Bronwen Griffiths
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
Writer, flash fiction writer, photographer. Author of two novels & two collections of flash fiction. My flash fiction has been published in many lovely magazines & I recently won the Mslexia flash fiction prize. Website: http://bronwengriff.co.uk/
Chuffed to get this nomination from @epistemiclit.bsky.social
More award nominations!
Best Microfiction!
Best Microfiction!
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Chuffed to get this nomination from @epistemiclit.bsky.social
I'm reading this. It's a compelling story. BUT...I think words are missing from the bottom of quite a few pages. This is a UK edition. Anyone else got a copy? See bottom p 110 especially
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I'm reading this. It's a compelling story. BUT...I think words are missing from the bottom of quite a few pages. This is a UK edition. Anyone else got a copy? See bottom p 110 especially
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November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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"Papi takes me to the swings, and I fall." Sunday Dad by Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/24/m...
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Papi takes me to the swings, and I fall." Sunday Dad by Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/24/m...
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We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
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I almost didn’t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom 🧡
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epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I almost didn’t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom 🧡
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
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"The man stepped under the eaves of a darkened storefront. Suddenly he began to sing about the past. About the nights in the cellars of the houses sprinkled beyond the main road"
Such quiet beauty in this flash from @amymarques.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Such quiet beauty in this flash from @amymarques.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Wait — Ghost Parachute
The man returned to town. He shouldered his bag and stepped out of the station and past the shuttered hotel, towards the big house on the side street. Then for a time he stood in the rain, in the stre...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"The man stepped under the eaves of a darkened storefront. Suddenly he began to sing about the past. About the nights in the cellars of the houses sprinkled beyond the main road"
Such quiet beauty in this flash from @amymarques.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Such quiet beauty in this flash from @amymarques.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
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"I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother snorted when she saw Little Hansel and me, dressed alike in our orange sweatshirts and Captain Eo sunglasses"
Richly creative and original from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Richly creative and original from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Untranslatable German Word for a Gate Slamming Shut — Ghost Parachute
My only friend, Little Hansel, smells like closet. That’s what my mother said the one time she met the four-year-old. I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother sn...
ghostparachute.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"I was babysitting him for my weed dealers, a pair of comfy old dykes. My mother snorted when she saw Little Hansel and me, dressed alike in our orange sweatshirts and Captain Eo sunglasses"
Richly creative and original from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Richly creative and original from @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Major event of today. A quick shower. First since 14 November! On Friday the wound dressing comes off and showering will be fine. This morning taped a plastic bag over dressing. As for getting pants and socks on to left leg...NAH! Have to have help
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Major event of today. A quick shower. First since 14 November! On Friday the wound dressing comes off and showering will be fine. This morning taped a plastic bag over dressing. As for getting pants and socks on to left leg...NAH! Have to have help
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"Limerence" by Donna Tracy is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #flashfiction
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November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Limerence" by Donna Tracy is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #flashfiction
Horrible insomnia last night. I remember this happening four years ago when I had my other hip done. I tried to read but I didn't get far with that!
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Horrible insomnia last night. I remember this happening four years ago when I had my other hip done. I tried to read but I didn't get far with that!
I'm so pleased to be part of this.
Issue 7: Integrity Fiction contributors!
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
Jaryd Porter
DC Diamondopolous
@uteorgassa.bsky.social
Barry Fields
James B Nicola
Aspen Pleasant
Susmita Mukherjee
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
Jaryd Porter
DC Diamondopolous
@uteorgassa.bsky.social
Barry Fields
James B Nicola
Aspen Pleasant
Susmita Mukherjee
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'm so pleased to be part of this.
I did some editing this afternoon. Lasted 15 minutes and fell asleep. Not sure if being put to sleep by one's own work is a good thing or not?!
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I did some editing this afternoon. Lasted 15 minutes and fell asleep. Not sure if being put to sleep by one's own work is a good thing or not?!
A wonderful tale, both beautiful and dark.
