Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13hLove this one. Do read it. And I agree thank god for @bendinggenres.bsky.social and other wonderful lit mags too 152
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13hI had a flash published called The Sky Between Us about motherhood. I'm sure many of us write on this topic. I enjoyed reading the chapter. 110
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsDelphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 14hThe first chapter of our latest collective project is up @theprideroars.bsky.social 😍 theprideroars.blogspot.com/2026/10/moth...theprideroars.blogspot.comMothers / Chapter 1Joyce Bingham, Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, Megan Hanlon, 111
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsElissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was thrilled my story, "Eulogy for Fa, the Dreamer," won 3rd place! Read it today @fracturedlit.bsky.social #elissafield #flashfiction #ghost fracturedlit.com/eulogy-for-f... 4283
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 15hThe President of the United States is one sick fucker. No apologies for this post. It's the truth. 020
Reposted by Bronwen Griffithsshome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 23hDear friends—well, say—I’m feeling so thankful to reach 97 months of sobriety, and to celebrate, here are 97 literary journals opening for submissions in November and some are open now: substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.com97 Literary Journals Opening Up For No-Fee Submissions In NovemberCelebrating 97 Months Of Sobriety 127311
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsFlash 500 Writing Competitions @flash500.bsky.social · 16hOur international novel competition closes for entries at the end of this month! #amwriting #writers Prizes: £500/£200 flash500.com/novels/flash500.comNovels Writing CompetitionHave you started, or completed, a novel with strong, credible characters and a page turning plot? Have you honed the first chapter? Can you put together a 032
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It is indeed on Amazon UK and I've ordered a copy. 130
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I'll check Amazon UK. Thanks. I just don't trust the US postage! 010
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I don't have a Kindle and I won't order from the USA anymore as I had books not arrive from there to me in the UK. Books USED to arrive but no longer. I would buy a copy otherwise. Any suggestions? 100
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I was really caught up in this story. 121
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I asked my local charity shop if they took unused socks but they don't, for obvious reasons. I am having a sort out here as we need to move and downsize but I make sure the clothes I give away are in good condition. 010
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsGooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“He was like her other customers, men whose dreams had run from them faster than their once good credit,” -Steve Gerson gooseberry-pie.com/wishes-ride-...gooseberry-pie.comWishes Ride Empty Trains - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine 011
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsLiterary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 13/10/2026"How can you keep a gift from another world?" Do not miss this beautiful ekphrastic by @lorettec.bsky.social in Issue 3. Truly feels like another world! Written after "Wolf" by Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (Poland) ca 1900. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... 1126
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsTrash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Today we have a beautiful Scottish prose poem from Moira Ashley 🦝 Reader @judepickledplum.bsky.social said "I love that the narrator's mood reflects the weather, but the land remains the hero of the piece." Immersive and stunning language throughout. Read here: trashcatlit.com/weathering-t... 094
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I save my old drafts on a memory card. 120
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It's hard to read about grief but we have all experienced it in life. This is a piece both gentle and powerful. 121
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsLiterary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"Your mouth fills with mist. Your mouth fills with the mountain. You swallow it." If you need some perspective today, do read this fiction piece: "Foss" by Mathieu Parsy. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary 2105
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Great piece, Sumitra, as always. I hadn't heard of this publication before. It's worth a read. 121
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsGooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“Halfway through dinner I realize we’re saying goodbye.” Guy Biederman gooseberry-pie.com/boneless-ski...gooseberry-pie.comBoneless, Skinless - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine 041
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It was lovely in the Loire. We had such beautiful weather. Hard to come home to reality. I'm doing ok. Get back troubles but nothing like you have to suffer. X 120
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Thanks for posting that. I've also written non-fiction and have been wary about what to reveal/not reveal. My mum died some years ago but I have a grown-up son. I send him my published writing but I didn't send him a piece I wrote some while back about angry mothers. 130
