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Dr Emma Venables
@emmamvenables.bsky.social
Dog lady. Writer. Research: women in WW2 & its aftermath (esp. in Berlin). Fragments of a Woman (novel) published by Aderyn Press. She/her.
Delighted to have another short story published by the wonderful @sundialmagazine.bsky.social with fantastic artwork by Sandra Eckert.
"You ask for a divorce as if you were asking me to pass you the salt. I reply: no, thank you.".

Read "A Conversation Over Breakfast", a new #histfic #shortstory set in East #Germany by @emmamvenables.bsky.social

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September 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Who's open for short story/flash fiction submissions? #shortstory #fiction #flashfiction
May 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by Dr Emma Venables
"The ground rises to meet me like my mother’s hand when vexed. I bite my lip with the force. I stand up. My pulse thumps in my ears."

Read "Woman in a Field, Somewhere in France, 1942" by @emmamvenables.bsky.social

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March 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I've just finished a draft of my first short story of 2025. It's messy and scrappy but it exists which is something, right? #amwriting #fiction
February 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy New Year from me and my boy! Hoping to get writing again this year - any tips for someone who is struggling to put pen to paper/fingers to keyboard?
January 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Wow, it's been a year since I last posted on here. But it seems we're all heading here now. So...hello, friends! How is everyone doing? What did I miss?
November 17, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Next Wednesday evening I’m on a Debut Writers Panel at Storyhouse in Chester as part of Chester Literature Festival. Tickets available here: storyhouse.com/whats-on/deb...
November 15, 2023 at 7:23 PM
My debut novel, Fragments of a Woman, which tells the story of 5 women in Nazi Germany, is available in all the usual bookish spots including:
Blackwells: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/fragmen... Amazon: amzn.eu/d/cSLvDGI
November 1, 2023 at 7:12 PM