Shooter Literary Magazine
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Biannual print magazine publishing literary short fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Website: https://t.co/aIPuESSE47. Tweets by editor @melaniecwhite
London, England
Joined April 2013
A new graduate's plum job isn't all it seems in C Goth's winning Shooter Flash for July, "Quantum Choices": #flashfiction #shortstories #writingcommunity.
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“Can you pass the salt?” Smith asked as politely as possible. “Sure.” This wasn’t even small talk. “Thank you.” Microscopic talk. “Welcome.” Quantum talk: the smallest blocks of syllables that co…
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RT @NiallCPoetry: Such a busy time in life and work - but thought it would be nice to share the new Poetry London cover. We are trying some….
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Submissions open for August Shooter Flash! Fiction and nonfiction tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a copy of the 2024 flash anthology. Guidelines: #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #memoir #WritingCommunity.
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Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance with one winning story each month, which we publish online (plus in an annual anthology – see link below). As the magazine asks for prose longer …
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A fitting tale after Father's Day of a dad whose magic tricks get old in Sherry Morris's winning Shooter Flash for June, "The Escapologist":: #flashfiction #shortstories #fathersday #magictricks #parenting #growingup.
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Dad didn’t wow crowds by bursting out of burning caskets like other escapologists. He didn’t wriggle free from straightjackets or emerge jubilant from chained trunks. Mom claimed he was a helluva H…
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RT @NomadicAlison: Got a poem in the latest issue of @ShooterLitMag . As a working class woman who came to writing in her mid-50s & who lar….
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RT @Duotrope: Today's listing of the day is: Shooter Literary Magazine @ShooterLitMag #WritingCommunity
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Skiving off work leads to unexpected humiliation in Julia Carver's winning Shooter Flash for May, "Whiteout": #flashfiction #literaryfiction #shortstories #WorkLifeBalance.
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The ski lift bumped Rick onto its metal bench and toted him skyward. Glittering slopes fell away, frosted runs and dark crevices of trees winding down to the valley floor far below. In the distance…
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RT @Duotrope: The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @TheHudsonReview @dappledthings1 @josephinequart @….
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RT @skullsnflames76: Coming of Age issue explores sex, loss, and startling changes via @ShooterLitMag Excited to ha….
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Readers of the Coming of Age edition will note a discrepancy between the issue date of Autumn/Winter 2024, and the publication date of May 2025. Sadly this was caused by the rapid decline and death…
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Submit short fiction, nonfiction and poetry for Shooter issue 20, themed "Sweet Hereafter", through June 22. Guidelines at #amwriting #literaryfiction #creativenonfiction #shortstories #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #litmag
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The Coming of Age issue has arrived, packed full of robo-doll mothers, Eastern European draft dodgers, saucy cupids, vengeful flowers, and an alternate reality Leonard Cohen. Order your copy now!.#amreading #litmag #shortstories #poetry #nonfiction.
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Readers of the Coming of Age edition will note a discrepancy between the issue date of Autumn/Winter 2024, and the publication date of May 2025. Sadly this was caused by the rapid decline and death…
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Snap up one of our back issues at a reduced price! Some editions are down to the last one or two copies - you can see which ones are nearly out on the webpage: #amreading #litmags #shortstories #poetry #nonfiction.
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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 – 8…
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The 2025 Shooter Poetry Competition is open to entries! We welcome any style/subject, up to 100 lines long. Cash prizes and publication in print + online. Deadline June 22. Guidelines at #poetry #litmags #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Submissions are open for issue 20, themed "Sweet Hereafter": #literaryfiction #creativenonfiction #shortstories #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #litmag.
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Shooter publishes themed print issues twice a year, and runs competitions for poetry during the first half of the year and short fiction during the second half of the year. We also run a monthly fl…
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A businessman is delayed at the barber shop in Jackson Smith's tale "Thursday's Dresden's", the Shooter Flash winner for April: #flashfiction #shortstories #literaryfiction #barbershop.
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Twenty minutes past my reservation. I’m late for a meeting. My foot taps; I check emails. The Barber – thick beard, leather apron – rolls up his sleeves. One-man shop. Too late to go anywhere else.…
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A girl growing up in the Amazon rainforest is lured by the city in @Higadopiscina's "River Without Current", winner of this month's Shooter Flash: #flashfiction #shortstories #amazon #comingofage.
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In Mama’s last letter, she wrote that there’s no opportunity at the Napo River Lodge, where Papa works. She warned that if I continued to live with Papa, I would end up like Yolanda, chopping veget…
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Doing a bit of spring cleaning (early, I know) and clearing out issues of Shooter at a third off the usual price! Most editions up to #14 are still available. See our website for details: #litmags #amreading #shortstories #nonfiction #poetry #memoir.
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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 – 8…
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Relationship subterfuge clashes with Catholic guilt in Steven Bays' story "Lisa's Little Lie", our flash winner for February: #flashfiction #shortstories #amwriting #writingcommunity.
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The wheels of the gurney squeaked as an aide moved Lisa to recovery. Half asleep, she stirred, then moaned and curled into a fetal position. She pulled the sheets over her shoulder and stuck one fo…
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The first Shooter Flash of 2025 features one drinker's unexpectedly poignant trip to the bog in "If, Man, Son" by Al Crow: #flashfiction #shortstories #literaryfiction #Kipling #fatherhood.
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And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! – “If” by Rudyard Kipling Pint up, contents down, and I’m up, down the corridor. Drink then piss. Same old drill for an old soul. No need to spell it out.…
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