@iancritchley.bsky.social
Writer and Editor | Winner Hammond House, HISSAC | Stories in Best British Short Stories, Mechanics Institute Review, Structo, Lighthouse, Litro, Fiction Desk and others | Short story chapbook published by Nightjar Press iancritchley.com
Really enjoyed this, Kieran. It's so hard to write a short story that covers a period of years - I've never been able to do it, but you've done it brilliantly.
Thanks to B+H for publishing this story. Proud to see it on the site. I wanted to cover about 20 years in a series of vignettes, but while I worked on it over the last year, it turned into a piece about the death of Toryism as we knew it. And also a meditation on masturbation. I hope you like it.
My March #CraftArticle is a contemplation on "bad" writing and "good" writers and whether those terms actually have any place in our literary world, thinking about subjectivity, spiky profiles, and eating chocolate:
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During April, I’m offering a month of THREE TIP SUNDAYS - 90 minutes of top tips & writing exercises on 4 writing subjects. The second session is READYING FOR THE NOVEL - on April 12, 4pm UK time, ONLINE. Email: leoneross@mac.com for details. £40 per session.
New arrival! Part of my subscription to the British Library Tales of the Weird series
Haha! All the best novels do
It is publication day for SCRATCH MOSS. Please be buying it from your vendor of choice, or ask your local library to get it in. Available in paperback, ebook and audiobook.
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I'm halfway through this and it's great. An utterly beguiling mix of Kafka and Auster and something completely it's own.
It's PUBLICATION DAY for my debut novel, IN THE DESERT!
I've been writing for decades (many) and this is such a hugely big day for me.
Thank you so much to my publisher @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for believing in this book and to everyone who has helped along the way!
Links to buy in thread 1/
Congrats Barb! Have a great day x
Posted a short story yesterday on the blog. Inspired by the Cottingley fairies and the repitiousness of Elden Ring. kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/i...
Excited to be making my stage debut in a production of Marcelo Dos Santos's play Backstairs Billy at the Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin in June!
Irish folk only (for now)- don't want to order through amazon? I've signed up for BUYTHEBOOK and you can pre-order the paperback of IN THE DESERT TODAY.
If you're interested in my debut novel (I hope you are), please consider a pre-order. Or ordering on Tuesday!
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Thanks so much to Christopher Hamilton-Emery at Salt and all those who gave me very welcome feedback! www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...
I was just wondering what to read next when this popped through the door. Will read straightaway! @bentufnell.bsky.social @influxpress.bsky.social
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The Scratch Mechanic is IN…
Come and get advice from Camilla Grudova, Harriet Armstrong, Rowe Irvin and Amber Medland!
10-2pm March 14th, @Foyles Charing Cross Road
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On Sat 7th March, 10am - 5pm, I'll be taking writers for a whirl through everything you need to know about submitting short stories to UK, US & European literary magazines. Includes a handout of over 100 clickable links. Online. £79. Enrol at
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Congrats Vicky!
Writers! As the creative carcinoma of #AI art spreads,
Unsplash, Library of Congress, Wikicommons, and artvee offer endless free human resources for your newsletters etc.
Writing in Victorian times, artvee is well stocked with art from that era and before.
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It's Wednesday afternoon, it's sunny, it's officially nearly the weekend... and A PERSONAL ANTHOLOGY!
This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is @guillermostitch.bsky.social, author of The Coast of Everything and Lake of Urine.
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Bill Tope has started his own brand new literary magazine called Topiary Stories, which has an open call for submissions of short stories up to 6,000 words: topiary.code.blog
It's very good!
Also coming in March, debut story from @danlockton.com
Paired with @danlockton.com next month, In Splendid Isolation, a debut story by RL Doughty.
Sunday morning reading by @dustynewrose.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social
Sorry to hear this, Rónán. You are a tremendously welcome presence on my timeline. For me, this place (and Twitter in the old days) has been absolutely invaluable for discovering books, writers, publishers etc. I wouldn't otherwise hear about
(PS let's go to the Vic together someday)
Quite apart from anything else, Small Prophets has introduced me to Cinder Well's music, which I'm enjoying very much
Paired with David Rose’s Heimat next month: Murder by the late Paul Green.
12 stories about death and dying, you say? And 25% of pre-orders with the code FEB26?
What more could you ask for?
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