'‘What’s your hunting knife situation?’ is maybe not the thing to ask at this precise moment but I have this extra one on me and I like Lydia and she’s about to go home so I ask her...' Great #flashfiction from @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/03/06/e...

'Problem: My Eight-Pound™ is forming a closer relationship with its mother than with me.' Fabulous use of unusual storytelling method. #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Father’s Guide for Troubleshooting the Eight Pound Baby Boy flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/03...

'A friend told me about a therapist who specialized in kitchen appliance anxiety. “It’s a booming industry,” he said.' Fun & surreal with a serious undertone. 'Zen and the Art of Appliance Maintenance' is a great piece of #flashfiction #writingcommunity flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/03...

Great to know you enjoyed it, Laura. Thank you for reading and sharing @laurabesley.bsky.social‬ @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social‬ #microfiction #MicroMonday

'Trouble' reads like a breathless sentence (but isn't) bc of the pacing. Tension builds & builds, the crescendo hits in the right place, and the ending thuds perfectly. Fantastic read by Anne van Leeuwen. #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Trouble flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/03...

'It’s a message to me. Saying without saying.' I adore Edward Hopper and this piece by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social is a superb accompanying piece. #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/03/02/m...

'Annie waits in this motel at the end of a row of motels, brimming, can sense the dirt on the sheets, can feel it on the tips of her fingers...' Superb single-sentence story by Nadim Silverman #fiction #flashfiction Lovers Have to Know Everything flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/02...

'The radiator in Lisa’s steamy bedroom fights against outside’s raw Sunday. White sky clings to bare branches.' Love this opening and this piece by @mauroaltamura8.bsky.social in #FlashFictionMagazine #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2026/03...

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

Congratulations to the winner, 2x runners up & 3x highly commended for this year's novella-in-flash competition 🎉🎉🎉 Very much looking forward to reading those published. And big thanks to @judehwriter2.bsky.social for continuing to champion this form. #fiction #flashfiction #novella-in-flash

‘If only she were meeting a boy. Someone like Rupert or Hunter or Joe, who have cars and trust funds and play golf at the weekends.’ Echoes across the years in this heartbreaker from @laurabesley.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💭 gooseberry-pie.com/seventeen-ye...

#ICYMI 'Seventeen Years From Now' is my 6-sentence story in the wonderful @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social The whole issue is fab! #fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity

New call for submissions from @barrelhouse.bsky.social: The Aftermath. We're looking for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art about what happens AFTER the big story is over and life goes back to "normal" (or whatever counts as "normal"). More details here:

New online issue is open for subs. A lot going on here these days.

This group is a great way to explore the fascinating and versatile genre of novella-in-flash! #WritingCommunity #books #BookSky #FlashFiction

The new block of The NIFTY Book Club starts next week! On Monday, 23rd February, we'll be discussing 'Lessons at the Water's Edge' - the prize-winning novella-in-flash - by Caroline Greene. There's still time to sign up! See ⏬ for details ⏬ #fiction #flashfiction #novellainflash #writingcommunity

'To slip a finger under the surface, to feel the wet separation of self from self.' Great micro by Evan Gassmaan in 101 Words #fiction #microfiction Skin Theory 101words.org/skin-theory/

Here is my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review of Paper Sisters by @bookbound2019.bsky.social #published by @northodoxpress.bsky.social OUT NOW #book #books #bookreview #historicalfiction #WWI everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2026/02/revi...

"If only she were meeting a boy. Someone like Rupert or Hunter or Joe, who have cars and trust funds and play golf at the weekends" Possibilities for a girl conjured up by @laurabesley.bsky.social in this moving story gooseberry-pie.com/seventeen-ye...

"when her son asks, ‘Mummy, why do your eyes have mud round them?’ she will be reminded of tonight" Such a deep well of emotions in this micro from @laurabesley.bsky.social; love the connection between future and present gooseberry-pie.com/seventeen-ye...

I'm proud to be part of the latest Gooseberry Pie issue with my story 'Seventeen Years From Now' alongside so many other wonderful stories & writers. Huge thanks to Jeff for selecting my work. #fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity

"If only she were meeting a boy. Someone like Rupert or Hunter or Joe, who have cars and trust funds and play golf at the weekends." Wow, this phenomenal piece of writing by @laurabesley.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

I'm delighted to welcome Caroline Greene to The NIFTY Book Club in February to discuss her winning novella-in-flash, 'Lessons at the Water's Edge'. @cgreene100.bsky.social @adhocfiction.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #novellainflash Details & sign up here: www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...

