Thanks to @JDP_Magazine for publishing off-the-wall writing, including my Montanan catflap burglar story. Issue 126 fresh out the toaster oven!
jerseydevilpress.com/?page_i…
1
38
In the great cross-pond “Mom vs Mum” debate, I find myself being phonetically swayed toward mum lately, but it’ll be a hot day on Pluto before I call my mother that
1
4
141
A pile of chestnuts is a great way to entertain a restless cat without leaving the writing desk. And once you’ve thrown them all, you’re forced to get up and collect them, which is great exercise and also entertains the cat. #Nanowrimo2023
1
84
Charlie Kieft retweeted
📚💥Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm is now HALF PRICE at @WHSmith 🤯! That is SO MANY REALMS for £6.49! And in shiny shiny HB too!💥📚
✨(Plus all pre-orders are very very VERY helpful!) Thank you book friends! ✨
bit.ly/PeregrineWHSmiths
1
16
29
3,421
Fyi using the word “shitwagon” ten times in a flash story doesn’t necessarily disqualify you from making the Oxford flash fiction contest long list…but it might keep you off the short list
2
68
Teenage hooligans threw something wet and slimy at the windows of my workplace. We suspected eggs, but no. Upon close inspection, we saw it was the contents of a tin of baked beans. The most British act of vandalism I’ve witnessed thus far
5
66
Just read a creepy accurate synopsis of my life goals in a short story: “…move into an apartment, get 2 kittens, work from home, write books, cook global cuisines…”
(“To Buffalo Eastward” by Gabriel Bump)
2
60
Post-dissertation brain is a bowlful of cold, sludgy oatmeal. I feel like I’ve been experimented on by aliens and then beamed back down to earth in a bathrobe, unsure if I’ve been changed completely or not at all.
4
69