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Heather D Haigh
@heatherbooknook.bsky.social
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Sight-impaired spoonie, working-class writer and visual artist. Naps a lot in Yorkshire.
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Delighted to have a flash fiction live RedRoseThorns www.redrosethorns.com/post/mother
Mother? by Heather D. Haigh | redrosethorns publications | gender-sexuality
Dive into Heather D. Haigh's captivating story on motherhood intertwined with femininity and nature. Explore the depths of emotion and connection in this unique story on Mother Earth. redrosethorns p...
www.redrosethorns.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Love @urbanpigspress.bsky.social. My latest pub witjh them:

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Press Room Thirteen, Deep Within The Bowels Of Parliament
By Heather D Haigh So, Mr Nackus, can you reiterate for our readers, how this new policy will benefit those who are already the worst off in society, how locking them into their misery will allevia…
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October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Yes yes yes! Happy reading. You know you want one ... it's a genius brainchild of
@MatGost www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FS5VCPG...
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Includes work by a host of incredible authors:
Includes work by @terryholland.bsky.social @soniaoverall.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social @alimaloney.bsky.social
@therelphian.bsky.social @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
@zaryfekete.bsky.social @sarahmusings.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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stillsquirrel.bsky.social
Thank you for having me @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 🙏
September 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
2 mini poems out on Wailing & Gnashing - great space for a rant - subs open

www.wailingandgnashing.com/about-3
Wailers | Wailing And Gnashing
www.wailingandgnashing.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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sarahkat.bsky.social
In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls...

I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!
tractorbeamearth.bsky.social Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · Sep 27
Read the new short story written by Sarah Royston (@sarahkat.bsky.social) and illustrated by Manon Cezaro, live today on Tractor Beam! 💫

And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌

#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting
Grubbers | Tractor Beam
Why'd you leave?
www.tractorbeam.earth
September 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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So excited to share pages with writers I love -
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@terryholland.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social
@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
and others I can't wait to get familiar with (in a readerly sense, obvs 😀)
September 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Tagging the authors here:
@terryholland.bsky.social
@soniaoverall.bsky.social
@heatherbooknook.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@alimaloney.bsky.social
@therelphian.bsky.social
@zaryfekete.bsky.social
@sarahmusings.bsky.social
@hilary55.bsky.social
@jamespenha.bsky.social
@chol.ch

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September 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Delighted to have a photograph in here. Looking forward to lots of lovely reading too.
inkinthirds.bsky.social Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social · Sep 22
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 — 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟔, 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟐 (𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥/𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓) 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐱 issue available now. “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Cover art "Nude" by Kim Suttell

inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-2/
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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storytrailsuk.bsky.social
This project has been supported by Wakefield Council Culture Grants and the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of Our Heritage Our Stories.
#CultureGrantsWFD #OurHeritageOurStories
@wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social @wflibraries.bsky.social @nationallottery.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Get ready for tomorrow's Hemsworth Story-Trail!
Just like all the trails in the 'Once Upon a Story-Trail' series, this is an accessible Heritage Open Days event that is free to book. We'll be meeting outside Hemsworth Library: youtu.be/lzX3gRVPgsg
Once Upon A Story Trail: Hemsworth
YouTube video by Beccy
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September 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Delighted to have three poems out in the latest publication of SpecPoVerse.
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
August 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
Can't do live stuff? Prefer to work through things at your own pace? Why not get the recordings from my recent "Unique Selling Points" workshop and "Beyond These Shores" discussion:

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...

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Workshop-recordings (List) | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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trashlightpress.bsky.social
Laura DeHart Young’s “Don’t call it dinner” is a love letter to small goodbyes, bad weather, and even worse coping snacks.

Terribly beautiful touches of life - read them now.

( @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social )
Don't Call It Dinner - TrashLight Press
An Arctic blast freezes my face—wind hissing snow sidewaysinto darkness. I tug my Merino beanie over my earsas wind shoves me toward the buildings.Fluorescent lights glow behind glass,figures move ins...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Delighted to have a piece of light painting in here. Looking forward to savouring all the delicious work.
trashlightpress.bsky.social TrashLight Press @trashlightpress.bsky.social · Jul 7
Our first issue - REJECTS - just dropped!

This is for the ones who keep writing anyway. Who make things even when they get told it’s “too much.”

Thank you to every beautiful soul who brought this to life. We’re just getting started.
Trashlight Press | PDF to Flipbook
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July 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Our first issue - REJECTS - just dropped!

This is for the ones who keep writing anyway. Who make things even when they get told it’s “too much.”

Thank you to every beautiful soul who brought this to life. We’re just getting started.
Trashlight Press | PDF to Flipbook
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
heyzine.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Inanimate objects provide me with daily reminders of the absolute necessity of four-letter expletives. #writingtips
June 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
heatherbooknook.bsky.social
Making a detailed who knows what when chart - suddenly I have all these potential secrets slipping into my head. Who knew? #writingtips
June 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
One of the things I'm really looking forward to over the summer is facilitating a panel discussion on historical & speculative fiction.

And I'm THRILLED to announce my special guests @mynachang.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social !!!

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
To the right, a thin picture strip depicting a shoreline from above. To the left, against a green background, the text reads: "Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Beyond These Shores. Exploring the Historical and the Speculative. Panel discussion with Myna Chang & Sharon Telfer. 5th Aug 19:00-20:30 BST."
May 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Friends, I have a tryptich about mothers in Flash Boulevard! Thanks @francinewitte.bsky.social!
“A Thing In Itself” is from my NiF forthcoming from @publishedbyjake.bsky.social in the northern Autumn!

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SUMITRA SINGAM: Skin/ Flesh/ Seed
Flash Fiction by Sumitra Singam Skin/Flesh/Seed Mohini looks for love in all the wrong places, schooled in the filmies which are full of ginger-hipped women in gauzy sarees, kajal eyes flicked outw…
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May 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Ossa Temporis
by
Peter Eger

#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction

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Ossa Temporis – Free Flash Fiction
I knew it solely as the Great Bath, a thing built by giants, a people much larger than us in both mind and stature. My throat dried at the sight of its greatness, each breath scraping against my lungs...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Oceans of bluebells and wild garlic at Woolley Woods
April 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Hey flash-curious folks! I'm running a workshop over @writershq.bsky.social for beginners! If you love the idea of writing flash fiction but you're not sure where to start, this is the class for you! Come and join me for all the flashy fundamentals. Deets here 👇

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Introduction to Flash Fiction - Writers' HQ
Learn how to write flash fiction. Simple, straightforward, step-by-step guidance on arting and crafting small stories that pack a big punch.
writershq.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM