Heather D Haigh
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Sight-impaired spoonie, working-class writer and visual artist. Naps a lot in Yorkshire.
Glorious closing image!
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12 days ago
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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...
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FFIST (Feline-First Integrated Smart Technology
Heather D Haigh PUSSYGALORE74 Well, hello, darlings. New user here, and can I mention what a delight it is to be on board. I promise, I don’t bite … unless you ask verrrrrrry nicely. The comm…
https://trashcatlit.com/ffist-feline-first-integrated-smart-technology/
15 days ago
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Okay I'll repost this with my literary profile - the gremlins had me logged into my specalative writing accoung - but the words still count.
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15 days ago
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A beautifully poignant story, and the cat as a mirror works wonderfully.
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Linda M. Bayley
16 days ago
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
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FFIST (Feline-First Integrated Smart Technology
Heather D Haigh PUSSYGALORE74 Well, hello, darlings. New user here, and can I mention what a delight it is to be on board. I promise, I don’t bite … unless you ask verrrrrrry nicely. The comm…
https://trashcatlit.com/ffist-feline-first-integrated-smart-technology/
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Trash Cat Lit
19 days ago
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
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Trash Cat Lit
22 days ago
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
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Thank you for having me on board. Can't wait to read all the goodies.
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29 days ago
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about 1 month ago
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Fictive Dream
about 1 month ago
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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Writers’ HQ
about 1 month ago
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Fabulous podcast - checkout
@matgost.bsky.social
with
@terryholland.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
about 2 months ago
What a landscape... Cannot wait for this collection by
@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social
! 🔥🦅
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
about 2 months ago
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/
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Delighted to have a flash fiction live RedRoseThorns
www.redrosethorns.com/post/mother
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Mother? by Heather D. Haigh | redrosethorns publications | gender-sexuality
Dive into Heather D. Haigh's captivating story on motherhood intertwined with femininity and nature. Explore the depths of emotion and connection in this unique story on Mother Earth. redrosethorns p...
https://www.redrosethorns.com/post/mother
about 2 months ago
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Love
@urbanpigspress.bsky.social
. My latest pub witjh them:
urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/10/26/p...
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Press Room Thirteen, Deep Within The Bowels Of Parliament
By Heather D Haigh So, Mr Nackus, can you reiterate for our readers, how this new policy will benefit those who are already the worst off in society, how locking them into their misery will allevia…
https://urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/10/26/press-room-thirteen-deep-within-the-bowels-of-parliament/
3 months ago
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Yes yes yes! Happy reading. You know you want one ... it's a genius brainchild of @MatGost
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FS5VCPG...
3 months ago
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MatGost
3 months ago
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
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Anika Carpenter
4 months ago
Thank you for having me
@paragraphplanet.bsky.social
🙏
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2 mini poems out on Wailing & Gnashing - great space for a rant - subs open
www.wailingandgnashing.com/about-3
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Wailers | Wailing And Gnashing
https://www.wailingandgnashing.com/about-3
4 months ago
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Sarah Royston
4 months ago
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!
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JP Relph - TWO NEW COLLECTIONS OUT
4 months ago
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 😀)
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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now!
4 months ago
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
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Delighted to have a photograph in here. Looking forward to lots of lovely reading too.
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4 months ago
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Story Trails
4 months ago
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
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Story Trails
4 months ago
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
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Once Upon A Story Trail: Hemsworth
YouTube video by Beccy
https://youtu.be/lzX3gRVPgsg
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Delighted to have three poems out in the latest publication of SpecPoVerse.
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
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Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
https://specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-issue-2-2025
5 months ago
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Matt Kendrick
5 months ago
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...
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Workshop-recordings (List) | MattKendrick.co.uk
https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-recordings
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TrashLight Press
6 months ago
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
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Don't Call It Dinner - TrashLight Press
An Arctic blast freezes my face—wind hissing snow sidewaysinto darkness. I tug my Merino beanie over my earsas wind shoves me toward the buildings.Fluorescent lights glow behind glass,figures move ins...
https://trashlightpress.com/dont-call-it-dinner/
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Delighted to have a piece of light painting in here. Looking forward to savouring all the delicious work.
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6 months ago
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TrashLight Press
6 months ago
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.
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Inanimate objects provide me with daily reminders of the absolute necessity of four-letter expletives.
#writingtips
7 months ago
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Making a detailed who knows what when chart - suddenly I have all these potential secrets slipping into my head. Who knew?
#writingtips
8 months ago
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I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/tax-the-super-rich-to-stop-cuts-to-public-services-1?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=38f9c35f-a5fc-4ff4-96c9-8c9d78da0ac8
8 months ago
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Matt Kendrick
8 months ago
One of the things I'm really looking forward to over the summer is facilitating a panel discussion on historical & speculative fiction. And I'm THRILLED to announce my special guests
@mynachang.bsky.social
&
@sharontelfer.bsky.social
!!!
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
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Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion
8 months ago
Friends, I have a tryptich about mothers in Flash Boulevard! Thanks
@francinewitte.bsky.social
! “A Thing In Itself” is from my NiF forthcoming from
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
in the northern Autumn!
flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/s...
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SUMITRA SINGAM: Skin/ Flesh/ Seed
Flash Fiction by Sumitra Singam Skin/Flesh/Seed Mohini looks for love in all the wrong places, schooled in the filmies which are full of ginger-hipped women in gauzy sarees, kajal eyes flicked outw…
https://flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/sumitra-singam-skin-flesh-seed/
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Free Flash Fiction
9 months ago
Ossa Temporis by Peter Eger
#FlashFiction
#writingcommunity
#flashfiction
freeflashfiction.com/fiction/ossa...
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Ossa Temporis – Free Flash Fiction
I knew it solely as the Great Bath, a thing built by giants, a people much larger than us in both mind and stature. My throat dried at the sight of its greatness, each breath scraping against my lungs...
https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/ossa-temporis/
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Oceans of bluebells and wild garlic at Woolley Woods
9 months ago
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Kathy Hoyle
9 months ago
Hey flash-curious folks! I'm running a workshop over
@writershq.bsky.social
for beginners! If you love the idea of writing flash fiction but you're not sure where to start, this is the class for you! Come and join me for all the flashy fundamentals. Deets here 👇
writershq.co.uk/whq-event/in...
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Introduction to Flash Fiction - Writers' HQ
Learn how to write flash fiction. Simple, straightforward, step-by-step guidance on arting and crafting small stories that pack a big punch.
https://writershq.co.uk/whq-event/introduction-to-flash-fiction/
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Kathy Hoyle
9 months ago
I'll be hosting the next
@writershq.bsky.social
Flash Face Off event on April 25th! Come and join us - Write 500 words from the prompts, post in our forums for fabulous feedback and I may pick you to read at the live event! It's all FREE flashy fun! Deets are here 👇
writershq.co.uk/flash-face-o...
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Flash Face Off Free Weekly Writing Challenge - Writers' HQ
Flash Face Off – a free weekly writing challenge The fastest, most fun, most friendly way to improve your writing Write a brand new story every week, exchange feedback with our amazing community of wr...
https://writershq.co.uk/flash-face-off-free-weekly-writing-challenge/
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Delighted to have a piece of art in here. Really looking forward to enjoying all the wonderful work.
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9 months ago
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Our NHS is not for sale. With Trump ramping up his trade wars trade talks must not open the door to US healthcare companies profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during negotiations. Agree? Add your name:
38d.gs/april_bsky
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Don't sell our NHS for a trade deal with Trump
Our NHS is not for sale. Trade talks with Trump must not open the door to US healthcare profiting from our NHS. Keir Starmer must protect our NHS by keeping it off the table during deal negotiations....
https://38d.gs/april_bsky
9 months ago
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Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
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Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table
Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/put-public-ownership-of-water-back-on-the-table?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast103440&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=e9ca431d-3021-4873-8c92-7fc504cd69a0
10 months ago
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Writers’ HQ
10 months ago
AI is theft. Work used to train LLMs should be on a creator opt-in basis only, and writers and artists should be fairly compensated for any work used. Fuck Meta.
#dothewritething
#ai
#meta
#stopthief
#MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing
#MakeItFair
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Chris Lloyd
10 months ago
Today is a day of protest. I'm standing with the
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
against Meta taking our work without our consent to train AI. We're also calling on our government and Lisa Nandy to
#dothewritething
and protect our creative arts and not weaken copyright laws in favour of big tech.
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Anna Davidson
10 months ago
Here’s the petition. Please sign (UK postcode). If you enjoy reading or watching great TV based on books then this affects you. Authors need paying to survive. It’s no more OK to steal from authors than it is to steal from a shop.
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Looking fantastic - very excited to see this out in the world.
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10 months ago
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Trash Cat Lit
10 months ago
These are our dates for Write Along with Trash Cat in April. Sign up for generative writing to prompts. It's free and kinda fun 🦝
trashcatlit.com/write-along-...
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New Writers
10 months ago
We're delighted to present the inaugural New Writers Anthology:
newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is...
It features a selection of prize-winning and shortlisted stories, poems and book reviews from the competitions we ran between 2022 and 2024. We hope you enjoy it!
#newwriters
#writinganthology
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Radon Journal
10 months ago
Survival is a femme art in
@a-tendency.bsky.social
"dirt." Out now in Issue 9. Read it on our website:
www.radonjournal.com/issue9
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