Kieran Wyatt

Kieran Wyatt

@kieranstories.bsky.social

Best British Short Stories 2026, The London Magazine, Free Flash Fiction, Eunoia Review, Blood+Honey. Fylde Coast. https://kieranstorieswriter.blog/

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Kieran Wyatt
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Thanks to Ian for sharing the love! So cool to know people are enjoying ‘Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully?’. I have a strong memory of reading Ian’s ‘Ghost Walks’ in last year’s edition of the series - one of my favourites.

Ian Critchley@iancritchley.bsky.social

". . . he appeared relatively well adjusted. He had introduced me to my first bong." @kieranstories.bsky.social's story 'Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully?' starts with a bike theft and then takes a brilliantly unexpected and surreal turn. Superb. #shortstories @saltpublishing.com

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Free Flash Fiction
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FFF09062025 Longford by Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/long...

freeflashfiction.comLongford - Free Flash FictionLiam stopped moving after another kick. Jack looked up from his trainers. They were no longer white. They had all pestered Mum for a dog, but he had pestered most. Liam was his responsibility. *****Wi...
Kieran Wyatt
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The Unpeople album is growing on me. Blueprints is the highlight for me - a banger!

Kieran Wyatt@kieranstories.bsky.social

Booked a Monday off work, so had to pick up some new music for the long weekend 💿 gonna kick back if that’s blummin okay!

Kieran Wyatt
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The latest story on said blog is ‘Phonics’. This is where my writing has been this year… my own online alcove. kieranstorieswriter.blog/2026/10/04/o...

kieranstorieswriter.blogOn new short fiction: PhonicsHis face was large. His sweat was the viscosity of milk. We removed the thing from the cubicle, then the three of us weaved our way out of Popworld.
Kieran Wyatt@kieranstories.bsky.social

‘Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully?’ in Best British Short Stories 2026. I’ve kept to myself this year, working on my blog, so I wasn’t expecting *this*. Excited to know that more people will read the story. Overawed to be in such good company. @saltpublishing.com

Kieran Wyatt
@kieranstories.bsky.social

‘Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully?’ in Best British Short Stories 2026. I’ve kept to myself this year, working on my blog, so I wasn’t expecting *this*. Excited to know that more people will read the story. Overawed to be in such good company. @saltpublishing.com

Kieran Wyatt
@kieranstories.bsky.social

Would be stupid if I didn’t point you towards current work: a story I’m really proud of from this year titled ‘Cancer of the Skull’, which is available on the blog to read for free: kieranstorieswriter.blog/2026/09/03/o...

kieranstorieswriter.blogOn new short fiction: Cancer of the Skull‘I heard on the radio,’ Mum sips her coffee, ‘that inner peace is only possible if you are focused on one thing. She points one finger forward, presumably towards the one thing she is, or will be, …
Kieran Wyatt
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Rewatching Jonathan Creek. Here’s a thing. Two episodes hinge on grammatical misunderstandings. Errant comma: The Seer of the Sands. Missing apostrophe: Ghost’s Forge.

Kieran Wyatt
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We went to see my cousin and his band Silver Chamber perform at Lancaster Priory last night. Awesome stuff. Here he is (left) after the first set. Link below to the band’s site. Check ‘em out.

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Cethan Leahy
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I suffer from regency bias which means that I believe a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Kieran Wyatt
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Sorting out the back of my wardrobe this morning. I’ve found a stack of notebooks from 2023. Inside one is a false start to a story which was later in The London Magazine.

Kieran Wyatt
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Features one of my favourite short stories ‘Industrial Byproducts’.

Ray Newman@raynewman.bsky.social

Good morning. Today, I'm going to give a little push to my second collection of stories, 'Intervals of Darkness', from 2024, partly because I think of it as particularly autumnal. www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...

Kieran Wyatt
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Had a nice long walk today and brought Shirley Jackson with me. This book includes three essays on writing. One essay focuses on the writing of and backlash to The Lottery. Amazing to think that story is nearly 80. It’s stunning!

Kieran Wyatt
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kieranstorieswriter.blogOn new flash fiction: Melting in the MotherI was in the corridor when it happened, looking at the BBC News app. An image of a crater, then Joe Biden. I went back into the room. The chair in the corner, near the French windows. Outside: tree…
Kieran Wyatt@kieranstories.bsky.social

A list of the eighteen stories available to read on the blog. If I could point you towards just one it would be Melting in the Mother. Thanks all! 📚 kieranstorieswriter.blog/self-publish...

kieranstorieswriter.blogStoriesI started this blog to post short stories that haven’t been published elsewhere. Some of these stories have been rejected lots of times by different magazines, but more often than not recentl…
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Thinking about September’s post… lots of narrative non-fiction, not much fiction. Very different month to August, which you can read about below! 📚

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New blog post about my August reading. Had fun with this one! Quite a wide-ranging month: from Stormbreaker to Picnic at Hanging Rock, and the new collection by @polyscribe70.bsky.social 📚 kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/o...

kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.comOn the books I’ve been reading in AugustAnd there we were: two freewheeling dinks. Home, I had a luxurious nap but awoke with painful sunburn.