Kerry Mead 🍉
@kerrymead.bsky.social
I'm sorry, I don't know my personality type.
Writing memoir, essays, fiction, place, & neurodivergence. Curae Prize '23 & Bristol Short Story Prize '25 shortlisted.
#ADHD. Complete lefty.
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Writing memoir, essays, fiction, place, & neurodivergence. Curae Prize '23 & Bristol Short Story Prize '25 shortlisted.
#ADHD. Complete lefty.
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Kerry Mead 🍉
@kerrymead.bsky.social
· May 15
The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist is now live: bit.ly/4k7rSio
A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social, Kate Johnson and @peacemedie.bsky.social for their time, commitment and enthusiasm.
Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!
A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social, Kate Johnson and @peacemedie.bsky.social for their time, commitment and enthusiasm.
Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!
This is the best news ever! My story Redding Rd Vs Alderaan has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize!
I've been looking for a home for this baby for over 2 years & now at last it's got one (but not just any old roof over its head, this is a dream home in the city it was born in.) 🏙️🔥
I've been looking for a home for this baby for over 2 years & now at last it's got one (but not just any old roof over its head, this is a dream home in the city it was born in.) 🏙️🔥
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"I long to read more in the book of you."
Beloved Moomins creator Tove Jansson's almost unbearably beautiful love letters to the love of her life (who inspired her wisest Moomin character) www.themarginalian.org/2020/06/12/t...
Beloved Moomins creator Tove Jansson's almost unbearably beautiful love letters to the love of her life (who inspired her wisest Moomin character) www.themarginalian.org/2020/06/12/t...
I Long to Read More in the Book of You: Moomins Creator Tove Jansson’s Tender and Passionate Letters to the Love of Her Life
“I’m so unused to being happy that I haven’t really come to terms with what it involves… I feel like a garden that’s finally been watered, so my flowers can bloom.”
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November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"I long to read more in the book of you."
Beloved Moomins creator Tove Jansson's almost unbearably beautiful love letters to the love of her life (who inspired her wisest Moomin character) www.themarginalian.org/2020/06/12/t...
Beloved Moomins creator Tove Jansson's almost unbearably beautiful love letters to the love of her life (who inspired her wisest Moomin character) www.themarginalian.org/2020/06/12/t...
My thoughts exactly.
Thank God Robyn is back to save us before the year is through.
Seasonal crancing.
Seasonal crancing.
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My thoughts exactly.
Hello! I'm a writer! I'm awful at using social media for writer stuff. I even went on a short course once, but it failed miserably in helping me build an online writers' persona. Instead, I prefer lurking, pressing 'like' on whatever I like, & commenting once a month on a random post.
But... 🧵
But... 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hello! I'm a writer! I'm awful at using social media for writer stuff. I even went on a short course once, but it failed miserably in helping me build an online writers' persona. Instead, I prefer lurking, pressing 'like' on whatever I like, & commenting once a month on a random post.
But... 🧵
But... 🧵
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Why the fuck are governments not speaking up and trying to get their citizens out?
One member of the flotilla has DISAPPEARED - Yvonne Ridley from Scotland. Unless there’s been an update about that?!
One member of the flotilla has DISAPPEARED - Yvonne Ridley from Scotland. Unless there’s been an update about that?!
Four Members of European Parliament have been abducted in International waters and the President of France has not made one public statement demanding their return.
October 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Why the fuck are governments not speaking up and trying to get their citizens out?
One member of the flotilla has DISAPPEARED - Yvonne Ridley from Scotland. Unless there’s been an update about that?!
One member of the flotilla has DISAPPEARED - Yvonne Ridley from Scotland. Unless there’s been an update about that?!
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Can we also stop supplying weapon parts to Israel, suspend trade and impose a sports and cultural boycott to try and ensure there's a Palestine left to recognise?
September 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Can we also stop supplying weapon parts to Israel, suspend trade and impose a sports and cultural boycott to try and ensure there's a Palestine left to recognise?
As I just considered reaching for my brand new bluetooth speaker & dashing it against the kitchen wall it hit me how fucking insufferable Radiohead are/have become/actually, have always been.
Throwing my Radiohead albums in the trash and buying a DJ Provai balaclava
August 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As I just considered reaching for my brand new bluetooth speaker & dashing it against the kitchen wall it hit me how fucking insufferable Radiohead are/have become/actually, have always been.
