David Gaffney

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I'm off to watch Carlisle play Altrincham this afternoon -come on the blues! I hope they are good in rain - coming from cumbria they're probably well used to it....

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If your neighbourhood is infested with flags on lampposts, email your councillor and request that they be taken down. In some areas, they have done so; the more people who contact them, the better.

Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.

My instagram has become videos only! I’ve looked at settings but cant seem to change it - anyone else had this or know how to fix it?

I am on the crossing where Jean-Paul Belmondo dies after being shot in A Bout De Souffle by Jean Luc Godard - this appears in my essay on film locations in the new anthology The Carbon Arc - available now! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...

I’ve extended Salt’s summer sale — you can now get 20% off every book we publish until 31 August. Fiction, poetry, short stories: all of it.

👉 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS...
Use code: CWS6ED0C7KCX at checkout.

A good time to pick up something you’ve had your eye on. 📚

#summerreading

Thanks Ian!

Front cover of Flight Paths, a short story chapbook by David Gaffney, published by Nightjar Press. Image shows a brick building with two windows above a sign saying 'Enigma'.

I loved @ggaffa.bsky.social's previous @nightjarpress.bsky.social story, and this is as good if not better. A flight path signals something much deeper in the narrator's life, darker and more unsettling

nightjarpress.weebly.com

Online Writing Week: Short Fiction | Stories that pack a punch | Arvon The magic of short fiction lies in its ability to hold a whole universe within its tantalisingly small landscape. Bringing a sense of play and curiosity to the page, this course will give you the chan...

I am teaching on this online short story course for Arvon in October - be great to see some of you there

A few places are concession spots, available at a 30% discount for low-waged writers or those receiving certain benefits.

Here's the link to the week: www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

Can't wait to read @anne-worthington.bsky.social, @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social Maria Fusco et al. on Cinema! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car... 🔥🔥🔥

An excerpt from David Gaffney's book Concrete Fields, read by Dan Berry.Words by David GaffneyPictures and Music by Dan Berryhttps://www.saltpublishing.com/p... The Garages

Wanna watch me read a David Gaffney story that I illustrated and wrote music for?

thanks kieran!

August 2025 FICTIONSam Roberts, ‘Father’s Bar’ and ‘France’Du Jie, ‘Belated’David Gaffney, ‘Escape’Clayton Paul, ‘What the Birds Wrote’Agnes Ch…

I have a short piece in this journal which looks great - from my forthcoming collection Lakes of Titan

theberlinliteraryreview.com/august-2025/

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

I have a new story out on Nightjar press called Flight Paths. Get one here for only £3.00. I suggest buying mine along with Joe Stretch ‘s as they were both commissioned for Stockport Stories, and complement each other like an earthy wine with a ripe brie. nightjarpress.weebly.com?fbclid=IwQ0x...

I have a new story out on Nightjar! Its called Flight Paths and its a ghostly tale of aeroplanes and romance fraud...you can use the link below to buy one for £3

Just visited Gibberd house and garden in Harlow - Gibberd designed Harlow new town and Liverpool Catholic Cathedral - well worth a look

“In another sky my father was a security guard for a thermometer factory while studying for a Phd in Hauntology. Turn it upside down they would call to him across the floor, then shake it. Did your father become a practicing hauntologist? Sadly, he did not, despite it being his dream.”

Thanks Ray!

Catch @ggaffa.bsky.social and also @nightjarpress.bsky.social editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social (oh, and me) reading at Je ne sais Blah ll this Thursday evening at Cafe Blah, Withington Village, doors 7pm, free entry.

La Piccioletta Barca | The Trip - by David Gaffney Near the rewilded shopping centre a man called Frank Robinson was sitting on a small folding stool of the type ...

I have some new short pieces published here - thanks to the wonderful people at Piccioletta Barca for selecting them. These are from my forthcoming collection Lakes Of Titan
www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/the-trip

Here some sections read live tonight at Café Blah in Withington

At least not to mum and dad….thanks for buying one!

What's happened to #nighttracks @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social it used to be experimental and interesting - but now? What? Garden centre relaxation music? Radio 3 can be risk taking! No need for this...

Four new short stories by Joe Stretch, David Gaffney, Leila Martin and RL Summerling, published by Nightjar Press

Day made! New Nightjars have arrived: by @rlsummerling.bsky.social, @bookishleels.bsky.social, @ggaffa.bsky.social and Joe Stretch @nightjarpress.bsky.social #shortstories

Excited about my new short story out soon on Nightjar!

Not yet on the website, but going out to subscribers.

Cyril was my uncle - lovely man, was with him in December talking about the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico where he worked for a while...

FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP Can you tell a story in fewer than 500 words? David Gaffney thinks so. You learn to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format.

Flash fiction writers - I am running a workshop in Frodsham Cheshire and places are going fast they tell me so if you live in Frodsham or Cheshire or just fancy a day out in the hometown of Gary Barlow and Spit the Dog then book your place now!

www.weaverwords.org.uk/flash-fictio...

TOMORROW! This time tomorrow, the nerves will be kicking in... An evening of readings at Saul Hay Gallery to celebrate the launch of Wanderland, with Scott Thurston & Lydia Unsworth – expect delicious writing morsels, tasty kinepoetics and some tempting Oulipian collaboration.

Book launch: Conlon, Thurston, Unsworth An evening of readings to celebrate the launch of Sarah-Clare Conlon's latest poetry book, Wanderland.

🪶📚🚀THIS THURSDAY! I'd love it if you'd pop along and welcome Wanderland worldwards! It's the official launch of my new book, 7pm at Saul Hay Gallery, free entry, and joining the party to help me celebrate are guest readers Scott Thurston and Lydia Unsworth. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

“Wanderland is full of gorgeous observational poems about nature that are lovely to read and greatly skilled” ~ Will Mackie
“Stylishly crafted, attentive and attuned to the surprises of the world around us” ~ Jennifer Lee Tsai
“Beautiful poems of treasure and nature and light” ~ Rachel Bower

Sleeve Notes New writing and music to celebrate record store day

This Saturday night on Record Store Day its Sleeve Note with live new writing and new music at the Anthony Burgess centre Manchester. We were sold out but we now have 5 extra tickets do get them while they are hot! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sleeve-not...