Ellipsis Zine

Yes, indeed, the last and final @ellipsiszine.bsky.social zine. Check out the awesome cover and consider a preorder . . .

Ellipsis Zine 14 cover - a close up of a swan's wing

Our swansong zine is now available to preorder (digital editions can be downloaded instantly) Subscriber and preorder issues will be posted out over the coming weeks.

Copies from £3

www.ellipsiszine.com/fourteen/

We are open!! Our 5th anniversary issue! Send your flash & micros. Fáilte roimh obair as #Gaeilge
💚 #flashfiction #microfiction
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Swansong - a flash fiction collection

Thrilled to be in EZ14 alongside @davidcook.bsky.social @mariegethins.bsky.social @judehiggins.bsky.social @karjon.bsky.social @jankaneen1.bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social and @electrarhodes.bsky.social I hope you'll enjoy mine, 'The Three Dots', wrote it 'specially! #amwriting #flashfiction

Fourteen

Our fourteenth, and final zine, will be a collection of flash fiction of 1,000 words or fewer.

Submission guideline: www.ellipsiszine.com/fourteen/

Everything good that happened in my writing career happened because someone, normally another writer, helped me. Suggested me for something, put in a good word, and so on. The idea was always that you help others and they help others in their turn. It's not a win or lose game.

In all the years EZ has been around I’ve never subbed for the print zine but I’m chuffed to have 5 stories online. It’ll be a stretch to get something ready by the deadline but as it’s the final one, I’m going to do my best! So sad to see EZ go but so grateful for all the years of great stories! 💙💙

Fourteen

Our fourteenth, and final zine, will be a collection of flash fiction of 1,000 words or fewer.

Submission guideline: www.ellipsiszine.com/fourteen/

Thank you.

So long, and thanks for all the flash
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Thank you.

So long, and thanks for all the flash
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Every now and then I think about this quote:

MANUSCRIPT PRIZE Cassava Republic Press’s Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize is dedicated to exceptional works of non-fiction by Black women.

Please share - New Prize for non-fiction for black women writers, amplifying us as knowledge-makers and critical thinkers. Global scope with a $20,000 award for exceptional work by black cis, trans and genderqueer women. Details here. Judged by Bernadine Evaristo.

Short Story Sunday These are the stories that have stayed with me this week: Malia by Hannah Olabosibe Eko in Fractured Lit Melanin and the pink tube by Sudha Subramanian in Reckon Review Things to think about at the de...

On #ShortStorySunday #AmReading stories in @reckonreview.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @ellipsiszine.bsky.social MonkeyBicycle
by Hannah Olabosibe Eko; Sudha Subramanian @kateaxeford.bsky.social; Gary Fincke
coffeeandpaneer.wordpress.com/2023/11/26/s...

A close up of a mother's and baby's hands.

'Early Signs of Life' by Mary Ann McGuigan

Sometimes her name is Mary, but mostly she’s called Mama. She doesn’t know my name. She doesn’t know I exist yet. I can’t tell up from down, right from wrong. I just am. No pressures, no stress. Not yet.

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Links to stories from @ezhang77.bsky.social @votang.bsky.social @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social @alisonwassell.bsky.social @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social @ellipsiszine.bsky.social among others

A close up of a mother's and baby's hands.

'Early Signs of Life' by Mary Ann McGuigan

Sometimes her name is Mary, but mostly she’s called Mama. She doesn’t know my name. She doesn’t know I exist yet. I can’t tell up from down, right from wrong. I just am. No pressures, no stress. Not yet.

www.ellipsiszine.com/early-signs-...

So chuffed to be part of @ellipsiszine.bsky.social with this quirky thing I wrote for @writershq.bsky.social flash face off. Would love if you could take a few minutes to read it 😊

A young woman dressed as an elf.

'There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvish' by JP Relph

He has expensive ear prosthetics and flowing, silver-white hair. I ask for sausage and chips and his name. Expecting something gloriously lyrical, ethereal.

www.ellipsiszine.com/theres-a-guy...

Close up of white wine in a glass

'Aeration' by Gary Fincke

After his wife dies, her wine keeps arriving monthly, twelve bottles each from two clubs, the first his birthday gift to her, the second, more expensive, for an anniversary. To replace the first, he’d said, but she had kept both.

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Wow

Close up of white wine in a glass

'Aeration' by Gary Fincke

After his wife dies, her wine keeps arriving monthly, twelve bottles each from two clubs, the first his birthday gift to her, the second, more expensive, for an anniversary. To replace the first, he’d said, but she had kept both.

www.ellipsiszine.com/aeration-by-...

This is really evocative and well worth a read.

It'll be in my head next time I go to the dentist...

#FlashFiction

A close up of dentist tools

'Things to Think About at the Dentist' by @kateaxeford.bsky.social

‘It’s how they recognise the dead people.’

The receptionist announced it when you checked in today.

www.ellipsiszine.com/things-to-th...

"You’re thinking about what she said when you’re floored by a wall of disinfectant, and you wonder how cold a morgue must feel." Gritty #FlashFiction from @kateaxeford.bsky.social with so much hidden in the white space. Great exploration of internal thought.

A close up of dentist tools

'Things to Think About at the Dentist' by @kateaxeford.bsky.social

‘It’s how they recognise the dead people.’

The receptionist announced it when you checked in today.

www.ellipsiszine.com/things-to-th...

Photocopier

'Printer Error' by @davidcook.bsky.social

Violence would solve this problem.

Printer error, read the LED screen. Please open and close the paper tray.

Terry had already opened and slammed the paper tray half a dozen times.

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On #ShortStorySunday I'm reading short stories and #FlashFiction in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social @lostballoon.bsky.social Craft literary Maudlin House and Monkey Bicycle
coffeeandpaneer.wordpress.com/2023/11/12/s...

One of the cool things about Ellipsis Zine is that they take reprints. So back from the internet graveyard is this, one of my personal faves, my comic horror story about a maniacal man-eating printer! #flashfiction

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'Printer Error' by @davidcook.bsky.social

Violence would solve this problem.

Printer error, read the LED screen. Please open and close the paper tray.

Terry had already opened and slammed the paper tray half a dozen times.

www.ellipsiszine.com/printer-erro...