Corrine Leith
@corrineleith.bsky.social
Writes flash fiction and children's stories, sometimes dabbles in poetry. Forever weaving strange tales, walking dogs and playing with ponies.
Fabulous #WriteCBC task set by @jessicabull.bsky.social for this month's competition... 😀✒️
#WriteCBC task from @jessicabull.bsky.social: Write an exchange in which a character says one thing but communicates something else entirely. Allow your narrator to draw their own conclusions as to what is really being said. Extra points if you make it festive!
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Fabulous #WriteCBC task set by @jessicabull.bsky.social for this month's competition... 😀✒️
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SUB CALL—Winter Solstice | Dead of Winter: We want your dead of winter—your isolation, your frozen-in-time, your icy touch. We want the clocks to stop, to feel the danger of the cold. Give us frostbite. Give us whiteouts. Give us . . . yetis.
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
SUB CALL—Winter Solstice | Dead of Winter: We want your dead of winter—your isolation, your frozen-in-time, your icy touch. We want the clocks to stop, to feel the danger of the cold. Give us frostbite. Give us whiteouts. Give us . . . yetis.
"Open Coop" - A fabulous opportunity for writers of middle-grade fiction in the UK and Ireland. 🖋️😀👍
🍂 We're opening a 24 hour submission period here at Chicken House this Autumn Equinox (22nd September) 🍂
Do you:
🖋️Live in the UK or Ireland?
🖋️Have a finished or unfinished novel for children aged 7-11?
This opportunity might be for you!
Details➡️ https://loom.ly/LX7qCic
Do you:
🖋️Live in the UK or Ireland?
🖋️Have a finished or unfinished novel for children aged 7-11?
This opportunity might be for you!
Details➡️ https://loom.ly/LX7qCic
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"Open Coop" - A fabulous opportunity for writers of middle-grade fiction in the UK and Ireland. 🖋️😀👍
❤️ Chuffed to bits!
Thank you so much @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for publishing my CNF flash today! And to Lin Beresford for her wonderfully atmospheric illustration. 🎨❤️ #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction @leicwritersclub.bsky.social
Thank you so much @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for publishing my CNF flash today! And to Lin Beresford for her wonderfully atmospheric illustration. 🎨❤️ #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction @leicwritersclub.bsky.social
I Remember Saying Nothing
by Corrine Leith
@corrineleith.bsky.social
#FlashFiction
#writingcommunity
#flashfiction
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by Corrine Leith
@corrineleith.bsky.social
#FlashFiction
#writingcommunity
#flashfiction
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I Remember Saying Nothing – Free Flash Fiction
I remember Mum standing at the kitchen sink with her back to me, hands in yellow rubber gloves, stacking dishes on the drainer. I remember orange walls. I remember thinking don’t turn around Mum, I ca...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
❤️ Chuffed to bits!
Thank you so much @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for publishing my CNF flash today! And to Lin Beresford for her wonderfully atmospheric illustration. 🎨❤️ #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction @leicwritersclub.bsky.social
Thank you so much @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for publishing my CNF flash today! And to Lin Beresford for her wonderfully atmospheric illustration. 🎨❤️ #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction @leicwritersclub.bsky.social
Always a box of delights, The Big Scottish Book Club 💝. (Note to self...I'm going to need another bookshelf!) 📚📖
Brian Cox, Tash Aw, Nicola Sturgeon, Desiree Burch and Hallie Rubenhold all popping up on next series of Big Scottish Book Club which starts on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer on Thursday Aug 28. 📚 📺
Thank you to all the folk who came along to watch filming of the series SEVEN of Big Scottish Book Club. And to all the crew at IWC and venue staff @leiththeatre.bsky.social You can watch us on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer. And you can meet some of my guests here:
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August 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Always a box of delights, The Big Scottish Book Club 💝. (Note to self...I'm going to need another bookshelf!) 📚📖
Time to get Flashy! 😝 #CBCSummerStory25
There's no #WriteCBC this month, but we are running an exciting new #CBCSummerStory25 competition on Instagram! ☀️ ✍️
Write a flash fiction story inspired by our prompts to be in with a chance of winning a course place & report (more info below). See you next month for another #WriteCBC tip & task!
