I’ve just wolfed this down! A wonderful collection. Set in the 70s and 80s this was a trip down memory lane for me. I particularly love the title story and its ending line… Powerful. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 @kazbarwrites.bsky.social

I'm very proud that this month I've had two politically-inspired stories published. 'Been A While Since Bad Things Only Happened to Other People' @bulbculture.bsky.social www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/been-a-... and 'The Tenth Testicle' newflashfiction.com/the-tenth-te...

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra says Israeli soldiers raided his home in West Bank

Great meditative piece by @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social 🐑🐑

Don't miss @kiklodge.bsky.social's latest!! 🔥

A story I've been trying to write for 20+ years found its home in Issue 3 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social: www.frazzledlit.com/p/young-enough

The next block of the #BitesizedBookClub is open for bookings! We'll be meeting on the following Thursdays, 19:15-20:30 (UK time): 25 Sept - Stories by Tim Craig 23 Oct - Fairy Tale/Myth Retellings 27 Nov - Ekphrastic Stories Link to book: theleadedwindow.blogspot.com/p/bite-sized... #FlashFiction

Congrats to @jmgatford.bsky.social on the BOTN nom for this brilliant piece of writing 🤩

Tickets from just £25. Book today for £10 off day passes and all weekend passes. Also, 50% off bursary places are available for underrepresented writers. Apply via email. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...

💯 Our workshop series will close with @leoneross.bsky.social teaching a class on planning a short story in just 60 minutes. Perfect for those who are time-poor, this session will take you through all you need to plan and plot, from beginning to end.

💯 Our online workshop day kicks off with The Whole Kahani members, Reshma Ruia, Mona Dash and Catherine Menon as they take us through the significance of voice, how they work together to develop their writing in a workshop setting and why staying true to yourself matters.

💯 Our afternoon in conversation session features Edge Hill shortlisted @afahynes.bsky.social and this year's winner of the debut prize, Malachi McIntosh @theemmapress.bsky.social This will be a deep dive into putting together a collection, working with a small press, and the impact of prizes.

💯 Author panel discussion with @catherinemenon.bsky.social, Bekki Burns, and @laurabesley.bsky.social on developing your short story craft. Chaired by Jonathan Taylor, this panel boast of major prize wins, DYCP grant success, and several PhDs between them. Does any of that help with craft?

£10 off places to the Short Story Festival next weekend! If you can't make it to Leicester, there is also an online day of inspiring workshops on the Sunday! This will be brilliant for anyone wanting to gain insight into small presses, pitching their collections and meeting short story writers

I updated my website judehiggins.com after 4 years of it languishing ! Now includes details of my books ‘Clearly Defined Clouds’ & ‘The Chemist’s House’ plus info on all my projects — @bathflashaward.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social & Ad Hoc Fiction

Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection! #workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites

Thrilled to get this far, but hoping like crazy my piece gets through to shortlist...one of my favourite journals!

Bristol friends, Shearsman book fans, come to East Bristol Books 18 September to hear not me (well, me, too) but the splendid Frances Presley and Andrew Duncan. I have such admiration for them both. Share? www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

Yaay!! A fun accolade and brilliant way to discover indie authors- each week vote for one of 4 book covers grouped by a theme!

So grateful to @freemanpoet.bsky.social for this sweet book review published in @bendinggenres.bsky.social (thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social for publishing it). Please check it out and share if you could!!!

Large Global Sumud Flotilla support congregation in Malaga giving their support to the flotilla taking food and medical aid to starving children in Gaza. Greta Thunberg is on board one of the ships that form part of the peaceful humanitarian flotilla that fully complies with International Law.

