Gillian OShaughnessy
@GillOshaughness
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▪️Writer, Reader, Optimist▪️Sub Ed @SmokeLong ▪️Best Small Fictions 23/24▪️🥇London Ind. Story Prize, Fractured Lit Anthology, Welkin Mini ▪️fmr ABC journalist
Perth, Western Australia
Joined March 2009
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable. @lumchanmfa
@SFWP @womenonwriting
@SmokeLong
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It’s live!!! My debut poetry collection is available to pre-order from @FLPress ! Please order and share 💙 https://t.co/cCvjVEFM2e
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📚Last chance! Miles Franklin winner Sofie Laguna TONIGHT, 10/10/25 at the National Hotel Fremantle. I’ll be talking to Sofie about her new book, The Underworld. Full of myths and misfits, it’ll be a great conversation. 6.30pm start. Register at New Edition Bookshop
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Im hosting the YEAH NAH flash fiction MEET & READ TODAY Thursday Aug. 7th Perth 5pm Sydney 7pm UK 10am 2.30pm India Zoom link in reply to register Bring a Micro to read
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Hey friends! Tomorrow I launch my first newsletter focused on the joy of short stories :) Hopefully it will bring you a little joy too. That’s the goal anyway. If you’d like to sign up, that would be wonderful. If not, that’s cool too. https://t.co/2e5gCv8lc6
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Very Flash Review: @sarahillswrites The Evolution of Birds published by @AdHocFiction I’m reviewing successful flash collections as part of a West Australian literature grant. Sara Hills’ debut is an inspiration.
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@sarahillswrites @EricScotTryon @SmokeLong We are so grateful you sent this stunning piece our way! We are no mathematicians, but it may be setting Flash Frog view records for a story’s opening week!
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In case you missed it! 👇🏼👇🏼
I'm thrilled to have a new story in the fantastic @flashfroglitmag. Huge thanks to EIC @EricScotTryon for championing it, to Sherry Shahan for the kick ass artwork, to @SmokeLong for prompting, & to everyone who has read & commented. I appreciate your support & generosity.♥️♥️♥️
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Original, electric, full of heart and truth. Love this story.
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by @sarahillswrites is now up! Art by Sherry Shahan https://t.co/TLYG5zDiiB
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This one by @sarahillswrites or at @flashfroglitmag "We’re each just a brain in a jar, sitting side by side. Except instead of brains we’re hearts. And by hearts, I mean sex organs. And by sex organs, I mean all we ever do anymore is fuck."
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When we run out of nice things to say to each other, Gil and I watch TV like we’re each just a brain in a jar, sitting side by side. Except instead of brains we’re hearts. And by hearts, I mean sex…
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I'm thrilled to have a new story in the fantastic @flashfroglitmag. Huge thanks to EIC @EricScotTryon for championing it, to Sherry Shahan for the kick ass artwork, to @SmokeLong for prompting, & to everyone who has read & commented. I appreciate your support & generosity.♥️♥️♥️
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by @sarahillswrites is now up! Art by Sherry Shahan https://t.co/TLYG5zDiiB
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Kicking proper reform of crippling student debt down the road until after the next election to some new body that hasn't even been established yet is hugely disappointing. Govt needs to act with urgency on cost-of-living issues, including this one.
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Omg @emilyrinkema my HEART 😭🩷🩷
NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Other People’s Dreams” by @emilyrinkema is now up! Art by Amanda Yskamp https://t.co/KHdoWDo2j1
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I am needing this! Beautiful @rtigernyc
This week the spotlight's on @rtigernyc and her moving NF "Paradise." On self-care, Rebecca writes, "The park’s sounds bring me such joy: the squeals of delighted kids... the bark of dogs...,the clinking of Mahjong tiles..." Read "Paradise" here: https://t.co/I0weL7lmET
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Please can David Pocock be President of Australia. I wouldn’t ask but I just really need this
Gov action is not proportionate to the absolute devastation we are seeing in Gaza. We need a more consistent approach to how we respond to crises around the 🌏 We can’t end these conflicts but we can respond and play our part in the international community.
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