I'm writing fuck all - I'm lying in bed painting my nails and listening to reggaeton.
If you're not writing your long book what are you even doing. It's the summer of writing your long book, not the summer of experiencing happiness
I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long.
July 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm writing fuck all - I'm lying in bed painting my nails and listening to reggaeton.
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And the Universal Credit bill has passed. Some of the sickest people in the country will suffer needlessly more now. There is no justification, no excuse. Just ugly, cruel choices by ministers too cowardly to tax the wealthy rather than cut the poor. A shameful day for Starmer’s Labour.
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
And the Universal Credit bill has passed. Some of the sickest people in the country will suffer needlessly more now. There is no justification, no excuse. Just ugly, cruel choices by ministers too cowardly to tax the wealthy rather than cut the poor. A shameful day for Starmer’s Labour.
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Today, the Muhammad Relief Fundraiser distributed comprehensive meals to displaced families in the Gaza Strip. The meals included hummus, falafel, bread, and a nutritional supplement for children
You can donate here - gofund.me/da82ccde
or directly - shorturl.at/PhwWo
Today, the Muhammad Relief Fundraiser distributed comprehensive meals to displaced families in the Gaza Strip. The meals included hummus, falafel, bread, and a nutritional supplement for children
You can donate here - gofund.me/da82ccde
or directly - shorturl.at/PhwWo
July 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#SHARE 👇
Today, the Muhammad Relief Fundraiser distributed comprehensive meals to displaced families in the Gaza Strip. The meals included hummus, falafel, bread, and a nutritional supplement for children
You can donate here - gofund.me/da82ccde
or directly - shorturl.at/PhwWo
Today, the Muhammad Relief Fundraiser distributed comprehensive meals to displaced families in the Gaza Strip. The meals included hummus, falafel, bread, and a nutritional supplement for children
You can donate here - gofund.me/da82ccde
or directly - shorturl.at/PhwWo
I stand against genocide, the true terrorism.
At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
July 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I stand against genocide, the true terrorism.
Reposted by Kerry Mead 🍉
At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
I raised good kids - here's my birthday present from them - and I love it 🤍 Thank you @yourlocalspaceman.bsky.social
#MakeTroubleQuestionEverything #KatherineHamnett
#MakeTroubleQuestionEverything #KatherineHamnett
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I raised good kids - here's my birthday present from them - and I love it 🤍 Thank you @yourlocalspaceman.bsky.social
#MakeTroubleQuestionEverything #KatherineHamnett
#MakeTroubleQuestionEverything #KatherineHamnett
Awkward grins are my bag in photos, but I was genuinely chuffed as hell to celebrate being in the @bristolshortstory.bsky.social 17th anthology last night.
June 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Awkward grins are my bag in photos, but I was genuinely chuffed as hell to celebrate being in the @bristolshortstory.bsky.social 17th anthology last night.
Reposted by Kerry Mead 🍉
Local to Bristol?
Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries.
Get your free ticket here: bit.ly/3TIoQFU
#writingprize #shortstoryprize
Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries.
Get your free ticket here: bit.ly/3TIoQFU
#writingprize #shortstoryprize
June 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Local to Bristol?
Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries.
Get your free ticket here: bit.ly/3TIoQFU
#writingprize #shortstoryprize
Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries.
Get your free ticket here: bit.ly/3TIoQFU
#writingprize #shortstoryprize
Yes, I'm still pinching myself
In this multi-POV story, we follow a mother and her daughter as they are forced to confront what it means to belong.
📚 @kerrymead.bsky.social’s heart-breaking story will feature in our new anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB
📚 @kerrymead.bsky.social’s heart-breaking story will feature in our new anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB
June 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yes, I'm still pinching myself
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What George doesn't understand is that in the UK, we decided in 2020 that 'governing' was actually a tedious distraction from 'speculating about, and positioning for, the next general election'. It's core to our culture and it is *very* disrespectful to criticise it.
this is a very strange message from Starmer. First, you're boosting the far right which is, uh, risky. Second, your government was elected LAST YEAR why are you talking like the election campaign is under way?!?!!
