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Stories by Emily Macdonald

Official Writing Portfolio

Notebook and Pen

PUBLISHED STORIES

The stories here have all been published on line or in print anthologies.  I hope you enjoy reading them.

Are you there?  Flash Frontier, Quiet (Marire) issue March 2024

Flash Fiction


Take it away Snow White, it's all yours. Free Flash Fiction, Short List
Feb 2024

Flash Fiction   Art Work by Eva Mackenzie

Pink, Raw Literary

Flash Fiction   Art Work by Amanda Young

Lambing, Shearing, Branding, Bath Flash Fiction Festival Anthology, Dec 2023

Flash Fiction

Laundry, Propelling Pencil

Flash Fiction

Smoked Out, WestWord Journal

Flash Fiction

The Riddling Fish, Scratch Books A4 event, Shortlisted

Flash Fiction

Watching The Rotorangi Girls, Bath Short Story Award, Shortlisted (in print anthology )

Short Story

Clearing the Sea Mist, West Word Prize, Shortlist,
Jan 2024

Short Story     Photo by deanna alys on Unsplash

Riding Pillion to Piha on Sunday, National Flash Fiction Day, The Write In

Flash Fiction - a day when prompts are posted every hour for 24 hours. Writers from all over the world submit stories to be selected for publication.

Stepmother Hedge-trimmer, National Flash Fiction Day, The Write In

Flash Fiction - a day when prompts are posted every hour for 24 hours. Writers from all over the world submit stories to be selected for publication.

Releasing the Locks, National Flash Fiction Day, The Write In

Flash Fiction - a day when prompts are posted every hour for 24 hours. Writers from all over the world submit stories to be selected for publication.

Unsettling Consequences, National Flash Fiction Day, The Write in

Flash Fiction - a day when prompts are posted every hour for 24 hours. Writers from all over the world submit stories to be selected for publication.

Disgrace on Wandsworth Common, National Flash Flood

Flash Fiction

In the Shade of my Mother, Retreat West Micro Fiction Competition, Winner

(This story is looking for a new home as the Retreat West site has sadly been taken down)

Micro Fiction

House Clearance, NZ Micro Madness, Shortlist

Micro Fiction (You Tube video available on the Micro Madness Site)

Extending the Olive Branch, Fish Barrel Review

Short Story

Cheap Cuts, Retreat West, Short List

(This story is looking for a new home as the Retreat West site has sadly been taken down)

Micro Fiction

Today I Counted, Raw Lit

Flash Fiction (Photography by Soumik Srabony)

Dazzled By The Brilliance, Flash Fronter 

Flash Fiction, Theme 'Ra'  (Sun)

Verity
Retreat West
Shortlist 

(This story is looking for a new home as the Retreat West site has sadly been taken down)

Micro Fiction, theme 'Hope'

Postcard from Portugal
Retreat West Prize
Shortlisted


In print anthology, Swan Song

due

Micro Fiction, in Print Anthology, Swan Song

A thorn in my side
Roi Fainéant Press

Flash Fiction, Jan 2023

When the Christmas Cactus Blooms
Reflex Fiction

Long List

(This story is looking for a new home as the Reflex Fiction archive has sadly been taken down)

Flash Fiction Jan 2023

Countdown 
Roi Fainéant Press

Roi Fainéant

Flash Fiction  Jan 2023

Wrong Christmas, 
Retreat West, Prize Winner Christmas Advent

(This story is looking for a new home as the Retreat West site has sadly been taken down)

Flash Fiction, Dec 2022

Paragraph Planet, micro, (75 words)
Mayflower Song

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Wade and other Myths, Legends and Fairytales, Printed Anthology,  Ellipsis Zine

November, 2022

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DUM VIXI TACUI MORTUA DULCE CANO
Flash Fiction, Crow & Cross Keys

Sept, 2022

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Kissing in a Bottle Green Jaguar XJ6, Micro Fiction, Fairfield Scribes (and in my collection Wheel Spin & Traction)

October 2022

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Hangar Straight, Fictive Dream (and in my collection Wheel Spin & Traction)

September 2022

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Pumping at Piha, Free Flash Fiction

