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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 19h

Lovely feedback from my ss on The Cord last night 'It's so tender' 'She says 'you' she's speaking for all mothers' 'Did you notice there r 17 stanzas, and her daughter wld leave at 18?' 'First the daughter gulps, and then the mum.' 'It cld be a metaphorical fog' 'She's letting go for a second time'

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Snapshots that travel beyond the focus of the lens. Imagery that speaks of a mindset. Love this involving story by @grahammort.bsky.social. Such concision.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Delighted that @sigelliterarypress.bsky.social has entered my collection, Blurred Edges, into the Firecrackers 2027 Awards for Independent Publishers, hosted by the Community of Literary Magazine and Presses. Warmest thanks to Renée for this kind show of faith.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thinking ahead and roughing out another collection, with much to think about. Choosing between stories with overlapping themes, close or repeating terms of expression, even in one instance changing a title. In the case of older stories difficult not to feel unfaithful...

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Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @uksherka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

September's Sherry's Shorts feature stories of Abeyance, of resting, of inactivity...that lead to change. Plus, I play my favourite Dolly tune. Thanks for supporting local radio! Listen Again link: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...

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Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @uksherka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sherry's Shorts is back after taking a summer break. Listen to the new episode today at noon UK time on hhr.scot. Two stories of abeyance--of inactivity, of stillness--or so it seems... but perhaps there is something brewing beneath the stillness... You gotta listen to find out!

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Sagging Meniscus @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On our home page as of today, in response to MANY reports of scam emails. Be careful out there!

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In case you missed Hannah's Bookshelf on Saturday and would like to catch up, here's the link: www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Book... In the second half Hannah kindly reviewed my new collection Blurred Edges @sigelliterarypress.bsky.social

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Hannah's Bookshelf Pick And Mix - 05/09/2026

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Walked past Richard E. Grant this morning. Still discernible traces of Withnail, I'm glad to report.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just a quick heads up that the fab Hannah Kate will be reviewing my new collection Blurred Edges @sigelliterarypress.bsky.social this Saturday. If you haven't come across Hannah's Bookshelf it's a wonderful cornucopia of readings and discussion on all things literary. hannahkate.net/north-manche...

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North Manchester FM: Hannah's Bookshelf, Saturday 5 September, 2-4pm - Hannah Kate

Join me on Saturday at 2pm on North Manchester FM for a Pick and Mix episode of Hannah’s Bookshelf. Here’s what’s coming up on this week’s show… A review of a new novel by Catherine Cavendish… I’ll be...

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

'At my lowest, I found Mary on Facebook and considered sending her a message.' Great humour and tenderness, plus a feel for the zeitgeist, not to mention the wonderfully conversational voice, in this story by @kieranstories.bsky.social

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just had my first Goodreads review for my collection Blurred Edges @sigelliterarypress.bsky.social. And what a beauty! Thanks so much to @nodghosh.bsky.social for her kindness and thought. www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Blurred Edges

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New blog post about my August reading. Had fun with this one! Quite a wide-ranging month: from Stormbreaker to Picnic at Hanging Rock, and the new collection by @polyscribe70.bsky.social 📚 kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/o...

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On the books I’ve been reading in August

And there we were: two freewheeling dinks. Home, I had a luxurious nap but awoke with painful sunburn.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So heartened to read this review of a story by a very special writer. @nightjarpress.bsky.social

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Have just grafted the ending to one story (single long paragraph) onto another. Seems to fit perfectly. I wonder is this common?

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Huge congratulations, Kieran - well deserved!

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Doing some very preliminary thinking for another collection. and noticing some overlap, not least a worrying tendency to call female characters Annie. Wonder why – I don’t think I’ve ever met an Annie.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ninety seconds of bliss - a gorgeous video by Alex Klingenberg, with poetry by @amantineb.bsky.social I could feel my pulse slowing... literarygypsy.substack.com/p/all-the-pl...

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ALL THE PLACES LIGHT LIVES

A poetry video from photography by Alix Klingenberg

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Am I the only person who thinks Ann Droid could be seen as a study in empathy?

