So pleased to see this one out there. Big thanks to ‪@bulbculture.bsky.social for publishing it and to @norami.bsky.social and @raecowie.bsky.social for their help with it.

Thank you very much, Matt, and for introducing me to 'lanky' metaphors on your inspiring course Glorious Words. Thank you to @bendinggenres.bsky.social for publishing this piece, and to @norami.bsky.social and Smokelong Fitness's Jan Cardio Group 4 at @smokelong.bsky.social for their help with it.

Thank you very much, Dan

Big thanks to ‪@freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this great comp, to ‬judge Caroline McKenzie for choosing my story, and to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social, and September Cardio Group 2 at Smokelong Fitness for their help with it.

'Junwei will be caned later today.' What an opening line in this bad boy story by @yalanchang.bsky.social in Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social. www.frazzledlit.com/p/they-say-j...

So pleased to see this one out there. Thank you to @penmenreviewsnhu.bsky.social for picking it, to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social & @finnegag.bsky.social for their help with it, and to the redoubtable @mattkendrick.bsky.social for prompting it on his famous Colourful Characters course.

Delighted to feature in the lovely @templeinacity.bsky.social. Big thanks to EIC @eireneeleni.bsky.social for selecting my story and to @raecowie.bsky.social and @norami.bsky.social for their help with it.

So pleased to be here. Big thanks to EIC @jhhwriter.bsky.social for being a real editor and suggesting amends to enable him to reconsider. Reader, I listened to him.

Stoked about this honour. Thank you so much ‪@epistemiclit.bsky.social

Thank you, Denise

Big thanks to ‪@freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this comp, to ‬judge @nishxhegde.bsky.social for choosing my story, and to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social, and the wordsmiths of Smokelong Fitness ‬October Cardio Group 3 for their help with it.

Ah Melissa, you are indeed my most loyal reader. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this honour @delgeo14.bsky.social. I am thrilled to bits. Big thanks to @raecowie.bsky.social and @norami.bsky.social for their help with the piece, and @amymarques.bsky.social for the fabulous illustration.

Big thanks to Melissa and Kristin at @epistemiclit.bsky.social for including me in their nostalgia issue; to @sfreligh.bsky.social and her awesome Class of Jan 24 for prompting and nurturing it; and @raecowie.bsky.social & @norami.bsky.social for helping it over the line.

Delighted to feature in @fictivedream.bsky.social on this MicroMonday with a 100-worder prompted by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in her opening workshop for March Micro Madness from @smokelong.bsky.social

Thank you, Melissa. Delighted to appear in this fine-looking edition.

Thank you, Sue. Delighted to be SL alongside recidivist big hitters @quickasaflash.bsky.social and @uksherka.bsky.social

Big thanks to ‪@freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this brilliant competition, to ‬judge @sagreene1.bsky.social for choosing my story, and to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social, and the word sculptors of A Smokelong Summer Flash Group 4 for for their help with it.

Delighted to have stories professionally read on Sherry's Shorts at 1:52 and 10:09 mins respectively.

So pleased to see this out there, thank you ‪@bnadeauwriter.bsky.social‬ at MoonLit Getaway. Thanks also to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social & @yalanchang.bsky.social for their help with it.

Bravo, Eleonora!!

Bravo Laura!

Thank you, Cole. The spreadsheet is non-fiction.

Thank you, Matt. Parents take note: the light-up yo-yo will be the must-have toy this Christmas.

Big thanks to Melissa and Kristin at @epistemiclit.bsky.social for giving a voice to my small piece of resistance here.

Delighted to be in the beautifully produced Paperboats Zine from @paperboatswriters.bsky.social on World Earth Day. Thank you to @sfreligh.bsky.social for introducing me to pantoums, and to Barbara Marsh, @raecowie.bsky.social & @norami.bsky.social for their help.

Thank you so much, Matt.

Yeah writers, one week to order get words in right. I've cleared my calendar and I'm ready to get judgmental just as soon as the word-boffins at @freeflashfiction.bsky.social unleash that longlist to me, after which I shall have a fast car standing ready to speed the results down to FFF Central.

So pleased to appear in @fictivedream.bsky.social today, long a dream journal of mine. Thanks to @raecowie.bsky.social, @finnegag.bsky.social and @yalanchang.bsky.social for their help with this one.

Judge on standby. Please send words. £150 top prize. Cash for five others on SL. £2.55 entry if you live in the UK and can pay by BACS. What's not to like?

Thank you, Cole. I'm outing my inner artisan baker with this story, but that's all I'm admitting to.

So honoured to be chosen for this by judge Joanna Miller. Big thanks to Ian @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this bimonthly comp and to @norami.bsky.social and several non-BlueSkyers for their help. Congrats to my fellow SLers; see y'all next time I hope (literally, cos I'm the judge).

Thank you to Gisele @thehooletsnook.bsky.social for publishing my minimalist micro.

Big thanks to flashficfestuk.bsky.social for such a fun prompt; to scooterwriter.bsky.social for runner-uppering me; and Barbara Marsh, deborahzafer.bsky.social, yalanchang.bsky.social, and finnegag.bsky.social for their help. Congrats to laurieiswriting.bsky.social and erinbondo.com.

Inspiring Teacher? Flash Hero? Great Guy?

This is such a cool club. Hang out with cool flashfolk, get a story in advance with Tommy’s analysis, plus prompts. Tommy unpacks more on Zoom, then we discuss. You get the video so you can catch up with the bits you missed, and written feedback on one story. All for $85. I’ve booked the next lot.

You're too kind, Matt; and I'd need a whole shelf of stamp albums to list everything I've learnt from you.

Thank you, Laura

Delighted by this. Thank you to Paul at @crankedanvil.bsky.social; congratulations to @laurabesley.bsky.social; and thank you to @raecowie.bsky.social and several non-BlueSkyers for their help with this one. Full disclosure: I really am a ballet fan.

Thank you so much, James!

So honoured to partner such cool artwork by @amymarques.bsky.social

Thank you, Cole. That particular bit was researched in the adolescent white heat of mid-1960s Weybridge. I have the floral shirt and matching tie to prove it.

Hi Sarah. Thank you.

Hi Joyce. Thank you so much.

So pleased to be part of the beautifully produced Raw Lit - Issue 6. Thank you to @norami.bsky.social and @raecowie.bsky.social for their help with my story.

Zoo by Jeff Landon newflashfiction.com/jeff-landon/

This was such fun! I've booked the next six! And to think I've been spending Monday mornings at Aldi.

Thank you @emmapwrites.bsky.social for choosing my story, written on @mattkendrick.bsky.social's Glorious Words course. Matt's materials are meticulously presented, you get to keep them for eternity, his feedback is beyond detailed, the course is amazing value, and I commend it to you unreservedly.