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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Come on all you horror flash writers - we need your biologically hazardous wordage in the bin☣️ Our Halloween sub call is open until 11th October. 100-1000 words. Any horror subgenre. Visit our sub call page for inspo and info 🦝 trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #horrorwriting #submissioncalls

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As we prepare to say farewell to September, remember you have until 8pm (UK) on 11th October to sub your biohazard horror flash. Our Ed loves the dark side of microbes, insects and botany. Weird sentience. Mutation. Moulds and fungi. Get on it here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio...

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Call for Biohazard Horror

For our first Halloween issue, we want HORROR flash with a biohazardous flavour and a speculative seasoning and a speculative seasoning. There are many subgenres in horror storytelling, and we&#821…

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our very first prose poetry issue is NOW LIVE 🦝 Twenty absolute stunners for you to savour. Huge thanks to Jude Potts @judepickledplum.bsky.social for her reading assistance. We'll start highlighting these beauts soon. For now, grab a brew and lose yourself 💜 trashcatlit.com/prose-poetry... 1/2

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Prose Poetry, September 2026

We have twenty beautiful pieces in this, our first issue of prose poetry. Inspired by a very special raccoon, Jimothy, the theme was a celebration of tenacity and difference. Click on the images to…

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're getting well excited for all your biohazards here in the bin! 🦝 Make it gross, make it creepy, make it terrifying, make it horror. Give us your darkest biology, 100-1000 words. Open 27th Sept to 11th Oct for Halloween launch. Get informed here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #horrorwriting

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Officer Karen @kazbaaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I bloody love the world Jim Henson envisaged and presented to us. Wish he were here. Happy 90th birthday, Jim Henson.

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Kermit and Rowlf on The Muppet Show Stage

ALT: Kermit and Rowlf on The Muppet Show Stage

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Warning: contains twisted news items, including a pinch from me. Have a listen. It'll put hairs on your chest (whether you want them or not). www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 17, The Days of Earl(y) Spencer

The Days of Earl(y) Spencer, as Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical soundscape.

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our next sub call creeps ever closer and it's our first for horror only 🦝 We want biohazards and our sub call page has inspirational images and ideas. Unleash your dark biology...call open 27th Sept to 11th Oct and publishes on All Hallows Eve trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissioncalls

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More teasings for our first prose poem issue, coming Monday 🦝 @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social gives us a vast fragment of love in one piece, and the sea, senses, & structure in her second 💜 Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social gives us relatable pain, momentum and acceptance in the yoga studio 💜

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Watching the live stream of 45/47's UN speech. I swear there are bots trying to out-insult each other in the chat. It's hilarious. Less toe-curling than the speech anyway.

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As well as spotlighting @joycebingham.bsky.social's stories today, we also have the Q&A she did with Trash Cat. Get informed and inspired trashcatlit.com/2026/09/16/q...

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Q & A with Joyce Bingham

My writing mojo is cyclic, so I’m used to having days when new writing just doesn’t happen, I try to relax into it. I edit if I have something written. Otherwise, I go and potter in the garden or t…

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Discovering that Helena Bonham Carter guest-starred in Miami Vice has been the best moment of my week so far... youtu.be/_rdoyvvHDa8?...

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Miami Vice - Spotlight: Helena Bonham Carter | NBC Classics

YouTube video by NBC Classics

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We're thrilled to reveal the contributor line up for our very first prose poetry issue 🦝 Look out for this 20-piece issue on 28th September, it's a beaut 💜 @madeleinewrite.bsky.social Moira Ashley, Lavanya Arora, Polly Conway, @sandrinado.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social Rachel Jones 1/2

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

([length of my life in years] - 1) = 1 x phone call with my mother #AdultChildMaths

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hard to care about cleaning the kitchen for a parent's impending annual visit when your nihilist tendencies are being exacerbated by the news. Hey ho. #EndTimes

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our prose poem submissions close at 8pm tonight (BST). Don't delay if you want us to help celebrate tenacity and difference in honour of the adorable trash cat, #Jimothy trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

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Call for Prose Poems

Jimothy, the Seattle trash cat with short spine syndrome, has taken the internet by storm. We obviously love how adorable he is with his squished-up body and cheeky scamper, but also how incredibly…

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last chance to join! We are super excited for a generative workshop with the amazing @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social as part of the Writing as Resistance Festival. What worlds are we writing into existence, and what are the milestones along the way? Book here writershq.co.uk/whq-event/sp...

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sub for Jimothy! (Also sub if you want to join a really supportive community of writers.)

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Was writing into the wee hours, and again all today. Fantastic sense of achievement, but this is the current view from my mirror: #AmWriting

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Cartoon Cat Confused, Scratches Head

Alt: Tom the grey cartoon cat, taping his eyes open to stay awake.

