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The March Mini Bin is now closed - thank you to everyone who entrusted their teeny tales to us 🦝
We will have decisions soon and an issue of microfiction on the 21st March.

A truly entertaining and imaginative off-kilter horror Western from Trash Fam @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social 🦝

Our spotlight today is from @bmerklee.bsky.social 🦝

We loved how this very relatable story takes a surprise turn and there is not a word out of place. Accomplished, tight writing.

Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/empty-nest/

Thank you Sumitra - excited to read it 🦝

Microfiction for the Mini Bin SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! UNTIL 10th MARCH 2026 For this short sharp Pop-Up we’re looking for short sharp microfiction for our mini bin. Writing smol stories is a real skill and we want to embrac…

**noisy claxon**
Just over 24hrs now to get your micros into the Mini Bin call.
50-175 words, any genre.
Use the words wisely - we need story, we need character, we need the feels (any feels).
trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

#submissioncalls
#litsubmissions

Happy Birthday 🎉

We have a new spotlight from our spring reprints 🦝

Trash Cat thought the voice was perfection and drew you through an imaginative, haunting story by @tracierenee.bsky.social.
You won't sit down to dinner in the same way after you read or listen to this:
trashcatlit.com/dinners-with...

Thank you so much for reading and sharing 💜

Got a micro hanging about looking for a home?
Unpublished, 50-175 words, any genre?
Try lobbing it at us before 10pm (GMT) on Tuesday! Trash Cat loves great story and a compelling voice🦝

Details and submit link here:
trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

#submissioncalls
#litsubmissioncalls

Thank you for sharing, Emily 💜

The bin is so grateful for your delicious cheese 💜

Q & A with Jaime Gill I’m much more of an editor than a writer, as anyone who has read my rambling, dreary first drafts will agree. And I find editing is a good use of time when your creative muscles are exhausted…

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Jaime also did a cracking Q & A with Trash Cat - go read and be inspired by his knowledge and advice and how he sees himself as a bit of a literary peacock 🦚

trashcatlit.com/2026/03/08/q...

We're sharing @jaimegill.bsky.social's flash today and celebrating his birthday! 🦝
We love the imaginative structure used, and how tension builds like a movie until that smashing last line.

Read and listen to a stunning reading here:
trashcatlit.com/this-is-not-...

Happy Birthday Jaime 🎂

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This somewhat sunny day we bring another fabulous preloved story 🦝

We loved the gritty, salty language here, the relatable-while-infuriating MC, and the use of cheese to enrich and hold the story.
Grab a cracker or two and read @jdhellenwrites.bsky.social rich tale
trashcatlit.com/the-ripening...

Today's issue spotlight is a real mood-booster 🦝

It's short, it's sharp and it's gloriously, Britishly funny.
Set your GPS and go read and listen to @doctor-dolittle.bsky.social's wee delight.

trashcatlit.com/you-have-arr...

Microfiction for the Mini Bin SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! UNTIL 10th MARCH 2026 For this short sharp Pop-Up we’re looking for short sharp microfiction for our mini bin. Writing smol stories is a real skill and we want to embrac…

If you've been inspired and wowed, as we were, get your own micros subbed before 10th March.
Pack them with story!

trashcatlit.com/microfiction...

We're halfway through our Mini Bin sub call - so today's Preloved Stories spotlight is very relevant 🦝

Guest reader Madeleine said of @charlylou.bsky.social's microfiction: "I’m impressed with what this has packed into a tiny word count."

Read and listen here:
trashcatlit.com/listening-to...

Our spotlight has a side of Q&A today 🦝
We found @ekmacdonald.bsky.social's short story to be full of tension, grit and authenticity - a proper *story* and a flawed, complex character in Reg.
trashcatlit.com/watching-the...

Also read Emily's cracking interview:
trashcatlit.com/2026/03/04/q...

Today we aim the spotlight at @christinaltudor.bsky.social🦝

Trash Cat said: "It hooked me hard with the strangeness, and kept me hooked. Swollen with pain and loss and torment. Leaves you breathless."

trashcatlit.com/i-was-born-a...

Our first spotlight from our current issue 🦝

We were hooked by Zilla and that first line, then immersed in fabulous dry humour and chaos in a relatable setting without any cliche.
Superb voice and an MC you want to be BFFs with 😀

trashcatlit.com/bride-zilla/

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...

Put the biscuits aside and grab some cheese for this one!
Love having you J.D 💜

We are thrilled to have you Tracie 💜

The voice is captivating and won't let you go.
Thank you for sharing Tracie 💜

Underbelly Press Issue 6 coming soon March 13 Underbelly Press logo in the bottom right corner. Text is on a black background with a stack of cash behind the text.

I’m delighted to share that Issue 6 of Underbelly Press will be released on the 13th of March!

I appreciate your support. Thank you for taking the time to read our issues, share them, and submit to them.

Cover art submissions are open until 28.02

General Issue Five Preloved Stories Stories labelled LISTEN IN THE BIN have audio versions SHORT STORIES Fool’s Springby David Henson “This is nice,” my wife says as we seat ourselves at a window table with a v…

It's LAUNCH DAY! 🦝
Fifteen shiny new Trash Family delivering their most treasured words - Preloved Stories given a new home and lease of life 💜
Thanks again to @madeleinewrite.bsky.social for her reading assistance

Grab a cuppa, several biccies, and get stuck in.
trashcatlit.com/general-issu...

Thank you lovely Lori 💜

Our Trash Family Gallery has some new additions. Check out our Preloved Stories contributors - their words are coming tomorrow!

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