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsLisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026There are so many things I do not write about. Feel like this essay was plucked from my brain. electricliterature.com/what-is-a-mo...electricliterature.comWhat Is a Mother Allowed to Write? - Electric LiteraturePart of me believes that as a mother I’m committing some sin of impropriety by writing the ugliest parts of my life 4131
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Devastating story. And so powerful and beautifully told 110
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsLisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thanks to Flash the Court for giving this story a place to land and the perfect artwork. “A Boy Wants His Mother” ⬇️ flashthecourt.com/2026/10/09/a...flashthecourt.com“A Boy Wants His Mother” by Lisa Thornton“A Boy Wants His Mother” by Lisa Thornton is a moving flash fiction with a circular structure. Thornton uses third-person narration to allow the point-of-view character, a grieving grandmother, to … 83610
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsClaudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"Her crew and passengers are haunted too. She’s not sure when the massacre happened, maybe generations ago. But they know something’s missing. There’s a puzzlement in their folk memories. A glitch, like hers. A phantom limb." Stunning @emlinden.bsky.social www.orions-belt.net/archives/gho...orions-belt.netGhost Data — Orion's BeltE.M. Linden 094
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 10/10/2026All I can think of right now is how horribly, horribly, Trump has betrayed Ukraine and the world. And it will get worse before that amoral bastard is gone 181
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsEunoia Review @eunoiareview.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Totally forgot to announce that we've turned 16! So you really should submit to us just because. eunoiareview.wordpress.com/submissionseunoiareview.wordpress.comSubmissionsEunoia Review accepts submissions of original, previously unpublished poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction on a rolling basis. The journal accepts reprints, but you must retain or have regained… 1248
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Great story and such a brilliant ending 030
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Essay by Parham Ghalamdar (Iranian based in UK) pentransmissions.com/2026/10/01/h...pentransmissions.comHigh Probability, a Cowardly PhraseParham Ghalamdar on thresholds, drawings, and war. 010
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsEpistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Spotlight on Issue 9: Agency vs. Determinism THE COUCH - #FlashFiction by @erykah.bsky.social epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...epistemiclit.comTHE COUCH -Cringing on the beige couch again. The pillows have given out to the shape of her body and the cat’s body that sits next to her, talks to her, nibbles at her. 011
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A heartbreaker, true, but a lovely story too 140
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Oh thanks for posting this from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social I missed it! I'm past the menopausal stage but oh my, I remember it 010
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsAni King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I would read a grocery list by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social and probably end up crying (in a good way)and I’m such a fan of this menopausal woman story: sundoglit.com/dawn-tasaka-...sundoglit.comDawn Tasaka StefflerThe Menopausal Woman Can’t Understand Why Anyone Would Want to Be a Woman If They Didn’t Have To Dawn Tasaka Steffler The Menopausal Woman startles from a dream: a person in drag is tossed from a c… 332
Reposted by Bronwen GriffithsLisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026An interview! With @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social! In which I say a bunch of things abt vulnerability, rejection, hypocrisy & family restaurants ⬇️ 🧆 www.sandandgravelpress.com/interviews 2126
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I definitely won't miss our accidental trip to Paris! I love Paris, even lived there for a short while in 1974, but do not drive anywhere near the place! Parisian drivers are crazily aggressive 010
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is great. Short and sweet (in the best possible way) 010
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is really heartbreaking but it's a wonderful story. A whole life. 020
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We've been away in France for 3 weeks in our 2023 campervan - it's the only new vehicle we've ever owned. We are 67 and 70! Had so much trouble with this vehicle due to new technology and over sensitive sensors. So we drove all round France with a red light on the dashboard for the oil! 000
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thanks. I can manage it but I'm not sure what can be done and although our NHS is wonderful in many ways it's not so great for chronic issues. 020
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thanks Claudia. It's manageable but it's always there and that's tiring. Hug back to you too. 020
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Looking forward to reading all your work. Just got back from France to a pile of tedious chores! 081
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Really sad but so beautifully and carefully written 020
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I was brought up without a TV and never never have either the TV or radio as background. Either I'm watching and listening or it goes off! 000