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Celebrating flash fiction worldwide. Co-directed by Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social The next NFFD will be Saturday 12 June 2027. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fabulous interview with Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social — so many tips on submitting flash, particularly drawing on her experience as anthology editor for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social & her experience writing novellas-in-flash! Fab questions by Catherine Ogston!
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/43... I was so thrilled today to receive another five star review for ‘Finding a Way’. ‘Finding a Way’ (Ad Hoc Fiction), was my first NIF & was published in 2019. It has over 50 ratings on Goodreads. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to rate it or review it 💐
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Finding a Way
In Finding a Way, Diane Simmons chronicles a family nav…
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"After writhing rain twists the motorway into a black eel. After prophetic rain heralds the doorbell. After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence." Thank you 101 Words for publishing my little tale. And to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social for shortlisting it. share.google/UG5gWq61eKuu...
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Their Time Is Not My Time - 101 Words
After writhing rain twists the motorway into a black eel. After prophetic rain heralds the doorbell. After the grandfather clock metronomes your absence. After windows weep and black bins swallow unwa...
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Thrilled to receive a 5 star review from @fionajanemack.bsky.social for my NIF ‘Bereft of Reason’.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lovely to meet up with @lunchontuesday.bsky.social in Cambridge recently. Much National Flash Fiction Day planning done! Watch this space 😊
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
ICYMI: The Write-In: 'Detour' by Elizabeth Thoms Charles #nffd2026
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'Detour' by Elizabeth Thoms Charles
Bridge closed.Turn around. Don’t drown. Detour.Cattle crossing.Slow.Workers on highway.Manure gathering.Compost making.Mucking about. Detour.Elk crossing.Slow.Workers on highway.Manure gathering.Compost making. Detour.Slow.5 MPH. Baby geese crossing.Workers on highway.Manure gathering.Compost making. You are here.Destination.There.Estimated time to destination:Three days, 5 minutes. Expect delays. Welcome.Coffee.Pastries.Restrooms.Scenic route.Enjoy our wildlife.
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Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Short solo writing retreat, hope I brought enough to read. (With indie hits from @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @aaronburch.bsky.social)
Stack of books (top to bottom): Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things; Aaron Burch, A Kind of In-Between; Ada Limón, The Carrying; Timothy Boudreau, Love You Miss You Goodbye Forever; Angela Pelster, The Evolution of Fire; Ike & Judith Hanson Lasater, What We Say Matters; various, NFFD Anthology 2025; various, March Xness Anthology
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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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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Save the date! The next NFFD will be Saturday 12 June! Exciting things being planned!
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The odds of you winning a copy are looking pretty good at the moment! I’ll be drawing a name out of the hat (which hat has yet to be decided — it might be a hat for a boiled egg or a stetson).
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A wonderful NIF (runner up in Bath) by our artist-in-residence @joannacampbell.bsky.social — a wonderful read & an equally wonderful cover painted by Joanna herself!
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Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/08/2026
A bargain! Packed with fantastic flash, and my title story (in full: Mudlarking Under Richmond Bridge During The Annual Draw Off). Inspired by @londonmudlark.bsky.social’s fascinating finds.
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Don’t miss out on the chance to win a free copy of my NIF ‘William Prichard & Co’. I’ll be picking a name out of the hat next Saturday! UK ONLY.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Kindle copy of our 2026 anthology ‘Mudlarking’ is only £2.99. If you enjoy NFFD please consider buying a copy to support us. It’s full of imaginative flash on the theme of Bridges & it also contains our winning micros! www.amazon.co.uk/Mudlarking-N...
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Mudlarking: National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2026 (National Flash Fiction Day Anthologies) eBook : Jones, Karen, Jendrzejewski, Ingrid, Simmons, Diane: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Mudlarking: National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2026 (National Flash Fiction Day Anthologies) eBook : Jones, Karen, Jendrzejewski, Ingrid, Simmons, Diane: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My novella-in-flash ‘William Prichard & Co’ is two years old today! To celebrate, I am giving away a copy. You can read more about the NIF on Goodreads & my website. If you would like to be in the draw, please repost & dm me. I will pick names out of the hat on Saturday 22 August. Sorry UK ONLY.
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Christine Collinson @collinson26.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My most recent publication from National Flash Fiction Day’s FlashFlood:
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Looking very tanned in the flash fiction festival bookshop. Thank you to everyone who bought any of my books. Thanks also for all your NFFD purchases & to @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the photo.
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Great readings from the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology - incl a lack of teeth by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social romance from @ekmacdonald.bsky.social materialising aliens by @andylavender.bsky.social the chasm of dementia by @hilary55.bsky.social & hedgehogs by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
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Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
What an amazing group of flash writers for the 2026 FlashFlood on @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. Thrilled to have been in my 1st FlashFlood! Many thanks to all the readers, editors, and coordinators for the immense effort they put in. flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/2026...
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2026 FlashFlood: The Complete List
In case you missed any of the pieces we appeared during the 2026 FlashFlood, here's an index to everything.  Sadly, the 'Blog Archive' sideb...
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Getting ready for the flash fiction festival! My own books & NFFD’s. Many NFFD books are available for £5 & if you buy three (excluding this year’s), you get one free. I also have offers on my 5 NIFs 😊
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Ooh, not long to the flash fiction festival. Lots of exciting stuff going on! I’ll be in the bookshop selling NFFD books & my own. Come & say hello 😊😊
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
‘Left Waiting’, from my new novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ is going to be played this evening (Thursday) and Saturday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Thank you, @alibacon.bsky.social for this 5 star review of ‘Bereft of Reason’!
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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
For anyone still on the fence or needing a deadline to make a decision (hello, I see you 😘), we have a few full-weekend and single-day places left. Bookings close end of day Friday 10th July. The weather looks great for camping if you want to bring a tent or caravan. @flashficfestuk.bsky.social ❤️🌞
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Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@sarahillswrites.bsky.social will be an excellent editor!
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
For the evening crowd
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
For the evening crowd
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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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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Congratulations, Sara! You're gonna be brilliant at it!💐
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are thrilled to announce that our new Anthology Editor is Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social — you can read more about Sara & read our thanks to our outgoing editor @karjon.bsky.social here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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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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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We’re very sad to announce that after editing 5 NFFD anthologies, our anthology editor Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social has decided to step down. Thank you Karen for all your hard work — you’ve been brilliant. We’ll be announcing our new anthology editor very soon! Watch this space.
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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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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Got mine. Ready to sit out in the garden this weekend with some bridge-based reading material and without, hopefully, heatstroke-related hospitalisation.
Paperback copy of 'Mudlarking', the National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2026, in the grass with a big snoozing tabby cat wearing a jaunty red bow, which she fell asleep before she finished shouting about
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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
'She waits for her cue. Mallets raised. Hands poised. Ready to roll an orchestral zig-zag riff over two rows of hardwood bars.' Wonderfully inventive piece by @uksherka.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #nffd2026 flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
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'The Xylophonist’s Tune' by Sherry Morris
She waits for her cue. Mallets raised. Hands poised. Ready to roll an orchestral zig-zag riff over two rows of hardwood bars. *But*— the xyl...
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Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
'As babes, you toddling with the cleaver, your Ma yelling.' What a stunner by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #nffd2026 flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/all-...
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'All the Ways We Died' by Sumitra Singam
As babes, you toddling with the cleaver, your Ma yelling. As fresh pupils, you whispering the answer, us caned by Sister Adele. As fourth gr...
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
£2.99 for so much fabulous flash!
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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Thank you @jankaneen1.bsky.social for this lovely 5 star review!
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Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just now catching up with all the beauties that didn't come in on my reading shifts. Congrats to everyone who paddled along in 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 — Reading for FlashFlood the past 6 years has been an honor & I will miss it. Do read for a journal if you can; it grows your craft & keeps the community afloat.❤️🙏
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
‘Mum has ketchup on her finger, she’s been painting on empty plates again.’ How did I miss this one from @noranadj.bsky.social in FlashFlood from @natflashfictionday.bsky.social?! Dark, but so good. 🍽️ flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/stil...
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'Still Life' by Nora Nadjarian
Mum has ketchup on her finger, she’s been painting on empty plates again.  Bobbi and I, elbows on the table, wait for her promises to sizzle...
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy! The anthology is only £2.99 on kindle. Every penny allows us to carry on doing what we are doing. All NFFD folk work for free.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
FlashFlood: 2026 FlashFlood: The Complete List #nffd2026
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2026 FlashFlood: The Complete List
In case you missed any of the pieces we appeared during the 2026 FlashFlood, here's an index to everything.  Sadly, the 'Blog Archive' sidebar list maxes out at 100 titles per day, so use this as your guide to the complete 2026 Flood.... Happy Reading!   2026 FlashFlood   *    *   *   *   *   *   * 'Whisper' by Karen Arnold  * 'Lunch' by Madison Ellingsworth  * 'Evergreen' by Athena Law  * Debut Flash: 'Bird Tag' by Nicole Savage  * 'Soybeans' by Jeremy Nathan Marks * 'Night Swimmers' by Karen Regen Tuero * 'Philodendron' by Emily Hall  * 'Lost Connection' by Sudha Balagopal  * 'All That Was Left to Do' by Matthew Jakubowski  * 'The Roller Derby Girls Skate Circles Around My Teenage Heart' by Travis Flatt  * 'When We Traveled 1,200 Miles for Forest Bathing' by Beth Sherman  * 'Shimmy' by Abigail Myers  * Debut Flash: 'Natural' by Leigh Ann LeBoeuf  * 'Territorial' by Shana Naugle  * 'The Hard Part' by Tatum Schad  * 'The Invisible Woman' by K.C. Selby  * '1993' by M.C. Schmidt  * 'All the Ways We Died' by Sumitra Singam  * 'Coffee Talk with Mr. Ackshually' by Jim Parisi  * 'At the Drive Thru' by Chelsea Stickle  * 'What if We All Woke Up with Amnesia?' by Corrie Haldane  * 'Denial' by Christy Hartman  * Debut Flash: 'Eight scenes of cherry blossoms' by Angeline Tyler  * 'Exposure Exhibition on Monday' by Carol Ann Parchewsky  * 'Key Finding' by Lisa Ferranti  * 'Chickenshits' by Jay Parr  * 'Cutting' by Tom Weller  * 'Thereafter' by Christine H. Chen  * 'Butt Dial' by Jan English Leary  * 'When my mother was at Lourdes' by Helen Kennedy  * 'Toaster' by Timothy C Goodwin  * 'The Question Bag' by C. Oulens  * Debut Flash: 'The Shopkeeper Who Stayed' by Vikesh Mirchandani  * 'The Pain Bar' by Sharon Hoffmann  * 'A Dance Of Dark And Light' by Jaime Gill  * 'My Miracle Boy' by Sandy Krausnick  * 'My Sister’s Body' by Finnian Burnett  * 'Terms and Conditions' by Rachel M. Hollis  * 'At the Margin' by Andrea Damic  * 'The Day I Finally Learned to Let Go' by Rathin Bhattacharjee  * 'Burying The Blue Ox' by Kellan Jansen  * Debut Flash: 'Things That Sing of Death' by E. Murray  * 'Smoke, Clacking, Bitter, Spaghetti Squash' by T.L. Tomljanovic  * 'A Fly in Amber' by Sylvia Petter  * 'How many bags of crisps for your melancholic soul' by Rachel Smith  * 'Dina in the Dusk' by Kendra Cardin  * 'A Boy, A Mother, Nature' by Mandira Pattnaik  * 'the history of truthiness' by Ben Starr  * 'Standing Still' by Laila Miller  * 'The Moment You Learned There’s No Such Thing as Grownups' by D.E. Hardy  * 'Heart' by Birgit Solvsten D'Alpoim  *  Debut Flash: 'Crusader' by Marinela Davies  *  'Star Signs' by Chloe Paige  *  'Lifting the Veil' by ME Kretschmer  *  'It was a time' by Vijayalakshmi Sridhar  *  'before the first bite' by Melissa Llanes Brownlee  *  'I’m no good with names, I tell the nice cleaner' by Sarah Masters  *  'Leopard Sightings' by Arti Jain  *  'The Guest We Never Met' by David Dumouriez  *  'The House That Called Her Mother' by Anatoly Loginov  *  Debut Flash: 'Memory is all the home you get' by Romi H.  *  'The Girl Who Found Her Feet' by Mileva Anastasiadou  *  'The Hereafter' by Sarp Sozdinler  *  'Orderings' by Hugh Behm-Steinberg  *  'All Aboard That's Getting On Board...' by Pam Martin-Lawrence  *  'It’s Time and You Know It!' by Sudha Subramanian  *  'Always the same ice-cream van' by Lesley Bungay  *  'Change' by Sukhjit Singh  *  'How I Refused to Let Your Mother and Your Cancer Ruin Our Marriage' by Sharon Boyle  *  'Act of Cleansing' by Cheryl Powell  *  Debut Flash: 'Springtime Blues' by Cameron  *  'Readying' by Kleopatra Olympiou  *  'Rescue' by Michael Pettit  *  'The Trumpeter in the Rain' by Liz Milne  *  'Open Palm' by Heather Emmanuel  *  'The Pressing Question of Bees and Their Knees' by Karen Jones  *  'Hard Work at the Soft Play' by Kristina Thornton  *  'Down From the Door' by Sarah McPherson  *  'Paper Warrior' by Joel Bryant  *  'Sailing Ban' by Petros Isaakidis  *  Debut Flash: 'Ablution' by Atiqah Ghazali-alKashif  *  'Confirmation Class' by Joanna Campbell  *  'Wind-up Shoes' by Ali McGrane  *  'Crows Remember, Don’t They?' by Stuti Srivastava  *  'Premonition' by Thomas McColl  *  'Thank you for applying to be my courtly lover' by Chris Cottom  *  'Waxing' by Lucienne Cummings  *  'Her mother’s apple strudel recipe' by Liz Berg  *  'Queen Mary’s Marmalade' by Christine Collinson  *  Debut Flash: 'Blank' by Izelle Du Pisanie  *  'Nothing Left That Recognizes Us' by Kumar Sen  *  'Dear Bunny' by Kerry Byrne  *  'Someone in the playground' by Catherine O’Brien  *  'Making a Margarita After Filing for Divorce' by James Montgomery  *  'Bad Blood' by Alison Woodhouse  *  'Fifteen Ways to Grieve your Mother' by Lee Irving  *  'The Xylophonist’s Tune' by Sherry Morris  *  'One for sorrow, two for joy' by Harshita Nanda  *  'Dry Stone Walls' by Slawka G. Scarso  *  Debut Flash: 'Green' by Chris Hutchings  *  'The Moths Have Been At Our Love' by Abigail Williams  *  '6' by Nick Black  *  'Post Partum' by Damhnait Monaghan  *  'Stop Wave' by Rachael Dunlop  *  'Mary Randall’s Back' by Alison Wassell  *  'Good Dog Above' by Ian Johnson  *  'Revolutionaries' by Savera Zachariah  *  'The Five Stages of Ecological Grief' by Rosaleen Lynch  *  'Welcome' by