Kim Murdock
@kimmurdock.bsky.social
writer, a bit at sea
stories in New Flash Fiction Review, Fractured Lit, Tiny Molecules, Bending Genres, Crow & Cross Keys, 100 Word Story, and more.
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stories in New Flash Fiction Review, Fractured Lit, Tiny Molecules, Bending Genres, Crow & Cross Keys, 100 Word Story, and more.
kimmurdock.wordpress.com
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Kim Murdock
@kimmurdock.bsky.social
· Jun 24
"They say, Shuck him another! and angle the baby’s pushchair closer to the oyster hut. The parents are lean and beachy-golden. Their sunglasses and phones bling-bling in the sunlight."
Delighted to publish @kimmurdock.bsky.social's story in Issue 36 of #NFFR
newflashfiction.com/the-monster-...
Delighted to publish @kimmurdock.bsky.social's story in Issue 36 of #NFFR
newflashfiction.com/the-monster-...
The Monster Baby Has Acquired a Taste for Oysters by Kim Murdock | New Flash Fiction Review
It's a weird brag, but that's what the parents tell me. Though they don't say monster. They say, Shuck him another!
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Pinning this, a link to my story in the brilliant #NFFR.
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We're open for submissions this week, for the last time until January. 🪟
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're open for submissions this week, for the last time until January. 🪟
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IMO every publication and every publisher should have a clear statement about their generative AI policy. To dictate what is acceptable writer usage, yes, but also to declare their own usage (or lack thereof). Do they use it for slushreading, editing, illustration, correspondence?
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
IMO every publication and every publisher should have a clear statement about their generative AI policy. To dictate what is acceptable writer usage, yes, but also to declare their own usage (or lack thereof). Do they use it for slushreading, editing, illustration, correspondence?
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Okay…*deep breath and sorry for awkward promotion things….*, my new flash fiction chapbook ‘Light Chemical Sea’ is coming Fall 2026 with Bull City Press. ✨⚗️🌊
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Jenny Wong's latest chapbook ‘Light Chemical Sea’ will be out in Fall 2026 with Bull City Press.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Okay…*deep breath and sorry for awkward promotion things….*, my new flash fiction chapbook ‘Light Chemical Sea’ is coming Fall 2026 with Bull City Press. ✨⚗️🌊
Sign up for a one time email notification that will let you know when the book is released!
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Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
Olga Ravn : The Wax Child - Tin House
Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannil...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
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Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. It's usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world.
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
September 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. It's usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world.
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
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Thinking about these quotes and why ChatGPT is like someone raining on your research parade.
“Research must be the search for the unexpected. I say that finding what we are looking for is not enough.“
Carlos Ginzberg
"The book you need is next to the book you are looking for."
Aby Warburg,
“Research must be the search for the unexpected. I say that finding what we are looking for is not enough.“
Carlos Ginzberg
"The book you need is next to the book you are looking for."
Aby Warburg,
August 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
❤️
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Has someone already made a list of publishers publishing #flashfiction collections? If not, who should I add?
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Has someone already made a list of publishers publishing #flashfiction collections? If not, who should I add?
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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People who enjoy the work of Mark Rothko may also enjoy this morning’s view from the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay ferry
August 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
People who enjoy the work of Mark Rothko may also enjoy this morning’s view from the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay ferry
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A film about my 'Haunted Paper' exhibition at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. The film was made by Matt Bell at Bellboy Studio and the music is by Joe McKechnie. The exhibition is on until September 19th, Monday - Friday, 9pm to 5pm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARO...
HAUNTED PAPER | Jeff Young | Dorothy
YouTube video by Bellboy Studio
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August 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A film about my 'Haunted Paper' exhibition at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. The film was made by Matt Bell at Bellboy Studio and the music is by Joe McKechnie. The exhibition is on until September 19th, Monday - Friday, 9pm to 5pm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARO...
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In light of recent events. I’m starting to now reassess just how much more amazing it was, when Yoon Sukyeol back in December tried to dissolve the South Korean national assembly with martial law, thousands of ordinary citizens came out and faced off against fully armed special operations soldiers.
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In light of recent events. I’m starting to now reassess just how much more amazing it was, when Yoon Sukyeol back in December tried to dissolve the South Korean national assembly with martial law, thousands of ordinary citizens came out and faced off against fully armed special operations soldiers.
📣 Nice News Alert!
Get sharpening those micros!
Whilst the Welkin Writing Prize may be the nicest writing prize out there, the competition is fierce. 🤩
Get sharpening those micros!
Whilst the Welkin Writing Prize may be the nicest writing prize out there, the competition is fierce. 🤩
Want some nice news for a Friday?
This is your early warning that the Welkin Writing Prize WILL BE BACK! A long way to go until entries open in December, but I'm committing now so there's no backing out later in the year 😀 Bigger prize fund too!! 🥳
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
This is your early warning that the Welkin Writing Prize WILL BE BACK! A long way to go until entries open in December, but I'm committing now so there's no backing out later in the year 😀 Bigger prize fund too!! 🥳
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
Welkin Enter
An annual competition for microfiction up to 100 words. It is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all writers. The competition is open to all forms of narrative prose. There is a whole ...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📣 Nice News Alert!
Get sharpening those micros!
Whilst the Welkin Writing Prize may be the nicest writing prize out there, the competition is fierce. 🤩
Get sharpening those micros!
Whilst the Welkin Writing Prize may be the nicest writing prize out there, the competition is fierce. 🤩
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Have you heard? The latest episode of Sherry's Shorts airs today (Friday) on @highlandhradio.bsky.social at 12 noon UK time--featuring brilliant stories by @fionajanemack.bsky.social , @lindybiller.bsky.social & me, along with music & chat. Listen live here: www.hhr.scot
August 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Have you heard? The latest episode of Sherry's Shorts airs today (Friday) on @highlandhradio.bsky.social at 12 noon UK time--featuring brilliant stories by @fionajanemack.bsky.social , @lindybiller.bsky.social & me, along with music & chat. Listen live here: www.hhr.scot
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It's Burryman day in South Queensferry.
I love the fact that nobody know why they do it but the tradition continues.
I love the fact that nobody know why they do it but the tradition continues.
August 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's Burryman day in South Queensferry.
I love the fact that nobody know why they do it but the tradition continues.
I love the fact that nobody know why they do it but the tradition continues.
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“Is there a better way for us to be headed? Are we going to be able to shift things into something more humane, more sustainable and a bit more equal? That’s the big question.”
I wrote this piece exactly 4 years ago today & it’s startling to see how much further we’ve drifted from all this in 2025
I wrote this piece exactly 4 years ago today & it’s startling to see how much further we’ve drifted from all this in 2025
Composer-pianist Max Richter: ‘Creativity is activism’
The German-British composer explains why his new album, Exiles, addresses the refugee crisis – and is played by an orchestra who break all the rules
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Is there a better way for us to be headed? Are we going to be able to shift things into something more humane, more sustainable and a bit more equal? That’s the big question.”
I wrote this piece exactly 4 years ago today & it’s startling to see how much further we’ve drifted from all this in 2025
I wrote this piece exactly 4 years ago today & it’s startling to see how much further we’ve drifted from all this in 2025
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The Welkin Writing Prize is pleased to announce our nominations for Best of the Net:
@thisisguan.bsky.social for "A Parable of Slow Songs"
and
@sfreligh.bsky.social for "Nine One One"
Congratulations both! Such brilliant writing!
Story links in the thread below.
@thisisguan.bsky.social for "A Parable of Slow Songs"
and
@sfreligh.bsky.social for "Nine One One"
Congratulations both! Such brilliant writing!
Story links in the thread below.
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Welkin Writing Prize is pleased to announce our nominations for Best of the Net:
@thisisguan.bsky.social for "A Parable of Slow Songs"
and
@sfreligh.bsky.social for "Nine One One"
Congratulations both! Such brilliant writing!
Story links in the thread below.
@thisisguan.bsky.social for "A Parable of Slow Songs"
and
@sfreligh.bsky.social for "Nine One One"
Congratulations both! Such brilliant writing!
Story links in the thread below.
This series of essays from The Stinging Fly is excellent.
This one hits hard.
This one hits hard.
NEW essay by CAMILLA GRUDOVA, part of our ongoing series of reflection on the writing life edited by @oneflawediris.bsky.social
”Money matters: whatever other job a writer does, whether shop assistant or professor, it is subsidising the publisher.”
Read more: stingingfly.org/2025/06/25/t...
”Money matters: whatever other job a writer does, whether shop assistant or professor, it is subsidising the publisher.”
Read more: stingingfly.org/2025/06/25/t...
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This series of essays from The Stinging Fly is excellent.
This one hits hard.
This one hits hard.
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Sharing a new piece by the ever brilliant
@mrewanmorrison.bsky.social on AI. Do read!
unherd.com/2025/08/how-...
@mrewanmorrison.bsky.social on AI. Do read!
unherd.com/2025/08/how-...
How to stopper the AI genie
unherd.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sharing a new piece by the ever brilliant
@mrewanmorrison.bsky.social on AI. Do read!
unherd.com/2025/08/how-...
@mrewanmorrison.bsky.social on AI. Do read!
unherd.com/2025/08/how-...
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I'm starting to believe that we shouldn't have graduated into the 21st century without first ensuring we had all fully comprehended and mastered the 20th.
August 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm starting to believe that we shouldn't have graduated into the 21st century without first ensuring we had all fully comprehended and mastered the 20th.
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It's the first of the month, and you know what that means: free subs are back open at OKD until we hit our monthly cap!
Familiarize yourself with your vibe, then submit your best flash fiction or poetry: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/
Familiarize yourself with your vibe, then submit your best flash fiction or poetry: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/
August 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's the first of the month, and you know what that means: free subs are back open at OKD until we hit our monthly cap!
Familiarize yourself with your vibe, then submit your best flash fiction or poetry: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/
Familiarize yourself with your vibe, then submit your best flash fiction or poetry: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/
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Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
Nightjar Press
Nightjar Press publish original short stories as signed, limited-edition chapbooks.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Four new Nightjars now available here nightjarpress.weebly.com by @bookishleels.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
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#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
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Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
New Writing Scotland Submission Manager
New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
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It’s time! FH subs are open. Very excited to get reading. 🎉✨
Submissions are OPEN!!! I'll be reading from 1st-20th August. Cannot wait to read and enjoy all your lovely work x
Submission details here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
Submission details here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
August 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s time! FH subs are open. Very excited to get reading. 🎉✨
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Hope some of y'all will read along with me for #WITMonth!
I've got stories queued up by some of Japan's best-known women writers (+ some you've likely never heard of), translated by some of my favorites—Balistrieri, Bergstrom, H Kawai, M Powell, Nieda, Takemori, Wilson, Yoneda...
Starts Friday!
I've got stories queued up by some of Japan's best-known women writers (+ some you've likely never heard of), translated by some of my favorites—Balistrieri, Bergstrom, H Kawai, M Powell, Nieda, Takemori, Wilson, Yoneda...
Starts Friday!
31 Short Stories for Women in Translation Month
I had so much fun reading along with RJL supporters for January in Japan, that I hope you’ll join me again for #WomeninTranslation Month. #WITMonth an annual event each August that has played its o…
readjapaneseliterature.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hope some of y'all will read along with me for #WITMonth!
I've got stories queued up by some of Japan's best-known women writers (+ some you've likely never heard of), translated by some of my favorites—Balistrieri, Bergstrom, H Kawai, M Powell, Nieda, Takemori, Wilson, Yoneda...
Starts Friday!
I've got stories queued up by some of Japan's best-known women writers (+ some you've likely never heard of), translated by some of my favorites—Balistrieri, Bergstrom, H Kawai, M Powell, Nieda, Takemori, Wilson, Yoneda...
Starts Friday!