Frances Gapper

Brilliant news - many congratulations, Adele!

We are thrilled to share our nominations for @pushcartprize.bsky.social

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@quickasaflash.bsky.social
@stephaniecarty.bsky.social
@maireadwrites.bsky.social
@emilyrinkema.bsky.social

Good Luck you fabulous Trash Family 💜

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“Brief Lives of Garden Insects” by Frances Gapper In “Brief Lives of Garden Insects” by Frances Gapper, bugs are sexy. And fascinating. From “The Dreadfuls” to the “Best in Show,” these miniature, pesky creatures flash in to and out of their own l…

My story "Brief Lives of Garden Insects" was published this month by Flash the Court - thank you to Court Harler and to @megpokrass.bsky.social for her wonderful workshops! flashthecourt.com/2025/09/12/b...

Whoosh! - Exposition Review by Frances Gapper Honorable Mention – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction   Arthur says: ‘You use too many exclamation marks.’ He has a scholar’s melancholy and often groans aloud. Putting my...

Many thanks to @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for her kind comments on my story - and the exclamation marks!! expositionreview.com/flash-405/wh...

Whoosh! - Exposition Review by Frances Gapper Honorable Mention – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction   Arthur says: ‘You use too many exclamation marks.’ He has a scholar’s melancholy and often groans aloud. Putting my...

"‘What sort of books do you like?’ I ask. He replies: ‘We’re not readers, we’re characters in someone else’s plot.’"

I love this brilliant story by @francesgapper.bsky.social in @expositionreview.bsky.social 💙💙💙
expositionreview.com/flash-405/wh...

Thank you so much, Dan!

It's witty, it's clever, AND it features Scarborough. What more do you want?

Thanks so much, Ian!

Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination" Winners - Exposition Review Our June contest “Illumination” was a bright spot for Flash 405, with the brilliant Melissa Llanes Brownlee as our guest judge. With a record number of submissions, we are pleased to finally share our...

Our June contest “Illumination” was a bright spot for Flash 405, with @lumchanmfa.bsky.social as our guest judge.
Congratulations to our winners: @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, Meg Taylor, @francesgapper.bsky.social, Alice Hatcher, Liana Meffert! Read their flash here: tinyurl.com/Illumination405.

"People say we live in an unequal society; some are born well-lit, others are living like moles." Fabulous work from @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

"Act 1. Anton Chekhov beak-raps the glass roof of Dad’s passion project / our house and shits on it. “We should never have adopted that seagull,” says Helena, my stepmother.

Was there ever a more intriguing opening?? Fizzing with wonderful, is this. Congratulations @francesgapper.bsky.social

superb characterisation *cough*

Thank you so much for the repost and kind words, Mairead!

Great flash, Mairead. I love the entomologist!

life in the midst of death - wonderful!

"I wasn’t lost in the woods, but I was lost." 💙

What a ghost!

Love the small flower at the tendril's end and the unhinged honey badger!

Brilliant comic writing!

Idea, feeling and language meld so well in this amazing piece!

Really beautiful! I love the reading.

Thank you so much, Ian!

Although working with different sets of prompts, I see we both included the word 'goatee' 🙂 Love "squirreled winter fuel allowance" and "These days, any self-inflicted pop meant a lengthy reloading" 😄

Wonderful title, Karen - and what riches inside the basket!

The entomologist is fab! And "cicadas’ empty exoskeletons, fleas immobilised on glass slides, impossibly patterned lepidoptera with open, vulnerable wings" - ooh!

A beautiful story, Clodagh. I love the thumb-sized drone!

Beautiful work, Leigh!

into stones, into water, into clouds Frances Gapper Act 1. Anton Chekhov beak-raps the glass roof of Dad’s passion project / our house and shits on it. “We should never have adopted that seagull,” says Helena, my stepmother.  Pos…

The Seagull has Landed. trashcatlit.com/into-stones-...

Thank you for all your very hard work, JP!