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Paul Thompson
@hombrehompson.bsky.social
in Sheffield. some flash fiction in moonrabbitcandy, okaydonkeymag, janusliterary, ellipsiszine etc. you might know it from that other place. i would post it here if I knew how to.

https://hombrehompson.com/
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Hey this is something I wrote. Thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for publishing it. 🐷
"Everyone calls him Pigsnort. One word, not two. Almost like a real name. You struggle to remember his actual name, or question if you ever knew it. If every village has an idiot, then every school has a Pigsnort." @hombrehompson.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Hey this is something I wrote. Thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for publishing it. 🐷
"Everyone calls him Pigsnort. One word, not two. Almost like a real name. You struggle to remember his actual name, or question if you ever knew it. If every village has an idiot, then every school has a Pigsnort." @hombrehompson.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
January 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Yay! Big surprise to be in the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology this year with my story 'Rainy Season' 🌧️

Thanks to @karjon.bsky.social @cherylmarkosky.bsky.social for selecting it and @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social for her helpful feedback 😍
We’re excited to announce the line up for this year’s anthology on the theme of SEASONS, along with the winners of our two Editors’ Choice Awards. Congratulations to everyone on the list & many thanks to everyone who submitted: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
a tree in the middle of a grassy field with a cloudy sky
ALT: a tree in the middle of a grassy field with a cloudy sky
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March 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I didn't make the cut but congrats to everyone who did 👏
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After much agonisation, here is the shortlist for this year's #WelkinMini...

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

The first non-winning piece will be published tomorrow! Then there will be one a day (ish) until the winners are announced towards the end of the month.
Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk
A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Oh wow I am on the longlist 😍

What a great start to the new year and a much needed boost after a bit of a writing break.

Well done everyone and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for all your efforts.
Drum roll! 🥁🥁🥁

Announcing the longlist for the #WelkinMini 2025: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

If you're on the list, please celebrate wildly (but don't reveal the title of your piece).

If you didn't make it this year, commiserations. Many amazing pieces missed out.
Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk
A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I thought I'd deactivated my account in the old place, but turns out I hadn't. But now I have, just in case you were wondering why I haven't been responding to things I haven't seen. 🥴
January 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
After a long break from writing I did this today. I would encourage everyone else to do the same. @welkinprize.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Right, I have finally abandoned the old place, so I'll start posting stuff here. How about an old and favourite story of mine to get started?

okaydonkeymag.com/2019/12/27/w...
We Feed Them to the Lions by Paul Thompson
Nine years old, with parents distracted, a boy falls into the lion enclosure. It looked more like a jump, his sister says. The boy lands safely, in the artificial lake beneath him. He swims to the …
okaydonkeymag.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Paul Thompson
My story 'The Sleeping Ones' is published today in the latest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social 😀

Thanks to @amygcb.bsky.social @owenwyke.bsky.social for selecting it and @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social for all the edit suggestions #flashfiction 🐦

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
March 26, 2024 at 10:12 AM
My story 'The Sleeping Ones' is published today in the latest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social 😀

Thanks to @amygcb.bsky.social @owenwyke.bsky.social for selecting it and @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social for all the edit suggestions #flashfiction 🐦

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
March 26, 2024 at 10:12 AM