Kate Hollingsworth 📚
@katehollingswrites.bsky.social
Corporate consultant in Europe turned fiction writer, studying creative writing in the UK | stories in Fictive Dream, Maudlin House, FlashFlood, 101 Words, CafeLit, Flash Festival Anthologies 6 & 8 | Masters Review LL Summer 2025
“The Crab reached. I screamed bubbles. But you changed.”
» New microfiction from me today, ‘I Was Never the Vertebrate’ in 101 Words
I’m grateful to close out my year with this piece in 101 Words. It feels like a meaningful way for me to linger at the end of 2025 before starting 2026. Thank you
» New microfiction from me today, ‘I Was Never the Vertebrate’ in 101 Words
I’m grateful to close out my year with this piece in 101 Words. It feels like a meaningful way for me to linger at the end of 2025 before starting 2026. Thank you
I Was Never the Vertebrate - 101 Words
I dreamed we were seahorses, entwined tail-to-tail. We raced inches for fun. Two victors. Then we were reborn, two starfish. […]
101words.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“The Crab reached. I screamed bubbles. But you changed.”
» New microfiction from me today, ‘I Was Never the Vertebrate’ in 101 Words
I’m grateful to close out my year with this piece in 101 Words. It feels like a meaningful way for me to linger at the end of 2025 before starting 2026. Thank you
» New microfiction from me today, ‘I Was Never the Vertebrate’ in 101 Words
I’m grateful to close out my year with this piece in 101 Words. It feels like a meaningful way for me to linger at the end of 2025 before starting 2026. Thank you
"and I can’t tell if he wants me to find it or not. But I do. And I can’t unsee it. But I keep secrets. There is nothing more holy than amending a story, creating new myths. A software update. Adapt or die. Subversion is evolution."
Perfect read to unwrap day-after-Christmas @havehashad.com
Perfect read to unwrap day-after-Christmas @havehashad.com
My Son Swaps Jesus for a G.I. Joe in the Nativity Scene by Aaron Sandberg
and I can’t tell if he wants me to find it or not. But I do. And I can’t unsee it. But I keep secrets. There is nothing more holy than amending a story, creating new myths. A software update. Adapt or...
www.havehashad.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"and I can’t tell if he wants me to find it or not. But I do. And I can’t unsee it. But I keep secrets. There is nothing more holy than amending a story, creating new myths. A software update. Adapt or die. Subversion is evolution."
Perfect read to unwrap day-after-Christmas @havehashad.com
Perfect read to unwrap day-after-Christmas @havehashad.com
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From biting into ginger root to playing pick-up basketball games, 10 authors featured in our #PENTen Interview Series in 2025 tell us what habits they maintain and what items they carry with them when traveling to support their writing practice: pen.org/what-do-auth...
What Do Authors Need When They Travel?
Ten authors tell PEN America what habits they maintain and what items they carry with them when traveling to support their writing practice.
pen.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
From biting into ginger root to playing pick-up basketball games, 10 authors featured in our #PENTen Interview Series in 2025 tell us what habits they maintain and what items they carry with them when traveling to support their writing practice: pen.org/what-do-auth...
Reposted by Kate Hollingsworth 📚
We’re open for submissions!
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We’re open for submissions!
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
Closing date 31st January.
Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges:
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/
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Great #fiction from our Oct. authors so our thanks to Lindsay Hill @jennystalter.bsky.social Helen Harradine @kdiannerule.bsky.social @katehollingswrites.bsky.social @drhannahstevens.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social Brian Kirk and @bsherm36.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great #fiction from our Oct. authors so our thanks to Lindsay Hill @jennystalter.bsky.social Helen Harradine @kdiannerule.bsky.social @katehollingswrites.bsky.social @drhannahstevens.bsky.social @karenschauber.bsky.social Brian Kirk and @bsherm36.bsky.social
'Bought It For Life' - I first drafted this shortly after a Female Gothic class at Flash Fiction Festival that left me ruminating over domestic stories within my life. Thank you very much for the class @susmitab.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social and for publishing @fictivedream.bsky.social
ICYMI today we're featuring Bought It For Life by Kate Hollingsworth @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/12/b...
October 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Bought It For Life' - I first drafted this shortly after a Female Gothic class at Flash Fiction Festival that left me ruminating over domestic stories within my life. Thank you very much for the class @susmitab.bsky.social @flashficfestuk.bsky.social and for publishing @fictivedream.bsky.social
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ICYMI today we're featuring Bought It For Life by Kate Hollingsworth @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/12/b...
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICYMI today we're featuring Bought It For Life by Kate Hollingsworth @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/12/b...
I'm very happy to see this story published today, especially in an online magazine I love- Fictive Dream. The story is a female gothic unraveling inspired by my own fear of spiders.
Thank you, Fictive Dream
Thank you, Fictive Dream
"The shrine takes his sturdy leather boots, well-worn, loved." Bought It For Life by Kate Hollingsworth @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please just click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/12/b...
October 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm very happy to see this story published today, especially in an online magazine I love- Fictive Dream. The story is a female gothic unraveling inspired by my own fear of spiders.
Thank you, Fictive Dream
Thank you, Fictive Dream
What excitement to see this! Thank you to Fictive Dream for publishing Bought It For Life... out tomorrow
A big welcome to Kate Hollingsworth with her flash Bought It For Life, out tomorrow @katehollingswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingcommunity #readingommuity
October 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
What excitement to see this! Thank you to Fictive Dream for publishing Bought It For Life... out tomorrow
Every Friday I enjoy Dave Barry's Substack post of the week, and this week is no exception - "Pants Anxiety"
Pants Anxiety
It's genuine.
substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every Friday I enjoy Dave Barry's Substack post of the week, and this week is no exception - "Pants Anxiety"
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Why read read 28 book lists when you could just read one? Here is the ultimate fall reading list.
