Emyr Payne
@emyrpayne.bsky.social
Writer and photographer - published in Underbelly, Apoetical, Scumrag, Bel Esprit, Blood + Honey - debut novel, 50 Reasons to Live out 2026
Website:
https://www.emyr-payne.com/
Website:
https://www.emyr-payne.com/
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Ducksie | MrBullBull
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I've been hibernating from social media - now I'm back with a new short story, 'Ducksie' published in Bull! Read below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
I've been hibernating from social media - now I'm back with a new short story, 'Ducksie' published in Bull! Read below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
Ducksie | MrBullBull
mrbullbull.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I've been hibernating from social media - now I'm back with a new short story, 'Ducksie' published in Bull! Read below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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Submissions for Underbelly Press Issue 6: GREED close this week, January 30!
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Submissions for Underbelly Press Issue 6: GREED close this week, January 30!
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
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A sample from my second novel, 'Binge Drinker' - a story about life in the 00s for those of us who graduated into the 2008 financial crash - currently unedited and unpublished x
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A sample from my second novel, 'Binge Drinker' - a story about life in the 00s for those of us who graduated into the 2008 financial crash - currently unedited and unpublished x
First round of line edits for my debut novel, '50 Reasons to Live' with Barnard Press - shit got real!
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
First round of line edits for my debut novel, '50 Reasons to Live' with Barnard Press - shit got real!
Yo yo yo, got a short story published in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social about shadow boxing, earrings and life on a psychiatric forensic unit, amongst other things. CHECK IT OUT - LINK BELOW!!!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/i-ca...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/i-ca...
i came on shift and saw something beautiful today — Blood+Honey
by Emyr Payne “I also wondered why an ex-Marine would want to re-train to be a nurse. It just didn’t make sense. Like snow landing in the sea. It always melts.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Yo yo yo, got a short story published in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social about shadow boxing, earrings and life on a psychiatric forensic unit, amongst other things. CHECK IT OUT - LINK BELOW!!!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/i-ca...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/i-ca...
Word (if anybody listening)
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Word (if anybody listening)
@j-tkelly.bsky.social just read your poem, 'Career' - resonated with me ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@j-tkelly.bsky.social just read your poem, 'Career' - resonated with me ❤️
New novel - first draft done - here's another taster
December 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New novel - first draft done - here's another taster
Working on a new novel about ...... well, says it on the tin really.
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Working on a new novel about ...... well, says it on the tin really.
Working on a new novel .....
December 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Working on a new novel .....
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Theme Reveal: Greed
Issue 6: 19 December to 30 January
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience.
The desire to take more than you’re owed. The people who get crushed under someone else’s wanting. The need to be needed. Hoarding comfort.
Issue 6: 19 December to 30 January
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience.
The desire to take more than you’re owed. The people who get crushed under someone else’s wanting. The need to be needed. Hoarding comfort.
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Theme Reveal: Greed
Issue 6: 19 December to 30 January
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience.
The desire to take more than you’re owed. The people who get crushed under someone else’s wanting. The need to be needed. Hoarding comfort.
Issue 6: 19 December to 30 January
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience.
The desire to take more than you’re owed. The people who get crushed under someone else’s wanting. The need to be needed. Hoarding comfort.
Hey! I have a new story, 'Fish' published in Bel Esprit - to read for FREE! follow the link below, and if you like physical media, you can also subscribe to the literary paper - also, 2 min read - like all great literature😂🤣😂
www.belespritproject.com/post/_fish
www.belespritproject.com/post/_fish
Fish
Where the TV should be, Liam has a fishtank.I like fishtanks, he said. He was six years old. He’s liked fishtanks ever since.He’s thirty-five now. He sits in his easy chair, face less than a foot away...
www.belespritproject.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey! I have a new story, 'Fish' published in Bel Esprit - to read for FREE! follow the link below, and if you like physical media, you can also subscribe to the literary paper - also, 2 min read - like all great literature😂🤣😂
www.belespritproject.com/post/_fish
www.belespritproject.com/post/_fish
Check it out! To read full story click:
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December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Check it out! To read full story click:
underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
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Key Worker by Emyr Payne @emyrpayne.bsky.social
It's a visceral piece with a resonant narrative voice that blends the grit of Underbelly with the mood of autumn beautifully. With Issue 6 opening for submissions soon, now’s the perfect time to have a taste of Emyr’s short fiction.
It's a visceral piece with a resonant narrative voice that blends the grit of Underbelly with the mood of autumn beautifully. With Issue 6 opening for submissions soon, now’s the perfect time to have a taste of Emyr’s short fiction.
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Key Worker by Emyr Payne @emyrpayne.bsky.social
It's a visceral piece with a resonant narrative voice that blends the grit of Underbelly with the mood of autumn beautifully. With Issue 6 opening for submissions soon, now’s the perfect time to have a taste of Emyr’s short fiction.
It's a visceral piece with a resonant narrative voice that blends the grit of Underbelly with the mood of autumn beautifully. With Issue 6 opening for submissions soon, now’s the perfect time to have a taste of Emyr’s short fiction.
The first novel, is my all time favourite novel, the second I bought based on a recommendation, with no knowledge that Yuko Tsushima was his daughter - for soke reason this makes me very happy.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The first novel, is my all time favourite novel, the second I bought based on a recommendation, with no knowledge that Yuko Tsushima was his daughter - for soke reason this makes me very happy.
On line edits for my debut novel, 50 Reasons to Live with Barnard Press - think this is draft 10, over two years since I wrote the first draft - the only way out is through!
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
On line edits for my debut novel, 50 Reasons to Live with Barnard Press - think this is draft 10, over two years since I wrote the first draft - the only way out is through!
On a landscape kick at the moment - Eryri
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
On a landscape kick at the moment - Eryri
Getting my landscape on - Eryri
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Getting my landscape on - Eryri
So chuffed to have my short story, 'Key Worker' included in issue 5 of Underbelly Press - there are some stellar pieces in this issue and I highly recommend anybody who is interested in the underbelly of existence to check it out - just follow the link below to download a PDF copy free!
I’m thrilled to share Issue 5 of Underbelly Press!
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So chuffed to have my short story, 'Key Worker' included in issue 5 of Underbelly Press - there are some stellar pieces in this issue and I highly recommend anybody who is interested in the underbelly of existence to check it out - just follow the link below to download a PDF copy free!
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I’m thrilled to share Issue 5 of Underbelly Press!
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m thrilled to share Issue 5 of Underbelly Press!
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Studying texture in Eryri / Snowdonia
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Studying texture in Eryri / Snowdonia
Supper chuffed to be included in issue 5 of Underbelly Press with my VERY first short story publication! Stay tuned for release date and link to read! Thanks @underbellypress.bsky.social for including me again 🙏🙏🙏
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Supper chuffed to be included in issue 5 of Underbelly Press with my VERY first short story publication! Stay tuned for release date and link to read! Thanks @underbellypress.bsky.social for including me again 🙏🙏🙏