Words by Jac Morris
Creating Neither Fish Nor Fowl has been an absolute blast and now we are almost ready to receive visitors (well, your words anyhow). Here's our first newsletter with all the details. Open for submissions via Duotrope on 15th June 2024. Enjoy, subscribe, submit (or you know, just have a read. It's got interesting facts about … Continue reading Neither Fish Nor Foul – one week to go
Ever since I started writing I’ve read Pushcart Nominated short form writers and thought ‘what’s that, then?’ and wondered if I’d ever, could I ever …? A Pushcart Nomination means a small press has selected your work (they put up to six pieces forward a year) which means many writers are nominated but few are … Continue reading Pushcart Nominated
My flash, Unrequited, will appear on the FlashFlood journal at around 2:20 a.m. (BST) on Saturday, the 24th of June 2023 (National Flash Fiction Day 2023). I’m letting you know so you can set an alarm. Or you can do what I’ll be doing and catch up and have a look later in the day. To be … Continue reading Flash fiction in FlashFlood
#30Wordsin30Days ran on Twitter during April 2023. A prompt a day - you can probably guess the rest. It was a fun, low stakes way to write every day and I learnt a surprising amount about myself and writing during the month. I've put the stories beneath the observations - I'd love to know what … Continue reading Things I learnt during 30 Words in 30 Days
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://www.roifaineantpress.com/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/
Last month my short (short) story got shortlisted for a prize with Retreat West. I'm delighted as I've entered this a few times and not even been long-listed and I mostly entered on a whim, thinking at least my entry fee would support the community a bit (as you can imagine, times are hard for … Continue reading Micro fiction: The Collector’s Wife
Looking through my phone’s notes and found this poem. Did I write it? Why else would it be on my phone? It’s from February 2020. Usually I note the writer if I save something. This is a strange sensation. I quite like it. How odd. Maybe it isn’t mine. I’ve googled the first line and … Continue reading Poem: Did I write this?
Last year I wrote a summary of my experience of sending work out to be judged and found wanting. Here’s an update 14 months on … I didn’t send much off in 2021. I was too busy reading and writing for the MA (and still being found wanting - justifiably). However, I did send off … Continue reading 2021: Walking the writer’s walk, an update
I was in a play last night. That’s a photo of me in rehearsal, which is why there’s a massive telly. In real life we performed in the very beautiful Clandon Woods. Bombshells, by Australian Joanna Murray-Smith is a set of six monologues about women at bombsell moments of their lives. I did two, my … Continue reading Bombshells
Just waving 