MY BOOK! MY BOOK! MY BOOK!!

Thrilled my story, Blue Car, Red Truck will appear in the Ghost Parachute anthology with so many of my favourite authors. Thanks @brettpribble.bsky.social & Brett J Barr for the beautiful artwork 🚙🚒 ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

Oh wow!! Thank you People!! That’s amazing! Thank you Welkin! Congratulations to J.M.C Kane, I love your story SO much. My heart.

Cinematic. Glorious. 🎶🎶🎶

Stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning

Now that all the shortlist (barring my winners!) have been published, you can vote for your favourites in the PEOPLE'S PRIZE!! You've got until the 31st Jan to cast your vote. Vote for 3 stories. The 2 stories with the most votes share the crown!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ha! This is wonderful @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Congratulations!

So powerful. Congratulations @anibanerjee.bsky.social

“Try this, Sheila, love.” He gave her the winning smile he used on all his women & saw her heart flicker but then her lips thinned. “Even if it’s the end of the world, Mike, I’m not just anybody’s for a glass of Tia Maria.” UNMISSABLE @joycebingham.bsky.social westword.substack.com/p/the-last-m...

Thoroughly enjoyed the wonderfully diverse readings at the @saloneurope.bsky.social - 💔 by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social stunner by @stuhennigan.bsky.social funny filtrum musings by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social Woeful typing failed to nab me quiz prize 😆 Great hosting @kiklodge.bsky.social

THRILLED to be shortlisted in @thewelkin.bsky.social 🙏 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

So thrilled to be shortlisted in this year’s Welkin Prize!

Today's shortlisted story is "What the darkness knew" by Bill Nwonwu. An atmospheric piece that shines so much light on the human condition: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Minneapolis, we stand with you, as you march your streets in the name of the immigrant. In the name of the mothers and the healers, in the name of Renee and Alex whose lives were cut short by forces that deny our shared humanity.

We stand with you as you crush ICE under your boots; as your bodies freeze in snow and wind, but your hearts do not. We stand with you as children gasp for warmth and safety, and you scream with a righteous rage that shakes the very fabric of this wounded reality.

Your heartbeats are the drum of this country, and we are ready to dance not in denial, not in despair, but in the fierce joy of what we refuse to surrender. Minneapolis, we love you, and we know you love us. We will carry that love forward together into the dawn.

We stand with you and through your courage, the world sees: love is larger than any law written in fear. We will stand with you as you march on, as you rise as paragons of justice against a great injustice.

Invasion Day Jan 26. Change the date.

‘Some carried bags. Some carried nothing’ Starkly beautiful.

Check out new @mynachang.bsky.social in @intrepidusink.bsky.social Dandelion Maggie & Tripping Steve is a joy! intrepidusink.com/dandelion-ma...

We're reopening submissions at Gone Lawn. Same old thing, you know what we like & you've got it. & as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times. And come the next full moon, dance under it! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Anyone good at time differences? Is Jan 31st 9am NYC, 10pm Jan 31st Australian Perth time? AWST? Not sure if there’s a word for time difference dyslexia but if there is, I have it.

“…how bruises bloomed their tender midnight between my knees” Oof! Beautiful and heartbreaking

Tell me you’ve ever read a better 100 word story and I’ll fight you in a pool of raspberry jelly

I know things are frightening right now, but don't forget to share people's art alongside all the news! I feel like I haven't seen much of the writing community getting traction on the TL lately but art has never been more important

Love this Elissa 💚

⚡️Fast Flash Review: Cheryl Pappas sparkling and surreal 2021 debut, A Clarity of Hunger published by Word West Press. @cherylpappas.bsky.social

Honoured to be included in this brilliant craft newsletter @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏 So many brilliant tips from so many brilliant writers. LOVE the prompt from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social so WONDERFULLY WEIRD open.substack.com/pub/prattlef...

This is so quietly stunning

So thought provoking. Love this

What a wild, wonderful, original story! Fantastic point of view.

“Rain remembers its shape.” I loved reading this. So beautiful

Fabulous!!

":You asked for astronaut jam for your pancakes. You mean apricot, I said. Oh, yes, you said." @melissafitz.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Today's shortlisted story is "On the longest night of the darkest year" by @melissafitz.bsky.social. Such an atmospheric piece: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

So happy to contribute to this!

….I had a nice piece of news before I nip off on holiday. I have been longlisted for the Welkin Prize. So rapt. I was a very late entry! Congratulations to the other longlisted authors and good luck for the next round. @welkinprize.bsky.social 💚

“You are the youngest person at the Mint Green Party, which is being held in Central Park. Everything is mint green. Even the earrings.” This is brilliant! @fracturedlit.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social

Done! Matt is incredible and has done so much for our community! ❤️❤️

This! Matt is tireless in his support for other writers, he offers so many resources free, volunteers HUGE amounts of time. Please help if you can. Share his page, buy a kofi, sign up for a class or some editing. It’s a bargain

See you there!!

If you’re a writer and you’re not subscribing to @mattkendrick.bsky.social you’re really missing out. So many brilliant free resources & he’s a brilliant editor and teacher. He’s the best. prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_medium=web

Bila Borrigup/Collie River Western Australia. My stories live here. Salt City Runaway flash collection out May 2026

Nothing weird to see here definitely not weird

Brilliant spec flash PLUS a Grant Faulkner craft article! Thanks @mynachang.bsky.social 🙏 mynachang.com/2025/12/31/f...

“The seventeen-year-old daughter drifts through the house smoking cigarettes, examines her mother’s work – runs her fingers over hand-built birds with lace patterned wings” Beautiful @belindarowe.bsky.social

Honoured to have my story up at @nffr.bsky.social alongside so many amazing writers. Many thanks to Valerie Fox and editors! 💚 And as always thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social & MMM where this story was born. 💚 newflashfiction.com/after-the-po...

⚡️Fast Flash Review: Sarah Freligh & the powerful use of 1st person plural in micro. A Brief Natural History of Women published by @smallharborpub.bsky.social

Printed a copy of my book out!!! Look!! It has pages and everything!!

Yes!