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Online magazine for flash and short fiction. Chill Subs 2024 Community Favourites Flash Fiction #7 trashcatlit.com Still on X @TrashCatLit Editor: JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social Read Stories: trashcatlit.com/treasured-words

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 8h
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 · 27/09/2026
Our final two teases before this stellar issue goes live TOMORROW 🦝 Rachel Jones slips into nostalgia to manage the stresses of adult life and parenthood Olivia O'Toole gives us an increasingly unhinged list of ways to manage a pest
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our Halloween Horror flash call is now OPEN! 🦝 We're looking for biohazardous stories between 100 and 1000 words until 11th October. Get inspired and informed here, sub link is at the bottom of the page 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 · 26/09/2026
Our penultimate teases for the coming prose poem issue🦝 Madeleine Armstrong @madeleinewrite.bsky.social shares a mother's challenges when her child's different @clareobrien.bsky.social gives us an MC battling anxiety in the crush of the city Moira Ashley takes us to her storm-strewn homeland
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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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A triple tease for our prose poetry issue 🦝 Sandrina Dorigo @sandrinado.bsky.social encourages us to stay hopeful when we're lost @justinkarcher.bsky.social explores his MCs addiction and longing on a strange day in the neighbourhood Liz Steale gives us work challenges from a very unexpected POV
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Prose Poetry issue launches Monday, here're 3 more teases 🦝 Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social immerses us in setting and emotion in both of her beautiful pieces 💜 Polly Conway uses breathless repetition to drive her layered piece 💜 Both writers use the imagery of seals to enhance 🦭
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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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW in our Trash Family Bookfinder for your reading pleasure 🦝 @sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social with her dark folklore novel, The Brink www.amazon.co.uk/Brink-Sophia... @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social with her haunting novel of love and loss, Longshore Drift www.amazon.co.uk/Longshore-Dr...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Day two of teases for our upcoming prose poem issue 🦝 Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social gives us a blistering, darkly funny look at ageing 💜 Lavanya Arora gives us joystick-jabbing nostalgia in one piece, and post-relationship surreal networking in his second 💜 COMING 28th
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our first teases for our Prose Poetry issue, coming 28th 🦝 Sushanth Shyamasundar gives us an unfinished child in one of his two pieces, and a true celebration of Jimothy in the other 💜 Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social takes us to a battle at the game 💜
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are back after a speculative fiction festival in Derby 🦝 Trash Cat got to hang out with three amazing Trash Family and writing powerhouses, @leighloveday.bsky.social @meanerharker.bsky.social and @sjtownend.bsky.social DO meet your heroes - they'll inspire and invigorate you 💜
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We will be taking a short social media break as Trash Cat attends a writing event 🦝 In 10 days we open for our horror subs - details here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... On the 28th we launch our first prose poem issue 💜 See you back here on the 20th with first teases for that.
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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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our last spotlight of the current issue - a delicious double from the talented @joycebingham.bsky.social 🦝 The Lady in Waiting We loved the simmering tension here, the upending of known characters, the way the prompts are intrinsic to story. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/the-lady-in-... 1/2
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our penultimate spotlight from the current issue is from Marybeth Rua-Larsen @mrua-larsen.bsky.social 🦝 We loved how the flash's sweetness subverted the expectations of title and setting, the MC and her love of wild things, and the hopeful, joyful end. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/rabbit-test/
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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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today's spotlight from the latest issue is a microbial marvel by @chrisdotydunn.com 🦝 We loved how family memories are threaded through this claustrophobic horror, the startling imagery and the almost desperate hope. Read here: trashcatlit.com/what-lies-be...
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SF Layzell @sflayzell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Two years ago I became a published children's author! 🤩🥰 "Like Oliver Twist but cute and gay" is still my favourite review. Thank you @northodoxpress.bsky.social and every reader of Cottonopolis. I'd love to reach more readers - here's where it can be found: sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/ 📚💙📚🌈📚⏳
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COTTONOPOLIS - S F LAYZELL
Read a preview and find ordering options for Cottonopolis, a story of friendship, first love and survival for ages 8+
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our Saturday spotlight from the current issue is a quietly sinister flash from @louisehurrell.bsky.social 🦝 We loved how this one slyly evolves into something else, how sororal "love" is deformed, and how beauty consumerism is explored throughout Read & listen trashcatlit.com/the-best-thi...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thank you everyone who sent prose poems into our special call - we loved reading them 🦝 We're making final decisions and will start sending notifications in the coming days. Our next call opens on the 27th and is for HORROR shorts. Get the info here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-bio... #submissions
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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 · 11/09/2026
It's Friday, the sun's having a go, and we are spotlighting Martha Swift in the prompted issue 🦝 We loved how this story played with expectations, all the witty detail, and how tight and resolved the flash is given the word count. Read here trashcatlit.com/mr-vane-is-n...
