Tim Craig
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Manc (Lapsed) | Writer of S(h)orts
Chances now of hearing any other song at all on the radio this week: zero.
13 days ago
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Donāt know where Iād be without these subtitlesā¦
17 days ago
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Really enjoyed this gentle, illuminating conversation between
@ronanhession.bsky.social
and Jon Fosse in the new
@tolkajournal.bsky.social
25 days ago
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Donāt say it.
29 days ago
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I have questions
29 days ago
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Sharon Telfer
about 1 month ago
Subs for the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day anthology & micro comp are now open, closing 15 Feb. Please repost for
#FlashFiction
friends.
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Helen Rye
about 2 months ago
<Prince vocals> This is what it sounds like...when we do number things (also our contest ends this Saturday and is excellent)
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Like the handbooks say, playing around with narrative time can create a whole new story.
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
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Shakespeare and Company
2 months ago
Never forget that the oppression of intellectuals is the sign of a regimeās weakness, not its strengthā¦
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says āI have no visa ā I am bannedā
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/28/wole-soyinka-nobel-us-visa-trump
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2 months ago
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/oct-...
Very late in the day but at last our Oct 2025 Longlist. Congratulations to all. And apologies for the delay
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Oct 2025 Long List
Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long lā¦
https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/oct-2025-long-list/#more-34939
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Nothing to see here. Just my brilliant friend Michele Kirsch being brilliant again, dammit.
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Saddiversaries ā are they a fresh hell?
Michele Kirsch mulls them over and makes a few confessions
https://open.substack.com/pub/advantagesofage/p/saddiversaries-are-they-a-fresh-hell
3 months ago
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And my children laugh when I tell them about the ācutting edgeā technology we had back in the 90sā¦
3 months ago
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I guess itāll save me supplying my own pinch of saltā¦
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk
3 months ago
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Sarah McPherson
4 months ago
The next block of the
#BitesizedBookClub
is open for bookings! We'll be meeting on the following Thursdays, 19:15-20:30 (UK time): 25 Sept - Stories by Tim Craig 23 Oct - Fairy Tale/Myth Retellings 27 Nov - Ekphrastic Stories Link to book:
theleadedwindow.blogspot.com/p/bite-sized...
#FlashFiction
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Bite-sized Book Club
The Bite-sized Book Club is a monthly online book club dedicated to reading flash fiction. Everyone is welcome, whether you normally read fl...
https://theleadedwindow.blogspot.com/p/bite-sized-book-club.html
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The all-day-breakfast-pizza-in-a-tin of sentences
4 months ago
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* Kenneth Williams face *
5 months ago
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Itās official - The Kazbar rocks! Totally brilliant collection from a top (breakfast) table writer of flash fiction. (Cold) toasts all round! š„ š¾
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Am picturing twelve tiny people in a shoebox.
6 months ago
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open)
6 months ago
Delighted to see 6
#NFFR
stories selected for the WIGLEAF TOP 50 longlist šš - links in the comments Congrats to
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
@timcraig.bsky.social
@judydarley.bsky.social
Laura Grant
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Sarah Cappell Thomason
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Just arrived. The bestest little book in bookland. Great to be in it!
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
@nffr.bsky.social
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Congratulations to all twenty writers shortlisted in our 30th Award! Results out before the end of the month
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june...
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June 2025 Short List
Huge congratulations to the twenty authors who have made our 30th Award short listAuthor names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share you are on the short list, please do not identifā¦
https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june-2025-short-list/
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Delighted to make the shortlist!
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6 months ago
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You wait ages for a quotation mark and then
8 months ago
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs open)
9 months ago
If you're wondering what we like, check out the
#FlashFiction
we've nominated for awards from
@timcraig.bsky.social
@kathyhoyle.bsky.social
@lucindakempe.bsky.social
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
@crobertswriter.bsky.social
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
newflashfiction.com/best-small-f...
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With two detectives named āFrankā and āBascombeā, Iām guessing Jack Thorne - the writer of the brilliant āAdolescenceā on Netflix - is (like me) a big Richard Ford fan.
10 months ago
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Best Microfiction
12 months ago
Dear friends, the winners of Best Microfiction 2025 are live! A huge thanks to 2025 judge Dawn Raffel! BM 2025 will be released in the Spring! If you're on this list, expect an email and contract from us in the next 2 weeks.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
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#flashfiction
#microfiction
#writingcommunity
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Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
https://www.bestmicrofiction.com/
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Delighted to have been selected for inclusion in Best Microfiction ā25! Huge thanks to judge Dawn Raffel and again to
@nffr.bsky.social
for publishing & nominating it.
12 months ago
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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
about 1 year ago
What a beaut!! Thrilled to end the year with a piece in this gorgeous magazine... š„š
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V pleased to have been long listed for the Manchester Writing Schoolās āQuiet Man Daveā prize. Good luck to all the shortlisted writers in tonightās awards presentationā¦
www.mmu.ac.uk/qmdprize
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QuietManDave Prize
The QuietManDave Prize celebrates short-form writing and the life of someone who loved to experience new places, art and events and write about them.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/qmdprize
about 1 year ago
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Well this is warming news for a cold day. V pleased my flash āPet Shop Boysā is included in
@noranadj.bsky.social
ās picks for November in
@mattkendrick.bsky.social
ās excellent
#Mondettes
Thanks both, and to
@nffr.bsky.social
for publishing the story in the first place.
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about 1 year ago
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European Writers Salon
about 1 year ago
š¦ New friends! š¦ There are still spaces available for the next of our quarterly open mic salons š¤ 14 January ⢠online ⢠FREE Reading slots have gone, but weād love for you to come along and see what our fun, friendly community is all about š
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
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European Writers Salon - Online Open Mic Salon
Join us for this free and friendly online open mic salon hosted by Kik Lodge.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-writers-salon-online-open-mic-salon-tickets-1052601989887
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Looking forward to diving into this one
#bookshopday
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@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
about 2 years ago
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