Gintinn is giùlan / Bearing and Begetting

A story in Gaelic & English written by Mairi Kidd & illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones. Inspired by a poem in the National Library of Scotland’s collections attributed to Iseabail Ní Mheic Cailéin & preserved in the sixteenth‑century Book of the Dean of Lismore.

https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/bearing-and-begetting/

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Bearing and begetting | National Library of Scotland

Inspired by a Gaelic poem in our collections- Éistibh a luchd an tighe-se', author Mairi Kidd has written her own fictional account of the origins of the poem.

National Library of Scotland

Short Works: A Timeshare in the Heart
Currently available on BBC Sounds

A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy's trip to the Scottish seaside. Original short story by Michael Pedersen. Read by Russell Tovey.

Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet & author. He is the current Edinburgh Makar & a former Writer in Residence at he University of Edinburgh.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vc53

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, A Timeshare in the Heart by Michael Pedersen

A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy’s trip to the Scottish seaside

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Friday (yet, at least in the next timezone) - I have another #story for you!
It has a cat! (Which lives, no worries!)
Enjoy the read, share it widely, and tell me if you liked it.
Any help finding my #readers is very much appreciated.
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https://ko-fi.com/post/Once-a-Green-Isle--fantasy-flash-fiction-P5P71YE77E

My short story “The Candy Aisle” appears in Citywide Lunch today! Keep reading at: https://citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-candy-aisle-by-joanne-merriam/

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Masterful stories from A.T. Greenblatt and Tobias S. Buckell drew us into this week's Story Hour! A tale of encountering a creepy creep made a night bus about as harrowing as the toxic atmosphere of Io in an Asimov-inspired tale. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #TobiasSBuckell #ATGreenblatt @atgreenblatt https://youtu.be/vIT6-od7rbw
April 22, 2026 Story Hour: A.T. Greenblatt and Tobias S. Buckell

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“The year is 3026. An expedition from the Neo-Tokyo Educational Expedition Taskforce (NEET), has identified a thumbdrive containing a fragment of ScytheRider's "Silver Resistance" inside a Terminal Capitalism-era hospital queue execution site dating to approximately 1,000 years ago.”

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This Story Hour is positively star-studded! And the positive stars are none other than award winners A.T. Greenblatt and Tobias S. Buckell! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #TobiasSBuckell #ATGreenblatt https://www.storyhour2020.com/
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If you expected a new #story from me today - congratulations, you were right!
I hope you enjoy the read, share it widely, and tell me if you liked it. (writers will endure a lot of praise if need be!) Any help finding my #readers is very much appreciated.
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https://ko-fi.com/post/Faith-and-Honor--fantasy-flash-fiction-E1E31Y06LG