Sparks

14 October 2008

Sparks

A monthly flash-fiction evening. Submit your little treasure and, if accepted, come and read it. Your story will be accompanied by a specially commissioned photo, projected behind you as you read.

1000 words or less, any theme.
Send in the body of an e-mail with contact details to: sparksbrighton@hotmail.co.uk

Tickets £5. Doors open 8pm

Upstairs at Three and Ten
Steine Street
Brighton

www.otherplaceproductions.co.uk

Tales of the DeCongested

18 July 2008

Short-story writers and enthusiasts Paul Blaney and Rebecca Lattin-Rawstrone set up Tales of the Decongested to raise the profile of the short story in London and to encourage and showcase new talent.

Their regular meetings, held on the last Friday of each month at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, give writers the opportunity to read from their work.

They published Tales of the DeCongested Volume 1 in June 2006 under their own imprint, Apis Books, which specialises in short fiction.

2008 events

18 July

Desperate Remedies - readings from the latest Apis Books anthology, a diverse and daring volume that brings together dazzling short fictions by Adam Elston, Shaun Levin, M L Stedman, and local author Guy Ware.  Stories range from the Western Australia of M L Stedman to the East end of the poet and painter Isaac Rosenberg's London from Shaun Levin's virtuoso study of his life.

The event is part of both the London Lit Plus festival 5th-19th July and I Love Peckham week 14th-20th July 2008

7.30pm

Venue:
Review Bookshop
131 Bellenden Road
Peckham
London
SE15 4QY

> www.decongested.com

Short Fuse, Brighton: Twisted Christmas

Thursday 10 December 2008

Twisted Christmas

Yarns of Yule Misrule
Festive Dirges for Midwinter

Tickets £4 on the door, Doors open 8.30

Short Fuse, Studio Bar, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton

Submissions and enquiries to: shortfusestories@yahoo.co.uk

About Short Fuse

Short Fuse is a monthly literary club and Brighton's only night promoting the short story and local and national writing talent.

Writers Tara Gould and Polly Tuckett set up Short Fuse with the intention of providing a space for writers of short stories to read their work to an audience, whether published or not. By extension, they hope to create a community of writers and readers, or listeners, making the pleasure of each a less solitary pursuit.

Each month, four writers read a story chosen from received submissions, and selection is based purely on the quality of the writing.

Short Fuse aims to be a low key, unstuffy event. Held in the Studio Bar of Brighton's Komedia, the venue has a relaxed cabaret feel, and between readings people have the chance to chat and drink to a backdrop of great music.

Story evenings in Lamb's Conduit Street, London

ongoing

Liars' League is a series of short fiction readings held at the Lamb pub in Lambs Conduit Street, London on the second Tuesday of every month.

Authors write, but the stories are read by actors. It costs two pounds to get in, and everyone is welcome. Contributions (each evening has a theme) are also welcome.

Find out more on the Liars' League blogspot

writLOUD

Monday 13 October 2008

This month writLOUD celebrates the publication of Issue 5 of The Mechanics’ Institute Review (MIR), Birkbeck’s annual literary anthology.

All the readings and readers are taken from MIR5 – short stories by guest author Sarah Salway and Birkbeck writers Olja Knezevic, Melissa de Villiers and Matthew Weait.

RADA Foyer Bar, Malet Street, London WC1E 7JN

6.30–8.15pm

Admission is free but with a suggested donation of £3.50 to Oxfam. To secure your place, email writloud@aol.co.uk

About writLOUD

writLOUD is a monthly readings event showcasing new writers from Birkbeck’s Creative Writing courses and established authors.

Guest authors to date include Jonathan Coe, Susan Elderkin, Zoë Fairbairns, Peter Hobbs, Derek Johns, Hari Kunzru, Benjamin Markovits, Kate Pullinger, Helen Simpson and Erica Wagner.

For more information, or to listen to podcasts of previous readers, visit www.bbk.ac.uk/writloud

Short Fuse's Tales from the Crypt

23 October 2008

Chilling Tales of Supernature

Short Fuse's Halloween Spectacular takes place on Thursday 23 October 23 at the Studio Bar, Komedia, Brighton.

Tickets £4 on the door.

Short Fuse is looking for truly scary stories. Think Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' (or the film 'The Others' if you haven't the time to read it) - ie not blood and guts unless these add to the atmosphere of unease and growing dread.

Please email all stories before 10 October for performance on the 23rd. Include a brief biography and contact details.

Max 3,000 words, save file with your name rather than the story title, and send as a Word attachment to shortfusestories@yahoo.co.uk

About Short Fuse

Short Fuse is a monthly literary club and Brighton's only night promoting the short story and local and national writing talent.

Writers Tara Gould and Polly Tuckett set up Short Fuse with the intention of providing a space for writers of short stories to read their work to an audience, whether published or not. By extension, they hope to create a community of writers and readers, or listeners, making the pleasure of each a less solitary pursuit.

Each month, four writers read a story chosen from received submissions, and selection is based purely on the quality of the writing.

Short Fuse aims to be a low key, unstuffy event. Held in the Studio Bar of Brighton's Komedia, the venue has a relaxed cabaret feel, and between readings people have the chance to chat and drink to a backdrop of great music.

Short Fuse in Leicester

15 November 2008

Desperately Seeking Short Fiction ... Stop Press!

Short Fuse, Brighton's short fiction showcase is coming to Leicester (venue to be confirmed).

Email submissions on the following themes for possible inclusion in one of our cabaret style story events, deadline 15 November:

Sweetbread, Bitter bread
Grab and Raid
Neverland
The Gold Band

Think intrigue - pithy, subversive, untamed ...

3,000 word max, email as a Word attachment with a your name as the file title. Info and submissions to shortfuseleicester@yahoo.co.uk

Short Fuse, Brighton: Fancy!

Thursday 20 November 2008

FANCY!

Ooh! High Octane Short Story Slam: Take your micro fiction to the mic!

500 words max, on the theme of 'Fancy'.

Glamorous Assistants, Stopwatch, Applause-o-meter, Venerable Judges, Tinsel Curtains and Rhinestone Cowboy Hats ... A Truly Raucous Treat!

Winner takes £££s, Glittering Prizes for the Runners-up.

Tickets £5 on the door, Doors open 8.30

Short Fuse, Studio Bar, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton

Submissions and enquiries to: shortfusestories@yahoo.co.uk 

About Short Fuse

Short Fuse is a monthly literary club and Brighton's only night promoting the short story and local and national writing talent.

Writers Tara Gould and Polly Tuckett set up Short Fuse with the intention of providing a space for writers of short stories to read their work to an audience, whether published or not. By extension, they hope to create a community of writers and readers, or listeners, making the pleasure of each a less solitary pursuit.

Each month, four writers read a story chosen from received submissions, and selection is based purely on the quality of the writing.

Short Fuse aims to be a low key, unstuffy event. Held in the Studio Bar of Brighton's Komedia, the venue has a relaxed cabaret feel, and between readings people have the chance to chat and drink to a backdrop of great music.