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 Black Country, UK
Joined January 2019
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Happy to have a micro in this issue of A-Minor Magazine!
A-minor Magazine (Open for Subs)@aminormagazineSep 30
The latest issue of A-minor Magazine is live! Now reading subs for our next issue (Jan 2027). aminormagazine.com/2026/09/3…

A-minor Magazine September 2026 Issue

ENTER Cover artist: Sheila Squillante

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It's finally the 12th! Which means, Issue 3 is LIVE, folx! 23 fabulous pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Come on in, grab a beanbag, your beverage of choice, and read! And if any of the pieces speak to you, let the author know! And so, here we go! literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

ISSUE 3 | Litnamjooning

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My story about the Keating sisters of Plas yn Rhiw (and their bees) is in the latest issue of Hot Flash Literary! 🐝hotflashliterary.com/three-s…

Three Sisters, One Grave, Many Bees - Hot Flash Literary

Honora, the youngest of we three sisters—and favourite of the bees who inhabit the roof space of Plas yn Rhiw—would stand in the orchard covered in bees, who shouted in her ears louder than you can...

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A micro about baby Ethan and his very strange mother, written by me and Meg Pokrass, published in The Odd Magazine. Thank you to Editor Sreemanti Sengupta (link to mag in comments)
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Alternative Arts, Literature, Interviews | The Odd Magazine

The Odd Magazine is a global platform that celebrates 'odd' or alternative/independent literature and the arts in online and print format.

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Out now! Happy to have stories in these two great anthologies - THANK YOU to Best Microfiction editors Meg Pokrass, Gary Fincke and Diane Seuss, and the Bath Flash Fiction team.
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My ekphrastic micro sequence inspired by the work of Leonora Carrington has sprouted in @BulbRegion The Bulb Region! Thank you to the wonderful @sarpsozdinler bulbregion.com/After-Leonora…

After Leonora Carrington, by Frances Gapper — The Bulb Region

After Leonora Carrington — Frances Gapper Crookhey Hall Of our stately home’s...

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Thank you for the reposts, @JLaneria @bronwengwriter @JulianD86666247 !!
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This wonderful competition issue of Gooseberry Pie includes my tiny tale about Cleopatra's asp 🐍
Gooseberry Pie Lit **OpenForSubmissions**@GooseberryPie99May 14
Replying to @GooseberryPie99
@GooseberryPie99 special issue of the winning stories from our annual writing comp, along with the short and longlist. 40 fabulous stories in this incredible issue. 1: Kathryn Silver-Hajo 2: Louella Lester 3: Kik Lodge Five Honorable Mentions gooseberry-pie.com/special-i…...

Special Issue 1 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Courtesy of Unsplash+ And the Winners Are!!! Peg Mokrass and I enjoyed reading the submissions for Gooseberry Pie’s first writing contest in celebration of National Gooseberry Month. And with over...

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Frances Gapper retweeted
Blood+Honey
@Blood_Honey_LitApr 2
Micro-fiction "She's" by Frances Gapper “watching baby starling that great fluffy lump of entitlement plumped on the feeder’s crossbar waiting to have seedy mush inserted in its beak shoved down its throat hurry up mummy-daddy…” bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/sh…

she’s — Blood+Honey

by Frances Gapper “watching baby starling that great fluffy lump of entitlement plumped on the feeder’s crossbar waiting to have seedy mush inserted in its beak shoved down its throat hurry up...

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Sometimes love is a little grumpy too. We absolutely love the moodiness & the longing in this nonfiction piece by @biddablesheep in Issue 1. literarynamjooning.wixsite.c…

Is That All There Is? by Frances Gapper

We didn’t pay to go into Wells Cathedral, instead gazed up at the rows of blank-faced, wind-eroded sculptures. Upright saints and seated monarchs, half angels. We walked through Penniless Porch,...

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Frances Gapper retweeted
TrashCatLit@TrashCatLitJan 17
Today's spotlight from our latest cat-centric issue is from @biddablesheep 🦝 We loved the brilliant brevity of this piece, which added to the mystery and quiet spookiness. We get but glimpse of Murgatroyd - but he lingers... trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/
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Love how the ending turns it all around! Eerie pussyfooting by @LoriFontanes in @TrashCatLit 🐱
Lori Fontanes@LoriFontanesJan 2
my paw prints are in this ish—pls check out my story & the other purrfect tales 😸
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Cats do tech speak - funny, clever and feline personable 🐱
Heather D Haigh@HeatherBookNookJan 2
Delighted to have a silly hermit kitty flash up with @TrashCatLit and huge thanks to @RelphJp for the brilliant formatting. A wonderful editor who puts so much work into her trashy family and is an awesome writer in her own right. trashcatlit.com/ffist-feline…

FFIST (Feline-First Integrated Smart Technology

Heather D Haigh PUSSYGALORE74 Well, hello, darlings. New user here, and can I mention what a delight it is to be on board. I promise, I don’t bite … unless you ask verrrrrrry nicely. The comm…

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Heather D Haigh@HeatherBookNookJan 2
A tiny tale by @biddablesheep in @TrashCatLit that manages to be creepy, clever, funny, and thought-provoking in very few words. trashcatlit.com/murgatroyd/

Murgatroyd

Frances Gapper Oh well Although keen on cats, Aunt Jane wished to avoid catching even a glimpse of Murgatroyd the furry death herald, our ancestral ghost. Upon turning 70 she locked her cat flap an…

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The cats are out of the binbag!
TrashCatLit@TrashCatLitJan 2
A new year and we've a new issue of fabulous feline flash for you. So, go outside and come in again. Demand snacks. Scratch the carpet. Then get your paws on this link: trashcatlit.com/feline-flash… Devour, savour, ask for more. Trash Cat let the cats in the bin and it's smashing 🦝

Feline Flash Pop-Up

For this Pop-Up, writers were asked to make cats the centre of a flash fiction. These twenty contributors really hit the brief with excellent feline POV, great voice and a joyful mixture of humour,…

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TrashCatLit@TrashCatLit30 Dec 2025
Our LAST tease! Issue launches 2nd Jan. Get your paws on 20 cat flash then 🦝 @HeatherBookNook shows us a future where the cats get all the tech @JennyHart2001 layers her relationship story with martial arts @biddablesheep gives us a glimpse of something uncanny
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Back in Trash Cat Lit - meow meow!!🐈‍⬛
TrashCatLit@TrashCatLit20 Dec 2025
We're excited to share the amazing lineup for our cat-themed Pop-Up Issue. This 20-story issue will go live on January 2nd 🦝 It's a fabulous mix of feline flash and we can't wait to shove it through your digital catflaps💜
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Frances Gapper retweeted
TrashCatLit@TrashCatLit18 Oct 2025
We are thrilled to share our nominations for @PushcartPrize 🦝 @biddablesheep @AdLibby1 @poetrypleases @tiredpsych @emilyrinkema Mairead Fagan Good Luck you fabulous Trash Family 💜
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My story "Brief Lives of Garden Insects" was published this month by Flash the Court - thank you to @CourtneyHarler1 flashthecourt.com/2025/09/12…

“Brief Lives of Garden Insects” by Frances Gapper

In “Brief Lives of Garden Insects” by Frances Gapper, bugs are sexy. And fascinating. From “The Dreadfuls” to the “Best in Show,” these miniature, pesky creatures flash in to and out of their own l…

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