Erin Bondo

So pleased 'Imposter Mama' has been published with @lostballoon.bsky.social after making the Bridport Prize shortlist last year 🥰 Thanks to Chelsea and Madeline for giving it the perfect home, give it a read friends!!

On November 2nd I'm teaching a FREE 1 hour poetry workshop, "Writing Childhood Poems", over Zoom. I hope to see some familiar faces! hspf.org

We're seeking speculative fiction submissions!

National Flash Fiction Day is run entirely by volunteers. We hove lots of exciting things planned. Please consider buying one of our fabulous anthologies to support us! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo...

Nothing spookier than vanilla 👻

I've been meaning to write up a post about my views of AI. First off, I hate that it's called AI. That is misleading stealing of a specific term for marketing that has become a groupthink/religious term... ...that makes people think it's intelligent.

Friends, I’m so excited & proud to say: I have a spicy flash fiction in The Rumpus! 🥰 It’s got outdoor sex office loneliness a bevy of f-bombs 🍻🥳📚🌼✨ Enjoy & share widely pls! 🪴 therumpus.net/2026/10/23/f...

drilling for more gas then telling us to stockpile because of the climate crisis is like digging a deeper and deeper hole because you know a guy who sells long ladders

Okay but this would actually be a great made up idiom in a spec fic book or something 🤔😅

This local Wikipedia is so good! I imagine it could be very useful for story research (you can plug in any town/city/postal code)

Good news!! One of my favourite places on earth 💜

I've been living in Europe (Denmark/Scotland) for nearly 20 years & have never once been mocked for my accent or culture...after it has been established that I am, in fact, Canadian. It's not so much Europeans are less friendly, but that certain American 'expats' have ruined it for everyone else 🙃

I wish I’d read this 10 years ago. Such good advice. I mean it’s EVERYTHING. @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social tommydean.substack.com/p/free-what-...

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like I backed up my Mum's photos to my account when she died so sometimes I will come across a photo I've never seen before. Anyway, this is me kayaking at the cottage 🥹

Where can you see werewolves like you've never seen before? In this month's #ekphrastic #writingworkshop 🐺✍️ Sessions on: Monday October 19th Wednesday October 21st Find out more about Art & Flash here - 🔗 mailchi.mp/6d6d03f4c472...

Speaking of novellas, does everyone know about the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize from Texas Review Press? Submissions open Jan. 1, according to the site for next year’s prize. Prep those novellas, people! www.texasreviewpress.org/submissions/...

The world I want to live in

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

🌟900 Stories in Print🌟 Call for Submissions! https://f.mtr.cool/cvsgxsm9up We're compiling a book and we need your stories of Fountainbridge and the neighbouring areas! Stories can be told through words, audio, visual art, or film.

Join me for some spooky writing fun on Halloween Eve 🦇⚡️ we'll be talking about how horror contributes to every genre & how to capitalize on each deliciously bloody drop of it in your stories

Congrats to all the nominees 🥳 🎉 🎊 Esp @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @quickasaflash.bsky.social my London flash buddies, and @erinbondo.com @debdanthewriter.bsky.social @nivenaudrey.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social @sfreligh.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social @marthawrites.bsky.social

So pleased 'Doggerland' has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions, definitely the piece I am proudest of this year 🥰 Big congrats to all the other nominees and thanks to the NFFD team for the noms (and all that you do!!)

Amen

Herr Hiss says it's spooky season, y'all 🎃

Variant opens for submissions for our Winter issue on Oct 10! Open for poems, flash, micros, and short stories. variantlit.com/submit/

We love our community of flash journals. If you want to learn more about flash journals and the flash community, follow @heyflashvillage.bsky.social and then click on the invitation link pinned to the account.

Life is life-ing, but also this was my view walking home from the grocery store this evening. Balance.

My first Best of the Net nom!! Big thanks to @flashficfestuk.bsky.social 🥰🥰 You can read my nominated piece 'Fish Girl Summer' + fellow nominee @lunchontuesday.bsky.social's fabulous 'Swim' here: www.flashfictionfestival.com/november-29t...

Give A man A horse He'll eat In a day Teach A man To horse And make him Drinks Water

Suddenly have a strong urge to buy barrel jeans ✨️

As a fellow immigrant renting in Scotland, this story is infuriating but sadly not surprising (ok, maybe the flue bit...) Please support if you can!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈

First half readers at #WritersReading Thur 24th at 7pm. Lindy Newns (featured reader) Ian Coldicott @marionlougheed.bsky.social @lmbayley.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social Get your free ticket for the audience at the link - and please share this post and the link buytickets.at/dublinwriter...

Book for The Great Festival Flash Off! A trio of online days, 24th Oct, 28th Nov, 9th Jan 11.00 am to 6.3O pm London Time. Each day,two 60 min workshops & one 90 min workshop, flash fiction readings, a mini writing contest with prizes, yoga for writers. £35 each. £90 for 3. Flashfictionfestival.com

Hello if you send your poetry to @identitytheory.bsky.social today I will sit here with my Diet Dr. Pepper and give you a reply today 🤲

Joy, Play & Community #writingworkshop Join me on Mon or Wed to explore the work of an artist whose projects get people together to celebrate creativity, history and the power of community. Come away with 3 - 4 drafts and a glow in your heart. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

We’d love to see more micro/flash/short story and hybrid/experimental submissions in our inbox! flare-magazine.com/submission-g...

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“He jerks up like a rabbit perked on her scent, but only to reveal an impish beam, clutch up handfuls of T-shirt and bra straps, lean back like a daredevil.” Such palpable panic & complexity in this fantastic story by @erinbondo.com in @lostballoon.bsky.social lost-balloon.com/2026/09/09/i...

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“He is on her sticky-fingered, weaving into the finest wisps at her nape and yanking as he burrows, breathes deep, knees her in the bladder.” So Much sensory detail. So devastating. @erinbondo.com in @lostballoon.bsky.social 🧡💔😢

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Burnham: The conditions for a Scottish Independence referendum would be exactly the same as for Northern Ireland. Swinney: Great, let's discuss the legal framework for a Scottish Independence referendum. Burnham:

"the smell of sagebrush, zizz of grasshopper wings, dull thud of your boots on the copper-rich soil" Loving the sensory details in this gorgeous piece by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social 🙌💜

‘He is on her sticky-fingered, weaving into the finest wisps at her nape and yanking as he burrows, breathes deep…’ Brilliant piece by @erinbondo.com !

Indigenous people are defying Canada's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and offering a safe haven for trans people on their land globalnews.ca/news/1205333...

We're reading for issue 4 which will feature 12 poems by 12 poets! Send us some semi-small, wonderful poems today!

I fear this is genius promo, friends