Helen Rye
@helenrye.bsky.social
Writer, editor. UEA Prose MA and fledgling PhD researcher. Won some writing things. Published some writing things. @smokelong.bsky.social senior ed. She/her. AuDHD
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 3d agoSupreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says marriage equality turned US “against religious liberty” - buff.ly/srirzs6
Ahh, the daily chronic migraine choice between a functioning, pain-free brain and a functioning, pain-free stomach 👌
Gang. We need to stop with the AI tools and take a breath. Research shows they flag up autistic people's writing as AI, for starters. I just ran my 2019 matchbook story The Diamond Factory through this popular one and it said it was 73% AI. This was published 3 years before the release of Chat GPT.
Sherrie Flick has now been with us for ten years! We are so very lucky to have her. Thank you for all you do, Sherrie. @sherrieflick.bsky.social
We are beside ourselves with glee to bring you Issue 93 of SmokeLong Quarterly. 12 amazing flash narratives by 12 amazing writers and cover art by Victoria Ojo. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety...
Hi 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/
Sometimes my feed is just: [amazing art] looking for work [goated resume] looking for work [great writing] looking for work [banger music] looking for work Dave Slutbutt, CEO of Game Dev, has laid off 9000 people to buy a 4th house in Bora Bora. [industry veteran] looking for work
Issue 93 cover reveal! Available to read on Monday September 21. Cover art by Victoria Ojo
Promptember is coming. October 11th to November 2nd. An in-between sort of almost month of prompts, webinars, open mics. And Promptember is free. Yep. Zero dolares. This one is on us. Stay tuned for details.
Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'
Paul Hebden@paulhebden.bsky.social · last mo.What a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.
Join us and Sarah Fawn Montgomery on September 12 for the webinar/workshop "Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures"! www.smokelong.com/product/disc...
Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures with Sarah Fawn Montgomery - SmokeLong Quarterly
The writing workshop is a space where power and privilege often demand disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers translate our lived experiences for abled audiences in order to be valued. ...
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Took a picture of my friends dog at the train station and may have created the best horror movie poster ever
Congratulations to our Best Small Fictions nominees!
Sarah Fawn Montgomery will be joining us on September 12th at 10am ET to lead the 90-minute online workshop "Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures," and you can come even if you're not in SmokeLong Fitness. www.smokelong.com/september-on...
Come and hear Amy Hempel read and talk about her work! Support rescue dogs in the NYC area through www.everylastonerescue.org with your ticket! What a day. Sunday July 26, Noon NYC online.
SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis Sunday July 26, a special 90-minute live interview and reading with Amy Hempel! Included with A SmokeLong Summer/$19 tickets available to anyone via link: www.smokelong.com/product/smok... Proceeds to NYC dog rescue, Every Last One www.everylastonerescue.org. Noon NYC online. Don't miss this.
This Sunday July 26, a special 90-minute live interview and reading with Amy Hempel! Included with A SmokeLong Summer/$19 tickets available to anyone via link: www.smokelong.com/product/smok... Proceeds to NYC dog rescue, Every Last One www.everylastonerescue.org. Noon NYC online. Don't miss this.
Join SmokeLong on July 26th as we spend 90 minutes with Amy Hempel! Even if you're not doing A SmokeLong Summer 26, you can still attend for $19. All proceeds will go to Every Last One, dedicated to rescuing dogs in NYC. www.smokelong.com/product/smok...
SmokeLong Master Series Interview and Reading with Amy Hempel - SmokeLong Quarterly
Date: July 26th Time: Noon NYC Zoom Link sent upon purchase. This is done by a human who occasionally sleeps. We send the link asap. We’ll be donating all proceeds from this event to a charity chosen...
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Delighted to announce our nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology @sundresspub.bsky.social: Non-fiction: "Organs" by Aimee Bender; "How To Mourn Your Mother" by Suzanne Biro Fiction: "Jigger" by John Dufresne; "On Trees and Treefrogs" by L.A. Strycker Art: Cover art, Issue 92 by Martins Deep
Yay!!! That was a writing task by @helenrye.bsky.social. 😃
Kelly Pedro@kellypedro.bsky.social · 3mo agoI have loved and admired @thecitronreview.bsky.social for years and so I'm absolutely delighted to find my flash in its latest issue! Like so much of my flash, this story started in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop (write about an object for sale on FB Marketplace) citronreview.com/2026/06/30/i...
Another show where the main characters look too alike for me to follow, does nobody consider the faceblind
TL/DR: we are all catastrophically worse off as a result of this bullshit, and our democracy has taken quite devastating damage from it, and all of it is because some of the most selfish and unpleasant people in the country threw a massive hissy fit at not being listened to.
Having overseen a massive rollback of human rights, it does feel petty for Starmer to talk about Labour having been "morally bankrupt". especially after calling human rights' supporters "extremists" and a Home Sec who told refugee rights advocates to "fuck off". www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Emotional Keir Starmer’s resignation speech in full as PM quits
Sir Keir Starmer stepped out of Downing Street accompanied by his wife Victoria to cheers and applause from his team
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For many LGBT folk like me, and especially trans folk, Keir Starmer will be remembered in the same way as Margaret Thatcher: with deep contempt for having overseen a deeply hostile, queerphobic government, which rolled back human rights and set society back by at least a decade. Good riddance.
Issue 92 of SmokeLong Quarterly is live! Featuring the winners and finalists of The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026 and the winners of the SmokeLong Workshop Prize. All of it is gold. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety...
It's cover reveal time! Issue 92 is out on Monday June 15. Including the winners and finalists of The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction and the SmokeLong Workshop Prize. Cover art by Martins Deep.
