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Sarah Turner

@scturnerfiction.bsky.social

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Short-story writer. Work in: Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS 2023 www.scturnerfiction.com

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Dec 31

Thanks so much:

Shooter Lit Mag
@TheLondonMag.bsky.social
@EpoquePress.bsky.social
Loft
@LeonLiteraryMagazine.bsky.social @willesdenherald.bsky.social @SonoraReview.bsky.social

for publishing my short stories in 2024. I really appreciate your care with my work

#WritingCommunity #amwriting

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · 5d

Just seen this, Jayson. Congratulations!

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Jayson Carcione @carcionejay.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to have been awarded a 2025 Mentorship in Fiction Bursary with Frank O’Connor fellow @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social
@munsterlitcentre.bsky.social

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The Poetry Society @handle.invalid · 11d

We’re sorry to hear that Tony Harrison has died aged 88.
Tony won The National Poetry Competition in 1980 with the moving poem Timer, about the loss of his mother. poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/timer/

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jjournal.bsky.social @jjournal.bsky.social · 14d

www.jjournal.org/post/severe-...
A 30-year cooking career led to moderate renown. Today, after fallout from destructive choices, Jim is in prison preparing meals for fellow incarcerees, writing with wry humor about the care and feeding of those behind bars.

www.jjournal.org

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 26d

Don't read the news. Read short stories instead. We got links to eight incredible pieces of writing.

Featuring nonfiction from:
Meg Doyle in @electricliterature.com ‬
Casey Jo Graham Welmers in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Jeannie Vanasco in @literaryhub.bsky.social

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#cnf #nonfiction

The Shortlist for September 12, 2025 - Turn & Work

Nonfiction by Meg Doyle, Casey Jo Graham Welmers, and Jeannie Vanasco, and fiction from Emily Rinkema, Lauren Kardos, Chris Farrington and David Partington.

www.turnandwork.com

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · 26d

‘I feel that if the form strays too far from the sort of story we might have enjoyed as a child it atrophies’: such an interesting interview with @polyscribe70.bsky.social by @amantineb.bsky.social . Really looking forward to the rest of the series

#writing-community

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · 26d

Huge thanks to the wonderful @amantineb.bsky.social for the chance to talk stories in her From the Heart series. Thanks too for her quiet, sensitive reading of an extract from my collection Things Grown Distant, published by @confingopublishing.bsky.social www.amantinebrodeur.com/post/taking-...

Talking Stories with Mike Fox

Mike Fox is the first guest interviewed for the 'From the Heart' Interview Series.

www.amantinebrodeur.com

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Sep 8

Absolutely thrilled to have a story out in The Forge Literary Magazine today!

The Forge Literary Magazine @theforge.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our story of the week is The Source of Love by Brecht De Poortere.

The Source of Love - The Forge Literary Magazine

The Source of Love, a short fiction by Brecht De Poortere

forgelitmag.com

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wisdom from the National Trust bookshop in Avebury 💙📚

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of £2 must be in want of a second-hand book’: written on a small chalkboard in Cobblestones, the second-hand bookshop in Avebury. Bookshelves visible in the background.

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes, that’s true

Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thanks, Mike! Yes, I’m interested in tracing change in relationships, too, and I really enjoyed that in your story, especially the growing sense of trust you created between them

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 5

‘You could glimpse the child in there, and the teenager, and the young man’: I love the intuitive understanding and incremental build-up of intimacy and trust between the characters in this story by @polyscribe70.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social

Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social · Sep 5

Honoured to return to @fictivedream.bsky.social today with The Shape of Moments, a twin of an earlier story, Backgrounds. Very grateful to Laura, also to @kerryhp.bskyb.social and @[email protected] for encouragement to explore these characters further.

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Davy wouldn’t intrude, but he’d be around. And in his way I think he liked it that I was." The Shape of Moments by Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/09/05/t...

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 5

I really enjoyed this, June

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · Sep 4

ICYMI

Temple in a city @templeinacity.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh this @junegemmell.bsky.social story! Do you have tear ducts? Prepare to use them. Tell everyone at work or wherever you are that it’s just allergies. Prepare yourself for a lovely, relatable, well-drawn visit to a house maybe you know too.
templeinacity.com/fiction-june...

Temple in a City

Temple in a City literary journal, June Gemmell

templeinacity.com

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 5

Really enjoyed hearing Mick Herron on the Today programme earlier, talking about his writing routine (lots of solitaire and ‘creative naps’, writing a sentence, staring out of the window, writing another). Excited that there’ll be a new series of Slow Horses soon, too

💙📚 #BookSky #WritingCommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's a pleasure to welcome back Mike Fox with his #shortstory The Shape of Moments, out tomorrow @polyscribe70.bsky.social #fiction #writingcommunity

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Sep 4

Looking forward to this!

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are once again OPEN for submissions to both our print journal and miCRo! We strongly encourage you to submit to the print journal within the next day or so, as we tend to reach our cap just days after opening up.

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’m reading it very fast as well - there’s something very addictive about it.

Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Aug 31

That’s a great idea. I’m finding I’m very drawn to reading more of it after running

Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’m loving this memoir about writing and running by Haruki Murakami

💙📚 #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Cover of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Aug 30

Stratford yesterday, in the evening sun. I saw an incredibly powerful performance of A Winter’s Tale, which I still think is my favourite Shakespeare play
#Shakespeare
#Stratford-upon-Avon
#AWintersTale

View from the street Shakespeare lived on in later life. The building shown is now a hotel.

Shops in the bottom of medieval buildings.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hi, Bluesky! 👋 We’re excited to be here. Our official move from Twitter/X happens on 1 September, but we’re already settling in. Follow us for writerly news and good conversation - including monthly Bluesky chats! 💙 #WritingCommunity

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jjournal.bsky.social @jjournal.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.jjournal.org/post/things-...

Author of 3 poetry collections: Meet Me at the Bottom, The Only Country Was the Color of My Skin, Umberto’s Night, which won the poetry prize from Washington Writers’ Publishing House. James Still Award, Thomas Merton prize, H.O.W. Journal, Washington Square Review.

things you should know by Kathleen Hellen

I should throw it away. Nubbed and frayed from all the cycles. The thrashing and the tumbling. This shabby robe that robs the dignity of my undressing. This effigy that hangs on tatty sleeves. These ...

www.jjournal.org

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Aug 27

Morning!

Pink rose, with blue sky and leaves behind it.

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congratulations, June! Looking forward to reading it!