We are launching a stunning new series of Romantic Fantasy Short Stories in 2026 (read about them here!) and we are excited to invite illustrators to submit line drawings to feature within the pages of the first two anthologies, 'A Breath of Time' and 'Of Love & Dragons'.

What you need to know

Topics: art submissions, Call For Submissions

Bus Stop Anarchy vs British Queue Democracy: What Transit Taught Me About Writing

Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, lifeinlondon

Everything’s Not Curry: What Cooking Taught Me About Writing

Spice, Stories, and the Tyranny of Labels

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Birthday Economics: What Celebrating Taught Me About Writing

 

The Burden of the Birthday Host

In India, your birthday isn't really yours. It belongs to everyone you've ever shared a cup of tea with, plus their cousins, their colleagues, and that neighbour who helped you carry groceries once three years ago. The unspoken rule is simple: it's your special day, so you pay for everyone else to celebrate it.

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Welcoming Lee Murray & Dave Jeffery

Flame Tree Press welcomes award-winning editors Lee Murray and Dave Jeffery to the blog for a Q&A on their groundbreaking anthology, This Way Lies Madness, publishing today! The book, as described by them, "defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets". A collection of 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors' motivation for their work. You can hear even more from the anthology authors in our This Way Lies Madness blog series! 

Topics: Author Interview, Beyond & Within, This Way Lies Madness

We're delighted to let you know this new call for submissions is open! Please read through the submission details carefully as we’ve changed some of our guidelines and it could result in your submission not being acknowledged if you do not follow them.

Topics: Short Stories, horror, Horror Fiction, Call For Submissions

When Stories Drop In

What Sunday Lunch Taught Me About Writing

I used to think my mother was terrible at meal planning. Every Sunday, she'd cook enough rajma chawal for maybe four people, then somehow manage to feed eight (and no, ‘rajma chawal’ isn’t ‘curry’. Every Indian dish is not a curry and there’s a post coming soon about this pet peeve of mine). The extra guests weren't invited - they just appeared, like characters in a story you hadn't planned to write.

Topics: Between Worlds, Writer in Residence, lifeinlondon

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, on the theme of Gilgamesh! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories.

Topics: Short Stories, Call For Submissions, Myths, Gods and Immortals

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, on the theme of Helen of Troy! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories.

Topics: Short Stories, Call For Submissions, Myths, Gods and Immortals

 

Grocery Shopping as Cultural Archaeology

Or: How I Learned That Seven Types of Hummus Is Apparently Normal

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