com/2017/01/31/i...
- @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge Day 6. A blast of Shakespeare in 'Act One, Scene 5' by @rajivmote.bsky.social , published by Brilliant Flash Fiction in 2022. 5th story down in a great lineup. brilliantflashfiction.com/2022/06/30/j...
- Delighted to get an acceptance from the wonderful @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social after several tries! Thank you, Jeff!
- For the @smokelong.bsky.social Archive Challenge Day 5, a haunting piece: 'You' by Madhumita Roy in Brilliant Flash Fiction. brilliantflashfiction.com/2014/06/30/i...
- Another dip into past stories at Brilliant Flash Fiction, for @smokelong.bsky.social 's Archive Challenge. Here's a darkly funny tale from @downith.bsky.social . 'Confession is Good for the Soul'. Read it (13th story down) at brilliantflashfiction.com/2018/01/31/i...
