Jim Toal
@jtstories.bsky.social
Fiction in The Stinging Fly and elsewhere. Seeking representation. Story collection ready to go. Novel in progress. Lifelong Newcastle United fan.
Another month of great #fiction. Our thanks to @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social Deidre Jaye Byrne @ashtonrussell.bsky.social Jane Charna Meyers Madison Ellingsworth Mandy Lange Dina Perthakines @kimmagowan.bsky.social @jtstories.bsky.social Kathleen McGookey. Please enjoy
Fictive Dream
Short stories online
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It's always a pleasure to feature #fiction by Jim Toal and today we're delighted to bring you Forensics Of Fire @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/26/f...
'Still days away from Bonfire Night, with a gull’s lament a rocket lances the starless night, explodes, and dies' - Made my Sunday to come upon this gripping new story by @jtstories.bsky.social. A telling image in almost every line.
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The house is going nicely by now, smoke billowing and flames fingering the windows." Forensics Of Fire by Jim Toal @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/26/f...
I have a new story up @fictivedream.bsky.social. Thanks to Laura for selecting it.
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The house is going nicely by now, smoke billowing and flames fingering the windows." Forensics Of Fire by Jim Toal @jtstories.bsky.social #shortstory #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/07/26/f...
Not the biggest Mary Oliver fan, but I love Schumann, and I was surprised by this lovely poem in her new Penguin Selected:
Jo Lloyd on the radio. This is a great thing
Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎@jolloyds.bsky.social · 3mo agoI have a story in Radio 4's new Once Upon a Time series - a week of reimagined fairytales in the Book at Bedtime slot Lineup includes Katherine Rundell, Ben Okri, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and David Almond (I KNOW!!!) My story "Kakapos" is on 30 June and then on catchup www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The things men don't say when they talk about football. Story by David Gaffney. @fictivedream.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social #shortstory
Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Apparently, by the time a man is forty there are only two or three men he can describe as close friends." The Match by David Gaffney @ggaffa.bsky.social #shortstory #TenYears #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/28/t...
Honoured to announce the launch of my new collection, Blurred Edges – the twelve best stories I can muster at this point in time. Huge thanks to Renée Sigler @ballerinibookpress.bsky.social for this special opportunity. ballerinibookpress.ch/blurred-edge...
Ballerini Book PressSlender. Never Spineless.Blurred Edges by Mike Fox
We are delighted to announce the release of Blurred Edges, a short story collection, on June 5th 2026 Announcing the official release of BLURRED EDGES by Mike Fox “Mike Fox is a masterful sho…
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Blackcap nest from earlier this month. Fledged successfully this week.
May has come, and with it my new collection Blurred Edges, now available for preorder. Twelve stories, a foreword by Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social, and artwork by Geoff Staden. Huge thanks to both, and to Renée Sigler, @ballerinibookpress.bsky.social ballerinibookpress.ch/product/blur...
Ballerini Book PressSlender. Never Spineless.Blurred Edges. Short Stories by Mike Fox
Pre-Orders Now Open ISBN: 978-3-9526204-2-7 A subtle, yet indelible collection of short fiction. Mike Fox is a masterful short story writer. His characters are compelling, and there is real poignan…
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The words are coming again. Some revised older work, some new.
'Sentimentality keeps looking over its shoulder to see how you're taking it. Emotion doesn't give a shit whether anyone's looking or not.' From Helen Garner's Collected Diaries.
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 · 8mo agoFOUR 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.
Utterly delighted to be joining Ballerini Book Press, with a new story collection, Blurred Edges, planned for publication in the first half of 2026. Huge thanks to Renée Ballerini for this wonderful opportunity. ballerinibookpress.ch/author-signi...
A strange, unsettling and highly original story by @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
Niamh Mac Cabe@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 11mo ago💫 Excited AGNI @agnimagazine.bsky.social published The Sundial Pilgrimage online! This story also features in their upcoming magazine, AGNI Issue 102. Thanks to the editors, especially Mary O'Donoghue & Bill Pierce Click if you like stories about feral architects agnionline.bu.edu/fiction/the-...
Sandwich terns fishing in the surf off South Beach, Tenby. Adult passing fish to juvenile. Credit to my son for the photos.
Loved this story by @polyscribe70.bsky.social. Tender and moving. Really admired how the writing mirrored a previous story, while keeping the narrative voice distinct. Superb. #FictiveDream
Mike Fox@polyscribe70.bsky.social · last yr.Honoured to return to @fictivedream.bsky.social today with The Shape of Moments, a twin of an earlier story, Backgrounds. Very grateful to Laura, also to @kerryhp.bskyb.social and @barbaraccino@bskyb.social for encouragement to explore these characters further.
The remains of a ruby tailed wasp. A very small and beautiful parasitic wasp.
After loving her two brilliant short story collections, I'm so looking forward to reading Wendy Erskine's @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social debut novel, The Benefactors, which arrived in today's post.
My wife took this photograph of a grey wagtail among blossom in one of our apple trees
Issue 1 of The Lonely Crowd was published 10 years ago today. To celebrate we’re giving away a rare copy of this issue. Simply share this post to be in with a chance of winning!
Hedgerows now abundant with blackthorn blossom. Each tiny flower a little miracle.
Walking the dog this afternoon, I came across a roe deer trapped in electric fencing. I saw some movement, so knew it was alive. It turned out to be a buck, completely bound by the fencing which was tangled and wrapped tightly round its throat, antlers and foreleg. 1/5
I was planning to keep this app focussed on writing and literature. Forgive me this indulgence. Went to my first game in 1973 and have been waiting for Newcastle United to win a trophy since then. Emotional. #nufc
Newcastle United@newcastleunited.com · 2y agoWE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Four stories from @nightjarpress.bsky.social arrived today (with an extra story for free!) Exceedingly well packaged by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Think I'll start with Removals by @iancritchley.bsky.social
