Absolutely delighted to have a micro featured in this month’s special edition @ellipsiszine.bsky.social
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2d ago'Unleashed' #HistoricalFiction from @kateaxeford.bsky.social You seadogs—unshipped, after-taverned, unfastened—weaving your worn path from the alehouse to our brothel cribs. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/unle...
Better get moving! #FlashMonster soft deadline hits in 10 days. Send over monstrous #flashfiction by Oct. 18th for a shot at $ prizes and sweet, sweet glory. Top 10 published on Halloween. #writingcontest #horror themolotovcocktail.com/flash-monste...
Save the date! We’re excited to share that we will launch our 2027 anthology at The Birmingham & Midland Institute on NFFD (12 June), with a day of readings & workshops. Tickets will be available in the spring. Watch this space for details of our anthology theme, editors, etc. www.bmi.org.uk
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Just finished Dwell and it was such an absorbing read - so invested in Albert and Edgar’s story arc. Beautifully crafted work by Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social 🌟👏🌟👏🌟
Rue Baldry@ruebaldry.bsky.social · last wk.Autumn is arriving in fits and starts. Here's a cosy video of a fire, with an extract from Dwell. It's the moment the yearning becomes contact. Enjoy! Dwell is available from bookshop.org, amazon, @waterstones.bsky.social, local independent bookshops, @northodoxpress.bsky.social & libraries
Thursday's spotlight is a pacy bit of prose poetry from Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the comparison of football to battle, the sharp lines of prose to match the pitch, the joyful energy and freedom of the boy. Read and listen trashcatlit.com/when-being-a...
💙📚💙 #booksky Charlotte’s friend, Fred, helps her search for her missing baby, but dark forces are at work that test the bravery of the whole community. Will she ever see her daughter again? A Victorian family saga. mybook.to/TheAngelMaker #booksworthreading #historicalfiction
It was love at first sight. What could possibly go wrong? #HistoricalFiction The Girl from Brittia is only #99cents or #99p mybook.to/GirlfromBrit... #eBook #paperback #KindleUnlimited 📚
Loved the earthiness of this and in awe of Kate’s word choices - a brilliant #histfic micro ✨👏✨
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2d ago'Unleashed' #HistoricalFiction from @kateaxeford.bsky.social You seadogs—unshipped, after-taverned, unfastened—weaving your worn path from the alehouse to our brothel cribs. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/unle...
Congratulations to the winner and everyone who made the shortlist! 🌟👏🌟 I’ll have another try next year…🤞
Historia – the HWA@historia-hwa.bsky.social · 2d agoThe winning and shortlisted stories in the 2026 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition are announced! See which historical short fiction triumphed this year in Historia at historiamag.com/hwaddss-2026-winner-shortlist @thewritertype.bsky.social @mcinrob.bsky.social
Loved the earthiness of this and in awe of Kate’s word choices - a brilliant #histfic micro ✨👏✨
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2d ago'Unleashed' #HistoricalFiction from @kateaxeford.bsky.social You seadogs—unshipped, after-taverned, unfastened—weaving your worn path from the alehouse to our brothel cribs. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/unle...
'Unleashed' #HistoricalFiction from @kateaxeford.bsky.social You seadogs—unshipped, after-taverned, unfastened—weaving your worn path from the alehouse to our brothel cribs. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/unle...
Unleashed by Kate Axeford
Flash Fiction: Unleashed
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The winning and shortlisted stories in the 2026 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition are announced! See which historical short fiction triumphed this year in Historia at historiamag.com/hwaddss-2026-winner-shortlist @thewritertype.bsky.social @mcinrob.bsky.social
It’s been 3 years since my flash collection was published! 😳 Now available as a FREE download from @ellipsiszine.bsky.social
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 3d agoFree #HistoricalFiction #FlashFiction collection. Download a digital copy of 'A Pillow of White Roses' by @collinson26.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...
