@serrey.bsky.social
Writer of tiny stories, sometimes humorous. Loves trees, deer, ceramics
I love the different voices collaborating here
New blog post: collaborating on my first Exquisite Corpse with the talented @delgeo14.bsky.social @sugarpigblog.bsky.social @hilary55.bsky.social @joycebingham.bsky.social tomljanovic.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/e... #writingcommunity #womenwriters
Exquisite Corpse
The exquisite terror of a group of women with something to say. Behold! My first exquisite corpse! I was invited to contribute to a piece of writing in which five women added a single paragraph wit…
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September 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love the different voices collaborating here
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"The Secret to Aging Well" by Anika Carpenter @StillSquirrel.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
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A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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September 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"The Secret to Aging Well" by Anika Carpenter @StillSquirrel.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity
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?
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?
Thank You for Calling the Perimenopause Hotline, Where Our Hold Times Are Completely Unpredictable
Thank you for calling the perimenopause hotline. Our phone lines are flooded with an unexpected gush of calls right now, but we assure you that our...
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August 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Absolutely brilliant - thanks for flagging this, @stillsquirrel.bsky.social
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.
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
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
Feeling a bit weepy at he moment and this sent me over the edge - in a good way. Beautiful storytelling
So many brilliant people in the #FlashFictionFamily who do so much to uplift others. One of those magical people is
@danbillyc.bsky.social
who is so wonderfully generous and such an amazing writer. Here's a recent one from him in
@pitheadchapel.bsky.social
: pitheadchapel.com/roar/
@danbillyc.bsky.social
who is so wonderfully generous and such an amazing writer. Here's a recent one from him in
@pitheadchapel.bsky.social
: pitheadchapel.com/roar/
Roar
Dan Crawley I enter the tall doors of Grace Lutheran Church on 3rd, spotting my young parents (him, cocky at 19, and her, a demure 20 year-old) standing at the altar, getting married. I take…
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August 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Feeling a bit weepy at he moment and this sent me over the edge - in a good way. Beautiful storytelling
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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Propelling Pencil Update – The Propelling Pencil
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August 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you for the wonderful support and encouragement. I learned so much from his wonderful competition and the workshops
Listened to this wonderful story this morning. So beautifully written.
Very happy indeed to have a short story commissioned by the BBC! Broadcast 3.45pm July 11th, on Radio 4 and Sunday 13th at 11.45pm
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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Snowbirds and Coyotes by KM Elkes
After the death of her husband, Betty drives south from Ohio to the Arizona desert.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Listened to this wonderful story this morning. So beautifully written.
“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
“…‘sometimes you’ve just got to take it on the chin.’”
@stillsquirrel.bsky.social & @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...
@stillsquirrel.bsky.social & @sarahillswrites.bsky.social & @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-third-be...
The Third Best Dinner Set - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash by Anika Carpenter, Sara Hills, Rosaleen Lynch, and James Montgomery David’s favourite fish is bream, which he will only eat off of our antique dinner set. His old mo...
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July 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“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
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 💜
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
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 💜
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
July 19, 2025 at 11:31 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’
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 💜
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
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 💜
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...
July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Amazing story!
Heartbreaking story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in Raw Lit rawlit.weebly.com/7_3.html
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“A human figure in a dystopic forest scene. Shot on the mount Dirfys in the island of Euboea, Greece.”
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June 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Heartbreaking story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in Raw Lit rawlit.weebly.com/7_3.html
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
mondettes.substack.com/p/june-2025
⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/june-2025
June 2025
Ten stories picked by Chris Cottom
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June 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wonderful writing by @chriscottom.bsky.social and such great choices to share
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
Oh this is so gorgeous ‘At night, we would huddle in groups, arms winged over each other, a shoulder for every head.’
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
‘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.
#nffd2025
Great new take on an old take, by @jackmmorris.bsky.social. Love that last paragraph.
#nffd2025
FlashFlood: 'And on the seventh day she rose again' by Jack Morris #nffd2025
June 15, 2025 at 9:36 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
‘If you touch me, I will rip your balls off.’ I just love this story
‘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
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 7:14 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
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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
thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-...
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June 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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
thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-...
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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.
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
thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-...
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June 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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.
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
Absolutely wonderful story. Every line carries so much
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.
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
Thank you so much. Absolutely thrilled to have been selected for this wonderful competition
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
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
thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-...
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June 15, 2025 at 12:00 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
‘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
‘I watch the deep, pink mystery unfold like a glistening. I read the silken folds for clues.’ Gorgeous, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social x
Laugh till you spit out your tea story in WestWord by Tony Bell open.substack.com/pub/westword...
@retreatwest.bsky.social
@retreatwest.bsky.social
Fish for Breakfast
Story Sunday by Tony Bell
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June 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Laugh till you spit out your tea story in WestWord by Tony Bell open.substack.com/pub/westword...
@retreatwest.bsky.social
@retreatwest.bsky.social
‘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
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10 delicious short stories with 10 darkly magnificent original illustrations.
Hope you enjoy!
10 delicious short stories with 10 darkly magnificent original illustrations.
Hope you enjoy!
Issue Four — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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June 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
‘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
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
I bought this last year - a great read. Happy birthday, @judehwriter2.bsky.social
“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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🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Sarah Broderick and The Forge team and the BSF team for the support 🧡 Congrats to the amazing listees!
altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...
It Never Mattered What Happened at Home Archives - The Forge Literary Magazine
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May 25, 2025 at 12:22 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