I’m back with Chicago’s finest, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today with a new story about a friendly yet slightly sinister kitchen appliance. Give it a read, it’s partly true. BUT WHICH PART, RICK?? Yes indeedy, you betcha…. 👻 🖤🍸 🧀

Maudlin House@maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Gaslighting Fridge by Rick White maudlinhouse.net/the-gaslight...

No better way to start your weekend than to read Rick's brilliant story of time and yearning and cigarettes, it's over yonder at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. No one minds if you read it again and again.

Rick White@ricketywhite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have a new fiction in @doeshavepockets.bsky.social today called “2007: The Summer the Smoking Ban Came into Place.” If, like me, you’re a bit confused as to where the last (almost) two decades have gone then why not give it a read? 🐈‍⬛ 🎃 👻 🖤

I have a new fiction in @doeshavepockets.bsky.social today called “2007: The Summer the Smoking Ban Came into Place.” If, like me, you’re a bit confused as to where the last (almost) two decades have gone then why not give it a read? 🐈‍⬛ 🎃 👻 🖤

Does It Have Pockets@doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"And we came to a house, somewhere in a space that was not where we had come from, and not quite where we were going." Dreams of the past thread through this lush new #fiction from @ricketywhite.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rick... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

“Open with a joke and close with a list of all the other lists. The right lie at the right time is always as welcome as earworms.” The mind of Michael Grant Smith. Fascinating, rhythmical, unsettling but in a friendly, amiable sort of way ☺️ Lovely stuff as always, @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social

Michael Grant Smith@michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I have something new up at The Airgonaut. Take a look if you have a few minutes to spare, but do check out the other short fictions in this amazing issue edited by @dashlarkin.bsky.social. Keep eyedrops handy because the other seven stories are FIRE. theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/p...

I’m not being dramatic, but I feel like this winter has aged me and I won’t survive another one.

Congratulations to the BFF winners! Great stories, all. I’m a little sad to have fallen at the last but pleased to have made the SL on this occasion. Onwards we go! 👻 🍸 🖤

bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Big congratulations to all our Five winners selected by Ingrid Jenzrejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social The are: @shelleyr-j.bsky.social @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Fiona Lynch @lettybutler.bsky.social @rcurzon.bsky.social Read the brilliant stories at bathflashfictionaward.com

OoooOoohhh still on the list 👀 Things are getting spicy now 🥵

bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Congratulations to the rwenty one authors listed on the February shortlist selected by our judge Ingrid Jendzrejewski, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/febr...

Well, well, well, looks like Old Rickety’s still got it! Always a please to make the BFF list! 🥳

bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congratulations to the 50 writers selected for our 32nd Award longlist and thank you to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/long...

Hello, hello, hello. I have a new story, ‘The Sow’ in Issue of 30 of Jet Fuel Review. If you like short stories and you want to know what a lady wolverine is called then give it a read, thanks 🙏🏼 🐭 🖤 www.jetfuelreview.com/rick-white-f...

Rick White Fall 2025

The Sow ​

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I have a new story in @MaudlinHouse today documenting the absurdity and horror of a typical working day, “A More Radiant Glow” is live now, please give it a read. 👻 🖤🍸 maudlinhouse.net/a-more-radia...

A More Radiant Glow

John sat uncomfortably in a chair which must surely have been designed for discomfort, since it served no other purpose. It was eleven forty-seven a.m., or maybe two-eighteen p.m. or twenty past the h...

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I’ve always loved @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social writing, but there’s just something about this piece that really resonates deeply with me. Like he’s turned the bass up to 11, the bass in all four chambers of my heart, that is 🖤 💫 Also, the last line is an all-timer…

Michael Grant Smith@michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Feels great to be back after a 3-day sub-orbital test flight (details are classified but I can tell you they'd run out of monkeys) and learn my essay-flash-doodle "The Lesser Feats of Atlas" is up at The Airgonaut. I'm home again but still weightless! theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

Got a telling off from my four-year old daughter last night: “Daddy, if I see you drinking one more beer then you’re not gonna be allowed any more beers, just some wine.”

If you haven't read Rick's latest published story, why are you even on this Earth? Producing carbon dioxide? Boosting consumer spending metrics? Please immerse yourself in "Kevin" ASAP. Thank you.

