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philippabowe.bsky.social
Flash fiction, poetry, translation, English/franΓ§aise. Published online and in print (Ghost City Press, NFFR, Reflex Fiction, Bath Flash Fiction, Spark2Flame, Neither Fish Nor Foul, The Hooghley Review). Pushcart Prize nomination. Dance, LFC, la belle vie.
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An amazing piece - true love in all its gritty bodily reality. Particularly love the line Β΄unsexy dedication required for building a life together.’ Yes! πŸ’«

My #LiftToTheSky today goes to @birchwiley.bsky.social whose stunning poems I’ve just been dipping into - fierce and engaged and full of beauty all at the same time. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/y...

Thanks so much Paul, that is very lovely of you! Really lifted my spirits after a rejection email earlier (spirits also lifted by a certain trophy today!) πŸ™. YNWA

Huge big congrats to you!!! πŸŽ‰πŸ™ŒπŸ˜

Something amazing on its way from the ever-generous @alanparry83.bsky.social! πŸ€©πŸ™ŒπŸ’«

Another inspiring #PoemsAbout prompt from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and @alanparry83.bsky.social: #Glory. Opens so many doors! πŸ™πŸ€©

I am a sucker for an apocolyptic love story! Enjoy this dark beauty from Four Score 84 with desperate abandon."At the End of the World, You Love Whenever You Can" by @therelphian.bsky.social is just perfection. Read it now! It could all go to shit tomorrow! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/at-the-...

✨️ I am so proud and excited that we have nearly sold out our Brussels weekend πŸ™Œ It just shows what a team of dreamers can do ✨️

So so happy to have a story on the @smokelong.bsky.social long list (The Smokey), it made my day!! Congrats to all my fellow long-listers. 🀩

My #LiftToTheSky today is for @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social, a poet I discovered here thanks to the wonderful #PoemsAbout from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and @alanparry83.bsky.social: her work is full of sorrow and pain and beauty and wonder. πŸ’« poetry-with-hart.online

Hyacinthus / Apollo I spent that summer in bed with a ghost – early sober, no ID, no bank account, no condoms, two ex-wives. He fucked like an animal and cried. We cruised Palisades Parkway to the overlook, parked amongst fogged windows and walked to the edge to see the city – like television for…

What a beautiful cover! Can't wait to read it. πŸ™πŸ’«

I confirm the warning - I have definitely done all those things! So so bummed can't come this year, I'm sure it will be as bloody fabulous as ever! πŸŽ‰πŸ₯° @flashficfestuk.bsky.social #flashfiction

Three more gorgeous must-read stories from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social ! πŸ™ŒπŸ½πŸ’‹