Anne Wilkins - author
@annewilkins.bsky.social
I live in New Zealand crafting stories in my spare time (what's that?). I'm new to this whole Bluesky thing, so go easy on me, I'm technically "old folk" status.
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My "Bent Out of Shape" story. This was the winning story from the 2023 Autumn Writing Battle, it has been reprinted in Gavagai as an editors pick!
www.gavagai.com/posts/518
www.gavagai.com/posts/518
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
My "Bent Out of Shape" story. This was the winning story from the 2023 Autumn Writing Battle, it has been reprinted in Gavagai as an editors pick!
www.gavagai.com/posts/518
www.gavagai.com/posts/518
Really pleased to have placed third in the Fall 2025 Writer's Weekly 24-hour Short Story Contest. 🤩 My story is called Black Harvest, and you can read it at the link below.
24hourshortstorycontest.com/archive/fall...
24hourshortstorycontest.com/archive/fall...
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Really pleased to have placed third in the Fall 2025 Writer's Weekly 24-hour Short Story Contest. 🤩 My story is called Black Harvest, and you can read it at the link below.
24hourshortstorycontest.com/archive/fall...
24hourshortstorycontest.com/archive/fall...
And I have a cool little story in here called "Ant-icipation"🐜
This is a magazine from the Australasian Horror Writers Association, so for me it's a big deal. And that's my name on the cover😍!!
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FTYJGKQG
This is a magazine from the Australasian Horror Writers Association, so for me it's a big deal. And that's my name on the cover😍!!
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FTYJGKQG
October 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And I have a cool little story in here called "Ant-icipation"🐜
This is a magazine from the Australasian Horror Writers Association, so for me it's a big deal. And that's my name on the cover😍!!
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FTYJGKQG
This is a magazine from the Australasian Horror Writers Association, so for me it's a big deal. And that's my name on the cover😍!!
www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FTYJGKQG
I'm really happy to let you all know that I'm the joint winner of the October Flash Fiction prompt for Flame Tree Fiction. My story "The Coin's Lullaby" has been published in their newsletter today and will be on their website next week.🥰
#flametree
#flametree
October 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'm really happy to let you all know that I'm the joint winner of the October Flash Fiction prompt for Flame Tree Fiction. My story "The Coin's Lullaby" has been published in their newsletter today and will be on their website next week.🥰
#flametree
#flametree
Reviewer, Dave Musson, at 6:43 talking about my story 'The Scream' in the Pretend You Don't See Her: The Invisible Woman anthology. Honestly, blown away by his kind comments.
Extract below. Anthology being released on 30 September.
#kandishapress
Extract below. Anthology being released on 30 September.
#kandishapress
September 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Reviewer, Dave Musson, at 6:43 talking about my story 'The Scream' in the Pretend You Don't See Her: The Invisible Woman anthology. Honestly, blown away by his kind comments.
Extract below. Anthology being released on 30 September.
#kandishapress
Extract below. Anthology being released on 30 September.
#kandishapress
Very honoured to be a presenter at this years Speculative Fiction New Zealand's Summit next Sunday at 2 pm (NZ time). I'm presenting online on Short Stories: Crafting & Submitting. specfic.nz/summit-2025/
It's open to spec fic members and non members. Maybe I'll see some of you there...
It's open to spec fic members and non members. Maybe I'll see some of you there...
September 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Very honoured to be a presenter at this years Speculative Fiction New Zealand's Summit next Sunday at 2 pm (NZ time). I'm presenting online on Short Stories: Crafting & Submitting. specfic.nz/summit-2025/
It's open to spec fic members and non members. Maybe I'll see some of you there...
It's open to spec fic members and non members. Maybe I'll see some of you there...
And I have a short 250 word story up in Anomaly today called
"Summertime Retreat". 🥹https://www.patreon.com/posts/summertime-by-135887284?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share
"Summertime Retreat". 🥹https://www.patreon.com/posts/summertime-by-135887284?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share
September 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And I have a short 250 word story up in Anomaly today called
"Summertime Retreat". 🥹https://www.patreon.com/posts/summertime-by-135887284?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share
"Summertime Retreat". 🥹https://www.patreon.com/posts/summertime-by-135887284?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share
It's up! My piece, Growing Daffodils, is published today in the September 2025 issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly, and... my name is on the cover!! Wonderful magazine, packed with great stories. cosmichorrormonthly.com/store/issue-...
#cosmichorrormonthly
#cosmichorrormonthly
September 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
It's up! My piece, Growing Daffodils, is published today in the September 2025 issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly, and... my name is on the cover!! Wonderful magazine, packed with great stories. cosmichorrormonthly.com/store/issue-...
#cosmichorrormonthly
#cosmichorrormonthly
Look what came in the mail today! Check out this beautiful anthology of robot short stories, and my story, Aphrodite T-100 is lucky enough to be included!
www.flametreepublishing.com/robots-past-...
Available to buy via book stores (UK, I believe), Amazon, and the Flame Tree Publishing website.
www.flametreepublishing.com/robots-past-...
Available to buy via book stores (UK, I believe), Amazon, and the Flame Tree Publishing website.
September 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Look what came in the mail today! Check out this beautiful anthology of robot short stories, and my story, Aphrodite T-100 is lucky enough to be included!
www.flametreepublishing.com/robots-past-...
Available to buy via book stores (UK, I believe), Amazon, and the Flame Tree Publishing website.
www.flametreepublishing.com/robots-past-...
Available to buy via book stores (UK, I believe), Amazon, and the Flame Tree Publishing website.
Yay! Made the longlist for the NQW Prize for flash fiction. Only 40 stories out of 340 make it to this stage. Mine's a short little sci-fi piece.
