Randal Eldon Greene
@authorgreene.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, bookworm, and girl dad.
https://linktr.ee/authorgreene
https://linktr.ee/authorgreene
Beauty, tragedy, and the surrealism of the unthinkable somehow combine in just shy of 100 words. Wow. What a masterfully crafted story, Yara.
"I was across an ocean, in another country, watching the mushroom cloud on the screen rising"
Beautiful, devastating, nuanced, layered - a must read piece from Yara Zgheib
Beautiful, devastating, nuanced, layered - a must read piece from Yara Zgheib
FIRST PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "August 4, 2020" by Yara Zgheib. A swirling evocation of destruction and chaos juxtaposed with the haunting beauty of music:
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February 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Beauty, tragedy, and the surrealism of the unthinkable somehow combine in just shy of 100 words. Wow. What a masterfully crafted story, Yara.
It’s prose with the power of poetry. Loyalty to identity and trepidation (not without openness) of the unknown is explored with crafted care. Great job, Muntasir!
SECOND PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "What Stays Behind" by Muntasir Salman. A powerhouse of a micro with so much buried inside its one hundred words:
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What Stays Behind | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
It’s prose with the power of poetry. Loyalty to identity and trepidation (not without openness) of the unknown is explored with crafted care. Great job, Muntasir!
The language bubbles, the meaning the bubbles, and as the fire grows brighter, the story gets darker. Love it!
THIRD PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "That Witch, Gopa Devi, She Burn" by @anibanerjee.bsky.social.
A story that crackles from beginning to end, propulsive and powerful:
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A story that crackles from beginning to end, propulsive and powerful:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
That Witch, Gopa Devi, She Burn | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The language bubbles, the meaning the bubbles, and as the fire grows brighter, the story gets darker. Love it!
Two poems in one day. It’s not like my muse to be so generous. #amwriting
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Two poems in one day. It’s not like my muse to be so generous. #amwriting
Every prolific writer is allow one bad book. 😉 #writingcommunity
January 29, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Every prolific writer is allow one bad book. 😉 #writingcommunity
I’m so honored that my microfiction has found a home with The Welkin Writing Prize as a HIGHLY COMMENDED winner. All of the stories have been moving or clever or thought-provoking. “His Girl” is in amazing company because all of these microfictions are gems. 💎✨💚
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
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His Girl, Forwards and Backwards | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I’m so honored that my microfiction has found a home with The Welkin Writing Prize as a HIGHLY COMMENDED winner. All of the stories have been moving or clever or thought-provoking. “His Girl” is in amazing company because all of these microfictions are gems. 💎✨💚
Reposted by Randal Eldon Greene
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
His Girl, Forwards and Backwards | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Thank you so much, Matt! 💚
"This was his girl’s sister’s place. Should’ve been with her hens. His girl’s family didn’t run in their circles, their hood. A beautifully soulless suburb."
Do take a moment to read this wonderful (and wonderfully clever) piece from @authorgreene.bsky.social
Do take a moment to read this wonderful (and wonderfully clever) piece from @authorgreene.bsky.social
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Thank you so much, Matt! 💚
Thank you so much, Jacqueline! 💚
Highly commended indeed! Great work by @authorgreene.bsky.social on the @welkinprize.bsky.social shortlist today!
"This was his girl’s sister’s place. Should’ve been with her hens. His girl’s family didn’t run in their circles, their hood. A beautifully soulless suburb."
Do take a moment to read this wonderful (and wonderfully clever) piece from @authorgreene.bsky.social
Do take a moment to read this wonderful (and wonderfully clever) piece from @authorgreene.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Thank you so much, Jacqueline! 💚
Reposted by Randal Eldon Greene
Such a clever structure in this micro by @authorgreene.bsky.social 🤩 highly commended in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
His Girl, Forwards and Backwards | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Such a clever structure in this micro by @authorgreene.bsky.social 🤩 highly commended in @welkinprize.bsky.social.
