JP Relph - TWO NEW COLLECTIONS OUT
@therelphian.bsky.social
Cumbrian writer. Loves cats, tea, apocalypses and dark botany.
Noms for Pushcart, BOTN, Best Small Fics and Best Microfics, Wigleaf longlisted
All print publications on Amazon
Website, socials and stuff: https://linktr.ee/JPRelph
Noms for Pushcart, BOTN, Best Small Fics and Best Microfics, Wigleaf longlisted
All print publications on Amazon
Website, socials and stuff: https://linktr.ee/JPRelph
Pinned
Here are universal links to my two new collections, the novella I wrote with @matgost.bsky.social which is currently only £6.50!, and the cracking anthology from @trashcatlit.bsky.social 🦝
mybook.to/SickInkColle...
mybook.to/OneForSorrow...
mybook.to/WatcherNovella mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
mybook.to/SickInkColle...
mybook.to/OneForSorrow...
mybook.to/WatcherNovella mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
There’s nothing like bad ice-cream and bullies to get a man riled 😝
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
Ice cream becomes a matter of life and death in JP Relph’s ‘A Man’s Gotta Eat.’ Check out this #shortstory as we near the end of our ‘Revolt’ series. urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/30/a... @therelphian.bsky.social
A Man’s Gotta Eat – JP Relph
We sit at the segregated table with our “frozen treats”. It’s the Summer Fayre and, in her earlier impassioned speech, the Mayor said everyone should have ice-cream. Even them. We don’t want ice-cr…
urbanpigspress.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 PM
There’s nothing like bad ice-cream and bullies to get a man riled 😝
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤
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Submissions for Underbelly Press Issue 6: GREED close this week, January 30!
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Submissions for Underbelly Press Issue 6: GREED close this week, January 30!
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.
Here are the judge's reviews of Watcher - co-authored with @matgost.bsky.social - and semi-finalist in @thesfincs.bsky.social.
I'm blown away. To have so much written about work you love is very special. Thank u Helyna and Steve 🧡
helynalclove.com/2025/10/12/s...
beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...
I'm blown away. To have so much written about work you love is very special. Thank u Helyna and Steve 🧡
helynalclove.com/2025/10/12/s...
beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...
January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Here are the judge's reviews of Watcher - co-authored with @matgost.bsky.social - and semi-finalist in @thesfincs.bsky.social.
I'm blown away. To have so much written about work you love is very special. Thank u Helyna and Steve 🧡
helynalclove.com/2025/10/12/s...
beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...
I'm blown away. To have so much written about work you love is very special. Thank u Helyna and Steve 🧡
helynalclove.com/2025/10/12/s...
beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...
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We're having a sale at thebraag.co/shop, with up to 50% off a whole BUNCH of our titles, including work by @timothyfox.bsky.social,
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We're having a sale at thebraag.co/shop, with up to 50% off a whole BUNCH of our titles, including work by @timothyfox.bsky.social,
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
@sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨
💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚
Had to say goodbye to my beautiful Jellicat today. She was with me 9yrs after I foster-failed. My heart’s a bit broken tonight. Rest peacefully Bobble, I hope there is endless ham 🤎
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Had to say goodbye to my beautiful Jellicat today. She was with me 9yrs after I foster-failed. My heart’s a bit broken tonight. Rest peacefully Bobble, I hope there is endless ham 🤎
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It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.
What a shit way to talk about submittions - publicly, as if in some way scolding. Reading subs requires patience and respect. Try that next time.
“I wasn’t sure if they were good only in comparison to the many disorderly efforts at storytelling that my editorial helpers and I had dutifully read”
“I wasn’t sure if they were good only in comparison to the many disorderly efforts at storytelling that my editorial helpers and I had dutifully read”
Congratulations to all 750+ writers who had the perseverance to complete a story and the courage to submit it.
@thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
@thebulletin.org it's good practice to show respect for those who share their work with you (even if the editorial task can feel onerous at times!)
The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is important, says Bulletin Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin.
"Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too."
See the winners of our fiction contest ⬇️
"Filling civilization with art and the humanity it fosters is important, too."
See the winners of our fiction contest ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
What a shit way to talk about submittions - publicly, as if in some way scolding. Reading subs requires patience and respect. Try that next time.
“I wasn’t sure if they were good only in comparison to the many disorderly efforts at storytelling that my editorial helpers and I had dutifully read”
“I wasn’t sure if they were good only in comparison to the many disorderly efforts at storytelling that my editorial helpers and I had dutifully read”
So I may have to acknowledge that I have a wee addiction to preloved needlework 😬
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
So I may have to acknowledge that I have a wee addiction to preloved needlework 😬
Stunned to find my horror story on Ellen Datlow's Best Horror Recommendations list 😍
Scratch is one of my favourite pieces, published in Bag of Bones Press (@sjtownend.bsky.social) SKIN anthology and my horror collection, Sick Ink (links in thread)
To see it highlighted in this list is amazing 🖤
Scratch is one of my favourite pieces, published in Bag of Bones Press (@sjtownend.bsky.social) SKIN anthology and my horror collection, Sick Ink (links in thread)
To see it highlighted in this list is amazing 🖤
January 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Stunned to find my horror story on Ellen Datlow's Best Horror Recommendations list 😍
Scratch is one of my favourite pieces, published in Bag of Bones Press (@sjtownend.bsky.social) SKIN anthology and my horror collection, Sick Ink (links in thread)
To see it highlighted in this list is amazing 🖤
Scratch is one of my favourite pieces, published in Bag of Bones Press (@sjtownend.bsky.social) SKIN anthology and my horror collection, Sick Ink (links in thread)
To see it highlighted in this list is amazing 🖤
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Time to collect my published short stories from 2025 into a pinned thread as if I know what I'm doing. Listed from longest to shortest and overlaid on a holiday snap, with word counts and links in the replies. Hope you enjoyed one or two of these throughout the year! Or, y'know, maybe now? No? 🪐📚
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Time to collect my published short stories from 2025 into a pinned thread as if I know what I'm doing. Listed from longest to shortest and overlaid on a holiday snap, with word counts and links in the replies. Hope you enjoyed one or two of these throughout the year! Or, y'know, maybe now? No? 🪐📚
@matgost.bsky.social and I submitted our novella to the
@thesfincs.bsky.social competition in Sept. Just found out we are SEMI-FINALISTS!
We both love Watcher and this is an amazing bit of validation. What the judges are saying has blown me away 🙀
mybook.to/WatcherNovella if you wanna read it!
@thesfincs.bsky.social competition in Sept. Just found out we are SEMI-FINALISTS!
We both love Watcher and this is an amazing bit of validation. What the judges are saying has blown me away 🙀
mybook.to/WatcherNovella if you wanna read it!
January 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
@matgost.bsky.social and I submitted our novella to the
@thesfincs.bsky.social competition in Sept. Just found out we are SEMI-FINALISTS!
We both love Watcher and this is an amazing bit of validation. What the judges are saying has blown me away 🙀
mybook.to/WatcherNovella if you wanna read it!
@thesfincs.bsky.social competition in Sept. Just found out we are SEMI-FINALISTS!
We both love Watcher and this is an amazing bit of validation. What the judges are saying has blown me away 🙀
mybook.to/WatcherNovella if you wanna read it!
Very excited to share this issue of 20 stories devoted to cats - it had to be done, right?
Curl up on the couch and tuck into these, they're moreish but surprisingly satisfying 🐈🐈⬛
Curl up on the couch and tuck into these, they're moreish but surprisingly satisfying 🐈🐈⬛
A new year and we've a new issue of fabulous feline flash for you.
So, go outside and come in again. Demand snacks. Scratch the carpet. Then get your paws on this link:
trashcatlit.com/feline-flash...
Devour, savour, ask for more.
Trash Cat let the cats in the bin and it's smashing 🦝
So, go outside and come in again. Demand snacks. Scratch the carpet. Then get your paws on this link:
trashcatlit.com/feline-flash...
Devour, savour, ask for more.
