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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

@kazbarwrites.bsky.social

Writer, teacher & author of flash collection COLD TOAST (Dahlia Books) Wigleaf Top 50; Winner of Bath Flash Fiction Award, The Forge Flash Nonfiction prize, Manchester Writing School's 'QuietManDave' prize www.kamwords.com

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Squeeeeee!! Here it is!! THE FIRST ONE OUT THERE!!!

Thank you @aniking.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️

@sfwp.bsky.social

06.10.2025 23:17 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you @dehardy.bsky.social and @claudineliterary.bsky.social for your generous review of my flash chapbook THE MISSING GIRL (@blacklawrence.bsky.social)! Take a look at the stellar microprose and glowing review of @kazbarwrites.bsky.social's chapbook as well!

06.10.2025 19:18 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

“Enough cannot be said about Aldridge-Morris’s ability to pin an era. She is simply a wizard of time-and-place vibe.”

06.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris | A Review

Check out our review of Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris! ❄️🍞🐈‍⬛

@kazbarwrites.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/coldtoast

06.10.2025 09:34 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Happy reading, humans! 💚🐈‍⬛💚

06.10.2025 04:04 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 6
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Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris | A Review

Blown away by this incredible review of COLD TOAST in the latest issue of Claudine Literary...massive thanks to @dehardy.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.net/coldtoast%F0...

06.10.2025 07:49 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Yaay!!

05.10.2025 20:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And the Best of the Net Nominees are... | New Flash Fiction Review Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees!

Delighted to announce our nominations for Best of the Net - @jackmmorris.bsky.social for "Ernst is coming home" and @kateaxeford.bsky.social for "The truths behind a pumpkin dare, Northern Alberta, 3rd July, 1991"

Best of the Net 2025 #BOTN #flashfiction
newflashfiction.com/and-the-best...

01.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 5    📌 3

Awesome news @kateaxeford.bsky.social & @jackmmorris.bsky.social ! Congratulations to you both!! 🥳🥳

05.10.2025 17:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hahaha! You look fabulous!

05.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fallen massive dahlia flower makes a fancy hat to help our founder @judehwriter2.bsky.social celebrate the final few exciting hours of our 31st award judged by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
Deadline midnight gmt today 5th Oct £1460 prize fund. Anthology
Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

05.10.2025 15:42 — 👍 24    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Whooo! I've read Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social and it truly is phenomenal! Can't wait to read the review, and also the review of The Missing Girl.

03.10.2025 22:20 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Squeeee!! So honored for @megankkakimoto.bsky.social’s kind words!

@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social

04.10.2025 14:48 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Flash Fiction Point-of-View Deep Dive with Marie Gethins - Irish Writers Centre The most distilled prose form, flash fiction relies on suggestion—layered meaning that is off the page.

Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

24.09.2025 17:16 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!!!!🥰

04.10.2025 06:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🥰🥰🥰

04.10.2025 06:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our October issue drops on Monday!! 🎉

This month we’ll feature reviews of two phenomenal chapbooks—by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris and Jacqueline Doyle.

These are must-reads, humans!

📚🐈‍⬛💚

@jacqdoyle.bsky.social @kazbarwrites.bsky.social

03.10.2025 16:50 — 👍 24    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1

I am so excited and grateful - thank you!! I'm also honoured to be featured alongside @jacqdoyle.bsky.social l'm a big fan! Can't wait!🙏🤩

03.10.2025 17:01 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Phew! And I'll try my best to be there! X

03.10.2025 08:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I hope your visa issues are resolved, lovely🤞Pls drop a date/link to your book launch..

03.10.2025 06:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you darlin'!! 😘

03.10.2025 06:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bookmarking!

02.10.2025 14:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My story projected onto the Fremantle Port Authority building at Fremantle Harbour as part of the inaugural Totally Lit Festival. So proud! Loved seeing all the micros projected into beautiful Walyalup for this gorgeous celebration of storytelling

02.10.2025 13:23 — 👍 41    🔁 6    💬 12    📌 2

WOWOWOW!

02.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh, amazing, Timothy!! Such a milestone - it's gotta feel good?!

02.10.2025 13:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to the winning & Highly Commended authors of or Creative Non-Fiction competition chosen by judge Tim MacGabhann! Their work will be published in Issue 4. Thanks to all who entered @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

01.10.2025 08:39 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
The cover of the FUEL ebook, with a large photo of a yellow petrol pump, below which are the words FUEL: An Anthology of prize-winning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty, edited by Tania Hershman. There is a banner across the top right hand corner which says "Ebook with 12 Bonus Prize-Winning Stories!"

The cover of the FUEL ebook, with a large photo of a yellow petrol pump, below which are the words FUEL: An Anthology of prize-winning flash fictions raising funds to fight fuel poverty, edited by Tania Hershman. There is a banner across the top right hand corner which says "Ebook with 12 Bonus Prize-Winning Stories!"

It's publication day for FUEL ebook—with 75 prizewinning flash fictions plus TWELVE bonus flash stories not in the print book! It's a great read *and* all profits go to UK fuel poverty charities. The print book raised over £4k; winter is coming, help us raise more: www.fuelflash.net/product/fuel...

01.10.2025 09:50 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 5

ahh thanks mate!!! 😁

01.10.2025 07:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Absolutely thrilled to have been Highly Commended in one of my favourite literary journals!! Huge thanks to the judge Tim MacGabhann, and to @the-big-quiet.bsky.social & @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social for reading and commenting on first drafts 😍

01.10.2025 07:42 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

So beautifully written 💚

01.10.2025 06:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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