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Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s delicious to be in Gooseberry Pie again with a new story, “Cockaleekie!” 🍲
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Such a voice in this quietly alarming piece. Go read and hang on to the hope 💜 "we robots had no quarrel with wings"
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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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our story spotlight today comes from @jessebinger.bsky.social with his tense, layered flash 🦝 We loved how sentence structure built a fantastic voice, the hints at circumstances and mysteries beyond the piece, and the MCs response to "treasure". Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/pirates/
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our midweek spotlight from the current issue is a cheeky joy from @zmbreneman.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the characters in this contained flash, the unexpected use of prompts, and the sharp, gritty humour. Reader Leigh said: love the blunt, eccentric voice Read trashcatlit.com/gorsebrush-p...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today's contributor spotlight is for @keithwoodruff.bsky.social and his beautiful character, Cow🦝 We loved the emotional heft that came from this two-character piece, how tender and unexpected it was given the prompts, and the note of hope at the end. Read trashcatlit.com/the-light-is... 1/2
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On this grey Monday, we have another spotlight from our new issue - @athena-law.bsky.social 🦝 We loved the hermit-crab use of highway signage to tell this story, the bravado and hubris of the MC that's handled with dark humour, and of course, we adored Phineas. trashcatlit.com/silent-killer/
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Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A tiny heartache of a micro by @louisehurrell.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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Published in Temple in a City literary journal
Birth announcement micro fiction by Louise Hurrell. Published in Temple in a City literary journal Enter Leaving issue
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There are now just four days left on our inaugural prose poem call 🦝 Send us your lyrical littles, your metaphor driven micros, your poetically seasoned prose... Theme is a celebration of tenacity and difference, of thriving and hope, for 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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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Do you live outside the USA and want to carry seven of my stories in your pocket? @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social has expanded their shipping options. Jakarta, Antarctica, no matter. You can! www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/well-b...
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We'll Be Birds - Lisa Thornton 4.25 x 5.5 — SAND AND GRAVEL PRESS
Deftly switching between past and present, the seven stories in Lisa Thornton’s We’ll Be Birds have as much to do with memory as anything. In “All God’s Creatures,” an older man loses track of t...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For today's Prompted Story spotlight, we have @sflayzell.bsky.social and her eco-fic flash 🦝 We loved how balanced the light, sweeter elements were with the dark undertone of elitism and excess. A poignant exploration of determination and hope. Read and listen trashcatlit.com/codename-cal...
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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
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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our first spotlight from the new issue is from Kelly Murashige with Deconstruction 🦝 We loved the exploration of construction and deconstruction from dual points of view, the clever use of the "thirst" prompt, and the hopeful ending. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/deconstructi...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our prose poetry call is open for another week - until 8pm (BST) on 10th September 🦝 We're celebrating tenacity and difference, those who survive and thrive against the odds. Humans, animals, insects, plants. Refusing to quit 💜 Inspo and sub link: 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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For the night folks and our International readers 🙂
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our Autumn Prompted Story issue is LIVE! 🦝 13 flash fiction written to blind-chosen prompts. Grab a cuppa and snacks, sit back and immerse yourself in the imagination and creativity of our 12 contributors 💜 trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto... @joycebingham.bsky.social @jessebinger.bsky.social 1/2
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Prompted Stories Pop-Up Autumn 2026
We selected thirteen flash for the second prompted challenge of the year. These twelve writers showed amazing imagination and creativity with their prompts. Our Guest Readers for this issue were Le…
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Is your prose more poetic than plot? Are you a lyrical scribbler? We have a sub call for prose poetry, celebrating tenacity and difference, in humans, animals, plants or anything else. Get informed and inspired here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Deadline 10/09 #submissioncalls #litsubmissions
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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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Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Grateful to be included. Thank you @iamb.uk
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Emily Hall @emhall47.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thank you, @wirobooks.bsky.social, for publishing my review of White Elephant! #booksky #books #writesky #bookreview
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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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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our last two teasers for the Prompted issue which launches on Wednesday 🦝 @zmbreneman.bsky.social gets us in on some protest action in Gorsebrush (Pop. 73) where everyone knows everyone and more In Rabbit Test, Marybeth Rua-Larsen @mrua-larsen.bsky.social gives us a coming-of-age among the weeds
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New issue is live in 2 days, have a triple tease 🦝 @amberken.bsky.social MC goes into labour at an awkward time, but where, and when? @sflayzell.bsky.social MC is on a vital mission; she'll need to change to complete it @louisehurrell.bsky.social MC shows her sister love in an unconventional way
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The issue is coming 2nd September, here's two more tempting titbits 🦝 In Pirates, @jessebinger.bsky.social takes us underground for a story of tenacity and friendship 🔦 In What Lies Beneath, @chrisdotydunn.com takes un underwater for a tense tale of loss, survival and science 🦠
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What a cracking evening that was! Stories brought to life by their writers' unique voices and absolutely delightful to have a bunch of Trash Family brought together 🦝 More evenings will be planned for sure.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Tonight we celebrate our 2025 print anthology - What Comes to Light - with a two hour evening of readings. Ten wonderful writers will share their gorgeous stories about finding treasure in unexpected places. You can still register to join us up until 4pm today (BST). forms.gle/y9Z4ekenXA7f...
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