Do it! I’d love to see what you come up with. 💚
Well damn now I want to try out this form (reads forwards and backwards!!)
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Do it! I’d love to see what you come up with. 💚
Reposted by Randal Eldon Greene
Okay, to take a quote from this one doesn’t do it justice. Read it forwards, backwards, between the lines…there’s so much to find!!
Today’s Welkin Highly Commended! Congratulations, @authorgreene.bsky.social!
Today’s Welkin Highly Commended! Congratulations, @authorgreene.bsky.social!
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "His Girl, Forwards and Backwards" by @authorgreene.bsky.social. A stunning use of form which creates multiple ways of reading the story:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
His Girl, Forwards and Backwards | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Okay, to take a quote from this one doesn’t do it justice. Read it forwards, backwards, between the lines…there’s so much to find!!
Today’s Welkin Highly Commended! Congratulations, @authorgreene.bsky.social!
Today’s Welkin Highly Commended! Congratulations, @authorgreene.bsky.social!
Will the real Don DeLillo please stand up?
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Will the real Don DeLillo please stand up?
Hear me out: An action comedy where assassins hired by Trump, the Clintons, the CIA, and Israel all show up the same night to off Epstein. Shenanigans ensue.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hear me out: An action comedy where assassins hired by Trump, the Clintons, the CIA, and Israel all show up the same night to off Epstein. Shenanigans ensue.
I’ve got a new story published in Night Shades Magazine! 😁
www.nightshadesmag.com/the-well/
www.nightshadesmag.com/the-well/
The Well
by Randal Eldon Greene
The well runs deep. This one, placed here in the center of your hundred acre wood. This well is your inheritance I hear, but it's also a structure of failed stewardship for you...
www.nightshadesmag.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I’ve got a new story published in Night Shades Magazine! 😁
www.nightshadesmag.com/the-well/
www.nightshadesmag.com/the-well/
I am “I had a pog collection” years old.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I am “I had a pog collection” years old.
That was a satisfying writing session. Gonna break with a book, a visit to Grandpa, some grub, and then get back to the writing desk.
#writinglife
#writinglife
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
That was a satisfying writing session. Gonna break with a book, a visit to Grandpa, some grub, and then get back to the writing desk.
#writinglife
#writinglife
Another four-hour night of sleep. I got up to a dark house at 4:30 – worked on a poem, updated my author website, and composed a reply to someone interested in the local writers group I run. I’m a bit tired, but it’s a good life. #writers
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Another four-hour night of sleep. I got up to a dark house at 4:30 – worked on a poem, updated my author website, and composed a reply to someone interested in the local writers group I run. I’m a bit tired, but it’s a good life. #writers
Tell me you’re functionally illiterate without telling me you’re functionally illiterate.
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tell me you’re functionally illiterate without telling me you’re functionally illiterate.
My copy of Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket came in today!
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My copy of Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket came in today!
The safety officer at my local high school had to break up a fight between the Antifa recruiters and the Army recruiters. SMH 😒
October 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The safety officer at my local high school had to break up a fight between the Antifa recruiters and the Army recruiters. SMH 😒
-First four short stories all published 2010
-First novella published 2016
-First creative nonfiction published 2016
-First poem published in 2017
-First essay published 2017
-First short story collection published 2025
-First play produced (soon!) 2025
#writers What are some of your firsts?
-First novella published 2016
-First creative nonfiction published 2016
-First poem published in 2017
-First essay published 2017
-First short story collection published 2025
-First play produced (soon!) 2025
#writers What are some of your firsts?
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
-First four short stories all published 2010
-First novella published 2016
-First creative nonfiction published 2016
-First poem published in 2017
-First essay published 2017
-First short story collection published 2025
-First play produced (soon!) 2025
#writers What are some of your firsts?
-First novella published 2016
-First creative nonfiction published 2016
-First poem published in 2017
-First essay published 2017
-First short story collection published 2025
-First play produced (soon!) 2025
#writers What are some of your firsts?