Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 9h

Leigh has set the challenge Trash Family and friends - let's see your books with your cats (and other pets!) 🦝🐱

Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · 9h

Got one! Nice tactile paperback of What Comes to Light, a @trashcatlit.bsky.social charity anthology with a story by me and 26 better ones by other writers. But how many of them have taken photos with cats in? Get a copy! All proceeds to the Wildlife Trusts! Save a stoat! mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Two photos of an anthology titled What Comes to Light, one showing the front cover with Arsehole the imperious tabby cat looming behind it, and another one with Oscar the elderly ginger cat pretending to be interested in a story called Threequarter Lane

2 6

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10h

A wonderful shoutout from @matgost.bsky.social for our print anthology, What Comes to Light and the fabulous Silent Screams in which our Ed has some quiet horror 🖤

mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

MatGost @matgost.bsky.social · 2d

Three amazing charity anthology projects just landed...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...

A promo image for my blog post on substack, showing the cover of my Silent Screams anthology, with a word cloud, and the post title: "Silent Screams for Halloween"

2 3

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 3d

What a fabulous treasure-filled place to read and edit 💜

1

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for your support Andy 💜

1

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 8d

A treasure amongst treasures - where is your copy of What Comes to Light?
Twenty-seven incredible short fictions available to buy now and raising funds for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

Find out more and get story teases here: trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...

4 9

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 11d

2/2
@clareobrien.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @words-outwest.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @maireadwrites.bsky.social @sarahkat.bsky.social @justine1902.bsky.social @myquirkywriting.swifties.social

1 7

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 11d

@joycebingham.bsky.social @thejokelark.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social @lucimcummings.bsky.social @matgost.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @terryholland.bsky.social @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social @mrallanmiller.bsky.social
1/2

1 2 9

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 11d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

2 5 16

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16d

Check out the webpage for our upcoming print anthology. We have added story teases from our twenty-seven amazing contributors to tantalise your readerly appetites🦝💜

trashcatlit.com/what-comes-t...

What Comes to Light 2025

Edited by JP Relph Coming late September 2025 is our first print anthology to raise funds for UK charity, The Wildlife Trusts. The theme for this submission call was Treasure in Unexpected Places, …

trashcatlit.com

5 11

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 16d

The paperback proof of our upcoming anthology is getting some last-minute editorial attention from Mary. She's ruthless! but also chonky so one could say, the proof is with the pudding 🦝😼
Not long now until the book can be in your cat's paws too!

4 15 230

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 17d

Fab new literary awards from @monarch.gay and we are thrilled to send our two nominations.
Good luck @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and @mikepiero.org 💜💜

2 3 16

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 17d

September's newsletter is live 🦝
We've got subs, Trash Family stuffs from @cbigs.bsky.social @matgost.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social & @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, three quick reads from Genrepunk Award nominees and some autumnal ekphrastic writing prompts 🧡

trashcatlit.com/2025/09/22/h...

Hello from the welcome chill of September

Welcome to our latest newsletter. We have news, submission stuffs, Trash Family publications, Quick Reads from award nominees and a seasonal ekphrastic writing prompt.

trashcatlit.com

1 8 17

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 19d

Announcing our noms for @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards.
Good luck Trash Family 🦝💜

@sophia-adamowicz.bsky.social @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social @judepickledplum.bsky.social @heatherbooknook.bsky.social @supernaturalfeat.com @lmbayley.bsky.social @gtwriter.bsky.social @mrallanmiller.bsky.social

4 18

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 19d

2nd spotlight and another awesome take on 'Morgue' 🦝
We loved @madeleinewrite.bsky.social's wrangling of the prompts into this creepy, cinematic noir with real heart and an MC we want more of.
Prompts: Morgue/ Funeral Home, Ghost, Falling

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/friday-night...

1 4

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 19d

Today we have 2 stories that should be TV shows 🦝
We loved @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social's reluctant hero figuring out his weird gift. This builds wonderfully to a chilling end.
Prompts: Morgue/Funeral Home, Nightshift Worker, Unwanted Gift

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/rubbernecker/

1 3

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 20d

2nd spotlight is from @adlibby.bsky.social
We love Adele's hermit flash and this historical piece is gorgeous. Beautiful language crashing into facts. Sadness blurring with joy.

From prompts: During the First Day of..., Childhood Sweetheart, Fracture.

Read here: trashcatlit.com/singapura-se...

1 6

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 20d

2/2
Ian also gave Trash Cat an interview. Read his terrific answers here: trashcatlit.com/2025/09/19/q...

Q & A with Ian Johnson

As an unstoppable moron, writing something else – different genre, prompts, audiences etc. But reading too, and hoping for some creative osmosis that way – I start way more books than I finish

trashcatlit.com

3

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 20d

Our penultimate day spotlighting and another superb Q&A.
We loved @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social twisty piece - a Bond-esque feel at first - then it changes course, deliciously. The closing lines are a cracker.
Prompts: Sleeper Train, Insomniac, Seeds

Read here: trashcatlit.com/frisson-inte...
1/2

1 1 3

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 21d

A second daily spotlight, this one from Scott 🦝
We loved this short-sharp bruising piece with its haunting ending.
Amazing take on challenging prompts: During a Break Up, a Ghost, Dancing

Read here: trashcatlit.com/phantom-pain/

2 8

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 21d

First spotlight of the day from our latest issue 🦝
We loved @jupiterjonz.bsky.social imaginative take on a hoarder and the delicious rebelliousness of the two MCs. Feels both tech-modern and beautifully period.
From prompts: The Future, Hoarder, Tickets

Read here: trashcatlit.com/daylight-sav...

8

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22d

Check out the latest acquisitions to our Trash Family Portrait Gallery - our Prompted Stories contributors - the gallery is a delightful array of bin rogues you won't find anywhere else 🦝

trashcatlit.com/trash-family...

Trash Family Portrait Gallery

Our gallery of bin rogues – we asked them which trash animal they most identify with and snook a look at their thrifting/collecting habits. Here’s what came up. JP Relph (Trash Cat) Tra…

trashcatlit.com

1 6

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22d

2nd spotlight today is from @iamagnat.bsky.social 🦝
We loved the quiet tension in this dystopia, the MCs poignant longing and how they find and embrace it unexpectedly.
Such imaginative use of prompts: In the Future, Soldier, a Lie.

Read here: trashcatlit.com/awakening/

1 4

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 22d

1/2 spotlights from our new issue 🦝
We loved @cjpowerswrites.bsky.social cryptid POV - how they describe quilting is beautiful, the the tension builds and the final, majestic line.
Amazing from prompts: Creative Retreat, Cryptid, Gargoyle.

Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/the-point-pl...

5

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23d

Second hero is from @francesgapper.bsky.social 🦝
We loved the pace of this cleverly structured piece, the superb characterisation and of course, a Trash Eagle - elevated.
Very unexpected use of prompts: Building Remodel, Unlikely Hero, Firearm

Read here: trashcatlit.com/into-stones-...

1 1 6

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 23d

Two spotlights today featuring heroes 🦝
We loved @fionamckay.bsky.social's tense, relatable piece, the way it blurs realism and something uncanny, the way it makes us think.
Striking use of prompts: Broken Down Car, Soldier, Old Book

Read here: trashcatlit.com/the-good-peo...

3