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I try to stay off the socials a fair bit these days, so I was surprised and thrilled to find out I have been nominated for Best of the Net by Micromance Magazine and Best Small Fictions by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social. What an absolute joy, very glad I logged in today 💜💜

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Spent the weekend in Derby for the Edge-Lit spec fic festival. Did some decent thrifting and spent loads of time with these absolute legends. @mrlovelyday.bsky.social @meanerharker.bsky.social and @sjtownend.bsky.social I was inspired, invigorated, and laughed so much. Trash Family are the best 💜

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What a lovely lineup to be part of 😍 Chuffed to be Trash Famming it with Ian @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social and Zoe @meanerharker.bsky.social. My piece is about the challenges of being a minister at the end of the world

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As always, I was blown away by what writers can do with the most random sets of prompts. These thirteen flash were outstanding. Thank you @thejokelark.bsky.social and @leighloveday.bsky.social for the second reading and help curating the issue. Now, go read it 😀

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I was so pleased to be published by @flashficfestuk.bsky.social in their festival anthology volume eight. It's packed with stellar writers. I just want it to be known that my story has been printed incomplete. For anyone reading the book, my story is missing the final 100 words. 1/2

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My copy arrived today but sadly a chunk of my story is missing, the last 100 words. I'm still looking forward to reading the other flash in here, but proper gutted about mine 😢

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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Was lucky enough to do some guest reading for this call, and sweet baby Jesus up a tree, what a selection. Silvery lichen and scarlet waxcaps; taproots and daisy chains; ferns, herbs and heathland marsh. All rolled up into folklore, domestic drama and dystopia. And a wee bit of murder.

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Urban Pigs Press @urbanpigspress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Last call for our 'Still Hungry' short story anthology -- 500 to 2000 words on the theme of 'hunger'. Subs close midnight tonight (BST). Guidelines here: urbanpigspress.co.uk/contact/

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Submissions

Submissions are now open for… Still Hungry A charity Anthology Please make sure you read the guidelines on the link below before submitting! Thank you. Urban Pigs Press has EXTENDED its submi…

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Now this here is a damn STORY. Cinematic, tense, funny, tragic. Go read. Its dust is on fire 🔥 “I socked him in the mouth at eighty percent, remembering the time he saved me in the creek, when I got tangled in the reeds.”

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My little contribution to the Flood 😀 #ndffd2026

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The Green Bin is looking to be fed trees and plants and fungi and landscape and flowers and all things green! Send your leafy, soily treasures 💚

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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We talked to Jp Relph about all things Trash Cat Lit, including, a story that blew her mind. More here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/101429...

A black and white image of a racoon holding a golden fountain pen. The racoon is peaking it's head into a purple trash can.

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is blumming fabulous, full of rebellion and little regret. Sample a bit of French oral and enjoy Gill’s masterful wordage 🌟

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I have a strange, sexy, soulful story up with the amazing Hawkeye mag today. Love gone dark and a little feral. Maybe avoid if you’re bothered in any way by rats 🖤🐀 hawkeyemag.com/stories/relp...

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Once Bitten

The first time I was bitten, it was my fault. Bad workday, bad life day. I watched true crime in bed, devoured a packet of cherry chocolate cookies. Fell asleep side-slumped, arm dangling, fingers sti...

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Happy #caturday to those who celebrate the gloriousness of girls like these 🤍🖤🩶

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Much of this darkly funny cracker will be so relatable, some of it joyfully less so… “The hellbound colleagues exchanged a cordial nod. Nchulu wondered if he enjoyed racket sports outside of work.” Go read, it’s Helluva entertaining 🖤👹

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Lovely to see my flash popping up for Women’s Fiction Wednesday over at Micromance Magazine💕 Give my version of a love story for the ages a read of you have a few minutes. Don’t worry, it’s not zombies… micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/a-love-that-…

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

They are all SO good, what else you going to do today? Stay in your PJs, grab the snack of your choice, and just read 😌

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Stunning as always, I’m thrilled to be back in Divinations 💕Check out my story ‘Teeth’ - it’s sexy and bitey and all kinds of dangerous. Then read the rest of this stellar issue 🌟 divinationsmagazine.co.uk/issue-6-crav...

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Teeth by JP Relph

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A smashing collection of writer folks. Looking forward to sharing this issue 💜

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is the new baby in the house. Her name is Ginger and she’s making friends with Joanie (Mary will be a slower process 😬) 🩶

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Underbelly Press @underbellypress.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Submissions are now open (a couple of hours early), until May 22! Issue 7: DECEPTION and DIRTY REALISM We’re looking for work that is gritty, unflinching, raw. Think gritty noir and kitchen sink realism. The underbelly of contemporary life. 🔗 forms.gle/rfX3nyUnRMwD...

