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Howl-worthy words & art from Switzerland and beyond | Short fiction, prose poetry, CNF & visual art | https://thewoolfx.com/submit/ | Issue 9-Trouble out now
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Time for #trouble - because Issue 9 is now live!

Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social

Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com
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You decide if the last fabulous piece in our #Trouble issue is a warning...or an invitation. #microfiction

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Knock by Lyndsay Lomax | The Woolf
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November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"The ice was breaking & people from my past were screaming for me to leave..."

Here's a short, bracing take on #trouble from Erin Jamieson in Issue 9, out now. #prose #prosepoetry #microfiction

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The Lonely Wind by Erin Jamieson | The Woolf
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November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"I might wish that I’d had more experience, the boat had been in better shape..."

Wind, wild seas and new #flashfiction from Jim Eigo in our #Trouble issue, out now.

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The Navigator by Jim Eigo | The Woolf
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November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"You had been hijacked by your mind, and I drove the kidnapper, but the hostage would peek from underneath."

Sink into this moving piece of #prosepoetry from Dolo Diaz in the #Trouble issue, out now.

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Long Drive Through the Woods by Dolo Diaz | The Woolf
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November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"She wanted to make sparrow song the soundtrack of her life."

Some lovely #prose from James Norcliffe in Issue 9, out now.

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Non, je ne regrette rien by James Norcliffe | The Woolf
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November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Read the fine print, according to Brad Rose @moomoocamus.bsky.social in the #Trouble issue, out now. #prosepoetry

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Product Warning by Brad Rose | The Woolf
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November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Trouble has a way of finding us even when we’ve stopped moving. It hums in the pipes, in the cracked tile where the light breaks differently every morning."

Here's a beaut from Joely Williams in our #Trouble issue, out now. #prose #prosepoetry

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The Quiet Kind of Trouble We Carry by Joely Williams | The Woolf
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November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A melted smartphone.
A burned overcoat.
A crumpled bicycle.
Everything was brown, the colour of the harbour on a sunny day...

Powerful new #flashfiction from Grace Davidson-Lynch is in the #Trouble issue, out now.

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Quiet Times by Grace Davidson-Lynch | The Woolf
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"I caught it out back on the morning you said you were leaving."

Here's a little pinch for the middle of the week: new #prosepoetry from Salvatore Difalco in the #Trouble issue, out now.

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The Scorpion by Salvatore Difalco | The Woolf
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November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Short-short new #poetry from Blanche Kabengele sure packs a punch. Check out the rest of our #Trouble issue, out now.

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tidbit from a former Black catholic high school girl by Blanche Kabengele | The Woolf
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November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Sometimes he curls his nicotine-stained fingers around mine and squeezes until I squirm."

Time to root for the raptors in new #creativenonfiction from @jen-bryant.bsky.social in our #Trouble issue, out now.

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The Raptors by Jen Bryant | The Woolf
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November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Toward first light, the scale for the day gathers. The microwave hums for chai."

Drink it in: lovely new #prosepoetry from @shivpreet.bsky.social in #thewoolfx

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Tu(r)ning by Shivpreet Singh | The Woolf
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November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"You’d bail him out for the last time. Until the next time."

Lovely words from poet Judith Shapiro are in the #Trouble issue, out now. #prosepoetry

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Moral Orders by Judith Shapiro | The Woolf
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November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"As a general rule, Larry never spied on his neighbor Mary." Or so he said.

Here's some cool, slightly troubling #flashfiction from Jennifer Lai in Issue 9.

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A General Rule by Jennifer Lai | The Woolf
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November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Trouble wore red boots in the Summer and always left her laces in the mud."

Let's head straight into Issue 9 with an ode to #Trouble by Nathan DeBar... #thewoolfx #prosepoetry

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The One I Loved by Nathan DeBar | The Woolf
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November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We're excited to have you and "The Raptors" with us, too 🫶 #creativenonfiction
So excited to have a new CNF piece up at @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social! 🔗
Time for #trouble - because Issue 9 is now live!

Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social

Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Time for #trouble - because Issue 9 is now live!

Dig into new #microfiction, #flashfiction, #creativenonfiction and #poetry from 15 fabulous writers, including @shivpreet.bsky.social @jen-bryant.bsky.social & @moomoocamus.bsky.social

Enjoy the read: thewoolfx.com
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Sometimes we howl.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here comes #Trouble - and not a moment too soon. Issue 9 will be out this month, featuring the fab work of 15 writers. Do stay tuned... #flashfiction #microfiction #prosepoetry #creativenonfiction #SometimesWeHowl
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thank you to every single troublemaker who submitted work for Issue 9. The fabulously autumnal #Trouble issue will be out next month...so please stay tuned #flashfiction #prosepoetry #microfiction #creativenonfiction
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thank you to every single troublemaker who submitted work for Issue 9. The fabulously autumnal #Trouble issue will be out next month...so please stay tuned #flashfiction #prosepoetry #microfiction #creativenonfiction
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Ring the alarms because #submissions close at midnight CET. Thank you to everyone who's sent in work for our #Trouble issue - and caused just the right kind. #microfiction #prosepoetry #creativenonfiction
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
One more week to stir up some #trouble so don't hold back. #submissions #microfiction #prosepoetry #flashfiction

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October 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So happy you sent this one our way!
So happy to be nominated for my piece “Feeding Time” which I recently had the pleasure of reading in Brussels at the @saloneurope.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Congratulations @yallaalia.bsky.social, @jefferyallentobin.bsky.social, @sabinejaccaud.bsky.social, Sheree Shatsky & Mike Wilson, our nominees for the next @sundresspub.bsky.social #BestoftheNet anthology. Fingers crossed!

#flashfiction #prosepoetry #creativenonfiction
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Calling all troublemakers: #Submissions for the #Trouble issue are open through 10 October 2025. Whatcha got? #microfiction #flashfiction #sometimeswehowl
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM