Write-abouter | editor | scriptwriter | fiction all over the shop | Shakespeare nerd | writing thoughts & workshops @ The Joy of Fixion
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Jo Gatford
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Murderbot just gets it.
(From Platform Decay by @marthawells.com)
I think maybe my job now is just repeatedly saying this?
And eg: you can also borrow a load of audiobooks on your phone from local libraries. Not just classics! Brand new buzzy novels and non fiction! I have Yesteryear and Calculation of Volume and Things In Nature Merely Grow right now.
I may have jumped the gun a little bit, but what are guns for if not for jumping...
Anyway, entries are now OPEN for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026!!!
Micros up to 100 words
Free to enter
Send UP TO TWO micros across FIVE categories
Deadline 30th June
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Repeating the post I just did - see also @neitherfishnorfoul.com described as a 'hidden gem' on Chillsubs (call on Duotrope 100-500 words). I need another 3-4 stories to make up the issue. Well crafted flash where every word works really hard, please
Jo Gatford
Naomi Alderman
Plus it’s run by the endlessly generous and absolute marvel of a human that is @voidskrawl.bsky.social
I’m so gutted I can’t go this year!
“The outline of everything, seeped in blue ghost-print…”
The story bone’s connected to the heart bone.