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Emily Devane

@devaneemily.bsky.social

Writer, teacher, editor, bookseller. Collector of oddities. Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.

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James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have a new flash in the gorgeous @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛ Loved playing around with the imperative voice for this one. @keychild.bsky.social has been a delight to deal with, too. Send them something bejewelled and dark and bewitching. 🖤 crowcrosskeys.com/2026/07/11/h...

Hellcat, They Call You—James Montgomery

Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger; how the skin has tightened to the skull, its frame as slight as a sparrow’s. Continue reading&…

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Emily Devane@devaneemily.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thrilled to bits to have a story in this year's BSSA longlist. Thanks to the readers for putting it through and congratulations - and good luck - to everyone on there with me 🙏. www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/07/07/l...

Longlist BSSA 2026

Many congratulations to the writers longlisted in our 2026 Award and big thanks to all those from around the world who entered. We receive many similar titles among our entries. If your story is on…

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

FlashFlood: 'Telegraph' by Sharon Telfer #nffd2026

'Telegraph' by Sharon Telfer

First came men with stakes and measures, next the hole-diggers, then the pole-setters, last of all the wire party. Ox-wagons, heavy with felled trees, shook the dust from the earth. The workers had such a thirst she feared they’d drain the well. Her silent husband counted the bills they paid him into the strongbox under the bed.  A young Irishman showed her the tiny machine at the head of the line. It clicked like a locust, devouring words. They rumbled onward, straight, across the plains. She shaded her eyes ‘til all she could see of them was a dot. Her husband flattened her, then, for talking to the Irishman. Now, while he harrows the fields, she leans against the pole, one hand on her swelling belly. She listens to the wind humming through the wire, imagines the words chattering up and down, the swarms of unseen people in cities faraway.    --- Sharon Telfer’s flash fiction collection, The Map Waits, is published by Reflex Press and was longlisted for the 2022 Edgehill Short Story Prize. Her stories have won prizes including the Bath Flash Fiction Award (twice) and the Reflex Fiction Prize, and been selected for Best Small Fictions and Best Microfiction. 'Telegraph' was first published online by AdHoc Fiction (2016) and in The Map Waits (Reflex Press, 2021).

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JY Saville@jysaville.bsky.social · 2mo ago

2 weeks today in Ben Rhydding! Come and join Skinner and T'witch, Mandy Sutter and I at the Purple Room, St John's Church. I've finalised my running order this morning - looking forward to sharing new & old postcards from Lee-Ann, a new Midsummer story & an old summer favourite.

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Alice Jolly@alicejolly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reminder: Event at Leeds Central Library this Sat 6 June at 13.00 with me and @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and Naomi Booth. The Art of the Short Story. Hope to see you there. libraries.leeds.gov.uk/events/the-a...

The Art of the Short Story with Alice Jolly, Naomi Booth and Nicholas Royle | Leeds Library

A special panel event with three multi-award-winners discussing the art of short story writing. Essential for readers, writers and lovers of the short form.

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Diane Simmons@scooterwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m very excited to share that my new flash fiction novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be published by V.Press on 1 June. You can pre-order from V.Press or signed copies are available from my website. Set in 1890s northern England, it is inspired by a shocking crime in my family’s history.

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Andrea Mann@andreamann.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Want to get your writing project out in the world? Fancy a workshop in the glorious Yorkshire Dales? Join me and brilliant short fiction writer @devaneemily.bsky.social for a morning of writing advice and support around pitches and submissions. Book your spot! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perfect-yo...

Perfect Your Pitch: A Practical Workshop on Submitting Your Writing

Join writers Emily Devane & Andrea Mann in Ilkley for an inspiring and interactive workshop on pitching and submitting your writing.

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Emily Devane@devaneemily.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Congratulations to the winners - and to everyone who entered. It was a joy spending time with your words (I'm still thinking about so many of those stories). Thanks to the NFFD team for all your hard work 🙏.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are excited to announce the results of our 2026 microfiction competition. Thank you to everyone who entered. You can read the winning & highly commended stories here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

Niamh Mac Cabe@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wudja look at this!! Very proud to be published by The Lilliput Press, and am in love with my book's beautiful cover ❤️‍🔥

The Lilliput Press@lilliputpress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social! Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.

Emily Devane@devaneemily.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's just me, waxing lyrical about flash fiction, my favourite books, and what I love in a micro, ahead of this year's #nffd micro competition. Have a read, and think about sending something our way (you have 2 weeks!) 👇.

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The final interview in our series is with microfiction judge Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social Emily talks about desert islands, her favourite book & offers advice to new flash writers: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne... Subs up to 100 words open till 15 Feb!