An exquisite corpse - where each contributor sent their last line to the next writer as a prompt - that turned into an exquisite rant. Coming tomorrow @theprideroars.bsky.social

Very little writing done this month. September is always exhausting. So be it. Time to read some more.

New on The Pride Roars 'Liberty, TX, Travelodge' by Megan Hanlon @sugarpigblog 'we stayed there six weeks one small room four of us two beds zero jobs' theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/09/libe...

Hadn't written anything for a couple of weeks, but social media throwing photographs of beauties 'ageing gracefully' prompted me to rant. So something coming @theprideroars.bsky.social soon.

ohhh... the new @epistemiclit.bsky.social's theme call is so good.

I know what I'll be reading this week. I love @epistemiclit.bsky.social Wonderful mag to submit to, work with & read ❤️❤️

My poem 'What Remains After the Tide' is out in the August: Endings issue of Accidental Magazine online.fliphtml5.com/yiegf/kshm/#...

This is masterful! @delgeo14.bsky.social in @theprideroars.bsky.social #EpistemicLitFamily

The Pride is back! Please read this fabulous piece by the fabulous @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars

Got a new roar up at @theprideroars.bsky.social ❤️

“She rose and sniffed the air, desperate to be a part of the smells, of the life below.” Just read it. You won’t be sorry. #EpistemicLitFamily

"She gazed at the street below. At the noise below. At the life below. Elli had loved it all, the watching, the listening, the smelling." I love this piece of writing (the sensory details!) so much by @delgeo14.bsky.social 💙💙💙

“She took care of the feline and hissed at it before refilling her glass and sitting back on Elli’s chair.” No one does that mix of vinegar and honey like @delgeo14.bsky.social. In GP 🧡🧡🧡

Read "Life’s Perfume" written by @delgeo14.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social. "Was she about to get another heat rash like a bloody baby wearing a nappy? How ironic, since she hated the tiny humans and made sure never to have any." tinyurl.com/4uz9c9bj

I'm so grateful to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my story "Life's Perfume" in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute illustrated by the wonderful @amymarques.bsky.social ❤️ ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...

Tomorrow, to mark the end of my summer holiday, I have a poem coming out in Accidental Magazine, and a flash fiction in Ghost Parachute. There's no better way to get motivated and back to work ♥️

**WIN** a free spot on 1 of my courses To win, quote this post + tag a friend + say why they're fab Post for a new friend every day + get your name in the hat multiple times Friend wins a micro edit, you win a course place or vice-versa, you decide Names drawn next Monday DETAILS IN THREAD:

When the Pelicot case exploded in France, it got me thinking about women's place in society, and my friend @mlmcguinness.bsky.social joined in. Together, we wrote our thoughts & this rant/essay led to the creation of @theprideroars.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/when...

#WritingCommunity I'm doing some research for a potential story & am looking for unreliable narrator pieces (short stories or flash). If you have written or read any, feel free to share your links. Thank you 🥰

I rarely send simultaneous subs, but I did last week, and today was my first time withdrawing a piece because it was accepted elsewhere. (I've withdrawn plenty for different reasons-typos mainly) Anyway, I wanted to give a shout-out to @flashfrog.bsky.social for a lovely reply to my withdrawal email

Had 3 story ideas this evening and wrote them all down. Patting myself on the back right now 😁

Issue 8 Submission call 1st of January 2026 Prose & Poetry / Art & Hybrids ​Optional theme: Wilderness ​Optional prompt: ‘Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.’ ― Edward Abbey rawlit.weebly.com/submissions....

We've updated our site to add our latest BOTN nominations. You can find all our nominations (since 2024) with links in one place. rawlit.weebly.com/nominations....

Congratulations to our lionesses @hilary55.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social on their Best of the Net nominations! Read these pieces and more at theprideroars.blogspot.com

Last, but not least! Best of the Net 2026 Nominations - Fiction & CNF Congratulations to all and thank you for your trust ♥️

Best of the Net 2026 Nominations - Art Congratulations to all and thank you for your trust ♥️

Best of the Net 2026 Nominations - Poetry Congratulations to all and thank you for your trust ♥️

Planning a little time off social media to focus on editing my novel (again), but will be back in September (or next week, who knows with these things, they have a way to drag us back in).

Happy Birthday to our friends at @underbellypress.bsky.social What better way to celebrate than with a fourth issue ❤️

will you look at that list of contributors? 😍

I'm excited to reveal the cover of Underbelly Press Issue 4 ahead of its release this Friday (4 July)! This special issue marks one year of Underbelly Press. A huge thank you to the incredibly gifted Steven Darbyshire, whose stunning photography has been present in every issue!

"My son doesn’t know that I have a pocket in my heart dedicated to all the things in the world that have hurt him" @melissacuisine.bsky.social CHF had me choked up! So good! Read "The Worst Memories" In Raw Lit issue 7 today!

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Erasure Poetry By Kara Kahnke @karakahnke.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/issue7.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Recalled to Life by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & The Worst Memories by Melissa Flores Anderson @melissacuisine.bsky.social ‘My son doesn’t know that I have a pocket in my heart dedicated to all the things in the world that have hurt him' rawlit.weebly.com/7_12.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Paper Mache Mother by CS Livingston & The Weaning Crazies by Katrina Moinet ‘they call it the weaning crazies you only know this once you spend your witching hour caught upon a hard chair rocking pleading with the night’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_11.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Blind Icarus by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & The Moth That Stayed by Huina Zheng ‘Mom vanished after I was born. Grandma said she turned into a moth one midnight and flew toward the moon, never to return.’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_10.html

Beautiful and poignant @funnyfrogget.bsky.social @amymarques.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 That Look by George Priniotakis & In Mourning by Louis Faber @anoldwriter.bsky.social ‘I never had the chance to mourn you properly, to stand by your grave, to place a handful of soil onto your coffin’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_9.html

Vulnerable cnf by Rebecca Tiger in Raw Lit “I worry that my mind will never rebound, that I will eternally search for words, only finding ones that imperfectly convey my meaning.” rawlit.weebly.com/7_5.html

“these lovers so insubstantial, so distant from the man who rode her at the railway’s hard edge.” Brilliant micro by @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social in Raw Lit eds. @delgeo14.bsky.social @fbereaud.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/7_4.html

This poem 💔 @funnyfrogget.bsky.social in Raw Lit “When you look into her eyes, they will tell you of the nights, when she couldn’t close them…” w gorgeous artwork by @amymarques.bsky.social @delgeo14.bsky.social @fbereaud.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/7_2.html

Amazing micro by Jen Eve Thorn in Raw Lit “I’m in a towel, hair in wet slippery snakes.” rawlit.weebly.com/7_1.html @delgeo14.bsky.social @fbereaud.bsky.social

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Untitled by Chantal Lucas-Bereaud & To My Sister by Katharine Weinmann ‘That despite our parents’ best intentions, a motherless mother and a fatherless father were hardly prepared for me, let alone ready for you.' rawlit.weebly.com/7_8.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Indulge by Melissa Rotert @melruthwrites.bsky.social & Dressed as a Donut by Swetha Amit ‘I always envisioned being popular, surrounded by people, sharing jokes and laughter. Now, my forced humor creates awkward silences at social gatherings.’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_7.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 White Church by Rachel Turney @rachelturney.bsky.social & Send Bread by Angela Townsend ‘The cream has a single carbohydrate per serving, and if you spray it directly into people’s mouths, they laugh like chimpanzees.’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_6.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 City Soul by Mirjana M. @cyanidecherries.bsky.social & The Bone Gods by Rebecca Tiger ‘People smile, glow in the sun, sip their beers or freddo espressos or freshly squeezed orange juice, kept cold by two or three small ice cubes’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_5.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Protected by Mirjana M. @cyanidecherries.bsky.social & She Sleeps to the Sound of the Night Train by Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social ‘She sleeps until the dawn breaks, a dawn garlanded with pink clouds.’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_4.html

I’m honored to have my erasure poem in the beautiful issue 7 of Raw Lit. Thank you to EIC @delgeo14.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/issue7.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Life Is a Long Walk by George Priniotakis & Happy Meal by Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social ‘The ghost of my aborted baby appears in the passenger seat somewhere between Glenrowan and Wangaratta.’ rawlit.weebly.com/7_3.html

On Raw Lit - Issue 7 Where Have You Been by Amy Marques @amymarques.bsky.social & Portrait of a Sleepy Girl by Oliver Kleyer @funnyfrogget.bsky.social 'When you look into her eyes, they will tell you of the nights, when she couldn’t close them,' rawlit.weebly.com/7_2.html