Patience Mackarness
Writer, grandmother, tree-hugger. Born in Hampshire, now in rural Brittany, with pitstops along the way in Leeds, Portugal, Wales, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Liverpool. I write flash fiction and other things.
@lorifontanes.bsky.social
Writer/educator/community advocate. Cats & catastrophe. More better food 4 all. Bewaring billionaires bearing tech.
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
Award-winning writer & author of 'Cold Toast' (Dahlia Books) out May '25 Wigleaf Top 50 & Winner of Bath Flash Fiction Award, The Forge Flash Nonfiction prize, Manchester Writing School's 'QuietManDave' prize Website: kamwords.com
@doricliterary.bsky.social
An online journal publishing classically inspired short stories. Now open for submissions, 1000-8000 words. Edited by @CourtlandAvenue (Dave Gregory) https://doric-literary.com/
@amygcb.bsky.social
Child Craft: bellepointpress.bsky.social @bansheepress.bsky.social @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social | Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social | Assistant Editor: @literaryruby.bsky.social | Co-editor: @gonelawn.bsky.socia
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Author: Wild Plums (ELJ) Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press, 12/25) Flash Fiction America (WW Norton) Best Short Fictions '23 and '24 Best Microfiction '23 Past Judge: Oxford Flash Fiction Prize
@flashfrog.bsky.social
Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch. ⚡️🐸 New story every Monday. EIC: @ericscottryon.bsky.social https://flash-frog.com/
@sarahillswrites.bsky.social
THE EVOLUTION OF BIRDS (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2021) Best Small Fictions '22,23 | Wigleaf Top 50 '21,22 SmokeLong Mikey, Bath Flash Fiction Award, QuietManDave CNF sarahillswrites.com 🌵US/UK #FlashFiction
@sfreligh.bsky.social
Writer and swimmer. Books: HEREAFTER (2024); A BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY OF WOMEN and DEAR YOU (2023) ; WE (2021) & SAD MATH (2015); Best Microfiction 2018-21, 2025; Wigleaf 50; NEA poetry fellow; http://sarahfreligh.com. Mom to Wayne and Oscar.
@karjon.bsky.social
Writer. Editor NFFD Anthology. BSSA Team Member. First prize Reflex Fiction, TSS Publishing, Flash 500. 2nd prize Fractured Lit micro. Shortlist Bath Flash/Short Story, To Hull and Back and many others. Scottish Indy supporter.
@downith.bsky.social
Writer of short and long prose. Namesplainer. Debut novel New Girl in Little Cove (Harper Collins) won the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize (Romance) Agent: Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists www.damhnaitmonaghan.com
@elissafield.bsky.social
Lit noir novels + flash | SmokeLong Submission Ed | Stories in/coming SmokeLong, Reckon Review, HAD, Hypertext, Ghost Parachute, Monkeybicycle, Citron Review, Peatsmoke, CRAFT, Conjunctions ++ | IG FB elissalaurenfield.com
@stephanieaustin.bsky.social
Formerly @lucysky on Twitter IG: @stephanie.d.austin and @mugshot_writers2 SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY, essays, out now with WTAW Press BURN, a novel, coming ‘26 from Cowboy Jamboree Substack: https://stephanieaustin.substack.com/ stephanieaustin.net
@francinewitte.bsky.social
@cherylpappas.bsky.social
Writer. Book: THE CLARITY OF HUNGER Word West Press (2021). MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: [email protected] Novel-in-progress: Abandon www.cherylpappas.net
@kathyhoyle.bsky.social
Writer, dreamer, PhD student exploring working-class voices. Northern lass. Words @Northerngravy.com @nffr.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social @EmergeJournal @fictiveDream.bsky.social @SoFloPoJo.bsky.social Winner @Bathflashaward https://kathyhoyle.com
@dawnwriter.bsky.social
2024 Winner Toronto Star SS contest| @SmokeLong Fellow 2024|Best Microfiction 2024 2025|words:The Forge,The Cincinnati Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Room Magazine, Fractured Lit+| Pushcart, Best SF noms| rep:Joanna Rasheed, Ultra Literary *debut ms ON SUB🤞
@chelseastickle.bsky.social
Flash writer. Everything's Changing (Thirty West, 2023) & Breaking Points (Black Lawrence, 2021). https://linktr.ee/chelseastickle
@nffr.bsky.social
(Closed for submissions) New Flash Fiction Review is an online magazine devoted to flash fiction. Read more: https://newflashfiction.com
@lindamaceri.bsky.social
It’s Ma Cherry. Writer. Washington Square Review | jmww | Shenandoah Review | Black Warrior Review | etc.
@helenrye.bsky.social
Writer, editor. UEA Prose MA and fledgling PhD researcher. Won some writing things. Published some writing things. @smokelong.bsky.social senior ed. She/her.
@sherrieflick.bsky.social
Writer / Editor - I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES: SHORT STORIES, Autumn House, 2025- HOMING - essay collection, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2024 - Co-editor FLASH FICTION AMERICA, W. W. Norton, 2023 - Sr Editor SLQ
@stillsquirrel.bsky.social
#Flashfiction writer and collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK www.anikacarpenter.com
@dintywmoore.bsky.social
Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
@doesithavepockets.bsky.social
Unseamly Literature. https://www.doesithavepockets.com/ Posts by Cami(lle) Griep, EIC
@kitdewaal.com
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use [email protected]
@tcboudreau.bsky.social
All We Knew Were Our Hearts (novel, ELJ Editions), Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever (stories, Stanchion Books), & Stepdad on the Dance Floor (stories, Unsolicited Press) coming in '26. Editor at The Loveliest Review. timothyboudreau.com. He/him
@nivenaudrey.bsky.social
EIC The Propelling Pencil, Creative Coach. Writer of flash & longer fiction.
@sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Award-winning storyteller, writer, and workshop wizard. Moth GrandSLAM champ. NPR/CBC/PBS contributor. Taught 150+ workshops for Second City, Clarion West, and Afghan Women’s Assoc. Work in Apex Mag, The Offing. Helps writers dig up stories that stick.
@jjlofflin.bsky.social
Writer Work in The Best Microfiction, The Best Small Fictions, The Cincinnati Review, CRAFT, SmokeLong Quarterly, Wigleaf… Links to work on my site: jjlofflin.com
@soflopojo.bsky.social
#poetry #flash Literary Arts Journal www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
@scooterwriter.bsky.social
Co-Directs National Flash Fiction Day. Author of NIFs ‘Finding a Way' (Ad Hoc Fiction), ‘An Inheritance' (V.Press), ‘A Tricky Dance’ (Alien Buddha Press), William Prichard & Co’ (Arroyo Seco Press). dianesimmons.co.uk
@megpokrass.bsky.social
Dzanc Books Author. Best Microfiction Series Founder. Electric Lit, Flash Fiction America (Norton) Best Small Fictions 2023. Scotland
@finnwritesstuff.bsky.social
Cat person, writer, presenter, Star Trek fan. THE PRICE OF COOKIES, flash fiction collection. Novels repped by Stacey Kondla. Queer AF. Definitely not cool. They/them/tired. #flashfiction finnburnett.com
@georgianan.bsky.social
Lawyer turned writer. Well traveled, animal lover, believes in human rights. Other name you might know: “rosespringvale.” Married forever, two old golden doodles, four adult children, five grands.
@electrarhodes.bsky.social
Writer. Digger. Caregiver. Thief. Wait... *Taps mic* Is this thing working? Work on/in/with BBC Radio 4 Best Small Fictions 2023 Emerging Writers The London Library 22/23 W/C ND She/Her.
@karenc.bsky.social
Exorcising demons one word at a time. 🇵🇷 ✍🏽 BestMicrofiction 2025 2x PushcartNom, BOTN Nom, Longlist, Wigleaf Top 50 NYC → LA
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
A literary magazine for the odd, the off-kilter, and the just plain weird. Contains flash fiction and poetry, which may or may not contain animals. Est. May 2018. Mag: okaydonkeymag.com Newsletter: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com Discord: discord.gg/H59VjYGfas
@emergejournal.bsky.social
501(c)(3) nonprofit literary press. Home of Emerge Literary Journal (http://emergeliteraryjournal.com).
@coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social
Writer, reader, editor, cat convert, spoonie links to stories at https://coffeeandpaneer.wordpress.com/ Flash collection at Reflex Press https://www.reflex.press/product/families-and-other-natural-disasters/
@ajwoodhouse.bsky.social
Writer | Teacher | funded PhD @SWWDTP | @bathspa | Team @BathShortStory | The House on the Corner, AdHoc Fiction, 2020 | Family Frames, V Press, 2021 www.alisonwoodhouse.com
@kateaxeford.bsky.social
Flashy writer/ social worker/ gig goer and ditherer. Lives in Brighton. Loves the sea.
@uksherka.bsky.social
Prize-winning flash & short story writer in the Scottish Highlands. Words in Longleaf Review, Fictive Dream, TBQuarterly & more +BBC Scottish Voices. Presents Sherry's Shorts, an online spoken-word show on Highland Hospital Radio. Ck out www.uksherka.com
@sudhab.bsky.social
Writer: Nose Ornaments, Runner-up Bath NIF '24; Things I Can't Tell Amma (Ad Hoc, UK, '21). Pubs: Fictive Dream, Doric Lit, CRAFT,SmokeLong, Fractured Best Microfic, Best Small Fic, Wigleaf Top 50. BathFlash HC/Shortlisted; Series Editor: Wigleaf Top 50
@bdiggswrites.bsky.social
Writer, fiction and non. Highly Commended, Bridport Prize and Bath Flash Fiction. Nom for Pushcart & Small Fictions. Finalist BOTN. Work in SmokeLong, Fictive Dream, FlashBack Fic, and many other lovely journals. Ex-attorney. Mother of Boys.
@travisflatt.bsky.social
Writer. Recent Words in HAD, Disappointed Housewife, Tiny Molecules, New Flash Fiction Review, others… see—> https://travisflattblog.com/
@kiklodge.bsky.social
Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, 2026) SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO (Alien Buddha Press, 2023) Words in trampset | Milk Candy Review | Ghost Parachute | Smokelong | Bending Genres | Gone Lawn | Organising @saloneurope.bsky.social www.kiklodge.com
@gina-gmdfreelance.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Work in BFFA & Flash Fiction Festival anthologies, FlashBack Fiction, EllipsisZine, NFFD Flash Flood and elsewhere.
@jennyanydots.bsky.social
Long retired. Write flash fiction, play the recorder. Hoping to survive long enough to see proportional representation, a second referendum and a socialist utopia.