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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." - Gloria Steinem

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So sorry to hear about Annie Dillard's passing. She wrote my favourite book on writing - so filled with wisdom, it's a book I keep coming back to

Cover of The Writing Life by Annie Dillard. Image is of a frail-looking boat tossed about on the sea.

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The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘The Moth magazine is a thing of beauty’ Caoilinn Hughes 💫 'It manages to have gravitas and coolness simultaneously’ National Poetry Library 💫 'It’s beautiful. I always want to frame it ’ Fiona Benson 💫 Back issues from just €5, including P&P... www.themothmagazine.com/moth-shop

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Paul Laity @paullaity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2026: the Winners! www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2026: the Winners! | London Review Bookshop

The Martha Mills Young Writers Prize 2026

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So sorry to hear about Annie Dillard's passing. She wrote my favourite book on writing - so filled with wisdom, it's a book I keep coming back to

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Delighted to receive my copy of @drewgum.bsky.social's new story. First of a new chapbook series by the resurrected @sunburntsaints.bsky.social Saints alive!

Front cover of Gregor, a short story by Drew Gummerson, published by Sunburnt Saints. Plain light blue cover

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Talking of the BBC’s Wednesday screening of Penda’s Fen bsky.app/profile/grea...

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." - Gloria Steinem

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Tim Cooke @timc1986.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Home from a long summer holiday to a couple of great looking Nightjars to get stuck into… @nightjarpress.bsky.social

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Good morning. To celebrate our 20th anniversary we've had a limited edition set of four broadsides in a custom portfolio with an embossed bellyband. Designed & printed by Tangerine Press. Marvellous.

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Can't believe I didn't know that the late ZZ Top drummer, the only one without a beard, had the surname Beard

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

‘Why Do You Let Me Lie Here Wastefully?’ is included in Salt’s Best British Short Stories 2026. Whhhhaat? Daydreaming at work pays dividends. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing the story last year.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So many thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this story a new lease on life. Unusually for me, this is a nice story. And today is a day where I think we could all do with a softly positive read.

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One year ago today my shortl fiction, Fabrication, was published in this beauty, featuring @iancritchley.bsky.social Alison Moore @simonokotie.bsky.social @cdrose.bsky.social Iain Sinclair et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com I'm looking forward to the next iteration 🔥🔥🔥

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Ben Moor @benmoor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Brightonites! If you're already doing two things on Sunday, why not make coming to A Three Thing Day, the third thing in your day. Charming, warm, affirming and funny. Chortle 20.00 Sunday 16th August 2026 Nightingale Rooms - above Grand Central Brighton BN1 3PA Tickets: bit.ly/4hJdxug

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Odditorium Presents: Ben Moor's A Three Thing Day at Nightingale Rooms above Grand Central

Tickets are now available for Odditorium Presents: Ben Moor's A Three Thing Day at Nightingale Rooms above Grand Central, BRIGHTON on Sun 16 Aug 2026. Click the link for further information and to sec...

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Matt Adcock @cleric20.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Authors - how about a fun Friday share of the sales heartbeat on Amazon of my debut Complete Darkness... Nice to see 6 years later it's still pinging (although the heady days of best selling flags are in rear view)... Grab a copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D9RB1N3... #Books #Authors #Booksales

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A Personal Anthology always takes the summer off... but this year has been quiet all round. It will be starting up again in September, and I'm keen to round up potential contributors. Get in touch if you're a fan of short stories and would like to share your favourites! apersonalanthology.com

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A Personal Anthology

Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories

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Andrew Hook @andrewhook.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My short story, "Nether", has been published within the digital magazine, ParSec. A blog post about how the story came to be written can be found here: andrew-hook.blogspot.com/2026/08/neth...

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Nether

My short story titled "Nether" has recently been published in the digital magazine ParSec , and as usual I'm blogging a few words about how ...

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My family laugh at me for sitting there removing all the tape from the wrapping paper after Christmas and birthdays but there's method in my madness.

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Traditional plastic tape (eg Sellotape) isn't recyclable – and if you put tape-covered wrapping paper in the recycling bin, it can contaminate the paper recycling. Using recyclable paper tape like this one is one solution! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/casc...

White eco-friendly paper tape with a green leaf pattern, in a wooden tape dispenser

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Vicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Brunel university is co-sponsoring the Nero New Writers Prize. Open to writers not previously published by an established book publisher or magazine, deadline: Fri, 11 September: nerobookawards.com/new-writers-...

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NEW WRITERS PRIZE 2026 - Nero Book Awards

Celebrating outstanding writing by authors living in the UK and Ireland, these awards list the best books of the year.

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epoquepress.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

‘Evocative, lyrical and touching’ ‘…everyday lives are illuminated and elevated’ The Wooden Hill by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social This collection of short stories available from your local bookshop, as ePub or direct from us: www.epoquepress.com/online-store... #epoquepress #bookcommunity #booksky

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Was a pleasure answering Drew’s questions. If you want to know more about Sunburnt Saints or me (Andy), take a look!

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I owe my love of books and writing to my English teachers at Francis Combe comp in Watford, Geoff Carr and Patricia Annetts. They changed my life for the better

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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Some sunny Sunday morning body horror for youse

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Embrace your own naivety and idiocy and you might end up somewhere different." - Mark Haddon

Front cover of Magic and Mechanics, a collection of short stories and interviews with their authors, published by Scratch Books

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Kid Pensioner @kidnarco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There are just two copies remaining of my Nightjar Press short story.

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New arrival! Very much looking forward to reading these short stories by @guyware.bsky.social in @saltpublishing.com's brilliant Modern Stories series

Front cover of A Day Like Any Other, a collection of short stories by Guy Ware, published by Salt. Image is a painting of a man sitting in an armchair

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A nice acknowledgement for copyeditors in The Safekeep - though I might have suggested a question mark.

'Good bless copyeditors, where would we be without you.' From the Acknowledgements in The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A nice acknowledgement for copyeditors in The Safekeep - though I might have suggested a question mark.

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Charlotte Tierney @charlieratpig.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Waterstones pre-order deal now on!

Image of Best British Short Stories 2026 front cover in the Waterstones pre-order deal, with a spider

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Tony White @tonywhite.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Very pleased to have a new short story in Maxim Jakubowski's forthcoming Merry Murders anthology, which is 25% off in this @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order promo until tomorrow! Use code SUMMER26 ;) Contributors include the great @saraparetsky.bsky.social 🫡✌️ www.waterstones.com/book/merry-m...

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A fantastic haul of eight horror novellas from the mighty Eden Book Society! (Or maybe from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social?)

Eight horror novellas from the Eden Book Society (or is it Dead Ink Books?). Spines facing outwards between two mini vases.

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The first bit of this is very similar to my acting as a footman in the play I was recently in

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Charles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

On the street … Next Monday, 20 July, CB editions will be selling from the Emanuel von Baeyer Gallery, 18 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE. There’ll be bargain boxes outside: one for £5, three for a tenner. All day from around 10 a.m. - visitors welcome, also water and iced coffee.

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Still hoping the cat will wipe her feet when she comes in

A photo of a cat flap with a mat in front of it

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sorry if we’re becoming annoying, with our exhortations to subscribe to our little chapbooks. But hey, we need you. And besides, we’re relatively new here and it’s harder to make friends than it used to be on the old Twitter! Anyway, we’re a tiny Indy press, looking for short story lovers. #BookSky

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Embrace your own naivety and idiocy and you might end up somewhere different." - Mark Haddon

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 15/07/2026

Morning lovelies! Here's a sneaky summer saver for you! 20% off when you click the link below or use discount code 5T2JNKFV98VT in our checkout! Offer ends 31 July. www.saltpublishing.com/discount/5T2...

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