Trash Cat let the cats in the bin and it's smashing 🦝
Feline Flash Pop-Up
For this Pop-Up, writers were asked to make cats the centre of a flash fiction. These twenty contributors really hit the brief with excellent feline POV, great voice and a joyful mixture of humour,…
trashcatlit.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Very excited to share this issue of 20 stories devoted to cats - it had to be done, right?
Curl up on the couch and tuck into these, they're moreish but surprisingly satisfying 🐈🐈⬛
Curl up on the couch and tuck into these, they're moreish but surprisingly satisfying 🐈🐈⬛
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Thank you to these heroes for publishing/accepting for publication my words:
@bulbculture.bsky.social @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social @underbellypress.bsky.social @rawheadjournal.bsky.social
Bull
Thin Skin
Bottle Rocket
Mythic Picnic
The Wild Umbrella
NFFD Flash Fic Festival
@bulbculture.bsky.social @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social @underbellypress.bsky.social @rawheadjournal.bsky.social
Bull
Thin Skin
Bottle Rocket
Mythic Picnic
The Wild Umbrella
NFFD Flash Fic Festival
December 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thank you to these heroes for publishing/accepting for publication my words:
@bulbculture.bsky.social @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social @underbellypress.bsky.social @rawheadjournal.bsky.social
Bull
Thin Skin
Bottle Rocket
Mythic Picnic
The Wild Umbrella
NFFD Flash Fic Festival
@bulbculture.bsky.social @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social @underbellypress.bsky.social @rawheadjournal.bsky.social
Bull
Thin Skin
Bottle Rocket
Mythic Picnic
The Wild Umbrella
NFFD Flash Fic Festival
Fabulous to see this cat being worshipped 🖤
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Fabulous to see this cat being worshipped 🖤
I’m thrilled with this cat issue - a fantastic, diverse bunch of flash filled with felines 🐈🐈⬛
There’s folklore, mystery, humour, heart and literary gorgeousness.
Coming in the New Year 💜
There’s folklore, mystery, humour, heart and literary gorgeousness.
Coming in the New Year 💜
We're excited to share the amazing lineup for our cat-themed Pop-Up Issue. This 20-story issue will go live on January 2nd 🦝
It's a fabulous mix of feline flash and we can't wait to shove it through your digital catflaps💜
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It's a fabulous mix of feline flash and we can't wait to shove it through your digital catflaps💜
1/3
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m thrilled with this cat issue - a fantastic, diverse bunch of flash filled with felines 🐈🐈⬛
There’s folklore, mystery, humour, heart and literary gorgeousness.
Coming in the New Year 💜
There’s folklore, mystery, humour, heart and literary gorgeousness.
Coming in the New Year 💜
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Can’t find a way to write this that doesn’t sound like a twee bromide but genuinely, if your end of year review is that you survived painful things happening in your life & the world, stayed empathetic in an inhospitable environment & treated yourself & others decently then that’s achievement enough
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Can’t find a way to write this that doesn’t sound like a twee bromide but genuinely, if your end of year review is that you survived painful things happening in your life & the world, stayed empathetic in an inhospitable environment & treated yourself & others decently then that’s achievement enough
A must-listen if you read and/ or write horror. Get a free listen to @terryholland.bsky.social’s amazing historical horror and then buy the friggin book! It’s for charity and jam-packed with story 🖤
Like #writing? Love quiet horror? My interview with @storyradio.bsky.social is out today, featuring an incredible reading by @terryholland.bsky.social.
We talk about the Silent Screams charity anthology and whether horror can ever be literature.
Listen here:
pca.st/episode/bb24...
#writingcommunity
We talk about the Silent Screams charity anthology and whether horror can ever be literature.
Listen here:
pca.st/episode/bb24...
#writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A must-listen if you read and/ or write horror. Get a free listen to @terryholland.bsky.social’s amazing historical horror and then buy the friggin book! It’s for charity and jam-packed with story 🖤
Can absolutely recommend. The draft I produced in this workshop at the festival went on to be accepted for the Flash Fiction Festival anthology 😀
⚡️Missed out on Flash Fiction Festival 2025 in Bristol this summer? Come to one of the online versions instead, which includes my ✍️ workshop, 'Transforming Tales', which takes place this Saturday! 😊
Full details and booking links below:
www.flashfictionfestival.com/online-progr...
