Luna Station Quarterly is always seeking new artists to work with. We license art for four covers each year. We prefer work by woman-indentified and non-binary artists. 1/3

This is why I restarted having singing lessons as an adult a few years ago (after stopping when i was 18), just for the joy of it!

Gretchen McCulloch@gretchenmcculloch.com · 3w ago

One of the great joys of my adult life has been realizing that I can just pick up a new skill every so often, take a fun little class in it weekly for a year or two, and simply enjoy meeting people and getting medium proficient and not attempting to become professional in it at all!

Hark, writers of the north country. A fortnight remains to send us your sorcerous tales. Gaze upon our submission guidelines etc: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

Went to a weaving workshop at our summer staff festival yesterday, and made this dinky little wall hanging that I'm quite pleased with (I was going for abstract seascape vibes)

Sheer brilliance here from @wangleberry.bsky.social

Wangleberry@wangleberry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An elaborate shitpost - which took me forty-five minutes when I should have been trying to sleep, and which was a fun exercise in gilding the lily - but a shitpost nonetheless

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If you've been enjoying all the fab @natflashfictionday.bsky.social stories and want an excuse to read more great flash fiction, why not sign up for the #BitesizedBookClub! First session in the current block is on Thursday (18 June) - details here: theleadedwindow.blogspot.com/p/bite-sized...

Happy National Flash Fiction Day, everyone! 🥳 Here's my offering in the #FlashFlood - 'Down From the Door' #NFFD2026

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FlashFlood: 'Down From the Door' by Sarah McPherson #nffd2026

Happy to report that I'll be in the FlashFlood again this year! Look out for 'Down From the Door' at around 8:15am BST on Saturday 13 June 😊

National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 4mo ago

FlashFlood is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted & to our amazing editors for all their hard work. You can read more about our editors here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/the-editor...

“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest

www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-mcph... 'She avoided direct line of sight, always, preferring to make her approach over or around obstacles. Whenever we went out I had a constant sense she was peering over my head at something more interesting ...' @summermoth.bsky.social

Issue 6 McPherson/My First Girlfriend Was a Periscope — Neither Fish Nor Foul

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I'm in @neitherfishnorfoul.com Issue 6 with 'My First Girlfriend Was a Periscope', a story that was born in @mattkendrick.bsky.social's Glorious Words course! (And thanks to Amy Marques for the accompanying illustration) www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-6-mcph...

Issue 6 McPherson/My First Girlfriend Was a Periscope — Neither Fish Nor Foul

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Neither fish nor foul 📖@neitherfishnorfoul.com · 5mo ago

Issue Six is live, you lucky things www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issues/issue...

"Ah shit, the fey" 😄

Alison Purnell is chasing that PhD!@14thcdisability.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Like ok not ALL Irish music is political, there's also "Ah shit, the fey" of course, but like, "tally-tally-whack-fol okay the English have stopped paying attention listen up boys" is maybe half of Irish folk music on its own.

We are thrilled to share that our Human Authored scheme is now live. This scheme has been designed for the benefit of SoA members, to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books.

Plums xkcd.com/3209/

The new block of The NIFTY Book Club starts next week! On Monday, 23rd February, we'll be discussing 'Lessons at the Water's Edge' - the prize-winning novella-in-flash - by Caroline Greene. There's still time to sign up! See ⏬ for details ⏬ #fiction #flashfiction #novellainflash #writingcommunity

Laura Besley@laurabesley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The next block of The NIFTY Book Club is open! 📚 Monthly on Mondays, 19:30-21:00 GMT/BST 📚 Read & discuss a novella-in-flash 📚 Live author Q&A where possible See link for books, dates & sign up form www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...

But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes.

Amused by the fact that the #BitesizedBookClub session focusing on happy/positive stories is the one that has generated the most divisive opinions and (friendly) disagreement so far 😄 Thanks to everyone who came for the interesting discussions!

This is a great list!

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Looking for mags to delve into? Here is the long list of what is on my regular reading rotation: Adventitious Allegory Analog Apex Magazine Asimov's Science Fiction Augur Magazine Baffling Magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies Bourbon Penn Cast of Wonders Clarkesworld The Dark The Deadlands 3/

The NIFTY Book Club is great - come join us! ☺️

Laura Besley@laurabesley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The next block of The NIFTY Book Club is open! 📚 Monthly on Mondays, 19:30-21:00 GMT/BST 📚 Read & discuss a novella-in-flash 📚 Live author Q&A where possible See link for books, dates & sign up form www.laurabesley.com/nifty-book-c...

Because, here's the thing. We're told: "it's the way of the world; it's human nature," as an excuse for every act of cruelty or selfishness we witness, in the hope that we'll just stand by and watch. But it's not human nature. It's human choice. And we don't have to stand by. We can stand up.

'Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)' Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!

The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today. “…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…” bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...

Well, I settled on four that *I* think are happy. Will see what everyone else makes of them at the session next week! 😊

Sarah McPherson@summermoth.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Today's debate, as I try to finalise my choices for this month's #BiteSizedBookClub... how much of a bittersweet edge can I allow myself before I decide something doesn't qualify as a happy flash fiction? 😄

Maybe 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by REM Or 'I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' by Meat Loaf

Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already. Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long? Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)

Today's debate, as I try to finalise my choices for this month's #BiteSizedBookClub... how much of a bittersweet edge can I allow myself before I decide something doesn't qualify as a happy flash fiction? 😄

This is a beautiful story

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

So many open tabs... so many...

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Be not ashamid of how manye wyndowes are open on thy computir at one tyme. Thou art buildinge a skyscraper.

Still time to sign up for the January session next week - come and read some brilliant stories by @devaneemily.bsky.social with us! #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading

Sarah McPherson@summermoth.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)! The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time): Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading

Bite-sized Book Club bookings are open for the first block of 2026 (link in next post)! The sessions are as follows, 19:15-20:30 (UK time): Thurs 15 Jan - Stories by Emily Devane Thurs 12 Feb - Happy/Positive Stories Thurs 19 Mar - Collaborations #BitesizedBookClub #FlashFiction #Reading