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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

@kazbarwrites.bsky.social

Writer COLD TOAST (Dahlia Books) Republic of Consciousness Prize 'Book of the Month' & incl. in their list 'Best Small Press Fiction of 2025' Rep'd by Abi Fellows at DHH Literary Agency www.kamwords.com

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Congratulations, Shelley!! I knew at the longlist that if the story lived up to the title it'd be a winner! And it did! Brilliant story! Go buy all the eggs and all the champagne!! πŸ₯‚

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❀️❀️❀️

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πŸ™πŸ’šπŸ™πŸ’š

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Is there anyone coming to Flash Festival in UK in July who could get this for me and I pay you back? They don't ship outside US. @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social ?? πŸ™

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August on Island of Evia: Forest Fires – Kathryn Aldridge-Morris – Splonk In the oranged air a widow rubs the furrowed band on her ash-black skin where once she wore her wedding ring. She’d pawned it last winter in the shop beside the fish taverna where Leon had proposed; that entire street now scorched, like the thousands of hectares of fig trees, parched pines and olive groves. And for him to go choke on a fish bone? She tucks his urn into her shawl, crosses herself and apologises for the hundredth time that day – she knows, she knows – it was his mother’s ring. The flames advance on her home like debt collectors.

Working my way through the @wigleaf.bsky.social top 50 for 2025 and read this flash by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social -- ooof! Take a minute to read it. The ending....

splonk.ie/2024/04/04/a...

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Thanks, Carrie!

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So sorry for your loss, Sarah.

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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Thank you, for your comment Dan! I rest my case!! πŸ™πŸ’š

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Writing Slant Flash fiction, feeling, and form with WestWord Prize judge Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

Honoured to be judging this year's WestWord prize. Read my interview here!! ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/westword...

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TY!! πŸ’šπŸ™

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One of my favorite collections of 2025 was Kathryn Morris-Aldridge's "Cold Toast." Here's a review of it in @smokelong.bsky.social !

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😘

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Fantastic! You deserve ALL the best things! 🀩πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

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a college from the new collection The Strange Wondrous Works of Eleanor Eleanor (2025)

the text says: "The women are cutouts / of women of real / women the cutouts / are real but they are not / real women they are / real cutouts."

a college from the new collection The Strange Wondrous Works of Eleanor Eleanor (2025) the text says: "The women are cutouts / of women of real / women the cutouts / are real but they are not / real women they are / real cutouts."

Kathryn Cowles

@fencebooks.bsky.social / @kathryncowles.bsky.social

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Very cool to hear the amazing Tania Hershman featured my story published by @offbeatlit.bsky.social in her latest workshop! ICYMI

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My NIF β€˜Finding a Way’ is 7 years old today. Goodness! It follows a family over three and a half years as they deal with the death of a loved one. Written after the death of my daughter Laura, it was shortlisted in the UK Saboteur Awards. More details here: www.dianesimmons.co.uk

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Today we have a story of the war in Ukraine, by a writer who lives in Kharkiv. Don't want to give anything away, but the swerve this story takes is brilliant. wigleaf.com

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Congrats, Timothy! They look awesome! 😎

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Cover of Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever, featuring puzzled motorist, classic car, & vintage NH roadmap

Cover of Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever, featuring puzzled motorist, classic car, & vintage NH roadmap

So excited that author copies have arrived! Big thank you to Jeff Bogle at @stanchion.bsky.social. Order your copy below!

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Love the story behind this :)

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a woman wearing a pair of white high heels on a carpet ALT: a woman wearing a pair of white high heels on a carpet

"Tonight Sarah is shaving and scrubbing and Ubering to nightclubs. She’s on the prowl with stilettos that make her feet ache, powering down cocktails bought by strangers."

Oh the things Sarah is getting up to! Read my latest in @eunoiareview.bsky.social
eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/s...

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Brilliant!

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Case Notes for Snow White Ref 01812 ~ victim referral form by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris Kathryn Aldridge-Morris is a Bristol-based writer of short fiction and creative nonfiction. Her debut flash fiction collection Cold Toast (Dahlia Books) was listed in β€œBest Small Press fictio…

β€˜She reported she had explicit instructions to 'not let anyone in the house.’’

The dark humour in this excellent new hermit crab flash from @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @offbeatlit.bsky.social, which also breaks your heart in equal measure… πŸ—‚οΈ

thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/02/03/c...

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James! Thank you so much for sharing πŸ™πŸ’™

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Chrysalis β€” Ghost Parachute Mama can’t see me, but I’m watching over her. From the kitchen. She’s on the couch in the den, recumbent, because she’s depressed, which she never says, but I know. I can read her mind. She lays my ni...

It's been a minute since I published something of my own! SmokeLong and SmokeLong Fitness are like having two full-time jobs (which I LOVE), so I'm thrilled to have found time to write something. Sending a huge hug to this kid. ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

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My god... the spaghetti made me cry? Incredible piece, Christopher πŸ’”

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Always so good! πŸ”₯

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Author Interview * Patricia Quintana Bidar Patricia Quintana Bidar’s collection, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (2025 Unsolicited Press), is filled with quirky characters who, nevertheless, feel absolutely real. These are people living on the ed…

New author interview with the amazing Patricia Q. Bidar about PARDON ME FOR MOONWALKING!

@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social

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