There are some great stories here. I can heartily recommend (and not just because I'm in it...)

The paperback proof of our upcoming anthology is getting some last-minute editorial attention from Mary. She's ruthless! but also chonky so one could say, the proof is with the pudding 🦝😼 Not long now until the book can be in your cat's paws too!

Are you in Teesside? 16-19 years old? Love films? Want to make films? ​Want to write, direct, shoot, produce, edit, act in, design set/props, costumes, visual effects, sound design, etc, all on your own short film? Apply now! No experience necessary! www.writersblocknortheast.com/bfi

Issue 108 is ✨ OPEN ✨ for submissions! Check out our NEW submission slots... mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-... Deadline: 6 October 2025 We can't wait to read what you're writing! ❤️

September's newsletter is live 🦝 We've got subs, Trash Family stuffs from @cbigs.bsky.social @matgost.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social & @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, three quick reads from Genrepunk Award nominees and some autumnal ekphrastic writing prompts 🧡 trashcatlit.com/2025/09/22/h...

*Stormtrooper on death bed* Hang on, those were the droids I was looking for! Shit! Ugh….

I've managed to write jokes at the expense of three political parties today. Some feat when at least one of them is already a joke... #comedy #AmWriting

Every news photo looks like a South Park still to me atm, and I don't think I'm the one with the problem...

Some great advice here if you're looking to support your fellow writers via social media ❤️

This is amazing.

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Got a whimsical prose or poetry piece? Send it to this lovely flock.

That new Bagpuss reboot film they're planning seems darker than expected but headed in the right direction, at least.

Just cut a story down from 830 words to 294 words.

Your three-week-to-go deadline reminder for our 31st Award. Closes 5th Oct. £1k top prize. Some tips in the post. The picture of the 4 leaf clover here, is for luck. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/09/the-...

On #TheSkewer this week, we highlight Housing Hypocrisy, join Nigel’s House Partyand more innuendo than you can shake your stick at in Back, Sack and Crack. On @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds at 11:15pm. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Cross-eyed after digging through events from the last ten years for Breaking The News. I am the Indiana Jones of satirical archaeology. 🤠 Hoping my gags won't end up mouldering away in an enormous warehouse... #BTN #Satire #Comedy #AmWriting

Hello to all my fellow bin rogues! 👋 Love the art-work - thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social

I guess it makes sense that, as a writer of tiny things, I come from the town with the world's tiniest theatre... www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...

I’m a sucker for a retelling of a classic story … here’s @lucimcummings.bsky.social Nemesis … www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-cumm...

www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-cumm... @lucimcummings.bsky.social - here’s what I planned! So sorry

My galette is now available from @neitherfishnorfoul.com's delicious dessert display! Many thanks to @jackmmorris.bsky.social for choosing my story, and to @nycmidnight.bsky.social for providing the prompts that originally inspired it. www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-cumm...

My galette is now available from @neitherfishnorfoul.com's delicious dessert display! Many thanks to @jackmmorris.bsky.social for choosing my story, and to @nycmidnight.bsky.social for providing the prompts that originally inspired it. www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-cumm...

Any excuse for cake is fine by me! Just make sure you have some to hand when you read these delectable stories. 🍰

Having one of those "don't want to read the news but I have to in order to do satire" days. Distractions would be welcomed to balance the scales a bit...

Our second spotlight today 🦝 We loved the quiet tension in @leighaplin.bsky.social's piece, the sense of longing amidst danger, the beautiful connection to death and renewal. Read here: trashcatlit.com/when-the-riv...

You're having a laugh! (I hope.) Brilliant cast, funny jokes (incl a tiny thing by me). Congrats all around! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

2nd daily spotlight from our latest issue 🦝 We loved the tight breathlessness of this piece from @sclly21.bsky.social Every word so intentional, the emotional nostalgic tone is wonderful. Creative use of prompts: The Year You Were Ten, Cryptid, Needle Read here: trashcatlit.com/sasquatch-in...

Brand new series of the award-winning satirical comedy #TheSkewer starts tonight on BBC Radio 4, 11.15pm. Expect the news, all remixed. *checks news to see if there is any* (also BBC Sounds) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

We took our pet hooman to Musashi in Minato City, Tokyo, for okonomiyaki this evening.

Up next we're spotlighting @pj-mccarthy.bsky.social's prompted flash🦝 We loved the strangeness of this from the outset, the characters' voices, the perfectly pitched humour - and the squirrels: bringing one of our favourite flash moments ever. Read here: trashcatlit.com/growing-pains/

[whispers] I gave The Skewer a (smallish) go this week. Thanks to various people for the encouragement/help/prodding. (You know who you are!) #Satire #AmWriting #Comedy

I'm getting loads ads for 'back to uni' stuff, and it's taken me far too long to realise it's because the algorithms think I'm old enough now to have uni age kids 😱🤣 #RealityCheck

Our first of two spotlights today is from @lucimcummings.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the strangeness of this therapy session and the really beautiful solution to the MCs relatable issue. A creative use of tough prompts: A Medical Facility, Dog/s, Allergic Reaction Read here: trashcatlit.com/you-and-me/

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Submitted a satirical sketch and page of one-liners for ep 3 of Noising Up. I laughed, so it was worth it 😀 V apt that I polished the sketch at this morning's @writershq.bsky.social Write Along, which is part of the Writing As Resistance Festival. (Thanks WHQ!) writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...

Today's contributor spotlight comes with a side of Q & A 🦝 We loved @lauralnagle.bsky.social's contemporary ghost story, the MCs response, the light humour 👻 Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/edwins-home/ Then get some writing wisdom from her excellent Q & A trashcatlit.com/2025/09/08/q...

Breaking News: Onion writers employed to write Guardian headlines. Full story at 6. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Customer feedback this week; ‘Please can you get some more diversity at the National Trust by encouraging more hot men to visit.’ Ideas for how we do this v welcome. Nothing too racy please - we are the National Trust not the National Tryst.

Stunning stories plus the opportunity to help protect UK wildlife? It's a no-brainer!

"Growing up I often felt, sometimes I still feel, there had been a lesson in kindergarten about how to be a person in the world on a day that I, and only I, had missed." I think I missed it too. Loved this.

Continued my year of frantic subbing by entering another flash into another competition I have no chance of winning. Fun though 😀 #AmWriting #FlashFiction

This week with a little something by me! Catch up on the laughs via BBC Sounds or 11.30am tomorrow on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Having a day where I'm doing everything wrong and coming across like a complete prick. Tell me tomorrow will be better...

Having read every wonderful word, I can heartily recommend diving headfirst into both bins. Laughs, poignant moments, sci-fi, horror, love, revenge - there's treasure here for everyone! #FlashFiction #ShortFiction #writingcommunity

Brilliant and funny - go and read it! trashcatlit.com/growing-pains/

This story is beautiful, and touching, and I loved it.

We pushed and we pushed and we have delivered a pair of delightful flashy collections 🦝🦝 Thirteen flash from all new Trash Family: trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... Twelve flash from repeat bin offenders: trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... A bumper read of amazing prompted stories - ENJOY!

"You and Me" by me is published today, thanks to @trashcatlit.bsky.social ! Check it out, along with a multitude of other Trash Family prompted goodies. trashcatlit.com/you-and-me/