Thank you Sharon but I couldn't possibly comment.
02.03.2026 17:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@chriscottom.bsky.social
First place in 20+ comps, incl: 3-Minute Arts, Allingham, Bangor Lit Mag, Cranked Anvil, Free Flash Fiction, Hysteria, NFFDNZ, On The Premises, Pokrass Prompts, Retreat West, Shooter Lit, SWLF, The Phare, WestWord.
Thank you Sharon but I couldn't possibly comment.
02.03.2026 17:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Delighted to make the Trash Cat line up.
21.02.2026 07:45 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I always thought Smokelong Fitness was for the grown-ups. Reader, I was wrong. Itβs the best thing to have happened to my writing for yonks.
21.02.2026 06:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1So pleased to see this one out there. Big thanks to βͺ@bulbculture.bsky.social for publishing it and to @norami.bsky.social and @raecowie.bsky.social for their help with it.
13.02.2026 16:16 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Thank you very much Cole
13.02.2026 06:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you very much Melissa
13.02.2026 06:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you very much, Matt, and for introducing me to 'lanky' metaphors on your inspiring course Glorious Words. Thank you to @bendinggenres.bsky.social for publishing this piece, and to @norami.bsky.social and Smokelong Fitness's Jan Cardio Group 4 at @smokelong.bsky.social for their help with it.
12.02.2026 07:04 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 2Huge congratulations, Jupiter. I'm really looking forward to reading this.
08.02.2026 15:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you very much, Laura.
07.02.2026 13:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you very much, Dan
23.01.2026 18:10 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Big thanks to βͺ@freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this great comp, to β¬judge Caroline McKenzie for choosing my story, and to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social, and September Cardio Group 2 at Smokelong Fitness for their help with it.
22.01.2026 11:24 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0'Junwei will be caned later today.' What an opening line in this bad boy story by @yalanchang.bsky.social in Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social. www.frazzledlit.com/p/they-say-j...
13.01.2026 20:28 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1Thank you, Matt.
04.01.2026 19:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you!
04.01.2026 14:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So pleased to see this one out there. Thank you to @penmenreviewsnhu.bsky.social for picking it, to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social & @finnegag.bsky.social for their help with it, and to the redoubtable @mattkendrick.bsky.social for prompting it on his famous Colourful Characters course.
03.01.2026 18:06 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 4 π 0Delighted to feature in the lovely @templeinacity.bsky.social. Big thanks to EIC @eireneeleni.bsky.social for selecting my story and to @raecowie.bsky.social and @norami.bsky.social for their help with it.
18.12.2025 16:21 β π 13 π 4 π¬ 4 π 1Thank you so much, Laura [insert image of old buffer blushing]
13.12.2025 13:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So pleased to be here. Big thanks to EIC @jhhwriter.bsky.social for being a real editor and suggesting amends to enable him to reconsider. Reader, I listened to him.
11.12.2025 15:36 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Stoked about this honour. Thank you so much βͺ@epistemiclit.bsky.social
25.11.2025 19:07 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you very much, Emma. I'm honoured to share an SL with your extremely strong story.
21.11.2025 17:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, Denise
20.11.2025 17:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Big thanks to βͺ@freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this comp, to β¬judge @nishxhegde.bsky.social for choosing my story, and to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social, and the wordsmiths of Smokelong Fitness β¬October Cardio Group 3 for their help with it.
20.11.2025 17:55 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Ah Melissa, you are indeed my most loyal reader. Thank you!
06.11.2025 21:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Thank you so much for this honour @delgeo14.bsky.social. I am thrilled to bits. Big thanks to @raecowie.bsky.social and @norami.bsky.social for their help with the piece, and @amymarques.bsky.social for the fabulous illustration.
06.11.2025 21:24 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you Sarah, and for your brilliant idea to put the last section in future tense. And yes, what a class; I'm still missing everyone.
12.09.2025 13:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Big thanks to Melissa and Kristin at @epistemiclit.bsky.social for including me in their nostalgia issue; to @sfreligh.bsky.social and her awesome Class of Jan 24 for prompting and nurturing it; and @raecowie.bsky.social & @norami.bsky.social for helping it over the line.
12.09.2025 07:12 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0Delighted to feature in @fictivedream.bsky.social on this MicroMonday with a 100-worder prompted by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in her opening workshop for March Micro Madness from @smokelong.bsky.social
25.08.2025 12:32 β π 15 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2Thank you, Melissa. Delighted to appear in this fine-looking edition.
24.08.2025 12:03 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, Sue. Delighted to be SL alongside recidivist big hitters @quickasaflash.bsky.social and @uksherka.bsky.social
16.08.2025 18:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you, Alison, and for your help with it.
20.07.2025 06:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0