New @writingbattle.bsky.social coming up in nine days. Easily my favourite writing contest out there. And not because I've won a couple of times but because something about the way it allows you to shuffle prompts draws some of my favourite stories out of me. writingbattle.com/join-battle/...

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I have a few favourite words but today let’s say SCALPEL. Not quite onomatopoeic but that “s”and hard “c”!sounds like slicing and the soft but guttural “pel” sounds like flesh being parted. Or maybe it’s AIR? Maybe air’s the perfect word? Yes actually it is. Ah well, I’ll stick with my first answer

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w ago

For the early morning / Eastern hemisphere crowd 👇 Chance to win a FREE spot on my Glorious Words course ✨

Rewatching random episodes of Game of Thrones and though the final seasons have problems, Danaerys breaking bad isn’t one of them. They couldnt possibly have done more to foreshadow it. She threatens to burn cities in every other episode!

Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂

Get ready to be bombarded. I've been busy & sick & have a backlog of news. Starting with Superlative - a rare UK based purveyor of excellent but accessible writing - making my story their winner of their inaugural quarterly micro contest. Read right here www.superlativelitjournal.com/quarterly-mi...

I've 4 stories in this Smokelong celebration, which I'm happy about. SL workshops are often springboards to stories I love, acting much the same as prompted contests - tasks with deadlines, limitations sparking creativity. Though I also write prompted by the weirdest taskmaster of all, my brain.

SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · last mo.

Our current and previous workshop participants have recently reported almost 30 publications! Help us celebrate them. They're talented AND adorable. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

“Brilliantly crafted, this thought-provoking story lingers, revealing new layers with repeated readings.” Honoured (and shocked!) my 100-word frozen moment story has come #1 out of 800 in the @newwritersuk.bsky.social contest. (The end may not be what you think) newwriters.org.uk/100-word-202...

RFK says I’ll never write a poem but check this out There once was an old man named Kennedy Who had the most unsettling energy He worked out in jeans While he ate raccoon spleens And had a brainworm as a frenemy

Heartfelt story about why it means so much that Masters Review published Obedience. I love the story but also… 3 years ago MR saved me from quitting writing. Follow me from sickly child to precocious poet to ruinous alcoholic to -finally- writer. (Thank you for editing @coleameyer.bsky.social!)

The day I almost quit writing (and how Masters Review saved me)

My queer historical story, "Obedience," is at Masters Review - a publication which saved my lifelong dream of becoming a writer. I'm sharing that dream here, so this one's personal.

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I'm delighted for Liz and her new chapbook so I hate to undo all her good work at getting it out into the world, but regrettably I will be one of the readers at the launch.

Liz Rosen@thewritelifeliz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Mark your calendars! You are cordially invited to the Zoom reading for my chapbook Survival Skills on July 2nd. There will be some kickass writers reading for it. Info 👇 www.sandandgravelpress.com/liz-rosen-ch...

My historical story Obedience is out in Masters Review, my attempt to capture the climate of fear, oppression & brutality in New York’s gay bars before the Stonewall uprising. I love Jack, my MC, I’m proud of the story and very grateful to MR for giving it a home mastersreview.com/new-voices-o...

Thrilled to have had a story accepted into the Flash Flood and to get a chance to be part of this festival of compressed creativity. I have some very talented neighbours on either side of me like @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social and @christyhartman.bsky.social - what an honour to be placed near them.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FlashFlood: 'A Dance Of Dark And Light' by Jaime Gill #nffd2026

Very honoured and grateful to @underreviewlit.bsky.social for nominating me for a Pushcart Prize 2026. I love Everyone Has A Plan, my story about love & kickboxing. It's also the story that landed me my first hring as a screenwriter, so I'm even more grateful. www.underreviewlit.com/issue-11-win...

Everyone Has A Plan — The Under Review

“Heng! What are you thinking about?” I open my eyes to find Socheat looming over the sofa where I’m lying, trying to calm and ready myself. There’s always an electric feeling in my chest on fight day...

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If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

I'm very proud to have two of my stories in this gorgeous book full of rich, beautiful fiction - 'Wet Brain' and 'Full Circle, Perfect Square'. If you love thoughtful, beautifully written, story-driven, and very short stories, consider getting a copy. The book is modestly priced and beautiful.