Write a flash fiction story inspired by our prompts to be in with a chance of winning a course place & report (more info below). See you next month for another #WriteCBC tip & task!
How to enter our summer writing competition #CBCSummerStory25
Write a flash fiction story inspired by our prompts to be in with a chance of winning a course place and editorial report! Our #CBCSummerStory25 writing competition is now open for entries.
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August 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Time to get Flashy! 😝 #CBCSummerStory25
What a glorious surprise to find sunflowers on weekend 'Walkies' with the dogs. 🐾🌻🌞
August 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
What a glorious surprise to find sunflowers on weekend 'Walkies' with the dogs. 🐾🌻🌞
Vote cast for #Uncanny in the #BritishPodcastAward -
I'm forever wobbling between Team Sceptic and Team Believer! 👻
I'm forever wobbling between Team Sceptic and Team Believer! 👻
1 month left to vote for #Uncanny in the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award!
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(Search Uncanny on the BPA website and remember to verify your vote via email)
#BritishPodcastAward #Uncanny
britishpodcastawards.com/voting
(Search Uncanny on the BPA website and remember to verify your vote via email)
#BritishPodcastAward #Uncanny
August 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Vote cast for #Uncanny in the #BritishPodcastAward -
I'm forever wobbling between Team Sceptic and Team Believer! 👻
I'm forever wobbling between Team Sceptic and Team Believer! 👻
Gorgeous weather for this morning's 'Walkies!' Feels so good for the soul ❤️
August 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Gorgeous weather for this morning's 'Walkies!' Feels so good for the soul ❤️
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Submissions are OPEN!!! I'll be reading from 1st-20th August. Cannot wait to read and enjoy all your lovely work x
Submission details here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
Submission details here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
August 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Submissions are OPEN!!! I'll be reading from 1st-20th August. Cannot wait to read and enjoy all your lovely work x
Submission details here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
Submission details here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
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Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1.
Love what you do. Nurture it; give it the time it needs to grow. Don't force it to be something it doesn't want to be. Don't compare it with its siblings. Feed it what it most needs. Don't lose the joy in your writing. Because if you don't love it, who else will?
Love what you do. Nurture it; give it the time it needs to grow. Don't force it to be something it doesn't want to be. Don't compare it with its siblings. Feed it what it most needs. Don't lose the joy in your writing. Because if you don't love it, who else will?
August 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 1.
Love what you do. Nurture it; give it the time it needs to grow. Don't force it to be something it doesn't want to be. Don't compare it with its siblings. Feed it what it most needs. Don't lose the joy in your writing. Because if you don't love it, who else will?
Love what you do. Nurture it; give it the time it needs to grow. Don't force it to be something it doesn't want to be. Don't compare it with its siblings. Feed it what it most needs. Don't lose the joy in your writing. Because if you don't love it, who else will?
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FFF Competition Twenty-Nine...
FFF Competition Twenty-Nine
Ends 23/8/25 at 10pm
Flash fiction between 100 / 300 words
1 Winner £150.00
2 Highly Commended £70.00
3 Shortlisted £60.00
£3.95 via PayPal or Stripe
£2.65 via BACS
Judge: Amy Photiou
#writingcompetitions #flashfiction
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Ends 23/8/25 at 10pm
Flash fiction between 100 / 300 words
1 Winner £150.00
2 Highly Commended £70.00
3 Shortlisted £60.00
£3.95 via PayPal or Stripe
£2.65 via BACS
Judge: Amy Photiou
#writingcompetitions #flashfiction
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August 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
FFF Competition Twenty-Nine...
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It was very still & the sky was the dull silver of a mermaid's mirror. The swifts who nested in the thatch were leaving that night, flying to Madrid, then south, south, south across the Sahara, carrying tales of Old Fox’s cottage, tales of love, of sickness, of fear, of hope.
August 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It was very still & the sky was the dull silver of a mermaid's mirror. The swifts who nested in the thatch were leaving that night, flying to Madrid, then south, south, south across the Sahara, carrying tales of Old Fox’s cottage, tales of love, of sickness, of fear, of hope.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
Prize — Galley Beggar Press
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
Percolating away ...
We're switching off the genny for the night - the hardhatted squirrels have got a right sweat on. Keep sending forms though, we'll fire up again in the morning 🦝
Those already prompted, we hope your stories start percolating in your brain pans...
