Peter McAllister

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Against a backdrop of marble, a flower grows from a broken statue of a bird in a cupped pair of hands. The statue is obscured by the text, which announces: ISSUE 05: FRAGMENTS OF A PAINTED CULT sculpture garden/classical statuary The image is colored pale shades of green & pink.

Against a backdrop of marble, a stone-hewn lamb gazes up at its robed shepherd. The text bubble reads: For this theme, we challenge submitters to explore & respond not just to artworks themselves, but the very concept of "classical." Who decides what is "classical?" Who/what is excluded from that scope? What are the dangers of clinging to iconography that reifies harmful traditions? The image is colored pale shades of green.

Against a backdrop of marble, a staff-wielding shepherd gazes out at his flock, a lamb nestled in the crook of his arm. The text bubble reads: SUBMISSIONS OPEN DEC 1 BLEATINGTHINGMAGAZINE.COM

!! THEME REVEAL !! for Issue 05

This issue, we are seeking poetry, flash, essays, hybrid work, & visual art surrounding the theme FRAGMENTS OF A PAINTED CULT: sculpture garden / classical statuary

Submissions open DEC 1

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Really enjoying catching up with Eve Grubin's session @nawewriters.bsky.social conference on bringing silence into one's work. Fitted well w @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social & @petermcallister.bsky.social 's session. It's a great idea to have all of the recordings available! 🙏 #NAWE

Long as it is, it’s not a bad start to the commute. Back up to Exeter today to teach some lovely undergraduates. #Englishliterature #creativewriting

Amazing work Justine!!! And such a great story. Well deserved. ♥️

Thanks so much @trashcatlit.bsky.social for nominating this story for #bestsmallfictions 😀 Good luck to all the other nominees! 🥳

What is a chapbook, you ask? Dawn Macdonald unpacks the format.
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Thrilled & honoured to learn @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social has nominated my piece ‘Habitat’ for a Pushcart Prize! 🤩 Huge thanks to supremely supportive editors @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social & @petermcallister.bsky.social & congratulations to my (decidedly more talented) fellow nominees. 🥳

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Last week was my first year running the North Cornwall Book Festival and what a week it was. Here’s me looking exhausted between #patrickgale and Ian Collins.

Looking forward to Helen Scales's ocean talk, & also to joining @petermcallister.bsky.social & other contributors to *Cornwall In Short* at North Cornwall Book Festival in just over a week. 10-11am 27 Sept - Free! Foxgloves!

Sunrise over the marquee before we get going with the North Cornwall Book Festival today. Lots of amazing authors to see today and tomorrow.

Finishing up a weekend of teaching some lovely masters students creative writing at @UniOfHull and couldn’t resist taking a few snaps as the campus is looking so lovely.

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Time to unveil the August 2025 issue of Defenestration! We have ten short stories and seven poems for you this month. Read it all here: bit.ly/3HxXXCc

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