Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
Writer, teacher & author of flash collection COLD TOAST (Dahlia Books)
Wigleaf Top 50; Winner of Bath Flash Fiction Award, The Forge Flash Nonfiction prize, Manchester Writing School's 'QuietManDave' prize
www.kamwords.com
Wigleaf Top 50; Winner of Bath Flash Fiction Award, The Forge Flash Nonfiction prize, Manchester Writing School's 'QuietManDave' prize
www.kamwords.com
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🎉SHE'S HERE!!🎉 Hugely excited to reveal the beauticious cover of my debut collection COLD TOAST feat. the artwork of renowned 70s artist Tim Mara 🔥
Out on 15th May! Preorders now available at www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/cold...
#flashfiction #shortstories #popart #printmaking
Out on 15th May! Preorders now available at www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/cold...
#flashfiction #shortstories #popart #printmaking
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Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
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milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Don't miss these latest micros by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social !!
My two short works featured today. Many thanks, Pangyrus editors!!
Susie, Do I Write You a Letter? and Siren | Pangyrus
Susie, Do I Write You a Letter? Susie, do I write you a letter, the way you did to Tom after he died? You asked me if I minded if you wrote him a letter and ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Don't miss these latest micros by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social !!
Really enjoying this hybrid 'chronomemoir' by the ever-inspiring @taniahershman.bsky.social ⏰🔥🤩
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really enjoying this hybrid 'chronomemoir' by the ever-inspiring @taniahershman.bsky.social ⏰🔥🤩
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You all!! I have the BEST PEOPLE in my life!! Thank you @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for your insightful and wonderful words!!
(@mynachang.bsky.social she mentions your amazing interview too 🥰)
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
(@mynachang.bsky.social she mentions your amazing interview too 🥰)
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Bitter Over Sweet by Melissa Llanes Brownlee. A stunning read. Plus, Melissa writes in Hawaiian Pidgin Creole & English, this book is a masterclass on authentic own voice writing. Unmissable.
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
You all!! I have the BEST PEOPLE in my life!! Thank you @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for your insightful and wonderful words!!
(@mynachang.bsky.social she mentions your amazing interview too 🥰)
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
(@mynachang.bsky.social she mentions your amazing interview too 🥰)
@sfwp.bsky.social
@susanschulman.bsky.social
I generally find if you have to explain something is not racist, it absolutely is.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I generally find if you have to explain something is not racist, it absolutely is.
It's filling up! Join us! Replay videos available for those who can't make it 📹
I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
Buy tickets – Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom
Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom, Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Curious about how to move from publishing standalone flash to a body of work? This 2-hour workshop breaks down everyth...
www.tickettailor.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's filling up! Join us! Replay videos available for those who can't make it 📹
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we have an amazing 73 word micro by Sarah Chin !
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
AGES by Sarah Chin
Thirteen was the year I discovered spite. Fourteen, eyeliner. Fifteen, seduction in a slow blink. At sixteen, I mailed seventeen birthday cards to myself, all unsigned. My mother asked who loved me th...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
we have an amazing 73 word micro by Sarah Chin !
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
it's called 'Ages' & u should read it right now
xraylitmag.com/ages-by-sara...
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Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
The Failing Writers Podcast - S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
YouTube video by Failing Writers
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
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In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
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Too Many Sharks: A Warning About "Agents"
No, seriously
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November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
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The work of contemporary ceramics artist Pollyanna Johnson #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The work of contemporary ceramics artist Pollyanna Johnson #WomensArt
📣Workshop with pro tips for getting your flash collection together and into the world/Q&A - Replay recordings will be sent to ticket holders/those who can't make it 📽️
In two weeks! Come join us! Get your work out there in 2026!!
I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📣Workshop with pro tips for getting your flash collection together and into the world/Q&A - Replay recordings will be sent to ticket holders/those who can't make it 📽️
In two weeks! Come join us! Get your work out there in 2026!!
I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
Buy tickets – Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom
Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom, Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Curious about how to move from publishing standalone flash to a body of work? This 2-hour workshop breaks down everyth...
www.tickettailor.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In two weeks! Come join us! Get your work out there in 2026!!
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Natasha Newton, contemporary UK artist and illustrator #WomensArt
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Natasha Newton, contemporary UK artist and illustrator #WomensArt
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Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
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‘Both the Green Party’s activists and its sceptics would do well to avoid reading its fortunes off a script written abroad or in the past.’
@michaelchessum.bsky.social on what is next for the Greens:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
@michaelchessum.bsky.social on what is next for the Greens:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Michael Chessum | Green New Left
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, says he wants to replace Labour. That still seems...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
‘Both the Green Party’s activists and its sceptics would do well to avoid reading its fortunes off a script written abroad or in the past.’
@michaelchessum.bsky.social on what is next for the Greens:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
@michaelchessum.bsky.social on what is next for the Greens:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
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I have a little ghost story in SFPJ today -
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
November 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I have a little ghost story in SFPJ today -
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
"Jimmy. Fucking. Bang."
Thanks to Francine!
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This month's From the Bookshelf writing prompt features an entry in the 1,149+-page New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary. Enjoy!
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From the Bookshelf
November 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This month's From the Bookshelf writing prompt features an entry in the 1,149+-page New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary. Enjoy!
cherylpappas.substack.com/p/from-the-b...
cherylpappas.substack.com/p/from-the-b...
ICYMI
Read Amanda Krupman's review of Kathryn Aldridge-Morris's collection Cold Toast at SmokeLong now. Available from Dahlia Books. @kazbarwrites.bsky.social www.smokelong.com/book-review-...
Book Review: Cold Toast by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris - SmokeLong Quarterly
Reviewed by Amanda Krupman Kathryn Aldridge-Morris’s flash collection Cold Toast [Dahlia Books, October 2025] opens with an ekphrastic story referencing its cover art by Irish printmaker Lee Mara. It’...
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November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ICYMI
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First off, I just have to say, I love the Bath Flash Fiction Award! Thank you so much to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @kazbarwrites.bsky.social for seeing and appreciating my cranky, zero-fucks-given Menopausal Woman character. She's a real hoot!
October 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
First off, I just have to say, I love the Bath Flash Fiction Award! Thank you so much to @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @kazbarwrites.bsky.social for seeing and appreciating my cranky, zero-fucks-given Menopausal Woman character. She's a real hoot!
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How thrilling! Congratulations to the other winners and many thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
I am so so so happy.
I am so so so happy.
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How thrilling! Congratulations to the other winners and many thanks to @bathflashaward.bsky.social and @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
I am so so so happy.
I am so so so happy.
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Congratulations Adam Brannigan! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/1st-...
1st Prize, October 2025 Award: Adam Brannigan
Two Nude Night Owls by Adam Brannigan Its past midnight, and I’m sitting at my fire pit, burning old letters from old girlfriends. Old photos. Old birthday cards. Trinkets and whatever. It’s time t…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Congratulations Adam Brannigan! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/1st-...
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Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Congratulations Emily Rinkema! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/2nd-...
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Congratulations Debra A Daniel! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/octo...
3rd Prize October 2025 Award: Debra A Daniel
My Husband Watches Henry the Donkey by Debra A Daniel When the news is overwhelming, my husband turns to Youtube. “Here comes Henry,” he says. Henry’s owner brings treats and the donkey prances to …
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October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Congratulations Debra A Daniel! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/10/octo...
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