Those already prompted, we hope your stories start percolating in your brain pans...
a raccoon is sitting on top of a bed with a blanket over its head .
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August 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Percolating away ...
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Spread the word about Paragraph Planet, the #writing website that publishes one 75-word #story every day www.paragraphplanet.com/submission #writingcommunity #flashfiction
kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .
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July 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Spread the word about Paragraph Planet, the #writing website that publishes one 75-word #story every day www.paragraphplanet.com/submission #writingcommunity #flashfiction
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Who fancies a #writing challenge? Write a story in just 75 words - exactly 75 words - for the chance to be published on Paragraph Planet’s home page. One has been featured every day since 2008. Http://www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity Pls RT to other #writers
a chimpanzee wearing a pink shirt is holding a gun in its mouth .
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June 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Who fancies a #writing challenge? Write a story in just 75 words - exactly 75 words - for the chance to be published on Paragraph Planet’s home page. One has been featured every day since 2008. Http://www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity Pls RT to other #writers
I recently had a lovely micro published by @paragraphplanet.bsky.social ... give it a go! 😁
Calling all #writers: Can YOU write a story in just 75 words? One is published every day on Paragraph Planet’s home page. Submit today! Https://www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php
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May 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I recently had a lovely micro published by @paragraphplanet.bsky.social ... give it a go! 😁
Happy Days! I've added my favourite Bluesky people and places to notifications on @bluenotify.app and now I'm seeing so many, many more of their lovely posts
a kitten is standing on its hind legs in the water and looking at the camera .
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May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Days! I've added my favourite Bluesky people and places to notifications on @bluenotify.app and now I'm seeing so many, many more of their lovely posts
Chuffed to have a little piece, "(K1,P1)" published today🖋️😀. Thank you, @paragraphplanet.bsky.social
www.paragraphplanet.com
www.paragraphplanet.com
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
www.paragraphplanet.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Chuffed to have a little piece, "(K1,P1)" published today🖋️😀. Thank you, @paragraphplanet.bsky.social
www.paragraphplanet.com
www.paragraphplanet.com
Grab your paddles 🚣🚣♂️🚣♀️ the 'flash flood'-gates are open! ✒️
FlashFlood is now open for submissions until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted (2022 & earlier). Debut writer spots. Free to enter. For more details see here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
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April 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Grab your paddles 🚣🚣♂️🚣♀️ the 'flash flood'-gates are open! ✒️
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A possible creative project for this week if you fancy it:
🌿 gather a few leaves on a walk/in your garden
🥚 stick lightly to a blown egg using a gluestick
🦿 wrap egg & leaf tightly in part of an old pair of tights
🧅 make your own food dyes using red cabbage, turmeric, onion skins etc. Results:
🌿 gather a few leaves on a walk/in your garden
🥚 stick lightly to a blown egg using a gluestick
🦿 wrap egg & leaf tightly in part of an old pair of tights
🧅 make your own food dyes using red cabbage, turmeric, onion skins etc. Results:
April 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A possible creative project for this week if you fancy it:
🌿 gather a few leaves on a walk/in your garden
🥚 stick lightly to a blown egg using a gluestick
🦿 wrap egg & leaf tightly in part of an old pair of tights
🧅 make your own food dyes using red cabbage, turmeric, onion skins etc. Results:
🌿 gather a few leaves on a walk/in your garden
🥚 stick lightly to a blown egg using a gluestick
🦿 wrap egg & leaf tightly in part of an old pair of tights
🧅 make your own food dyes using red cabbage, turmeric, onion skins etc. Results:
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Shhhh. Come're. You'll be the first to hear about this. Starting May 11, we'll open our themed call for submissions "Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller" for our September issue, paying $300 for accepted flash (under 1000 words). Watch our social media channels for more info.
January 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Shhhh. Come're. You'll be the first to hear about this. Starting May 11, we'll open our themed call for submissions "Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller" for our September issue, paying $300 for accepted flash (under 1000 words). Watch our social media channels for more info.
Happy Anniversary Larry!
Love you! ❤️xx
Love you! ❤️xx
A special #Caturday this week: today is the 14th anniversary of my arrival on Downing Street.
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February 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy Anniversary Larry!
Love you! ❤️xx
Love you! ❤️xx