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There's a certain despondency I've come to associate with short story writing. Almost a need to reject. And then most often it passes. I find it helpful to remind myself of this. I suspect I'm not alone.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Congratulations on this fab review @polyscribe70.bsky.social, but more importantly on the book itself! Yes, @livimichael.bsky.social , I too, loved the '.... line of eels hung as withered exclamation marks' image 🎊

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Sara Dobbie @sdobbie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So happy to share our latest offering, Issue Twenty-Eight, Summer 2026!! It’s a tough world out here for online literary magazines and indie writers so if you love reading these stories, share them widely! 🖤

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I wonder do other people discard the story but keep the title? It's something I've found myself doing a number of times now.

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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Slightly amazed to have had three new stories out in a fortnight. I feel prolific, which I am anything but. Thank you to Michael for selecting this nightmare from the summer of interminable lockdowns. It really is a stacked ToC. Can’t wait to read it (new Evenson!!!)

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thanks to Renée for re-posting this deep and insightful review from the wonderful @livimichael.bsky.social. Such a validation for Livi to give my stories so much care and thought.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Re-reading these small, exquisite stories of a Surrey village by Louis de Bernières. Came out in 2009, originally published in Punch, Independent, The Times etc. Could be another era. Would they even get into print now?

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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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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Appear to have taken late learning to a new level. Decades on it has dawned on me that alphabet derives from alpha, beta...

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Sorry for the quietness. Just finessing my forthcoming novella A Space for Opportunity - a rock band doing their first tour circa 1971, just at the time I started going to gigs. By far the longest thing I've ever written. Unis, Polys, social secretaries, Bunjies, The Marquee, even valve amps...

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Seán Padraic Birnie @seanbirnie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is based on truth (my baby gnawing his feet) and I consider it Creative Nonfiction.

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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today’s lunchtime read in the shrub behind the industrial wasteland. One I’ve been meaning to get to for a while!

Paperback: Blurred Edges by Mike Fox. On a bench.

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Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm going to use this as an excuse to re-up my own little Medieval-ish Welsh-ish Odyssey-ish story www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, A Whole Giant's Daughter Quest Thing by Jo Lloyd

An original short work for radio by Jo Lloyd. Read by Alexander Vlahos.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

'Still days away from Bonfire Night, with a gull’s lament a rocket lances the starless night, explodes, and dies' - Made my Sunday to come upon this gripping new story by @jtstories.bsky.social. A telling image in almost every line.

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Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The current issue, published in June this year, is No 161. There are now thousands of review-essays available on our archive, all on totally free access. Over the next few weeks we will publish links to some of the most outstanding of these, starting with a few of our most frequent contributors.

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thanks so much to @scturnerfiction.bsky.social, a writer I admire greatly, for this lovely endorsement. Really made my evening!

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When I returned to writing stories some thirteen years ago I never dreamt they might gain a review like this. Profound thanks to @livimichael.bsky.social for her time and generosity.

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This month's #Mondettes have been picked by Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social - wonderful to mark 10 years of FD in this way. ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026

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July 2026

Ten stories picked by Laura Black at Fictive Dream

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

W.S. Graham reading 'The Nightfishing' on BBC Third Programme, original broadcast in 1952. Via the treasure trove that is @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALe8...

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Poetry Archive and the BBC - W S Graham - 'The Nightfishing'

YouTube video by Poetry Archive

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Re-editing my first story (which did actually win a prize, though the judge quite correctly said it was over-written). It's like working with another writer's prose.

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hi guys, Edinburgh flat wanted if anyone has any ideas? V difficult as it's the Fringe. My son is starting his internal medicine 3 year training in August and needs s'thing asap. Please share. 🙏 #Edinburgh #flat #wanted #tolet #flatwanted #accommodation #accommodationwanted

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Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Please take time to read this luminous story by @tomvowler.bsky.social. How open-mindedness, and the willingness to innovate, can lead to healing and the evolution of human understanding.

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