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today we are spotlighting @amberken.bsky.social and her fab speculative flash 🦝 We loved how the worry of a pregnant mother bleeds into this wonderfully non-techy story of time travel. Reader @leighloveday.bsky.social said: Inventive, intelligent and empathetic. trashcatlit.com/time-space-a...

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our prose poetry call is open until the 10th. Some ideas that fit the theme of tenacity and difference... A plant surviving in a hostile environment 🌱 A spider whose web is repeatedly broken 🕸️ A street dog helps a lost child get home 🐕 trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

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Call for Prose Poems

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For the night folks and our International readers 🙂

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The only way is up. Or down. Or middling. #Wednesday

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our new submission call is now OPEN! 🦝 Prose poetry up to 300 words. Any genre. Celebrating tenacity and difference 💜 Visit our sub page for guidelines, inspo and sub link trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Deadline: 10th September, 8pm (BST)

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Always fun. Always a good read. I can't wait!

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last chance to book! An online generative workshop with @dreenawriting.co.uk, and the first workshop of the Writing as Resistance Festival. writershq.co.uk/whq-event/hi...

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This year's Writing as Resistance Festival is inspired by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's Here Where We Live Is Our Country, and the idea of 'hereness'. Head to the blog to find out more writershq.co.uk/about-the-th...

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Neither fish nor foul 📖 @neitherfishnorfoul.com · 22/08/2026

Open for submissions of fiction with a word count of between 100-500 words. We want the odds socks that rock. Things that make you go hmmm. The shyly anarchic, the wisdom of fools, the absurd heartbreakers. www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/submissions

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Submissions — Neither Fish Nor Foul

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's now just one week until our evening of readings 🦝 Come along and listen to eleven wonderful stories celebrating treasure in unexpected places. Register for a slot at this Zoom event via link on our Home page trashcatlit.com 1/2

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Meta has prevented WHQ from advertising this. If you want to participate in some cool writing stuff and eff Meta at the same time, check this out! (Also pls repost, thx) #Writing #WritingWorkshops

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm fully "enjoying" the thought of having nothing to eat, while our beds are on fire, and this lot are sitting in their air conditioned bunkers having a glass of English plonk. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat

Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Not that this will help, but worth a try. Having experienced creepy white men appearing to get away with all sorts* during my time working at Oxford, the press response to this was disproportionate at best (I'm under no illusion that best was intended). *Often as an "open secret"

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Want to hear some great flash and meet some lovely writers from the comfort of your own home? 👇👇👇👇

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We’re inviting feature pitches for the December edition of Mslexia. We publish features in three categories: CRAFT, CAREER and CREATIVITY.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Not only would I not care if AI vanished overnight, I wouldn't even NOTICE.

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

That's me in the corner, That's me on the shortlist, losing my composure... (With apologies to Michael Stipe) Good luck if you're on the list too! fracturedlit.com/ghost-fable-...

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Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Judged by Melissa Llanes Brownlee Shortlist | Fractured

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm a big fan of the Tiny Angry Witch! Just don't leave her near a butterfly or a pot of jam. (IYKYK)

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Two more days of prompt generation for our August Pop-Up. Don't miss out 🦝 Want prompts nobody else has currently got? Here's our hardhatted squirrel's activity reports. Plenty of fresh, unused Trashies to pick from. Make 'em work 🦝🐀🪳 trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you're interested in writing for the enigma* that is BBC Radio 4's The Skewer, listen to this! (*i.e. the knob-twiddling and button-pressing machine from WWII.) #Comedy #TopicalComedy #Writing

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

aaaaand we're off! The Trashcan Generator is ready for your Trashie selections and deliver prompts back to you 🦝 We have a handful of new prompts in among those bins. Get prompted before 8pm on 6th August. Look out for Swapsies Day on the 4th. trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... #submissioncalls

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Neither fish nor foul 📖 @neitherfishnorfoul.com · 31/07/2026

Time stretched away from the planet. It wibbled and then plopped over sideways towards Venus. Invisible workers on the periphery pushed and pulled it back into place and dusted it off. Good as new. Rachel Speed www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-spee...

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Issue 7 Speed/The Importance of Ebbing the Gelatinous Wobble — Neither Fish Nor Foul

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The sun'll likely come out tomorrow - and guess what else will happen?? The Trashcan Generator fires up and spits out prompts for those getting in on our August challenge. Details here, and link to form which goes live at 9am (UK time) 🦝 trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

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Call for Prompted Stories

During the month of August, we have our Prompted Stories challenge. Participants will blind select sets of prompts – a Setting/ Situation, a Character, an Object/ Occurrence – and write…

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