Album Launch: @settlevictoriahall.bsky.social Sat 25 July. www.settlevictoriahall.org.uk/eventsandsho... "A gift of love" @mikeharding.me With: @hestercoxprint.bsky.social @alastairhumphreys.bsky.social @jmlockhart.bsky.social @grahammort.bsky.social @anitasethi.bsky.social @ultradamo.bsky.social

Ben Avison’s Wild Wisdom and Becky Taylor & Sam Lawrence — Settle Victoria Hall

A special evening celebrating the launch of Wild Wisdom: Songs of the Green Trails – a new collaborative album and multimedia project from Ben and Jon Avison, created with 20 artists and writers.

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My flash fiction 'The Nuns/The Statue' made it to the 2026 Wigleaf top fifty stories. See here for the entire list: wigleaf.com

Sincere thanks to the first-rate June #authors who appeared in our #TenYears issue: @caththewriter.bsky.social Meg Pokrass @polyscribe70.bsky.social @bdiehl.bsky.social @grahammort.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstories #microfiction. Please follow the link to read fictivedream.com/2026/06/

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Larch cone sprouting? Very beautiful!

My short story 'Coracle' has been published in the academic journal 'New Writing' (Taylor and Francis). You can access eprints of 'Coracle' and an earlier story, 'Cassie', through the following links. Enjoy! Cassie www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EZVSD... Coracle www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CJSJK...

Cassie

Published in New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing (Vol. 22, No. 2, 2025)

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"To the south and east lightning had begun to flicker." Storm by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #readingcommunity #TenYears. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/12/s...

Hot from the press, this fascinating and highly practical handbook by writer Muli Amaye. It’s packed with examples of fiction by Black writers followed by analysis and exercises. Beautifully written and highly recommended. Published by Bloomsbury Academic. #creativewriting #fiction #shortfiction

Just finished this fine collection by @grahammort.bsky.social. Spacious, involving storytelling, but with great momentum - every detail takes the narrative forward. I always read for pleasure, but you can't help but learn from writing like this.

I’ll be teaching a short fiction course @arvonfoundation.bsky.social next week at the re-furbished writing centre at Lumb Bank. I’ll be working with writer Vanessa Onwuemezi, which will be a special treat!

This is the link to my new flash fiction ‘Tagging’ published by @fictivedream.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2026/02/15/t...

Tagging

by Graham Mort THE CHARGE NURSE asked me to help carry Charlie to the gurney. Charles Edward Gray. We took him down to the morgue at the end of the hospital grounds, avoiding the puddles.…

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The wonderful veracity and evocation in this story. I worked in a former asylum at just the transitional time it describes. @grahammort.bsky.social chooses detail with such precision. I'm reading his latest collection Like Fado at the moment, and everything he describes comes to life. A joy to read.

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"When Teddy died in his wheelchair during music therapy, we’d run out of mortuary tags." Tagging by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2026/02/15/t...

"Our patients rose to the occasion, taking on an air of curiosity and dignity. Showing us what they might have been, if only they could have been." Wow, @grahammort.bsky.social . I was so moved by this story. There's a full novel in here, yet the pacing and chronology is so tight.

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"When Teddy died in his wheelchair during music therapy, we’d run out of mortuary tags." Tagging by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2026/02/15/t...

I'll be running an online workshop on February 11th for the European Writers Salon. Suitable for all writers, we'll look at how we actually experience experience and how that, in turn, influences our writing and the way it navigates perception, space and time. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dreami...

Issue 16 of ‘Book of Matches’ has just appeared. My story ‘Natakunda' appears on p58 and is set in Western Uganda. #poetry #shortfiction #flashfiction online.fliphtml5.com/qoqiq/Issue-...

Issue 16 Winter 2026

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Here’s the new podcast of a short story by Welsh novelist and poet, Christopher Meredith. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/3yAM...

'The Cavalry': A Short Story By Christopher Meredith

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I’ll be running a new online creative writing workshop – 'The Dreaming Machine' – for @saloneurope.bsky.social on February 9th #creativewriting #shortfiction #poetry See here for details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dreami...

ICYMI today we're featuring Celia by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/16/c...

We are delighted to welcome back Graham Mort with his #shortstory Celia, out tomorrow @grahammort.bsky.social #readingcommunity #writingcommunity.

If you don’t yet know about the @saloneurope.bsky.social Writers Salon, you probably should. I attended their recent meeting in Brussels and the quality of readings and discussions was outstanding.

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Finding all the things we love best in Madrid 📚 ☕️ 📚 ☕️

Salt Books published my collection of short stories ‘Like Fado and other stories’ in 2020. Like a lot of independent presses their future depends on the support of writers and readers everywhere. See below for details. @saltpublishing.com 🦀 gofund.me/412e1a4a1

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

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Manchester Poets will be hosting my reading tomorrow evening (Sept 19th) at Chorlton Library. My reading will start just after 8.00pm after the Manchester Poets' slot. #poetry #poetryperformance www.creativetourist.com/event/manche...

Manchester Poets at Chorlton Library | Literature | Creative Tourist

This autumn Manchester Poets returns to its usual home of Chorlton Library, following its exile to Withington.

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Just back from @saloneurope.bsky.social in elegant Brussels. An outstanding event encompassing workshops, performance and discussions about many aspects of writing – from finding an agent to marketing and the nature of language. Truly stimulating and highly memorable. #poetry #shortfiction #novels

Did you meet @grahammort.bsky.social at #EWSBrussels2025 and think, ‘Hey this guy is ace I wish he was teaching a class’? Well then you’re in luck! Graham’s class will help you dive deep into your character’s minds with close third POV. Still a few spots left!

I’ve just finished updating my website. Check out the Blog for forthcoming events, workshops, and links to recently published work and the Featured Poem for poetry. @fictivedream.bsky.social and @saloneurope.bsky.social and more... grahammort.com

I’ll be reading my poems at a gathering of Manchester Poets at Chorlton Library (UK) on the 19th of September. It’s a return home for me, so I’m looking forward to it. Drop by if you’re in town! www.creativetourist.com/event/manche...

Manchester Poets at Chorlton Library | Literature | Creative Tourist

This autumn Manchester Poets returns to its usual home of Chorlton Library, following its exile to Withington.

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ICYMI today we're feat. a superb #shortstory, The Nuns/The Statue by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #fiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/31/t...

Migratory birds and human conflict have always compelled me to write. Here’s a new poem of mine published in 'The North' magazine (Issue 71) by The Poetry Business, UK.

I’m offering an online creative writing workshop with @saloneurope.bsky.social on September 25th. The EWS is bringing together writers across Europe through the medium of English. See below for details of my workshop and information about the Salon. bit.ly/4ovvpKc

I’ve gone back to analogue photography. Here’s an image of the Picos Mountains (North-West Spain) shot on my 1951 Leica. Once the world’s most advanced camera, it still works perfectly and is a joy to operate.