Oxford Flash Fiction Prize@oxfordflashfiction.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are delighted to announce the publication of Dugout! An anthology that digs deep into the human condition: uncovering buried histories, private reckonings, moments of fracture and survival, and unexpected acts of beauty and connection. Find out more: oxfordflashfictionprize.com/anthology/

A thought—like an ember that bends truth towards it. Perhaps. If literary magazines valued stories. Characters. People doing things. Not empty metaphors, like ghosts hiding in the hollows of peach pits. Not verbs and vibes voluminous. Perhaps. Perhaps. They wouldn’t keep publishing empty AI bullshit

So grateful FFF is again reprinting a slightly older story of mine - Notes For A Eulogy - especially as the ed had to recode his website to make the experimental formatting work! A short version of this came second in the Bridport Prize for flash, but I think it has twice the impact at 500 words.

Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Notes For A Eulogy by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social www.jaimegill.com #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/note...

Thank you Pithead Chapel, for publishing NO OBITS, inspired by a 1998 headline from the Bay Area Reporter to mark the first week since 1981 without new AIDS deaths. The new meds WORKED. Not a cure, but a reprieve. I try to capture that bittersweet moment in this tiny story bsky.app/profile/baya...

Pithead Chapel@pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our May Issue is live!!! pitheadchapel.com/2026/05/01/v... cover art DEEMS ORTEGA fiction REBECCA TIGER JAIME GILL SOPHIA HYLAND-WOLZAK MICHAEL ANTHONY RANFONE nonfiction HOLLIE WARREN prose poetry AMANDA CHIADO

I almost felt sorry for conservative folks who were five seconds ago commenting on every Facebook post "uh I don't see any kings here you lib idiots what are you even protesting" just to have the White House tweet this but then I remembered wait no they already forgot they said it they'll be fine.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

when you're not reading the room

Ah Cuyler that’s so lovely and I’m grateful you made it through one of my longest stories. It’s one of my favourites, Thank you for sharing, I appreciate it

Cuyler@cuylermeade.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This story, by my friend and writing idol @jaimegill.bsky.social, knocked my socks into space and back again. Along with many other recommending factors, one of the more impressive examples of character arc in a short story I've ever seen. www.oysterriverpages.com/black-sky-bl...

Can someone watch the second series of BEEF for me please and tell me if it is outstanding or just good. Anything less than outstanding and I will boycott it as I don’t want to soil the memory of the first one - one of my favourite works of art of all time.

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

Thank you Hungarians. The surgical removal of Orban - a local cancer that has metastised globally - has made me very very happy. It has also made Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance and Tucker Carlson very very unhappy. DOUBLE JOY.

Please read this remarkable story. The Commuter is like a magical cat that delivers its night’s kills to me every morning. Sometimes pretty but dead bunnies. Sometimes snakes, still alive. Sometimes alien beasts that are impossible to classify. This time it’s a cat friend. A haunted night cat.

Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · 4mo ago

A story about a curious locksmith who helps the burglar robbing him, by Ben Daggers. buff.ly/jxRPcrn

This you must read. MUST. READ. I had the honour of being in on this from the brainstorming stage then watching it become this gorgeously written melancholy wonder. @electricliterature.com have impeccable standards, as this proves. But one day they’ll slip up and I WILL sneak a story in, BY GOD.

Ben Daggers@bendaggerswrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm ecstatic that one of my favorite stories has found its forever home in one of my favorite magazines! When Electric Lit said they wanted to publish "The Person Who Lives Here Doesn't Live Here Anymore," I sent my confirmation so quick they probably still have bite marks on their hands!

2025 was a calamitous year for me and NYCM. Let's see if I can turn it around in 2026

So it's OUT. The tenth anniversary edition of the @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social writing prize, with mine & @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social third-placed story Almost Extinct in it. Available on print on demand on Amazon or on Kindle at a good price if you're curious www.amazon.co.uk/Bournemouth-...

This forlorn little story - and its main character — has a special place in my heart. I’m deeply grateful to. @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for reprinting it (and NFFR for doing so first). Does this make me a grizzled old writing veteran? That last paragraph may be my favourite thing I’ve written.

Free Flash Fiction@freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It Never Really Happened by Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/it-n...

Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites