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Like sleigh bells in the distance on Christmas Eve, something special is approaching…

Our 2015 anthology now has a name and a face. It is called Landmarks,and we owe our thanks to Ian Shine for letting us borrow the name.

Well, it’s been a tortuous job to winnow the 200+ submission down to our selection, but Angi Holden and myself have finally managed it. And so we are pleased to announce that the stories in this years anthology will be as follows: A Curious State of Affairs  by  Ingrid Jendrzejewski A Secret Weight  by  KM … Read more

Well, the judges have sweated and grumbled, but in the end we managed to get them to make a decision, and we’re pleased to announce the winning 10 stories from this year’s over-300 entries to the Micro-Fiction competition.The only stipulation was that the story should be 100 words or fewer and I think you’ll be … Read more

Hello everyone, Well, the judges have been doing their thing, and we are close to being able to announce our top 10 and our winner! But just to get you in the mood, here is our longlist of 25. I will only post the titles at the moment, but you’ll know who you are. Final … Read more

Hello everyone, Well, here in the UK it is Election Day. I’m just about to head out to vote and I urge you to do the same. (If I said I don’t care who you vote for, I’d be lying – of course I care – but whoever it is, I just think you should … Read more

Hooray! It seems to have been on its way for a long time, but the day is finally here. So Happy National Flash-Fiction Day everyone! I shan’t keep you for long, but just to round up all the things you need to be aware of. First, we have the events which are running today. Details … Read more

Yes, you read that correctly. Not only are we bringing you a host of lovely words and events, but we’re bringing you genuine Special Offers! So, below, please find a list of ebooks, mostly on Kindle, but some not, which will be FREE, DISCOUNTED, or just generally LOW PRICED, all day on 21st June 2014, … Read more

[We asked Kevlin Henney to talk about the Bristol NFFD workshop and readings which served as the main events for this year’s day. He said ‘yes’ and here it is…] Isn’t it odd, I thought, that there are no flash-related events in Bristol on National Flash-Fiction Day? This was 2012, the first National Flash-Fiction Day was happening … Read more

Well, hello everyone, It’s been just over a week since The Day, so I thought I would catch you up with what happened then and what has happened since.  Of course, we launched our new anthology, Scraps, and that has done incredibly well. We have exactly 5 copies left from our original printings.  However, we also … Read more