Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 3hI'm doing it... I'm finally watching Twilight for the first time... 000
Reposted by Amber KenTrash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our 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... 1/2trashcatlit.comProse Poetry, September 2026We 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… 12710
Reposted by Amber KenEirene Eleni @eireneeleni.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So 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-...fullhouseliterary.comThen they added self-checkouts by Eirene Gentle — Full House Literary 01311
Reposted by Amber KenTrash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Our 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 0711
Reposted by Amber KenHAD @havehashad.com · 23/09/2026love 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." 0145
Reposted by Amber Kensarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026i forgot about bisexuality 24811
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I 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 💫 3161
Reposted by Amber KenBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026something has gone very, very wrong with the UK 1143332751
Reposted by Amber Kenpuddinglovelyy.bsky.social @puddinglovelyy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026May i entertain you with coquette gengar #pokemon 3445521814
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 18/09/2026111 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! 000
Reposted by Amber KenParagraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Happy Families” by @laurabesley.bsky.social is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #amwritingparagraphplanet.com 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 042
Reposted by Amber KenDishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New 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 0104
Reposted by Amber KenJane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Hi! 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 1451822
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'm getting a pet rainbow stag beetle (well, it's still in its larva stage) tomorrow and I'm SO EXCITED 220
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Prepare for pieces as short and snazzy as Jimothy himself! 010
Reposted by Amber Kenbeestung @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...beestungmag.comMidday, my lover brings home groceries by Madeleine Poole 065
Reposted by Amber KenTrash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today 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... 3156
Reposted by Amber Kenellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Web 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 13432
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I've submitted five new pieces of work today. Am I insane? 130
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Congratulations!! Your story gave me a good laugh (I particularly enjoyed the phrase 'manspreading boulders') 010
Reposted by Amber KenZach Breneman @zmbreneman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hey 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)! 262
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thank you!! 😊 Wow, you must've had your hands over your ears in 2016 - it was everywhere 😂 000
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thank you! I've heard it helps in a certain unexpected profession 🤭 010
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026When you go to submit something and then remember that it actually needs a title 000
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Your story went in such a different direction to what I was expecting! Great vibes 🙌🏻 110
Reposted by Amber KenSF Layzell @sflayzell.northsky.social · 02/09/2026I 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...trashcatlit.comCodename: California PoppySF 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… 161
Reposted by Amber KenKeith Woodruff @keithwoodruff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My 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...trashcatlit.comThe Light is the BoyKeith 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… 5113
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Your story was right up my street! Social commentary + creepiness = 😘👌 110
Amber Ken @amberken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Super happy to be in this issue with my story 'Time, Space and Other Parental Needs'! Working with @trashcatlit.bsky.social has been delightful. 💜🦝🗑️ 251
Reposted by Amber KenJoyce Bingham @joycebingham.bsky.social · 28/08/2026How exciting two stories in the same issue of @trashcatlit.bsky.social I'm honoured. 271
Reposted by Amber KenTrash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Our 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) 01512