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C Maxfield
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Published via The Broken Spine, DarkWinter Literary Magazine and Silly Goose Press
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Thank you @thebrokenspine.co.uk!

Sending a copy to the Charles Dickens Museum in Bloomsbury, as a visit last year inspired the short story ‘The Guide’

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“Winter hides in my heart…” A glimpse of the stories inside Soot & Boots. Out this month. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Ordered! 👇 Really looking forward to the post on Monday 📦
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Today is launch day for #SootAndBoots our collection of short festive fiction!

Get your copy in hardback or paperback.

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November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today is launch day for #SootAndBoots our collection of short festive fiction!

Get your copy in hardback or paperback.

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November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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“Winter hides in my heart…” A glimpse of the stories inside Soot & Boots. Out this month. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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‘….with frosted festoons like a ceremony’ ! 🤩
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“Winter hides in my heart…” A glimpse of the stories inside Soot & Boots. Out this month. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Two new drops before month’s end. Couldn’t be more different. Couldn’t be more us.

#SootAndBoots – our first seasonal fiction set – hits in hardback & paperback. Wintry stories with dirt under their nails.

#RitesAndTrials Coming-of-age poems stitched with class, becoming, longing, & defiance.
A book cover for Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction by The Broken Spine. The right-hand side shows an illustration of a pair of worn, frost-covered black boots with fur at the top, standing on a cold wooden floor against a textured, wintry blue-grey wall. The title “Soot & Boots” appears above the boots in large, pale, glowing letters. At the bottom, the Broken Spine publisher logo is present. The left-hand side, presented as the back cover, features centred white text on a dark green background. The text describes the anthology as a gritty, unsentimental seasonal fiction collection filled with longing and winter magic. It highlights contributions from writers including Sadie Maskery, Ellen Harrold, Victoria Harris, and Jordan River, and notes that the anthology is edited by Alan Parry. A bright yellow rectangle sits near the bottom, reserved for a barcode. A book cover for Rites & Trials: Coming of Age Poetry, part of The Broken Spine’s Slimline series. The right-hand panel features an abstract, atmospheric illustration: a silhouetted profile of a person facing right, rendered in deep black, set against a vivid red circular shape that resembles a sun or moon. Dark plant leaves overlap the silhouette, creating layered shadows. The background blends burnt orange and textured black. The title “Rites & Trials” appears in white, with “SLIMLINE” in a rounded rectangular frame. The left-hand panel shows the back cover text on a white rounded-rectangle box set against a dark background. The text describes the anthology as a stitched-together testament to becoming, naming contributors such as Molli Russell, Sam Szanto, Debbie Ross, Dave Kurley, Mana Misaghi, Rachel Burrows, Simon Maddrell, and others. The description highlights themes of class, faith, queerness, desire, and family, and characterises the poems as intimate, raw, and reaching toward connection. The Broken Spine logo sits at the bottom of the right-hand panel.
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Thirty writers, thirty winter visions. Soot & Boots brings them together in one seasonal anthology. Out soon. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Thank you so much 🙏 @sillygoosepress.bsky.social for including this poem about my ‘incred’ little sister sillygoosepress.com/issue-six/ta...
Talisman — SillyGoosePress
When we stepped off the boat To watch the glass blower Your single-bead bracelet  Broke. That was the day the giant blue crab Danced for us in the canal way. Now I see him adorned with that Perfe...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Have you checked out Issue 10 yet? 👀And if you’re reading it now, we want to hear your thoughts!

💭Stand out pieces/lines, surprises, pieces you keep going back to? Reply, tag us, or share your thoughts.

#Palimpsest #HeimatMagazine #Poetry #FlashFiction #Art #litmag #literary

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Heimat Review
Heimat means “home.” More than a house or city, heimat is the place of being, of presence and reflection. It is the moment in time when you are invited to ask “where am I” and “where should...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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ISSUE SIX POETRY GEESE
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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HOOONK PUT YOUR FEATHERS TOGETHER FOR THE SILLY GOOSE PRESS ISSUE SIX CONTRIBUTORSSS HOOONK
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Our first short-fiction release since Four Forked Tongues is nearly here. Bold, strange, tender winter tales. November release. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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HOOONK SGP6 DROPS THURSDAY HOOONK
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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So exciting! 👇🤩
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 14d
Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Regular subs for issue 4 open until Nov 15. No theme, just send what you love in art micro flash and poetry templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
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November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Magma 95 - 'Architecture'
Closing date: 10th Dec 2025
Editors Leo Boix & Stav Poleg look forward to reading your work—your rooms, your ruins, your bridges of language...
Image: Charles Schridde
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November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Mark it down: Dec 20th @ 20.00 — #PoemsAbout #OpenMic + #ChristmasParty returns! Poets, readers, friends — one final night to lift your words before the year ends. 🎤✨

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A Christmas tree made of soft, out-of-focus lights glows against a dark blue background. The blurred bulbs form a tapering triangle of reds, greens, yellows, and oranges. White text on the left reads: “#POEMSABOUT VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY & OPEN MIC 20.12.25 @ 20.00 — Hosted by Alan Parry.” The Broken Spine logo, shaped like a black fountain pen nib, appears at the top right.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Thirty days to write 100 words. Simple!!! Hope lots of you will consider sending in entries 👇
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**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
THE WELKIN MINI. For micros up to 100 words. Free to enter. Deadline = 2nd January 2026. 1st prize = £75, 2nd prize = £40, 3rd prize = £25, HC = £10.
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Tomorrow the door closes.
If you’ve been waiting, now is the time. The Havisham Steps is almost sealed.

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026
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October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Hahaha this is sooo real 🫶🏻 happy we could add a little green to the party 🪿🪿
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Is it normal to be this excited about the first acceptance on Submittable?

Thank you @sillygoosepress.bsky.social for showing me what the green light looks like 💚😂
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Thank you #LauraGrevel for this revealing review of #BeautifulLittleFools #GreatGatsby#FScottFitzgerald #Decadence #Deceit #Poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity #https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237581519-beautiful-little-fools
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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And YES! Another submission opportunity!
We've opened up for our new anthology - Poetry for Protest.
Check out the website for submission details...
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Submissions
We are open for submissions for Poems for Protest and The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology “Poems for Protest” Send us 1-5 poe…
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October 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Still relatively new to indie lit - but still haven’t come across anything quite like the lens of @thebrokenspine.co.uk 👇
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You usually have to be signed up to our newsletter to read it. However, this week is too important, and I wanted to share it more broadly.

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Thank You — and Some Honesty
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October 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM