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The Vestal Review, Issue 67

Posted on December 8, 2025January 1, 2026 by Kate

I’m so thrilled to see my flash piece The Altar of St Cindy in brilliant company in this beautiful new issue of The Vestal Review. Thanks so much to David Galef, to Smokelong Quarterly, where this piece began, and to my lovely writing group as always!

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The Tao of Thorstein Codbiter

Posted on November 28, 2025January 1, 2026 by Kate

I’m really happy to see my flash fiction piece The Tao of Thorstein Codbiter in stellar company in this special FamPunk edition of Flash Fiction Online. Thanks so much to lovely editors Emma Burnett and Rebecca Halsey, and to Smokelong Quarterly, where this piece began in a writing fitness workshop.

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The Citron Review

Posted on June 29, 2025January 1, 2026 by Kate

I’m really excited to see my micro piece On Sunday, you wake up as a Firebird published in the summer edition of The Citron Review. Thanks so much to lovely editor JR Walsh, and to Smokelong Quarterly, where this piece began in the March Micro Marathon ’25, and then ended up winning the ‘up to 250-word…

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National Flash Fiction Day

National Flash Fiction Day

Posted on June 12, 2025January 1, 2026 by Kate

So excited to be moderating this panel event in conversation with a group of amazing flash fiction authors, Storytelling as Resistance for National Flash Fiction Day NZ, tomorrow at 10:30 pm BST, featuring Anton Blank, Síle Mannion, Eraldo Souza dos Santos, Afua Awo Twumwaah and Viktoriia Vozhrenko. Lovely author and editor Michelle Elvy invited me…

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Best Small Fictions 2025

Posted on June 3, 2025January 1, 2026 by Kate

It’s been an amazing experience to work with series and managing editors Nathan Leslie and Michelle Elvy and fellow Associate Editors, Barbara Byar, Damian Dressick, Lynn Mundell, Mandira Pattnaik, and Charles Rammelkamp on this year’s Best Small Fictions anthology! Best Small Fictions is the first-ever contemporary anthology solely dedicated to anthologizing the best internationally published short…

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The Cincinnati Review

The Cincinnati Review

Posted on April 18, 2025January 1, 2026 by Kate

I was over the moon that The Cincinnati Review published my micro piece The Meat Ration! Thanks so much to editor Kate Jayroe, and especially to Smokelong Quarterly, where this piece began in the March Micro Marathon ’25, and then somehow won the up to 400-word story competition at the end of the wonderfully fun…

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I write short fiction, poetry and novels. I'm the co-editor/founder of Inkfish Magazine & Press & I lecture in creative writing at the University of Hull.

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  • December 13, 2025 by Kate Kickstart your Writing in 2026!
  • December 8, 2025 by Kate The Vestal Review, Issue 67
  • November 28, 2025 by Kate The Tao of Thorstein Codbiter
  • September 19, 2025 by Kate North Cornwall Book Festival
  • June 29, 2025 by Kate The Citron Review
  • June 28, 2025 by Kate Holyer an Gof Awards
  • June 12, 2025 by Kate National Flash Fiction Day
  • June 3, 2025 by Kate Best Small Fictions 2025
  • April 18, 2025 by Kate The Cincinnati Review
  • October 17, 2024 by Kate Cornwall in Short
  • October 1, 2024 by Kate Perfect Victims: Six Suspense Stories
  • February 8, 2024 by Kate Comma Press: Writing Short Crime Fiction Course
  • August 1, 2023 by Kate The Glass Delusion
  • October 27, 2022 by Kate A4 Studios Maker’s Market
  • April 9, 2022 by Kate Chorlton Arts Festival
  • April 7, 2022 by Kate New Short Fiction
  • May 5, 2021 by Kate That Lockdown Novel
  • April 22, 2020 by Kate Polaroids and Poems
  • April 12, 2020 by Kate The Lure of Abandoned Places
  • April 14, 2018 by Kate Edinburgh International Science Festival
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