🪶🐎Announced tomorrow! The winning and shortlisted stories for this year's HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 🪶🐎Who will win the UK's most prestigious historical short fiction prize? Find out in Historia at 11.30am on 7 October #HWADDSS26
Free #HistoricalFiction #FlashFiction collection. Download a digital copy of 'A Pillow of White Roses' by @collinson26.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...
'Old Croghan Man' #HistoricalFiction from @lauralnagle.bsky.social Had they believed me mortal, it is said, they would have been content to murder me only once. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/old-... [Image: www.flickr.com/photos/markj... ]
Our Novel Competition is open for entries until the end of this month (October). Submit the first 3,000 words plus a short synopsis. flash500.com/novels/ Shortlist judged by @bookouture.bsky.social First prize £500 #contest #fiction #novels #writing
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Glad to be a part of this comp again, even though it’s such a tough longlist to make. Good luck to all! ✨🤞✨
bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · 4d agoThank you everyone who entered our 34th Award. We’re very busy now & will be back in a couple of weeks with the longlist! Bathflashfictionaward.com
Final day to enter our 34th Award! £1460 in prizes Judge @jmgatford.bsky.social Double and triple entries reduced. Up to 300 words. Thankyou to all the last minuters! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Come on all you horror flash writers - we need your biologically hazardous wordage in the bin☣️ Our Halloween sub call is open until 11th October. 100-1000 words. Any horror subgenre. Visit our sub call page for inspo and info 🦝 trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #horrorwriting #submissioncalls
Free a novella-in-flash download. 'Among These Animals' by Gaynor Jones traces the lives of farmer Derfel and his daughter Carys from the 1950s to the 1980s in North Wales. Shortlisted in the Saboteur Awards 2021 – Best Novella Download here: www.ellipsis-zine.com/publications...
📖 'Dust & Divinity: Ink of Ages Volume 2' was released one week ago! Featuring twenty-five winning and shortlisted stories from the 2025 Ink of Ages Fiction Prize, inside you'll find murder, betrayal, and disaster alongside hope, resilience, and some humour. #InkOfAges #History #Book #ShortStories
🎉We are delighted to announce the £5,000 Bath Novel Award 2026 goes to Tracy Rickett for CHILD OF NECESSITY her impressive and complex dark thriller. Full prize announcement at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
The Bath Novel Award 2026 Winner & Listees
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Bath Novel Award 2026. Now in it's 13th year, the award is a £5,000 international prize for emerging novelists.
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FFF Competition Thirty-Six open until 23.10 100 to 300 words Judge: Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social 1 W £200.00 2 HC £100.00 3 SL £80.00 and publication £4.95 per entry/story Read the rules! All the info... freeflashfiction.com/current-comp... #writingcompetitions #flashfiction
Autumn is arriving in fits and starts. Here's a cosy video of a fire, with an extract from Dwell. It's the moment the yearning becomes contact. Enjoy! Dwell is available from bookshop.org, amazon, @waterstones.bsky.social, local independent bookshops, @northodoxpress.bsky.social & libraries
“This was the first time I saw genuine fear in an adult, and the worry of causing it anchored my heart to the ground.” Such a quietly powerful piece by Zahra ✨👏✨ #flashfiction #histfic #writingcommunity #historicalflash
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · last wk.'The Origin of Panic' #HistoricalFiction from Zahra S. Ridha I still remember the way the tag of my polyester primary school jumper would itch its way through my neck. The discomfort had to be tolerated as I had no other option but to wear it. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...
Final day! Final day! Writers, you have until midnight tonight GMT - and then the Henshaw Press submission window is officially closed for autumn 2026! Let the last minute flurry begin! #writing
'The Origin of Panic' #HistoricalFiction from Zahra S. Ridha I still remember the way the tag of my polyester primary school jumper would itch its way through my neck. The discomfort had to be tolerated as I had no other option but to wear it. Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...