August 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Yay! Made the longlist for the NQW Prize for flash fiction. Only 40 stories out of 340 make it to this stage. Mine's a short little sci-fi piece.
My story, aptly called The Scream, will be in a women of horror anthology named "Pretend You Don't See Her". The date of release for that anthology is looming close, September 25. Very exciting! Here is the cover reveal...
#Pretendyoudon'tseeher #kandishapress #womenofhorror
#Pretendyoudon'tseeher #kandishapress #womenofhorror
August 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My story, aptly called The Scream, will be in a women of horror anthology named "Pretend You Don't See Her". The date of release for that anthology is looming close, September 25. Very exciting! Here is the cover reveal...
#Pretendyoudon'tseeher #kandishapress #womenofhorror
#Pretendyoudon'tseeher #kandishapress #womenofhorror
I have a sci-fi story called "The Soulmate Experience" that has been published in this fantastic anthology called "This Exquisite Topology". Check out that cool cover! It's full of great stories and poetry. Available to order here: a.co/d/bZ3iyUh
Released today!
Released today!
August 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I have a sci-fi story called "The Soulmate Experience" that has been published in this fantastic anthology called "This Exquisite Topology". Check out that cool cover! It's full of great stories and poetry. Available to order here: a.co/d/bZ3iyUh
Released today!
Released today!
My story "Dreams Die Quietly", which was the joint winner of Flame Tree Fiction's June Flash Fiction can be now read on their website for free! Link below. www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/...
August 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
My story "Dreams Die Quietly", which was the joint winner of Flame Tree Fiction's June Flash Fiction can be now read on their website for free! Link below. www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/...
And I'm very excited to announce that I am now a preliminary judge for Elegant Literature. The biggest bonus is that my daughter, Julia (who is also an author) is a judge too! Lots of reading ahead for the both of us.
@elegantliterature.bsky.social www.elegantliterature.com/staff/
@elegantliterature.bsky.social www.elegantliterature.com/staff/
August 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And I'm very excited to announce that I am now a preliminary judge for Elegant Literature. The biggest bonus is that my daughter, Julia (who is also an author) is a judge too! Lots of reading ahead for the both of us.
@elegantliterature.bsky.social www.elegantliterature.com/staff/
@elegantliterature.bsky.social www.elegantliterature.com/staff/
And... I have a dystopian story featured in this anthology about reproductive horror. I was exploring that old adage "it takes a village to raise a child" and seeing where it led me...
Honoured to be part of this anthology.
Preorder here: books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q
#ChoicesAnthology
Honoured to be part of this anthology.
Preorder here: books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q
#ChoicesAnthology
August 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
And... I have a dystopian story featured in this anthology about reproductive horror. I was exploring that old adage "it takes a village to raise a child" and seeing where it led me...
Honoured to be part of this anthology.
Preorder here: books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q
#ChoicesAnthology
Honoured to be part of this anthology.
Preorder here: books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q
#ChoicesAnthology
And this arrived in the post this last week! Thank you so much to @bristolshortstory.bsky.social for selecting my story as a finalist!
July 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
And this arrived in the post this last week! Thank you so much to @bristolshortstory.bsky.social for selecting my story as a finalist!
Here to report some good news.😍 I was one of the two winner's for Flame Tree's monthly flash fiction call. It's called Dreams Die Quietly. You can read it on their newsletter (you'd have to sign up, but it's free www.flametreepress.com/reader-exclu...) or it will be put up on their website soon.
July 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here to report some good news.😍 I was one of the two winner's for Flame Tree's monthly flash fiction call. It's called Dreams Die Quietly. You can read it on their newsletter (you'd have to sign up, but it's free www.flametreepress.com/reader-exclu...) or it will be put up on their website soon.
I made it to the sweet 16 of the Wonder Writing Battle.
My badge of honour is below.
I really enjoyed writing this one as I'm a little fascinated and creeped out by spiders.
My badge of honour is below.
I really enjoyed writing this one as I'm a little fascinated and creeped out by spiders.
June 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I made it to the sweet 16 of the Wonder Writing Battle.
My badge of honour is below.
I really enjoyed writing this one as I'm a little fascinated and creeped out by spiders.
My badge of honour is below.
I really enjoyed writing this one as I'm a little fascinated and creeped out by spiders.
Book Parade 2025 - my tribute to sci-fi. And what self-respecting person doesn't have a lightsaber in the back of their closet for just such an occasion. 😅
May 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Book Parade 2025 - my tribute to sci-fi. And what self-respecting person doesn't have a lightsaber in the back of their closet for just such an occasion. 😅
And I found this sweet review on Horrornews.net of Inanimate Things Vol 2, which mentions my story! 😍
horrornews.net/182263/book-...
It's a cool book, available here: www.amazon.com/Inanimate-Th...
horrornews.net/182263/book-...
It's a cool book, available here: www.amazon.com/Inanimate-Th...
April 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
And I found this sweet review on Horrornews.net of Inanimate Things Vol 2, which mentions my story! 😍
horrornews.net/182263/book-...
It's a cool book, available here: www.amazon.com/Inanimate-Th...
horrornews.net/182263/book-...
It's a cool book, available here: www.amazon.com/Inanimate-Th...
I'm really pleased to have a short story featured in the Last Girls Club Spring magazine, called "The Taking". Print issue and PDF issue available. The mag is packed full of scary stories (some true), poetry, quizzes, horoscopes etc all around the theme lost at sea. www.lastgirlsclub.com 😃
March 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm really pleased to have a short story featured in the Last Girls Club Spring magazine, called "The Taking". Print issue and PDF issue available. The mag is packed full of scary stories (some true), poetry, quizzes, horoscopes etc all around the theme lost at sea. www.lastgirlsclub.com 😃