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Trash Cat Lit
@trashcatlit.bsky.social
Online magazine for flash and short fiction.
Chill Subs 2024 Community Favourites Flash Fiction #7
https://trashcatlit.com/

Still on X @TrashCatLit
Editor: JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social

Read Stories: https://trashcatlit.com/treasured-words/
Do you prefer your fiction with a little steam? Aching passion and fiery love? We got two for you ❤️‍🔥
Like the perfect lover, we only got teases for you today - go buy the book for the full reveal 🦝
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

@terryholland.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Like stories where things aren't what the seem? Little off-kilter? Discombobulating?
We've 3 crackers in our print anthology - alongside 24 other short treasures. 🦝
Be teased, be tempted, then go buy for charidee!
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

@lozzawriting.bsky.social
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social

Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There are 27 short fictions in our print anthology - two of them deal beautifully with stories of escape 🦝
If these teases tempt you, you can grab a copy for less than £10!
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

What Comes to Light by @quickasaflash.bsky.social 💜
Thin Place by @justine1902.bsky.social 💜
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are blumming chuffed to share our nominations for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Amazing stories that deserve to go all the way 🦝💜

@sarahkat.bsky.social
@terryholland.bsky.social (in print)
@joeluscombe.bsky.social
@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social (in print)

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November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Like stories with an unusual narrator?
We've a couple of stunners in our print anthology - hear from the POV of a river and a sentient badger in pieces by Karen and An.
There're 25 more tremendous short fictions - and it's all for charity.
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We hope your pumpkins are full of treatsies 🦝🎃
Here are some strange tales from our archive for the season...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Like your story-reads with a smidge, or even a pantwetting load, of laughs? Our print anthology has 3 corking tales to whet your giggle-box.
With 24 other amazing reads inside - grab one.
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Teases from @mrallanmiller.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social & Shayla Felix
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Want your reading chops round something uncanny and yet agonisingly relatable?
Yeah, so we have that in our print anthology - and another 24 stories to boot.
Raising money for charity, go grab a copy...
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Want to read something a little folky, a little mystical?
Our print anthology has that among its 27 glorious short fictions.
Here are some teases to tantalise your storybuds 🦝

Then click here to buy our book and help raise money for charity 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

1/2
October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We're returning from a socials break to share that 40 copies of our first print anthology have been purchased - which equates to around £127 for our chosen charity 😀
Please consider grabbing a copy of this stunner, with 27 flash and short stories, and let's raise more 🦝
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October 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A treasure amongst treasures - where is your copy of What Comes to Light?
Twenty-seven incredible short fictions available to buy now and raising funds for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Find out more and get story teases here: trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The paperback proof of our upcoming anthology is getting some last-minute editorial attention from Mary. She's ruthless! but also chonky so one could say, the proof is with the pudding 🦝😼
Not long now until the book can be in your cat's paws too!
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Fab new literary awards from @monarch.gay and we are thrilled to send our two nominations.
Good luck @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and @mikepiero.org 💜💜
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
2nd spotlight and another awesome take on 'Morgue' 🦝
We loved @madeleinewrite.bsky.social's wrangling of the prompts into this creepy, cinematic noir with real heart and an MC we want more of.
Prompts: Morgue/ Funeral Home, Ghost, Falling

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/friday-night...
September 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Today we have 2 stories that should be TV shows 🦝
We loved @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social's reluctant hero figuring out his weird gift. This builds wonderfully to a chilling end.
Prompts: Morgue/Funeral Home, Nightshift Worker, Unwanted Gift

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/rubbernecker/
September 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
2nd spotlight is from @adlibby.bsky.social
We love Adele's hermit flash and this historical piece is gorgeous. Beautiful language crashing into facts. Sadness blurring with joy.

From prompts: During the First Day of..., Childhood Sweetheart, Fracture.

Read here: trashcatlit.com/singapura-se...
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Our penultimate day spotlighting and another superb Q&A.
We loved @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social twisty piece - a Bond-esque feel at first - then it changes course, deliciously. The closing lines are a cracker.
Prompts: Sleeper Train, Insomniac, Seeds

Read here: trashcatlit.com/frisson-inte...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A second daily spotlight, this one from Scott 🦝
We loved this short-sharp bruising piece with its haunting ending.
Amazing take on challenging prompts: During a Break Up, a Ghost, Dancing

Read here: trashcatlit.com/phantom-pain/
September 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
First spotlight of the day from our latest issue 🦝
We loved @jupiterjonz.bsky.social imaginative take on a hoarder and the delicious rebelliousness of the two MCs. Feels both tech-modern and beautifully period.
From prompts: The Future, Hoarder, Tickets

Read here: trashcatlit.com/daylight-sav...
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
2nd spotlight today is from @iamagnat.bsky.social 🦝
We loved the quiet tension in this dystopia, the MCs poignant longing and how they find and embrace it unexpectedly.
Such imaginative use of prompts: In the Future, Soldier, a Lie.

Read here: trashcatlit.com/awakening/
September 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
1/2 spotlights from our new issue 🦝
We loved @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social cryptid POV - how they describe quilting is beautiful, the the tension builds and the final, majestic line.
Amazing from prompts: Creative Retreat, Cryptid, Gargoyle.

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/the-point-pl...
September 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM