James Montgomery
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
Flash writer ✍️ | Latest: Crow & Cross Keys, Fictive Dream, FlashFlood, The Bulb Region, 100 Word Story, NFFD Micro Comp ‘26 | 📖 Best Small Fictions ‘25, Wigleaf Top 50 ‘25 | 💫 Welkin People’s Prize ‘25 | He/Him 🌈 www.jamesmontgomerywrites.com
‘He regretted how, as she lay on her back on the scaffolding, Heaven saw petticoats and pantaloons he did not.’ One of my favourite titles from the shortlisted stories, and this does not disappoint! @kawalker.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social 👼🏼 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Behold the Adam and Eve of Huntingfield | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘I hesitate in front of a small cube made with cherry wood thinking how she might like living next to Ah Ba on the same shelf at my home…’ Beautiful new CNF from @csquareh.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social ❤️ www.claudineliterary.com/christinehchen
Christine H. Chen | And afterwards,
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‘…it’s like having a skinned knee, fine at first and sore after you notice all the damage.’ So much written between the lines in this wonderful new flash from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social 🌧️ www.claudineliterary.com/sarpsozdinler
Sarp Sozdinler | We Only Rest in the Storm
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‘…the word may be alien unknown untranslatable and not even a word but a magic spell because I’ve seen these girls smile wipe tears laugh frown all at once…’ Love how this new one from @noranadj.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social evolves 🟨 www.claudineliterary.com/noranadjarian
Nora Nadjarian | YOLO
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'Clear your mind. Light the tallow. As your infant mewls from his nest of rags, shrink from his hunger...' Tender & evocative piece by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @crowkeys.bsky.social #fiction #historicalfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #flashfiction 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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‘You remember the oaks. The pines. The spark.’ This, from @karenc.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social, absolutely tore me to pieces. 🌲 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
The Boy Wraps His Arms Around You | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘You’re [eleven years old]/[forty-five] when you [move]/[return] to your childhood home.’ Oh, this is so good, @thisisguan.bsky.social! One of those structures that you wish you’d thought of. Read it in the @welkinpress.bsky.social 📞 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
The Oracle of All Wisdom | MattKendrick.co.uk
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🚨There’s still time to haunt us, but our call for ghost stories closes tomorrow night at midnight pst! 👻⏰
Flash Frog@flashfrog.bsky.social · last mo.Haunt us! flash-frog.com/submit/
Chilling and lyrical. As usual, @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social does not disappoint. Find it in the lovely @crowkeys.bsky.social
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4w agoI 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...
‘So full of their magnesium-flash cleverness, not-a-one wonders what I see.’ A new marvel from @jmgatford.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social. I wanted to stay inside every line; that last line, I’m sitting with still. 🌒 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
First Photograph of the Moon — John William Draper, 1840 | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘You’ll need spectacles to read teensy handwriting, and a whimsical letterbox for exchanging notes.’ The sweetest from @cake-girl.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social, all the way to the quiet heartache of that ending 🧚 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Detailed instructions on how to attract a fairy visitor to your home | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘Great-Uncle Merrick ruled that beach once, a silver cocktail shaker his sceptre, tanned body gleaming.’ Just love how @writesofkathryn.bsky.social captures this character in @welkinpress.bsky.social 🏖️ www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Sundowning | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘We drew roses in the dirt, described their petaled velvet and their underside of thorns.’ I mean, it’s all utterly gorgeous, but that last line especially… @sfreligh.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social 🌼 www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
After the End Was the Beginning | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘Kevin,’ I say gently, over a boiled egg. ‘Who is this Annabel, and must you cry out her name during orgasm?’ @sagreene1.bsky.social is good for the soul! Fabulously funny, but I love how it examines relationships too. Today’s @welkinpress.bsky.social micro 🗣️ www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Whenever My Husband Reaches a Sexual Climax, he Shouts ‘Annabel!’ | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘From cactus-strewn deserts to the ABC in Wolverhampton, Bill Evans—the last, quiet link in the chain.’ Love how the medium plays such a pivotal role in telling this story. @kateaxeford.bsky.social with the winning flash in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social 🎥 freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Competition Thirty-Four Winning Flash Fiction: Reel Lives 1972 - Free Flash Fiction
Alone in his booth, Bill threads and feeds and splices reels, but first he must clean. Meticulously. Just one speck of dirt will scratch and spoil a director’s dream. Today, Bill cleans so guns can bl...
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‘Honeymoon, a single night in Morecambe. Not what you were expecting. Listening to the sea’s roar, trying to think of England.’ Wonderful storytelling from @alisonwassell.bsky.social in @welkinpress.bsky.social, so much happening between these lines… 🎟️ www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Having Received His Call-Up Papers, Arthur Jenkins Invites You To The Cinema | MattKendrick.co.uk
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‘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.’ So many gorgeous lines in this haunting, lyrical piece by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social And that ending took my breath away!
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4w agoI 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...
No further for my little entry, but congratulations to everyone that’s made the shortlist! 🎉 Looking forward to reading all these marvellous micros. 🤩
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2w agoAnnouncing the brilliant shortlists for this year's Welkin Genre Prize. Congratulations to the writers of these wonderful pieces. If you're on the list, please feel free to celebrate wildly, but don't say which title is yours as judging is still ongoing: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Another epic @flashficfestuk.bsky.social; my creative cup runneth over! Obligatory book haul pic, featuring @bathflashaward.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, plus @claudineliterary.bsky.social bookmark. 😻 Thank you so much everyone! ❤️🔥
‘…the farthing didn’t drop at first…’ @sagreene1.bsky.social absolutely knocks this one out the park - a must-read in @freeflashfiction.bsky.social! 👟 freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Competition Thirty-Four Highly Commended: Pemberley Parkrun – Free Flash Fiction
You won’t believe who I saw at Parkrun today! Emma! From the book? Coincidence or what? We were the only runners in Regency sun-bonnets, so naturally I went over. ‘Elizabeth Darcy’ I said, bowing. ...
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@shelleyr-j.bsky.social it was wonderful to see you this weekend! Sorry we didn’t get chance to say bye. Always love your company and our conversations. ❤️
@anneh23.bsky.social, I’m sorry I didn’t get the chance to say bye to you yesterday! It was so good to meet you properly. ❤️
So wish I could be at East Bristol Books tonight for ‘Feminist Flash Fiction’ with @kazbarwrites.bsky.social, @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social and @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social. I’ll be there in spirit! 💪 The @flashficfestuk.bsky.social weekend is about to begin, eeee…! 🥳
Feminist Flex: Arm with Female Symbol
ALT: Feminist Flex: Arm with Female Symbol
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‘of a fairytale cottage where the walls are washed with watermelon and the floor is caramel crunch’ How did I miss this?! A rich beauty from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social 💭 centaurlit.com/the-man-with...
The man with a squatter in his belly dreams by Matt Kendrick | Centaur
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‘Not our, the, we try to say. Hasn’t she ever taken a grammar lesson with all her doctorly training? Doesn’t she know the political stakes of a possessive?’ Captivating from Ellen Garard in @smokelong.bsky.social 🐇 www.smokelong.com/stories/frui...
Fruit of Our Body - SmokeLong Quarterly
“Girls,” the doctor says, “we believe that you have consumed something strange.” The doctor wears a long white coat and when she raises her arm to check our vitals, we can see that she wears a pink sh...
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‘First, she cradled it like a child, then put it between her legs and galloped like a horse, next slung it over her shoulder like a rifle, and she stood at attention, the leg at the ready.’ Surreal and haunting from Marissa McNamara in @fracturedlit.bsky.social 🦵 fracturedlit.com/she-carried-...
She Carried His Leg | Fractured
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Oops, I submitted again I played with my heart Got lost in the submission guidelines Oh, baby, baby
This made me gasp.
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4w agoI 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...
