Writer. Flash fiction devotee.
Published in Fractured Lit, Ellipsis Zine, Bending Genres, Janus Literary, Tiny Molecules, 100 Word Story, Hungry Ghost Magazine, Blink-Ink, and elsewhere
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The online lit magazine and bookshop, Ellipsis, stocks beautifully written fiction & creative nonfiction. 1,000 words or fewer, any genre.
'A Bartender Named Destiny' by Jacqueline Doyle
Her name was Destiny and she told me I didn’t have long to live. Carpay something, she said, which I didn’t really get at the time. Car payments? House payments? The car’s paid off, by the way, but not the house.
Read more: https://www.ellipsiszine.com/a-bartender-named-destiny-by-jacqueline-doyle/
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Her name was Destiny and she told me I didn’t have long to live. Carpay something, she said, which I didn’t really get at the time. Car payments? House payments? The car’s paid off, by the way, but not the…
New #FlashFiction out today in #PunkNoir for all my ladies who love air compressors but hate cheatin' husbands
https://punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/build-your-own-disaster-by-stephanie-king/
POETRY AS THE GIFT OF ATTENTION
Kate Millar is one of Scotland's Young Makars for 2023. She's written a really lovely blog piece for us: some of her thoughts on poetry and the art of paying attention.
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2023/08/poetry-as-the-gift-of-attention/
not to be complicit
not to accept everyone else is silent it must be alright
not to keep one’s mouth shut to hold onto one’s job
not to accept public language as cover and decoy…
—Tom Leonard, “Being a Human Being”
9/10
https://www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetry-and-prose/poem-being-a-human-being.html
🎉OUT TODAY🥳
NOTHING BUT A SET OF EYES FOR STARS
New Writing Scotland 41
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Marjorie Lotfi, & Niall O’Gallagher
The best new #poetry & #ShortStories in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots – available now from all good bookshops (& the evil one)
I knew there were beehives on the roof of theScottish Parliament, but didn't know they harvested the beeswax for the official seals affixed to Acts of Parliament https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66534614
This makes me smile.
I have a wee story, 'Kichi Sibi' published at Fractured Lit today! Thank you to the editor and reading team. ❤️
Libreture
Ellipsis Zine
Stephanie King
Scottish Poetry Library
Assoc for Scottish Literature
LordWoolamaloo
Murdo Eason
Jane Lomas