Tom W.
@tom1walsh.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Words in Hobart Pulp, HAD, Dead Mule, Lost Balloons, Litro, Janus Literary, Welkin Prize and elsewhere. Fan of Flash Fiction Online, where I learned how much dedication it takes to produce a quality mag.
Recent move to Cambridge MA
Recent move to Cambridge MA
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Tom W.
@tom1walsh.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Folktale Flash Winners
Read the winning and shortlisted stories
westword.substack.com
Happy to be in the top three for WestWord Folktale Flash competition with these fine flash writers. Thanks Amanda! #flashfiction
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“The last anything doesn’t announce itself.” Love this one Claudia, another stunner.
"Crow's angry with me after my indulgent breakfast.
'I know, I know,' I tell him as the rain picks up and I start moving again." I'm thrilled to have "Yellow Gifts" in @necessaryfiction.com. Huge thanks to @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for all the love he gave it, and to editor Steve Himmer.
'I know, I know,' I tell him as the rain picks up and I start moving again." I'm thrilled to have "Yellow Gifts" in @necessaryfiction.com. Huge thanks to @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for all the love he gave it, and to editor Steve Himmer.
This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Yellow Gifts" by
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/yell...
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/yell...
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“The last anything doesn’t announce itself.” Love this one Claudia, another stunner.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
Love this Kathy!
I am beyond thrilled to have a story featured in the NINTH anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute amongst some of the best writers I know. Kudos to all. Hope you enjoy "The Saddest Fuckers of All" and the gorgeous artwork by Kaylan Friedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute
I am needing a prescription for the Pill. I can no longer use Student Health due to living in a new town and not being a student anymore. I am telling this to the kid as he is rolling out pizza dough ...
ghostparachute.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Love this Kathy!
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make a little art today. read a story, enjoy a painting, appreciate and escape into a little art today. look back at something you've made and let yourself feel proud of it today. reach out and tell a few people how much you love something they made today...
Tell three writers how much their work means to you.
In case anyone else feels like they're screaming into a void about their work these days, please remember there are countless readers who aren't on social media who have probably read + loved your work without ever saying a word.
(Another reason why having a website is so important.)
(Another reason why having a website is so important.)
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
make a little art today. read a story, enjoy a painting, appreciate and escape into a little art today. look back at something you've made and let yourself feel proud of it today. reach out and tell a few people how much you love something they made today...
Great episode; great podcast!
Always a thrill to be on @michellehooverauth.bsky.social 's 7AM Novelist Podcast! This time I'm with @christinemurphyaut.bsky.social, @nancycrochiere.bsky.social and Janet Rich Edwards talking about what makes us fall hopelessly in love with stories.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
Roundtable: Inviting the Reader Into Your Story
Podcast Episode · The 7am Novelist · 09/02/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Great episode; great podcast!
At the edge of Cambridge Commons, reminders from the resistance
August 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
At the edge of Cambridge Commons, reminders from the resistance
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This is a great reminder to send us your regret story if you didn’t get a chance to last month!
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
@flashfictiononline.bsky.social is open for their “Regret” call ($100/story, 500-1000 words) until 8/7
ffo.submittable.com/submit
ffo.submittable.com/submit
Flash Fiction Online Submission Manager
Update 8/1/2025: We are OPEN again for regret-themed stories. REGRET EXTENSION~ Aug 1-7: OPEN for stories themed REGRET, no sub cap. UPDATE: This is a one-week extension to our July submission period....
ffo.submittable.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is a great reminder to send us your regret story if you didn’t get a chance to last month!
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
#writingcommunity #flashfiction
Creative signs in Cambridge Common today as folks gather to say Fuck the Regime!
August 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Creative signs in Cambridge Common today as folks gather to say Fuck the Regime!
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Happy to be in the top three for WestWord Folktale Flash competition with these fine flash writers. Thanks Amanda! #flashfiction
westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
Folktale Flash Winners
Read the winning and shortlisted stories
westword.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Happy to be in the top three for WestWord Folktale Flash competition with these fine flash writers. Thanks Amanda! #flashfiction
westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
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I **may** have started a new newsletter 🧐
This is for anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with upcoming flash / short-fiction courses, workshops & events being offered by all your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags & awesome independents.
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/from-the-c...
This is for anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with upcoming flash / short-fiction courses, workshops & events being offered by all your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags & awesome independents.
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/from-the-c...
From the Course's Mouth | Matt Kendrick | Substack
A monthly round-up of flash and short fiction writing courses, workshops and events from your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents. Click to read From the Course's Mou...
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I **may** have started a new newsletter 🧐
This is for anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with upcoming flash / short-fiction courses, workshops & events being offered by all your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags & awesome independents.
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/from-the-c...
This is for anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with upcoming flash / short-fiction courses, workshops & events being offered by all your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags & awesome independents.
fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/from-the-c...
It’s strange times when the headline “Marines will begin withdrawing from Los Angeles” is “below the fold” and sounds normal in the scheme of things.
July 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s strange times when the headline “Marines will begin withdrawing from Los Angeles” is “below the fold” and sounds normal in the scheme of things.
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today
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One of my tasks for the day is to create a list of historical and speculative prompts for my upcoming panel discussion with @mynachang.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social and now I want to write half of these stories 😁🥸 (but must focus on novel, no short fiction for Matt!!!)
In 4 weeks, I'm hosting a discussion on historical & speculative fiction with @mynachang.bsky.social & @sharontelfer.bsky.social
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Hopefully it might inspire some new pieces. If it does, where are your favourite places to send historical & speculative subs?
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Hopefully it might inspire some new pieces. If it does, where are your favourite places to send historical & speculative subs?
July 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One of my tasks for the day is to create a list of historical and speculative prompts for my upcoming panel discussion with @mynachang.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social and now I want to write half of these stories 😁🥸 (but must focus on novel, no short fiction for Matt!!!)
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Why not treat yourself to a hump-day treat and book onto my Glorious Words course in September? Such a great group already signed up. Should be a lot of fun. Just six places left for anyone who wants to join us 👇
My September #GloriousWords course is now open for bookings.
A chance to play around with language & ponder things like metaphors, adjective-noun pairings, weasel words, tone etc.
8-21 Sept
Online, work-at-own-pace
Pay-what-you-can pricing
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...
A chance to play around with language & ponder things like metaphors, adjective-noun pairings, weasel words, tone etc.
8-21 Sept
Online, work-at-own-pace
Pay-what-you-can pricing
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou...
July 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Why not treat yourself to a hump-day treat and book onto my Glorious Words course in September? Such a great group already signed up. Should be a lot of fun. Just six places left for anyone who wants to join us 👇
Well, that’s a nice surprise on a Wednesday morning! Thanks for tossing this one back out there @mattkendrick.bsky.social
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Please friend, let's not start a cult today" by Tom Walsh:
The Welkin Writing Prize | Please friend, let's not start a cult today
"Please friend, let's not start a cult today" by Tom Walsh
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Well, that’s a nice surprise on a Wednesday morning! Thanks for tossing this one back out there @mattkendrick.bsky.social
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Today I've got a new micro up at Ghost Parachute! Wrote this one in @neonpajamas.bsky.social's @bendinggenres.bsky.social workshop. And, holy fuck, am I obsessed with the art made to go with it!
ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
Listen to Your Body — Ghost Parachute
The doctors couldn’t determine what was causing the thumping fluttering agony in my chest, the dread that haunted me and kept me awake nights. X-rays, MRIs, CTs had no answers. Finally, I told them to...
ghostparachute.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Today I've got a new micro up at Ghost Parachute! Wrote this one in @neonpajamas.bsky.social's @bendinggenres.bsky.social workshop. And, holy fuck, am I obsessed with the art made to go with it!
ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
ghostparachute.com/issue/july-2...
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Honored to have a story on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and one on the longlist. Thanks to Timber & @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving my work such amazing homes. 💙
June 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Honored to have a story on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and one on the longlist. Thanks to Timber & @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving my work such amazing homes. 💙
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“It is this court’s opinion that apparently everyone has their own ideas about how this court should operate and is not shy about sharing their views—even when no one asks,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote
theonion.com/supreme...
theonion.com/supreme...
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
WASHINGTON—In a provocative 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that everyone’s a damn critic these days. “It is this court’s opinion that apparently everyone has their own ideas about how this court should operate and is not shy about sharing their views—even when no one asks,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his 10-page […]
theonion.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“It is this court’s opinion that apparently everyone has their own ideas about how this court should operate and is not shy about sharing their views—even when no one asks,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote
theonion.com/supreme...
theonion.com/supreme...
Just read this! So good. I laughed out loud at “she must have fallen.” !! Think I’ll go grab a bite.
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Miranda Kramer
flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e...
“Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Miranda Kramer
flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e...
Eat You Up by Laura Leigh Morris
The baby stares at the ceiling fan, content for the moment. I slump on the couch, afraid any movement will make her cry. My stomach growls. I can’t remember my last full meal. Days blur together. M…
flash-frog.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Just read this! So good. I laughed out loud at “she must have fallen.” !! Think I’ll go grab a bite.
Tickled pink to be on the long list! Thanks to Eric Scott Tyson @flashfrog.bsky.social for publishing my work. Congratulations to the Wigleaf Top 50!
new on our mainpage: THE WIGLEAF TOP 50 VERY SHORT FICTIONS 2025 (selecting editor @samanito.bsky.social )
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Tickled pink to be on the long list! Thanks to Eric Scott Tyson @flashfrog.bsky.social for publishing my work. Congratulations to the Wigleaf Top 50!
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Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!
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Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Duckworth to Hegseth: "You are blowing through money like my fellow cadets and I did in our first liberty after basic camp. Luckily I didn't end up with a questionable tattoo ... you're just an unqualified yes man who can't tell the president how to keep Americans safe."
@mattkendrick.bsky.social this is an awesome bunch of resources! I’ll be digging into these for months, thanks so much!
Really glad they're useful!
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@mattkendrick.bsky.social this is an awesome bunch of resources! I’ll be digging into these for months, thanks so much!