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Dig in! Issue Five: Cake is up. Enjoy!

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Issue Five - Neither Fish Nor Foul: Cake — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I know I’m bombarding you with stories but proud of the diversity. One aching epic space tragedy, one sliver of painful nostalgia & now this darkly comic anti-colonial murder romp romance set -again- in Myanmar, a country that obsesses me. Thank you NFFF! So many great writers sharing these pages!
Another clever genre subversion here with @jaimegill.bsky.social

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(The India Times swear this is a lemon cake recipe but put more or less every other citrus fruit on it!)
Issue 5 Gill/Afternoon Tea In Mandalay — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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I’ve never been so happy to come in last!
This was the last piece I accepted - a delightful surprise at the bottom of the in-tray. And now I know what a bergamot cake is too

@emilyrinkema.bsky.social

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Issue 5 Rinkema/Bergamot Cake — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Another @nomad-sw18.bsky.social masterpiece in @neitherfishnorfoul.com “We creatures of muscle and bone, of wing and sinew, must stick together.” Gorgeous 🧡🧡🧡
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Love this piece of defiant cakey love “Then you licked the smear of jam off my nose as I kissed your softness to my tongue.” @joycebingham.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com 🧡🧡🧡🎂
A cake story born in @writershq.bsky.social a while ago, but it only found its true voice last year. Delighted to share this issue with so many wonderful cakes, I mean stories.
The first story I accepted for this issue. Classic cake, unexpected setting and a delicacy of touch at one with the lightness of a Victoria Sponge. Dare you not to be moved.

@joycebingham.bsky.social

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September 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Love this piece of weirdness by @troubledcure.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com “I was no longer useful in the world, he was not sure I had ever been.” 🧡🧡🧡😽https://www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-5-halvorssen-last-night-i-dreamt-my-cat-ate-me
Issue 5 Halvorssen/Last Night I Dreamt my Cat ate me — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Karen Walker is well known as a writer of flash, but I wasn’t expecting this charming chap to belong to her too! A woman of many talents

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September 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
La Canicule is, broadly translated, a heatwave - but Rim’s image will show you exactly how it feels …

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Issue 5 Art/Slaoui/La canicule — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I asked for art for this issue and wasn’t sure what to expect - was so pleased with the quality of the responses.

Here’s Happy Birthday Tea - I love Britta’s words with the image too

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Issue 5 Art/Giersche/Happy Birthday Tea — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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This is so good! Funny & wry and just brilliant. But stop all this cake stuff. There's no cake in my house and now I want to eat some!!
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September 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A cake story born in @writershq.bsky.social a while ago, but it only found its true voice last year. Delighted to share this issue with so many wonderful cakes, I mean stories.
The first story I accepted for this issue. Classic cake, unexpected setting and a delicacy of touch at one with the lightness of a Victoria Sponge. Dare you not to be moved.

@joycebingham.bsky.social

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Issue 5 Bingham/Extreme Picnicking for the Discerning — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This was the last piece I accepted - a delightful surprise at the bottom of the in-tray. And now I know what a bergamot cake is too

@emilyrinkema.bsky.social

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Issue 5 Rinkema/Bergamot Cake — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When I opened the subs I really didn’t think I would find an original recipe story. Then this delight turned up

@quickasaflash.bsky.social

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Issue 5 O’Halloran/Recipe For Birthday Cake — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Here’s a cake you’ll only make once …

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Issue 5 Keogh/You look like a Princess — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Who would you hope to see at the Memory Cafe?

@will0703.bsky.social

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Issue 5 Kelly/Memory Cafe — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You won’t be expecting this. Deliciously dark. Don’t let the fondant fancies fool you.

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Issue 5 Halvorssen/Last Night I Dreamt my Cat ate me — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another clever genre subversion here with @jaimegill.bsky.social

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(The India Times swear this is a lemon cake recipe but put more or less every other citrus fruit on it!)
Issue 5 Gill/Afternoon Tea In Mandalay — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m a sucker for a retelling of a classic story … here’s @lucimcummings.bsky.social Nemesis …

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Issue 5 Cummings/Nemesis — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
When is a cake not a cake? But also, totally is a cake?

Sweet Mona by Kendra Cardin

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Issue 5 Cardin/Sweet Mona — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The first story I accepted for this issue. Classic cake, unexpected setting and a delicacy of touch at one with the lightness of a Victoria Sponge. Dare you not to be moved.

@joycebingham.bsky.social

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Issue 5 Bingham/Extreme Picnicking for the Discerning — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This story has a girl with fighting spirit, a cake and a swan. It’s a heady combo, leading to a delicious finale …

@nomad-sw18.bsky.social gorgeously riffing off The Soldier’s Daughter by Paula Rego here …

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Issue 5 Beauchamp/you can claim authority over me — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Pflaumenkuchen is a new cake to me, but I feel we all have at least one relative like Aunt Fanny.

Scuppered by Mikki Aronoff

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September 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dig in! Issue Five: Cake is up. Enjoy!

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Issue Five - Neither Fish Nor Foul: Cake — Neither Fish Nor Foul
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September 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And just like that Issue Five subs closed!

I’m deliberating on the last few stories that arrived just before the deadline and starting to pull together the webpages of prose and art. Always love re-visiting each acceptance. What a treat!

Can’t wait to formally invite you to come & enjoy the cake
August 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM