🚀Dancer & Writer. ✨Brit based in Zurich. ⚡️Words in Fractured Lit, X-RAY Literary, LEON Literary, Bending Genres, Gone Lawn, JMWW, Your Impossible Voice…Nom BSF & BMF 2025 🎖️Bath Flash Fiction Short Listhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3muhtsuqtzc26"At first they were blind little hand warmers piling on us mothers, all warm, cozy bodies and colored furs, their sloe-eyed faces, exquisite with whiskers." Amazing work from @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social in @fishbarrelreview.bsky.social https://fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/nicole-brogdon/01 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhtsuqtzc26https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mu5d7ofq3k27"Someone passed around the red coffee jug full of bright cherry Kool-Aid. It tasted like metal and childhood and everything else that disappears before it should." Love this! #archivechallenge @zaryfekete.bsky.social https://ghostparachute.com/issue/january-2026-issue/humidity/28 Aug 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5d7ofq3k27https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mu2q3y6sr227Such a purrrrrfect 'happy' ending! #archivechallenge @lumchanmfa.bsky.social https://ghostparachute.com/issue/january-2026-issue/theres-a-dead-cat-in-the-installation/27 Aug 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2q3y6sr227https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mtqserqhf224So many excuses! @sherrieflick.bsky.social #archivechallenge http://ghostparachute.com/issue/march-2026-issue/because/23 Aug 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqserqhf224https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mtjuk2ivrc27Amazing! The tension of a Dorito! #archivechallenge https://ghostparachute.com/issue/february-2026-issue/sacred-geometry/20 Aug 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjuk2ivrc27https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mtdle2twjc27"Star Shine had eyes like water bottle caps, a body like a gallon of milk." Love this. The deep sadness and longing of the adult, and the inability of the child to put into words what's wrong. #archivechallenge https://ghostparachute.com/issue/august-2026-issue/star-shine/18 Aug 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdle2twjc27https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3msxp5ku5bs22Beautiful use of an object to hold a story of motherhood and loss @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social #archivechallenge https://ghostparachute.com/issue/august-2026-issue/ship-in-a-bottle/13 Aug 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxp5ku5bs22https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3msxnt4uytc2pSo happy and grateful to be nominated for Best of the Net 2027. Thanks to Court Harler & Flash The Court: https://flashthecourt.com/2025/12/05/ladies-prefer-blonds-fragments-of-an-undoing-by-ali-mckenzie-murdoch/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTqmU1wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMFgwM3hWQTlWNmozaE1ubDdzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeEfGiUTeYGF2giO99lIx13D7QWBgZZfP2a_dkezuntqPUsbtnCAQOidG7tO8_aem_eV0oEeJi-Z7WjWQ-NPxd4Q13 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxnt4uytc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3msna2jl63k24Incredible how a story can be told through a few lines of Google searches... @kimmagowan.bsky.social #archivechallenge https://ghostparachute.com/issue/august-2026-issue/how-do-i-clear-a-search-history/09 Aug 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msna2jl63k24https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3msijw4wbes24Amazing micro by Sarah Freligh. It earns its final line completely...inevitable and devastating. @sfreligh.bsky.social #archivechallenge https://ghostparachute.com/issue/august-2026-issue/jumpers/07 Aug 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msijw4wbes24https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mshydf4ry225So proud to be on this list! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshydf4ry225https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3meymrlm47c2aSo delighted to be longlisted for the @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🎉16 Feb 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3meymrlm47c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3mcg34fj66c2hVery excited and grateful to be nominated by Flash the Court for Best Small Fictions 2026 https://flashthecourt.com/noms/?fbclid=IwdGRleAPU8XNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeCGzRBZneaN6ifx4yt_r4nKo2nJoL9oePJgUsy_lyzJ9hK5F2f4esKu5AwIA_aem_WlUOvaQke4VJZQRGI6ImJw14 Jan 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcg34fj66c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3m7o3fir2us2cAmazing human beings? @kelliborges2.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social @cariwriting.bsky.social 💖💖💖 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7o3fir2us2chttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3m7ahq2rbcc2iSo excited to publish my first prose poem, part of my WIP novella-in-flash. Many thanks to Flash the Court. Also Julie Irigaray & @saloneurope.bsky.social for helping me dive deeper into this form. Enjoy my obsession with blonds! flashthecourt.com https://flashthecourt.com/05 Dec 2025 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ahq2rbcc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3m2emjdn2ns2y“You belong in a Picasso painting — there, one ear higher than the other, sawhorse for a cheekbone, hatchet marks for lips.” Wonderful prose poem, The Bad Doctor, from my lovely friend @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47 https://www.theunjournals.com/unbroken4704 Oct 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2emjdn2ns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3m25zmaoa2k2aSo happy to be nominated for my piece “Feeding Time” which I recently had the pleasure of reading in Brussels at the @saloneurope.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25zmaoa2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lyo432bmq22ySo happy to read at the @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels. “Feeding Time” pub. @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social https://thewoolfx.com/feeding-time-by-ali-mckenzie-murdoch/12 Sep 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyo432bmq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lyo3ucku2k2ySuch a great experience, reading at the opening evening of the @saloneurope.bsky.social Big thank you for organizing such an inspiring event, [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyo3ucku2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lyddpswqdc2tWhat truths will unfold as Katerina Zherebtsova reads from her debut poetry collection? I’m excited to interview Katerina on Tuesday, 23rd Sept, from 18.30 at B2 Hotel Zurich All proceeds go to @Action4WomenCH Tickets: Girls left in the woods become archeologists | bossladies08 Sep 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyddpswqdc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lwonqzecc225Wonderful, visceral, raw read from @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwonqzecc225https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lwk3amropk2j“I will say my goodbyes to each room. Remember our newborn snuggling on a sheepskin rug, hear the creaking herringbone parquet floors, relive my postpartum vigil at the bedroom window, the slow-motion clouds.” Delighted to see my piece In Between in @librelit.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwk3amropk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lusfcybhr22lPerfect companion for a holiday in Italia…bravo @fionamckay.bsky.social for your wonderful & deeply moving novella published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social Read The Lives of the Dead now!25 Jul 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusfcybhr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3ltfibgebik2p"He tells her how he’s never seen any place as beautiful, the ice clear and aquamarine, how it glows as if lit within." So beautiful from @kelliborges2.bsky.social In @fracturedlit.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfibgebik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lsqm3yxdj226Wow such great flash selected by @mariegethins.bsky.social Congratulations to all the winners! Well deserved. 👏👏👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsqm3yxdj226https://bsky.app/profile/yallaalia.bsky.social/post/3lsm5ornavs2g“Yes, this is how she wants to be. With her friends. Freed of the shellac smothering the rest of her life.” What a flash by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social 😍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:dbapyp37l3f47hzo7ep4evfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsm5ornavs2g