ML Strijdom (@mlstrijdom)

🩰 My story "Threadbare" is featured today in Ratbag Lit!! Yay!! 🩰

#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine

ratbaglit.substack.com/p/threadbare

29.01.2026 16:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Today's story is "Threadbare" by ML Strijdom.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

ratbaglit.substack.com/p/threadbare

29.01.2026 14:05 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Such a cool POV and lovely writing in this one

@ratbaglit.bsky.social @mlstrijdom.bsky.social

29.01.2026 14:25 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Sundial Magazine - Burning Crowns Burning Crowns Words by ML Strijdom Art by Scott Tierney

My most favorite historical fiction story is out now in @sundialmagazine.bsky.social !! Please go have a look! Has stunning artwork too! 🥳🥳 its based on true events from 1901 Kimberley Club, South Africa. 🥳🥳

#historicalfiction

sites.google.com/view/sundial...

15.01.2026 11:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"I hadn’t heard from the Boers in a while, but the Lords at the Kimberley Club weren’t worried. They said Kimberley was surrounded."

Read "Burning Crowns", a new #shortstory set in #southafrica by @mlstrijdom.bsky.social. With original #art by Scott Tierney.

sites.google.com/view/sundial...

14.01.2026 21:16 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My literary piece has just been published with Tiger Moth Review! “Broken Spirals”. 🤩 #tigermothreview

Go read it here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d235...

14.01.2026 05:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations!! Well deserved!! 🥳🥳🥳

08.12.2025 03:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Made the Top 128 out of 410 stories in @writingbattle.bsky.social ! 🥳🥳

08.12.2025 03:53 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congrats!! 🎉

06.12.2025 11:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Made it to final showdown of @writingbattle.bsky.social 2K contest with my Vampire Romance story! Yay!! 🥳🥳🥳 #writingbattle #shortstory #indieauthor

06.12.2025 11:49 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Falling Souffles The oven timer ringed, and I slid out a tray of ginger cookies. The scent of cinnamon and nutmeg wrapped Knead Bakery in a cozy winter blanket, until Vincent walked in. His gaze is hungry, with thin c...

My Crime Short Story “Falling Souffles” was just published at Short-story.me ! Yay! Go enjoy a cozy crime read!
#shortstory #crime #indieauthor #fun #cozycrime
short-story.me/stories/crim...

26.11.2025 05:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congrats!! 🥳🥳🥳

24.11.2025 06:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Made it to top 16 out of 571 stories in the Fear Pro Writing Battle Contest!! Genre: Horror! Look at us go! Yay!! 🥳🥳 @writingbattle.bsky.social #writingbattle #indieauthor #shortstory #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #writingcontest #writingcommunity #flashfiction

24.11.2025 04:03 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My first ever real publication in a lit mag! You can find my fictional short story inside. Thank you @livinapress.bsky.social A dream came true! #publishedauthor #indieauthor #shortstory #fantasystory

22.11.2025 20:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Made it to the top 128 out of 571ish stories in the Horror Genre for Fear Battle in Writting Battle!! So excited! Lets gooo!!!
#writingbattle #top128 #indieauthor #shortstorywriter

22.11.2025 00:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AN 07 Femme Fury — Zoetic Press

My story: “Cycle 14” Scifi is live on Alphanumeric: Zoetic Press! Audio version! 🥰🥰🎤🎧🔈

www.zoeticpress.com/an-07-femme-...

12.11.2025 19:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My first ever hard copy Lit Mag in my hands!
Thank you Livina Press for making that dream cone true with a story that’s so close to my heart: “Of Feathers and Faun” 🥳🥳

#livinapress #indieauthor #litmag #publishedauthor #debutpub #writingcommunity #shortstory #AmWriting #InPrint #fantasywriting

27.10.2025 14:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Made the Long List for the @historythroughfiction contest 2025! www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-...
#writingcommunity #writing #historywriter #indiewriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #emergingwriters #shortstorywriter #historicalwriting

15.09.2025 15:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

September Flash Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms For the month of September 2025, these are the horror stories of 1,000 words or less that entertain us the most.

My thriller: ‘This is Living’ just dropped on Flash Phantoms!! 🛥️.

#AmWriting #IndieLit #SmallPress #LitMag #LitFic #FlashFiction #FlashPhantoms #Thriller

www.flashphantoms.net/september-fl...

31.08.2025 07:50 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Signs 🤣

31.08.2025 05:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Starspun Lit - The Glow of Starwhiskers The Glow of Starwhiskers

My cozy fantasy: ‘The Glow of Starwhiskers’ has found a loving home WITH stunning illustrations 🥹🌸🩷🥰

Thank you Starspun Lit! You guys are amazing 🥳

www.starspunlit.org/issues/summe...

30.08.2025 16:08 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Leopard at night, Lower Zambezi, Zambia.

#leopard #cats #zambia #lowerzambezi #wildlifephotography #sony #safari #africa

27.08.2025 17:13 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Proud of u Jaime!!! 💪💪 soo happy for u!

27.08.2025 17:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Golden Moment A Micro Fiction by ML Strijdom

My story: A Golden Moment was just released on Westword! Go read it here! 🌟✨💫🌟

westword.substack.com/p/a-golden-m...

25.08.2025 23:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Elephants in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#elephants #wildlife #safari #photography #africa #zambia #wildlifephotography

19.08.2025 18:03 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wilddogs of the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#wilddogs #sony #sonya6500 #zambia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #safari #lowerzambezi

14.08.2025 06:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Leopard mom and her cub caught peeping out from their hideout, Lower Zambezi, Zambia 🐆 #leopards #sony #lowerzambezi #zambia #bigcats #nature #wildlifephotography

07.08.2025 09:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa
#capetown #bloubergstrand #sony #sonya6500 #zeisslens

06.08.2025 15:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Baboon posing in the morning sun, Lower Zambezi, Zambia

05.08.2025 16:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa 🏄🌊

04.08.2025 11:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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