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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks to @catherineogston.bsky.social for interviewing me on #flashfiction for Federation of Writers Scotland.

Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Trump renaming Artificial Intelligence as Super Intelligence. I'm gutted he didn't decide to call it Trump Intelligence - that would have been hilarious.

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Have you seen my snooker table, Doris? No farmer Griffiths. I haven't seen any snooker tables at all this morning.

Old painting. Man and enormous rectangular sheep

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Looks like part of Germany is about to go Nazi again. What could possibly go wrong with that...

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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Monday, 7th December 2026, 19:30-21:00 GMT BURN IT ALL DOWN by @karjon.bsky.social - Ekphrastic novella-in-flash ✨ @arroyoseco.bsky.social - author will be joining us for a live Q&A #fiction #flashfiction #novellainflash #amwriting #writingcommunity #bookclub

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Dave Gregory @courtlandavenue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My little journal is making its second appearance as Listing of the Day @duotrope.com! Free submissions are open for fiction of 1000-8000 words. Token payment. Most submissions are responded to within ONE DAY! We nominate for major literary awards!

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Happy 11th Birthday, Ziggy. She's so excited.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Binface v. Frogface. Excellent.

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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

So, a new chapter begins @natflashfictionday.bsky.social!! ⚡❤️Thanks & best wishes to the amazing outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social for everything. And thanks to NFFD co-directors @scooterwriter.bsky.social & @lunchontuesday.bsky.social for having me. To be entrusted w/this is such an honor. 🙏❤️

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I've thoroughly enjoyed working with @natflashfictionday.bsky.social but it's time to hand over the reins to a new editor of the NFFD Anthology. Many thanks to all who submitted stories during my time as editor and best of luck to the new editor, who I know is going to have an amazing time.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Got last minute tickets to see this guy last night, so no time to get a skull cap - we had bald head envy all night. Oh, and there was torrential rain, because Glasgow, summer etc. Didn't stop us dancing and laughing all the way through.

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

While updating our website we've added a resources section. On there we have a free random word & image generator, to provide a quick prompt for flash ideas, and a free web app. Click the link on your mobile and add EZ directly to you phone home screen. www.ellipsis-zine.com/resources

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Ellipsis Zine Resources

Word and image prompts to help kick-start your creative output.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

'Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says' Um, OK, I choose a planet we can still live on rather than 'fun' AI animations and vile pornographic deepfakes, though, obviously, it's a very tough choice.

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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Friends—here are about 55 literary journals opening for submissions in July—some are open now or will close soon in June or July. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative & all these should be no-fee submissions. There are more resources out there, including on here. Wish y’all well.

Ubwali Literary Magazine
A Public Space
Salt Hill
Kitchen Table
Blueline
Acorn
Seaside Gothic
Dogwood
I-70
Diamond Gazette
Potomac Review
Arcturus
The Shore
Encyclopedia Prismatica
Beloit Poetry
Santa Fe Literary
Confluence
Mulberry Literary
Black Fox Literary
Kudu
Naugatuck River
Bluestem
The Branches
Harpur Palate
San Pedro River
Weird Lit
Thieving Magpie
Amsterdam Review
Reading Into Culture
New World Writing
InterrobangLit
Saw Palm
Rockford Review
Superpresent
Oh Reader
Fictive Dream
Turn & Work
Ghost Parachute
The Forge
X-R-A-Y
Necessary Fiction
Streetcake
Shine Poetry
Extra Teeth
Reckon Review
Barcelona Review
Literary Namjooning
The Baffler
Doric Literary
Lamp Lit
Stone of Madness
The Hoolet’s Nook
MoonPark Review
FIYAH
The Bulb Region
Stone Circle
Passionfruit

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If watching videos of the Scottish fans in Boston was a job, I'd have earned some serious overtime in the past few days.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

That'll do. I will be taking no further results into account and no further questions. Thank you.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Excellent book launch for #nffd anthology tonight - everyone read brilliantly and it was so good to hear the stories from Mudlarking. Well done, all.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Chuffed to see this one up in #FlashFlood #nffd2026. Just back from a couple of weeks on holiday, so will slowly catch up with stories over the next week.

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Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

'3 am: Try to recall names of all seven dwarves.' ⏰ Check out 'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by @karjon.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social ...for the humour and for everything else you wanted in a flash but were too afraid to ask!

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"Congratulate yourself on coming up with perfect response, 47 years too late." this is hilarious @karjon.bsky.social in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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Anne Howkins @anneh23.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ooh look what arrived this morning. Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and judges @sharontelfer.bsky.social and @karjon.bsky.social for choosing my story!

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Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Sooki enjoying a peek at the wonderful National Flash Fiction Day anthology 'Mudlarking.' You can get your own copy here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo... Thanks @sharontelfer.bsky.social & @karjon.bsky.social for selecting my story. Can't wait for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

A black and white cat seems to be reading the National Flash Fiction Day anthology 'Mudlarking'

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Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Delighted to get my contributor’s copy of Mudlarking, this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology. The lovely book, excellently edited by Karen Jones and Sharon Telfer, includes my Meet Me Halfway. @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @sharontelfer.bsky.social @karjon.bsky.social

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Breakfast, tennis, sunbathe, lunch, siesta, sunbathe, shower, out to dinner. First week of holiday almost complete. It's a hard life.

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Binfire Era @binfire.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

LET WOMEN HAVE HOBBIES

Screenshot of a Twitter post. Text reads "Fact.philes @know.more

32-year-old woman pleads guilty in Canada's first-ever "DoorDash psychological warfare" case - sent her ex 1,847 orders of exactly one lemon."

The image is a mugshot of a white woman

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Gorgeous cover from @joannacampbell.bsky.social and fabulous title from @rachaeldunlop.com brilliant story. Can't wait for everyone to read this year's anthology and many thanks to @sharontelfer.bsky.social for being such an excellent co-editor.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If they replace Starmer with Streeting, would anyone even notice? Utterly pointless.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Scottish people have spoken … and now Westminster will ignore our voice A pro-independence majority will be elected once again in the Scottish Parliament. And once again, London will deny a referendum This is a democratic outrage and it must be resisted My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

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The people have spoken – there will be a pro-indy majority but it will be ignored

Scotland faces another pro-independence Holyrood majority, yet another referendum remains impossible - trapping democracy in constitutional limbo.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Well, after 19 years in power, that was a fairly remarkable showing from the SNP. I'm pretty happy, despite deform getting some in on the list.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Lucky enough to have read this and it's a cracker - highly recommended.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'll be joining the #FlashFlood at 8am on June 13th with an old favourite,The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees. Looking forward to paddling in all the excellent flashes that day.

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

FlashFlood opens for submissions on 19 April till 25 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Stories will be published on NFFD. Pre 2023 previously published considered. Reserved slots for unpublished writers. For more details see our submission guidelines: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

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a cartoon piglet looking through a magnifying glass

ALT: a cartoon piglet looking through a magnifying glass

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Boys is one of the best and most brutal satires of Trump and MAGA America. Idiocracy with entrails. One of the few TV shows that gets to grip with the moment.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

'Extortion, corruption and death will finally end tonight' - is Trump resigning and taking his evil regime with him?

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Such sad news - a lovely woman. We'll miss her.

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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

'You Only Need These Five Shoes in Your Wardrobe!' Hmmm... I see a fundamental problem with this headline.

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Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thrilled to have two pieces in this year's @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology & in such fabulous company! Congrats all and many thanks to editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social and @karjon.bsky.social 🥰

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Delighted that my flash 'In Hebden Bridge at Midnight' will be published by @natflashfictionday.bsky.social on #NationalFlashFictionDay, alongside work by so many fab writers! Congrats to all who made the anthology, and many thanks to editors @karjon.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social

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Rebecca Field @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thrilled to be part of the amazing NFFD anthology with my story about trolls under bridges!! 🥳 🧌 🐐 Thanks so much to the editors, looks like a fantastic lineup..

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Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Very pleased to be here. Congrats @bsherm36.bsky.social and @erinbondo.bsky.social for being the award winners, congrats to everyone on the list + thanks to @karjon.bsky.social and @sharontelfer.bsky.social

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Look at all the brilliant people in THIS!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/03/2026

Very happy indeed to be in the line up for this year’s National Flash Fiction Day anthology. Thank you @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading the other stories, some cracking titles there.

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