Ooh, so pleased to have my story on air, read by a proper actor. Thank you to @uksherka.bsky.social and to @northerngravy.bsky.social for first publishing it: northerngravy.com/the-book-of-...
@chriscottom.bsky.socialChris Cottom
@chriscottom.bsky.social
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@chriscottom.bsky.social@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you Sarah
@chriscottom.bsky.socialSo pleased to be back in the wonderful @epistemiclit.bsky.social, thank you Melissa and Kristin.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialCongratulations @words-outwest.bsky.social and no need to be coy. My back-of-a-fag-calculations, @eleanor-luke.bsky.social, indicate that Emma has won this great comp no fewer than FIVE times (but don't trust me on maths). Repeat: that's FIVE times. PS: Did I mention that Emma's won it FIVE times?
@chriscottom.bsky.socialVery honoured to be nominated, thank you so much @newwritersuk.bsky.social. And alongside the awesome @jaimegill.bsky.social, no less.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialI love, love, love @thehooletsnook.bsky.social. So pleased to be here again, thank you Gisele.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialOoh, lovely to see this out there again, thank you @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social, and also to @delgeo14.bsky.social for publishing it in Raw Lit in the first place.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialHi Stan, many thanks.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialDelighted to feature in this great competition again. Big thanks to judge @kateaxeford.bsky.social for choosing my story.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialI'm delighted and honoured, thank you lovely Woolf people.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialBig shout to @bulbculture.bsky.social for republishing our preloved pieces. I wrote this back in 2021 on a course with @kmelkes.bsky.social where lots of others also helped me with it including @norami.bsky.social and @mynachang.bsky.social (see, it might be five years but I haven't forgotten).
@chriscottom.bsky.socialVery kind of you to say so, Liz.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you Denise
@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you Sarah
@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you, Laura
@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you Lisa
@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you Melissa
@chriscottom.bsky.socialThank you Lori
@chriscottom.bsky.socialWow! Totally gobsmacked, thank you lovely Barrelhouse people, and particularly for the wise suggested edit which I am quite sure made all the difference to this story.
@chriscottom.bsky.socialAww, thanks Caroline. Yeah, Polesden Lacey, quite a place.