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‘He’s swept away suddenly. After a one-hour car journey became four. After two emergency toilet stops for their three- and six-year-olds, plus one more ...’ Gorgeous bittersweet #flashfiction Kyle as Kite by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...

We are thrilled to announce that our new Anthology Editor is Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social — you can read more about Sara & read our thanks to our outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

To a day captured in a frame that lives on a sideboard in their living room... This memory, sandwiched between a litany of "before before before", followed by so many "after after afters"... I love the subtle structure of this story. @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social

Another triumph from @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social! 👏 Read the wonderful 'Kyle as Kite' in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🪁

"So, is it any wonder he’s whipped away by a north-easterly wind, rising up, up, up, surrendering to the draft" Lyrical, beautiful writing from @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social; wonderful use of anaphora repetition; so much clever architecture to this.

Hey @flashficfestuk.bsky.social people - I'm bringing 10 copies of @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's amazing NiF - MOTHER KARMA - to the festival 🎉 🧘‍♀️ 🎉 Avoid paying postage & get the festival price of £8. DM me to reserve a copy. Review by @ninamiller.bsky.social thehooghlyreview.com/review-sumit...

"After he’s trekked up the trail lumbered with a bulky cooler bag and a hefty rucksack and a wailing three-year-old who can’t find their imaginary friend, Mr Bobo." Love this story @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social

"After two emergency toilet stops... After the warning light... After the roadside mechanic..." Clever use of time signals as anaphora by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in his touching story in @fictivedream.bsky.social - don't miss it!

Oh, I love this, so, so, much

'TODDLER BONES, DEVELOPING. A ONE-CENT coin. Mottled clouds of pneumonia.' I love the threaded cohesion of this inventive list story by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @bulbregion.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity bulbregion.com/What-Maisie-...

"Can we go home now?" Love the way this piece captures the messy truth of family outings in a loving way.

“… is it any wonder he’s whipped away by a north-easterly wind, rising up, up, up, surrendering to the draft, and landing on this exact spot in 1993?” the “‘Excuse me’” @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous 👇

‘So, is it any wonder he’s whipped away by a north-easterly wind, rising up, up, up, surrendering to the draft, and landing on this exact spot in 1993?‘ Gorgeous flash by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social

Congrats on getting into @fictivedream.bsky.social 🎉 A fabulous piece, James. I love the way the word ‘before’ carries such heavy meaning.

‘It’s just visible, through our bedroom curtains. The harsh glow of a bare bulb from the upstairs window, beneath the shadow-puppet branches of the apple tree outside.’ Brilliant storytelling from Elle Symonds in this one in @crowkeys.bsky.social 🍏 crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/01/t...

‘I tossed the used diaper, I buckled the seatbelt, I put my daughter into her stroller, I checked four times to make sure I put my daughter into her stroller…’ The ache of that title once you’ve finished this one from Kenny Mitchell in Milk Candy Review 💔 milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/06/18/f...

‘‘Doesn’t she mind you being gone so long?’ His whole face changed, then, and I thought that once he looked at me like that.’ Beautiful, understated work here from @laurabesley.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🩺 fictivedream.com/2026/06/29/m...

‘For me this is: 🔲 Acceptable’ All those repeated ‘ifs’, that weary, wry title… Love this from @mattjakubowski.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social ✔️ flight-literary.ghost.io/matthew-jaku...

ICYMI we're thrilled to be featuring Kyle as Kite by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy

'HE’S SWEPT AWAY SUDDENLY. After a one-hour car journey became four.' Wonderful storytelling by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social #fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...

"So, is it any wonder he’s whipped away by a north-easterly wind, rising up, up, up, surrendering to the draft, and landing on this exact spot in 1993?" I really love this flash fiction by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

"He's swept away suddenly." And go ahead, let this beauty of a flash sweep you away. ✨️

‘…I know Baby loves how shiny it is and how it goes BANG! BANG! when I fire it at things in the yard…’ Love this darkly humorous piece from @k-a-polzin.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, that persistent escalation… 💥 ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...

‘…the slip of paper in her palm made her feel like Princess Buttercup.’ I admire how @dawnsteffler.bsky.social tackles uneasy questions and complicated feelings in this flash in Ghost Parachute 🦋 ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...

‘Round cheeks melt into gaunt faces, then reconstitute. Ceilings as high as an auditorium’s.’ Fantastic new flash from @kathyfish.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social, holding up a house, time, memories and moments from every angle - and that perfect title 🏠 bulbregion.com/Dimensions-b...

Wonderfully taut and deft piece from @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🌬️🍉

Today's #LunchtimeRead Made me smile - and brought back memories of some of my 'fun' family outings 🙄

What a story by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social! The brilliant shift in time and the painful nostalgic misremembering…so good!

'... is it any wonder he’s whipped away by a north-easterly wind, rising up, up, up, surrendering to the draft, and landing on this exact spot in 1993?' Dream story in dream journal by dream writer... Congratulations @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social🪁

Love history repeating itself in this glorious story from @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social

HARD relate. Who invented Fun Family Outings? @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social with his usual brilliance in @fictivedream.bsky.social “After he’s trekked up the trail lumbered with a bulky cooler bag and a hefty rucksack and a wailing three-year-old who can’t find their imaginary friend, Mr Bobo.”

Love this story! You had me at: “After he’s downloaded and registered for the millionth parking app.” Wonderful, weird, and a bit of time travel via a photo (yes, the story does all that) - “Kyle as a Kite” by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social HT @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Truly delighted to be featuring Kyle as Kite, James. Thank you for sending it our way @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction #familyrelationships #readingcommunity

"He's swept away suddenly. After a one-hour car journey became four." Kyle as Kite by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy

Let’s go fly a kite! 🪁 Thrilled to have a new flash in the fabulous @fictivedream.bsky.social, which is celebrating 10 years of championing short and short-short stories. Laura has created such a wonderfully-curated journal, and I’m so proud to be featured. Enjoy! 💛 fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...

two today from Rachel Beachy, the second being this little piece of magic: https://www.havehashad.com/ku8w4

so much is against reading for pleasure, writing for play, looking without agenda, wondering, just wondering. too much keeps us from beauty that is freedom, from mystery that is freedom, from the freeing questions, from the free inner life that is (or should be!) always ours

‘The other wives are lubberly-limbed laying out their wares, thrashing about like hens caught in netting.’ As judge @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social says, this winning @bathflashaward.bsky.social story from @anneh23.bsky.social luxuriates in its language. 🥚 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/firs...

‘The hangers rattled inside him, and sometimes he stopped to press a hand against his chest, to steady the contents.’ Gorgeous from David Swann in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🧱 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/seco...

‘The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight.’ Love the cast of characters that mark this one. Cecilia Maddison, third place in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🌫️ www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/thir...

‘…an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands on our hands.’ Just love that final image. @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 📣 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...

‘I couldn’t care less about the state of the road, the paragraphs he expends on pocks, ruts, and the heat…’ Such evocative details in this new flash from @sarahillswrites.bsky.social, highly commended in @bathflashaward.bsky.social 🚌 www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...

Congratulations, all you marvellous writers! The 2026 @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 is out 🤩 So many friends on this list and the longlist, well done all 🌟

Just love the title and cover of the 2025 @bathflashaward.bsky.social anthology - fabulous! Taken from a standout story from @proliffany.bsky.social earlier this year 🗺️

Hurrah but... don't make me compete with the poets?!! 😭😂

Excited that the 2025 Flash Fiction Festival Anthology Is now published ready for this year’s festival where it will be launched with readings! We’re back to red again. It’s the first of the new rainbow series www.flashfictionfestival.com/published-no...

‘Last week it was tulips. The week before—baby teeth.’ The turn this micro takes… Fantastic from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in @crowkeys.bsky.social ☁️ crowcrosskeys.com/2026/05/30/t...

‘I woke up in the hollow of a spoon, my long blond hair floating atop the soup. I was ensconced in a hot minestrone.’ Adore this from Ian Walker-Sperber in @nffr.bsky.social; so many quotable lines, I was spoiled for choice! 🥣 newflashfiction.com/a-minor-inco...