short fiction
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest this week is one who has entertained us…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. I have another new writer to welcome to my Guest…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. Please give a warm welcome to a new guest to…
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I was delighted to have my short story ‘Invisible’ published over on Marsha Ingrao’s Always Write blog. I’d love you to head over for a read if you have time: https://alwayswrite.blog/2026/01/27/story-chat-digest-invisible-by-esther-chilton *** Image credit: Pinterest
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest this week is an ex-student, who has appeared…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week’s guest is a regular in this spot. Murray…
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. My guest writer this week is a lovely lady I’ve…
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From today, for a week, my two short story collections are on sale for 99p (ebooks). Here’s a little bit about them: A Walk in the Woods An autumnal stroll through the woods, colourful leaves crunching underfoot, the air fresh on the face, laughter and lightness portraying a happy mother and daughter scene. But something…
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Do any of you like writing flash fiction? Maybe you’re not sure what it is. Or, if you do know, you’d like to explore it some more. I’ve written a new course for The Writers Bureau on this form of writing. In this three-module, online course you cover what flash fiction is, how to write…
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This weekend, it’s time for the story which was awarded second place in the themed competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story between 1000-3000 words on any of the following themes: LIBRARY, JOURNEY or LOVE. Travelling With Sarah By Sally McMahon ‘Look at that gorgeous shawl, Mum. It’s just perfect.’ I…
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