Beautifully layered story in @flashfrog.bsky.social from @thorntonforreal.bsky.social . Lovely accompanying artwork by @kimmylarson.bsky.social . Take a read. Take many reads!

I'm claiming this badge for my second entry into the Welkin Genre competition. Good luck everyone! (Apparently stories of Historical interest are in short supply - so pick an event, sure half the writing is done for you 😆)

My #haiku from the latest edition of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal curlew's call - twisting through the spiral a fling of dunlin Lots more lovely haiku within www.autumnmoonhaiku.com . Take a read.

Calling all #writers: can YOU write a story in exactly 75 words? Paragraph Planet publishes one piece of 75-word #microfiction every day www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php (please share to other writers)

The Sturgeon Moon is set to rise on Thursday, August 27, and we want to leave her an offering. Guidelines here: sillygoosepress.com/sturgeon-moon Submissions to SGP MINI: OFFERINGS TO THE STURGEON MOON open July 1 - 15!

Go for it, writers! An idea for a second entry popped into my head today. Hoping I have enough time to hone it into 100 beautiful words.

Beautifully atmospheric story from Beth Sherman

My tiny piece treading water in the flash fllood. A ten second read, designed to make you smile.

My #haiku from the latest edition of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal curlew's call - twisting through the spiral a fling of dunlin Lots more lovely haiku within www.autumnmoonhaiku.com . Take a read.

Excellent turn about in this tiny flash. Take a read.

So good, Melissa

Great prompts from @natflashfictionday.bsky.social , read all about them here thewrite-in.blogspot.com . Inspiring ideas, quick response - open for today 14/06/26 only!

My 100 word micro from 2024, accepted by Retreat West (now Westword). No longer available online, so I thought I'd post here.

I've put in an entry to The Welkin Genre Prize! You can too, until the end of the month. Go on, make @mattkendrick.bsky.social 's day. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

A #haiku of mine that was included in the @thepoetrypea.bsky.social podcast on creepy-crawlies curled fig leaf a pale green spider stitches edge to edge More wriggly stuff here - poetrypea.com/s8e39-creepy...

My #drabble #50 word story from The Dribble Drabble Review IX, April 2024 (in two parts 1/2) Grief in Translation Your tongue stumbles over the word ‘due’. “Ho due sorelle.” This is the first time you have put the words together. The teacher smiles. Your classmates nod their encouragement.

Excellent humour here from Diya Tyagi in @smallwondersmag.com

Lovely post today. Lots of interesting essays and haiku contained in this new edition of Seashores.

It's World Ocean Day. Here's a link to my story - a lament about coastal destruction inesmeow.com/magazine/#fl...

A week left on Summer subs for your stories celebrating the Kingdom of Plantae 💚 Here's what Guest Reader, Leigh @mrlovelyday.bsky.social would love to see in the binbox. Think of those spaces less commonly considered, and how genre can influence everything 🦝 trashcatlit.com/summer-mood/

Delicious dark humour and atmospheric evocation of old Europe in the stories of @tanyaf.bsky.social 's short story collection The Marionette and the Maestro.

A direct link to my story, a lament about coastal destruction "Remembering the Beach|". Please to have this included in the Tidal Issue of The Reprise. Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social , in whose workshop this piece originated. inesmeow.com/magazine/#fl...

"Quoting other people is not pretentious. It is simply admitting that someone dead, French and difficult got there first."

“Seagulls cry and swoop, swiping from greasy fingers what has been stolen from them.” Beautifully haunting piece, @iamagnat.bsky.social! #writesky #flashfiction

Our Submissions are OPEN! 50 words. Theme: HOME. Quickish decision and it’s FREE to send to us. Full details: blink-ink.org/current-subm...

Delighted to have a piece in this flip-book. The Reprise - Tidal (pg56, near the end). Remembering the Beach is a lament about coastal destruction, which began life in @mattkendrick.bsky.social 's Glorious Words course. inesmeow.com/magazine/

Submit your best miniature works to this!

My 'possible strings attached' little story. www.paragraphplanet.com/published.ph...

...We’re sixteen. Hungover French drizzles from our English tongues as we waste away with the wasters... Great story from @quickasaflash.bsky.social in @bottlerocketlit.bsky.social Parfait!

Want to win a free online writing workshop from Matt Kendrick? Of course you do! Put your "name in the hat" by quote-posting Matt's original post, Just quote the name of the workshop you would like to attend, easy-peasy.

Get your #senyru together

A #haiku of mine (from Cicada's Cry 2020 Covid edfition) for #PoetryDayIRL my morning blackbird sings in the garden lilac; I know all the notes.

Looking forward/backwards to this! Join us.

A Snow Globe on an Iceberg: World-building in short fiction Thanks, Matt!

The next Welkin workshop is "The Backwards Gaze" on Thursday 28th May at 7pm BST. A reminder that if you're a low income writer and would like to join any of these workshops, you can apply for a free place: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

Gorgeous writing and funny bits - perfectly combined. Great read, Sarah.

Neat 75 wonder here.

Delighted to have this #haiku in the latest edition of, the delightfully named, A Hoolet's Nook. @thehooletsnook.bsky.social Venus suspended, a low-slung crescent moon ready to catch her Take a look at the all the stories and poetry contained within www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issue

PS - if you're a low-income writer and would like a free spot, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Go on go on go on go on go on....deep breath, dive in!

@jackmmorris.bsky.social these are very @hookland.bsky.social , no?

Welkin me up! Trevor - you know where you can go. (If I win, Matt, just pick someone out of a hat).

A #haiku (#senryu ?) of mine published in @kingriverpress.bsky.social 's Folk Ku Issue 5 strangely comforting, a litany of placenames — the shipping forecast

These workshops show how stories are formed and teach how to apply this knowledge to your own writing. I enjoyed the first session of this series and am really curious as to how to write breathlessly. Join us!

Lovely spot, interesting collection. Why not treat yourself to a free tour of the Edward Worth library.

A story to lift your heart. Enjoy!

@sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social , I spotted this an thought of you. Not sure if it is your thing, but you could check it out. (15th May deadline) scryptidgames.com/blogs/news/d...

Fabulous #haiku by Nick T. in the Spring edition of @waleshaiku.bsky.social . @goldengrenadesco.bsky.social - you might appreciate this one. a tear in the sky's fabric peregrine

Take a read - interesting and entertaining article on the cross-pollination between art forms. Sign up for Matt's newsletter while you're there.

A special love story