ICYMI - my story in Thin Skin about found family & how we set up home in each other's hearts. "Where were your family then? Where were they when you needed rent, when he broke your heart, when he broke your ribs, when he took you back and kicked you out over and over?" thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

She was One of Us  - Thin Skin

We know naked. We've done naked for a living. But tonight we are washing you. Tonight we are saying goodbye.We can’t be there tomorrow, on those hard wooden pews, in the church your family chose.   Bu...

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Love this @welkinpress.bsky.social short lister from @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social ❤️

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2w ago

Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "the day after you bury him in the garden" by @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

Acres of white space in this - perfection from @alisonwassell.bsky.social

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 4w ago

Shortlisted in the History Prize, "Having Received His Call-Up Papers, Arthur Jenkins Invites You To The Cinema" by @alisonwassell.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

I don’t often laugh out loud - but I laughed out loud. Brilliance.

Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 4w ago

Hi all--been a long few days and I forgot to post how excited I am to have a story at Hawkeye this week! Check out "Fight Night": hawkeyemag.com/stories/rink...

Oh gosh, that last line

Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · last mo.

I am so excited to be back in @100wordstory.bsky.social with "We Chose "Resting Pose" because He Was So Very Tired by the End". Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social MMM for the seed! 100wordstory.org/we-chose-res...

With @kiklodge.bsky.social's absurd stories & surreal illustrations by @jeromefage.bsky.social, you're gonna want to own The Bully in My Pillow. On sale now, this funny collection arrives August 11. ☆ Plesse support small presses and indie authors ☆ www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

If you haven't read our charity anthology yet, here's three reasons why you should! 🦝 In Roadkill, Mairead Fagan @maireadwrites.bsky.social gives us gripping and gruesome with a haunting tale of desperation and survival 💜 trashcatlit.com/read-what-co... 1/3

“a softening in the earth like something exhaling from below…” This is too fucking good

Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Property Line” by Elena Rotzokou is now up! Art by Ruri Kato flash-frog.com/2026/05/18/p...

My first read of the day and it's a beautiful one

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“The Librarian” by @sagreene1.bsky.social Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Writing Comp gooseberry-pie.com/the-librarian/

In memory of John Brantingham, one of his stories in @fictivedream.bsky.social. Such a light that has gone out in the world. I'm so lucky I got to meet him, if only online, if only for a few hours. #FlashInTheFeed fictivedream.com/2025/04/04/t...

The Siege of Herons

by John Brantingham IT’S JUST DUSK SOMEWHERE outside Topeka, Kansas, and you’ve been driving all day with Ellen beside you, now silently in her own world when you see what you think are giant…

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This takes an unexpected turn and sparks a whole heap of joy!

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Brilliant flash by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social “Still, regret rings through me like a tuning fork.” Brings a whole new meaning to “spark joy”!

Stories by @kiklodge.bsky.social always make my day, this one no exception, and it’s only quarter to eight.

Kik Lodge@kiklodge.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Got a story up about a magnet eater in @bendinggenres.bsky.social if anyone is up for a weird one 😬

"“Careful you don’t get a reputation for being a b-i-t-c-h,” spells out Maggie." This new #fiction from DIHP alum @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is so perfect it's painful in the very best way | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

@maireadwrites.bsky.social “It’ll take them the rest of the day, so we leave them to it and head to the hospital, to sit at my mother’s bedside and watch her sleep.” gooseberry-pie.com/when-my-moth...

When My mother Is Admitted to Hospital, We Organise a Team of Cleaners to Perform a Deep Clean of Her House - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Aleksi Partanen on Unsplash by Mairead Robinson They start in the attic with buckets and bleach, their efficient brooms sweeping spiders into tiny binbags as sunlight spills through gaps in t...

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‘His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opened with a swift beheading’ - the unsettling atmosphere, the almost imperceptible build to an understanding of quiet devastation - magnificent.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...

Very proud that my story about deep cleaners is out in Gooseberry Pie today 😁 gooseberry-pie.com/issue-37/

Issue 37 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Kathryn Kulpa Stories

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Wonderful stories - what a treat to read them - congratulations all.

bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com

Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com

Bath Flash Fiction Award

International Rolling Flash Fiction Competition

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www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/high... Congratulations @dawnsteffler.bsky.social!

Highly Commended October 2025 Award: Dawn Tasaka Steffler

The Menopausal Woman and the Tsunami by Dawn Tasaka Steffler The Menopausal Woman is finally visiting her sister in Hawaii when an 8.7 earthquake rattles Russia, and now a goddamned tsunami is head…

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Congratulations Debra A Daniel! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/octo...

3rd Prize October 2025 Award: Debra A Daniel

My Husband Watches Henry the Donkey by Debra A Daniel When the news is overwhelming, my husband turns to Youtube. “Here comes Henry,” he says. Henry’s owner brings treats and the donkey prances to …

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Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...

Congratulations Adam Brannigan! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/1st-...

1st Prize, October 2025 Award: Adam Brannigan

Two Nude Night Owls by Adam Brannigan Its past midnight, and I’m sitting at my fire pit, burning old letters from old girlfriends. Old photos. Old birthday cards. Trinkets and whatever. It’s time t…

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I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚 www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...

The time of Spook and Ghoul is ever closer - a good time therefore to creep yourself out with a bumper read of short fictions full of darkliness. Available for less than ten English poundlets, it opens with Wigleaf longlisted piece - A Whisper of Before. mybook.to/SickInkColle...

"When my wife looks out the window of our house & sobs while the rain beats down, it’s because she says our baby doesn’t recognize her anymore, because she’s an alien now, a glowing oval-headed monstrosity tucked into a maternity dress." @timfrankquill.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Chuffty Badge for me! Congratulations to all nominees and thank you so much @trashcatlit.bsky.social xxx

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are thrilled to share our nominations for @pushcartprize.bsky.social @francesgapper.bsky.social @adlibby.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @stephaniecarty.bsky.social @maireadwrites.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Good Luck you fabulous Trash Family 💜

Read this! Read this this this! Superb!

Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I have a story in the amazing new issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social alongside so many of my flash heroes! gooseberry-pie.com/or-was-it-a-...

So excited to be part of this stellar collection and WHAT A BARGAIN! Snap it up, dear readers.

Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝 Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for @WildlifeTrusts and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜 mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

@kiklodge.bsky.social Another banger!

MrBullBull@mrbullbull.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"Graham Moiselle waits in line like everybody else. He’s not an eejit. He doesn’t usually ask anything from anyone. He’s not looking for trouble. He just wants to be heard. That’s all he wants." @kiklodge.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

@jennystalter.bsky.social “and I don’t tell her I know why all I got for my birthday was pants from the church drive so small they pinched tight around the middle because her bottles and cigarettes cost us her whole paycheck.” gooseberry-pie.com/superpower/

Superpower - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Bradley Allweil on Unsplash by Jenny Stalter Mom says love is the most powerful thing on earth, and that’s how she’ll quit drinking, which is called self-love, and that’s how she found me a n...

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