Suzanne (writing as S A Greene)

Many thanks to Doug and Sally and the @blinkink50.bsky.social team for this nomination. I am delighted and honoured. Congratulations to my fellow nominees.🎉 blink-ink.org/2026/09/22/b...

In other news, our next issue is brewing. We can't wait to share it with you. But before then, how about a little love from us to you in our most recent issue, filled with doors tagged, peeling, gorgeous, just waiting to be opened. templeinacity.com/enter-leaving/

'Her mother continues making language without permission. Sunburn skin becomes oldpaper. A spoon left too long becomes tiredwater. The underside of a pillow becomes sleepside.' Beautiful title. Beautiful story. Beautiful words.

All the emails confirming a place on the longlist have been sent out now so check nothing in Spam. If you think your title is longlisted and haven’t received an email, contact us. There were several stories with the same title among the entries this time.

So excited to see my story on this longlist! Congratulations to everyone on the list 🍾🎉💐

Oh. Wow! This is perfect ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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...

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Write Away! - Creative Writing Retreat, Woking, 19-21 March & 2-4 July Two opportunities to spend a weekend writing with me in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Tailored to attendees interests with plenty of writing time. Suitable for writers of all levels. Can be attended as resident or non-res.

Still a few days left to enter... Closes 10 pm ( UK Time) Friday 23rd.. All the info... freeflashfiction.com/current-comp...

Calling all novelists worldwide writing in English (NO AI generated or assisted entries accepted) - you could win £500 in this competition. flash500.com/novels/ Your book doesn't have to be finished. Entries close midnight 31 October. #novels #writingcommunity #Authors

'The foxes are doing okay. There are plenty of diseased rabbits for them to eat. A big dog fox with a lustrous coat paused outside the house at dusk yesterday...' Love this deeply human darkly humorous post-apocalyptic story by @judehwriter2.bsky.social And what a glorious title!

found this writer online, got my library to order her book, now i get to read it. it really is that easy to support writers and costs nothing

For example, I'm currently working on a piece about two white American authors who as far as I can tell are scamming dozens of lit mags with AI. (partly due to frustration that all these big public allegations have been aimed at POC writers).

Last call! In London tonight? Come say hi and hear some great readings.....

The word is out. @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's THE PERIODIC FAMILY is a stellar collection. And it's out today from Cowboy Jamboree! Get yours: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-periodic...

HFR’s 40-Word contest submissions are now OPEN! 🎊 In honor of Hayden’s Ferry Review turning 40 this year, you can find details and enter to win prizes through the submittable link in our bio. Happy writing!

“How, when I look at a canvas I can see the past perched on the shoulder of the present …” @megpokrass.bsky.social in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social www.tinywrenlit.com/11/self-port...

Oh, the power and heartbreak in this one! Truly a tour-de-force.

This is the most articulate and impactful piece I've read regarding the Pentagon's planned livestreamed execution of Nidel Hasan. Please read it.

Delighted to be included in @scturnerfiction.bsky.social 's Personal Anthology - thank you Sarah! Some lovely choices here - with great notes on first encounters and longer term relationships - do have a read

FFF Competition Thirty-Six 100 to 300 words Judge: Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social 1 W £200.00 2 HC £100.00 3 SL £80.00 and publication £4.95 per entry/story Read the rules! #writingcompetitions #flashfiction All the info... freeflashfiction.com/current-comp...

"Some days, I leave my work unfinished, go up onto the roof of the office block and sit on the building’s edge, my legs dangling." I love this brilliant piece of writing by @stillsquirrel.bsky.social in @hexliterary.bsky.social 💙💙💙 hexliterary.com?p=3604

Yay! Sherry's Shorts turns 2 this month! 🥳 We are celebrating with stories of important days! Listen live today at noon UK time on @highlandhradio.bsky.social (HHR.Scot) to stories by @chriscottom.bsky.social, @susanelsley.bsky.social, Mary Anne Spence & me. Plus fab actor @churchofben.bsky.social

#ThursdayTales - This poem #poem 📖 Anne Carson - Nobel Prize Winner Literature 2026 📚 #silicasun 🍂📙🧡

Such an evocative, propulsive and sad piece. I love how Tara‘s love for her children runs through it.

Save the date! We’re excited to share that we will launch our 2027 anthology at The Birmingham & Midland Institute on NFFD (12 June), with a day of readings & workshops. Tickets will be available in the spring. Watch this space for details of our anthology theme, editors, etc. www.bmi.org.uk

I’ll be reading some flash at the launch of @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social ‘s poetry pamphlet on Oct 16th, along with readings by Nikki, @laurabesley.bsky.social & Claire Booker. If you’d like to join us, here is the link: tinyurl.com/mr325be6

Gooseberry Pie Issue 47 is live with work by @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social Guy Biederman Mikki Aronoff Steve Gerson @christiechapman.bsky.social Karen Crawford Tamizh Ponni gooseberry-pie.com/issue-47/

The malicious ads are back on our website. Please don't click on the blue ad bars. We did not, nor would we ever, include ads in our posts. Our webmaster is working on this now.

fun fact: moles have extra thumbs on each forepaw. an even more fun fact: ours used his to dig up some lit mags for you. isn’t he a dear? (trick question. you can’t say no, because he puts on his tiny little glasses to read all the comments, and gets upset when they’re not nice!)

'I get depressed sitting at home on my own. So, I still go in to work; ring my bell enthusiastically as I weave a path between replicas of people once on their way somewhere, still hopeful one of them will flinch.' An absolute stunner from @stillsquirrel.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Huge congratulations, Sherry! Love it when my writing pals do well in other artistic endeavours!🎉⭐️💐

Wow! Soooo good. And the ending is just beautiful. Glad I didn't miss it twice.

'He doesn’t read the news. Or books. In the beginning, Heart-Leaf warned me. She said, He’s not your intellectual equal. I said, I don’t need to date a dictionary.' Love this so much ⬇️⬇️

'Lynn cannot explain that even though the babies make her cry, she needs to stroke their petal skin.' Beautiful propulsive story by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in this truly stellar edition of Ghost Parachute!

The Orionids meteor shower begins tonight. Around midnight UK. A good time, perhaps, to be inspired to send a last minute entry to our 34th Award. Deadline for flash entries up to 300 words, Sunday Oct 4th £1000 first prize. Results out fast bathflashfictionawardawatd.com/enter

I’ve read 3 so far and they’re all brilliant…

@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social

Oh, the yearning and the longing and the beautiful beautiful writing in this one. So powerfully rendered I’m homesick for 1971 too…💔

Holy shit!!! Even From the Queen of sex-flash this is stunning! Read it near A cold shower…

The last issue of Ghost Parachute was stunning. Just checked the contributor list for this one and it’s got a ridiculously long list of ALL THE BEST WRITERS. Going to shut myself away for a long time with a pot of tea and read all the words. ❤️

This is stunning!!! Like Virgina Woolf collided with @fionamckay.bsky.social on steroids!!!⬇️⬇️⬇️

If you write or read flash fiction (and/or entered Comp 35), FFF recommend you read the brilliant... FFF Competition Thirty-Five Judge’s Report by Kate Axeford @kateaxeford.bsky.social #writingcompetitions #flashfiction freeflashfiction.com/fff-competit...