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Shane Larkin
@shanejlarkin.bsky.social
Fiction 🕺 Banshee, Sans Press, Splonk, Best Small Fictions 2024, others.

Contributing ed @nffr.bsky.social
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Delighted to have a story in this lovely thing, big thanks @bansheepress.bsky.social @mariegethins.bsky.social and all the Banshees 🌙
Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio 😎

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Issue 19 | Spring/Summer 2025 — Banshee Press
128 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-17-6
bansheepress.org
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At least 32 Palestinians killed trying to reach food distribution sites, hospital officials say
At least 32 Palestinians killed trying to reach food distribution sites, hospital officials say
Two incidents occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
www.irishtimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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This is ethnic cleansing.
Breaking news: Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of 'relocating' Palestinians from Gaza and entered into a multimillion-dollar contract to help launch a new aid scheme for the shattered enclave https://on.ft.com/3TrfEpn
July 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline of what happened
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Delighted to see 6 #NFFR stories selected for the WIGLEAF TOP 50 longlist 🎉🎉 - links in the comments

Congrats to
@nomad-sw18.bsky.social
@timcraig.bsky.social
@judydarley.bsky.social
Laura Grant
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Sarah Cappell Thomason
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
June 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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"Tim is a right Toffee Finger. He’s prattling on about Jung and how we think we’re stuck in loops but we’re wrong: they’re spirals."

I love this extraordinary piece of writing by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social 💙💙💙
newflashfiction.com/spiral-by-ka...
Spiral by Kathryn Aldridge-Morris | Issue #37
We’re staring down a tin of Quality Street at the centre of our circle of seats when the church door bangs open. It’s a new bloke, crucifix dripping from his neck like a lanyard.
newflashfiction.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's a good one 👇

Always love working with the @nffr.bsky.social team, very happy to see these stories out in the world. Congrats to all!
June 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Here are some of the amazing writers we've published since 2020, including those from Issue 37 which launched today! Proud to have you all in the #NFFR family.

If you're missing from the pack let us know 😍 Lots of writers have joined Bluesky since we set it up.

go.bsky.app/ADoXRJ1H
June 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Many congrats to all the writers chosen for the 2024 Best Small Fictions anthology. Delighted to see Judy & Christy's #NFFR stories:

“Blue-Naped Parrots See More Than They Say” by Judy Darley

“Prudence” by Christy Stillwell

Links to the stories in the comments
altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...
The Best Small Fictions
Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.
altcurrentpress.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio 😎

bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
Issue 19 | Spring/Summer 2025 — Banshee Press
128 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-17-6
bansheepress.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Delighted to have a story in this lovely thing, big thanks @bansheepress.bsky.social @mariegethins.bsky.social and all the Banshees 🌙
Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio 😎

bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
Issue 19 | Spring/Summer 2025 — Banshee Press
128 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-17-6
bansheepress.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM