Trash Cat Lit **SUBS OPEN**

Call for Cat Stories SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS CALL 1st to 14th DECEMBER 2025 For this fun Winter Pop-Up we are looking for short fiction on the theme of CATS. We want to give a bunch of fictional cats the perfect home. We …

We're just over halfway through our winter pop-up submission call and getting some intriguing titles in the binbox 🦝
We want your cat flash for this one - 100 to 1000 words, any genre - all details at this link 😺
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...

We've had a rummage in the bin to bring you a cracker from our very first issue 🦝
Cubby by Anthony Neil Smith was nominated for Best of the Net and lingers in our memories still.
trashcatlit.com/cubby/

More rummages soon.

We are very happy to be part of that list 💜
Congratulations on all your publications

We're so proud of our first print anthology and plan to donate all royalties (so far) to The Wildlife Trusts in January 🦝
Please consider adding to that pot and grab yourself, or gift someone, 27 amazing short fictions 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Our December pop-up submissions are OPEN 🦝
Get your feline flashes out the litter box, polished and ready for the 14th.
Please make sure to read the guidelines before you sub - our guest judges are the judgiest.
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...

We also share submission calls from these stellar mags:
@wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social
@plotthoundmag.bsky.social
@major7mag.bsky.social

Hello from the first frost of November Welcome to our latest newsletter. We have submission stuffs, a wealth of Trash Family pubs to read, and a bunch of feline story prompts.

Our November newsletter is PACKED with stuffs to read from our Trash Family
trashcatlit.com/2025/11/30/h...
There's also a few cat story prompts if you're thinking of subbing to our December call.

@thejokelark.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social and more...

a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a window with the words `` see ya tomorrow '' . ALT: a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a window with the words `` see ya tomorrow '' .

Just one more sleep until the felines declare ownership of the bin and demand your treasures 😺
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...

a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain . ALT: a black and white cat is peeking out from behind a curtain .

The felines are ever closer... 🐈🐈‍⬛
FIVE days until submissions open for our themed pop-up call.
Give us your cat flash - 100 to 1000 words - any genre.
Give us great STORY and VOICE
Issue published early January before the trash cats reclaim the bin 🦝
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...

Love to Oscar 🧡

This year we nominated TWENTY-SEVEN of our contributors for literary awards. We believe the bin is packed with winning words - good luck to all our nominees 🌟💜

It's coming...
The feline takeover is almost upon us.
We want your cat flash - between 100 and 1000 words - for our call. Any genre. Deadline is 14th December.
All the info and image prompts here:
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...

You can nominate five magazines and we'd love to be one of them 🦝💜

We're thrilled to be the first to nominate you - here's to many more 💜

Daylight Saving Jupiter Jones Following the global conflict of the dirty thirties, daylight becomes a scarce commodity. Particles of something (apparently natural) in the atmosphere twilights the whole of the nort…

2/5
Daylight Savings by @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
trashcatlit.com/daylight-sav...

My Little Monster Martha Hipley Listen to Martha read her story A friend once told me I should just buy cut flowers instead of keeping up the ruse of buying living plants. With the way I live, the way I kill things,…

5/5
My Little Monster by Martha Hipley
trashcatlit.com/my-little-mo...

Albuquerque Blue RM Soutar On Sandia Crest the air thinned to nothing. It left space for grief to grow feral. The sky hovered above, a sharp, aching blue. Bright as his eyes the last time he truly saw me. Albuquerq…

4/5
Albuquerque Blue by RM Soutar
trashcatlit.com/albuquerque-...

Growing Pains P.J. McCarthy It began with a tingle in the backs of my knees.  “Pollen allergy, you get it from your mother’s side,” my father said. The tingles spread down to my toes and graduated to …

3/5
Growing Pains by @pj-mccarthy.bsky.social
trashcatlit.com/growing-pains/

It was nigh on impossible to choose only 5! 🦝
3 of these are from August's prompted stories - which were all that good.
Good luck to all our nominated authors and their stunning stories (links to online pubs in thread) 💜
1/5

@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
@pj-mccarthy.bsky.social

Final teases for our charity print anthology!
It has to be post-apocalypse time (a favourite genre for our Ed).
These three writers truly nailed the end of the world; brutal and beautiful writing 🦝

Grab a copy here: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

@thejokelark.bsky.social
@maireadwrites.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing 🦝

Thank you so much Linda 💜

Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.

If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜

www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

Our penultimate day of teases from our print anthology - stories of young narrators dealing with huge life stuff and finding the smallest of treasures 🦝
Wonderful work from @lucimcummings.bsky.social and @words-outwest.bsky.social 💜

Grab the charity anthology here: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Do you prefer your fiction with a little steam? Aching passion and fiery love? We got two for you ❤️‍🔥
Like the perfect lover, we only got teases for you today - go buy the book for the full reveal 🦝
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

@terryholland.bsky.social

Like stories where things aren't what the seem? Little off-kilter? Discombobulating?
We've 3 crackers in our print anthology - alongside 24 other short treasures. 🦝
Be teased, be tempted, then go buy for charidee!
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

@lozzawriting.bsky.social
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing June 💜

Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social

Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝

There are 27 short fictions in our print anthology - two of them deal beautifully with stories of escape 🦝
If these teases tempt you, you can grab a copy for less than £10!
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

What Comes to Light by @quickasaflash.bsky.social 💜
Thin Place by @justine1902.bsky.social 💜

Treat theesel' to a pint 💜