Kathryn Cowles @fencebooks.bsky.social / @kathryncowles.bsky.social

Very cool to hear the amazing Tania Hershman featured my story published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social in her latest workshop! ICYMI

My NIF ‘Finding a Way’ is 7 years old today. Goodness! It follows a family over three and a half years as they deal with the death of a loved one. Written after the death of my daughter Laura, it was shortlisted in the UK Saboteur Awards. More details here: www.dianesimmons.co.uk

Today we have a story of the war in Ukraine, by a writer who lives in Kharkiv. Don't want to give anything away, but the swerve this story takes is brilliant. wigleaf.com

So excited that author copies have arrived! Big thank you to Jeff Bogle at @stanchion.bsky.social. Order your copy below!

"Tonight Sarah is shaving and scrubbing and Ubering to nightclubs. She’s on the prowl with stilettos that make her feet ache, powering down cocktails bought by strangers." Oh the things Sarah is getting up to! Read my latest in @eunoiareview.bsky.social eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/s...

‘She reported she had explicit instructions to 'not let anyone in the house.’’ The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… 🗂️ thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/02/03/c...

It's been a minute since I published something of my own! SmokeLong and SmokeLong Fitness are like having two full-time jobs (which I LOVE), so I'm thrilled to have found time to write something. Sending a huge hug to this kid. ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

New author interview with the amazing Patricia Q. Bidar about PARDON ME FOR MOONWALKING! @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social

So excited to be part of this!

Looove this one by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social!

"Validation is ostensibly a slap on the haunches to keep moving. Because the writing is the thing I’m chasing." Wonderfully honest assessment of writing, submissions and not-quite-acceptances from @jmgatford.bsky.social fixioning.substack.com/p/publicatio...

Here's a new, brilliant look at the plight of Snow White. Hilarious, yet tragic. Come and have a look! thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/02/03/c...

Such a brilliant gut-punch all wrapped up in that Aldridge-Morris dry humour. Love it!

This is such fun!

"Signs of emotional manipulation and of being placed in a dependency situation." 🖤 @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social

Excellent example of what short fiction can do. (I’m a sucker for stories that look like documents/memos/lists.) Well done!!

My hermit crab is up!

Stunning book cover for a stunning writer!! @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

Story up in the marvellous Ghost Parachute. Thank you to the creator in chief @brettpribble.bsky.social 🫡🫶

Just read ‘Manifesto: on never giving up’ by Bernardine Evaristo & ‘Cold Toast’ by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social — would totally recommend both! 😊😊😊

Huge congratulations on winning The Weatherglass chosen by Ali Smith @jupiterjonz.bsky.social !!! 🔥🔥🔥

We delighted to share the Issue 4 has arrived! Available from our shop www.the4facedliar.com/product-page...

A brilliant review in @claudineliterary.bsky.social of one of my all time favourite collections of flash 'The Potential of Radio and Rain' by @mynachang.bsky.social 🔥

I rarely write micros but somehow this one found its way into the welcoming arms of the latest issue of Ghost Parachute AND will be included in the upcoming Ghost Parachute Anthology (available at #AWP26 in Baltimore)! ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Join SmokeLong for a reading and interview with Patricia Q. Bidar to celebrate the publication of Pardon Me for Moonwalking. January 31, 9pm NYC. DM us for an invitation!

I've got a prompt here to help you upcycle your unwanted xmas presents into shiny flash fictions! Thanks for having me @mattkendrick.bsky.social ! I'm loving the prompts in this list!

I've got a prompt here to help you upcycle your unwanted xmas presents into shiny flash fictions! Thanks for having me @mattkendrick.bsky.social ! I'm loving the prompts in this list!

Don't miss this brilliant piece by @sagreene1.bsky.social !! (paring back socials this year but SO glad I didn't miss this!)

@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social has arrived in northern NH ⚡

Breaking my social media hiatus to say Congratulations @eleanorfuller.bsky.social!! 🔥🔥🔥

It's gives us great pleasure to nominate Miss Sunkissed 1962 by @mariegethins.bsky.social for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance...please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...

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 finally made my way into @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social along with some brilliant authors and pals. Looking Forward to reading all the stories in issue 38! gooseberry-pie.com/issue-38/

"...you say ‘oh!…’ out loud because God only knows you were in a Brian Wilson-coloured mood and your guard’s down and you understand it all now.." Always different, always brilliant, and always makes you think. Read @sagreene1.bsky.social !!

Pre-orders for my @stanchion.bsky.social collection are open & I am SO EXCITED 👇👇👇

Absolutely stoked to have my Highly Commended CNF 'The Ewe and the Lamb' included in this stellar Arts Council funded journal!

Got a story up about a magnet eater in @bendinggenres.bsky.social if anyone is up for a weird one 😬

An absolute highlight of a wild year to have COLD TOAST included in Republic of Consciousness Foundations's 'Best Small Press fiction of 2025' 💥

Adore this prose poem by @aniking.bsky.social!!🔥

New interview of @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social by @tcboudreau.bsky.social ! Both FL contributors and @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social pressmates! "The vivid details are often all I have in the first draft!" fracturedlit.com/the-idea-tha...

An absolute highlight of a wild year to have COLD TOAST included in Republic of Consciousness Foundations's 'Best Small Press fiction of 2025' 💥

Happy Publication Day to @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social!! 'Pardon Me for Moonwalking' is OUT!! 🤩

Claudine Literary @claudineliterary.bsky.social is such a great newcomer to the lit scene. Check it out and vote! 😺

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

Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net

Happening Wednesday! Thank you @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social and @rosaliascalia! #literaryreading #writer #writers #writerssupportingwriters #author #authorlife #writerslife

In a twist of fate, my first full collection and a new member of our family are due on the same day--December 2nd!