Patricia Flaherty Pagan

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Ultrasound in hand, she scattered lupin-seed hopes on the wind.

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Patricia Flaherty Pagan is a Second Prize Winner of Briefly ‘Write 10’ 2024. She lives in a brown house on Boston’s north shore with her family and three mischievous rescue cats. She is the award-winning author of Enduring Spirit: Stories and Trail Ways Pilgrims. Her flash fiction has been published in journals such as Cleaver Magazine, The Ocotillo Review, and The Sirens Call. See more on her website.

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Briefly ‘Write 10’ 2024 asked writers for ten-word stories on the theme of DESTINY / HISTORY. It took us many many many re-reads to choose our winners. The selected stories stood out for innovative use of language, for making us feel and think, as well as careful engagement with the theme.

Briefly Write is a little literary space with big ideas. We publish a twice-yearly Zine of bold and brief micro poetry, prose and photography. We host two annual competitions – Write 10 and the Briefly Write Poetry Prize – and other occasional collections, including Briefly Think, a themed call for thoughtful short essays. We publish succinct, meaningful reviews of poetry and fiction, with a focus on debut collections and environmental themes. We also provide writing inspiration and personalised feedback in the Briefly Zone.