I am very proud of my Lit Mag, Neither Fish Nor Foul - and in particular of this Issue, which is my first as sole Editor. There are ten lovely flash pieces by extremely talented writers, all with original illustrations by my friend Holly. Neither Fish Nor Foul: Issue Four
Back in the day I dreamt of being published in New Flash Fiction Review - and now look! Inspired by an Eleanora Carrington painting which Anika Carpenter showed us in her always productive Flash Cabin generative workshop. https://newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-coming-home-by-jack-morris/
Full to the brim with stories and art to inspire hope and remind you that Resistance Isn’t Futile. This is the last edition with Jude as co-editor. From now on I’m in sole command - which is exciting and daunting in equal measure https://www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/journal/issue-three-resistance-isnt-futile
I wrote this as part of my MA but only the heatwave, Bridget and the Elvis impersonator survived the various re-writes. Willesden Herald published it as Story of the Month in September 2023 and I'm reposting because the links have changed. Living a Little
Written in the white heat of the MA - massive thanks to Jupiter Jones for keeping me writing and embracing the dragon. It went through a few re-writes (change of tense and title as I recall). The brilliant Lindz McLeod then said it was ready and suggested some places for it to go and I … Continue reading Short story: There’s always a dragon
Delighted to have a flash published by Roi Fainéant Press recently. It's a v cool online magazine. Link here: https://roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/post/not-like-the-movies-by-jac-morris
My flash story Grief Is A Thing with Claws won second place in the Spring 2024 Propelling Pencil Charity Competition. You can read it and the other placed stories below. Very chuffed, given I know the calibre of the other entrants, the readers and the judge. Also feels like a lesson in not giving up … Continue reading The Propelling Pencil – Second Place
Very long title for a very short 79 word story. I’m so fond of this one - one of the rare times I was sure I liked it just the way it is. Delighted it’s been published by Roi Faineant who I admire tremendously and that they like it as much as I do. https://roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/post/you-will-not-always-have-a-warning-these-sudden-deadly-floods-are-coming-by-jackie-morris
Delighted to have this short story published today. Love the image that goes with it too https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/the-mural-on-the-playroom-wall/
Came across a reference to Peter Christopher in Consider This by Palahnuik. Christopher taught Palahnuik to write in first person but ‘submerge the I.’ Sounds like great life advice, never mind writing.
Somehow Christopher’s slipped away, out of print. This link/reblog contains a Christopher short story called Flight. I would love to read more.
This book is probably the best example of these unfairly forgotten books and of a great writer few knew and who is no longer with us to share his words and sentences.
Peter Christopher was a Lish student from the Columbia U days (along with Amy Hempel, Christopher Coe and Anderson Ferrell), whose collection,Campfires of the Dead (1989) is as fine a first volume of short stories as any of the best being released today via the Flannery O’Connor Award, the AWP Awards, Drue Heinz, Juniper, Dzanc, or the Iowa Short Fiction Award. The fifteen stories were developed in Lish’s class and published in either The Quarterly or a special issue of StoryQuarterly that Lish edited. We remember well, in 1989, finding this book in a Los Angeles store and getting giddy when reading it. Where did this whacky gfeat fun stuff come from? They are quirky stories about…
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