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Amber Ken

@amberken.bsky.social
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Writer of short stories, poetry, and CNF - I don't much like to choose (read: bisexual) autistic & chronically ill 🥄 🌊 Folkestone-dweller genres: literary, horror

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our very first prose poetry issue is NOW LIVE 🦝 Twenty absolute stunners for you to savour. Huge thanks to Jude Potts @judepickledplum.bsky.social for her reading assistance. We'll start highlighting these beauts soon. For now, grab a brew and lose yourself 💜 trashcatlit.com/prose-poetry... 1/2
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Prose Poetry, September 2026
We have twenty beautiful pieces in this, our first issue of prose poetry. Inspired by a very special raccoon, Jimothy, the theme was a celebration of tenacity and difference. Click on the images to…
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Eirene Eleni @eireneeleni.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So happy to have this little micro in Full House literary today. Thank you, @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social , a joy to be here. www.fullhouseliterary.com/new-fc/then-...
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Then they added self-checkouts by Eirene Gentle — Full House Literary
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kind of a vibe
Reddit post with an image of a beetle on a piece of apple. The post title reads 'Sick or just unfathomably greedy?'.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our next sub call creeps ever closer and it's our first for horror only 🦝 We want biohazards and our sub call page has inspirational images and ideas. Unleash your dark biology...call open 27th Sept to 11th Oct and publishes on All Hallows Eve trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissioncalls
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Little heart-melter ❤️
Small cream-coloured dog cuddling his pink pig soft toy.Cream-coloured dog cuddling his pink pig soft toy.
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HAD @havehashad.com · 23/09/2026
love all the constraints everyone made up for themselves and locked into for Lexi's call! today from @bryanthomasdaly.bsky.social "This poem uses verbatim texts, sent between me and my wife, in winter of 2025. ... The poem is shaped like Minnesota, where we live."
September 23, 2026
32 Texts in Winter
Bryan Thomas Daly
Stop all food, dairy, gum and hard candy. Pistachios,

hazelnuts. Ok I am home. When do you get home?

That time is bogus. No answer yet. Yes. Waiting

by the door. Coming home now. Walking home.

Could use paper towels. Thanks. Going home.

I am very tired. I like lo mein. Just arrived.

At home. Dad died. Check out these urns.

This is black cord. Journey over. Love.

Love that pic of him and Billy. Is there

anything that you desperately need?

I’m here now and it’s pretty scary.

Eggplant. Cucumbers. About an hour

outside Des Moines. Should I add enough

to cover them again? No problem. No need.

This is also black cord. No hard candy is bogus.
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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i forgot about bisexuality
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was having a bad day and burst into tears upon getting this, I'm so so so happy that my work will be in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!!!!! What a dream 💫
Acceptance email from X-R-A-Y literary magazine.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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puddinglovelyy.bsky.social @puddinglovelyy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
May i entertain you with coquette gengar #pokemon
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
111 said I need medical attention within 24 hours, emergency dentist line they referred me to said to see how I go over the weekend 😮‍💨 here's hoping I'm not dead from infection by Monday!
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Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Happy Families” by @laurabesley.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #amwriting
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Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New piece that's right with us, here, on that lovely cusp of summer and fall. Sink into "Green Music" by @keithwoodruff.bsky.social Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/9-15-26
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hi! So our eSims are keeping a whole hospital going in Gaza, and countless of students who are studying for exams right now. Our funds are about to run out because the usage of those eSims are especially high. <3 #ConnectingGaza
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm getting a pet rainbow stag beetle (well, it's still in its larva stage) tomorrow and I'm SO EXCITED
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Prepare for pieces as short and snazzy as Jimothy himself!
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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"In the shower, we compare her eating disorder to my gender dysphoria. We’re running low on food stamps" —Madeleine Poole beestungmag.com/issue28/midd...
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Midday, my lover brings home groceries by Madeleine Poole
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Grateful for the flowers in my garden 🌿
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today we are spotlighting @amberken.bsky.social and her fab speculative flash 🦝 We loved how the worry of a pregnant mother bleeds into this wonderfully non-techy story of time travel. Reader @leighloveday.bsky.social said: Inventive, intelligent and empathetic. trashcatlit.com/time-space-a...
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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Web submissions are open for historical fiction. 14th-20th September, 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've submitted five new pieces of work today. Am I insane?
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Zach Breneman @zmbreneman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey hey! Pls read my first ever publication here with my custody battle taken to extremes in a small town story, Gorsebrush (Pop. 73)! Thrilled to be in @trashcatlit.bsky.social !!! The best part is it will take you 2 minutes to read, but will never leave your heart (maybe)!
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When you go to submit something and then remember that it actually needs a title
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SF Layzell @sflayzell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I had a lot of fun working on this! Thank you to the magnificent Trash Cat Lit for publishing my prompted story, Codename: California Poppy 📚🪐 Looking forward to reading the rest of the issue too 🦝 trashcatlit.com/codename-cal...
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Codename: California Poppy
SF Layzell Listen to SF read their story This was it. The most important night of my life. I fidgeted with my pin badge, a bright yellow California poppy, the one personal item I was permitted to w…
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Keith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My not so spooky ghost cow story is live. 🐮 Congrats to all the storytellers.Huge thanks to @therelphian.bsky.social for doing such an amazing job showcasing writers and their work😎 and to readers @leighloveday.bsky.social and @joclark.bsky.social trashcatlit.com/the-light-is...
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The Light is the Boy
Keith Woodruff Cow does not think of herself as haunting the barn. In the loft, she drifts above the bales, watches the blue swallows loop out and in. Waits for the boy to climb the rungs and pop t…
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Super happy to be in this issue with my story 'Time, Space and Other Parental Needs'! Working with @trashcatlit.bsky.social has been delightful. 💜🦝🗑️
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Joyce Bingham @joycebingham.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How exciting two stories in the same issue of @trashcatlit.bsky.social I'm honoured.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our new submission call is now OPEN! 🦝 Prose poetry up to 300 words. Any genre. Celebrating tenacity and difference 💜 Visit our sub page for guidelines, inspo and sub link trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Deadline: 10th September, 8pm (BST)
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why yes, I did submit a snail-themed poem titled 'Swirl, Interrupted' today
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New issue is live in 2 days, have a triple tease 🦝 @amberken.bsky.social MC goes into labour at an awkward time, but where, and when? @sflayzell.bsky.social MC is on a vital mission; she'll need to change to complete it @louisehurrell.bsky.social MC shows her sister love in an unconventional way
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Catch ya in the trash! 🦝🫶
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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Clutch" by Lee Reilly, who writes about family, identity, and care in flash and personal essay.  Her credits include Fourth Genre, London Independent Story Prize, and Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, as well as recognition from Barbara Deming Fund, Ragdale, and other organizations.
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I've recently become obsessed with eating yoghurt so thick with protein powder that it's like wallpaper paste. I know, I'm a sick bastard.
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ooh I did indeed choose seagull for one of my Trashies because I live by the sea! I was even wearing seagull socks yesterday 🧦
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
We're so excited by the love for Jimothy the special raccoon and want to celebrate him and what he represents - tenacity and difference - with a special sub call. Give us your PROSE POEMS up to 300 words. Guidelines here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Call opens 1st September 🦝 #submissioncalls
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Call for Prose Poems
Jimothy, the Seattle trash cat with short spine syndrome, has taken the internet by storm. We obviously love how adorable he is with his squished-up body and cheeky scamper, but also how incredibly…
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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
buttons for writers ☆彡
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HAD @havehashad.com · 02/07/2026
two today from Rachel Beachy, the second being this little piece of magic: www.havehashad.com/ku8w4
Poem in Which I Practice Optimism
“For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.”

Maybe the baby was born so big
the shoes never fit or the baby lived
someplace warm and went around
barefoot or the baby was held all
the time so his feet never even
touched the ground.
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I went to the local cat café (one of my favourite places) for my birthday today and it was a great way to start my thirties 😊😊
Amber, a white tattooed femme sits with a cat on her lap.
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
My PIP tribunal is in the morning and I'd very much like to be tranquilised right now
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Please share & give to help Duaa and Mahmoud's family, including their little son Adam, survive & escape Israel's genocidal famine & escalating assault on Gaza. Donations have been very slow. They're starving & in desperate need:
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Donate to Please Help Doaa & Mahmoud rebuild their life in Gaza., organized by Roy Long
My name is Roy and I am trying to help a friend of mine in Gaza, and h… Roy Long needs your support for Please Help Doaa & Mahmoud rebuild their life in Gaza.
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Angels by Robbie Williams and through it all, she fills me with aggression
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Anya Johanna DeNiro @adeniro.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This poem is so fucking good @beestung.bsky.social beestungmag.com/issue22/i-as...
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i ask when trans day of remembrance is and siri says i don’t know what that is by Jazz Bell – beestung
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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A CNF of mine in Five Minutes Lit, if you've got ... Five minutes to spare! Thanks @fiveminutelit.bsky.social for the boost of this one. A special one. Still makes me draw breath wherever I'm at Tesco.
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The guy who got conned in Con Mum has me WAY more pissed off than the actual scammer
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I bought a really bizarre and grammatically-incorrect slogan t-shirt from Vinted for £2 (originally bought it for a party tonight but my body is being too crappy for me to go, which is also why I failed to order it early enough) and I'm so hype for it to arrive. Yes I will post a picture
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Went into @kathyfish.bsky.social's constraints-centred 'Freedom in Limits' flash workshop feeling nervous, and have come out of it feeling empowered to approach my writing in new ways knowing that fresh insights can appear 🙌 Thanks Kathy!
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I fell back into full burnout from partial burnout. Clawing my way back out.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Fancy joining Trash Cat in the bin for a FREE online writing session? Create a draft or two with prompts from the Trashcan Generator. Opportunity to read and receive feedback. Itinerary shown in picture. Let us know how these proposed dates work for you 🦝 #Writing
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I know I'm so, so late, but I started reading Butter and I'm OBSESSED
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Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Yesterday my wife and I made fat balls for wild birds out of peanut butter, oats, and various seeds to celebrate Imbolc. I had a little taste of the mixture and weirdly quite enjoyed it (especially the crunch of the hemp seeds)...
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