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James Mason
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Man about town that likes to stay in
I've had a story published by @wensumlit.bsky.social . It's bittersweet and a little sad, but I hope it's good. Find out for yourself, here: wensumlit.co.uk/2025/12/01/i...
#wensumit #shortstory #fiction
I Hate Mondays by James Mason
Friday lunchtime is always awful. Alone at her desk, Sally eats a prepacked sandwich. The bread tastes wet and sticks to the roof of her mouth. At the empty desks, geometric shapes moil on computer…
wensumlit.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The lovely people at #eggplusfrog have published a story I wrote. It’s a wild ride.

#flashfiction #story #shortstory

eggplusfrog.com/tag/all-hail...
all hail the monkey god – EGG+FROG
eggplusfrog.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you want to read a nasty little folk horror tale about a man who murders his wife in the woods, I just had that exact story published by #darkharbourmagazine:

www.darkharbormagazine.com/pork-chops/
#flashfiction #story #horror
Pork Chops
Although he couldn’t save his wife, Matthew said he was lucky to escape the woods. Later, it came out that, onthe first day of the hike, as he’d planned all along, he hit her on the head with a stone ...
www.darkharbormagazine.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Writing is a useful tool to put between my feelings and having to feel them.
July 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’ve just read Douglas Dunn’s short story Bobby’s Room and I’m delighted to say that it’s very good.
March 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reposted by James Mason
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Reposted by James Mason
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
An essay I sent out months ago has been rejected. The message in the email includes: ‘we appreciate the time and commitment your piece must of taken’. Which seems a bigger FU than not responding at all.
#writing
December 19, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Flax
December 18, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Silver
December 17, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Zone
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Wither
December 17, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Resistance
December 17, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Coping isn’t an option
December 17, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Large but cramped
December 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM
This airless chamber
December 17, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Who likes chocolate?
December 16, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Just finished the second draft of a story. At the moment, it’s the best I’ve ever written. Now I’m going to leave it for a month so it can mature into the worse.
#writing
December 13, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Jeez
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
I’ve reached a point in a fun project where I need to write a plan and acknowledge the fun stops here and it becomes just a project.
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Watching the 1961 TV movie of Anna Karenina with Sean Connery in it. I can’t tell if he’s delivering a standout performance or if he’s the only actor I recognise.
December 8, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Just watched #Conclave. I never could have guessed watching old men fill out forms could be so interesting.
December 6, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Hey, cat accounts pspspspsps
December 6, 2024 at 7:48 AM
The problem with having guests for dinner is you inevitably end up having left over guest for a week afterwards.
December 4, 2024 at 11:50 PM
The best thing about being a bit sad at Christmas is that I’ve just eaten a panettone. Any other time of the year, I’d be sad and hungry
December 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM