Damhnait Monaghan 🇨🇦🇮🇪

Congratulations to all!

No joy for me. But congrats to everyone who made it!

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

Old fashioned black mailbox tied to telephone pole. Greenery behind. Letters on mailbox read “Outgoing male” (sic)

Story prompt?

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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Thank you to everyone from around the world who entered our 31st Award. We appreciate your support. Results announced on bathflashfictionaward.com by the end of Oct & email sent to subscribers

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A box of the book 'Positive and Negative', short stories by the author Nick Black, published by Ad Hoc Fiction

One follow away from a neat 1000.

To mark the occasion, 1 FREE COPY of my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-reviewed book POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE www.adhocfiction.com/2022/06/posi..., stories published across the UK, US & Eire, is up for grabs to the first UK-based follower who asks.

#amwriting #booksky📚💙 #flashfiction #books

Thank you for getting it back out in the world.

Stunning.

The Last Minute Club is open tomorrow 5th Oct, the final day of our 31st Award.All entrants tomorrow get a LMC badge. Can you guess the colour this time? A few samples of previous ones below. Winner gets a free entry to the award. Reply here. Results tomorrow
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Wrote more. Woot!

Wrote.

I have this! In a box somewhere after moving continents. I will find and read before Christmas!

This is one of the best story collections I've ever read. Every story is satisfying, funny, sad, bright, and full of life.

Very cool!

Sad Grownups Check out Sad Grownups - <p><strong>For those who've been sad and tried not to be, seventeen stories about the absurdity of searching for joy in a dying world. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Winne...

My book came out October 8, 2024. (After 30+ years of writing, a book!)

I've been so grateful to anyone who has read it. I had a little goal of reaching 1000 copies sold (small press goals!), and we're close to that. I hope you'll consider ordering, reading, sharing reviewing on Goodreads, etc.💙

Oct / Nov 25: Upcoming courses, workshops & events Here’s what’s coming up from your your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents over the next couple of months.

This month's round-up of courses, workshops and events from your friendly neighbourhood freelancers:

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Includes stuff from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social @retreatwest.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social

Brilliant!

Just a few days left to enter the third Award of 2025!

» Fifteen Wonderful Canadian Literary Journals

Canadian literary journals accepting poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and more.
#Writing #SubmissionCall #LitMag #Poetry #ShortStory #Nonfiction

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Further supplies of ‘William Prichard & Co’ just arrived from my fab publisher @arroyoseco.bsky.social

I’ll be at the October one - early start for me, so might slip into the back of the class late, but looking forward to it!

Are your stories in full flower yet? One week to go till the deadline for our 31st Award on Sun Oct 5th.. £1000 first prize. Up to 300 word #flashfiction. Results out fast. Anthology publication offer for 50 longlisted. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

Nuala Nu - adda

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Been a while! Moved to Canada (still unpacking) forgot my password, life stuff, etc, etc But… subbed two flash in the last month & shortlisted in the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize after a solid year of no, nope, nada #persist Commonwealth story below. If you read it, I hope you love it.

Thank you! I’ve been locked out for a while, hence delayed response.

This is one of my favourite micros. Thank you!