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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Salt Pillar, Wigleaf, March 2026

A Long Distance Salt Pillar

Posted on March 25, 2026April 2, 2026 by Kate

I love Wigleaf magazine and I was really happy to see my flash fiction piece, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Salt Pillar, published in this amazing magazine of short fiction. Here’s a little excerpt: One day, you and the angel lie in bed together while your husband is at work, lazily filling out one of…

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Bath Flash Fiction Award

Bath Flash Fiction Award

Posted on February 24, 2026April 2, 2026 by Kate

So excited that my flash piece ‘Ten Things they Never Told you About Possum’ was shortlisted for the amazing Bath Flash Fiction Award in February 2026 and will be coming out in a Bath Flash Fiction Anthology soon! You can read the full list here.

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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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  • March 25, 2026 by Kate A Long Distance Salt Pillar
  • February 24, 2026 by Kate Bath Flash Fiction Award
  • February 5, 2026 by Kate Smokelong Quarterly Workshop Prize
  • 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
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