Liam Hogan  *  Debut Flash: 'Reiki' by Anna Sweet  *  'Stolen moment' by Tim Love    *  'Anchor' by Rashmi Agrawal  *  'What Floated Back' by Meg Pokrass  *  'Telegraph' by Sharon Telfer  *  'The Texan' by Bronwen Griffiths  *  'Dinomum' by Zoë Davis  *  'Still Life' by Nora Nadjarian  *  'Mbele' by Anselm Eme  *  Debut Flash: 'The Visitor at Blackthorn Station' by Yolanda Lynn Sheppard  *  'Three Cows: Midsummer Reflections in the Up-Meadow' by S A Greene  *  'How to Prevent a Breakdown' by Katherine Garrison *  'Mr Shem' by Jude Mason  *  'A Brief History of Atomic Time' by Fiona McKay  *  'I Miss Smoking' by Cath Holland  *  'Fingernails' by Gessica Sakamoto Martini  *  'Talking About Potatoes' by Ronald J Greig  *  'Magnolia' by Emily Devane  *  Debut Flash: 'The New Vicar' by John Keogh  *  'The frequency of your life self-cleaning cycle depends on spillage and usage patterns' by Cole  Beauchamp  *  'Raka Is Fine Being A Flask' by Shrutidhora P Mohor  *  'Reduce by Half' by Michael Murphy  *  'Lipstick' by Sarah Freligh  *  'Final Whistle' by Madeleine Armstrong  *  '15 Days Till Day-Care' by Roberta Beary  *  'Sandcastles and Snowmen' by Foster Trecost  *  'Flight Tourism' by Catherine Marina  *  Debut Flash: 'Garage Sale' by Suvarup Saha  *  'Discernments' by J. Edward Kruft  *  'Are We Happy Now?' by Tom O'Brien  *  'On the Fifth Morning After the Timeline Rupture' by Erin Bondo  *  'Choosing the Right Kitchen Tool for the End of the World' by Sara B. Fraser  *  'Swimming Lesson' by Elena Zhang   *  'Last Date' by Niles Reddick  *  'The Real Sound of Music, Hillview Rest Home, August 1992' by Kate Axeford  *  'Cheesecake Factory' by Mandy Lange *  'Lifetime' by Lisa Thornton    *  Debut Flash: 'Photo Day' by Joy DeSomber  *  'We Stop For Turtles' by Mackenzie Kelley  *  'Out of Habit' by Garima Chhikara  *  'Gravity Run Amok' by Louella Lester  *  'Death Is Just A Point In Space' by David Luntz  *  'Nothing Bad Happens' by Emily Rinkema  *  'Milo’s On Her Way' by Sarah Lynn Hurd   *  'The Cat Ate the Strudel' by Zoé Mahfouz  *  'Spring Sightings' by Maggie G. Daly  *  Debut Flash: 'gnome' by Emily Garland  *  'Hothouse' by J.D. Strunk  *  'It's Time' by Cally Ann Kerr  *  'How to Deploy an Antimemetic Field Device: Restaurant Edition' by Chris Clemens  *  'They Were the Years of Fat Water' by Myna Chang  *  'Cloud 10' by Keith Woodruff  *  'The Day I Finally Finished Writing My Novel' by Greg Hill  *  'The Final Toll' by JP Relph  *  'The Cartographer' by Shashi Kadapa  *  Debut Flash: 'Cityshell Resonance' by Natalie Mather  *  'Brandi says the Tooth Fairy Loves Her Best' by Emma Phillips  *  'Cheese Louise' by Chaz Osburn  *  'A Guide to the Cretaceous Fossils of the East Norfolk Coast' by Jenny Hart  *  'The Cradle Will Rock' by Mollie McLean  *  'Pentecost' by Fiona J. Mackintosh  *  'Trollbooth' by Stephen Connolly  *  '2:19 p.m.' by Chris Scott  *  'Just Another Life Experience' by Jessica Klimesh  *  'To Scale' by Nathan Willis  *  Debut Flash: 'Under the Bark' by EB Converse  *  'To Lose a Body' by Thao Vu  *  'January Candy' by Eileen Frankel Tomarchio  *  'Midnight Market' by Tammy L. Evans  *  'The New Year' by Gary Fincke  *  'One Day the Horses Disappeared' by David Henson  *  'Meeting Up with My Used-to-Be Best Friend at the Apple Fair in Early