Kim Murdock

blue and orange

IMO every publication and every publisher should have a clear statement about their generative AI policy. To dictate what is acceptable writer usage, yes, but also to declare their own usage (or lack thereof). Do they use it for slushreading, editing, illustration, correspondence?

Ooooh, this is a fab list! I'd add William Basinski, Coil, and The Caretaker.

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Okay…*deep breath and sorry for awkward promotion things….*, my new flash fiction chapbook ‘Light Chemical Sea’ is coming Fall 2026 with Bull City Press. ✨⚗️🌊

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Olga Ravn : The Wax Child - Tin House Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannil...

Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
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Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. It's usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world.

Anne Carson

Happy birthday, Tommy! 🎂🎉

This is My Body, Given for You by Heather Parry
The Doll's Alphabet; The Coiled Serpent --two collections by Camilla Grudova
On the Edges of Vision; Mayhem and Death--two collections by @helenmcclory.bsky.social

Thank you! Funny coincidence, I happen to be working on another flash/pantoum now 😅

ten — Tiny Molecules

I used the pantoum form for this flash published in Tiny Molecules, back in 2021:
www.tinymolecules.com/issues/ten#k...

❤️

will try this one again... @uncertainstories.com

Has someone already made a list of publishers publishing #flashfiction collections? If not, who should I add?

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This is great!!! How about @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social , @okaydonkeymag.com, @uncertainstories.com , and @smallharborpub.bsky.social

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

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View of the sea from a ferry window. The sea is dark grey and the sky is light grey and they meet in a sort of bleak Rothko painting

People who enjoy the work of Mark Rothko may also enjoy this morning’s view from the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay ferry

As Major Frank Burns said, 'It's nice to be nice to the nice.' 😊

YouTube video by Bellboy Studio HAUNTED PAPER | Jeff Young | Dorothy

A film about my 'Haunted Paper' exhibition at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. The film was made by Matt Bell at Bellboy Studio and the music is by Joe McKechnie. The exhibition is on until September 19th, Monday - Friday, 9pm to 5pm.

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In light of recent events. I’m starting to now reassess just how much more amazing it was, when Yoon Sukyeol back in December tried to dissolve the South Korean national assembly with martial law, thousands of ordinary citizens came out and faced off against fully armed special operations soldiers.

📣 Nice News Alert!
Get sharpening those micros!
Whilst the Welkin Writing Prize may be the nicest writing prize out there, the competition is fierce. 🤩

Have you heard? The latest episode of Sherry's Shorts airs today (Friday) on @highlandhradio.bsky.social at 12 noon UK time--featuring brilliant stories by @fionajanemack.bsky.social , @lindybiller.bsky.social & me, along with music & chat. Listen live here: www.hhr.scot

The Burryman looks out from his suit that's covered in burr seeds from Burdock and crown made of other flowers and foliage.

The Burryman poses for picture on a slipway with his two attendants and staffs to support his arms that he can't lower, The red Forth Rail Bridge and the road bridge in the background.

It's Burryman day in South Queensferry.

I love the fact that nobody know why they do it but the tradition continues.

Composer-pianist Max Richter: ‘Creativity is activism’ The German-British composer explains why his new album, Exiles, addresses the refugee crisis – and is played by an orchestra who break all the rules

“Is there a better way for us to be headed? Are we going to be able to shift things into something more humane, more sustainable and a bit more equal? That’s the big question.”

I wrote this piece exactly 4 years ago today & it’s startling to see how much further we’ve drifted from all this in 2025

Against a background of a blue flower, in a white square, the text reads "Best of the Net Nominations. Guan Un. Sarah Freligh."

The Welkin Writing Prize is pleased to announce our nominations for Best of the Net:

@thisisguan.bsky.social for "A Parable of Slow Songs"

and

@sfreligh.bsky.social for "Nine One One"

Congratulations both! Such brilliant writing!

Story links in the thread below.

This series of essays from The Stinging Fly is excellent.
This one hits hard.

How to stopper the AI genie

Sharing a new piece by the ever brilliant
@mrewanmorrison.bsky.social on AI. Do read!

unherd.com/2025/08/how-...

I'm starting to believe that we shouldn't have graduated into the 21st century without first ensuring we had all fully comprehended and mastered the 20th.

Congratulations, Claudia! 🎉

It's the first of the month, and you know what that means: free subs are back open at OKD until we hit our monthly cap!

Familiarize yourself with your vibe, then submit your best flash fiction or poetry: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/

Nightjar Press Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.

Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch