It’s been a busy flash-filled weekend but don’t forget to send something for this soon if you are coming to the festival in July! Just sent in my entry. ⬇️⬇️

What a great title and the story didn’t disappoint either! Check out this feathered gem from the fantastic Kik Lodge ⬇️⬇️ 🦜 🩸 gonelawn.net/journal/issue5…

What a great giveaway here 👀 ⬇️⬇️ Congrats on the shortlisting Jan!

Happy Friday! Here’s a story from me about cake 🎂 Thanks so much BULL for this ⬇️⬇️

ICYMI for your Sunday reading 🎂⬇️

Seems like the Elon's algorithm has made it harder to see stuff, so if you would, please consider putting us on your "to-read" list to make sure you don't miss any of the good stuff. mrbullbull.com/newbull/

‘The phone slipped from Jonathan’s hand as he gripped the counter, the screen a falling blur of emojis…’ Love this multiple viewpoint seismically shifting story from Eric Scot Tryon ⬇️⬇️

Today's #flashfiction by L Mari Harris is not just fantastic — it's a true masterclass in economical storytelling. yourimpossiblevoice.com/to-the-woman-a…

Just your daily reminder to make lists of writers and mags you like and plug the work of other writers and lit mags whenever possible to try to break through this new Musky algorithm. Spread the word.

If I'm staying on Twitter then I'm taking the approach of flooding it with positivity and I hope as many of you as possible will join me with that. In that vein, maybe we could all take up the hashtag #FlashyFaves and use it to highlight our favourite writers or stories. (1/4)

Go big. Submit your 100-word story. We're open for submissions from September 1-8. 100wordstory.org/submit/ #flashfiction #microfiction #100wordstory

Just finished reading this fab collection by Steven Millhauser, an author I discovered thanks to a Kathy Fish newsletter. There are a few of his stories also on the New Yorker fiction podcast #amreading #shortstory

If you missed it first time around (back in 2021) here’s a strange fungal inspired story from me republished by Bulb Culture Collective (SUBS OPEN!) ⬇️⬇️

ICYMI for your weekend weird reading..

We will be open for submissions from October 1st-7th. This will be the last open period for 2024. Polish up those stories, and send us your best!

ICYMI a powerful and compelling #storystory by Jay McKenzie, Some of the Ways You Can Wash Your Mother. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/10/11/som…

‘one morning our entire second-floor corridor was carpeted with thousands of ultra-realistic slugs which, when you stood too close to them, honked like foghorns…’ Read the delightfully weird ‘Duncan’ by Michael Conley in this first issue of Neither Fish Nor Foul (OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS) ⬇️⬇️

‘I can feel him following me around the chipped stucco of the motel, the zap of suicide insects hurtling themselves against sodium lights…’ Spooky and creepy and fantastic! ⬇️⬇️

today's vivid, apocalyptic, lyrical 600 word story by Gillian O'Shaughnessy Gillian OShaughnessy is about an Earth that doesn't rain anymore, & a daughter so malnourished that she's losing her teeth. such a powerful piece of writing !! read it pronto xraylitmag.com/little-flowers…

‘1988 just looks like bad luck. Double eights, twin infinities standing back to back like fat little snowmen.’ Love this creepy tale of teenage shenanigans ⬇️⬇️