This is a gorgeous flash I read today in trampset from @JEKProofreading. It's all in the detail, but the details aren't overdone. Just right.

My blog post this month is a collection of scribbled musings from judging writing competitions over the summer, thinking about the process of judging and the details (big and small) that helped me choose my winners: mattkendrick.co.uk/post/in-it-to-…

There's such a heavy quietness to this story from Diane Gottlieb in SmokeLong Quarterly. Quiet, then louder in the middle, then horribly quiet again - all done in such a small space. Gorgeous. smokelong.com/stories/21-all…

“I try to encourage people who feel I’ve been important to them. If somebody says, you changed my life, I’ll say, I hope for the better, but you’re going to keep going. I thank them and try to remind them that I’m just a stepping stone to themselves.” theguardian.com/music/2022/nov…

Don't let anyone tell you that #flashfiction is quick and/or easy to write. Every form is hard in its own way. I've just submitted a piece of 450 words that I've been dipping in and out of for over a year. #amwriting #WritingCommmunity

"We press our sweaty palms together in solidarity until we see Mama racing up the block, dodging looters being looted. Her long caramel hair flying. A beacon in the dark." Gorgeous writing from Karen Crawford in CHEAP POP last autumn, the images in this have stuck with me

This one by Frankie McMillan from @NewFlashFicRev worked on me slowly, it's gorgeous newflashfiction.com/you-cant-miss-…

Maire Morrissey Cummins' beautiful haiku in the Spring Issue from Wales Haiku Journal foggy morning - the wingbeat of wrens along the stream There's so many in the issue, but this one gave me a feeling of a past dream, gorgeously written. waleshaikujournal.com/spring23

"Nervous laughter, and then, as if someone had slit open the bottom of a bag of rice, an outpouring." A story full of lingering, sticky visuals and a quiet reflection of our complicated relationships with the things we've lost, by Anita Lo in SmokeLong Quarterly smokelong.com/stories/hana-s…

Found this flash non-fiction in Tahoma Literary Review from Susan L. Leary today and I loved it. 'There Will Be More Sunrises' tahomaliteraryreview.com/blogs/excerpts…

Just a reminder if you have a Novella in Flash tucked away in a drawer — our 7th NIF award closes this Sat 30th September. 6000-18000 words. £300 1st prize +publication with Ad Hoc Fiction £100 for 2 runners up + publication bathflashfictionaward.com

‘I like seven best. It’s a warm sunny yellow and I hear it as A… It’s my centre, it anchors all the other numbers and notes.’ Beautiful musical quality to this story from Emily Macdonald in the inaugural issue from thepropellingpencil (Competiton CLOSED) 🧺 thepropellingpencil.com/laundry-by-emi…

xraylitmag.com/lucky-one-pame… Loved getting sucked in to this flash from Pamela Painter in X-R-A-Y - the characters stick to the brain after reading

Overjoyed to have my flash Writing Backwards published by Flash Frog ! Such a wonderful magazine and my experience with them was wonderful, I felt really valued as a writer. Go have a read if you have a spare few minutes!

flash-frog.com/2024/02/19/wri… The artwork accompanying my flash by Liana Ashenden blew me away. Thank you Flash Frog

"I imagine you reading your forehead in the mirror, the handwriting that looks nothing like mine, feeling for the first time that you don’t know me at all." Lucy Smith in Flash Frog flash-frog.com/2024/02/19/wri…

A humungous thank you to everyone behind the fantastic FlashFictionFestival – my first year and I was blown away. Incredible workshops and panels, such a great atmosphere. I’ve left with exciting new books in my bag, the writing hand cramp is real, thank you for all the inspiration!!

My food for thought for the week. This post, along with this: theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…

"You may think the blank page is the source of your fear, but I believe it is the remedy" - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Writing Through Fear nanakwame.substack.com/p/writing-thro…

Just read this absolutely brilliant flash, 'Amy's Blue Period' from Travis Flatt in the RF Arc Hive - strange and lingering roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/po…