Sharon Telfer
@sharontelfer.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Keeps things short. Here (mostly) to share #FlashFiction, #ShortStories, writing community. My flash fiction collection, The Map Waits, is published by Reflex Press: https://www.reflex.press/product/the-map-waits/
Here’s Royle on reading favourite short stories: “When I reread them, it’s like lighting a candle, and when I’ve finished reading, the draught created by the closing book blows out the candle and I'm left with a curl of smoke, my memory of the story, which slowly dissipates.” Lovely.
The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2026-2027 is now open for submissions: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
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References to rain in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847), in order of occurrence.
I tell creative non-fiction students that their main job is to get the reader to believe them; I also tell them I can't actually fact-check their submissions: all I can do is evaluate how credible their stories are. So this would be a great book for a non-fiction writer to read. How to be believed.
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Mr and Mrs Robson, Duke Street, Sunderland, 1973, photo by Ian Berry for New Society magazine.
Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to public safety & wildlife. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs
We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to pu...
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Swifts eat, sleep, drink, mate, & even bathe on the wing, rarely landing except to nest. They can switch off one half of their brain to rest, swoop low over water to drink, & fly through rain to wash. What extraordinary little birds. #SwiftAwarenessWeek
I'm backing the #BeTickAware campaign run by Lyme Disease UK. It's peak tick season, so there's a higher risk of bites while outdoors. Bite prevention and safe removal is important to reduce the risk of Lyme disease. Learn how to protect yourself, your family and pets at lymediseaseuk.com
Congratulations to everyone on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50, and on the long list. My timeline has been a gorgeous stream of sharing and celebration - just like the old days! Looking forward to catching up with these powerhouse flashes
Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · last mo.Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...
Excited that the 2025 Flash Fiction Festival Anthology Is now published ready for this year’s festival where it will be launched with readings! We’re back to red again. It’s the first of the new rainbow series www.flashfictionfestival.com/published-no...
@electrarhodes.bsky.social I saw this and thought of you! Can’t remember if you actually knit, but thought the idea would appeal to
Dr Beccy Scott@beccyscottuk.bsky.social · last mo.I cannot love these more; Emma Stockley's geoarchaeological socks, inspired by test pitting for the Mesolithic on Dartmoor www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/kni... @archaeologyuk.bsky.social
So, here are my revised contenders for the month of March in the 2027 Cambridge Diary Calendar - and yes, I will keep suggesting the doggie in the window until it wins 🙂 Vote away! Don't forget that you can see the progress in real-time at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/2027-calendar
IT'S PUBLICATION DAY!!! open.substack.com/pub/fmackint... #historicalfiction #historicalnovel #comingofage #socialchange #brothersandsisters #familysecrets #forbiddendesire #scandal #PreWWI #london #nottingham #bildungsromans
It's Publication Day!!!
How I wrote Ancestral Virgins and got it into print
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The 3 winners of the 2026 BFFA NIF Award now published in paperback on Amazon worldwide. Congrats to winner Victoria Melekian & runners up @joannacampbell.bsky.social & @bsherm36.bsky.social Novellas also for sale at flashfictionfestival.com www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bffa... ...
BFFA 2026 Novella-in-Flash Winners published!
We’re thrilled to announce that the winning novellas-in-flash from the 2026 Novella in Flash Award are now published on Amazon worldwide in paperback. Winner: Unhoused by Victora Melekian fro…
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Calling all fellow childless cat people. I am doing an event on 7 July for death prep when you're ageing without children. It's free. Register here www.tickettailor.com/events/agein...
If you’re in Hartlepool you can now buy the booklet at Seaton Carew Community Hub on Station Lane (not far from the Tern colony). It’s open Wednesday to Saturday (mornings only on Friday and Saturday). @teesbirds.bsky.social #birdingNorthEast 🪶
Emma@emmasartworks.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhile I’m waiting for some local outlets to get back to me, I’ve set up an Etsy (UK only) for the seaside bird booklet. It’s A5, 14 pages, 36 birds; any profits will go to Tees Valley Wildlife Trust. www.etsy.com/shop/EmmaPri... #NEbirding #LowCarbonBirding
Think hist fic can’t be done in a micro? Here’s @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social in @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social proving you wrong. Inspo for @welkinpress.bsky.social Genre Prize closing June 30!
Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · last mo.So great to see the response for @welkinpress.bsky.social prize this year! Remember you can send in TWO pieces across different genres. Please consider sending in a historical or speculative piece!!
Definitely in need of more historical entries. Where are all the wonderful historical microfictionists hiding out?
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · last mo.Our third judge is the brilliant @susmitab.bsky.social who's judging the History Prize. One of my all-time favourite pieces of historical flash is this piece by Susmita in FlashBack Fiction: flashbackfiction.com/index.php/20...
Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine: Four from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 23 pieces of creepy and unsettling flash fiction. 800 words or fewer.
Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine: Two from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 40 pieces of micro fiction. 300 words or fewer.
Looking forward to the launch of the gorgeous National Flash Fiction Day Anthology this evening. Over 50 excellent flash fictions on the theme of bridges. Print & ebook www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo... #NFFD2026 (And, for lovers of #pilchlit, it does contain pilchards)
