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THIS PARADISE: Short stories // Boiler House Press // http://tinyurl.com/RCTParadise // Shortlisted Edge Hill Prize; Longlisted Orwell Prize //
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Surreal-absurd micro fiction/prose poetry. Irish. Author of Dream Dust (Broken Sleep Books), Never Mind the Beasts (Dostoyevsky Wannabe), The Green Monk (Boiler House Press), and others. Co-edits Surreal-Absurd Mercurius Mag. www.nevermindthebeasts.com
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Annual short story prize housed at the University of Bristol https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk Open for entries until 31 January 2025 with judges Jan Carson, Peace Adzo Medie, and Kate Johnson
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Writer of short stories, novels, plays. http://www.elizabethbaines.co.uk Astral Travel, a novel, published by Salt Books https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/astral-travel-9781784632199
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writer, critic, editor, mycelial juicebag; writing nonfic book on cheese & hygiene. Associate Editor ArtReview; tutor RCA MA Writing, ‘23-24 London Library Emerging Writer. Books: Ha-Ha Crystal (Copy Press, 2016), The Artist in Time (Bloomsbury, 2020)
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Irish historical novelist living in Italy, published by Fairlight (Oxford), Histria (LV) and (to come) Stairwell (York). Also writes as Katie Hutton (Zaffre Books) and Kate Zarrelli (Romaunce). Rep'd by Annette Green Authors' Agency. katherinemezzacappa.co
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Author of SPILT MILK (McSweeneys). Sunday Times Short Story Award winner. Fellowships: The Center for Fiction, MacDowell. Creative Writing Director at Drew University.
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Poet/Writer. PhD Dark Humour and the Surreal. Most recent publications Strangers Wave: Joy Division Photo Poems (zimZalla) & Notes from the Underworld (Sublunary Editions) Co-edits Surreal-Absurd Mercurius Mag, Associate Editor Sublunary Editions.
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author of SHIT CASSANDRA SAW // stories in One Story, Guernica, Tin House, Smokelong, and elsewhere // corgis, baking, knitting, swearing // she/her gwenekirby.com
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Writer of this and that. Reader of the other. Not a doctor, and my name isn't Vandermast. https://tinyurl.com/jasonmillshq
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