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Lucienne Cummings

@lucimcummings.bsky.social

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Writer of tiny things. Fiction: NFFD, Mslexia, Neither Fish Nor Foul, Funny Pearls, Trash Cat Lit. Gags etc: Breaking The News, Noising Up, Newsjack. She/her https://luciennecummings.com/ https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucienne-cummings/

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 15d

You need this anthology because:

1) The stories are great. (Yes I wrote one of them but I've read them all.)

2) Your local wildlife will love you for it.

3) It's a distraction from all the other stuff.

#writingcommunity
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
#shortfiction

Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 15d

We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 2d

Great episode this week, including a tiny something by me. Well done to all who made it onto the radio or TV, or both.

Is Des the "Lord of the Flies"? Tune in on iPlayer to find out...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Breaking the News - Series 15 - TV: Episode 1

Des Clarke and special guests Felicity Ward, Chris Forbes, Kate Hammer and Marc Jennings break down the week’s news and put it back together again.

www.bbc.co.uk

Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks! Hope you get something on soon.
(If this series is a repeat of 31, this is the last you'll see of me 🤣.)

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 2d

Loved that, along with the final closer, which was 👌 (wasn't mine).

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Funny Women @funnywomen.bsky.social · 3d

We’re thrilled to celebrate our 2025 Stage Award runner-up, Madeleine Brettingham! 🏆

A fantastic set that had everyone in stitches — watch it now:

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3nu...

The Rare Female Geezer - Madeline Brettingham | Funny Women Awards | Funny Parts

YouTube video by Funny Parts

www.youtube.com

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! You too!

Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 3d

No problem! Good luck with everything!

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Marjolein @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social · 3d

Only six days to go until Gareth and I's brand new radio show hits BBC Radio 4. Tune in at 11.15pm to hear all about the curious lives of one of this planets most inexplicable animals: humans ✨🌏🌎🌍✨

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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 3d

A wonderful shoutout from @matgost.bsky.social for our print anthology, What Comes to Light and the fabulous Silent Screams in which our Ed has some quiet horror 🖤

mybook.to/WhatComesToL...

MatGost @matgost.bsky.social · 6d

Three amazing charity anthology projects just landed...
My own Silent Screams antho, plus collections from @sasharavitch.bsky.social & @therelphian.bsky.social of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
Read all about them here:
matgost.substack.com/p/silent-scr...

A promo image for my blog post on substack, showing the cover of my Silent Screams anthology, with a word cloud, and the post title: "Silent Screams for Halloween"

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 3d

Does that make you some kind of super Renaissance man?

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

I've got a degree in English and Communications Studies, an MA in Medieval Studies, and I'm a writer.

I might be as "low-value" af, but, unlike certain politicians, I can speak AND spell, and learn lessons from history.

Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

As one of a number of folks frantically googling cheese types, I would like to personally recommend you havarti a look at the first book as it will roquefort your world, then consider backing the brie-quel.

Chris Douch @thisisdouch.bsky.social · 4d

Kickstarter for CHEESE: Lights! Crackers! Action! launches at 10am today.

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

Already done!

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James Kettle @jameskettle.bsky.social · 4d

If we were going out this week, we might say “Kemi Badenoch wants to slash the number of university degrees, encouraging British teenagers to focus on more economically productive life choices, like becoming sentient organ banks for the aristocracy of Saudi Arabia”

Miles Jupp to front a new satirical podcast : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

Miles Jupp to front a new satirical podcast - His first hosting gig since The News Quiz

www.chortle.co.uk

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

I might be feeling like hell, but at least I know what parsnips are called in Welsh.

Image of a flaming Dewi Lingo, saying I'm on a 1850 day learning streak.

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

Feel like I'm coming down with something...

I'd like to thank all the people in the dentist's waiting room, my husband, and every last one of his students. I couldn't have got this without you guys!

a woman stands in front of a microphone holding a trophy

Alt: Olivia Coleman stands in front of a microphone holding a trophy

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Chris Douch @thisisdouch.bsky.social · 4d

Kickstarter for CHEESE: Lights! Crackers! Action! launches at 10am today.

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 4d

Shocked to find my gif search for Tony Hancock fruitless... (Sadly, another Hancock appeared instead.)

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 5d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 5d

Gen X nostalgia train for the win!

Mike Cooper @mikecooperrp.bsky.social · 5d

Oh yes! Thanks to @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social for sharing that Moonlighting is now on STV Player! Really impressed by the quality to be fair as well.

Screenshot from the first episode of Moonlighting on STV Player.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 5d

Why are we like this tho

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 6d

a scarecrow from the wizard of oz is talking to a girl

Alt: a scarecrow from the wizard of oz is talking to a girl

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 6d

If the app's telling me to, who am I to disagree?!

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 6d

When your health app lives in a different time zone to you...

A screenshot of AI health advice to go to bed between 5.50pm and 7.20pm for a better night's sleep.

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the final day to send us your submissions for Issue 108 ⏰

mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-...

We can't waiting to read what you're writing!

#AmWriting #Mslexia #SheWrites #WritingCommunity

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Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social · 9d

Good luck! I might try for one liners again but depends on how BTN goes...

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