Heather D Haigh
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Sight-impaired spoonie, working-class writer and visual artist. Naps a lot in Yorkshire.
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/
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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...
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about 1 month 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
about 2 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
about 2 months ago
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Sarah Royston
about 2 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 - Novella OUT NOW!
about 2 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!
about 2 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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Story Trails
about 2 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
about 2 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
2 months ago
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Matt Kendrick
3 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
4 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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4 months ago
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TrashLight Press
4 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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Trashlight Press | PDF to Flipbook
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/34d87650d0.html#page/4
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Inanimate objects provide me with daily reminders of the absolute necessity of four-letter expletives.
#writingtips
5 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
5 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
6 months ago
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Matt Kendrick
6 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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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam)
6 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
6 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
7 months ago
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Kathy Hoyle
7 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
7 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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7 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
7 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
7 months ago
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Writers’ HQ
7 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
7 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
7 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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7 months ago
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Trash Cat Lit
8 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
8 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
8 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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Cranked Anvil
9 months ago
WE'RE FINALLY HERE! We can't wait to engage with
#writers
here. Please follow, we'll follow back. Browse our website to see what we do:
crankedanvil.co.uk
#writer
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
#wip
#flashfiction
#shortstory
#microfiction
#feedback
#indiepress
#writersofbluesky
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Cranked Anvil Press
Writing Prizes | Critique Service | Indie Press | Productions | Est. 2012
https://crankedanvil.co.uk/
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Free Flash Fiction
8 months ago
The Winter of her Deep Content by Adele Evershed
@adlibby.bsky.social
thelithag.com
#FlashFiction
#writingcommunity
#flashfiction
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The Winter of her Deep Content – Free Flash Fiction
When Olwen gazed in the mirror the day after her sixtieth birthday, she saw tiny icicles clinging to her eyelids. At first she assumed it was sleepy dust, but as she rubbed her fingers over them, her ...
https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/the-winter-of-her-deep-content/
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Roi Fainéant Press
8 months ago
There are some pretty dazzling pieces in the 83rd edition, case in point the poem “A Black Dog Sits and Waits” by
@superheavy.bsky.social
There is a sullen peace in resignation. Read the other two poems by Steve Passey while looking at the stars with paper bag whiskey on Sunday, 3/30.
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The Pride Roars
8 months ago
Check out this talk by
@delgeo14.bsky.social
for the Creative Community Sessions!
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The Pride Roars
11 months ago
Our next contributor is Maria Thomas You can follow her on X: @AppleWriter and on BlueSky:
@appleshapedwriter.bsky.social
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8 months ago
Latest festival news! We have bookings in from writers living in U.K., Ireland, US, France,Switzerland, India, Dubai! Come & join the international crowd in Bristol U.K. 18-20 July! For a weekend entirely devoted to flash fiction!
Flashfictionfestival.com
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Tommy Dean is open to queries
9 months ago
No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with
@roseclifflit.bsky.social
and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to
@jessicaberg.bsky.social
for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
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J. D. Nelson
8 months ago
𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 J. D. Nelson Post-Asemic Press, 2022
bit.ly/jdnelson
#poetry
#Dada
#Surrealism
#experimental
#book
#poem
#poet
#writer
#author
#ExperimentalPoetry
#ExperimentalWriting
#PoetryCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting
#WritingLife
#BookSky
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Audrey Niven
8 months ago
Want to boost your writing game and free this Saturday? there's only one place to be. See you there!
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Traci
8 months ago
Work as hard on your dreams as you do on others... Sweet and Spicy
#Romance
available now in e-book,
#KindleUnlimited
and
#Paperback
.
#BookSky
#Romancelandia
#WriteSky
#WritingCommunity
#BooksWorthReading
🌶️📚 ✍️💜
www.amazon.com/stores/Traci...
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phillip crymble
8 months ago
Dorianne Laux ⸻ from Poets Against the War (2003)
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Tracie Renee (she/her)
8 months ago
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
dawn fog slowly emptying with my mug
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Eleanor Fuller
8 months ago
Take two: So excited for you to meet Phil in
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
's March issue! Will she remain monolingual? Will she the light? Any light? 😇🙏
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0325...
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Little Death Born Again — Split Lip Magazine
The whole congregation, apart from a few noobs recruited at last night’s street-preach, knows the story of Mary Magdalene washing Christ’s feet with her tears. How on bended knee she wiped them clean ...
https://splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0325/eleanor-fuller
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Billie-Leigh Burns
8 months ago
I have a story up at
@fiveminutelit.bsky.social
today ☺️ At this point, my cats are more famous than I could ever hope to be 😂🐈
#writingcommunity
www.fiveminutelit.com/fur-som-prison
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Fur-Som Prison by Billie-Leigh Burns — Five Minutes
It’s 6:30 p.m. Dinnertime is 7, but tabby Bert struts around the room . . .
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/fur-som-prison
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Billie-Leigh Burns
8 months ago
I love this art! ❤️ thank you so much for giving my cats the spotlight they deserve ☺️
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