Coney Island Sound @coneyislandsound.bsky.social Music Making. Portstewart via Belfast, Hull, Gateshead & North Shields. Electronic Music/Archiving/The Sea. www.coneyislandsound.com
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Benny Profane @bennyprofane8590.bsky.social Liverpool beat group Benny Profane.
From the olde days.
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Peter Dysart @peterdysart.bsky.social Hop Butcher by day. Never far from next beer, book, gig or footy. Too far from good friends & paradise. Not in it for personal salvation. Hop Butcher. 🏴🏴🏴☠️
Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
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Keith @keith70.bsky.social I can feel my eyes vibrate.
Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social Lover of coffee, chocolate, reading & writing 
Sarah McPherson @summermoth.bsky.social HE manager by day. Writer, crafter, LARPer, runner. Procrastinator extraordinaire. Lover of the fantastic. Definitely not a grown up. She/her.
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Jetboy Jetgirl @jetboyjetgirl.bsky.social Middling writer/mediocre musician/overconfident 😂
Emmy Award Winner (for real!)
Dragging my feet making a documentary about Jet Boy Jet Girl!
Recently had my first short story published!! Woo hoo!
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Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social Writer, photographer, cyanotypist. Undergoing cosmic rearrangement. Born at 323ppm. https://chrisroutledge.pictures
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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social Poet, critic of recent formally innovative poetry & poetics, emeritus prof at Edge Hill, and all that follows. Books from Shearsman, KFS, Salt, Broken Sleep, Palgrave, LUP, & all that follow. Blog: www.robertsheppard.blogspot.com
Chris Barton @chrisbarton01.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Music, mental health and wellbeing
PhloggingAnOrse @phlogginganorse.bsky.social Posting from where the trickle down congeals.
Polymaths r us - except for maths & grammar, obvs.
Knackered, so not dancing & mostly just minding the drinks nowadays.
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@deborahsnell.bsky.social @deborahsnell.bsky.social Artist - illustrator, printmaker, installation & music videos. Works at The Crack Magazine - gig lover & reviewer. @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social
Dictator @dictator.bsky.social Less Arty More Farty x
@mistinguettecat.bsky.social @mistinguettecat.bsky.social 
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Sarah Deaves @sarahdeaves.bsky.social Bewildered widow. Ageing pop kid. Sci fi fan. Chippy lefty. Lazy birder. Liverpool FC. JFT97. http://macsandthemardi.co.uk Aortic dissection fundraising https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/paulhughesllanidloes
Mary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social Writer. Worrier. Tree whisperer.
Lives on England's northwest coast.
Has spent a lot of time in Zambia and Eswatini with her live-in archaeologist. Can cook for dozens over an open fire if bribed with wine. But would rather write poetry.
People Selling Mirrors @sellingamirror.bsky.social Sometimes when people sell mirrors online, they can't figure out how to get out of the way.
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The Right Runcible Howard Batey @howardbatey.bsky.social Bookworm living in Llandaff. Happy Public Servant. Loves Heidi (Wife), good books of all stripes, History, Rugby, Elvis, & Tea. Posting here in a personal capacity.
The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
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thedoublenegative.co.uk @thedoublenegative.co.uk Contemporary, independent arts & culture criticism since 2011 💫 posts by co-founders Mike & Laura
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Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Authors / Writers / Lovers of Words...
Got a flash fiction story within 500 words, of any interpretation, on any theme, that our readers should read? #flashfiction
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Madame Decadent Sneezy-Bottom @darklyadapted.bsky.social Where can we live but days?
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
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4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Bubblewrap Collective @bubblewrapcollective.co.uk Cardiff Based Independent Record Label / Releasing music from Wales since 2009 | Label Recordiau Annibynnol wedi’i leoli yng Nghaerdydd. / Rhyddhau gerddoriaeth o Gymru ers 2009.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social Read Issue 8! Epistemiclit.com
Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social. CNF Editor @gcbwrites.bsky.social
Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social Curious. Clever. Quick. 🐈⬛
Monthly Magazine for Micro Prose
Free to sub. Paying market.
