Our flash fiction awards evening is always a lot of fun. All the entries will be read out by two designated readers and then members attending will have the opportunity to vote on their favourites for first, second and third prizes. The event will be… Read More »June 7th – Flash Fiction Awards Evening (Members Only)
In Publication News this month, we have a bunch of talented members gaining publication success, or appearing at literary events. Tim Love has flash fiction appearing in ‘Pure Slush’. Established in 2010, Pure Slush currently publishes print anthologies of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Find out how to… Read More »Publication News
Not Forever by Alex Mellanby We turned into a narrow gap between two walls. ‘Don’t want to disturb anyone in the village.’ If Lester had decided to kill us, then he would have found it easy. No one was going to come out in this… Read More »Not Forever
Then and Now by RJ Gould – A tale of love, loss and the chance to put things right. Sandy is about to retire following an illustrious career as editor of an upmarket fashion magazine. Michael can’t retire, he thinks his work to explain the… Read More »Then and Now
We held our results evening for the short story competition 2022 this month, and a wonderful night of stories was enjoyed by all. Our judge, Professor Andrew Cowen, gave us fantastically detailed feedback and said he was highly impressed with the standard of writing, and… Read More »Short Story Competition 2022 Winners
Deborah Balm is an audiobook narrator of fiction and non-fiction books. A relatable, contemporary native British female voice artist with a smidge of sass. Born in Yorkshire, she now lives in Cambridge after her career in software engineering took her from Leicester, to Basel, and… Read More »3rd May – Deborah Balm
Our Annual General Meeting will be held online this year, over Zoom. All members are encouraged to attend. It’s your chance to hear how the group is doing, understand more fully how it is run and put forth opinions on various subjects. Our Chairman, Harry… Read More »5th April – AGM (Online) – Members Only
The Backtraps by Jamie Harding – A slow river, an eternal death. Terror strikes four young friends night-fishing the backwaters of Loudwick Mill, a sleepy town through which the Ouse river gently meanders on its way to the Great Wash. To Ed and his fellow… Read More »The Backtraps
Jamie is the author, via the exciting pseudonym LJ Denholm, of the self-published psychological horror Under Rand Farm. He has also, under his own name, written the long short story The Backtraps, has penned dozens of paid articles for the satire website ‘NewsThump’, and had material used… Read More »Jamie Harding
Under Rand Farm by Jamie Harding – a dark, thrilling horror set in the US. Nestled among the rolling hills and forests of upstate Pennsylvania, Rand Farm has belonged to the family since a predatory Henry Rand purchased its sixty acres in the 1960s, and… Read More »Under Rand Farm