Oh this is lovely.

Anglo-Scandinavian Brooch c. 1050 CE Silver. 36 grams. Found Bredfield, Suffolk 2009 Amazingly similar to one found near Ely, Cambridgeshire. 1694. Engraved cross design is surrounded by rivets & creatures. Owned by a wealthy person. See ALT text Now Castle Museum, Norwich, Norfolk #FindsFriday

I spilled a bag of stars. They scattered like marbles, only twice as pretty. For a while I watched them tumble around the big black nothing, bringing it to life with their specks of light like dust in the Summer sun. One has a blue green ball #revolving around it. It looks cute from up here. #vss365

2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic discovered in Turkey with the caption: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life” Original post

Oh this is beautiful, a story about holding onto joy even when living with a disability and how laughter is the best sort of magic. Loved every word.

Coffee break made fantastic by seeing this story published with the wonderful @neitherfishnorfoul.com. this is a comnination of the three little pigs and my recent anxieties about moving house, part of a current collection of fairytales. www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-oake...

"It is with sadness we communicate the passing of the psychic who died in Christ yesterday..." Folks, we've got something SO special for you this week! Ryan Habermeyer's Necronautical Field Guide to Utah offers three incredible, wonderfully weird obituaries. Do not miss these fantastic pieces!

This is Cannoli. He shows up in almost every Facebook Marketplace ad placed by his human. He often overshadows the items for sale, some of which are cut off entirely. He seems mostly on board with modeling, but we're curious about his grudge against the pancake griddle. 13/10 (FB: Cassy Day)

Jess’s colleague asks her to #endorse the photo on her passport application. “This isn’t you!” Jess says. “It is! Just different hair. Your facial recognition is awful!” Jess hesitates, pen poised. Then signs. Later, she’s not even sure it’s her face in the mirror. #vss365

"Oma has not mastered her transformation yet. Unlike her sisters, she has no control over her body. Spiny rays sprout along her neck at inopportune times – in line at the supermarket or at my Spring concert." - Shelly Jones www.flashfictiononline.com/article/floa...

'The ChatBot tells me I shouldn’t kill myself today.' Congratulations to @annablabs.bsky.social whose story, Blackboxing' is the winner of the @fracturedlit.bsky.social #flashfiction #competition ✨ #fiction #writingcommunity fracturedlit.com/blackboxing/

'Adam had hesitated before putting on the visor for the memory transfer.' Great speculative fiction story by @meaningseeker.bsky.social in #FlashFictionMagazine #fiction #flashfiction #writingcommunity Big Stan’s Memory Shop flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/10...

A charming little octopus from a #Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD 🐙❤️ Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Today is my birthday, and a perfect day to be creative, doing all the things i love. Wrote a story about sea serpents, and played my clarinet, some jazz and some film music from wind band. Headed to a musical later, and a Hans Zimmer concert at the weekend.

Oh this is beautiful, really enjoyed it.

My flash science fiction story 'How Far Would You Go on a First Date?' (which was longlisted in February's AWC 'Furious Fiction' contest) is published today by @365tomorrows.bsky.social. Enjoy! 365tomorrows.com/2026/03/11/h...

Oh this is beautiful, feels like an ode to sensory overlpad, really related to it. The world can be loud, but it needs its music.

What kind of insect would you and your partner be? The protagonist of Melanie Mulrooney's story "An Insect Who Dreamt She Was a Woman" cycles through many options as they sleep.

Had a fabulous time at the Brighton @writershq.bsky.social retreat today. Needed a creative day after so much admin lately. Worked on my fairytale collection, with versions of Tom Thumb, Thumbrlina, The Red Shoes and Rumpelstiltskin.

Today is World Book Day and one year since my sci fi novel got published. And the exciting news is that I've had an offer to turn it into an Audible. you like partially sighted characters, action and adventure, or norse myths, why not check out the kindle version? www.amazon.co.uk/Jewels-Inglo...

Great to hear this singing out into the world. Ive been watching videos and wondering if im autisttic, or something. Thanks fpr publishing my musings @reachyourapex.bsky.social

Oh this is my favourite. Loved it, just btilliant. Full of music and hunour, magic and fantasy, a quest narrative that does different things wuth fabulous descriptions to end in a lovely way. Just the best fantasy story ive read in a while.

Was a lovely evening of stories at the @writershq.bsky.social flash face off live tonight. Got to read my version of Sinbad the Sailor and got loads of really helpful feedback. And it helped distract Sarah brain from anxieties about tomorrow.

Really enjoyed this story in @translunartl.bsky.social and the characters joureny, sticking to hopr and going for his dream even against all the odds. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/02/15/w...

The Death Star board room scene is low key the funniest scene in cinematic history. It’s a work meeting with an evil samurai wizard everyone else finds mildly annoying and when his manager tells him to stop killing a coworker with his magicka, he has to listen.