Rick White@ricketywhite.bsky.social · 11mo ago

They say every writer has one story about a pivotal career change in the life of a dolphin and this is mine! “Kevin” recently published in the Gorko Gazette 🐬 thegorkogazette.com/2025/09/12/k...

Delighted to receive an acceptance this morning from @mallorysmart.bsky.social at the incomparable @maudlinhouse.bsky.social — “A More Radiant Glow” will be my fourth publication with MH, what a fine bunch of folk they are! 🔥 🖤🍸👻

They say every writer has one story about a pivotal career change in the life of a dolphin and this is mine! “Kevin” recently published in the Gorko Gazette 🐬 thegorkogazette.com/2025/09/12/k...

New content every morning!

It’s impossible to talk about the 2009 Sea World Dolphin Adventures Squad without mentioning Kevin.

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I can’t imagine a world in which I just get paid to write, like it’s my actual job, get up, crack on. Maybe I even have an assistant to help with admin and stuff. Incredible. I mean, I still wouldn’t actually DO any writing, but what a thought.

Foolproof pancake recipe: 18 eggs, 5 litres unpasteurised goat milk, half a bag of gypsum multi-purpose finishing plaster, pinch of salt. You’re welcome. Also you will need to wait a year as pancake day was yesterday. Always happy to help

One thing that particularly winds me up in corporate-speak is people who say, “in terms of…” before saying anything at all. E.g: “Where’s my fucking coffee, Rick…?” “So, in terms of where’s your fucking coffee…” Anyone else notice this?

New story up @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. It’s about birth, death, raving, and all the tiny moments in between which make up a life. Hope you’ll give it a read. 🙏🏼 🪩 🖤 maudlinhouse.net/if-you-shoul...

If you should meet God at the all-night petrol station don’t forget to buy some blue rizla

I. The ancient Chinese art of feng shui has among its principles that one should never place a mirror in front of a bed, the reason being that while a person sleeps, the soul leaves the body to travel...

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3 year old: “daddy look it’s morning!” **3-year-old gleefully throws open curtains to reveal the sky, black as pitch.** #monday

This year’s been a disaster for me. I got fired from my job, haven’t published any new writing, and a spider crawled on my pillow. But I’m clawing my way out of the deep, dark well. Which is all any of us can really do, I think. Hi to everyone on here 👋🏻

Are we all trying this again now?

Happy New Year everyone. Wishing you all a happy & creative 2024. What better way to start your writing year than by reading my latest newsletter which is called "What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Writing" & is full of advice from writing superstars: #FlashFiction #WritingCraft #AmWriting

What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Writing

So. We’ve made it to the future. We’ve arrived in 2024. I’ve checked it and rechecked it and the calendar is defiant. This is definitely the year we’re now inhabiting. Big milestones like New ...

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New story “Mise en Place” up at @rfpress.bsky.social it’s about old friends, ex-wives, cooking, cocaine, anxiety, death, Pomeranians, all the good stuff you love, basically. Please check it out! 🙏🏼 👻 🖤 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/mise-en...

"Mise en Place" by Rick White

1 I’m trying to remember the last time I actually spoke to Craig. I’ve got a text on my phone which reads: Mate! At a wedding and I think we’ve got a real-life jilting on our hands, no shit! Fol...

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Good heavens! What? You ask. Amazon are currently offering a massive 7% off my double-figures selling debut short fiction collection, “Talking to Ghosts at Parties” be sure not to miss this incredible offer! www.amazon.co.uk/Talking-Ghos...

At the Apple “Genius Bar”. They’re just trying to find the right charger for my MacBook Air, so far they’ve tried two different ones which haven’t fit into the hole.

Really excited to be nominated by @splonk.bsky.social for BotN, especially alongside two people I admire very much! ☺️ 🙏🏼 💚

Splonk@splonk.bsky.social · 3y ago

For Best of the Net 2024, Splonk is happy to nominate stories by Rick White & Cathy Ulrich, and artwork by Janice Leagra, from Issues 8 and 9. Congrats all! www.splonk.ie @ricketywhite.bsky.social @janiceleagra.bsky.social

Here we go again…