#Indieauthor #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorsky #writersky

There are two wonderful pieces by @sherrieflick.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/stopwatch/

'...when we look back at the time when this thing felt simple, just Conversations with Friends, back when we talked and someone listened.' Love this quirky clever piece by @happilander.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/sign-of-the-...

'Each notebook cover ravished, wrapping torn with the care of children on Christmas morning.' Heartbreaking micro by @amymarques.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/subito1/

'Once, I protected you—we had our own language.' Great example of what can be done in so few words. 'Obituary: Sisters, an Artless, Sideways List' by Koss @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/obituary-sis...

'Small Change' by @andreamarcusa.bsky.social is a sticky claustrophobic piece which succinctly & deftly portrays this all-to-familiar situation. @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/small-change/

Huge thanks to Jeff @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social (dream journal!) for publishing my piece: 'Seventeen Years From Now'. This is very loosely inspired by something that happened in real life - as are so many of my pieces. #fiction #amwriting #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/seventeen-ye...

'How the road ahead could really run, and how ahead and behind were a horse a piece. How we were.' A beautiful eerie piece by @patforan.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/on-a-ghostli...

'Lift the unconnected from the gaps, let the words stream down the page, watch three girls drawing chalk squares in the schoolyard...' Great use of repetition by Sandra Arnold @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity gooseberry-pie.com/one-day-one-...

Love this micro by @laurabesley.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Tight and fragmented, with an emotional punch. gooseberry-pie.com/seventeen-ye...

“My wife can tell I’m seeing the pet shop girl on the side because I come home each night with ___ on my collar,” Gene Rayburn says, dentures gleaming like interrogation lamps. #fiction #microfiction @karenkay.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/in-2025-my-h...

"If only she were meeting a boy. Someone like Rupert or Hunter or Joe, who have cars and trust funds and play golf at the weekends." @laurabesley.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/seventeen-ye...

Cool book clubs abound apparently! Here’s another!

There's still plenty of time to sign up for the next block of The NIFTY Book Club. We meet once a month to discuss novellas-in-flash and the author joins us for a live Q&A when possible. All details below ⏬ #flash #flashfiction #novellainflash #bookclub #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting

The NIFTY Book Club is great - come join us! ☺️

The NIFTY Book Club looks fab. Check Laura’s thread for all the novellas-in-flash they’ll be discussing this block #WomenWritersNet

The next block of The NIFTY Book Club is open! 📚 Monthly on Mondays, 19:30-21:00 GMT/BST 📚 Read & discuss a novella-in-flash 📚 Live author Q&A where possible See link for books, dates & sign up form www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...

'I’d tell him such matters are no business of his, that one day I’ll be a lady’s maid and take no notice of a hobbledehoy garden boy who sleeps in the bothy, talking to his peas.' Such intense beauty by @chriscottom.bsky.social @freeflashfiction.bsky.social freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...

'Revenge is a dish best eaten cold: the cliché had whispered itself to me so often I’d begun to think of it as a companion, a second skin to wrap around myself during the low times.' Such an evocative piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social @gonelawn.bsky.social #fiction #micro gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

'For the background I used that wallpaper we stashed in the garage. Remember? Beige, with the egg-yolk coloured teddy-bears?' Wonderful short-listed piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social @freeflashfiction.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity freeflashfiction.com/fiction/i-ma...

Great to know you enjoyed it, Laura. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts @laurabesley.bsky.social @loricramerwriter.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

'Actually, Asa does look forward to our breakfasts with Dad—but that’s because Mom never buys us fast food. Not that she’s opposed to us eating it. It’s just too expensive, she says.' Stark bittersweet micro by @loricramerwriter.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/02/02/m...

Absolutely thrilled to have made the shortlist of the Henshaw Short Story Prize 🎉 Winner announcements on Friday...! #amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity

Love this one-sentence micro by Louella Lester in @fictivedream.bsky.social 'how we fought at our high school grad dance after he noticed I wasn’t wearing a bra, so I went home without him' #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity

Five female poets to stir the senses of those with a curiosity and passion for words, chosen by anthologist Fiona Waters.

I'm absolutely thrilled to be on the Henshaw Press Short Story long list 🎉 Congratulations to everyone else & commisserations to those who didn't make it this time. Huge thanks to the readers, judges & director, Rebecca. #shortstory #amwriting #writingcommunity www.henshawpress.co.uk

We run a writing competition every quarter - and all our winners are published in one of our fabulous anthologies. Here's our latest one, published by the brilliant Hobeck Books 😍 Twenty-two of our prize-winning writers are published inside. Check it out to see their awesome winning work!