@dawnwriter.bsky.socialWhen I joined @smokelong.bsky.social Summer workshops a number of years ago, I was hooked right from the start. SmokeLong workshops are a fantastic way to hone your craft! Amazing community and learning. I’m so honoured to be part of the submissions team now ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #flashlit #flash #writing #writer
@russcavanagh.bsky.socialA lot of my recent stories have been pretty dark reading. So here's a warm, nostalgic #VSS that will warm some cockles:
"Old money"
@russcavanagh.bsky.socialSometimes you just instinctively know to keep out of other people's business ...
My #SliceOfLife #flashfiction: "Trouble in store"
@dawnwriter.bsky.socialDelighted to be nominated along with @writesofkathryn.bsky.social ! Thank you @thesunlightpress.bsky.social for this honour❤️ #flashlit #flash #flashfiction #shortstories
@russcavanagh.bsky.social"Evolution of a writer" is a witty illustrated 10-word story that probably few will understand:
manmadeflash.blogspot.com/2026/10/evol...
##VSS365 #microfiction #humour #FlashLit #Shakespeare #WritingCommunity
@russcavanagh.bsky.social"My day in town" is my #SliceOfLife #VSS about losing one's son in the family courts.
@russcavanagh.bsky.socialWARNING: This #shortstory has a pretty graphic ending!
"But one kid decided he knew how to deal with the situation. He would creep up on newbies like me ..." - snippet from my latest #flashfiction "Late confession"
@russcavanagh.bsky.social"Seona knocks, and I unlock the door. She then waltzes through until she's in my bedroom."
"Junkie trash" is my gritty #microfiction about an exchange between drug dealers. Yes, I live in such a neighbourhood.
@russcavanagh.bsky.social"...He says air ticket prices in the States have gone through the roof, and they're blaming it on shortages of aviation fuel..."
- from my latest dystopian #VSS: set in today's world:
"System Failure"
@russcavanagh.bsky.socialWant to read along with the text while listening to a professional story-reader narrating my slice-of-life #flashfiction story "Obituary"?
@russcavanagh.bsky.socialMy #VSS #microfiction: "About his wife"
@russcavanagh.bsky.social'"My body, my choice!" screamed the empty wombs.' - snippet from my slice-of-life #VSS365:
"My body, my choice"
@russcavanagh.bsky.social"That species, aliens who'd become the ruling class on Earth, had been considered contrary to all mankind almost since the dawn of time" - snippet from my timely #dystopian #flashfiction
The last sane man on Earth
@russcavanagh.bsky.socialI wrote this #supernatural #microfiction a few months ago. It's not a genre I generally veer towards but it really was fun #writing it, and reading it again recently - and so I hope you enjoy:
"Back from the old road"