Cole Beauchamp 🏳️🌈 📖
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
Queer writer l #FlashFiction l Climate change l Contrib ed @nffr.bsky.social
SL Bridport, Bath, Oxford & WestWord Prizes. BSF BMF & Pushcart noms.
Published stories:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OLycEkDPIHts-GvyZpoSmdbYLBzyTYTfSjfGQmsECs/edit?u
SL Bridport, Bath, Oxford & WestWord Prizes. BSF BMF & Pushcart noms.
Published stories:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OLycEkDPIHts-GvyZpoSmdbYLBzyTYTfSjfGQmsECs/edit?u
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Thank you Editor @melissacuisine.bsky.social and reading team at @rfpress.bsky.social for publishing my tale. I first started subbing it 3 years ago, when it was more explicitly about teen girls and eating disorders. It's gone through many permutations since!
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Ok. Calling all creatives. Let's get to work on something more positive than glorifying fossil fuels. TV series, movies, stories. The planet needs us.
Cause...The American Petroleum Institute is backing a 7-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen during Paramount+ & CBS broadcasts of "Landman."
Cause...The American Petroleum Institute is backing a 7-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen during Paramount+ & CBS broadcasts of "Landman."
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ok. Calling all creatives. Let's get to work on something more positive than glorifying fossil fuels. TV series, movies, stories. The planet needs us.
Cause...The American Petroleum Institute is backing a 7-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen during Paramount+ & CBS broadcasts of "Landman."
Cause...The American Petroleum Institute is backing a 7-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen during Paramount+ & CBS broadcasts of "Landman."
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ICYMI I have a wee piece, featuring Vegemite, in this wonderful Joy issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social inspired by @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
ICYMI I have a wee piece, featuring Vegemite, in this wonderful Joy issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social inspired by @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social.
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Such fantastic readings! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and her kick ass recipe story, rollicking recitation of movie endings by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, menopausal sisters from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, not to mention the witches in Costco from @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social 😆 What a night!
Please join Meg Pokrass and me for the PROSE GARDEN, Sat. November 15, 2 PM EST.
Mario Aliberto III, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Sumitra Singam, Coleman Bigelow, Keith J. Powell, Jeff Friedman, Christine H. Chen, Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Please register here for zoom link:
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Mario Aliberto III, Dawn Tasaka Steffler, Sumitra Singam, Coleman Bigelow, Keith J. Powell, Jeff Friedman, Christine H. Chen, Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Please register here for zoom link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Such fantastic readings! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and her kick ass recipe story, rollicking recitation of movie endings by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, menopausal sisters from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, not to mention the witches in Costco from @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social 😆 What a night!
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Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
Temple in a City literary journal
Contributors to JOY, a special pop-up edition of Temple in a City literary journal.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
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Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
Bath Flash Fiction Award
International Rolling Flash Fiction Competition
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October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social
Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com
Thank you Editor @melissacuisine.bsky.social and reading team at @rfpress.bsky.social for publishing my tale. I first started subbing it 3 years ago, when it was more explicitly about teen girls and eating disorders. It's gone through many permutations since!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-gir...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-gir...
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thank you Editor @melissacuisine.bsky.social and reading team at @rfpress.bsky.social for publishing my tale. I first started subbing it 3 years ago, when it was more explicitly about teen girls and eating disorders. It's gone through many permutations since!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-gir...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-gir...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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The glow from nature’s daybreak offering 📷🕊️ ….
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The glow from nature’s daybreak offering 📷🕊️ ….
Hurrah! Made the shortlist, among some very intriguing titles. Thank you readers at Bath FF awards 😊
Congrats to all who made it and commiserations to those who didn't. Next time 💪🏼
Congrats to all who made it and commiserations to those who didn't. Next time 💪🏼
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Hot on the heels of the Longlist here’s the shortlist of 20 as selected by judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social for our 31st Award. Congratulations to all!
Hot on the heels of the Longlist here’s the shortlist of 20 as selected by judge @kazbarwrites.bsky.social for our 31st Award. Congratulations to all!
