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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 15m

Saw Digger at the cinema. Satirical comedy. Oil billionaire ignores warnings of environmental disaster until chunks of Arctic ice calve off and cause devastating tsunamis. Except it's all a play. Except it's set in a future where this did all happen. Dogmatic, heavy-handed, and incoherent.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saw Spy Kids 1&2. Entertainingly answers the question, "What if Robert Rodriguez made a kids' movie?" Wacky in a wonderfully unexpected anything-goes way. Had the feel of a low-budget Nickelodeon TV series à la Henry Danger. 2nd movie was less good.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Watched Untouchable. Based-on-a-true-story mismatched buddy comedy with heart, about a paraplegic millionaire who hires a street crook as a carer. Refreshingly un-Hollywood. I enjoyed this, my daughter even more so. Why isn't Omar Sy in more stuff?

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Saw Blue Velvet. Young man finds a severed ear in a field; cue a sexual awakening and glimpse into the violent world that hides behind suburbia. I've never got on with David Lynch, and this was no exception. Overblown, with stilted dialogue and an especially wooden performance from Kyle MacPlank.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In Lily Lachance's comedy story, the Korlqar Empire's invasion of Earth does not go as planned. The readers enjoyed it: "Well crafted and very funny!!" "Great job! Really appreciate a story that is fun to read these days." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/firs...

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Hank Grezlak @hankgrezlak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Very honored and excited to have my story “The Coroner,” published by @charliefish.bsky.social. If you get a chance, please give it a read. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/the-...

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The Coroner by Hank Grezlak

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Short story Namakemono by Kelly Murashige is about neurodiversity, dating, and three-fingered sloths. Reader comments: "Great story Really well written" "This is very original. There is tragedy woven through it." "Her character is really vividly shown." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/nama...

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Namakemono by Kelly Murashige

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I read The Legend of Charlie Fish by Josh Rountree - I had to, didn't I? In 1900, a man travelling home to Galveston picks up orphans, a fish-man, and deadly enemies. This felt so fresh, full of drama, magic, melancholy, and a relentlessly building tension. Loved it. (Why "Charlie Fish", I wonder?)

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Saw Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom at the cinema. The farm animals try to save Halloween and end up causing more trouble. This is peak Aardman. Hilarious for young and old alike, with so much character, and entirely dialogue-free. Enjoyed the many cultural references, too.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

$45 will buy you a night for two out at the cinema. Or you can be selfish and spend it on Fiction on the Web's critique service, to improve your craft and get your latest story into a publishable state. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/critique-s...

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Critique Service

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Buy Fiction on the Web merch, and you too can look this happy. www.redbubble.com/lists/185379...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For the next 5 weeks, there's a movie coming out each week that I'm super excited about. Forgotten Island, Digger, The Social Reckoning, You Can See Everything, Wildwood. Can I just buy a recurring cinema ticket please?

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reader comments on Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi's short story How To Mourn Your Body, published on Monday: "Poetic yet earthy and grounded. Beautiful." "You write with clarity, registering the immensity of grief." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/how-...

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How To Mourn Your Body by Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rewatched Dogma. Irreverent religious satire by cult filmmaker Kevin Smith. Life of Brian crossed with Good Omens. Similar feeling to Life of Brian, in that it's clearly designed to be provocative, but actually represents a bunch of religious doctrine in a surprisingly thoughtful way. Pretty funny.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mitchell Toews is a wonderful author I've published a bunch of times before, and he's judging the 50/50 Blank Spaces Fiction Anthology Contest. Canadian-inspired stories, 1,000-3,000 words, $10 entry fee. Last week for entries! www.blankspaces.ca/fiction-anth...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to FotW author Barry Garelick for getting 3rd place in Empyrean Literary Magazine's fiction contest with his story "Ain't No Lovin' Lie". Read it here: www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com/garelick-ain...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

FotW favourite James Rumpel has just had his fantasy/humor/satire novel Trial and Heir published by Dark Myth Publications. Check it out! jayzomondarkmyth.com/darkmythpubl...

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Trial and Heir | James Rumpel | Dark Myth Publications

Trial and Heir by James Rumpel. Paperback Edition.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Saw Coyote vs. Acme. Wile E. Coyote employs a hapless lawyer to sue the monolithic Acme Corporation. Mixes human actors with cartoons. Made with a lot of love for the old Looney Tunes. Despite feeling occasionally contrived, the humour and heart won me over. Shame on WB for trying to shelve this.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Readers loved Wei Bo's short story published on Friday: "This is poignant science fiction, the reflective, even melancholy kind that reminds me both 'Blade Runner' films." "I loved the story!" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/08/wher...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Played Baba Is You on Switch. A brilliant reality-bending puzzler in which you push words around Sokoban-style to redefine various objects. So often this game presented us with a level that seemed ridiculously simple and yet was fiendishly difficult to solve. Genius.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Watched an open-air screening of The Princess Bride as part of Streatham Free Film Festival, and my appreciation for this movie only grew. Star-crossed lovers, swordfights, pirates, magic, despicable baddies - this tongue-in-cheek swashbuckling adventure has it all. So quotable, too.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I played a new-to-me board game: 12 Rivers. Place dams along a river to collect "pearls" (marbles), and select villagers to maximise your score. Looks amazing on the table with the big sloping river board. Much more thinky than the cutesy anime art style suggests. Want to play more. 7/10.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

