Anna Clark

Wow, thank you so much!

In light of today's episode of lunchtime politics, there haven't been over 50,000 stabbings recorded in the UK last year. We don't track 'stabbings'. There is a record of offences involving a knife or sharp object - a broad category. A more relevant statistic might be NHS admissions: 3500.

Definitely one of next year's cons, and absolutely.

I'd love that! I was trying to look them up but forgot the name.

Same! Hopefully we'll run into each other again in the near future! Side question, but what was the name of the group your outfit was based on again?

Good luck! I'm mostly done with my journey now and ready to dissolve into a social hangover in the company of my newly acquired reading material. Hope your journey is smooth!

Very much the same! Hope any travelling is going/has gone well.

Just read this phenomenal story by @slashnburnett.bsky.social: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...

It features food as a sensory metaphor for generational trauma and is heartbreakingly rendered, with just the right touch of hope at the end.

Plastic Treaty Supernatural eco-horror. Environmentalist Eva Steinbeck seeks revenge against her corporate lobbyist nemesis, but gets more than she bargained for.

New eco horror story! About a subject that's close to my heart (and my rage): aedeakin.substack.com/p/plastic-tr...

So cool! I love it!

My words are projected onto the side of Freo Ports building as part of a series with other amazing local writers for a literary festival! 🥹 Catch @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social and @belindarowe.bsky.social too!

(Looks like AI has ruined em dashes for good?!)

#totallylitfreo #microstories #flashfic

Coming spring 2026!

Hope you're recovering! Sounds grim (and typical of British transit).

Thank you!!

No Laughter in a Vacuum Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.It came out at a house party of Rhia’s debate-me crowd, Ellen backing some Rhia-espoused view, like she…

Oooo, this one rings a bell for those of us still looking for ourselves. Be careful, it may leave you cackling at the end. Wonderful piece by @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...

#speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic

Some stories are meant to be novelettes!

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New story! This one comes particularly from past worries about authenticity when doing the very natural thing of adapting behaviours around different people, taken to the extreme.

Thank you!!

No Laughter in a Vacuum Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.It came out at a house party of Rhia’s debate-me crowd, Ellen backing some Rhia-espoused view, like she…

I always read @annaclark.bsky.social’s prose with a magnifier, to see every tiny touch, sentence by sentence. And this one is fantastic! And what a first sentence to begin a story:

Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.

No Laughter in a Vacuum Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.It came out at a house party of Rhia’s debate-me crowd, Ellen backing some Rhia-espoused view, like she…

FRESH FICTION: “No Laughter in a Vacuum” by Anna Clark. Ever feel like you don’t know who you are? This story is about relationship to self

#flashfiction #fantasy #writingcommunity
@annaclark.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...

Thank you so much!

No Laughter in a Vacuum Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.It came out at a house party of Rhia’s debate-me crowd, Ellen backing some Rhia-espoused view, like she…

My wonderful friend @annaclark.bsky.social smashed it out of the park again. Go have a fun quick read about a personality vacuum:

www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...

#shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction

Keep seeing complaints about Marvel-style dialogue in books, and I kind of get it. I don't mind a good quip at a dire moment, but relentlessly glib characterisation that never gets dug into is very frustrating in novel format.

I completely understand this. I'm looking at going down the material science route, which would mean possibly going back into full-time education with a side job, and writing might have to take a backseat. But I don't think it will harm your career in every way, because you'll be gathering material.

Absolutely! I forget this frequently too, and get caught up in a type of perfectionism that hampers organic story growth.

My excuse is that it takes my brain a while to calibrate. "A while" meaning however long it takes to get to 10.

I still get a little of both, but the disconnected-while-surrounded kind of loneliness is particularly harsh.

That is a gorgeous beach. And you saw whales - too cool!

This is a wonderful period grief story with a folkloric feel, written by my talented friend. Very recommended!