31st Award Short List
Huge congratulations to the twenty authors who have made our 31st Award short listAuthor names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share you are on the short list, please do not identif…
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October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hurrah! Made the shortlist, among some very intriguing titles. Thank you readers at Bath FF awards 😊
Congrats to all who made it and commiserations to those who didn't. Next time 💪🏼
Congrats to all who made it and commiserations to those who didn't. Next time 💪🏼
Oh 1982... glad I don't have to go back. Sharp writing by the ever sharp @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 💫
"Shrugging like it was no big deal, but also twirling her hair anti-clockwise in the secret signal you’d devised earlier that year for just such a boy-incident."
"Shrugging like it was no big deal, but also twirling her hair anti-clockwise in the secret signal you’d devised earlier that year for just such a boy-incident."
Check out our latest flash fiction, For the Young Fans Who Weren’t There in ‘82, by Sumitra Singam. 👀 📖 📆
#queerlit #indielit #80s #lgbtqia #flashfiction #fiction #literaryjournal #read #write #1980s #shortfiction
#queerlit #indielit #80s #lgbtqia #flashfiction #fiction #literaryjournal #read #write #1980s #shortfiction
For the Young Fans Who Weren't There in '82 by Sumitra Singam — AC | DC A Journal for the Bent
Flash Fiction
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October 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oh 1982... glad I don't have to go back. Sharp writing by the ever sharp @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 💫
"Shrugging like it was no big deal, but also twirling her hair anti-clockwise in the secret signal you’d devised earlier that year for just such a boy-incident."
"Shrugging like it was no big deal, but also twirling her hair anti-clockwise in the secret signal you’d devised earlier that year for just such a boy-incident."
Woop woop! It's been a tough October on some fronts but making the LL cheers me up no end 🙌🏼 🙌🏼
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Very late in the day but at last our Oct 2025 Longlist. Congratulations to all. And apologies for the delay
Very late in the day but at last our Oct 2025 Longlist. Congratulations to all. And apologies for the delay
Oct 2025 Long List
Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long l…
www.bathflashfictionaward.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Woop woop! It's been a tough October on some fronts but making the LL cheers me up no end 🙌🏼 🙌🏼
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Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy centres around her grief and the enduring legacy of her remarkable mother.
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom
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October 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy centres around her grief and the enduring legacy of her remarkable mother.
ICYMI ready for some time travel? Check out my 80s story set in East Berlin. It originated in a workshop with WestWord - delighted to have it out in the world.
(This time with a working link!) www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
(This time with a working link!) www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ICYMI ready for some time travel? Check out my 80s story set in East Berlin. It originated in a workshop with WestWord - delighted to have it out in the world.
(This time with a working link!) www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
(This time with a working link!) www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
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Subs open until Nov 15. Check out our new mix and match category. templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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October 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Subs open until Nov 15. Check out our new mix and match category. templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
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This you?
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October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This you?
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Just back from 2 weeks in the US with my mom (81), who's frailer and beginning to lose dates and time - thankfully not people yet. She said, you're like me with Gramma 💔
I really felt this piece by Jamie Holland in WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social
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I really felt this piece by Jamie Holland in WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social
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Everything Seemed Innocent
A Flash Fiction by Jamie Holland
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October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just back from 2 weeks in the US with my mom (81), who's frailer and beginning to lose dates and time - thankfully not people yet. She said, you're like me with Gramma 💔
I really felt this piece by Jamie Holland in WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social
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I really felt this piece by Jamie Holland in WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social
westword.substack.com/p/everything...
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We are truly getting into the flash groove as we begin the priming for RF Press’s 90th edition! “ The girl who swallowed coins” by Cole Beauchamp @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is a wish, a fable, a warrior’s tale. Sunday 10/26!
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We are truly getting into the flash groove as we begin the priming for RF Press’s 90th edition! “ The girl who swallowed coins” by Cole Beauchamp @nomad-sw18.bsky.social is a wish, a fable, a warrior’s tale. Sunday 10/26!
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"Weeds grew out of the asphalt on the rubbish-strewn single street &the smell of diesel that used to permeate the village was gone.Water was almost topping the harbour wall,fishing boats sold off or scrapped."Powerful flash on sea level rise @ruralunease.bsky.social
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Managed Retreat
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October 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"Weeds grew out of the asphalt on the rubbish-strewn single street &the smell of diesel that used to permeate the village was gone.Water was almost topping the harbour wall,fishing boats sold off or scrapped."Powerful flash on sea level rise @ruralunease.bsky.social
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"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
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Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
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October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
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Love Cole's story for the nostalgia - and the zinging twist of optimism! Super stuff @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
In the mood for nostalgia? Thrilled to have my East Berlin story published by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets
1989: Every day is the same in East Berlin, until it’s not
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October 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Love Cole's story for the nostalgia - and the zinging twist of optimism! Super stuff @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
"She and Kurt each had their hearts broken...They were not shaken like crumbs from a tablecloth, did not sink into the ground and feed trees or gardens. They crept into the pockets of dresses and coats."
Gorgeous prose from Tom Hedt in Flash Boulevard
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Gorgeous prose from Tom Hedt in Flash Boulevard
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TOM HEDT: Matters of the Heart
Flash Fiction from Tom Hedt Matters of the Heart Saturday afternoon. Sunlight green gold tangent through aluminum windows. The house smells of linens and boiled cabbage. Kurt works outside. Ursula …
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October 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"She and Kurt each had their hearts broken...They were not shaken like crumbs from a tablecloth, did not sink into the ground and feed trees or gardens. They crept into the pockets of dresses and coats."
Gorgeous prose from Tom Hedt in Flash Boulevard
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Gorgeous prose from Tom Hedt in Flash Boulevard
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"A boy sits on the low wall by the primary school watching the road for a yellow Citroën that doesn’t come. His teacher should have noticed he is out here all by himself..."
Love this gem from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Love this gem from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
twenty-two — Tiny Molecules
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October 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"A boy sits on the low wall by the primary school watching the road for a yellow Citroën that doesn’t come. His teacher should have noticed he is out here all by himself..."
Love this gem from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
Love this gem from @mattkendrick.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
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What a tour-de-force! Absolutely love this story. Brings back BIG memories, but also, the idea of a farmer who can identify his cows by their munching noises alone has in some way changed my life⬇️⬇️
In the mood for nostalgia? Thrilled to have my East Berlin story published by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets
1989: Every day is the same in East Berlin, until it’s not
www.doesithavepockets.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
What a tour-de-force! Absolutely love this story. Brings back BIG memories, but also, the idea of a farmer who can identify his cows by their munching noises alone has in some way changed my life⬇️⬇️
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This a wonderful, complex, vibrant story - read it right away. And as someone who knows people who grew up behind the iron curtain, I can say the period detail is impeccable. True Blue really was a prized contraband icon. Bravo Cole!
In the mood for nostalgia? Thrilled to have my East Berlin story published by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets
1989: Every day is the same in East Berlin, until it’s not
www.doesithavepockets.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This a wonderful, complex, vibrant story - read it right away. And as someone who knows people who grew up behind the iron curtain, I can say the period detail is impeccable. True Blue really was a prized contraband icon. Bravo Cole!
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This perfect, evocative piece by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social “We sing like we’ve written every word, belting out the chorus of “I don’t wants,” shaking our heads like wet dogs and slamming into each other.” ⚒️🇩🇪🧡🧡🧡
In the mood for nostalgia? Thrilled to have my East Berlin story published by @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
"Jan has no time for their cotton-candy happiness. His father disappeared 5 years ago. No Stasi shadows, no neighbours with a grudge. Just gone.
www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets
1989: Every day is the same in East Berlin, until it’s not
www.doesithavepockets.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This perfect, evocative piece by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social “We sing like we’ve written every word, belting out the chorus of “I don’t wants,” shaking our heads like wet dogs and slamming into each other.” ⚒️🇩🇪🧡🧡🧡