Writer. Persistently drafting her next flash fiction to get rejected. Constantly musing on that novel. Repeatedly interrupted by life.https://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3msmatevcqk2sqb.foofaraw.press/tag/crumbs/ @foofarawpress.bsky.social I was June Crumbs Miette d'Or winner! https://qb.foofaraw.press/tag/crumbs/08 Aug 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmatevcqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3msivfvqfwk2v@whimsyfiction.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msivfvqfwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mscclst2vc2cWorking on my submission, any one have some whimsical tunes to get me in the right headspace? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscclst2vc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mrzuayaa5226My drabble, Static, is featured in this issue of ScribesMICRO. www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-60.html/ https://www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-60.html/01 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzuayaa5226https://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mr6it56rgc2dOpened up a story I hadn't subbed in a while because it seemed like a good fit to a call an immediately went: WELL that is a word I use all the damn time. Oh well. Still gonna sub it.21 Jul 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6it56rgc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mr3vcgmx3k2tAnyone else having trouble psyching themselves up to do some submission grinding? I didn't make my goal last month and not currently on track to make it this month either. lol20 Jul 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3vcgmx3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mqd2hwktg22jA drabble of mine was featured in Manawaker. https://www.patreon.com/manawaker/posts/100-word-project-152852782?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share10 Jul 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd2hwktg22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mqd2a6iwps2jA horror drabble of mine at Black Hare Press's Dark Moments. https://blackharepress.com/blogs/dark-moments/off-of-the-screen-by-alethea-paul?_pos=3&_sid=c16efdecd&_ss=r10 Jul 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd2a6iwps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mq3qaasaak2e@whimsyfiction.bsky.social07 Jul 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3qaasaak2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mpojnc7w3s2b"Catch the Sky" a drabble by me is in the latest issue of Fairfield Scribes. https://www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-59.html02 Jul 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpojnc7w3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mpofdj33fc2tSubmit your comment against Absentee Ballot Regulations Proposed by Trump. Do it now, before 5pm today EST. It will limit access to voting. Here are places with pregen comments to send in: https://www.lwv.org/take-action/oppose-proposed-mail-and-absentee-ballot-regulations https://www.nonprofitvote.org/take-action-on-usps-proposed-mail-ballot-rule/ https://www.aapd.com/action-alert-protect-vote-by-mail-submit-a-comment-to-the-united-states-postal-service-usps/02 Jul 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpofdj33fc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mobj5ycpqk2614 Jun 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobj5ycpqk26https://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mnaktxinlc2sMy 50 word story is out at Fifty Word Stories: Milk Cups and Milk Caps https://fiftywordstories.com/2026/06/01/alethea-paul-milk-cups-and-milk-caps/01 Jun 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnaktxinlc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mmcjcitzos2lYou ever get an idea for a story, knowing the ending or turning point and you write everything up to that but now the words dont flow and you realise: welp. What I've written does not support this cool idea. Everything or this ending will have to change. At least this is a flash fiction piece.20 May 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcjcitzos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3ml7kvqrxjc2lSharing this a bit late. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7kvqrxjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3ml4lj3um2c2bNothing to do with writing, except I use Pinterest to browse character ideas, but WHY is my "for you" page dyed hair and deviled eggs? Dyed hair and Deviled eggs would be a good title for something though... Maybe we should all make titles based on Pinterest for you pages.05 May 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4lj3um2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3miz3odlwrk2f"My city!" "OK, go save it." "NO! I'm the bad guy!" Her villainy continues. Though she also needs to go to the grocery store.08 Apr 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz3odlwrk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3miytoy2qi22hI guess today I'm channeling my own villain, Gaston, as I eat a bunch of dyed Easter Eggs before they go bad.08 Apr 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3miytoy2qi22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3miynebsplc2hToday (or Yesterday) on my daughter's descent into villainy: She has decided to pretend to be the villainess (Anubia) and send her cat ghosts with heir hair ball attacks at me. She could have been one of the magic girls who use gems to turn into cats/cat girls but she chose villainess and violence.08 Apr 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3miynebsplc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mijyhu3fp22tSome days are just organizing your own writing/submission spread sheets. Maybe this year I'll earn enough to have to file taxes on it.🤞02 Apr 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijyhu3fp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mhtfhab7j226Sat down to draft for Twisted Tournament but my cat has other plans. @twistinthetale.bsky.social24 Mar 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtfhab7j226https://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mhnu7rqkak2sToday on my daughter's dissent into villainy: *Toy wand in hand, and trying to stop my husband from going anywhere and having him stay on the couch, playfully.* "Bippity-boppity-boo! Make daddy dead!"22 Mar 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnu7rqkak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mh534ebf5s2eToday on my daughter's descent into villainy: She is telling my husband that she must set traps in the woods to capture princesses so she can marry them.15 Mar 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh534ebf5s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mh4o2oqzxc2kNew best record for me at @writingbattle.bsky.social How did everyone else do?15 Mar 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4o2oqzxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mgxnrff32k25Woo-hoo! Made it into the final showdown, just barely, over at Writing Battle.13 Mar 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxnrff32k25https://bsky.app/profile/aletheapaul.bsky.social/post/3mfpmierbos2nA micro of mine was published on 101 words today. 101words.org/ghosted-town/ https://101words.org/ghosted-town/25 Feb 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:6iodi6mn77g3emlmkkbcuvrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpmierbos2n