*STARMER: TORIES SLIDING INTO ABYSS, CHOICE IS LABOUR OR REFORM
*STARMER: TORIES SLIDING INTO ABYSS, CHOICE IS LABOUR OR REFORM
May 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What George doesn't understand is that in the UK, we decided in 2020 that 'governing' was actually a tedious distraction from 'speculating about, and positioning for, the next general election'. It's core to our culture and it is *very* disrespectful to criticise it.
This is my good friend's Arabic teacher, please donate / share chuffed.org/project/1281...
Our baby deserves to live.
Please Help Us Escape — Our Baby Deserves to Live
chuffed.org
May 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is my good friend's Arabic teacher, please donate / share chuffed.org/project/1281...
This is the best news ever! My story Redding Rd Vs Alderaan has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize!
I've been looking for a home for this baby for over 2 years & now at last it's got one (but not just any old roof over its head, this is a dream home in the city it was born in.) 🏙️🔥
I've been looking for a home for this baby for over 2 years & now at last it's got one (but not just any old roof over its head, this is a dream home in the city it was born in.) 🏙️🔥
The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist is now live: bit.ly/4k7rSio
A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social, Kate Johnson and @peacemedie.bsky.social for their time, commitment and enthusiasm.
Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!
A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social, Kate Johnson and @peacemedie.bsky.social for their time, commitment and enthusiasm.
Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!
May 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is the best news ever! My story Redding Rd Vs Alderaan has been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize!
I've been looking for a home for this baby for over 2 years & now at last it's got one (but not just any old roof over its head, this is a dream home in the city it was born in.) 🏙️🔥
I've been looking for a home for this baby for over 2 years & now at last it's got one (but not just any old roof over its head, this is a dream home in the city it was born in.) 🏙️🔥
My sadness, disappointment and fear for the future run deep. We waited years for a Labour government, and now we've got one it's a shitshow of a government with a bunch of nasty assholes at its helm led by a man with zero principles.
May 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My sadness, disappointment and fear for the future run deep. We waited years for a Labour government, and now we've got one it's a shitshow of a government with a bunch of nasty assholes at its helm led by a man with zero principles.
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Please sign - @bristolbeacon.bsky.social have booked Dudu Tassa, who has performed for IDF soldiers on numerous occasions, to play on 23.6.
Open letter here: bristolpalestinealliance.org/call-on-bris...
Please sign - @bristolbeacon.bsky.social have booked Dudu Tassa, who has performed for IDF soldiers on numerous occasions, to play on 23.6.
Open letter here: bristolpalestinealliance.org/call-on-bris...
Sign the Petition
Don’t Let Music Whitewash Genocide — Respect the Palestinian Cultural Boycott
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April 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Please sign - @bristolbeacon.bsky.social have booked Dudu Tassa, who has performed for IDF soldiers on numerous occasions, to play on 23.6.
Open letter here: bristolpalestinealliance.org/call-on-bris...
Please sign - @bristolbeacon.bsky.social have booked Dudu Tassa, who has performed for IDF soldiers on numerous occasions, to play on 23.6.
Open letter here: bristolpalestinealliance.org/call-on-bris...
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"Revision is where fine art begins. It’s thrilling to take an ending and pull it backward like a shiny thread through the whole fabric of a manuscript, letting little glints shine through here and there. To plant resolution, like a seed, into chapter one."
-Barbara Kingsolver
-Barbara Kingsolver
April 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Revision is where fine art begins. It’s thrilling to take an ending and pull it backward like a shiny thread through the whole fabric of a manuscript, letting little glints shine through here and there. To plant resolution, like a seed, into chapter one."
-Barbara Kingsolver
-Barbara Kingsolver
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As I understand it, nobody is concerned about trans men. The entire trans prejudice revolves around trans women who, as 0.35% of the population, clearly pose more of a threat to society than all the aggressive cis gendered heterosexual males in the entire world.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As I understand it, nobody is concerned about trans men. The entire trans prejudice revolves around trans women who, as 0.35% of the population, clearly pose more of a threat to society than all the aggressive cis gendered heterosexual males in the entire world.
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Another day of cloudless UK skies ends👏 🌘
April 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Another day of cloudless UK skies ends👏 🌘
Gorgeous 💪
For those of you who like experimental notation… llllllll.co/t/experiment...
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Gorgeous 💪