@serrey.bsky.social
Writer of tiny stories, sometimes humorous. Loves trees, deer, ceramics
wonderful stories by Leanne Babcock and Mark Crimmins, and delighted to be included here. Thank you, Exposition Review
Exposition Review@expositionreview.bsky.social · 3d ago“I’m grateful for these submissions attempting to encapsulate [saudade]—they were beautiful, melancholic, profound…hilarious.” - Flash 405: “Saudade” judge Ashley Lanuza on flash fiction and nonfiction by Leanne Babcock, Mark Crimmins & @serrey.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/Saudade405.
Thank you so much for publishing my story, @mrbullbull.bsky.social - so pleased to see it here
MrBullBull@mrbullbull.bsky.social · 3d ago"This is not a knife. This is a sword. You will be a knight (yes, Sylvie, the term can be gender neutral), a quester. Try it. Test it on your steak. I guarantee you will never find a knife so perfect." - Sarah Masters mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Thrilled to have a flash story in the excellent Cleaver magazine, issue 54 out today www.cleavermagazine.com/not-weaselly...
Sarah Masters: NOT WEASELLY SPOTTED • Cleaver Magazine
Sarah Masters teaches English for Speakers of Other Languages. Her stories appear in Funny Pearls, Full House Literary, and more.
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Really looking forward to this. I’ll be out eating cake for my birthday in the afternoon but hope to catch upon stories in the week
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor 24 hours starting at 00:01 BST on Saturday, 13 June, FlashFlood will be publishing one flash every 5 to 10 minutes. Check in at half past the hour every hour from start to finish for our Debut Flash Series.The Write-In will be posting a flash prompt every hour. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Such a great story from Cole Beauchamp - and great to read about the process too westword.substack.com/p/i-can-be-a...
I can be a Land Girl too
A Flash Fiction by Cole Beauchamp
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One of the funniest flashes I’ve read for ages
James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 4mo ago‘But as they grew larger it became unquestionable: these were sure-as-shit penises. And human ones, at that.’ Knew I was going to love this from the title: ‘Penis Season’ from @jameygallagher.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com 🍆 necessaryfiction.com/stories/peni...
‘But as they grew larger it became unquestionable: these were sure-as-shit penises. And human ones, at that.’ Knew I was going to love this from the title: ‘Penis Season’ from @jameygallagher.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com 🍆 necessaryfiction.com/stories/peni...
Penis Season – Necessary Fiction
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Thrilled to be splashing in the puddles with other writers with my flash ‘I’m no good with names, I tell the nice cleaner’ due up at 6.20am BST. Thank you very much @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 4mo agoFlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
“There are fairytale castles where the boy finds refuge when sadness crabs towards him in the clefts of the night” - fantastic writing
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 4mo agoDelighted to have a new piece out in the world today about little boys and big little boys and ships in bottles and rising tides and lighthouses and hot air balloons and mint-chocolate ice cream (which is a thing I definitively can't have!) www.nervetowrite.com/post/little-...
Gorgeous writing - “This small child nestled in my arms, just the length of my forearm, reaches for my nipple with an instinct she barely understands. She pulls it into her mouth and begins to suck. A storm starts in my breasts—electric thunder”
Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 4mo agoHonoured to be in @nervetowrite.bsky.social with so many great differently abled and neurodiverse creatives, with a cnf piece about my boobs. Thanks @sfmontgomery.bsky.social and team for this great litmag. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾 www.nervetowrite.com/post/mammary
ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring Dad Club by Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/03/23/m...
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Ooh the curse of jealousy!
Bulb Culture Collective@bulbculture.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe light is on for June Gemmell! @junegemmell.bsky.social 💡 “The Package” is a short story with a wicked edge that’ll have you gasping and saying, “I can’t believe she just did that!” Check out June’s incredible writing over at the site!
"My family friend’s dog tugs on my white frilled cotton dress—saves me from falling down the stairs. I am four years old. My mom says that it didn’t happen." Effective use of fragments, mythology and an unverifiable past in this story by Sherry Duggal. newflashfiction.com/vishnus-nave...
Vishnu’s Navel: My Creation Myth by Sherry Duggal | Issue #40
My family friend’s dog tugs on my white frilled cotton dress—saves me from falling down the stairs. I am four years old. My mom says that it didn’t happen.
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Thrilled to be in this. Thank you, lovely editors, and congratulations to everyone else accepted.
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’re thrilled to announce the line up for our 2026 anthology. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our anthology editors @karjon.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social for all their hard work: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
So delighted to have a story today at The Sunlight Press @thesunlightpress.bsky.social www.thesunlightpress.com/2025/12/02/s...
Starfish Don’t Bleed - The Sunlight Press
Did I hear a shout? I looked up as a great wave hung in the air, rushed towards us, and your hand wasn’t there any longer.
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"The Secret to Aging Well" by Anika Carpenter @StillSquirrel.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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Absolutely brilliant - thanks for flagging this, @stillsquirrel.bsky.social
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 12mo agoQ: What is the average age for perimenopause? A: The average age for perimenopause is whatever age you happen to be when you google any of the following: - What age perimenopause? - Skipped period start of menopause? - Why do I have free-floating rage?
It’s an amazing competition, not least because this year I won first prize - first time ever for my writing. I’ve learnt so much about the craft of writing from this wonderful resource
The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you to our amazing reading team who work so hard to make the competition a success @fionamckay.bsky.social @marthawrites.bsky.social @markstocker.bsky.social and Mark Thomson! We know it's a favourite competition for a good few writers and we are really grateful for all your support.
Feeling a bit weepy at he moment and this sent me over the edge - in a good way. Beautiful storytelling
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 11mo agoSo many brilliant people in the #FlashFictionFamily who do so much to uplift others. One of those magical people is @danbillyc.bsky.social who is so wonderfully generous and such an amazing writer. Here's a recent one from him in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social : pitheadchapel.com/roar/
Thank you for the wonderful support and encouragement. I learned so much from his wonderful competition and the workshops
The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social · 12mo agoNews from the Propelling Pencil case. It's au revoir for now (well it will be in March). Thanks for all the stories and good company since we began way back in the Autumn of 2021. Time for me to focus on new things - but please keep writing! thepropellingpencil.com/propelling-p...
“His old mother must be present, sitting in the chair to his left with a napkin to hand. If she is not present, he must go and find another one.” What a fantastic collaboration for a story
Pat Foran@pdforan.bsky.social · last yr.“…‘sometimes you’ve just got to take it on the chin.’” @stillsquirrel.bsky.social & @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...
Particularly love this, by Beth Sherman ‘Is this a story about community, the zebra asks. He’s starting to get on my nerves, to be honest’
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · last yr.HERE IT IS! 🦝 Celebrating one year of publishing with this Summer Issue. TWELVE flash and NINE shorts - our biggest issue ever. Make sure to bookmark both links and get stuck into incredible short fiction 💜 trashcatlit.com/general-issu... trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