New interview up today with @dehardy.bsky.social about the new micro lit journal, Claudine! @claudineliterary.bsky.social

weekly talk story about my Bitter over Sweet (@sfwp.bsky.social) book launch with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, hosted by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, and my recent (and not so recent pubs) in @mrbullbull.bsky.social , @claudineliterary.bsky.social and Mojo www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Thank you so much to @smokelong.bsky.social reviews editor @erinvachon.bsky.social and reviewer Emily Webber for this thoughtful review of my novella-in-flash, The Lives of the Dead (available from @adhocfiction.bsky.social and also Amazon) ❤️

After raising £4k for fuel poverty charities from the print anthology, the FUEL flash ebook—with 12 bonus flash stories—is on its way! That’s 87 brilliant, surprising prizewinning flash stories by writers worldwide, exploding the myth that there's a formula for a “winning” story. www.fuelflash.net

Picked your story yet? Just over 4 weeks to go. Closes, Midnight GMT 5 October 2025 Winners: Announced by 1 Nov Judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social £1460 prize fund. 50 authors offered anthology publication, with all published authors getting a free print copy. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

East Coast midnight (US). ✅ First Monday of the month. ✅ That means it's time for Claudine. 🎉 Welcome to our first issue. Enjoy, humans! www.claudineliterary.net

"When a third testicle dropped, he asked her to enlarge his trousers so he could house everything more comfortably..." Nobody writes like the inimitable @sagreene1.bsky.social ... do not miss her brilliant latest! 🍇

"They blew it up. Let metal and plastic sink to the bottom of our ocean. Let it dirty our life-giving waters with their Hollywood waste, with their actors cheating on their wives with hula dancers..." Read @lumchanmfa.bsky.social !! 🔥

An insightful review of a brilliant book by someone who KNOWS. Delighted to be teaching two pieces from #ColdToast to a class in Costa Rica. This review is great prep. @kazbarwrites.bsky.social is 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

"...themes that are as urgent today as they were thirty-fifty years ago. Which may be the point of it all, highlighting that ever-running treadmill that women negotiate." @sfreligh.bsky.social @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @bendinggenres.bsky.social

@sfreligh.bsky.social reviews @kazbarwrites.bsky.social Cold Toast! bendinggenres.com/review-of-co...

Wow! Unbelievably grateful to @sfreligh.bsky.social and @rgvaughan.bsky.social for this terrific review of Cold Toast in Bending Genres!! I'm blown away!

I reviewed COLD TOAST by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social, a book I very much admire! bendinggenres.com/review-of-co...

Wow! Unbelievably grateful to @sfreligh.bsky.social and @rgvaughan.bsky.social for this terrific review of Cold Toast in Bending Genres!! I'm blown away!

It's Tommy Dean and it's Raymond Carver..what's not to love?

We're feat. six first-class #microfictions on the theme of "Second Chances." If you missed them yesterday, here's another chance to read Part 1 from @mariegethins.bsky.social @francesgapper.bsky.social and @lauratheis.bsky.social. Just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...

I have a PUBLICATION DATE! Can't wait to share In the Desert with you in March! Many thanks to my publisher @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky

Were you aware that my upcoming collection, Pardon Me for Moonwalking, has its own playlist? Check it out at the bottom of its page! (Pre-orders are open now--treat yourself!)

Congrats to @jankaneen1.bsky.social Hostile Environments has landed in Bristol!!

Cannot wait for this short story festival in Leicester! Check out the brilliant programme and book before it sells out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...

Well, this is good to hear as I’ve just ordered this today! 🙂

“He said that women and girls in and around Port Talbot should avoid going out at night. Astrid shook her head. How about the men stay in?” Cold Toast by the terribly talented @kazbarwrites.bsky.social will not be eaten by rabbit.

Lithuanian artist Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene, known for her cross stitch embroidery on various metal objects #WomensArt

Thrilled to announce the Short Story September Festival returns next month. Join us for a jam-packed weekend of talks and workshops on mastering short stories. Book your early bird ticket by 26/8. Check out the programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...

I'm so looking forward to being part of this 👏 I'll be in conversation with Malachi McIntosh and @farhanashaikh.bsky.social about the Edge Hill Prize shortlist and all things short stories. Join us in Leicester in September for what looks set to be a really inspiring weekend!

Stunned and mightily honoured that Cold Toast has been selected as Book of the Month by the Republic of Consciousness Prize in partnership with Queen Mary University London!! 🥂 It's winging its way to their subscribers today!

Cannot wait for this short story festival in Leicester! Check out the brilliant programme and book before it sells out! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...

Just read this brilliance and now can't wait for @kiklodge.bsky.social's forthcoming collection with @stanchion.bsky.social 'The Bully in my Pillow' 🔥🔥🔥