@ShooterLitMag

Biannual print magazine publishing literary short fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Website: https://xitter.cf/t.co/BZaQfnZoJb. Tweets by editor @melaniecwhite

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A. S. Partridge wins our October Shooter Flash with "Good Girls", in which a visitor to a second-hand store has dubious intentions for its wares... shooterlitmag.com/2026/10/12… #flashfiction #shortstories #literaryfiction #loss #amreading #writingcommunity

Shooter Flash: “Good Girls” by A. S. Partridge

The window of the second-hand shop was littered with soft toys: a dirty cream bear, a pink bunny with a missing ear, a grey cat with scratched glass eyes. Callum paused and peered in, feeling a sha…

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Kamran Javadizadeh@kjavadizadehOct 8
Anne Carson. “You could whisper down a well. You could write a letter and keep it in a drawer. You could inscribe a curse on a ribbon of lead and bury it in the ground to lie unread for thousands of years. The point is not to find a reader, the point is the telling itself.”
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This will be our penultimate Shooter Flash, as the comp will stop running at the end of this year. If you'd like to be included in the 2026 anthology you have til the end of November to submit! Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-fl… #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #memoir

Monthly Competition: Shooter Flash

  Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance with one winning story each month, which we publish online (plus in an annual anthology – see link below). We welcome fiction and non-fiction sto…

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Submissions are open for November Shooter Flash! Fiction and nonfiction tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a free copy of the 2025 flash anthology. Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-fl… #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #nonfiction #memoir #WritingCommunity

Monthly Competition: Shooter Flash

  Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance with one winning story each month, which we publish online (plus in an annual anthology – see link below). We welcome fiction and non-fiction sto…

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Melanie Sykes-White@melaniecwhiteSep 29
Quite a niche book that reads more like memoir than fiction, but so lovely. Fantastic for women who love riding and/or had an unconventional route to (non/)motherhood. I'd be curious to know if it resonated with anyone regardless of horseloving or baby bearing #fiction #amreading
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A wonderfully resonant homage to #JDSalinger in Billy Craven's "A Vigil", our winning Shooter Flash for September: shooterlitmag.com/2026/09/17… #flashfiction #shortstories #adolescence #religiousfervour #HoldenCaulfield #CatcherInTheRye

Shooter Flash: “A Vigil” by Billy Craven

Four women had been found dead in a house in one of the new estates. You probably heard the story. It was pretty tragic. At first, I had been kind of excited if you want to know the truth. I though…

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Submissions are open for October Shooter Flash! Fiction and nonfiction tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a free copy of the 2025 flash anthology. Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-fl… #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #nonfiction #memoir #WritingCommunity

Monthly Competition: Shooter Flash

  Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance with one winning story each month, which we publish online (plus in an annual anthology – see link below). We welcome fiction and non-fiction sto…

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A lovely non-fiction micro by Orah Dawn Levin-Minder for our summer Shooter Flash: shooterlitmag.com/2026/08/11… #amreading #flashnonfiction #remembrance #memoir

Shooter Flash: “Planting Hyacinth Bulbs” by Orah Dawn Levin-Minder

When brittle leaves begin to fade and fall, my four-year-old son and I go out to plant hyacinth bulbs. My burled joints creak as I plunge a trowel through the soil, revealing naked worms reeling in…

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We have beautiful new copies of the Sweet Hereafter issue available to order! Tales of twisted parenthood, visions of the afterlife, professional second acts, midlife marathons & more... shooterlitmag.com/2025/11/28… #litmags #literaryfiction #shortstories #poetry #memoir #amreading

Shooter’s final print edition: #20, the Sweet Hereafter issue

Not all endings are painful – some might lead to a wonderful new opportunity, or an unexpected adventure, or reveal a silver lining. This is the slant of our 20th issue’s theme, Sweet Hereafter. Wh…

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Nathan Pettigrew@NathanBorn2010Jul 7
Bad Intentions from @litgarage01 is out now! Features my story "Milton," along with bangers from @keithroysdon, @jessebinger, @WhiskeyLeavins, @JoelNedecky, @andrewcareaga, @ScottMacLe59594, @zimwrites & @GeonnCannon among others! amazon.ca/Bad-Intentions-Fic…

Bad Intentions: A Crime Fiction Anthology Based on the Music of Warren Zevon

Fifteen stories of crime, consequence, and everything that comes after. Inspired by the music and darkly human worldview of Warren Zevon, is a crime fiction anthology about bad choices, worse...