September' by Dawn Miller  *  'Sweep It Under the Rug' by Rachel Weinhaus  *  'Found Scraps of Masculinity' by Mike Keller-Wilson *  Debut Flash: 'Tagalong' by L.V. Leonhard  *  'Rewind, Rewind' by Linda M. Bayley  *  'Chihuahua Cow' by Thad DeVassie  *  'Little Mama' by Nicole Brogdon  *  Debut Flash: 'Unwanted Pitch' by Christian Todd  *  '917363' by Dan Schiff  *  'Step' by Kathryn Kulpa  *  'Initial Reactions' by Jane Claire Jackson   *  'Schrödinger’s Marriage' by Melissa Flores Anderson  *  Debut Flash: 'Centaurus A' by Olivia Woodcox  *  'Thaw' by Tracy Royce  *  'My Neighbor is My Future' by Stephen D. Gibson  *  'Ọwu Mịni Rẹma' by Meredith Chiwenkpe Asuru  *  'Wrestling with Genetics' by Robert Vaughan  *  'Unerasable' by Tracie Adams  *  'My Sister Begs for a Canary She Won’t Even Love' by Debra A Daniel  *  'Big League Chew' by Jesse Binger  *  'What Is Remembered' by Patricia Bender  *  Debut Flash: 'Fortune Telling is a Union Job' by Gwendolyn Hanson  *  'I miss my family in late afternoon' by Sarah Barbo Nielsen *  'Sweet, Ugly' by Nan Wigington  *  'Organ Donor' by Peter Beynon  *  'Coriolis Effect' by Mikki Aronoff  *  'Nothing to speak of' by Jude Higgins  *  'Night Shift' by Michael J. Ciaraldi  *  'Freytag's Triangle' by Mary Guterson  *  'Influencer' by R.K. West  *  'Girl as a Found Shell on the Beach' by Shareen K. Murayama  *  Debut Flash: 'No One Will Know Unless It Takes' by Jenna Martin-Trinka  *  'Cassandra said you shouldn’t make the coffee run to Bozeman today, ’cuz zombies' by Tom Walsh  *  'What Is Left Behind' by Monique Cuillerier  *  'Beating Odds and Keeping Time on Magnolia Street' by Jen Wyrauch Edson  *  'My Absent Heart' by L. Michelle Nichols  *  'The Note My Uncle Left' by Heain Joung  *  'Gone, and All Forgotten' by Jon Fain  *  'The Surprise Party' by Karen Crawford  *  'Thank You for Calling the Thoughts and Prayers Hotline' by Shantell Powell  *  'Dragonbeasts' by Alexandra Otto   *  Debut Flash: 'Don't write about the ceiling fan' by Anya Rosensteel  *  'Barometric' by Renuka Raghavan  *  'Gestalt (noun): a theory that a whole is different from and more than its disparate parts' by Rachel Abbey McCafferty  *  'New Shores' by Alex Grehy       
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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Absolutely thrilled to have my work included. I was BLOWN AWAY by last week's reading! Get your copy today!
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy! The anthology is only £2.99 on kindle. Every penny allows us to carry on doing what we are doing. All NFFD folk work for free.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@natflashficdaynz.bsky.social has published the winners of their micro comp.Head over to read some fab flash from our pals in New Zealand 👏👏👏
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Margaret Moores lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Massey University. Her work has been published in journals and anthologies in New Zealand and Australia.
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Watch the reading on Flash Frontier YouTube youtu.be/aG_g9Qmsy5g?...
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Micro Madness 2026: Margaret Moores, Fledlings
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