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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 16h

I've been so busy prepping for my viva that I forgot to promote my latest novella! WE, THE DROWNING follows a young man at the end of the world who has just discovered his mother's ties to a drowning cult. Despite that, it's a vaguely hopeful sci-cli-fi adventure with a pink fairy armadillo!

The photo shows the cover of the book WE, THE DROWNING by Lindz McLeod. The cover features a pale, parched beach with several dead bodies artfully strewn along the shoreline. Several bare trees frame the edges.

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well this is cool - a delivery from Los Angeles! Massive thanks to @tommydeantommydean for selecting my story for inclusion in this 'best of' anthology - and extra stoked to be alongside writing friend and queen @patriciaqbidar

Front cover of The Red Mare Collection with Fractured Lit pencil, stickers and bookmarks

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

2k short story entries for this round of The Stinging Fly (3,700 entries in all). Just learned my story was in the shortlist of 20. URGH why is being a writer so HARD

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wrote this short essay almost 10 years ago about what Annie Dillard can teach us, looking at her essay "Seeing." I also quote extensively from her essay in my flash fiction class. Her words give us so much, and I'm so grateful. www.essaydaily.org/2017/03/cher...

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Cheryl Pappas: Learning To See Again, with Annie Dillard

If you are like me and you check your smartphone about 80 times a day, then you, too, might need a gentle reminder that there is an unseen u...

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Absolutely thrilled that my debut book, a flash fiction collection, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is out Oct. 13. Kindle preorders now on Amazon. Printed text available 10/13. Remote launch SAT 11/14, 10:00 am PT. Details soon. Heartfelt thanks @vanwinkle.bsky.social. #flashfiction

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reading @kiklodge.bsky.social 's BULLY IN MY PILLOW today and keep breaking off to stare at the mizzle through the window and go, damn, how did she come up with the premise for this story and this story?! So good!

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Always something new, something dark which will reveal itself on rereading @sagreene1.bsky.social's work - and a maestro at landing an ending 🔥

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hurrah a launch that works with UK time!! And for a collection I can't wait to read by the brilliant @aniking.bsky.social ! What's not to love?

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Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just come on here after a week to find my story reposted from the archives! Such a nice surprise thanks

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The way I have been holding in this news for MONTHS! I'm so excited for you to meet jaded, grown up Lydia, and the sweet, shy spinster she's about to thoroughly debauch 🥰 It's just about the fortune hunting, okay? Lydia Wickham does NOT catch feelings. Right? ... right?

Publishers Marketplace announcement reads: Author of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY Lindz McLeod’s WICKED MRS. WICKHAM, book three in the Austentatious series, a sapphic romance set in the world of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE in which the sweet and sheltered Mary King must team up with the utterly classless—and wickedly irresistible—Lydia Wickham in order to recover her family’s stolen fortune, to Leyla Erkan at Harlequin, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2028, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management (world English).

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Been sitting on this news for months but can spill at last!! My literary memoir TONGUE TIDE will be published by Verve Books! 🥳I honestly could not be happier right now - they are the absolute perfect publisher for my story. Grateful to my amazing agent Abi Fellows for getting this deal! 🤩

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Big love for this brilliant, political and beautifully written piece by @erinvachon.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

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D.E. Hardy @dehardy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Claudine is turning one, and I couldn’t be prouder. What a year!! Thank you, literary humans, for embracing this lit mag!! 🐈‍⬛💚

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Ali McGrane @alimcg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thrilled that this story has found such a wonderful home 🎉. Huge thanks to Laura @fictivedream.bsky.social for accepting it, and for finding such evocative artwork to accompany it. 💙

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

C'est arrivé!! Gonna have me some pillow talk ce soir with the awesome @kiklodge.bsky.social 🔥

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Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join me on the "Rescue the Draft" masterclass @ Litro Magazine, 17 Sept to figure out how to diagnose what’s *actually* wrong with a stalled draft before you start another rewrite… Find out more: www.litromagazine.com/masterclasse... P.S. Use discount code SUMMER10 for 10% off until 31 August ☀️

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NEW 3-in-90 Flash Workshop Series - Registrations Now OPEN! artofflashfiction.substack.com/p/registrati...

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NEW 3-in-90 Flash Workshop Series - Registrations Now OPEN!

See inside for the Early Bird Discount!

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The Disappointed Housewife~Submissions always open! @offbeatlit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Hot off the grill, our 2027 Best of the Net nominations! thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/08/10/2...

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Kathryn Silver-Hajo @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"...the first tentative buds peeking out from hardy sheaths as if fearful of making a full appearance, lest they be battered by vicious winds and other unpredictable elements." I'm thrilled to have my braided piece, "Let it Be" live in the amazing Issue 52! 💜🙏💜 bendinggenres.com/let-it-be/

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Let it Be

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A former sitcom star meets the residents of a North Country trailer park... See what happens next in my new collection Stepdad on the Dance Floor. Available to preorder below from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social

Cover of Stepdad on the Dance Floor by Timothy Boudreau

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Belated Happy Publication day to the brilliant @kiklodge.bsky.social ! Can't wait to read! 🤩

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sorry not to be able to read at this event as I'll be travelling. Don't miss...it'll be epic! I love @claudineliterary.bsky.social !!

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Thrilled to have two stories in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. Read about a six inch cheerleader-- and another story about what the stars want. Thank you Camille Griep and team for giving these stories a lovely home. www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/clau...

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Claudia Monpere — Does It Have Pockets

Give Me a Push | What the Stars Want

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Only eighty days until Family Night is out in the wild!!

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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I am absolutely delighted and honoured to have a story featured in this line-up! Can't wait to see my words spoken by a real actor...

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Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Poets (and scientists) love the moon, but how does the moon feel about it? Delighted to have my weird little micro on the @welkinpress.bsky.social shortlist! 🌒📸

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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Delighted to have my orgasm piece shortlisted in the Welkin Joy Genre! Many thanks to judge @chriscottom.bsky.social for choosing it, and huge appreciation to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for the summertime delight that is The Welkin competition!

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Only 70 so far signed up for my London Writers Salon workshop tomorrow. No pressure then 🫠

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Alison Wassell @alisonwassell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

So happy to have been shortlisted in this lovely competition.

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to my brilliant friend @kateaxeford.bsky.social - don't miss her latest stunning story! 🥳🔥🤠

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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If you say so @ebbooksellers.bsky.social if you say so 🩷

Two books side by side with a sign saying Modern Classics above

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Blown away by this incredible review of Cold Toast from the wonderful @aniking.bsky.social 🤩😍🙏

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Jupiter Jones @jupiterjonz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

@kazbarwrites.bsky.social reminds me I didn't post any pictures of the recent launch of my novella The Hyena's Daughter - it was at Foyles - with Anju Gaston, Neil and Damian from Weatherglass Books and ALI SMITH and it was FABULOUS!!!

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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Let’s go fly a kite! 🪁 Thrilled to have a new flash in the fabulous @fictivedream.bsky.social, which is celebrating 10 years of championing short and short-short stories. Laura has created such a wonderfully-curated journal, and I’m so proud to be featured. Enjoy! 💛 fictivedream.com/2026/07/03/k...

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Kyle as Kite

by James Montgomery HE’S SWEPT AWAY SUDDENLY. After a one-hour car journey became four. After two emergency toilet stops for their three- and six-year-olds, plus one more to refuel with bags of gia…

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I loved this novelette by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social ... great to see it reviewed in @claudineliterary.bsky.social -such a great resource for writers researching indie publishers 😎

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

And another fantastic flash by @kateaxeford.bsky.social ... killer lines, heart and humour 🥄🔥🔥 ⬇️

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Getting giddyingly close… 😬

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Hurrah but... don't make me compete with the poets?!! 😭😂

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Really excited to make it into @fictivedream.bsky.social with this jazz-inspired piece, born in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. And a note to any disheartened writers - I have been subbing to this mag for 5 years. Keep going! You never know which story is going to do it so keep the faith 🙏🏽

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

If you're in London, don't miss the brilliant Jupiter Jones @jupiterjonz.bsky.social in convo with Ali Smith discussing her award-winning novella!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

"Michaela engaged in a little dream that the bartender would lean over and hold her face in his rough hands. That James would appear as a silhouette in the doorway." THANK YOU, Fractured Literary team and Tommy Dean!! fracturedlit.com/in-dreams-yo...

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In Dreams You’re Mine All of the Time | Fractured

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