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A psychic toad shows off its mind-reading prowess at a school talent show in Clayton Lister's winning Shooter Flash for June: shooterlitmag.com/2026/06/23… #flashfiction #shortstories #talentshow #toads

Shooter Flash: “Hercule and Toad Have Talent” by Clayton Lister

Typical, thought host Andie Jobber. Before the preceding act’s applause had quietened, onto the stage stepped that homunculus, as Gordy called him, the eyepatched gargoyle.  ‘Thank you, Blossie Pet…

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Our 20th edition, the Sweet Hereafter issue, has proven so popular we ordered an extra print run! Perfect summer reading. Copies available now via the Subscriptions link: shooterlitmag.com/2025/11/28… #litmags #literaryfiction #shortstories #poetry #nonfiction #amreading

Shooter’s final print edition: #20, the Sweet Hereafter issue

Not all endings are painful – some might lead to a wonderful new opportunity, or an unexpected adventure, or reveal a silver lining. This is the slant of our 20th issue’s theme, Sweet Hereafter. Wh…

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A college non-fiction special for this month's Shooter Flash, "Loveless" by @TravisTurnerII: shooterlitmag.com/2026/05/19… #flashnonfiction #essay #college #alabama #amreading

Shooter Flash: “Loveless” by Travis Turner

When Charlie Loveless died, they cleaned out his office on the second floor of Wallace Hall and left a box of his old books in the hallway free for the taking. I grabbed all of the Hemingway and Fa…

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It's far from an ordinary school day in Angela Ball's "Techspeak", our winning Shooter Flash for April: shooterlitmag.com/2026/04/20… #flashfiction #shortstories #tech #dystopia #amreading

Shooter Flash: “Techspeak” by Angela Ball

The televisions, everywhere, switched on at full volume. Mobile phones jingled and landlines rang, although no-one was at the other end if someone tried to answer. Tablets flashed with non-stop vid…

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Marital infidelity starts small in Arthur Heardman's winning Shooter Flash for March, "Small Talk": shooterlitmag.com/2026/03/09… #flashfiction #shortstories #marriage #infidelity #cocktails #amreading

Shooter Flash: “Small Talk” by Arthur Heardman

David perched on the silk ottoman at the foot of the marital bed, watching his wife apply lipstick through the open door of their ensuite bathroom. Somehow Sabrina managed to speak even while slick…

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Only one copy remaining of some of our back issues - browse the sale to snag Shooter at a reduced price! shooterlitmag.com/discounted… #litmags #shortstories #nonfiction #poetry #amreading

Discounted Back Issues

The following issues of Shooter are available to buy at the discounted price of £10 (UK) or £17 (International): #1 – Pulling the Trigger – 1 copy remaining #3 – Surreal – 4…

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An apt bit of comic romance for February's Shooter Flash, "Love Lessons from a Chameleon" by @Uksherka: shooterlitmag.com/2026/02/16… #flashfiction #holidayromance #lovestory

Shooter Flash: “Love Lessons from a Chameleon” by Sherry Morris

We met in the Algarve. He sunned on decorative rocks. I sipped Love on the Rocks by the pool. He approached me – drawn, perhaps, to my scarlet bikini or maybe my crimson drink. Initially, I was put…

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First Shooter Flash of the year, the delightful "Sole Survivor" by Alexandra O"Sullivan: shooterlitmag.com/2026/01/12… #flashnonfiction #creativenonfiction #guineapig #pets #family

Shooter Flash: “Sole Survivor” by Alexandra O’Sullivan

I parked the car after the school run and took the core of the apple I’d been eating to the guinea pigs on my way past. There, at end of the cage, lay a potato-shaped lump.   “Oh no,” I said as I k…

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Nicholas Hogg@nicholas_hogg15 Dec 2025
Thank you to editor Melanie Sykes-White for publishing my poem Happily Ever After in the latest @ShooterLitMag
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Michael Shelley@wfmumichael28 Nov 2025
Attn. fiction fans (especially in the U.K.): my short story, “The Story of Emma the Human Toothpick,” is in the brand new issue (#20) of @ShooterLitMag Get your copy at finer U.K. book sellers, or here: shooterlitmag.com/ Makes an excellent holiday gift.

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