This is the brilliant winning flash of @newwritersuk.bsky.social Historical Flash Fiction comp 🧡🧡🧡 Congratulations! newwriters.org.uk/wp-content/u...

'Pa's madder than a boiled owl ...' Bloody gorgeous!

Ooh, how lovely - thank you Laura!

Another lovely idea from @mattkendrick.bsky.social - and yes, the writing community over here in the sky feels a bit 'loose'. I'd like to tag in a trio of remarkable sarahs @sfreligh.bsky.social @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social And yeah, I'm late to the party!

Gorgeous!

WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SEA MONSTERS OF LOVE by @philiphoare.bsky.social has been named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2025 by @newyorker.com! Take a look at the amazing list below:

Have you had a look at the brilliant Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby yet? Following a gender fluid character making their way in 1700s Whitehaven, this emotional and beautifully written globe trotting adventure is available with 25% off this Christmas! share.google/AvrhJUHaVtFa...

A UK female spitfire pilot, 1944, known as a ferry pilot, delivering newly manufactured aircrafts from the factory to airfields #WomensArt

My new serialized novella, The Pigeons of Magstræde, an alternate historical story about a lonely soul in 1780's Copenhagen is currently being published on my Substack. New parts are posted daily. Below link to the first part and a quote from the part posted today. open.substack.com/pub/nomikiss...

Shocking Pink (1980's) feminist zine by a collective of young women in London, predating riot grrrl era #womensart

Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @mklitfest.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...

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

Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!

'By the Fireside' by contemporary printmaker Ann Tout #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

This is wonderful!

And tonight, don't miss an online treat from the SYP with our brilliant scifi author Valeriya Salt and her reality bending WW2 novel Dive Beyond Eternity! Details below! thesyp.org.uk/events/syp-n...

Always a pleasure to be published by TrashCat! 😘

Thank you so much dearest TrashCat for the nomination. Good luck to all the nominees - I hope at least one of us gets one over the line for our wonderful publisher!

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Absolutely delighted to be published by the mighty Underbelly!

The Woggle of Witches, Adrienne Adams, 1971.

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Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

Here are universal links to my two new collections, the novella I wrote with @matgost.bsky.social which is currently only £6.50!, and the cracking anthology from @trashcatlit.bsky.social 🦝 mybook.to/SickInkColle... mybook.to/OneForSorrow... mybook.to/WatcherNovella mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Well. it would be rude not to ...

How fabulous is this?!

Ebook bonus stories from @sfreligh.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social, @sagreene1.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @maureenmcely.bsky.social & comps @mindsshinebright.bsky.social, @welkinprize.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social!

The Last Minute Club is open tomorrow 5th Oct, the final day of our 31st Award.All entrants tomorrow get a LMC badge. Can you guess the colour this time? A few samples of previous ones below. Winner gets a free entry to the award. Reply here. Results tomorrow Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

This weekend & one more till our 31st Award ends on Sun 5th Oct. Up to 300 word #flashfiction Results by end Oct. £1460 in prizes + publication offer in our 10th anniversary anthology for all 50 longlisted Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Busy compiling the 1st of the new rainbow series of festival anthologies. Thanks to all who came to the July in-person fest & subbed stories. Another opportunity to be published if you come to our online festival days. There’s a mini contest with publication as prize Flashfictionfestival.com

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa... Libraries are SO important. We need to save them.

Just putting this out there and tip-toeing away for a stiff drink! ShortList: Weatherglass Books Novella Prize Yr 2 open.substack.com/pub/weatherg...

Thanks for the kooky prompts @trashcatlit.bsky.social

This one a feat and a treat in short shortness @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

"People say we live in an unequal society; some are born well-lit, others are living like moles." Fabulous work from @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

Hurry, hurry!

Thanks, Mairead - glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, Matt - glad you enjoyed it!

This is bloody gorgeous! All those gawping men - she knows they're there, but she's just not even glancing. Eye contact can be so dangerous.

Fly-by greetings

Hello, hello, BlueSky! My swoony, 1920s glamourous, forbidden romance-y, found family-themed timeslip novel THE MOONLIT MAZE is currently on a limited time deal. You can get it for 99p or 99c basically everywhere right now But not for long, so maybe grab it now!? www.amazon.co.uk/Moonlit-Maze...

Our Trashies are getting the genny ready for Friday! Our Prompted Pop-Up challenge is fun and free to sub: trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... Here's what @jupiterjonz.bsky.social did last year with blind-chosen prompts - an Institution, any 'Ologist, and a Spillage. trashcatlit.com/kodak-moment/

Sounds like a damn fine day!

'We are grappling with a publishing industry completely obsessed with celebrity and making quick sales.' This week on Northern Voices, The Judas Case author Nicholas Graham talks about writing historical fiction, publishing's celebrity obsession and more. on.soundcloud.com/6STJLjoPZj7e...

'Hello human, nice to meet you'

A very flash review- Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social published by Dalia UK

Rosaleen! Huge congratulations to everyone, including the amazing @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social 🎉🍾🥳

Thanks, Cole ☺️

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