JP Relph - TWO NEW COLLECTIONS OUT

What an absolutely lovely thing to find in my notifications. Thank you to @staniforthmick.bsky.social for this unexpected and kind review of Winter-Bourne, a spooky story inspired by the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ☺️

Thank you so much for reading and your generous feedback, I’m really blown away ☺️

Thank you lovely 💜

Submissions for the Mini Bin are now OPEN.
Send us your best micros before 8pm (UK Time) on the 10th March.
Make 'em short, make 'em sharp, make 'em story.
50-175 words, any genre.

trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

Same here🖤

This really is a smashing collection of preloved words. Something for everyone who loves story

Thank you to Mark for giving me this opportunity, it was a real treat and shows @urbanpigspress.bsky.social are one of the best.
Shoutouts within to @sarahkat.bsky.social and my collab pal, @matgost.bsky.social 🖤

I’ve never joined a party before, but I’m genuinely scared for the future of my country, and me. Join and vote 💚

Amazing Beth, congrats to you 🌟
Also to other Trash Fam @fionamckay.bsky.social and @bmerklee.bsky.social 💜

I’m really chuffed to have this piece in the Garage. It’s a story about dark and light and what you’d do for family.
I’d love if you could spare a few and drop into The Black Geranium 🖤🤍

Thank you so much for having me in the Garage 🖤🤍

We had frost and sun a couple days ago and I went outside! Perfection.
Rain’s back now

Scratch First published by Bag of Bones Press in their SKIN anthology, 2024 Later published as part of Sick Ink, my horror collection, 2025 Recommended in Ellen Datlow’s ‘Best Horror of the Yea…

My horror short story, Scratch was first published by Bag of Bones Press and made it onto Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year 🖤
I've made it free to read on my website with links to the anthologies it's part of.
Maybe don't read after eating...
therelphian1.wordpress.com/scratch/

Thank you, I had fun with it

Thank you Clodagh 🖤

Crossroads by JP Relph from The One That Got Away: a Pistol Jim Press series

I have a little supernatural noir up at Pistol Jim Press today 🖤

pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/crossroads...

“We didn’t leave one of our kids back there, you know, like one of the others”.

Huge congratulations 🌟

Never mind the jobs you've had or the classes you took, tell me 5 things you can eat until you explode.

Tiger bread
Coffee ice-cream
Chocolate Digestives
M&S buttermilk chicken
Boiled or roast potatoes

Why thanketh you, your Mag 🤍🖤

Excellent work Cleo 🤎🧡

There’s nothing like bad ice-cream and bullies to get a man riled 😝
Thanks so much for publishing this dark little treat 🖤

Thank you so much Mark for having me along 😀

Honestly, that seemed like a roaring success to me 😀 Send the raptors into the White House!

Paranormal - demonology

Those noises are so identifiable!
Also, you may have a xenomorph in the machine 😬

Issue 6 submissions close this week Looking for: GREED Poetry (30 lines max) Short fiction (1,000 words max) Art & Photography Submissions during this period will be handled using a Google Form. Find our guidelines on the website for more information. Any questions, just ask! Closing 30 January

Submissions for Underbelly Press Issue 6: GREED close this week, January 30!

For this issue, we’re looking for work that explores the intersection of greed and human experience. As before, we’re pairing the theme with our inherent focus: the gritty, the mundane, the uncomfortable, the human.