Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
COLD TOAST Dahlia Books. Republic of Consciousness Prize 'Book of the Month'. Shortlisted for International Rubery Book Award. Wigleaf Top 50, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Mancs. Writing School QMD Prize, The Forge CNF prize www.kamwords.com
GIVEAWAY! 🥳 This glorious prize bundle includes a signed copy of The Lightning, £25 National Book Token, Moleskin Notebook & Pen, Seagull Keyring, Lighthouse Pin and some lovely chocolate! To be in with a chance of winning: ⚡️ follow me ⚡️ like this post ⚡️ repost or reshare ⚡️ tag a friend 1/2
I've been so busy prepping for my viva that I forgot to promote my latest novella! WE, THE DROWNING follows a young man at the end of the world who has just discovered his mother's ties to a drowning cult. Despite that, it's a vaguely hopeful sci-cli-fi adventure with a pink fairy armadillo!
Oct. 10th Zoom launch of "Spinning: Love, Family and Other Strange Entanglements!" Host @kathyfish.bsky.social. Guest readers @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff, @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social! 🎉 www.kathrynsilverhajo.com/so/d8OplZ7Px...
Celebration time! Join us for the Zoom launch of Kathryn’s new flash collection, “Spinning: Love, Family, and Other Strange Entanglements”(Cowboy Jamboree Press). Hosted by the one and only Kathy Fish...
Flash * Friendship * Fun * Fabulous giveaways
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Well this is cool - a delivery from Los Angeles! Massive thanks to @tommydeantommydean for selecting my story for inclusion in this 'best of' anthology - and extra stoked to be alongside writing friend and queen @patriciaqbidar
2k short story entries for this round of The Stinging Fly (3,700 entries in all). Just learned my story was in the shortlist of 20. URGH why is being a writer so HARD
I wrote this short essay almost 10 years ago about what Annie Dillard can teach us, looking at her essay "Seeing." I also quote extensively from her essay in my flash fiction class. Her words give us so much, and I'm so grateful. www.essaydaily.org/2017/03/cher...
Cheryl Pappas: Learning To See Again, with Annie Dillard
If you are like me and you check your smartphone about 80 times a day, then you, too, might need a gentle reminder that there is an unseen u...
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Absolutely thrilled that my debut book, a flash fiction collection, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is out Oct. 13. Kindle preorders now on Amazon. Printed text available 10/13. Remote launch SAT 11/14, 10:00 am PT. Details soon. Heartfelt thanks @vanwinkle.bsky.social. #flashfiction
This latest @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social craft post is gold - totally nails it!
Tommy Dean is open to queries@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 3w agoNew thing on how a masterful use of point of view keeps readers reading! Includes a writing prompt and revision questions, plus upcoming classes and appearances! tommydean.substack.com/p/point-of-v...
Reading @kiklodge.bsky.social 's BULLY IN MY PILLOW today and keep breaking off to stare at the mizzle through the window and go, damn, how did she come up with the premise for this story and this story?! So good!
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris@kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 2mo agoC'est arrivé!! Gonna have me some pillow talk ce soir with the awesome @kiklodge.bsky.social 🔥
Always something new, something dark which will reveal itself on rereading @sagreene1.bsky.social's work - and a maestro at landing an ending 🔥
Suzanne (writing as S A Greene)@sagreene1.bsky.social · 3w agoHurrah a launch that works with UK time!! And for a collection I can't wait to read by the brilliant @aniking.bsky.social ! What's not to love?
Ani King (they/them)@aniking.bsky.social · 3w agoHi y’all! You know what would be rad? If you came to my remote launch party for Family Night on Oct 24 @1pm ET. More info in the alt text and at the registration link below. aniking.net/launchparty/
Just come on here after a week to find my story reposted from the archives! Such a nice surprise thanks
ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 4w agoFrom the ez archive, 'Turncoat' by @judehiggins.bsky.social My friend came for tea wearing new red trousers with a smart blue and white top and I knew I was supposed to compliment her but I didn’t, because the colours were Union Jack bright... Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/turn...