Tonight i made pancakes and it went really well. Found a small flip is all you need. Maybe they were a bit wonky. But still tasted great, with some sugar, strawberrry jam and blueberries. Not bad for a first try.

This is lovely, really enjoyed it. Magical, lyrical and tender, with a feeling of wanting more from life. Truly a small wonder.

I know im meant to love the sun. But its often too intense. I love rain, its smell, its sound, its refreshing nature, the way it washes all my worries away. Plus it often makes streets quieter, reducing obstscles for me. So days like these are perfect.

Astoria’s heart leapt when Bertie suggested going to look at some rings. However, despite her creative imagination, she hadn’t even considered that he meant an interplanetary weekend away to Saturn. #30Words365 #Ring #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Beside a cerulean sea, there is a walled city of white marble. Overlooking its harbor of sailing ships, my wife still sculpts and sings. It’s a place I find in rare dreams now, since she died. At the entrance to her studio, I beg to stay. “Not yet,” she answers, as I awaken. #SciFanSat #vss #sff

The other night i discovered you can buy Star Trek themed rubber ducks. Was struggling with anxiety so i got one. Other characters were available. But Geordi is a favoruite, proving possibilities fpr people with sight loss, abd has been an inspiration from the start of my road.

Beautiful

Like Jane Eyre, I’ve been seen as unconventional and abnormal. I’m autistic – is she too? theconversation.com/like-jane-ey... #a11y

To navigate by dead stars, you #unmoor yourself from life. Let your fingers go numb, your hair fall out, your ribs protrude. If you see Charon, give him the nod of a fellow navigator. The hardest part is docking, coming back to life. That's where I was stuck. #vss365 (unmoor) 🐇->Bsky

WOW, this is the earliest known group of chess pieces in the world! 🤩 It includes two foot-soldiers, two mounted riders, an elephant with rider, a figure driving two horses, and a figure driving a three-horse chariot. Ivory, AD 700s. Samarkand State Museum-Reserve, Uzbekistan. 📷 me #Archaeology

January going good so far. Two acceptances for stories, a good appointment with Moorfields on Monday, and moving forward viewing flats with my partner in the local area. Plus a medley of Star Trek has been made large print at wind band especially for me, people thinking ahead.

Really happy that my first publication of the year is with the lovely @voidspacezine.bsky.social. This flash opens up my novella, and covers some things you might be wondering about. Thanks to the wonderful @jmgatford.bsky.social for helping me edit it! voidspacezine.com/the-question...

—We didn't order these. —Yes you did. It's right here on the delivery ticket. Three harps for Hades. —No, that says Heaven. Wrong afterlife. —But I just finished that delivery. Left it with St Peter at the gate...Oh, shit! That means there are three harpies running loose up there. #vss365

For the past two years I've chosen a word of the year and the @writershq.bsky.social newsletter got me thinking. Last time it was acceptance, which really helped me out. This time it will be Quest. To make life fun. Turn chores into adventures. Go on quests, maybe to Prague. Move in with my partner.

“It’s my end,” the toy robot unicorn says. “But you’re grown. It’s been an honor to teach y—” He shorts out. Her hands cut pink plush. A memory chip is taken and reinstalled. A full-sized chrome robot unicorn powers on. “Mistress! I begin anew!” #SciFanSat #vss #sff

i have a new flash out today: about miners on jupiter, protest songs, and voices beating back the darkness, louder and louder and louder. hoping it makes you want to sing louder, too 🫀

Hunched O’er keyboard’s ivory My memory The Score A poignant tickle Of those keys Speak of love And lore Soft my fingers Draw the notes To paint An aural Blues An image drawn In #abstract It’s import Hidden clues I tell you tales Of heartbreak Revealed In bitter hues #vss365

No joy for me but at least was on the longlizt. Think hits harder as put my heart and soul into it. Maybe will find somewhere else. Adding to the load of rejections lately, and to self doubt mode.

Over yule have been taking a break to rest and recharge the system. Happy to say that the creative itch is buzzing again, have some ideas for jazzing up fairytale, so might get back to it.

Happy Solstice! Sight loss may be getting worse, but still having fun. Highlights of this year include: A cruise round Norway and Denmark Greenwich Observatorys Audio Universe Tour A course in insomnia that made a difference Learning touch typing Exploring the Outer Hebriddes

Beautiful 🐙

Okay this may be my favourite christmas story, its brilliant @downith.bsky.social, i loved it, so funny.

If you get stuck on writing, the wonderful @jmgatford.bsky.social will sort you out. Got my brain whirring with some ideas to jazz stories up for January, after our call earlier today.

Fab to hear my musings on life singing out into the world. Thanks to @reachyourapex.bsky.social for publishing them!