The Ultimate Fall 2025 Reading List
It may still be in the 70s in New York, but autumn, they assure me, approaches. This means it’s time for Literary Hub’s annual Ultimate Fall Reading List, in which (in case you’re new) …
buff.ly
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why read read 28 book lists when you could just read one? Here is the ultimate fall reading list.
Thrilled Maudlin House liked my new story! It’s nostalgic gaming fiction + modern cozy gaming + mother/daughter relationship. Thank you to Maudlin House for publishing it!
September 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thrilled Maudlin House liked my new story! It’s nostalgic gaming fiction + modern cozy gaming + mother/daughter relationship. Thank you to Maudlin House for publishing it!
Loved this list. It took me on a journey while also feeling deeply true to the odd stream of short interactions at a funeral
new list poem today from Ewen Glass that's funny and heartbreaking and weird and sweet
"He's still with us. He's in the trees."
https://www.havehashad.com/nm89b
"He's still with us. He's in the trees."
https://www.havehashad.com/nm89b
Things Said to an Eight Year-Old Boy at His Dad’s Funeral by Ewen Glass
Your dad was a real people person; it's just a shame his immune system wasn't. There are those tiny sausages you like. Every time you see a shooting star– first of all, you'd be lucky, the chances of…
www.havehashad.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Loved this list. It took me on a journey while also feeling deeply true to the odd stream of short interactions at a funeral
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Aaaaand we're officially back! And even better: we're open for submissions.✨ We can't wait to dive back into your work!
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Aaaaand we're officially back! And even better: we're open for submissions.✨ We can't wait to dive back into your work!
Currently listening to -
From Audience to Impact: Crafting a Narrative That Connects
Listen to The Shit No One Tells You About Writing on RedCircle
redcircle.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Currently listening to -
I wrote a travel essay: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Delphi." Are we sharing substack posts on Bluesky? God forbid I be gauche, but I'd love to find substacks from the lit fic community... hm
The essay is basically pigeons, sun, and ancient ruins (oh my). Apollo might even be listening.
The essay is basically pigeons, sun, and ancient ruins (oh my). Apollo might even be listening.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Delphi
One pilgrimage later, still no wiser
draftyinhere.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wrote a travel essay: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Delphi." Are we sharing substack posts on Bluesky? God forbid I be gauche, but I'd love to find substacks from the lit fic community... hm
The essay is basically pigeons, sun, and ancient ruins (oh my). Apollo might even be listening.
The essay is basically pigeons, sun, and ancient ruins (oh my). Apollo might even be listening.
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The second half of the year is when quieter, stranger novels tend to rise to the surface, and these newly translated works from around the world are no exception.
15 Novels in Translation You Should be Reading This Summer and Fall - Electric Literature
The second half of 2025 is introducing literary voices from Japan, Ecuador, Kurdistan, and elsewhere"
buff.ly
August 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The second half of the year is when quieter, stranger novels tend to rise to the surface, and these newly translated works from around the world are no exception.
Week two on Bluesky... still misclicking everywhere but my feed is updated with my interests now! Progress
August 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Week two on Bluesky... still misclicking everywhere but my feed is updated with my interests now! Progress
Started my Monday reading with this lovely, emotional + spare micro piece. A much-needed sharp turn from mindlessly sifting through weekend emails!
"A week after the crash, his parents came and asked if they could make a roadside memorial." Memorial by Scott Ragland #MicroMonday #microfiction #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/11/m...
August 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Started my Monday reading with this lovely, emotional + spare micro piece. A much-needed sharp turn from mindlessly sifting through weekend emails!
Reposted by Kate Hollingsworth 📚
Books are just long-term parasocial relationships with people who don’t exist.
Honestly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Honestly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
August 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Books are just long-term parasocial relationships with people who don’t exist.
Honestly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Honestly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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In Issue No. 11 @silashouse.bsky.social writes about home as a place that both hurt him & loved him. A place he still loves with all his heart. How do we find common ground with those who raised us but who also voted against the dreams we have for our lives and this country? Silas points the way.
Silas House - Letter from Home — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Returning to his Kentucky homeplace, Silas House realizes the value of its culture of love without judgment. Such mutual care would counter the divides that those in the political arena use to control...
bittersoutherner.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In Issue No. 11 @silashouse.bsky.social writes about home as a place that both hurt him & loved him. A place he still loves with all his heart. How do we find common ground with those who raised us but who also voted against the dreams we have for our lives and this country? Silas points the way.
Currently listening to -
Is there a song of the summer in 2025? : Pop Culture Happy Hour
Last year was Brat summer and saw the rise of Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, and Sabrina Carpenter. But is there a song of the summer for 2025? Today we're talking about the competing songs of this summer ...
www.npr.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Currently listening to -
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Granta contributors, friends and staff share what they are reading this summer.
granta.com/summer-reads...
granta.com/summer-reads...
Summer Reads 2025
Granta contributors, friends and staff share what they are reading this summer.
granta.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Granta contributors, friends and staff share what they are reading this summer.
granta.com/summer-reads...
granta.com/summer-reads...
Day 1 joining Bluesky and getting my bearings
July 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Day 1 joining Bluesky and getting my bearings