September, 2022

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The Sun Still Insists Upon Rising,
Free Flash Fiction

June 2023

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One Little Apple Came Tumbling Down, Roi Fainéant Press

June, 2023

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Diorama of a Better Little Life 
Retreat West, Short List Micro Competition.  Theme: Shrink

(This story is looking for a new home as the Retreat West site has sadly been taken down)

June 2023

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ANNUS HORRIBILIS AND A BLUE FIAT STRADA
ELLIPSIS ZINE
Flash Fiction

8th July 2022

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SPARKING A REVOLUTION
Amibidextrous Bloodhound Press, Unbroken Journal
Flash Fiction

July 7th 2022

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Plucky Backpackers in the Lynmouth Flood

The Phare

Flash Fiction

June 2022

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You see a bear..
Paragraph Planet
75 word Micro

25th June, 2022

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WHEN THE SCHOOL BELL RINGS GIVING REPRIEVE FROM THE PLAYGROUND GOSSIP
National Flash Fiction Day

June 2022

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Chickens and Ducks
National Flash Fiction Day

June, 2022

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Helping The Words Go Down
National Flash Fiction Day

June 2022

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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
National Flash Fiction Day

June, 2022

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WAYS I CAN BECOME FAMOUS IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
National Flash Fiction Day

June 2022

Piano Keys

Improvisation
Flash Fiction (music theme)
Syncopation Literary Journal

June 2022

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Disenchantment in Three Recipes
RETREAT WEST Runner-Up - Flash Themed Contest (Forest)

This story is due to be re-published soon by Raw Lit

June 2022

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Cashing up with Beryl
Paragraph Planet

5th June 2022

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DELRAILMENT
VIRTUAL ZINE (This story is looking for a new home as the Virtual Zine site has sadly closed)

May 2022

Image by Joel Wyncott

Twelve Etudes

Writers Playground, 4th Place

Short Story Competition - time bound with criteria

May 2022

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The Complaint of the Zalto Crystal Wine Glass,
Bright Flash Literary Review

April 2022

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FORGET ME NOT YOU DOUBLE HEADED TWO FACED PRINCESS
GLOPE SOUP Micro Competition Finalist
Theme - yellow

 March 2022

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The Outhouse at Port Waikato
Reflex Fiction
Longlisted
Flash Fiction

(This story is looking for a new home as the Reflex Fiction site has sadly closed)

Feb 2022

Image by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona

The Agnes Riley Memorial Garden,
Virtual Zine
Creative Non-fiction

(This story is looking for a new home as the Virtual Zine site has sadly closed)

October 2021

Image by Joe Gomez

Aircooled VW Baja
Runner Up
Retreat West
Flash Fiction Competition Theme Echo

(the Retreat West site has sadly closed by this story is available in my collection Wheel Spin & Traction)

December 2021

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Where the Spiders Were, Hammond House
Shortlisted, Short Story
Theme: Stardust

Feb/March 2022

Image by Mathieu Le Roux

Casting for Bigger Fish in the Sea,

Globe Soup  Micro Competition

Finalist

Theme: Envy

August 2021

Image by Adrian Swancar

Working From Home, Globe Soup
Finalist
Micro Competition, Theme: Sloth

July 2021

Image by Tetiana Bykovets

Regifting 
Winner, Micro Competition,
Theme:Bloom
Retreat West

(This story is looking for a new home as the Retreat West site has sadly closed)

July 2021

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Stopping The Morris Traveller,
Reflex Fiction
Flash Fiction

(Reflex Fiction has sadly closed down but this story is included in my collection Wheel Spin & Traction)

May 2021

Image by Sharon McCutcheon

The Stickiness of Ice Rings, Reflex Fiction

(This story is looking for a new home as the Reflex site has sadly been taken down)

May 2021

Image by Sam Warren

Ford Impala, A Car for Grown Men,
Reflex Fiction
Flash Fiction

(The Reflex site has sadly closed but this story is published in my collection Wheel Spin & Traction)

April 2021

Image by Estée Janssens

Big Boys Don't Cry,
Globe Soup
Winner 7 day Short Story writing challenge
Genre Crime

Feb 2021

Emily Macdonald

London UK

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