Full details and booking links below:
www.flashfictionfestival.com/online-progr...
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Can absolutely recommend. The draft I produced in this workshop at the festival went on to be accepted for the Flash Fiction Festival anthology 😀
If it hadn’t been for Cotton Eye Joe,
I’d a’been married a long time ago
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?
I’d a’been married a long time ago
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?
The world was on fire, and no one could save me but you
It’s strange what desire can make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I’d meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you
It’s strange what desire can make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I’d meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If it hadn’t been for Cotton Eye Joe,
I’d a’been married a long time ago
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?
I’d a’been married a long time ago
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?
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Issue 5 of Underbelly Press will be released on the 8th of November! This issue marks another special milestone for us following one year of Underbelly Press, with it being our very first themed edition. A huge thanks to everyone who has submitted, contributed & supported us.
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Issue 5 of Underbelly Press will be released on the 8th of November! This issue marks another special milestone for us following one year of Underbelly Press, with it being our very first themed edition. A huge thanks to everyone who has submitted, contributed & supported us.
Can’t wait to dive in 🤩
Issue one was amazing and this has, among its fab contributors, my horror-writing pal @matgost.bsky.social. Like they say - check it out 🖤
Issue one was amazing and this has, among its fab contributors, my horror-writing pal @matgost.bsky.social. Like they say - check it out 🖤
New issue available! Check it out.
rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-pres...
#rawheadjournal #halloweenissue #horrorwriting #scifi #fantasywriting #litmag #newissue #poetry #cnf #flashfiction #shortstories #visualart
rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-pres...
#rawheadjournal #halloweenissue #horrorwriting #scifi #fantasywriting #litmag #newissue #poetry #cnf #flashfiction #shortstories #visualart
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Can’t wait to dive in 🤩
Issue one was amazing and this has, among its fab contributors, my horror-writing pal @matgost.bsky.social. Like they say - check it out 🖤
Issue one was amazing and this has, among its fab contributors, my horror-writing pal @matgost.bsky.social. Like they say - check it out 🖤
I’m so completely chuffed to be part of Bull 🖤
"They promised to call us, their first loves, but we’d already packed away our broken hearts with our childhood bears. We’d already packed away our Big Dreams for ourselves, our futures—shattered as metal and bone in a box marked Goodwill." @therelphian.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I’m so completely chuffed to be part of Bull 🖤
A week ago the Void Distribution System sent this smol void my way.
Born at a riding school, Joanie settled in about twelve seconds and is loving life. Her BFF is my dementia-haunted 17yr old orange cat.
Thank you VDS - we all kinda love her 🖤
Born at a riding school, Joanie settled in about twelve seconds and is loving life. Her BFF is my dementia-haunted 17yr old orange cat.
Thank you VDS - we all kinda love her 🖤
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A week ago the Void Distribution System sent this smol void my way.
Born at a riding school, Joanie settled in about twelve seconds and is loving life. Her BFF is my dementia-haunted 17yr old orange cat.
Thank you VDS - we all kinda love her 🖤
Born at a riding school, Joanie settled in about twelve seconds and is loving life. Her BFF is my dementia-haunted 17yr old orange cat.
Thank you VDS - we all kinda love her 🖤
The time of Spook and Ghoul is ever closer - a good time therefore to creep yourself out with a bumper read of short fictions full of darkliness.
Available for less than ten English poundlets, it opens with Wigleaf longlisted piece - A Whisper of Before.
mybook.to/SickInkColle...
Available for less than ten English poundlets, it opens with Wigleaf longlisted piece - A Whisper of Before.
mybook.to/SickInkColle...
October 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The time of Spook and Ghoul is ever closer - a good time therefore to creep yourself out with a bumper read of short fictions full of darkliness.
Available for less than ten English poundlets, it opens with Wigleaf longlisted piece - A Whisper of Before.
mybook.to/SickInkColle...
Available for less than ten English poundlets, it opens with Wigleaf longlisted piece - A Whisper of Before.
mybook.to/SickInkColle...