Anxiety and noisy gulls from @fionamckay.bsky.social Fantastic

'His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opened with a swift beheading.' Surreal but believable tale of a strange day for Mr White.

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

Delighted to be part of this joyful edition of @templeinacity.bsky.social Thank you for including my work. templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...

Thank you so much @mattkendrick.bsky.social This means a lot to me

Congratulations @sgscarso.bsky.social for bringing joy in so few well chosen words.

Lovely to be part of this joyful edition @templeinacity.bsky.social

For those who can’t bear to click on links, welcome to a sneak preview of our JOY special popup edition contributors. This little slice will be out soon which in our speak is between hours and days. But you’ll be the first to know, we promise. templeinacity.com/joy/

Thank you for all the inspiration and incredible feedback this year. I was scared to join @smokelong.bsky.social . I was wrong!

Exciting to be part of this excellent edition of @underbellypress.bsky.social Beautiful production

Going Underground by @deniseb.bsky.social 'The wrapped parcel nestles deep in his coat pocket. He treads with care as he heads back down the steps to the underpass. Stale urine fills his nostrils while traffic roars around the ring road above them.'

Excited for this! Thank you for the support @underbellypress.bsky.social

10 days to go until submissions for Issue 5 close. Get those literary gems to us ASAP!

Every day is a good day to remember this. @deniseb.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...

'I swallowed injustice with my breakfast.' Beautiful writing in this piece. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b...

Bottoms up to @quickasaflash.bsky.social for this amusing and clever hermit crab tale. Love it www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-ohal...

Love afternoon tea. Love lemon cake. Love this sharp little tale www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-gill...

This little @deniseb.bsky.social flash tiptoes toward the ember of trust in ourselves and each other then lights it up. A gorgeous reminder of how else we can be. Let it warm you. templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...

Look here, folks, this little gem will remind you it’s not too late, we can trust and rely on ourselves and each other. A little ray of goodness to rekindle the warmth we sometimes forget we carry.

Thank you for publishing this story that is very special to me. It was great to work with you. @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/flash-fictio...

This is so haunting and beautiful. I loved this piece in @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/fiction-june...

This is a must read from @fionamckay.bsky.social The end gave me shivers.

Thank you for sharing my writing @thin-skin.bsky.social and thank you for the inspiration @smokelong.bsky.social thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

A slightly surreal start to your reading day. A slightly startling start to your reading day. Congratulations on a standout piece of writing inspired by 10 @sagreene1.bsky.social

Matt is such a generous teacher, providing thoughtful well prepared lessons and priceless critiques. Can't wait for this session on voices.

Thank you for publishing my story @paragraphplanet.bsky.social

Beautiful edition with flash, poetry and art combined into a fabulous new litmag.

'Freed of the shellac smothering the rest of her life.' Beautiful writing by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social The things Shauna never knows, the things she does trampset.org/the-things-s...

A date for the diary...

Look Noèmi!! Superstar

A new litmag that is encouraging to new writers and existing writers.

What a fabulous reminder of 1985 ...love this!

'Debate whether spring and form are still possible for you in the shipwreck of grief' A tribute to friendship and loss. Beautiful @nomad-sw18.bsky.social flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/an-a...

Today I heard so many fabulous stories read from this book. Recommended reading for your summer booklist.

Not my favourite octopus but one of my favourite flash writers @fionamckay.bsky.social

Well @sagreene1.bsky.social never fails to bring a smile to a reader's face! And of course an amazing title too.

Congratulations @jaimegill.bsky.social A beautiful story from one of my favourite flash writers

Congratulations on your story here in @sgscarso.bsky.social Great title

Congratulations, Amiga! @itssonoemi.bsky.social We critiqued this great story! @fionamckay.bsky.social @sagreene1.bsky.social @sgscarso.bsky.social

Great title and great historic flash by @sagreene1.bsky.social Congratulations!

I loved this story of life moving on but not really for these characters. Congratulations, Dawn. thewoolfx.com/bully-by-daw...

@itssonoemi.bsky.social @sagreene1.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @sgscarso.bsky.social have you seen this, Amigas!

Delighted to be part of this anthology alongside Flash Fiction stars! Looking forward to the launch in Bath.

@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @helenkennedy.bsky.social @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social @emmapwrites.bsky.social @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social @deniseb.bsky.social @catherineogston.bsky.social @nivenaudrey.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social 2/3

At our FREE FLASH EVENT in Bath on 14 June, not only do we have workshops & a panel, but loads of fab readers reading from our new anthology including: @quickasaflash.bsky.social @caththewriter.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social. 1/2

@fionamckay.bsky.social @sagreene1.bsky.social

Thank you for this Joanna Miller

I love the narrator's voice in this story. Pitch perfect as ever @sagreene1.bsky.social

'By the time the boy is six he fears opening his wardrobe, lest he be buried in an avalanche of expectations.' A beautiful tale by @alisonwassell.bsky.social Well deserved shortlisted story