We are all deathly quiet but mum, at least, has an excuse. She’s got the machines to make noise on her behalf – the beeps and the breathing – and the doctors ar

We have sixteen fantastic microfictions in this inaugural Mini Bin issue. Click on the images to read. Stories with a HEADSET ICON have audio versions on their pagesYou can now scroll through the i…

ALT: a black and white photo of a grandfather clock with the words tick-tock below it

ALT: a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil

Well that was difficult—and so rewarding. This time of year is always an avalanche of great flash. From August to December we read for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey), the SmokeLong Work...

We were thrilled by the response to this year’s Grand Micro Contest, now an annual competition. Our judges—twelve of them from all over the world—read more than 1300 entries, and we are grateful for t...

FFF Competition Thirty Judge's Report by Nish X. Hegde   26th November 2025   Introduction:           Being invited to contribute to this competition is a true honour. I feel fortunate to have encount...

Competitions Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Competition Subtext: the delicate art of saying one thing while meaning another. It’s also one of those things that separates good writing from exceptio…

Enter the Farnham Flash Fiction competition 2025 to win one of prizes or a special prize of £25 for stories featuring Farnham. Deadline Feb 1 2025

Plus a recap of our June, a whole bunch of shoutouts, and more!

Ban any creative product (books, artwork, television, cinema, music, etcetera) from being published if it was created using generative 'AI' at any step in the creative process.

We believe that creatives need to have ownership over their work. We think there should be a legal opt out scheme that could allow creatives to protect their work

We believe that creatives need to have ownership over their work. We think there should be a legal opt out scheme that could allow creatives to protect their work

Ban any creative product (books, artwork, television, cinema, music, etcetera) from being published if it was created using generative 'AI' at any step in the creative process.

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