$Poetry (30 lines max), submit up to three. Short fiction (1,000 words max), submit up to three. Art & Photography (of any medium), submit up to five. Please note that submissions will be responded to after the reading period. Acceptances and rejections will start being sent out after May 22. Editing will take place throughout June (I am away from mid June to early July). Issue 7 tentatively set for mid to late July. For poetry and short fiction, if you were a contributor in the last issue we won’t be accepting submissions for the consecutive issue in the same category you were published. The theme is DECEPTION. For our two year anniversary, we’re returning to our roots. Issue 7 calls back to our initial core focus - dirty realism.We’re looking for work that is gritty, unflinching, raw. The mundane, the overlooked, the everyday struggles. Think gritty noir and kitchen sink realism. The underbelly of contemporary life. Where does deception live within that? In lies, fractured relationships, self delusion, blurred truths, the things we refuse to face, the things we conceal or convince ourselves of. For artwork, we’d love to see pieces that explore illusion and distortion, as well as greyscale or black and white pieces.$

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

If you like your fiction cinematic and with unfolding tension and layers of emotion - get your chops round this one from @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social. It will discombobulate you and mess with your sense of right and wrong. Brutal and unnerving and very British 🖤

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Genny is spitting out wonderful groups of prompts already. Get on it before Monday eve so you can write and submit 😀

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is such a cool issue full of brevity and skill. Go on, have a wee one 😍

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thrifted this beautiful hand painted tile today - which originated in Minnesota - and I think it was meant to be 🤍🖤

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Wow, so blown away by this fantastic news. Congrats also to Jenny and @noranadj.bsky.social 🌟🌟 Thank you to everyone at The Prize Roars for this 💜

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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Forgot to celebrate the one-year anniversary of my cheery train-in-a-geological-hellscape story appearing in @unchartedmag.bsky.social but let's do it now instead, what's a couple of weeks between hellscape enjoyers: www.unchartedmag.com/stories/by-t...

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By Train Through the Actinic Mountains - Uncharted

A carriage, exposed and burning at the foot of a sheer silver peak. Sunlight, intense sunlight. Smoke. Stillness. Blood. No movement. Then: a solitary figure moving away, stumbling from shadow into li...

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Bought for Trash Cat fave, @mrallanmiller.bsky.social , looking forward to finding lots more to laugh with - it’s sorely needed these days 😌 @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Chuffed to bits to be hanging in there 😀

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Get into this, it looks stunning 🤩

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

"He took the doohickey for a pillow and woke only to rile his driver and eat rotten carrion, maggots and all." Remarkable darkly-magical-Western horror from @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social. Full of character, blistering language, incredible imagery. Read it, like now 3ammagazine.com/3am/american...

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American Sllop – 3:AM Magazine

I. In which Dr Hawthorne comes to town ~ The snakeskin wagon that caused such bluster in the broadsheets from Oregon to Illinois kicked dust over the saloon steps. The menfolk—wranglers, drunks, malin...

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Hot Dyam, I have made this longlist 🤯 Thank you to the readers and judges 💜

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What an absolutely lovely thing to find in my notifications. Thank you to @staniforthmick.bsky.social for this unexpected and kind review of Winter-Bourne, a spooky story inspired by the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ☺️

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Submissions for the Mini Bin are now OPEN. Send us your best micros before 8pm (UK Time) on the 10th March. Make 'em short, make 'em sharp, make 'em story. 50-175 words, any genre. trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

This really is a smashing collection of preloved words. Something for everyone who loves story

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Thank you to Mark for giving me this opportunity, it was a real treat and shows @urbanpigspress.bsky.social are one of the best. Shoutouts within to @sarahkat.bsky.social and my collab pal, @matgost.bsky.social 🖤

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m really chuffed to have this piece in the Garage. It’s a story about dark and light and what you’d do for family. I’d love if you could spare a few and drop into The Black Geranium 🖤🤍

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My horror short story, Scratch was first published by Bag of Bones Press and made it onto Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year 🖤 I've made it free to read on my website with links to the anthologies it's part of. Maybe don't read after eating... therelphian1.wordpress.com/scratch/

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Scratch

First published by Bag of Bones Press in their SKIN anthology, 2024 Later published as part of Sick Ink, my horror collection, 2025 Recommended in Ellen Datlow’s ‘Best Horror of the Yea…

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I have a little supernatural noir up at Pistol Jim Press today 🖤 pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/crossroads...

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Crossroads by JP Relph

from The One That Got Away: a Pistol Jim Press series

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Never mind the jobs you've had or the classes you took, tell me 5 things you can eat until you explode. Tiger bread Coffee ice-cream Chocolate Digestives M&S buttermilk chicken Boiled or roast potatoes

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

There’s nothing like bad ice-cream and bullies to get a man riled 😝 Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤

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Underbelly Press @underbellypress.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Submissions for Underbelly Press Issue 6: GREED close this week, January 30! For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.

Issue 6
submissions close this week

Looking for:
GREED
Poetry (30 lines max)
Short fiction (1,000 words max)
Art & Photography

Submissions during this period will be handled using a Google Form.

Find our guidelines on the website for more information.

Any questions, just ask!

Closing 30 January

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Here are the judge's reviews of Watcher - co-authored with @matgost.bsky.social - and semi-finalist in @thesfincs.bsky.social. I'm blown away. To have so much written about work you love is very special. Thank u Helyna and Steve 🧡 helynalclove.com/2025/10/12/s... beforewegoblog.com/sfincs-revie...

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The Braag | Press & Journal @thebraag.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We're having a sale at thebraag.co/shop, with up to 50% off a whole BUNCH of our titles, including work by @timothyfox.bsky.social, @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social Kirsten Luckins, Nina Murray, & Anthony Cartwright ✨ 💚 Sale ends February 10th 💚

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JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Had to say goodbye to my beautiful Jellicat today. She was with me 9yrs after I foster-failed. My heart’s a bit broken tonight. Rest peacefully Bobble, I hope there is endless ham 🤎

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