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<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici &amp; Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions and gets us to look at, when it feels so much less painful to look away… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>Available now from all good bookshops!</p><p>@bookstodon <br>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newwriting/" rel="tag">#newwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>

<p>WRITERS!</p><p>Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry &amp; prose in English, Gaelic, &amp; Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p>Submit free via Submittable 👇</p><p><a href="https://nws.submittable.com/submit" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>nws.submittable.com/submit</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/iamwriting/" rel="tag">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>

<p>Pues me dio por traducir lo mejor que supe uno de mis relatos al inglés y lo mandé a <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> y me olvidé del asunto y lo han publicado en su web! Me acaban de mandar un email, me voy a la cama más contento 🤗🤗</p><p><a href="https://short-stories.co/@imigueldiaz/empty-room-wojz872pklp4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="short-stories.co/@imigueldiaz/empty-room-wojz872pklp4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">short-stories.co/@imigueldiaz/</span><span class="invisible">empty-room-wojz872pklp4</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/stories/" rel="tag">#stories</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a></p>

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<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici &amp; Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>The latest &amp; best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, &amp; Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Each of our lives has many facets/personas, and rarely does anyone get to see them all. In this story, Phil Petree shares his.</p><p>(I&#x27;m sure there are other names I didn&#x27;t cover.)</p><p><a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/name/" rel="tag">#name</a></p><p><a href="https://philpetree.com/my-many-names" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>philpetree.com/my-many-names</a></p>

<p>The big reveal…</p><p>So I wrote up a lot of these little stories a few years ago but I’ve added some new ones, cleaned it all up and now I’m the happiest with it that I’ve ever been. You can definitely get a copy in time for Christmas, if you’re so inclined…</p><p><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/2kbNn7k" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amzn.eu/d/2kbNn7k</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreveal/" rel="tag">#bookreveal</a> <a href="/tags/newreleases/" rel="tag">#newreleases</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#selfpublishing</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a></p>

<p>My fiction is in the new issue of The Kleksograph <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/ohai.social/blobcatdance.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatdance:" title=":blobcatdance:"></p><p>You can give my Gothic short story, Two Dreams, a read here (with apologies for PDF accessibility shortcomings!): <a href="https://www.kleksograph.be/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.kleksograph.be/</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#ShortStory</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a></p>

<p>My new book, Four Women of Saint Paul, is out! It&#x27;s chapbook of 4 short stories, all set in Saint Paul, Minnesota, at different times - 1 in the past, 3 in the future.</p><p>Check it out if you&#x27;re interested: <a href="https://www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/four-women-of-st-paul-by-jordan-hirsch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/four-women-of-st-paul-by-jordan-hirsch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catal</span><span class="invisible">og/p/four-women-of-st-paul-by-jordan-hirsch</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a></p>