What do we want? Flash! When do we want it? Now! 😜 We LOVE voice-driven, bold work that hits us right in the gut 💪 Work that shouts out what just can't be kept in. Work that puts a new lens on old narratives. That reminds us what it means to be human in this scary, spinning world.

Hey folks, don't forget, we're opening for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on June 1! There's still time to polish those pages before subs open!

Free Flash Fiction...

Our MAY ISSUE is finally here. 🌼 WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, Renny Gong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris. ART by: Christopher Dunlap. PLUS: @crsantastic.bsky.social interviews Kate Broad. ✨️ Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/pUBKe7b

8 days until the flood gates burst

This wonderful competition issue of Gooseberry Pie includes my tiny tale about Cleopatra's asp 🐍

The best arcs feel earned. Change happens through pressure, conflict, and choice. www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message #ThursdayThought #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #AmWriting #CharacterArc #storyarc

Thank you again @blacknorereview.bsky.social

I’ll be joining Laura on Monday,18th to talk about my novella-in-flash ‘Chasing the Dragon’. There’s a discussion every month with a different author! Sign up details below. Come and join us👇👇☺️☺️

Thank you so much for sharing my work. A joy to be with you.

My mantra for today, courtesy of The Daily Om - for myself or others - One loving choice then another. 💞

ARC GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📚 We're giving away 30 collector's edition ARCs of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🪐🖥️🔥 Each copy is signed, hand-numbered, and one of a kind. TO ENTER: like, comment, and repost this post by May 11th for the chance to win 🌟 Good Luck! 🖤👽

Such an honour to have a new piece out today in Centaur Lit alongside an incredible rostrum of writers. I rarely write about my illness but this brought me a lot of catharsis. It's a kind of fiction / CNF / prose poem mash-up - hope you'll give it a read: centaurlit.com/the-man-with...

One last piece I want to share this morning... #FlashInTheFeed @moonparkreview.bsky.social (I notice that other people are also sharing this story. If you see this more than once in your feed, that means you have to read it more than once. Worth it!) moonparkreview.com/issue-35-spr...

Discover cracking new fiction from eight writers living in the North of England, exploring the theme of folklore. Curses and quests, fairies and petroglyphs, midsummer rituals in a climate-changed future: it's got it all! Out this June. Pre-order now: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oat...

I've reduced signed copies of my last #poetry collection, Hi-Viz, to just £5.00 (£7.00 including P&P) on my site! Don't delay - there aren't many left! For more info, sample poems and the lovely things that people have said about the book, head to my website. benbanyard.wordpress.com/hi-viz/

Thrilled to have another photograph featured with @thesunlightpress.bsky.social and a reminder of a magical day spent amongst the puffins on Farne.

We saved a corker for our final spotlight from the cat issue 🦝 We loved how @heatherbooknook.bsky.social used sci-fi/tech to tell this one, her unique feline POVs and the sharp humour. Trash Cat added some structural graphics, but the words are all Heather trashcatlit.com/ffist-feline...

It's newsletter day! We're currently in the attic rooting out old notebooks to ritually burn while we cackle like witches in the light of the flames. How are you doing? Send us yer gif right here ⬇️

Glorious closing image!

Delighted to have a silly hermit kitty flash up with @trashcatlit.bsky.social and huge thanks to @jprelph.bsky.social for the brilliant formatting. A wonderful editor who puts so much work into her trashy family and is an awesome writer in her own right. trashcatlit.com/ffist-feline...

Okay I'll repost this with my literary profile - the gremlins had me logged into my specalative writing accoung - but the words still count.

A beautifully poignant story, and the cat as a mirror works wonderfully.

OMG... I know the new @trashcatlit.bsky.social issue has only been up for a couple of hours, but HAVE YOU GUYS READ THIS YET?? I am laughing so hard... @heatherbooknook.bsky.social #flashfiction trashcatlit.com/ffist-feline...

Our LAST tease! Issue launches 2nd Jan. Get your paws on 20 cat flash then 🦝 @heatherbooknook.bsky.social shows us a future where the cats get all the tech @jennyhart2001.bsky.social layers her relationship story with martial arts @francesgapper.bsky.social gives us a glimpse of something uncanny

We're back with some teases for our January '26 issue. These titles with tell you the theme 🐈‍⬛ Unfolding with supernatural charm, Clara shows us the extraordinary life of one feline In @drfionamoore.bsky.social's quiet sci-fi, we get a microbial battle and one very unique saviour

Thank you for having me on board. Can't wait to read all the goodies.

We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction and #microfiction #callforsubmissions Please click on the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Fabulous podcast - checkout @matgost.bsky.social with @terryholland.bsky.social

What a landscape... Cannot wait for this collection by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social! 🔥🦅

Hey hi what might you be doing on Saturday Dec 13 3pm EST/8pm BST? Want to launch a NiF with me? Hosted by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and featuring @kathrynreese.bsky.social (and yes also me). It’ll be fun! Preorder phx (US only) and ebook: jakethemag.com/books/ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Delighted to have a flash fiction live RedRoseThorns www.redrosethorns.com/post/mother

Love @urbanpigspress.bsky.social. My latest pub witjh them: urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/10/26/p...

Yes yes yes! Happy reading. You know you want one ... it's a genius brainchild of @MatGost www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FS5VCPG...

Includes work by a host of incredible authors: Includes work by @terryholland.bsky.social @soniaoverall.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social @alimaloney.bsky.social @therelphian.bsky.social @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social @sarahmusings.bsky.social

Thank you for having me @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 🙏

2 mini poems out on Wailing & Gnashing - great space for a rant - subs open www.wailingandgnashing.com/about-3

In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls... I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!

2/2 So excited to share pages with writers I love - @sarahkat.bsky.social @terryholland.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and others I can't wait to get familiar with (in a readerly sense, obvs 😀)

Tagging the authors here: @terryholland.bsky.social @soniaoverall.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social @alimaloney.bsky.social @therelphian.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social @sarahmusings.bsky.social @hilary55.bsky.social @jamespenha.bsky.social @chol.ch (1/2)

Delighted to have a photograph in here. Looking forward to lots of lovely reading too.

This project has been supported by Wakefield Council Culture Grants and the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of Our Heritage Our Stories. #CultureGrantsWFD #OurHeritageOurStories @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social @wflibraries.bsky.social @nationallottery.bsky.social

Get ready for tomorrow's Hemsworth Story-Trail! Just like all the trails in the 'Once Upon a Story-Trail' series, this is an accessible Heritage Open Days event that is free to book. We'll be meeting outside Hemsworth Library: youtu.be/lzX3gRVPgsg

Delighted to have three poems out in the latest publication of SpecPoVerse. specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

Can't do live stuff? Prefer to work through things at your own pace? Why not get the recordings from my recent "Unique Selling Points" workshop and "Beyond These Shores" discussion: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec... (3/4)

Laura DeHart Young’s “Don’t call it dinner” is a love letter to small goodbyes, bad weather, and even worse coping snacks. Terribly beautiful touches of life - read them now. ( @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social )

Delighted to have a piece of light painting in here. Looking forward to savouring all the delicious work.

Our first issue - REJECTS - just dropped! This is for the ones who keep writing anyway. Who make things even when they get told it’s “too much.” Thank you to every beautiful soul who brought this to life. We’re just getting started.