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Kik Lodge
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Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, August 2026) SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO (Alien Buddha Press) Words in Milk Candy Review | Smokelong | Bending Genres |
Hosts literary open-mics | Best Microfiction 2026 @saloneurope.bsky.social
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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · Jan 6
How the diable did that happen? Humongously giddy appreciation to @bendinggenres.bsky.social and Milk Candy for their nominations. You rock @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social ☄️
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My favourite moment was frantically brainstorming on a gigantic piece of paper with sharpies in Brussels, overdosing on enthusiasm 🫶
deborahzafer.bsky.social Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 4h
Happy birthday to @saloneurope.bsky.social! I can't believe it's been 2 years.

My personal favourite moments being: the panel in Brussels with @kitdewaal.com, Philippe & Balsam our first incredible event @lettretage.de and that 1st Brussels weekend writing in the square with @kiklodge.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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We’re twooooooooooo! 🙌🙌🙌🙌
saloneurope.bsky.social European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 6h
🎂 Happy 2nd birthday to us! 🎂

Thank you all for being part of our adventure as we've traversed Europe writing, reading, touring, meeting, drinking coffee and building community.

Here's a little tour down memory lane ❤️
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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Go on, you know you want to.
saloneurope.bsky.social European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 1d
Join us for a night of literature and community with our FREE quarterly Online Open Mic Salon with host @kiklodge.bsky.social.

As usual, it will feature excellent readings and a highly competitive quiz.

Reading spots are limited, so sign up soon!
Black writing on a cream background. Photo of Kik Lodge at an outdoor café in the bottom right corner, EWS logo in the top right. Text: Online Pop-up Salon with Kik Lodge. 15 Apr 2026 7pm CET/6pm GMT.
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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If anyone fancies popping along on 11th Feb at 8.30pm CET for a reading and prompt bash to celebrate two years of European Writers Salon, give me a prod 🫶 @saloneurope.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Thank Bob the world has word nerds
February 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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SoFloPoJo # 40 online now
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February 5, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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“Like his atomic number, there are 84 ways he destroys.” Oh this micro is GOOD. @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social
The Periodic Family by Claudia Monpere | Centaur
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February 4, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Starting in April, I’m teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.📚💚

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Bright Beginnings: Writing Your YA Novel - Writers & Books
A 6-week workshop with Melissa Ostrom Location: Writers & Books, 740 University Ave, Rochester NY Price: Members $320 | General Public $360 One need-based scholarship available Minimum Enrollment: 7...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Story up in the marvellous Ghost Parachute. Thank you to the creator in chief @brettpribble.bsky.social 🫡🫶
Pearl sugar moustache — Ghost Parachute
You don’t have to believe, Maggie. I just need you to come along, said my friend Betts. So we both got on a bus from Leeds to Lourdes. 650 euros; not including the paninis, the fruit juice, the nightc...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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COMING SOON @theprideroars.bsky.social

The Pride Roars - Free Flash Competition

Reader - Hilary Ayshford @hilary55.bsky.social

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Reader: Hilary Ayshford ‘Common sense, the strength to stand against injustice, and the courage to hold the powers that be to account, mixed in with a healthy dose of empathy and built on a foundation of basic humanity and dignity – these are qualities that women have in abundance, and we need to speak up for those who can't speak for themselves.’
February 2, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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last dressing down I got from Monkey Cage execs on day I resigned was for a Bluesky comment on some of the sexual abusers who had been close to Prince Charles - Mountbatten, Van Der Post, Peter Ball - I didn’t do it to be sensational, I did it because it shows how abuse is just ignored by power
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 10d
Looking at #epstein reports , thinking of the deference to power that allows all this and the people who have fought so hard for justice - here is a not nice #poem that erupted today
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Submissions are OPEN until midnight UK time on Sunday 8th February.

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February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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A vital read by @sagreene1.bsky.social about a man and jelly. 🫡🫶
Gone Lawn 63 : S A Greene
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February 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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The February 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social.

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February 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Many thanks Ben Myers.

'Independent publishing is where all the best stuff happens. Here is where the risk taskers, the dreamers and the outsiders gather. Without the indies, literature would be a blander and more homogonous place. All hail the mighty 'Moose!'

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January 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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Stop scrolling for a minute. Read this micro by @djpoissant.bsky.social. Feel your own heart expand as the story does.
djpoissant.bsky.social David James Poissant @djpoissant.bsky.social · 13d
Thrilled have a 500-word story up today at The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social . This story started as an idea for an ending that I texted myself and carried around on a phone for years. Finishing was just a matter of finding a beginning:

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Heart - The Cincinnati Review
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: In "Heart," David James Poissant shows how information can be revealed slowly and deliberately in a piece of flash fiction.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Now that’s a kick-arse start to a novel if ever I did see one. Barry, da man.
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Big thanks to all the amazing poets and writers who read last night at @saloneurope.bsky.social, and the kind and cool bunch of humans who cheered them on. Next open-mic April 15th. Two reading slots up for grabs! Quiz theme: crisps!
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January 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Stonker of an open-mic tomorrow night at 7pm CET with a riot of writers and poets including @regretteruane.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @stuhennigan.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social 🙌🌟🤗🪶Come, there’s a quiz on sweets! @saloneurope.bsky.social
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January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Nowt to do tomorrow evening perchance? 🤔
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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For the evening crowd!
natflashfictionday.bsky.social National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 16d
Entries to our microfiction comp close on 15/2. This week Diane Simmons interviews another of our judges Debra A. Daniel @debdanthewriter.bsky.social — read about her experience on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’, her prizewinning NIF & much more: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Twit tweet tawooo. Early bird tickets open for Madrid salon in September! 🦅🐓🦤🐦🪶 @saloneurope.bsky.social
Early Bird Tickets for our Annual Salon in Madrid
Find out about our exciting plans and book a reduced Early Bird place
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January 26, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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To summarise BBC reporting on the collapse of the American Republic: "It's unclear who is to blame for the killing, the victim or the people who shot him."

Such 'balance' aids the fascist war on epistemology. Reality does not reside halfway between a lie and the truth.
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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If anyone fancies popping along on 11th Feb at 8.30pm CET for a reading and prompt bash to celebrate two years of European Writers Salon, give me a prod 🫶 @saloneurope.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 10:14 AM