Jo Clark
@thejokelark.bsky.social
writer, reader, linguist. knitter, nomad, procrastinator.
If you still haven’t read this issue of awesome little stories inspired by the oddest, most random selection of prompts, are you even a human? Click now to read some of the best teeny tales you’ll find anywhere
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 4w agoOur Autumn Prompted Story issue is LIVE! 🦝 13 flash fiction written to blind-chosen prompts. Grab a cuppa and snacks, sit back and immerse yourself in the imagination and creativity of our 12 contributors 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... @joycebingham.bsky.social @jessebinger.bsky.social 1/2
Our Autumn Prompted Story issue is LIVE! 🦝 13 flash fiction written to blind-chosen prompts. Grab a cuppa and snacks, sit back and immerse yourself in the imagination and creativity of our 12 contributors 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... @joycebingham.bsky.social @jessebinger.bsky.social 1/2
Prompted Stories Pop-Up Autumn 2026
We selected thirteen flash for the second prompted challenge of the year. These twelve writers showed amazing imagination and creativity with their prompts. Our Guest Readers for this issue were Le…
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As always, I was blown away by what writers can do with the most random sets of prompts. These thirteen flash were outstanding. Thank you @thejokelark.bsky.social and @leighloveday.bsky.social for the second reading and help curating the issue. Now, go read it 😀
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 4w agoOur Autumn Prompted Story issue is LIVE! 🦝 13 flash fiction written to blind-chosen prompts. Grab a cuppa and snacks, sit back and immerse yourself in the imagination and creativity of our 12 contributors 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... @joycebingham.bsky.social @jessebinger.bsky.social 1/2
Two more teasers for the issue coming on Wednesday 🦝 In her flash, Kelly Murashige explores Destruction and construction from two very different POVs 🐜 In The Light is the Boy, @keithwoodruff.bsky.social also uses an unexpected POV to tell of love and loss, and of endless hope 🍎
First teasers for the upcoming Prompted Stories issue 🦝 In Mr Vane is Not at Home, Martha Swift's MC is frustrated with her explorer husband's odd sleeping choices In Silent Killer, @athena-law.bsky.social drives us through Australia's fatigue zone with her unusual MC and his travelling companion
More teasers for the Prompted Issue coming 2nd September and we couldn't resist publishing @joycebingham.bsky.social twice 🦝 The Lady in Waiting sees familiar characters subverted in deliciously dark ways What Humans Are shows us a dystopian future from an unexpected, perceptive POV
It's now just one week until our evening of readings 🦝 Come along and listen to eleven wonderful stories celebrating treasure in unexpected places. Register for a slot at this Zoom event via link on our Home page trashcatlit.com 1/2
How I plan to enter the sunny weekend, riding armed on a horse, being dressed with lots of feathers, and trying to ignore the conspiring cats of my neighboorhood ... #weekendsky #caturday
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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3/3 A third spotlight from our now-online anthology of treasures 💜 In Southeast of Soho, @terryholland.bsky.social uses tense, chopped lyrical language to tell a story of love and regret with a wonderful sense of self and place 💜 trashcatlit.com/read-what-co...
If you missed our Spring Pop-Up call, here's what's coming next 🦝 Our Summer General submissions open 1st-14th June for Flash (100-750) and Shorts (up to 2000). There's a theme of GREEN BIN STORIES and a mood board to offer inspo: trashcatlit.com/summer-mood/
A wee reminder that our next submission call is for flash and short stories with a green theme 🌲🍄🌷 Check out our mood board for inspo and ideas. Our Green Bin demands something phyto, opening 1st June. Get writing green 💚 trashcatlit.com/summer-mood/
Love Trees Cartoon with Sunflowers
ALT: Love Trees Cartoon with Sunflowers
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It’s #fragmentsfriday - I wasn’t planning on writing but just caught the news… @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Louder Than Words Festival@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 5mo agoAmong many treats, our 50 years of The Fall event @bandonthewall , features an exhibition including this delight from Stanley Chow. Manchester, 5-7 June. The Fall: Futures & Pasts. You coming? All details & Passes here: tinyurl.com/y7xexv9s
“Ok so the basic premise of this one is that there’s a coyote and a roadrunner and the coyote’s efforts to catch the roadrunner become ever more elaborate and comical but – and this is the crucial bit – he never catches the roadrunner. Here are some of the common tropes used…”
Never will I listen to their counsel to accept barbarism.
This database detailing at least 40 cases of #dictators who were overthrown by the use of nonviolent struggle, dating back to 1920, & how they did it. #resist #fascism wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/can-...
Can nonviolent struggle defeat a dictator? This database emphatically says yes
The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.
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Wow. What a story. This one will linger.
365tomorrows@365tomorrows.bsky.social · 8mo agoAuthor: Rhett Pritchard I thought humans were a myth, something you tell kids to keep them away from the outer boundaries of reality. Those are the stories I grew up on, listening wide-eyed and curled up with my brother in the loft of the motor home. Stories about how... https://wp.me/p6C8jg-UWG
Congratulations to all 750+ writers who had the perseverance to complete a story and the courage to submit it. @thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists@thebulletin.org · 9mo agoThe Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is important, says Bulletin Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin. "Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too." See the winners of our fiction contest ⬇️
It's hard to believe that my joints turn 300 this year.🥲They grow up so fast.