The way I have been holding in this news for MONTHS! I'm so excited for you to meet jaded, grown up Lydia, and the sweet, shy spinster she's about to thoroughly debauch 🥰 It's just about the fortune hunting, okay? Lydia Wickham does NOT catch feelings. Right? ... right?
Been sitting on this news for months but can spill at last!! My literary memoir TONGUE TIDE will be published by Verve Books! 🥳I honestly could not be happier right now - they are the absolute perfect publisher for my story. Grateful to my amazing agent Abi Fellows for getting this deal! 🤩
What a line-up!! 🔥🔥🔥
New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)@nffr.bsky.social · 3w agoSOOO excited to share Issue 42 - oh the places these writers will take you: Ali McLafferty, @stillsqquirrel.bsky.social @blakepierpoint.bsy.social @jekwriter.bsky.social @karenc.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @sagreene1.bsky.social & Sophie Purchase share.google/UHQWCirfupPP...
Been sitting on this news for months but can spill at last!! My literary memoir TONGUE TIDE will be published by Verve Books! 🥳I honestly could not be happier right now - they are the absolute perfect publisher for my story. Grateful to my amazing agent Abi Fellows for getting this deal! 🤩
Big love for this brilliant, political and beautifully written piece by @erinvachon.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉@erinvachon.bsky.social · last mo.I’ve got a new flash in this month’s @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, a true story that reads stranger than fiction. Thanks a million to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for loving this, because I truly love Pithead Chapel. ✨🖤
Claudine is turning one, and I couldn’t be prouder. What a year!! Thank you, literary humans, for embracing this lit mag!! 🐈⬛💚
Claudine: A Literary Magazine@claudineliterary.bsky.social · last mo.Coming to a Monday near you. . . it’s our birthday issue!!!!!! 🎂🎉 That’s right, humans, Claudine is turning ONE!! 💚🐈⬛🎂💚 @cbigs.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
Thrilled that this story has found such a wonderful home 🎉. Huge thanks to Laura @fictivedream.bsky.social for accepting it, and for finding such evocative artwork to accompany it. 💙
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · last mo."That dream where Marianne said she’d found a reference to one of my stories in a Roland Barthes essay" by Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/08/31/m...
Join me on the "Rescue the Draft" masterclass @ Litro Magazine, 17 Sept to figure out how to diagnose what’s *actually* wrong with a stalled draft before you start another rewrite… Find out more: www.litromagazine.com/masterclasse... P.S. Use discount code SUMMER10 for 10% off until 31 August ☀️
NEW 3-in-90 Flash Workshop Series - Registrations Now OPEN! artofflashfiction.substack.com/p/registrati...
NEW 3-in-90 Flash Workshop Series - Registrations Now OPEN!
See inside for the Early Bird Discount!
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Hot off the grill, our 2027 Best of the Net nominations! thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/08/10/2...
Early am walk, noticing my shadow-- truly gigantic. Delighted that @soflopojo.bsky.social took the story that sprang from that event. Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
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"...the first tentative buds peeking out from hardy sheaths as if fearful of making a full appearance, lest they be battered by vicious winds and other unpredictable elements." I'm thrilled to have my braided piece, "Let it Be" live in the amazing Issue 52! 💜🙏💜 bendinggenres.com/let-it-be/
Let it Be
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Robert Vaughan@rgvaughan.bsky.social · 2mo agoBending Genres Issue 52 is now LIVE!! Full of fascinating, amazing CNF, poetry and flash fiction. Check it out here: bendinggenres.com
A former sitcom star meets the residents of a North Country trailer park... See what happens next in my new collection Stepdad on the Dance Floor. Available to preorder below from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
Belated Happy Publication day to the brilliant @kiklodge.bsky.social ! Can't wait to read! 🤩
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy publication day to @kiklodge.bsky.social!! "Enter a world of desperately funny, offbeat & often emotionally isolated characters, like a woman with a penchant for BDSM having a heart-to-heart with Maria Von Trapp in the waiting room at the gynaecologist's office" - @megpokrass.bsky.social
