There are ten BFFA anthologies altogether (available from Amazon. All links to Amazon on different countries at adhocfiction.com) containing stories from the 31 Awards we have run since 2015. But t…

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Ancestral Virgins is the first book in a new series from author Fiona J Mackintosh.

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We had an excess of coasters (pictured here) for the bar at the flash fiction festival and somebody (I think it was team member Sara Hills) had the good idea of running a festival contest for a sto…

Thank you to Meg Pokrass for again supplying prompts and image and judging the 2026 Pokrass prize which was announced at the festival. Anyone who came to the festival was eligible to enter and ther…

Jo Gatford is an award-winning writer, editor and mentor. Her short fiction has been selected for the Wigleaf Top 50, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions, and published in 70+ anthologies and l…

“Dystopian, anarchic, witty, subversive – a Nick Black story is instantly recognisable and never to be forgotten. This collection of his flash fiction zings with energy and knife-sharp voices that both disturb and disarm, but there is also a haunting gentleness that will linger with you long after you put the book down.

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Nao Yare Nbadi Yonni by Sara Hills My husband is on a bus outside Bolgatanga, windows open to red dust, chickens and goats strapped to the roof, when he first hears the song. The one he says remind…

Albermarle Street by Cecilia Maddison The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight. Sylvia slumbers in the fluorescent frame of a bus shelter, snug amongst her bin bag b…

Damage by David Swann Everywhere, I saw Dad in the decaying chapel. A crack tilted drunkenly sideways. Ominous blotches riddled the rafters. My Granddad, Hammond, sat beside me, clacking mints. Mys…

The Siren Squad Tries a New Flyer by Kate Horsley This girl Mackenzie’s new to Echo Lake High, an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands …

We received 984 flash fictions on this occasion. Thanks very much to everyone who entered. The interesting stats this time are that we had almost half and half new people and returning writers ente…

The egg-wife easy-jogs to market by Anne Howkins smoothing through the mossy-cushioned lanes. She catches the auspiciousness of a day when the midsummer sun and full moon nod to each other — pocket…

Damage by David Swann Everywhere, I saw Dad in the decaying chapel. A crack tilted drunkenly sideways. Ominous blotches riddled the rafters. My Granddad, Hammond, sat beside me, clacking mints. Mys…

Albermarle Street by Cecilia Maddison The holy souls blow litter and lost dreams down Albemarle Street tonight. Sylvia slumbers in the fluorescent frame of a bus shelter, snug amongst her bin bag b…

The Siren Squad Tries a New Flyer by Kate Horsley This girl Mackenzie’s new to Echo Lake High, an eighty pound package of spraytan and Instant Freeze Hairspray, guitar-string-tight when she stands …

Nao Yare Nbadi Yonni by Sara Hills My husband is on a bus outside Bolgatanga, windows open to red dust, chickens and goats strapped to the roof, when he first hears the song. The one he says remind…

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We’re thrilled to announce that the winning novellas-in-flash from the 2026 Novella in Flash Award are now published on Amazon worldwide in paperback. Winner: Unhoused by Victora Melekian fro…