Happy #InternationalWomensDay to the lionesses of The Pride Roars
@delgeo14.bsky.social
@mlmcguinness.bsky.social
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
@ninamiller.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@hilary55.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
So looking forward to being part of one of my favourite lit mags.
We’re delighted to welcome Hilary Ayshford @hilary55.bsky.social & Joyce Bingham @joycebingham.bsky.social to the team ❤
Find out more: rawlit.weebly.com/masthead.html
>The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<--
@theprideroars.bsky.social
-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.
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Something exciting is brewing at the Pride Roars headquarters, keep your eyes peeled for news coming soon 👀
👀 Something interesting this way comes!!
@theprideroars.bsky.social
Congratulations, Jack!
Matt does a ton to support the flash community, he’s always out here sharing work, offering encouragement: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources
'It's not a peace offering,' she adds, in case God gets the wrong idea. I’ve not forgiven you for taking him.'
A beautiful story of grief, connection and release by @hilary55.bsky.social
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Constance. Read about Constance. Cover her with the warm blanket of your compassion. Let
@crankypacifist.bsky.social show you.
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*New story* featuring a last-minute present that keeps on giving...
"After a feast that has us full as ticks, Pa’s liquored up and cracking his knuckles like he’s still in charge. That man thinks the sun comes out just to hear him crow."
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A short story published in WestWord. Originally written in Flash Face Off in @writershq.bsky.social and brought into being in Amanda Saint's Slow Story workshop. westword.substack.com/p/a-few-ston...
Aw! Thanks again, Temple in a City @templeinacity.bsky.social!
You're one of my very favorite lit mags and if we were in the same physical space we'd have to get blueberry pancakes and just hang😎
#BookSky #WriterSky #LitSky
pleased to have a dark little flash in the Imprint issue, alongside work from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social @hilary55.bsky.social @crankypacifist.bsky.social @joannatheiss.com @robm67.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social @sagreene1.bsky.social & others
Hello. Please meet our latest issue, Imprint. It’s unruly but good at heart. It has geese and god and Brian Wilson, yin-yang rats, crazy blue, absentia, a screaming need to yell ‘RUN!’, cyanide rum, praying mantis, plural, a swallowed mirror, island breeze…
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Love this…and of course he does!
The cover wrap for Silent Screams, An Anthology of Quiet Horrors - featuring a striking, surreal illustration by Eric Brenner, depicting a screaming face with far too many eyes. The book blurb states: The most terrifying horror stories don't churn your stomach. They creep like shadows, chilling with a touch. They build dread through atmosphere and emotion, rather than splatter and gore. Welcome to Silent Screams, an anthology of quiet horror stories. Within these pages, you will face strange and twisted scenes, dark and demonic characters, nightmares great and small, written by a host of talented authors from around the world. These are shattering tales of grief and loss, visitations from strange folk, troubled dreams, and cursed artefacts. These are whispers to make your skin crawl and your toes curl. Words to catch your breath and smother screams.
Silent Screams is out now.
It's the first anthology I've edited and I love every single story inside it.
If you prefer your #Halloween scares quiet and filled with creeping dread, then this is the book for you.
eBook and paperback:
mybook.to/SilentScream...
#Horror #ShortStories #WritingCommunity
Can’t wait to read the rest of the stories. Mine is one of my all-time favourites. Such fun to write.
It’s awesome, isn’t it!
If you prefer your horror creepy and subtle, this book’s for you. Launching on October 1st, it’s available for preorder for Kindle now, with the paperback version coming soon.
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The first story I accepted for this issue. Classic cake, unexpected setting and a delicacy of touch at one with the lightness of a Victoria Sponge. Dare you not to be moved.
@joycebingham.bsky.social
neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-bingham-extreme-picnicking-for-the-discerning
I've got lots of exciting workshops coming up before the end of the year. "I Hear Voices" next week. Then, my autumn workshop series which is "Story Shapes", "Emotional Depths" & "Funny Bones." Really enjoying teaching/facilitating these live sessions.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops
Congratulations to our lionesses @hilary55.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social on their Best of the Net nominations!
Read these pieces and more at theprideroars.blogspot.com
FlashFlood: 'Home is the Sailor' by Hilary Ayshford #nffd2025
Thrilled to see my story about The Monetary Value of Fish in the fantastic Bending Genres. Huge thanks to @bendinggenres.bsky.social and of course to my writing besties for their help @hilary55.bsky.social @ekmacdonald.bsky.social and @appleshapedwriter.bsky.social
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Delighted to have my dark flash fiction 'The Hot-Headed Lad' in the current Meniscus Literary Journal. This piece started life in @mattkendrick.bsky.social's Lyrical Writing course - Highly Recommended as are all of Matt's excellent courses!
"Up close, though, I can detect the artifice of lip liner and false lashes, see the cunningly concealed cracks beneath the dark foundation." Read the wickedly delightful Narcissus Undone by @hilary55.bsky.social on page 21 www.meniscus.org.au/_files/ugd/7...
"She would never get frightened by the storm, an earthquake, or the dog’s bark, would never enjoy the birds’ song as they welcomed dawn, or fall asleep to a lullaby"
Read "Still Life Pain-ting by @delgeo14.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute
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Brilliant!
It’s not an either/or - there are degrees of aphantasia from mild to absolute.