Stan
@stanjwild.bsky.social
New British writer, published or forthcoming in Vestal Review, Neon & Smoke, Flash Fiction North, Literally Stories and Suddenly and Without Warning.
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@stanjwild.bsky.social
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Very honoured to have my flash fiction piece, “Bleeding Seamonster”, in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
Thanks @vestalreview.bsky.social for a terrific issue and for including my 500-word story.
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
Pickpockets on parade.
Read "Bleeding Seamonster," by Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social in issue 67.
vestalreview.net/bleeding-seamonster
Art by Jinghong Chen.
Read "Bleeding Seamonster," by Stan J Wild @stanjwild.bsky.social in issue 67.
vestalreview.net/bleeding-seamonster
Art by Jinghong Chen.
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Thanks @vestalreview.bsky.social for a terrific issue and for including my 500-word story.
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
A longer 1,000-word edit of 'Bleeding Seamonster' will be in @neonandsmoke.bsky.social in 2026
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #Fiction #flashfiction #shortstory
This story by @graythebruce.bsky.social is one hell of a sentence!
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...by one very generous first reader 👊 Thanks Gray!
#PITHEADCHAPEL #FICTION #LITMAG
pitheadchapel.com/missile-comm...
...by one very generous first reader 👊 Thanks Gray!
#PITHEADCHAPEL #FICTION #LITMAG
Missile Command
Graham Robert Scott And now, with gestures fierce and possibly rehearsed, and with dabbed wetness at the corners of her eyes, the student protests that her adjunct professor hates her unacco…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This story by @graythebruce.bsky.social is one hell of a sentence!
pitheadchapel.com/missile-comm...
...by one very generous first reader 👊 Thanks Gray!
#PITHEADCHAPEL #FICTION #LITMAG
pitheadchapel.com/missile-comm...
...by one very generous first reader 👊 Thanks Gray!
#PITHEADCHAPEL #FICTION #LITMAG
Thanks @belindarowe.bsky.social for this and for your story this week. Likewise @graythebruce.bsky.social and @marioaliberto3.bsky.social for helping a new writer - very grateful to you all.
Who wants something nice for a weary Wednesday? Quote post this post & tag 1, 2 or 3 other writers who inspire you / support you / are amazing human beings. I'll pick a winner at random. Poster + nominees win a free recording of one one of my workshops: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec...
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thanks @belindarowe.bsky.social for this and for your story this week. Likewise @graythebruce.bsky.social and @marioaliberto3.bsky.social for helping a new writer - very grateful to you all.
Reposted by Stan
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December 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Another brilliant story in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
'Antarctica in the Basement' by @belindarowe.bsky.social is heart breaking and emboldening to the end.
Belinda is also a #SmokeLongQuarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LitMag
'Antarctica in the Basement' by @belindarowe.bsky.social is heart breaking and emboldening to the end.
Belinda is also a #SmokeLongQuarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LitMag
Total joy to be included in the latest edition of @vestalreview.bsky.social - thanks so much to EIC David Galef and editors for the publication (!) & @smokelong.bsky.social & SLF peeps! This edition includes stories by writers who I GREATLY admire - 🍃🍃🍃
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Antarctica in the Basement — Vestal Review
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December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Another brilliant story in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
'Antarctica in the Basement' by @belindarowe.bsky.social is heart breaking and emboldening to the end.
Belinda is also a #SmokeLongQuarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LitMag
'Antarctica in the Basement' by @belindarowe.bsky.social is heart breaking and emboldening to the end.
Belinda is also a #SmokeLongQuarterly Emerging Writer Fellow 2025
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LitMag
Reposted by Stan
This is one stunning piece of flash!!! Check out @stanjwild.bsky.social in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
Very honoured to have my flash fiction piece, “Bleeding Seamonster”, in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is one stunning piece of flash!!! Check out @stanjwild.bsky.social in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
Another great story in @vestalreview.bsky.social this week.
This time by @mattleibel.bsky.social, recently nominated for @pushcartprize.bsky.social - Congratulations Matt
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
This time by @mattleibel.bsky.social, recently nominated for @pushcartprize.bsky.social - Congratulations Matt
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
A movie that’s truly a runaway hit.
Read "Matinee," by Matt Leibel @mattleibel.bsky.social in issue 67.
vestalreview.net/matinee
Art by Jinghong Chen
Read "Matinee," by Matt Leibel @mattleibel.bsky.social in issue 67.
vestalreview.net/matinee
Art by Jinghong Chen
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Another great story in @vestalreview.bsky.social this week.
This time by @mattleibel.bsky.social, recently nominated for @pushcartprize.bsky.social - Congratulations Matt
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
This time by @mattleibel.bsky.social, recently nominated for @pushcartprize.bsky.social - Congratulations Matt
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
3 highlights from VR this week:
🔹 Last Play: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
🔹 Last Play: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
Issue 67 — Vestal Review
www.vestalreview.net
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
3 highlights from VR this week:
🔹 Last Play: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
🔹 Last Play: @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy: @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
3 highlights from Vestal Review this week:
🔹 Last Play:@marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy:@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus:@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
🔹 Last Play:@marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy:@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus:@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
3 highlights from Vestal Review this week:
🔹 Last Play:@marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy:@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus:@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
🔹 Last Play:@marioaliberto3.bsky.social
🔹 Saint Cindy:@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
🔹 The Walrus:@emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Full issue: www.vestalreview.net/issue-67
#VestalReview #FlashFiction #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Fiction
Very honoured to have my flash fiction piece, “Bleeding Seamonster”, in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Very honoured to have my flash fiction piece, “Bleeding Seamonster”, in @vestalreview.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
Read it here: www.vestalreview.net/bleeding-sea...
Massive thanks to David Galef and his team for believing in this piece!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #FlashFiction #AmWriting #LitMagLove
Reposted by Stan
FlashGiving! Today is the last day to get your name in the hat to possibly win $200 holiday $$. Just like/share this post or the original one. We'll choose a winner randomly tonight and announce tomorrow! Be sure to tag @smokelong.bsky.social to let us know you've entered!
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FlashGiving! Today is the last day to get your name in the hat to possibly win $200 holiday $$. Just like/share this post or the original one. We'll choose a winner randomly tonight and announce tomorrow! Be sure to tag @smokelong.bsky.social to let us know you've entered!