Super chuffed to have my flash up at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social featuring an enigmatic storyteller and his doubting ex-wife. This story was much rejected, so thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social for believing in it 🙏🏾
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
the fable of the storyteller and his witch — Blood+Honey
by Sumitra Singam “It was never clear who hurled the first stone. The flinty piece of rock hit her on the head, leaving a dark bloom of blood.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A wonderful tale, both beautiful and dark.
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"My Grandmother Willow wasn’t a willow at all."
Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/c...
Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
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Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
My Grandmother Willow wasn’t a willow at all. She was a sturdy walnut tree, watching over our family from the ripped screen of the kitchen door.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"My Grandmother Willow wasn’t a willow at all."
Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/c...
Creative Nonfiction: Grandmother Willow by Jacqueline Frigano
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/c...
My major achievement this week. Managed to make a cup of tea and carry it to bed in a flask. Day 6 after hip surgery.
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
My major achievement this week. Managed to make a cup of tea and carry it to bed in a flask. Day 6 after hip surgery.
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This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
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November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
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📢 Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📢 Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Best MicroFiction nominees! Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, @happilander.bsky.social, @belindarowe.bsky.social , @kathrynreese.bsky.social , and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social! Read their micros here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/proje...
Highlight of my day. Getting up the stairs and down. Once. With crutches of course! I managed to read one chapter of a memoir. My concentration is almost zero. But that's one chapter!
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Highlight of my day. Getting up the stairs and down. Once. With crutches of course! I managed to read one chapter of a memoir. My concentration is almost zero. But that's one chapter!
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"...so I took away television and video games until you corrected yourself, making me proud of the discipline I'd instilled in you..." Mama, I'm Home by Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/17/m...
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"...so I took away television and video games until you corrected yourself, making me proud of the discipline I'd instilled in you..." Mama, I'm Home by Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/17/m...
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“I have three mud crabs from the Maroochy River rattling about in the freezer, undergoing euthanasia.”
Thus begins this stunning collab between @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @manyworlds.place!
Thus begins this stunning collab between @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @manyworlds.place!
Hermit crabs about crab curry? Metaphor for queer love? Collabs? @kathrynreese.bsky.social and I have another one in @manyworlds.place and are pumped for you to read it (beware the prawn heads) 🦀 🍤 🏳️🌈 manyworlds.place/issue-10/sum...
This Recipe Is a Hiding Place by Sumitra Singam, Kathryn Reese - manywor(l)ds :: place
You want my crab curry recipe? The one I have to hide from my strictly vegetarian mother? The stink of death is in that curry. And more onions than you can imagine, and tamarind pulp. Still want it?
manyworlds.place
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“I have three mud crabs from the Maroochy River rattling about in the freezer, undergoing euthanasia.”
Thus begins this stunning collab between @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @manyworlds.place!
Thus begins this stunning collab between @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @manyworlds.place!
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ICYMI
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
Subway Was Real When You Worked There - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Taylor Flowe on Unsplash by Lisa Thornton reads my son aloud from my senior yearbook and I’m not sure yet who the inscription is from but then he says no one has fallen out of my car lately a...
gooseberry-pie.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ICYMI
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
I wrote a tiny story abt the dangers of letting your kid read your high school yearbook 📚
gooseberry-pie.com/subway-was-r...
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Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Apparently a few of you are, so without further ado, here is the cover of my forthcoming NiF Mother Karma. It’s a wee piece of my heart, and I hope you’ll all love this family as much as I do 🧡🧡🧡. Cover art @nmals.bsky.social Publisher @publishedbyjake.bsky.social Forthcoming in December
I'm bored hence the photo. I should be going home today but have to be signed off by the ogre 👹 physiotherapist first! Damn is she mean that woman!!
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I'm bored hence the photo. I should be going home today but have to be signed off by the ogre 👹 physiotherapist first! Damn is she mean that woman!!
It's 22.48 in the UK. I'm doing ok. Kind off! I had my hip op at 2pm. I'm wide awake and reading one page at a time of Little Fires Everywhere but though I'm enjoying it my concentration isn't there.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's 22.48 in the UK. I'm doing ok. Kind off! I had my hip op at 2pm. I'm wide awake and reading one page at a time of Little Fires Everywhere but though I'm enjoying it my concentration isn't there.