This is no April Fool. This here is like a brand new series of Rentaghost* where Timothy Claypole (a deceased medieval jester) is recognised for the comic genius he truly is and, Nadia Popov discovers a cure for hay fever. This is everything being right and sane in the world. This is your words being given a home!
This is where you tell us everything – what of yours we can read and where and when, so we can whoop and holler in unabashed glee.
Bravo, well done, congrats. YOU ROCK! ✨
*Apologies to WHQers too young to remember Rentaghost and to those who are, like me, old enough and were expecting a Timothy Claypole GIF. There were none!
A place for all your writerly wins, achievements, publications, goals smashed, small victories and big news.
With no more preamble necessary, let us get on with The Tooting.
(PS if you want your name in the May toots, please make sure you post your wins in the May toots thread on the forum.)
(PPS If we missed you off the list, we are extreeeeemely sorry. Give us a nudge via the usual channels, and we’ll add you in).
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Claire Schön has returned to FFO writing after some time away—welcome back!
Heather Haig has a piece out in Ghost Willow Press anthology called Silent Scream which is due out in October.
Sarah Royston has a piece coming out in the Ghost Willow Press anthology.
Mari Phillips has a piece called Doing Her Sums published on Cafe Lit.
Sarah Oakes received an acceptance for Mythic Picnic for their Horror Anthology and the story Astra and the Merrows Ball also found a home this month.
Terry Holland has a salty seaside gothic piece at the Seaside Gothic site.
Jane Mooney has a story In the Shallows up on 101words and received an invite to a 1 to 1 chat and free trial for a mentoring collective for songwriters, poets and rappers.
Naomi Brotherton had a piece published that began life as an FFO.
Sarah Masters made the shortlist for Northern Gravy.
Karen Arnold received an acceptance from FlashFlood and made the Flash500 shortlist.
Jude Potts received an acceptance from FlashFlood with a story that started life as an FFO.
Sarah McPherson received an acceptance from FlashFlood and Crow & Cross Keys.
JP Relph has the flash Selfheal in The Hooghly Review Issue 4 and another called At the End of the World, You Love Whenever You Can in Roi F issue 84.
Jo Clark entered a story into the Write on Track competition and it received a special mention, and will be in the competition anthology later this year.
Alexandra Gough was longlisted for the Flash 500 short story competition.
Jane Jackson has three pieces in The Zest of the Lemon which started life as FFOs!
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Omg wow, you guys are the absolute literal, figurative, complete BEST. Well frikken done.
And like we said up there, if you want your name in the May toots, please make sure you post your wins in the May toots thread on the forum. OKAY BYE NOW.
