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Kik Lodge

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Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, 2026) SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO (Alien Buddha Press, 2023) Words in Milk Candy Review | Ghost Parachute | Smokelong | Bending Genres | Hosts literary open-mics @saloneurope.bsky.social www.kiklodge.com

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 28d

After a few months of sitting flat-bummed on the writing bench, have finally got meself a new story out in @mrbullbull.bsky.social with a shithot drawing by @jeromefage.bsky.social

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 28d

"Graham Moiselle waits in line like everybody else. He’s not an eejit. He doesn’t usually ask anything from anyone. He’s not looking for trouble. He just wants to be heard. That’s all he wants." @kiklodge.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 5h

"women don't like the vehicle" is going to be lodged in my brain's neocortex for the rest of my natural life www.wired.com/story/owning...

Q: And are you married?
A: I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 1d

Nope. Nope. Nope.
Not cool.
Not here.
Not ever.

We will keep working with real translators and narrators (and artists and proofreaders and authors and...) without any of this "AI" bullshit.

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1d

The 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair heard that developments in AI audiobooks mean publishers will no longer have to decide whether to translate a book, but instead just choose which market to translate into 👇 #FBM25

AI audio means publishers ‘don’t have to choose whether to translate, only which market’, FBF hears

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 6d

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 9d

"A Circus of Songs" by Shome Dasgupta--a quietly moving non-fiction giving us a poetic peek into the author's internal world. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 9d

Big giggle this one.

Beegshotdeentcha @amityvandal.bsky.social · 9d

New @kylerseibel.bsky.social story at Little Engines. Always a cause for celebration. www.littleengines.pub/p/the-office...

The Office of Future Plans

A new story from Kyle Seibel

www.littleengines.pub

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 9d

A real wonder. Beautiful read!

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 10d

THANK YOU LOVELY (only just seen this!) 😘

Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 10d

Managing pretty darn well. 👍

Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 10d

Nth degree barmy by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social 🙌

Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 10d

Thrilled to kick off @flashfrog.bsky.social's Frogtober with a ghost story! Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social, and thanks to my bud, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, for absolutely perfect art; shout out to her and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the early eyes on the piece.
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Collision by Michael Czyzniejewski

Light my candles in a daze ‘cause I’ve found God. —Nirvana, “Lithium” The hardest part about being a ghost is getting over the sex, as in watching the living go at it. It’s ironic because when you …

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 13d

If you’re stuck for something to do with your ears in October, well there’s always this ⤵️⬇️⤵️ @saloneurope.bsky.social

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for our quarterly Online Open Mic Salon, with our effervescent host, @kiklodge.bsky.social

As usual, it will feature gripping readings and a highly serious quiz

Reading spots are full this round, but join our Substack, if you’re not already on it, to hear about these when they’re announced

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 13d

Fricking yeah 😚

Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 16d

Calling all poets 📣📢💥

Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms - Online Poetry Workshop Series

In this friendly course, we will learn and try different approaches to writing poetry. Join the whole series or choose individual sessions.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 19d

We're delighted to announce our nomination for Best of the Net 2026: Bark by D.B. Miller
@dbmillerwriter.bsky.social #flashfiction #BestoftheNet. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance...Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/03/16/b...

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Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 17d

Good luck! 🙌

Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 17d

Just gone and entered! These chaps are FUN.

The Failing Writers Podcast @failingwriters.bsky.social · 17d

And awaaay! Our 300 word flash FICTION competition is officially go. With the marvellous Sarah Lewis from @writershq.bsky.social taking the gavel. Have a squizz at the latest episode for the FACTS about how to get your grubby mitts on that 500 knicker

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The Failing Writers Podcast: S5 Ep16: FLASH FICTION COMPETITION!

Finally.I know, I know.It's that time of year we all look forward to.The leaves begin to loosen their grip. The sky is pregnant with it's autumnal offerings.Jon gets poetic.But aside from all that ...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 19d

Happening two weeks today (and a week on Tuesday). A chance to delve into all sorts of things like Vonnegut's story graphs and the golden ratio and how a story is like a fish, a spiral and a train track

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

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Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 20d

Writers! Paragraph Planet seeks your 75-word #stories. One has been published on the home page every day since 2008, and tomorrow it could be you! (Well maybe not you, because I've already allocated...but in a few days or so) Submit here: paragraphplanet.com/submission.php

kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 21d

Fabulous review of this fabulous collection by @mynachang.bsky.social !

Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 21d

⚡️Fast Flash Review: The Potential of Radio and Rain by @mynachang.bsky.social published by @cutbank.bsky.social
🙏 to @nightparrot.bsky.social #flashfiction

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 21d

In case you need to hear it today:

Being exhausted is completely valid.

The world is exhausting and actively trying to wear you down. There is nothing wrong with you if you are feeling it.

The wrong in this aspect is folks of the world trying to make you think this is normal.

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 21d

Calling all young poets aged 14-25: come along to our online open mic in celebration of #NationalPoetryDay!

This Takeover will feature a headline set from Young Poets Networker Maggie Wang. But anyone aged 14-25 can sign up for an open mic slot to share their work!

Sign up at bit.ly/PlayTakeover

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 22d

Things We Think With: Evocative Objects and Social History in Life-Writing

When: 26 November 2025, 6.30pm GMT/7.30pm CET

Where: Online

Join @susannacrossman.bsky.social for this look at memory, how we use objects, archives and history (social history and micro-history) in life writing.