James Hanna's comedy story published on Wednesday delighted readers: "A wild, out of control account of an American Princess of Rasslin'." "What a quality rip-snorting yarn!" "Gertie was lovable. Terrific!" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/the-...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Readers loved Redfern Jon Barrett's sci-fi story, Big Boat: "This one took me back to the golden age of New Wave SF" "reminded me a bit of the interstitial, liminal nowhere utopias you'd see in J.G. Ballard or William Burroughs" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/big-...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In Travis Koll's sci-fi story, Sansa's life is going nowhere, so she resorts to a trendy new technology that will give her a new start. One reader called it "A thought-provoking story about the nature of personhood." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/a-ne...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Watched Bad Apples at the cinema. Primary school teacher deals with a problem student in a rather extreme way. A dark comedy of escalating absurdity, but wonderfully restrained in a way that Hollywood is incapable of. I was giggling and squirming in equal measure through the whole movie. Loved it.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I watched The Wailing. Deadbeat goofball cop investigates an escalating series of bizarre murders, with his daughter's life at stake. Tense slow-burn of a movie, punctuated with gore and humour. Pretty Korean landscapes. Atmospheric but overlong.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You too can be the proud owner of Fiction on the Web merch. Or the humble owner. That bit's up to you. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/shop.html

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I watched The Skin I Live In. Traumatised surgeon kidnaps man for revenge therapy. Almodóvar's movies usually put character and relationships first, but this one prioritised plot - at the expense of credible character development/exploration. Maybe the book is better? Also, weirdly abrupt ending.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In John Bruce's short story, a man oppressed by his parents and keen to distance himself from his disreputable past meets an intriguing young woman that confounds his expectations. One reader said it "felt like gossiping with a friend!" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/craz...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In Hartley James's short story, a supernatural task force is sent to Manhattan to silence an existential threat. Leave a reader comment to say what you think of the story! www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/irra...

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Irradiated by Hartley James

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I saw Laputa: Castle in the Sky. How had I never watched this before?! A boy's hard life in a mining town is disrupted when a princess lands in his arms who is being chased by soldiers and pirates. Miyazaki started strong with his first animated feature film - it's beautiful, compelling, and epic.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watched Teorema. A young man seduces each member of a bourgeois household, one by one, then leaves them to realise how empty their lives were without him. Abstruse. It has stuff to say about class and identity and meaning and art and sex and faith, and I didn’t get it at all.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm obsessed with the teaser for You Can See Everything. It's like a terrifyingly creepy horror movie, but it's a documentary. It's Elizabeth Holmes and - what?! - Nathan Fielder?! How did this even happen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJS...

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You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribe A documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING – In theaters this October. ------ ABOUT A24: The studio behind EVERYTHING…

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Recently added two new testimonials for the Fiction on the Web professional critique service. IMHO, worth the investment if you want to make a good story great. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/critique-s...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

With accolades like this, why *wouldn't* you submit your story to Fiction on the Web? Submissions for 1,000-10,000 word stories of all genres are open now. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/submission...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Friday's Renee Tawa story was a "pick of the month". Reader comments: "A well written story with a delicate, yet powerful ending." "Just so graceful! Poetic! Well done!" "What a beautiful and moving story." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/wher...

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Where Wildflowers Bloom by Renee Tawa

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Check out this chilling Chinese horror story by Wei Bo. "Gripping, suspenseful and engaging. It's a clever story which helps the reader reflect on how they treat their loved ones and how humans behave under threat." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/my-d...

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My Daughter Came Back Wearing Red by Wei Bo

Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Watched Okja. Korean girl grows up on a mountain farm with a mutant pig for a best friend, until American corporate interests disrupt her life. Not just weird, but Bong Joon-Ho weird, with lashings of social commentary and caricature. Intentionally unsatisfying end that forces you to think.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Got an email from Alexandra Andrews at Routledge saying she wanted to represent me. Suspicious because: 1. It came out of the blue 2. from a Gmail address. 2. Alexandr*i*a Andrews at Routledge specialises in textbooks not fiction. I emailed the real Alex Andrews who confirmed it was a scam.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fiction on the Web submissions reopened on 1 September, and we've been averaging 11 submissions per day received since then. Since we only publish 3 stories per week, we'll end up with a mere 4% acceptance rate if that continues - harsh!

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In The Sinking of the Apple Knight by Tommy Oler, a morally estranged knight recalls defining moments from his past as he struggles against drowning. It still has no reader comments - make the author's day by leaving a comment to say what you thought: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/08/the-...

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Rewatched Mary Poppins with the family, and I had forgotten how perfect a film this is (barring the unfortunate racial slurs from Admiral Boom). The special effects are better than some of the Marvel movies, too. We also watched the 54-years-later sequel, which felt mostly like a bland cash-in.

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I read Star Beast by Robert Heinlein. Slightly goofy novel about a kid with a space pet who ends up getting embroiled in high-stakes intergalactic diplomacy. Now that I've read more of the author's work, I get a sense that this is but middling Heinlein. Fun, though!

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Charlie Fish & Fiction on the Web @charliefish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I registered to vote in the US midterms. If you're a US citizen living abroad, you can too: www.usvotersabroad.org/register

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