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Marie-Louise McGuinness

@mlmcguinness

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10 places left for our FREE online salon in January. Don't miss out! 🎤 Great readings 📚 friendly faces 😊 and a challenging condiments quiz hosted by Kik Lodge 🎤 eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-wri…



"But it’s about the other man, who is shorter and heavier, who slouches and stomps a couple of steps behind" @DelGeo14 in @EpistemicLit epistemiclit.com/current-issue/…


"A girl is a woman is a slut is a girl. Is a car. Needing only maintenance, occasional starlight." @ClaudiaMonpere in @splitlipthemag splitlipthemag.com/flash/0524/cla…


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U.S. cash-strapped writers who need cheering up, 10 free places on online flashfiction day, 30th Nov, 11.00 am-6.30 pm GMT. 90 mins wrkshop with @kathyfish 60 mins @tiredpsych 60 mins @NivenAudrey mini -contest (prizes). Readings. flashfictionfestival.com Reply or message me here


"You said popular music’s sameness is numbing, that the puerile lyrics will turn my brain into mush. I believed you." @authorsudha in @hexliterary hexliterary.com/?p=2388


Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

What are we currently featuring? When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness is a heartbreaking story @mlmcguinness #shortstory #autismparenting. ICYMI please follow the link and enjoy tinyurl.com/5r9es2ad

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"John had been mixing drinks since seven, and we were sitting around the table telling old stories when we noticed that JoJo the Wonder Dog–that’s what Ted had named her–was swaying." @emilyrinkema in @flashfroglitmag flash-frog.com/2024/11/04/oth…


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This is so good - highly recommend

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

“You don’t want to ask, and feel she won’t want to tell.” Superb storytelling from @mlmcguinness in @FictiveDream

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

Oh my. This story from @mlmcguinness 💔💔🍊🍎

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

“You think of Brown Rabbit, hope he is being stroked in a pattern of threes down his back where the fur has worn thin, exposing his pockmarked wool skin.” Love this short story by @mlmcguinness

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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"The foster mother has bulldog jowls, mud-brown eyes, and shit for brains. She likes to criticize us under the pretense of caring" @sugarpigblog in @forge_litmag forgelitmag.com/2024/11/04/tor…


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‘You think of Brown Rabbit, hope he is being stroked in a pattern of threes down his back where the fur has worn thin…’ Beautifully done. @mlmcguinness in @FictiveDream 🏫

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

it gets you right there, this story “You tell yourself you will nap tomorrow. Maybe. Tomorrow will not be her first day.” - brilliant, @mlmcguinness

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

"You paid for the weighted blankets that smelled like petrol, the silicone nightlight in the shape of a bear, the noise machine, the air purifier and the Melatonin that promised four hours sleep" Stunning @mlmcguinness @FictiveDream fictivedream.com/2024/11/03/whe…


Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

Wow, this flash by @mlmcguinness is fabulous, beautifully done

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Marie-Louise McGuinness Reposted

Hard not to resists a story called "When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time." Brilliant writing from @mlmcguinness in @FictiveDream that brings the emotions so clearly to life and builds its tensions so effectively. Ooft!

"You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident." When an Orange Goes to School for the First Time by Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness #shortstory. Please follow link and enjoy tinyurl.com/2n2nsrb7

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Love this! “When you said you were worried, she said she had training. She said it with a confident smile and that made you worry more. You want to ask what training she had because you’ve had five years’ experience and you are not confident.” @mlmcguinness @FictiveDream

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