Leigh Loveday
@leighloveday.bsky.social
Another writer fleeing Twitter. 30 years of videogame-adjacent scrawling and also, these days, weird short stories. Pics of cats, books and foxes likely.
hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀
My little post-apoc flash is up today with @apricotpress.bsky.social. Thanks to Lizzie for publishing this in their Hope series. The Ministering of Souls apricotpress.co.uk/2026/10/05/t...
The Ministering of Souls
JP Relph’s moving flash fiction piece follows a priest seeking hope and meaning in a new world.
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Hope is such a strange, self-destructive film. For that exhilarating first hour I was itching to recommend it as soon as I got out of the cinema. Then the next hour and a half happened.
Always loved the fact that they gave no shits and used that whole line as the title. www.youtube.com/watch?v=huob...
The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · last wk.21
More than one of my favourite things I've ever written has made its way to Trash Cat. Chuffed to see 'Threequarter Lane' here, a story as much about a Big Mood as its cast of characters (two) or setting (ambiguous). So much other good stuff on this list too!
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last wk.We're working our trashy butts off for award season 🦝 Congrats to our Trash Family nominees for @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards. Links to their amazing stories are in the comments 💜 1/4
Includes my one-page fantasy story about adventurers who react angrily to buzzword-infested corporate training, which I cannot relate to at all in the real world and I can't believe you would even think that
Quotidian Bagatelle@quotatelle.bsky.social · last wk.Issue #010 — October 2026 https://qb.foofaraw.press/issue-010-october-2026/
others have said this, but if you are a real person using AI to draft your messages to me, you not only sound like a scammer, you are someone i do not want to work with, scam or no scam
Coming in five minutes late with a #Caturday appearance from Fizz, free of the buster collar after five weeks and showing a modicum of grudging appreciation
Our next sub call creeps ever closer and it's our first for horror only 🦝 We want biohazards and our sub call page has inspirational images and ideas. Unleash your dark biology...call open 27th Sept to 11th Oct and publishes on All Hallows Eve trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissioncalls
Now we're talking. I hope these crazy kids really are sitting on 30 years of unreleased music somewhere.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 3w ago29
Edge-Lit '26 done! Banger panels, workshops and signings, sweet raffle madness and the company of superb humans @meanerharker.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social and @therelphian.bsky.social making it a special one.
Today's contributor spotlight is for @keithwoodruff.bsky.social and his beautiful character, Cow🦝 We loved the emotional heft that came from this two-character piece, how tender and unexpected it was given the prompts, and the note of hope at the end. Read trashcatlit.com/the-light-is... 1/2
On pre-order, our very Welsh Kickstarter project. They Are Still Here features stories of resistance and resilience in Welsh community, with a little help from our supernatural friends. wizardstowerpress.co...
Went to see Leviticus, which is a solid and heartfelt little horror if you haven't seen the trailer, because the trailer is basically the film. So the best audience for it is probably, um, people who've never heard of it.
Happy #Caturday from Fizz enjoying some sun while attached to a dog lead so she can't run off and injure herself in inexplicable ways, again
Today we are spotlighting @amberken.bsky.social and her fab speculative flash 🦝 We loved how the worry of a pregnant mother bleeds into this wonderfully non-techy story of time travel. Reader @leighloveday.bsky.social said: Inventive, intelligent and empathetic. trashcatlit.com/time-space-a...
Two weeks to go! If you're in and around Derby, and enjoy reading or writing horror, fantasy and science-fiction, then Edge-Lit 12 could be just the day out for you on the 19th September... www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/edg... #horror #scifi #fantasy #horrorfiction #fantasyfiction
Edge-Lit 12
Edge-Lit makes it a dozen with its return in 2026, once again serving up a wide array of interviews, talks, workshops and more for lovers of genre fiction.
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Getting some Edge-Lit prep reading in and enjoyed this one a lot. Part character-driven colony sci-fi, part jovial body horror, part mushroomy anti-orthodoxy discourse. Now back at the library complete with the weird little trading card someone else was using as a bookmark. @aptshadow.bsky.social
1982's Conan the Barbarian is a movie about Arnold Schwarzenegger kicking ass and fighting snakes...but it also presents a far more thoughtful, sympathetic version of Conan than people realize. Let's talk beefy heroes, Thulsa Doom, and...feminism?
Conan the Barbarian: An Unexpectedly Nuanced Depiction of Masculinity? - Reactor
Okay, hear me out: this movie kicks ass, but it's also more thoughtful than you might expect...
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As always, I was blown away by what writers can do with the most random sets of prompts. These thirteen flash were outstanding. Thank you @thejokelark.bsky.social and @leighloveday.bsky.social for the second reading and help curating the issue. Now, go read it 😀
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.Our Autumn Prompted Story issue is LIVE! 🦝 13 flash fiction written to blind-chosen prompts. Grab a cuppa and snacks, sit back and immerse yourself in the imagination and creativity of our 12 contributors 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... @joycebingham.bsky.social @jessebinger.bsky.social 1/2
Got 300 words inspired by the spirit of #Jimothy in you?
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.Is your prose more poetic than plot? Are you a lyrical scribbler? We have a sub call for prose poetry, celebrating tenacity and difference, in humans, animals, plants or anything else. Get informed and inspired here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Deadline 10/09 #submissioncalls #litsubmissions
This was, as the kids say, hecking delightful. From the effortless readings and smorgasbord of accents to the solid banter and carefully rationed swearing. Couldn't make it? You can still read the whole charity anthology online: trashcatlit.com/read-what-co...
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last mo.Tonight we celebrate our 2025 print anthology - What Comes to Light - with a two hour evening of readings. Ten wonderful writers will share their gorgeous stories about finding treasure in unexpected places. You can still register to join us up until 4pm today (BST). forms.gle/y9Z4ekenXA7f...
This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
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