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marcusa @marcusa.bsky.social Tech journalist, analyst, IT director and indie music and film fan. Up the Boro. Available for writing.
Michael Stanton @thejupiterroom.bsky.social The Jupiter Room curates atmospheric electronic music. Resident on @campradio.bsky.social https://www.mixcloud.com/TheJupiterRoom/
Colin Burt @cdburt4.bsky.social Eclectic, altruistic, music, vinyl, art, poetry, books, stuff, #MDANT, Hibs 💚 Frabbit, My Kids, widow. Occasionally teaches. Occasionally Papa B. All views my own. Edinburgh 🏴
John Logsdon @johnlogsdon.bsky.social I study sex, evolution & genes. Frequently all three. I also love music, food & dogs. Other interests include bikes (pedals & motors), books & travel. I’m paleo-adjacent.
See #johnsvinyl @discogs: john-logsdon
**ALL OPINIONS STATED ARE MINE ALONE**
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com Writer of #FlashFiction, #ShortStories and a never-finished novel. Spaniel-wrangler. Curmudgeon. Forest dweller. #MDANT She/her/cis rachaeldunlop.com
Fay Brown @fabwrites.bsky.social Teacher, writer, sea-enjoyer. Words in Lucent Dreaming, NFFD 2022, Propelling Pencil and Fudoki
matchbook literary magazine @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social matchbook is an online literary journal that publishes one piece of short prose accompanied by an author's note every two weeks.
https://matchbooklitmag.com
Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social #amwriting Library manager. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-reviewed short stories collection 'POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE' available now from me https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267521176850 or from your local Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Negative-Nick-Black/dp/1915247128/
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
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Jupiter Jones @jupiterjonz.bsky.social Writes short stuff
Mizuki Yamamoto @mizuki-yama.bsky.social Prev. writing under Mizuki Yamagen.
Words in SmokeLong, hex, Lit Namjooning, Flash Frog, Does it have pockets? Lost Balloon & elsewhere. Soon in The Forge, The Baltimore Review.
✨ SmokeLong Smokey winner
🎗️ BOTN, BMF, Pushcart noms
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Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social COLD TOAST Dahlia Books. Republic of Consciousness Prize 'Book of the Month'. Shortlisted for International Rubery Book Award. Wigleaf Top 50, Bath Flash Fiction Award, Mancs. Writing School QMD Prize, The Forge CNF prize
www.kamwords.com
Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards. Regret to report that people are still taking this account seriously. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
Laura J Martin @laurajmartinuk.bsky.social New album 'Prepared' OUT NOW!: https://lnk.to/UmGmqf
★★★★ - MOJO Magazine
"The whole album is a thing of beauty” - Craig Charles BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
The Propelling Pencil @proppencil.bsky.social Short Fiction Journal | Competitions | Workshops
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Editor in Charge: @nivenaudrey.bsky.social
Karen Schauber @karenschauber.bsky.social Flash Fiction Obsessed
Dabbles in Abstract Painting
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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social Writer. Short stories in: The Rumpus, Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS | Read my work at: www.scturnerfiction.com
Daniel Addercouth @ruralunease.bsky.social Berlin-based Scottish writer. Words in New Flash Fiction Review, Vestal Review, Trampset and elsewhere. Featured in Best Small Fictions 2024. My pen name came to me in a dream. You can find a selection of my writing here: https://linktr.ee/ruralunease
National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Celebrating flash fiction worldwide. Co-directed by Ingrid Jendrzejewski @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social
The next NFFD will be Saturday 12 June 2027.
https://www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Christian Northwood @cnorthwood.bsky.social PR and Events at Authors Licensing and Collections Society (ALCS)
Ink In Thirds @inkinthirds.bsky.social poised prose, precarious poetry, and photography to pilot our own realms again... inkinthirds.org
Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social Canadian singer/songwriter. 3 time Juno winner
Former kid detective. Idiot savant without the savant part. Dad. Lawn mower
Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Lydia @itsthatlydia.bsky.social @lydiajo over there. Banana for scale.
Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social Ploughshares | Best American Nonreq'd | Copper Nickel Editors' Prize | The Norton Reader | ElectricLit | Flash Fiction America | Swamp Pink | Wigleaf | Five Points (forthcoming) | The Art of Flash Fiction https://artofflashfiction.substack.com
Kleopatra Olympiou @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social Κλεοπάτρα 🇨🇾 Writer, editor, translator | Stories in: swamp pink, HAD, Tiny Molecules, Flash Flood, Claudine, Raw Lit | she/her
Shortlisted, Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction
Best Small Fictions & Best of the Net nominee
kleopatraolympiou.com
Kim Halliday @kimhalliday.bsky.social I compose subtle, texture-driven scores for documentary and narrative film.
Laura Marie Brown @laurambrown.bsky.social Arts PR & Producer in Liverpool. Theatre, music and football distract me from politics. Yes, I probably can get you on the guest list. Secret Ninja. Dammit 
Cllr Richard Kemp CBE @cllrkemp.bsky.social Lib Dem spokesperson on Housing. Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool and Councillor for the fabulous Penny Lane ward. Married to Ald. Erica Kemp CBE with three children and five grandchildren
michelle @mickeypip.bsky.social ✏️ Writer, Artist, Narrative Designer (scripts, stories, games and other stuff)
👻 Lover of all things weird
📺 Channel 4 New Writers '25
📚 Trustee Manchester City of Literature
🎬 BAFTA Connect
✍️ WIP: spec fic collection
🔗 https://linktr.ee/mickeypip
Cheryl Markosky @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social Journalist, theatre reviewer, short fiction writer, fan of The Archers and lighthouses especially on Prince Edward Island
Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social Writer. Editor NFFD Anthology. BSSA Team Member. First prize Reflex Fiction, TSS Publishing, Flash 500. 2nd prize Fractured Lit micro. Shortlist Bath Flash/Short Story, To Hull and Back and many others. Scottish Indy supporter.
@bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social Author of HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE (Ad Hoc). Stories @Smokelong, Flash Frog, Gone Lawn, Bending Genres. Subs editor @Smokelong. BMF 2024, 2026. BSF 2025. Noms: Pushcart, BOTN. Author of five mystery novels. PhD from CUNY Grad Center.
James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social Flash writer ✍️ | Latest: Crow & Cross Keys, Fictive Dream, FlashFlood, The Bulb Region, 100 Word Story, NFFD Micro Comp ‘26 | 📖 Best Small Fictions ‘25, Wigleaf Top 50 ‘25 | 💫 Welkin People’s Prize ‘25 | He/Him 🌈 www.jamesmontgomerywrites.com
Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social writer. runner. product manager. 1×WigleafTop50 selection, 2xPushcart nom, 2×BOTN nom, 3xBSF nom.
Join the waitlist for Teresa 2.0 here: teresaseesyou.com
Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social Co-Directs NFFD.NIFs: ‘Finding a Way' (Ad Hoc Fiction), ‘An Inheritance' (V.Press), ‘A Tricky Dance’ (Alien Buddha Press), ‘William Prichard & Co’ (Arroyo Seco Press) & Bereft of Reason’ (V. Press). www.dianesimmons.co.uk
Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Adam Walton @adamthomaswalton.bsky.social Radio human. BBC Introducing in Wales. BBC Radio Wales. Makes music. Writes about music. Loves Ava, Bekki, music, reading, collecting minerals, Wales, cooking, photography, galleries, mooching, Elliott Smith, fountain pens, bric-a-brac, Ghibli, 90's RPG's.
Liam McMahon @liam-mcmahon.bsky.social Senior Communications Manager @prsfoundation.bsky.social
Views posted here are my own
@sjdoherty.bsky.social @sjdoherty.bsky.social 
Stephen Birch (NoNewWaveNoFun) @stephennnwnf.bsky.social Founder of the Independent alt music blog, home of The Partisan Contingent Podcast.
Chester, UK
Whippet lover.
Evertonian - often found screaming with head in hands.
www.Nonewwavenofun.co.uk
Email submissions to Nonewwavenofunblog@yahoo.com
@beastpruk.bsky.social @beastpruk.bsky.social 
Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social Sir Gaerfyrddin. He/him.
Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
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Monkey @monkeypicks.bsky.social soul - fuzz - funk - punk - jazz - garage - gospel - gigs - hats - cats - beatniks - berets - books - booze - mags - mavericks - films - telly - art - words - pictures - sounds - tambourines - style - shoes - sunshine - socialism
Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social #Flashfiction writer and #collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK
www.anikacarpenter.com
K @krecs.bsky.social The underground record label located in Olympia, Washington, U.S.A. krecs.com
@professionalcynic.bsky.social @professionalcynic.bsky.social https://professionalcynic.substack.com/
Jan Kaneen. Northern Writer Granny. PhD student at York St John @jankaneen1.bsky.social Award-winning writer, blogs https://jankaneen.com/ '23 Bath NiF winner, SL Rubery Award & First Pages Prize '24 Flash & Short story collection, Hostile Environments on sale https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/hostile-environments-paperback
Aprilciate🍉🏳️⚧️ @aprilciate.bsky.social Probably not here.
Mother of Manchester Popfest.
Feminist policy and systems change strategist.
Bona fide person.
#DavidByrne
SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters. Follow also @heyflashvillage.bsky.social
Andrew Hung @andrewhungmusic.bsky.social Artist / Producer - Fuck Buttons, Beth Orton, Andrew Hung ::: Film Composer - The Greasy Strangler
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Pauline Cox @paulinecoxy.bsky.social I am a delight. Fundraiser for Shelter homelessness charity covering Cheshire & Merseyside. LIVING with stage 4 incurable kidney cancer
https://www.gofundme.com/paulines-bucket-list
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Alun Llwyd @alun78.bsky.social Gwaith / Work:
@pyst.bsky.social
@ambobdim.bsky.social
Ymddiriedolwr / Trustee:
Ymddiriedolaeth Ynys Enlli/Bardsey,
Disability Arts Cymru
Dr Holly Tessler @drhollytessler.bsky.social Programme Leader, MA The Beatles, Heritage and Culture, University of Liverpool
Retreat West / WestWord @retreatwest.bsky.social All about writing great stories. Courses, competitions, workshops and a friendly online community. WestWord literary journal. Spread love with your words 💙
https://www.retreatwest.co.uk
https://westword.substack.com
Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social Football schmootball; Robert Bresson; Milton Nascimento; Dreyer; Debussy; Sun Ra; Can.
Record Collector, Shindig! Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History of Josef K (Jawbone).
Coming 2026 - The Clientele (J-Card)
@flashficfestuk.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social Online and in person flashfiction events. Next online festival day Oct. Next in person festival 17-19 July 2026 flashfictionfestival.com
The Pastels @thepastels.bsky.social Independent music group. Songs, intervals, long intervals, clang, vibrant clang, sudden clang, no clang.
thepastels.org
The Pixel Project @thepixelproject.bsky.social Raising global awareness for the VAW cause, 21st century style and 24/7, 365 days per year. It's time to stop violence against women. Together.
Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social Writer, flash fiction writer, photographer. Author of 2 novels & 2 collections of flash. New novel out this spring. My flash pieces have been published in many lovely magazines. Mslexia flash fiction prize winner, 2024. Website: http://bronwengriff.co.uk/
Paul Fitz #MDANT @nothingville.bsky.social A bit of writing, touch of promoting, this, that and the other. Music and words.
“The child who has music will never be a hoodlum”
Independent Venue Community @ivcuk.bsky.social Charity of @IVWUK.bsky.social offering social prescribing activity to venues during the day, throughout the year, around the country.
We unlock the potential of venues as cultural hubs.
Creative Opportunities for Local Communities.
Jay Hynd @jayhynd.bsky.social Owner of The Guide Liverpool. Love my city 💛 Presenter. Music lover. Bucket list ticker. Cockapoo Dad.
Paul Haig @paulhaigmusic.bsky.social Recording artist, writer/music producer. #josefk