Hello, I’m Dave. This blog is where I keep my flash fiction, plus a smattering of longer work. Sometimes I think about actually writing a novel. Maybe one day.
Here’s a list of publishing credits
Print:
The National Flash Fiction Anthology 2016
The National Flash Fiction Anthology 2018
The Word For Freedom: Short Stories Celebrating Women’s Suffrage (2018)
Stories For Homes Vol 2 (2017)
The Black Noise Anthology (2016)
Flash Fiction Magazine Vol 2 (2017)
Bunbury Creative Anthology Vol 2 (2018)
Online:
Flash Fiction Magazine, Spelk, Short Fiction Break, BULL, Tales From The Forest, Ink In Thirds, XRAY, 101 Words, Funny in 500, The Drabble, Ellipsis, Firefly, Boinkzine, Pygmy Giant, Bunbury Magazine, Storgy, Postcard Poems and Prose, The Fiction Pool, Cabinet of Heed, Riggwelter Press, Fictive Dream, Ginger Collect, Ghost Parachute, Defenestration, Philosophical Idiot, Reflex Fiction, The Sunlight Press, Soft Cartel, Virtual Zine, Barren, Truffle Lit Mag, Another North, The Daily Drunk, Back Patio Press, Bandit Fiction, Lucent Dreaming, Fudoki Magazine, Hencroft Hub, Burnt Breakfast, Janus Literary, Riptide Journal, Splonk and Sick Lit Magazine.
Contests and nominations:
Wigleaf Top 50 of 2020 longlist – for Mother BudgieWinner, Ad Hoc Fiction prize
Runner Up, Zero Flash Fiction prize (board games theme)
Longlisted, National Flash Fiction Day 2018 micro-fiction contest
Longlisted, National Flash Fiction NZ 2019 micro-fiction contest
Shortlisted, Smokelong Quarterly 2021 Comedy Awards
Pushcart Prize nominee, 2016 – for Shrink
Best of the Net nominee, 2018 – for Matchbox Ballerina
I live in Bridgend, South Wales, with my wife, daughter, cats, fish, garden gnomes and general sense of bewilderment.
Contact: davidgeoffreycook@googlemail.com.
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DAVE COOK, WRITER 