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MicroMonday #52 The Last Shaman by Livi Michael In 1952, after the Chinese Revolution the leaders of the Oroquen agreed to give up their superstitions and religious practices. Over three nights in July a special r…

So delighted to be published in Fictive Dream!
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"Royle Mail" DELIVERY ALERT! Murder by Paul Green & Heimat by David Rose, cleverly disguised as 4 Toffee Crisp Bars! Thank you, as always, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social and the incredible Nightjar Press. Excellent covers too! nightjarpress.weebly.com

"On Monday, Oedipus ate through one apple.

But he was still hungry.

On Wednesday he ate a whole banana.

On Friday he killed an arrogant man at the crossroads and married his widow.

But he was still hungry."

A section, there, from THE VERY HUNGRY PATER-KILLER.

Nightjar publisher writes plays shock. Two short black comedies. More info linktr.ee/thunkpresents

One for @cdrose.bsky.social !

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Five Different Stories About One Thing by @elizabethbaines.bsky.social, with images by Laura Scott – the 7th in our series of collaborations between writers & artists. Available from our online shop for the special price of £7 (+ p&p) till midnight: www.confingopublishing.uk

Great news. That They May Face the Rising Sun is a special favourite.

Short inclement weather poem.

Good morning.

The Bluemoose 20th anniversary celebrations roll into June.

More to come but very excited!

BM Celebrations with 3 BM authors.

From Hebden to Hollywood.

Marvelous.

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Reading Alice Munro’s Breakthrough Books Reading Alice Munro’s Breakthrough Books

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Fascinating interview on @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social writing process.

FiN Event on March 17th Celebrating 20 Years of the Edge Hill Prize with winner Tessa Hadley - Fiction Writer's Network We will be celebrating 20 years of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize at the Arts Centre, Edge Hill University, on March 17th starting at 7pm. The evening will see Prof. Ailsa Cox, the world’s only profe...

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BBC Radio 4 - Fire Ready by Jane Rogers, Murmuration A spaceship returns to Earth after a long journey seeking other habitable planets.

Tune into to Radio 4 tonight for the second reading from Jane Rogers’ brilliant second collection, Fire Ready. 10.45pm tonight. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

'Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty and the well-meaning outsiders who seek to end it.'

Just over a week until short story collection submissions close!
Then we will have a month of reading - before novel and novella submissions open :)

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A Personal Anthology, by Paul McAuley ‘A Way Home’ by Theodore Sturgeon (First published in Amazing Stories, 1953.

@jonathangibbs.bsky.social 's A Personal Anthology project now features over 300 guest editors. I'm honoured to be the latest -- my selection of 12 stories that have taken up permanent residence in my head can be found here:

Congratulations Livi! Looking forward to the launch @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social

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An illustrated manuscript of a single candle on a table.

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.

To commemorate, we’re sharing a small selection of survivors’ stories from our collection – voices preserved in memory and testimony.

Read here: link.bl.uk/hij

A ★★★★½ review of Sentimental Value (2025) Something of a gruelling watch. I only realised afterwards how tense I'd been in the cinema. Tense, I suppose, because I knew it was going to put me through the wringer (similar to Matthias Glasner's ...

Finally saw Sentimental Value. I want to watch this again, but there are parts of it that I really don't want to have to sit through, for that to happen.

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Echoes of Jay Kelly, but this is a better film. And there are funny bits...honestly there are.....

Walsall residents respond to a survey naming it the most deprived town in the UK - BBC News Walsall residents respond to reports living there is like "an episode of Shameless".

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My home town, top of the league every time.

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A hero, a legend, a great and kind man.

Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories (1500-5000 words) for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent. The anthology embraces the fin de siècle literary and arts of the decadents & more

Submissions are now open and close on 1st February 2026, 20:00 GMT 🖤

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Good news for Scottish writers. Kirsty Gunn's also a great short story writer, former winner of @edgehillprize.bsky.social.

About - A Personal Anthology A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...

Hey, cool cats! This is to let you know that A Personal Anthology is back, baby! Yes: back! Back! BACK!

Today's anthology features a dozen favourite short stories picked and introduced by Mike Fox (@polyscribe70.bsky.social), and hits inboxes at 2pm.

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