Cole Beauchamp 🏳️🌈 📖
@nomad-sw18
Queer writer l #FlashFiction l Smokelong Fellow 2026 l Contrib ed @nffr.bsky.social Pushcart, BSF, BMF & Monarch noms Read my stories:
Good times at the @flashficfestuk.bsky.social Flash 🥔s @hanakhalique.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's book MOTHER KARMA Hanging out w @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social (cont'd)
Great readings from the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social anthology - incl a lack of teeth by @debdanthewriter.bsky.social romance from @ekmacdonald.bsky.social materialising aliens by @andylavender.bsky.social the chasm of dementia by @hilary55.bsky.social & hedgehogs by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
Afternoon exploring white space w David Schuman, great panel w @scooterwriter.bsky.social @jupiterjonz.bsky.social & Fiona Mackintosh, spending time w flash superstars @judehwriter2.bsky.social @kathyfish.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social
The @flashficfestuk.bsky.social is whirling by and my brain is already overflowing with ideas & conversations. Workshops w the amazing @alisonpowell.bsky.social on writing global events, full house for @vanessageb.bsky.social word cricket, had sex (writing) w @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (cont'd)
Love listening to @jupiterjonz.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social & Fiona Mackintosh talk about their historical NiFs. Do you go down rabbit holes with research? Oh whole warrens, says Jupiter. @flashficfestuk.bsky.social
Great evening listening to @kazbarwrites.bsky.social & @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social read from their respective #flashfiction collections - COLD TOAST from Dahlia Publishing and SALT CITY RUNAWAY from Night Parrot Press. And got to meet @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social IRL🤗
Hah! My little Maltipoo *bounced* in circles when I walked her at 9pm! Sooooo excited. But in the midday heat, this...
Hey @flashficfestuk.bsky.social people - I'm bringing 10 copies of @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's amazing NiF - MOTHER KARMA - to the festival 🎉 🧘♀️ 🎉 Avoid paying postage & get the festival price of £8. DM me to reserve a copy. Review by @ninamiller.bsky.social thehooghlyreview.com/review-sumit...
Packed house at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social listening to @jupiterjonz.bsky.social & Anju Gaston talk about their joint Weatherglass prize-winning novellas with @alismith269.bsky.social
Well.... close shave but I got 'er done. 2 entries to the @welkinpress.bsky.social Thanks @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social & @sagreene1.bsky.social for your expert 👀 Good luck to all!!!
It's here, it's here! Chuffed to have my climate fiction hybrid #flash in the Nature Issue of @mississippireview.bsky.social "Tipping Points" charts a relationship breakdown along six tipping points for the planet. Read the excerpt below, copies here: www.mississippi-review.com #bookpost #booksky
Liza, my wonderful woolly mammoth, has stomped her way into @stanchion.bsky.social There's a de-extinction movement, garden destruction and more mammoth poo than even Chris Ofili can handle 🐘 Excerpt below. Buy issue 23 w 90+ pages of brilliant writing here: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Recognising all these emotions @jmgatford.bsky.social is calling out - fear, doubt, confusion, impatience - during the editing process. Will I love it by the end of 90 minutes? Tune back later, dear reader. #flashfiction #flash #writerslife #amediting #prefertobefirstdrafting
Thrilled to have a story appearing in @epistemiclit.bsky.social Issue 8 - Righteous Rage (a theme familiar to anyone who reads the news). It's called "When my dead aunt joins me on a protest march," in honour of my much-loved aunt Barb, who died last November. Honed with @smokelong.bsky.social
This is the painting that sparked the story. Had fun charting how I developed the story here open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Well another #SubmissionImpossible & a story I've been meaning to edit for 2 months is out the door! Other things accomplished: data wrangling & now a Zoom bombing survival badge 😆 Thanks for organising @lunchontuesday.bsky.social & @carrieetter.bsky.social and best of luck to all who subbed 🤞
Final edits to a story I've had feedback on from the wonderful @smokelong.bsky.social editors and then it's going out the door! Thanks @lunchontuesday.bsky.social & @carrieetter.bsky.social for the #SubmissionImpossible series. Find this dedicated time to sub so helpful!
Yes! Here's my parents' dog Roscoe, who loves shoving his head in snowbanks (even when recovering from ACL suegery)
Life feeling a bit surreal as I watch the snow fall at my parents in Muchigan, and listen to webcasts about energy resilience in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East. Collision of personal and professional lives.
Ok you writers at #AWD, I'm doing my bit. Met former PM of Australia, Julia Gillard - smart, witty, current chair of @womensprize.bsky.social - & while we talked books, I told her about #flashfiction. Great event w Julia, Caitlin Moran & Kelly Beaver @giwlkings.bsky.social for #IWD. Lots to ponder
Writers! I subbed to the "Collage" issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social and the EIC @dehm000.bsky.social was a joy. Sent me this card & stickers even though I was rejected 😇 They're opening soon so give them a follow & get ready for the 15th. the engine(idling share.google/X12TuMYyDIaA...
Just started this book by Paterson Joseph - historical fiction based on the life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, a key figure in 18th century. Born in the middle passage on a slave ship, orphaned, had an incredible life - writer, actor, composer, painted by Gainsborough. The voice is this is so gripping
Fab workshop, fab salon w readings from such a variety of writers. Amazing event w a packed room @deborahzafer.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social & wonderful to see @nancyfreund.bsky.social @cancienne.bsky.social @andyandz.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
After many delays and journeys across land and sea, MOTHER KARMA by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social will finally make it into the hot hands of the Frantics! @philippabowe.bsky.social & @janeb.bsky.social - look forward to talking about with you and Sumitra!
Haha yes Sumitra and I love a bit of karaoke 🎶🎵 On my bday, we even found karaoke in Porto! Someone please come who can strum along on a guitar and that will do us just fine.
Late dog walk and the common is absolutely soaked. But isn't nature beautiful?