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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Huge congratulations to @fictionable.bsky.social contributor @lucycaldwell.bsky.social and all the other #writers on the #BBCNSSA shortlist: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a... #books #reading #writing #ShortStories

The stories on the BBCNSSA shortlist: Two Minutes to Midnight by Laura Beatty, Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell, Burning Bush by Marryn Glover, A Second Opinion by Caolinn Hughes and Ditto by Cherise Saywell

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we talk monsters, metamorphosis and male violence with Elaine Vilar Madruga: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ela... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the writer Elaine Vilar Madruga, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'Nobody is born a monster'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The missiles raining down may feel like a nightmare, but @zhenyao.bsky.social tells the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast her graphic short story A Night in Kyiv is actually documentary realism: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/zhe... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation

A portrait of the writer and artist Zhenya Oliinyk with a quote from her podcast interview: 'When the war starts you still have to pay rent and buy food'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Gaps, spaces, missing pieces – @robmunb.bsky.social explains on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast why his fiction is full of holes: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rob... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the writer Robin Munby, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'It's amazing the things that the brain can do'

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Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Perhaps my biggest takeaway from this was the realisation, very late in the day, that I had no idea what you were meant to do with the M─── when reading out loud...

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A trip up north turns into an exchange in @robmunb.bsky.social's story Of All Who Sorrow, Joy, but what does it mean? www.fictionable.world/stories/of-a... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the writer Robin Munby, with a quote from his short story Of All Who Sorrow, Joy: 'You're going to M— then?'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The skies are dark, but there’s little prospect of any sleep in @zhenyao.bsky.social's graphic short story A Night in Kyiv: www.fictionable.world/stories/a-ni... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #ukraine

A portrait of the artist Zhenya Oliinyk, with a quote from her graphic short story A Night in Kyiv: 'Air alert – strategic aviation active…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A ride-hailing app was a door into unexpected stories for EC Osondu – on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast he takes us from A to B: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ec-... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the writer EC Osondu, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'The longer you live in America, the more conscious you are of your foreignness'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The outsiders arrive at the little town and find there’s something missing in Wild by Elaine Vilar Madruga, translated by Samantha Luna. Catch it at www.fictionable.world/stories/wild... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Elaine Vilar Madruga, with a quote from her short story Wild, translated by Samantha Luna: 'If they want to kill one of us, then let them kill us all…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The people waiting outside the immigration building stretch all the way round the block in The Line by Will Boast. But will Danek make it in? Catch it at www.fictionable.world/stories/the-... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Will Boast, with a quote from his short story The Line: 'My father's voice, I begin there…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#Summer is here with Will Boast, Elaine Vilar Madruga translated by Samantha Luna, EC Osondu, @zhenyao.bsky.social and @robmunb.bsky.social plus @lukehealy.bsky.social on the secret of #writing a romcom. Catch them all at fictionable.world #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #podcast

The contributors for Fictionable's Summer 2026 issue, from top left: Will Boast, EC Osondu, Samantha Luna, Elaine Vilar Madruga, Zhenya Oliinyk, Luke Healy and Robin Munby

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And off it goes, Richard Lea’s Personal Anthology, fifty and alone, rambling about a country nearly uninhabited, wearing a frock-coat and shabby canvas trousers, sweating under the electric-yellow dome of the municipal force field, shooting a straight piss into the base of the guava tree…

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A Personal Anthology, by Richard Lea

‘He Who Saw the Deep’ by Sîn-liqe-unninni, translated by Andrew George (First written down in about 1200BCE, published in The Epic of Gilgamesh in this translation, Allen Lane 1999)

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We'll have another Personal Anthology this Friday. This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is Richard Lea, editor of @fictionable.bsky.social. Sign up here if you don't already subscribe. RT if you do! apersonalanthology.substack.com/about

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About - A Personal Anthology

A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The future looms over Massachusetts, but can we stick the landing, asks Joel Cox in his short story Variable Rewards: www.fictionable.world/stories/vari... Image: Cristina Zaragoza #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A woman holds a smartphone up to take a selfie, with a quote from Joel Cox's short story Variable Rewards: 'The instant gratification of a flattering selfie makes the indignity of taking it almost worthwhile…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Rose hasn't spoken to her father for eight years. But, in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? by Holly Edwards, the call of home is strong: www.fictionable.world/stories/litt... Image: Julia Taubitz #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

Sheep graze in a field against a bright blue sky, with a quote from Holly Edwards's short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? 'The chorus of contented bleating carries on the wind…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What's the reality of motherhood? In this graphic short story, Bruna Martini takes it one day at a time: www.fictionable.world/stories/one-... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Many congratulations to Diana Evans, who has won the Jhalak prize with I Want to Talk to You: www.jhalakprize.com/the-prize Tuck in to her latest short story, Ice Cream, exclusively at @fictionable.bsky.social www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-... #books #reading #writing #fiction

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The Prose Prize | Jhalak Prize

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Memory collides with the facts on the ground in this short story from Takiguchi Yūshō, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood: www.fictionable.world/stories/pepp... Image: Geio Tischler #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

An overhead view of a road running through a field, with a quote from Takiguchi Yūshō's short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: 'So when my grandmother fell in that ditch, it definitely wasn't Seita's fault…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream: www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-... Image: Felipe Pierreson #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A tower block with a quote from Diana Evans's short story Ice Cream: 'A rambling, stony estate in the alien southwest…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Short fiction is sometimes long in the making, says @lucycaldwell.bsky.social But it can also catch the current moment while it is still on the wing: www.fictionable.world/blogs/lucy-c... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the writer Lucy Caldwell, with a quote from her blog: 'Some of my short stories have taken as long to write as a novel'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

For Takiguchi Yūshō and the translator Jesse Kirkwood, fiction is a matter of listening to what the story has to say: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/tak... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Memory is always with us, but it isn't something we can control'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

With the backlash against trans people in full swing, fiction can play an important part in helping us understand each other, says Holly Edwards: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/hol... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Holly Edwards, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I did not grow up on a farm'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The American dream is fracturing under the pressure of social media and AI. But Joel Cox tells the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast that doesn’t mean we can’t have a laugh: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/joe... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the writer Joel Cox, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'We could be seeing some radical changes'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Giving birth is like being run over by a bus, Bruna Martini says on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast But framing the experience in a comic can give a sense of perspective: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/bru... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A portrait of the artist Bruna Martini, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'No one really told me about it'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

On the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast we talk graduation, jobs and holding on to hope in the face of accelerating crisis with Diana Evans: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/dia... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #bookstodon

A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'We all know of someone who didn't make it'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Things never quite unfold the way you intend'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream: www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-... Image: Agustin Fernandez #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

Clippers lined up against a mirror in a barber shop, with a quote from Diana Evans's short story Ice Cream: 'With tear-sore eyes I went to a barber in Harlesden and asked for a grade-two shave…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A portrait of the writer Holly Edwards, with a quote from her short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? 'Queerness is inherent in this story'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Memory collides with the facts on the ground in this short story from Takiguchi Yūshō, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood: www.fictionable.world/stories/pepp... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: "He was this small when we got him…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream: www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her short story Ice Cream: 'I was in my second year of waiting and eager to leave…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A portrait of the writer Joel Cox, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'New York is a wonderful place, but it's kinda like Disneyland'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Rose hasn't spoken to her father for eight years. But, in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? by Holly Edwards, the call of home is strong: www.fictionable.world/stories/litt... Image: Xavier Castelli #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

Sheep graze in a field against a bright blue sky, with a quote from Holly Edwards's short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? 'The sheep are on the hills, their heads bent to the ground…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What's the reality of motherhood? In this graphic short story, Bruna Martini takes it one day at a time: www.fictionable.world/stories/one-... Image: Josh Bean #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog

A pregnant woman silhouetted against the sun, with a quote from Bruna Martini's graphic short story One Day at a Time: 'Your body is no longer your own…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Memory collides with the facts on the ground in Takiguchi Yūshō's short story Peppermint, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood: www.fictionable.world/stories/pepp... Image: Henry Lai #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation #ShortStories #blog #podcast

An empty bench under a tree on the crest of a hill, with a quote from Peppermint by Takiguchi Yūshō, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: 'Maybe some things were better left unsaid…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream: www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-... Image: jesus arango #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

An ice cream sundae stands in front of a pile of peaches, with a quote from Diana Evans's short story Ice Cream: 'I was working noon till ten at the ice cream parlour in Leicester Square…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A portrait of the artist Bruna Martini, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'They don't tell you that you are going to go a little mad'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The future looms over Massachusetts, but can we stick the landing, asks Joel Cox in his short story Variable Rewards: www.fictionable.world/stories/vari... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Joel Cox, with a quote from his short story Variable Rewards: 'Aaaand snap…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Rose hasn’t spoken to her father for eight years. But, in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? by Holly Edwards, the call of home is strong: www.fictionable.world/stories/litt... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Holly Edwards, with a quote from her short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?: 'She dreams of long grass dancing in the fields…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: "Walking through the town where my father grew up…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream: www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-... #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her short story Ice Cream: 'You needed a story of woe…'

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Here's #Spring with exclusive #ShortStories from Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox, plus @lucycaldwell.bsky.social on the long and short of #ShortFiction All at fictionable.world #books #reading #writing #comics #translation #blog

The fantastic contributors to Fictionable Spring 2026. From top left to bottom right: Bruna Martini, Diana Evans, Holly Edwards, Joel Cox, Takiguchi Yūshō, Jesse Kirkwood and Lucy Caldwell

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A taste of #Spring with Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox Catch them all at https:fictionable.world #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#Spring2026 is barrelling down the track, but it's not too late for a third #MysteryAuthor this time in widescreen. Just look at those shelves, that window, that comfy chair. But which author gets to sit in it? #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A wide shot of a writer's room, with a bookshelf, comfy seating and a desk in front of a broad window

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

And here's our second #MysteryAuthor with laptop, notebook, healthy fruit and a cheerful picture on the wall. But who is it? #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A writer's desk, with laptop, notepad, fruit bowl and a bright picture on the wall featuring the word "GAY"

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Here's our first #MysteryAuthor for our #Spring issue, with two screens, a set of watercolours and some proper paper. But who could it be? #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast #bookstodon

A writer's desk with two screens, a set of watercolours and some proper paper

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

… #Spring is, um, springing, how about another issue? Just a couple more days now… Image: Esther Gorlee #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast

A host of red tulips surge up towards a blue sky

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Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

On Monday Bruna Martini will be speaking about her work at LDC and giving a glimpse of her #GraphicStory due in next week's #spring issue. She'll be appearing online with Myfanwy Nixon and Fionnuala Doran. Tickets are at: ldcomics.com/product/ldco... #books #comics #reading #writing #events

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