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Catherine Ogston
@catherineogston.bsky.social
Flash fiction, short stories and longer fiction. YA ms going out on submission. Rep: Al Guthrie, The North Literary
I was delighted to be part of the launch event for Postbox magazine. A celebration of the short story!
@colettecoen.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social #postboxpress #ayewrite
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🎈🎉🍾 On the shortlist! 🍾🎉 🎈
Thank you @bathflashaward.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hurrah, delighted to see my title here, after many a rejection recently 🎉.
Thanks @bathflashaward.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Had a urge to listen again to 'All the Poems Within Mean Everything to Everyone' by Joe Dunthorne and in the first five mins the story's narrator reads out October 14th. Spooky!
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
Alt: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing- meme about spotting something significant.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm delighted to be taking part in the launch event for Postbox (issue 12) magazine. Please come along if you're around in Glasgow on 7th Nov. Part of the Aye Write festival.
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One thing to remember is if you think your footnotes will take two hours to do, then the real answer is six hours. 😱
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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It's apparently international dog day!!

Why not celebrate by pre-ordering my dog-heavy book at a discount? 🥰😅🐶

It features a lurcher called Alfred, based on this guy. Except the Alfred in the book is less lazy, and doesn't need his dinner in bed after a walk.
August 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@louisamacdougall.bsky.social look what I spotted at the Edinburgh Book Festival Bookshop!
August 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Wordle 1,508 2/6

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Woah, the excitement was real here 😅
August 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Delighted to be Highly Commended in The Astley Prize, the short story competition at Nairn Book & Arts Festival. Very grateful for the lovely comments from judge @seanluskauthor.bsky.social Congratulations to the three placed entries and other HC folk.
July 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A writing week with friends 🥰
July 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Best Microfiction 2025 arrived! What an absolute thrill to be in here.
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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My copy of the National Flash Fiction Day Anthology has just arrived and I'm delighted to find not only work by @mickeypip.bsky.social but also @lucimcummings.bsky.social and @catherineogston.bsky.social! Congrats all!
June 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Took my new Bath Flash anthology for a tour around Bath!
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June 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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FlashFlood: 'The Invocation of Saint Florian' by Catherine Ogston #nffd2025
'The Invocation of Saint Florian' by Catherine Ogston
Before the flood we made our own sandbags. Filled old hessian sacks with sand until our hands became orange and our backs ached. Our patch of lawn gained a flamingo­ – an escapee from the wildlife centre – who eyed us suspiciously. The radio burbled out updates until there was nothing to hear but fuzzy static. Granny appeared from upstairs clutching a figurine of some saint that was meant to save us, and walked right past the pygmy marmoset sitting in the fruit bowl. She smiled serenely at us like we were packing for a holiday, as she watched us shovelling. All afternoon we laid the sandbags at the front of the house, ignoring the meerkats on the trampoline. They stood like sentries watching us until Jake threw them cheese cubes and they scattered. Mum said we would regret throwing away good food. Have we done enough? I asked Dad and he said that the time for doing enough had been twenty years ago and he was sorry that this is what it had come to. At dusk Granny placed Saint Florian on the highest point of our barricade and went to bed, mumbling a loop of prayers. When the waters returned it was almost a relief. The otter swam out the door with the current that surged up through the drains, while the marmoset shrieked and threw tangerines at us in disgust. The flamingo’s legs buckled like willow branches and disappeared into the torrent. I like to think the pelican placed Granny’s statuette in the dry cave of its huge beak and flew somewhere safe. So that’s what I told her in the morning when she and the meerkats appeared for breakfast, all of them nodding, palms pressed together in prayer.  --- Catherine Ogston has had flash fiction published by Bath Flash, Reflex Press, Flash 500, TL;DR Press, The Phare and others. Upcoming in Best Microfiction 2025. Longer work has been published by New Writing Scotland, Leicester Writes Short Story Prize, Scottish Arts Trust, Fabuly and others. Short/long listed at Exeter Novel, Caledonia Novel, Kelpies Prize and others.
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June 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Threw my hat in the ring again 🤠
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
First time entering a Globe Soup contest and delighted to be a Top Tier finalist in the Paranormal Flash contest. #globesoup #paranormalflashfiction
June 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Look what I grew in my gardening trug 😸
May 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This banner arrived today 🥰. Best Microfiction 2025 is out in July.
May 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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At our FREE FLASH EVENT in Bath on 14 June, not only do we have workshops & a panel, but loads of fab readers reading from our new anthology including: @quickasaflash.bsky.social @caththewriter.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social. 1/2
May 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Submit! 🌊 My watery flash got an acceptance within 24 hours. 🌊 (It doesn't have to have a water theme 🌊)
We shut at one minute to midnight. Don’t want anyone to miss out by a minute 😊😊😊😊
Still time (until midnight) to send a story under 300 words to the Flash Flood. Am delighted my story Clint Eastwood is a Mermaid will be featuring. Thanks Flood Editors!
April 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My story on the Fabuly app is out today with this beautiful illustrated cover by Giulia Binda.
April 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Workshop delivered and trophy acquired. What a lovely weekend #SAWconference. Always inspiring to spend time with like-minded folk.
March 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Delighted to be on this list. A favourite anthology. Thanks to the editors and all @natflashfictionday.bsky.social
We’re excited to announce the line up for this year’s anthology on the theme of SEASONS, along with the winners of our two Editors’ Choice Awards. Congratulations to everyone on the list & many thanks to everyone who submitted: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
a tree in the middle of a grassy field with a cloudy sky
ALT: a tree in the middle of a grassy field with a cloudy sky
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March 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Very pleased to be the winner of the Fabuly Writers Challenge with my short story. 🥇 Audio version coming soon on the Fabuly app.
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM