Gill O'Halloran
@quickasaflash.bsky.social
Lido-lover, inhales music,exhales poems + flash @BathFlashAward, @OxfordFlash anthologies, @Smokelong Quarterly. Winner @Prop_Pencil comp 24, NFFD 25 Editors Choice, WestWord 25. Shortlisted Fish & Cambridge Prizes 25. Pushcart nominated.
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In today's cat story spotlight, we have @lmbayley.bsky.social🦝
We loved the tension in this relatable piece, an MC struggling and coveting the life of their cat. An intense, raw insight into a woman's feelings.
Read and listen here:
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We loved the tension in this relatable piece, an MC struggling and coveting the life of their cat. An intense, raw insight into a woman's feelings.
Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/she-calls-hi...
January 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM
In today's cat story spotlight, we have @lmbayley.bsky.social🦝
We loved the tension in this relatable piece, an MC struggling and coveting the life of their cat. An intense, raw insight into a woman's feelings.
Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/she-calls-hi...
We loved the tension in this relatable piece, an MC struggling and coveting the life of their cat. An intense, raw insight into a woman's feelings.
Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/she-calls-hi...
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I really like the quietness of this story by Stephanie Rick published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social
I really like the quietness of this story by Stephanie Rick published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social
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February 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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I really like the quietness of this story by Stephanie Rick published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social
I really like the quietness of this story by Stephanie Rick published by @dishsoapquart.bsky.social
These two writers inspire me, and clearly many others too.
Thank you to everyone who gave it a read! And wow, look at @sarahillswrites.bsky.social go! 🎊
Congrats @kyleisamu.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (x2!). You had a lot of frog eyes on your work!
January 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
These two writers inspire me, and clearly many others too.
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i have a new flash out today: about miners on jupiter, protest songs, and voices beating back the darkness, louder and louder and louder.
hoping it makes you want to sing louder, too 🫀
hoping it makes you want to sing louder, too 🫀
Lift up your voices and sing so even the stones join in. "Songbook for the Jovian Resistance" by @prioryruins.bsky.social is a shout into the darkness for dark times
Songbook for the Jovian Resistance - Small Wonders
That first night, after the massacre of the helium-3 miners’ union at Mare Placidus, there were only a dozen of us.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
i have a new flash out today: about miners on jupiter, protest songs, and voices beating back the darkness, louder and louder and louder.
hoping it makes you want to sing louder, too 🫀
hoping it makes you want to sing louder, too 🫀
I signed up for a workshop after participating in a panel Matt ran with warmth and gentle expertise. Treat yourself to some Matt input and support him at the same time.
I've been in a funk recently, really worried about the weeks / months ahead; so today, I sent out a newsletter that felt quite vulnerable, & the way the writing community have jumped to my support has as always far exceeded anything I deserve ❤️❤️❤️
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Starting the year from the bottom of the slope
I like to think I’m quite a positive person, and the start of the year, for me, usually feels like it amplifies that sense of positivity through its inherent newness, the multiple possibilities lying ...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I signed up for a workshop after participating in a panel Matt ran with warmth and gentle expertise. Treat yourself to some Matt input and support him at the same time.
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The Village is a place for the global flash community to gather. Stay tuned. #ittakesavillage
December 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Village is a place for the global flash community to gather. Stay tuned. #ittakesavillage
I missed this launch but have ordered the book. Looking forward to reading over the holiday period and discussing with @nomad-sw18.bsky.social Congratulations! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Hey hi what might you be doing on Saturday Dec 13 3pm EST/8pm BST? Want to launch a NiF with me? Hosted by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and featuring @kathrynreese.bsky.social (and yes also me). It’ll be fun!
Preorder phx (US only) and ebook: jakethemag.com/books/
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Preorder phx (US only) and ebook: jakethemag.com/books/
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December 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I missed this launch but have ordered the book. Looking forward to reading over the holiday period and discussing with @nomad-sw18.bsky.social Congratulations! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Yay! I love Ani's work. Will definitely be buying this..
We are excited to announce our new author, Ani King! Ani's debut book, FAMILY NIGHT, a collection of flash fiction filled with magical realism, will be released in Fall 2026. Join us in welcoming Ani to MJP! @aniking.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #flashfiction #debutauthor #magicalrealism
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Yay! I love Ani's work. Will definitely be buying this..
Congrats JP!
I’m so completely chuffed to be part of Bull 🖤
"They promised to call us, their first loves, but we’d already packed away our broken hearts with our childhood bears. We’d already packed away our Big Dreams for ourselves, our futures—shattered as metal and bone in a box marked Goodwill." @therelphian.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Congrats JP!
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My LISP interview, with shout-outs to @trashcatlit.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social. I'm very pleased this story made it.
My LISP interview, with shout-outs to @trashcatlit.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social. I'm very pleased this story made it.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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My LISP interview, with shout-outs to @trashcatlit.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social. I'm very pleased this story made it.
My LISP interview, with shout-outs to @trashcatlit.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social. I'm very pleased this story made it.
Ooh couldn't have come at a better time. Will email you!
We made a numbered list of everyone who shared our FlashGiving posts across social media (thank you!) and generated a random number, which was 38, which means that Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social is the winner of our 2025 FlashGiving draw! Please email [email protected], Gill.🙂
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ooh couldn't have come at a better time. Will email you!
'The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven'
Do read this flash, it's chilling in the quietest way.
Do read this flash, it's chilling in the quietest way.
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
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Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
'The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven'
Do read this flash, it's chilling in the quietest way.
Do read this flash, it's chilling in the quietest way.
Reposted by Gill O'Halloran
The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The FLASH FICTION ranking includes 280 magazines - here is the top 20:
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I'm late to the party. This came out in February but I just read it. It's brilliant! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
I'm late to the party. This came out in February but I just read it. It's brilliant! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
Something Out of a Horror Movie ~ by Mario Aliberto III
In the horror movie she calls a life, The Bad Girl gets cast as a camp counselor because she’s hot, she knows she’s hot, and every horror movie needs an antagonist to the virginal Final Girl, at le…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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I'm late to the party. This came out in February but I just read it. It's brilliant! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
I'm late to the party. This came out in February but I just read it. It's brilliant! @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
I'm so happy to be the winner. Congrats to @alisonwassell.bsky.social and @abbywilliams.bsky.social + long and shortlisters. Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @smokelong.bsky.social of course where this began.
The results are in for the third quarter's flash fiction category as judged by @scooterwriter.bsky.social
Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!
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#flashfiction #WritingCommunity
Many congratulations to the authors - and also to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was very high!
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#flashfiction #WritingCommunity
Flash Fiction: Winners
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November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm so happy to be the winner. Congrats to @alisonwassell.bsky.social and @abbywilliams.bsky.social + long and shortlisters. Thanks @scooterwriter.bsky.social for judging and @smokelong.bsky.social of course where this began.
I've learnt a lot since joining Smokelong + I owe a good few successes to their prompts.
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I've learnt a lot since joining Smokelong + I owe a good few successes to their prompts.
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I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
I made the finalists' list for the London Independent Story Prize. It's about David Bowie's brother. Very happy to place this one. It was born in March Micro Marathon, thank you @smokelong.bsky.social
Buy it for the stories. Buy it for the charity your money will support (wilderness places and wilderness creatures)
There are 27 short fictions in our print anthology - two of them deal beautifully with stories of escape 🦝
If these teases tempt you, you can grab a copy for less than £10!
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What Comes to Light by @quickasaflash.bsky.social 💜
Thin Place by @justine1902.bsky.social 💜
If these teases tempt you, you can grab a copy for less than £10!
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What Comes to Light by @quickasaflash.bsky.social 💜
Thin Place by @justine1902.bsky.social 💜
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Buy it for the stories. Buy it for the charity your money will support (wilderness places and wilderness creatures)
Well that was a nice surprise. I somehow missed reading the longlist and only saw the shortlist today, and my story's on it! ( note to self: subscribe!)🫰
The following international competitions are open for entries:
Flash fiction judged by @scooterwriter.bsky.social (closes 30 Sept)
Novels judged by @bookouture.bsky.social (closes 31 Oct)
Short story judged by @wendyclarke.bsky.social (closes 28 Feb 2026)
Find out more here: flash500.com
Flash fiction judged by @scooterwriter.bsky.social (closes 30 Sept)
Novels judged by @bookouture.bsky.social (closes 31 Oct)
Short story judged by @wendyclarke.bsky.social (closes 28 Feb 2026)
Find out more here: flash500.com
Flash Fiction writing competition
Flash 500 is the home of writing competitions for Flash Fiction, Short Stories and Novels. Enter yours today and win cash prizes.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Well that was a nice surprise. I somehow missed reading the longlist and only saw the shortlist today, and my story's on it! ( note to self: subscribe!)🫰
Wow. Tom Weller has written a series of Scrap Boys flashes, incl. 'Rangers', 'Bottles', 'Hunger', but I think this one's his best.
FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸
“Wrestling” by @tomwellerstories.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Sophia Eisenbart Macias
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“Wrestling” by @tomwellerstories.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Sophia Eisenbart Macias
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Wrestling by Tom Weller
They all hear the crowd, a whooshing roar, a sound like a train entering a tunnel. But there is no crowd, just a weed-choked backyard, a chain-link fence chattering when the wind blows, the whooshi…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wow. Tom Weller has written a series of Scrap Boys flashes, incl. 'Rangers', 'Bottles', 'Hunger', but I think this one's his best.
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Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Once in a blue moon I write a poem.
Well done to the winners!
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Well done to the winners!