Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion

😂 clearly went to the wrong Yorkshire. Trusting @mattkendrick.bsky.social will set me straight (also wondering how to get my ferret on a plane and through customs at Heathrow? Any suggestions welcome TIA 🙏🏾)

YES!!!!!

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I have signed up for @claudineliterary.bsky.social's werd nerdz series! I can't go to the first one, but will hopefully be at the others. @dehardy.bsky.social is awesome, and Claudine is a wee editorial empress, so it's sure to be fun!!

Picture of Cole and me singing karaoke. It was Summer Lovin’ and we had us a blast

Proof

Ah 😂 this is the one time I am an exhibitionist. @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is no better!

MUSIC!!!!! KARAOKE!!!!!! 😂

Also, sausage rolls might be my Yorkshire friend’s mum’s specialty rather than a Yorkshire thing per Se, but I associate it with moors and being called “duck” 😂

Thank you! I’m already subscribed to that so will keep an eye out

I’ve applied! It’s @mattkendrick.bsky.social! He’s promised cake! It’s Yorkshire! They’ll all call you “duck” and feed you sausage rolls. I suppose there’ll be writing too!! Please apply! Would love to write with you (if this skeet doesn’t disqualify me for placing cake above writing)

He is a bit of a wee giant isn’t he? Anyways, hope it all dries up soon

You got two of Cooper, then Jack? To start over like

Ugh I know what you mean. I’ve had a clean sweep of rejections for both my flash collections and am feeling a bit like it might be impossible. Sending you lots of luck though (it is luck)

Good to know! Does a person just subscribe to find out, or is there a higher level of secret handshake?

Ugh boo. But also now there’s a Lisa banger that someone else will want so 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

🧡🧡🧡 all the writing love my friend

Travis, my mate. Congratulations. So glad you’re getting the recognition you deserve. Love your work 🧡

“Git off my land. Please.” 😂

😂 I have also earned my right to be grumpy goddammit!!

Yeah that’s a weird thing, this age and death-denying thing. I’ve earned my wrinkles and my visceral fat goddammit!!

Yes I hear you, buddy. I hear you

😂 I reach this milestone this year, so that’s good to know!! I wish you elasticity in your ligaments, my friend

Submissions - Hot Flash Literary Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...

Reminder: Hot Flash Literary is open for subs for just two more weeks (!) for Issue 3: Fire and Ice. Subs open to women-identifying writers. #flashfiction #flashCNF #prosepoetry hotflashliterary.com/submissions/

*not* okay. Paddington hard stare and strongly worded letter, but also please DM me name and I will block

Jenny!!! So happy for you!!

Front cover of book is an abstract painting of ocean blue paint over white canvas. The title is in blocky font with pale navy blue letters. JENNY WONG LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA STORIES & SMALL FICTIONS

Back cover of book with the following blurbs: "Quiet, contemplative, transformative, Light Chemical Sea, will send you on a meditative journey through wavelengths of sound, of light, of love, of loss, on pathways of auroras, of highways, of elements, of life. Jenny Wong's singular voice will whisper, will call, will summon you to be present in the warp and weft of her words." -MELISSA LLANES BROWNLEE, AUTHOR OF BITTER OVER SWEET "Jenny Wong is an alchemist turning moments of being into illumination of character. Wong is drawn to those on the periphery, people who don't quite fit in. In small flashes of brilliance she highlights the elements of their lives as they find solace in nature or catch glimpses of their true selves." -DEBBIE ROBSON, AUTHOR OF A GLIMPSE AND THE HERMITAGE "The obscure and almost-absurd become visible and believable under the skillful care of writer Jenny Wong in the compelling Light Chemical Sea, a collection of stories and small fictions. In three parts, she delivers us into the essence of light, dips us full-bodied into the effervescent chemicals we are made of, and then returns us to the sea where life as we know it really begins. The words, beyond language-rich, flawlessly represent images we want to hold under a microscope to try to assess the ways she gives them voice. It's a magic only a few can master. Make no mistake, this is the work of a sterling storyteller who weaves mystery with mundane to concoct a world view that draws us not only into her personal reflections of such basic natural forces (light, chemical, and sea), but leads us, sometimes unknowingly, into a labyrinth of cues and clues towards to the majesty of life we all belong to." —KAREN PIERCE GONZALEZ, AUTHOR OF DOWN RIVER WITH LI PO

Description: Jenny Wong peeks into the lives of characters caught in lighthouses, subways, shorelines, Walmart aisles, and airports. With a talent for lingering and looking, with the elemental precision of a poet, her small mosaics imbue the quotidian with quiet wonder. The international traveler, the preteen chemistry student, and the perimenopausal millennial who spends her days in the sun are trail guides for landscapes saturated with solitude and vastness, the whispers of ancestors and the ironies of aging. Light Chemical Sea reports back from the transpacific diaspora, glimpsing into the liminal pause between what happened and what happens next.

✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨

After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com

Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...

Ah right. I forgot it’s winter where you are 😂. We’re in a drought wonderland here atm. Everything a bit brown

Jay my friend. Get out into your beautiful region. Send us more photos of your wonderful landscape

Great story. Not sure how I missed it!!