serrey.bsky.social
@serrey.bsky.social
Writer of tiny stories, sometimes humorous. Loves trees, deer, ceramics
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Absolutely brilliant - thanks for flagging this, @stillsquirrel.bsky.social
Q: What is the average age for perimenopause?

A: The average age for perimenopause is whatever age you happen to be when you google any of the following:

- What age perimenopause?
- Skipped period start of menopause?
- Why do I have free-floating rage?
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August 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It’s an amazing competition, not least because this year I won first prize - first time ever for my writing. I’ve learnt so much about the craft of writing from this wonderful resource
Thank you to our amazing reading team who work so hard to make the competition a success @fionamckay.bsky.social @marthawrites.bsky.social @markstocker.bsky.social and Mark Thomson!
We know it's a favourite competition for a good few writers and we are really grateful for all your support.
August 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Feeling a bit weepy at he moment and this sent me over the edge - in a good way. Beautiful storytelling
August 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thank you for the wonderful support and encouragement. I learned so much from his wonderful competition and the workshops
News from the Propelling Pencil case. It's au revoir for now (well it will be in March). Thanks for all the stories and good company since we began way back in the Autumn of 2021. Time for me to focus on new things - but please keep writing!
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August 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Listened to this wonderful story this morning. So beautifully written.
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“His old mother must be present, sitting in the chair to his left with a napkin to hand. If she is not present, he must go and find another one.” What a fantastic collaboration for a story
July 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Particularly love this, by Beth Sherman ‘Is this a story about community, the zebra asks. He’s starting to get on my nerves, to be honest’
HERE IT IS! 🦝
Celebrating one year of publishing with this Summer Issue. TWELVE flash and NINE shorts - our biggest issue ever.
Make sure to bookmark both links and get stuck into incredible short fiction 💜

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July 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Amazing story!
I have a story in here.
HERE IT IS! 🦝
Celebrating one year of publishing with this Summer Issue. TWELVE flash and NINE shorts - our biggest issue ever.
Make sure to bookmark both links and get stuck into incredible short fiction 💜

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July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wonderful writing by @chriscottom.bsky.social and such great choices to share
This month's #Mondettes picked by @chriscottom.bsky.social

⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing

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June 2025
Ten stories picked by Chris Cottom
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June 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oh this is so gorgeous ‘At night, we would huddle in groups, arms winged over each other, a shoulder for every head.’
June 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Me, ripe as a cherry. Ruby lips parted. He bends closer, closer.
‘If you touch me, I will rip your balls off.’ I just love this story
'The sun rises. A fern uncurls. A spider crawls across the coffin lid. I am shadowed in cobwebs, shrouded in a mist of silver thread.'

Great new take on an old take, by @jackmmorris.bsky.social. Love that last paragraph.
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FlashFlood: 'And on the seventh day she rose again' by Jack Morris #nffd2025
June 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
‘In every hallucination there has to be a full stop. Dawn was milking the sky when our bear became a flock of frantic blackbirds.’ Such gorgeous writing @oh-so-boatie.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Congratulations to the Winners of our Charity Flash Competition, judged by @judehwriter2.bsky.social. Commiserations to our shortlisters whose stories weren't picked (they were all FAB!) and thanks to all who entered
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June 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Wonderful story by @beewish.bsky.social I am the Japanese knotweed of the acronym world, once I take root in my victim’s mind, there is no easy way to get rid.
June 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Absolutely wonderful story. Every line carries so much
My octopus lover story is one of the last in today's Flood. Proud to be in such fab company 😃
FlashFlood: 'Octopus-Hearted' by Jude Potts #nffd2025
June 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thank you so much. Absolutely thrilled to have been selected for this wonderful competition
Thank you to our amazing reading team who work so hard to make the competition a success @fionamckay.bsky.social @marthawrites.bsky.social @markstocker.bsky.social and Mark Thomson!
We know it's a favourite competition for a good few writers and we are really grateful for all your support.
June 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I ran up the stairs shrieking, then down again, then danced on the spot. Thank you so much, @nivenaudrey.bsky.social and @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @proppencil.bsky.social . Look forward to reading the other stories and also Flashflood stories today
June 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘I watch the deep, pink mystery unfold like a glistening. I read the silken folds for clues.’ Gorgeous, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social x
June 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Laugh till you spit out your tea story in WestWord by Tony Bell open.substack.com/pub/westword...
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Fish for Breakfast
Story Sunday by Tony Bell
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June 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
‘I recognize obscenities, Mr. Airington, and I don’t even have a mother. Please apologize.’ Loving this story by Barry Yednvobnick and all the other quirky stories and illustrations in this issue
June 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I bought this last year - a great read. Happy birthday, @judehwriter2.bsky.social
It’s my birthday! Another big number with a 5 on the end. To celebrate, I’m raffling a copy of my #flashfiction collection Clearly Defined Clouds, published last year by AdHocFiction.com Reply here to put your name in the hat. Raffle drawn tomorrow!
May 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“at lunch you said that your sandwich was made with bdrown bdreabd today so I could have it since that made you bdarf.” I love everything about this story, but especially this bit
Huge honour to be on BSF 2025 with my piece in @theforge.bsky.social
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🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Sarah Broderick and The Forge team and the BSF team for the support 🧡 Congrats to the amazing listees!
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It Never Mattered What Happened at Home Archives - The Forge Literary Magazine
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May 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM