Writer of short stories, flash and other stuff. SL Bridport. Winner Molotov Cocktail, Flash500, CrankedAnvil, Exeter Writers Short Story. 3rd BFFA, 3rd Oxford Flash, SL Wells, Frome, UnchartedMag. Pushcart Nom.
Abigail Williams
Calling all writers! Try your hand at writing to images with our ekphrastic challenge for issue #42.
Choose one of the photos below by NFFR fiction & photography editor Louella Lester and write a story (500 words max).
We'll be open for subs 15-31 July.
Our guidelines: newflashfiction.com/submit/
FlashFlood closes today at 23:59 BST. You still have time to submit up to 3 flashes of up to 300 words each. Pre 2023 prev published considered. Reserved spots for debut writers. Details here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
So happy to be part of @fictivedream.bsky.social this month. Great company to be in. If you haven't had chance to read the stories yet, you can find them here fictivedream.com/2026/04/
I'd love to do this but I'm away. For anyone interested in historical fiction writing, I'd recommend @vickymackenzie.bsky.social 's workshops and courses
Yay! Congratulations, Emma!! đđ
Delighted to have a story in Issue 41 of New Flash Fiction Review @nffr.bsky.social. Looking forward to diving into the other stories and reading the author Q&As.
Have a read of @lmbayley.bsky.social 's heart-pinching story, 'Water Under' in @fictivedream.bsky.social. I feel like I'm at that dance. đ
Oh I enjoyed this so much! Beautiful writing from @dawnwriter.bsky.social
The weight of memory weaves through this story by @abbywilliams.bsky.social - a tough subject, handled beautifully.
"the curled question mark of dark hair, soft as butter, light as a butterfly wing."
newflashfiction.com/sometimes-it...
A huge #BBNYA2026 welcome to @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social and Longshore Drift!
Good luck!
Occasionally even the scent of chip shop vinegar is enough to take Jenny back to her old redbrick road, the chafing cold of the privy, the knife-tear sensation so unexpectedly agricultural, anatomical...
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New Flash Fiction Review (ekphrastic subs open 15 July)
Welcome, welcome to issue #41! Come read these beauties by Karen Arnold, Guy Biederman, @chriscottom.bsky.social, @scribblerotoole.bsky.social, Ian Walker-Sperber and @abbywilliams.bsky.social
Issue 41 | New Flash Fiction Review share.google/NxgZIg7u7bqq...
Our thanks to our April authors for their top-class #fiction: Maxwell Roberson @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @lmbayley.bsky.social Robert Pope @livimichael.bsky.social Kathleen Hellen Greta Stoddart Sophie Isham @abbywilliams.bsky.social Bob Hamilton. Pls click the link below fictivedream.com/2026/04/
Huge thanks to judge Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social and Ian @freeflashfiction.bsky.social
for this. Chuffed to bits to have won this competition.
ICYMI we're delighted to be featuring Water Under by Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/04/10/w...
Anyone else want to do a creative writing workshop with me, focusing on writing scintillating historical fiction? #CreativeWriting #HistFic #BookSky #WritingWorkshop
BBNYA
Featuring new flash fiction from Karen Arnold, Guy Biederman, Chris Cottom, A.J. O'Toole, Ian Walker-Sperber, and Abigail Williams.
New Flash Fiction Review (ekphrastic subs open 15 July)
Flash Fiction: Inside Out by Dawn Miller
âWonât they just wrinkle while we sleep?â I ask, and my mother gives me a sad look that scoops out my heart.
Emma Phillips
Fictive Dream
Fictive Dream
âWonât they just wrinkle while we sleep?â I ask, and my mother gives me a sad look that scoops out my heart.
As Chosen by Judge Rosaleen Lynch
@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
The Competition Thirty-Three Winning Flash Fiction:
My Sisterâs Second Word
by
Emma Phillips
@words-outwest.bsky.social
#writingcompetitions
#flashfiction
freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
My workshop on Writing Historical Fiction is approaching! 10.00-16.00 Sat 16th May (on Zoom), ÂŁ150. We'll be looking at how to seamlessly incorporate research into your story, creating convincing characters and dialogue, and how to be savvy about anachronism. Spaces still available! #CreativeWriting
No was my sisterâs second word. Her first was dada, which Mom said didnât count because it was an extension of babble. No came after and my sister would yell it until she was red and streaked with sno...
One of the things I love about teaching creative writing is creating a big pile of reading for myself as I start to prepare. I'm teaching a one-day online workshop on Writing Historical Fiction on Sat 16th May. From this pile I've only read THE DAFFODIL DAYS - which was a gem. What next? #HistFic
