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My new short story podcast is live!

by tabithapotts 2nd February 2020
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I’ve set up a short story podcast, Story Radio! It will feature short stories read by new and emerging writers in the English language. The first story I’ve featured is one of mine as I wanted to get comfortable with the technology and set-up before I unleashed it on other writers. Crow Girl was a Finalist in the MIROnline Folk Tale competition and I’m very proud of it, I hope you enjoy my reading of this dark tale with folk horror overtones.

But now I’m inviting more writers to submit. I am looking for short stories (up to about 2000 words) read by you and recorded as MP3s. I will add music, FX, intros and outros, and edit. Your entry will be unpaid until I have enough Patreons to fund payment for all writers whose work I podcast (see my Patreon page here) which is my goal for the podcast. All writers will retain copyright, we ask only to retain audio rights for one year. Submissions will always be free.

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2nd February 2020 0 comment
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Read my short story, The Reckoning, in anthology Exit Earth

by tabithapotts 8th January 2020
written by tabithapotts

Exit Earth, an anthology published by Storgy Books, is currently free to download. It includes my sci-fi story, The Reckoning. The story is set in a California of the future, where the Golden Gate Bridge has disappeared beneath the sea and all the Silicon Valley billionaires have moved into a floating island above the earth.

From Trumpocalypse to Brexit Britain, brick by brick the walls are closing in. But don’t despair. Bulldoze the borders. Conquer freedom not fear. EXIT EARTH explores all life – past, present, or future – on, or off – this beautiful, yet fragile, world of ours. Final embraces beneath a sky of flames. Tears of joy aboard a sinking ship. Laughter in a lonely land. Dystopian or utopian, realist or fantasy, horror or sci-fi, EXIT EARTH is yours to conquer.

EXIT EARTH includes the short fiction of all fourteen finalists from the STORGY EXIT EARTH Short Story Competition, as judged by critically acclaimed author Diane Cook (Man vs. Nature). EXIT EARTH EXTRA contains additional stories by award winning authors M R Cary (The Girl With All The Gifts), Toby Litt (Corpsing), James Miller (Lost Boys), Courttia Newland (A Book of Blues), and David James Poissant (The Heaven of Animals), in addition to stories by Tomek Dzido, Ross Jeffery, Alice Kouzmenko, Tabitha Potts, and Anthony Self. With exclusive artwork by Amie Dearlove, HarlotVonCharlotte, CrapPanther, and cover design by Rob Pearce.

8th January 2020 0 comment
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My writing year in review

by tabithapotts 20th November 2019
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It’s been a long and in many ways rewarding year for me as a writer. Most importantly, I submitted my Creative Writing MA Dissertation (the first eight chapters from my novel in progress and an introductory Essay) and received a Distinction.

After a couple of sometimes quite tumultuous years as I battled with the side-effects of my successful cancer treatment in 2017 (fatigue and forgetfulness being some of them), it was wonderful to get this mark, which was the best I’ve had so far during my MA.

Physical recovery is a lot like writing. I seem to have put a lot of hours in (in the kickboxing gym, on my laptop) and sometimes it feels like not very much happens as a result (and sometimes things seem to go backwards), but I am improving slowly and growing as a writer.

I’ve learned to look at my progress over time rather than expecting everything to happen at once and I hope I’ve become more objective about my work.

I had quite a few stories published too! My short story Masquerade was Highly Commended by the Booker Prize at Birkbeck competition and eventually published by the brilliant Elixir Magazine. I was on the longlist for the Sunderland Short Story Award 2019 and was a Finalist in the MIROnline Folk Tale Festival with my story Crow Girl (which was beautifully illustrated and published on the MIROnline website).

My story The Edge was published on the Short Editions website (alas, not in the short story dispensers, I am going to try again because I’d dearly love to have a story in one of these). Meanwhile, one of my ghost stories is going to come out in a printed anthology soon – I will let you know when it’s available to purchase.

I’ve been doing a lot of writing for Roman Road London and they recently created an author page for me where you can read all my reviews and articles – it’s a great opportunity for me to explore my interest in East London history.

And I’ve been managing MIRLive which has been a joy – the chance to listen to some wonderful writers, both well-known and emerging, reading their work live in an intimate venue. Our final event of the year will be on the 2nd December featuring Toby Litt reading from his novel Patience as well as some amazing new work from writers from Birkbeck and all over the UK. I hope I’ll see some of you there.

20th November 2019 0 comment
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My short story, Crow Girl, has been published by MIROnline

by tabithapotts 28th July 2019
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I recently submitted a short story to the MIROnline Folk Tale Festival competition and to my delight, I was one of the five finalists whose short stories were published and illustrated. I also read it to the audience at MIRLive – a wonderful evening was had by all, enjoying the folk music of Bity Booker and the various dark and thrilling stories that were read to us. We writers discussed the common threads we found in our folk tales: women and magic, violence, the way the world of superstition can suddenly intersect with the everyday.

You can read and listen to Crow Girl here. The beautiful illustration is by Amy Shepheard.

28th July 2019 0 comment
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If you go down to the woods… it’s Dark Outside.

by tabithapotts 19th June 2019
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Recently I recorded one of my short stories and sent it in to The Dark Outside. I was delighted when they told me they will be using it. It’s a very intriguing art project which broadcasts music, unusual sounds, stories and poetry in forests. This year, as part of the Peoples’ Forest project, it will be broadcasting from the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge on 87.7FM during the Summer Solstice – that’s 20th June from 12 noon until 12 noon on the 21st.

My story will be broadcast just before 11pm, so you if you go down to the woods tomorrow night you might meet me carrying a small transistor radio… Otherwise, if you live near Epping Forest you might be able to hear it from home. Apparently everything is deleted afterwards, so it’s a bit of a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

19th June 2019 0 comment
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The Mechanics’ Folk Tale Festival 8th July

by tabithapotts 13th June 2019
written by tabithapotts

I’ve recently become involved with MIROnline as the Manager of their MIRLive event. It’s a spoken-word event, showcasing the best in creative writing. Performances involve new UK based writers alongside established authors. The event takes place twice termly at The Harrison, 28 Harrison Street, King’s Cross, WC1H 8JF.

Our next event is on Monday 8th July at 7.30pm and you can read all about it here. It’s going to be a Folk Tale themed event with a reading by author Catherine Menon and live folk music by Bity Booker. Other readings will be from short stories submitted to the MIROnline Summer Folk Tale Festival.

It’s going to be a wonderful night, and it’s free! Please come along and support our amazing writers.

13th June 2019 0 comment
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Read my short story, The Edge, and vote for it on Short Editions website!

by tabithapotts 20th March 2019
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My short story, The Edge, has recently been published on the Short Editions website where it is part of a competition (including public votes). Winners will be published internationally in Short Editions’ ‘short story dispensers’, which I think are a wonderful idea.

It’s a story set in a caravan park in Dorset, which I originally wrote for a beach-themed competition, and explores heatwaves and teenage mood swings.

Read it here and don’t forget to vote!

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Book reviewer for Roman Road London

by tabithapotts 17th January 2019
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I’ve just joined the editorial team at Roman Road London as a book reviewer – it’s a great local website focusing on news, culture and events in the Roman Road area of East London.

My most recent book review is for Paintings by Doreen Fletcher, an artist who is a favourite of mine. I’m looking forward to reviewing more books about the history and culture of the area, so if you have a book you think I should review, let me know!

17th January 2019 0 comment
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New short story published in Elixir Magazine

by tabithapotts 8th January 2019
written by tabithapotts

A new short story of mine, Hagstone, has been published in literary magazine Elixir. Elixir is an exciting new online magazine created and managed by passionate readers and writers and I’m delighted to be part of it.  

The story was inspired by my habit of picking up pebbles with holes in them on Norfolk beaches. Later on I visited an exhibition about witchcraft in East London where I discovered the folklore around these pebbles and so a new short story was born.

Read Hagstone here

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CLiKD interviewed me as part of their ‘Creative Interview’ series

by tabithapotts 27th October 2018
written by tabithapotts

I was recently interviewed by CLiKd, the dating agency for creatives, about my writing. They were interested in finding out how I found inspiration for my work and what gave me the most satisfaction as a writer.

I talked to them about my short stories, including Swing Me and Beneath the Skin,  and poems. We also talked about how I quit my job in marketing to write full time, then was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to spend six months having surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy just before I started my studies for an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck this time last year.

It’s not something I’d recommend to anyone, but cancer does concentrate the mind wonderfully and it has made me much more determined to focus on what’s important to me.

I’ve been fighting my way back (literally, in fact, I’ve just restarted my Muay Thai kickboxing lessons) and am starting to feel a lot more like myself.

It’s great to feel the side effects of treatment diminish and physical strength return, although I’m aware it’s a long and difficult journey.

I shared some book recommendations as well if you want something frightening to read for Halloween (or any time, in fact)!

27th October 2018 0 comment
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  • Miki Lentin talks about his collection, Inner Core 31st May 2022
    Martin Nathan, Tabitha Potts and Goran Baba Ali talk to Miki Lentin about his short story collection, Inner Core, recently published by Afsana Press. Includes a short reading by Miki Lentin. This interview was produced by Martin Nathan. Inner Core is available to buy as an ebook and paperback with proceeds of all sales going […]
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  • Efflorescence by Miki Lentin 30th April 2022
    Efflorescence, a short story by Miki Lentin takes us into that time when a man bumps into a friend unexpectedly while on an evening walk, with surprising consequences. Efflorescence is part of a collection of short stories released by Miki Lentin called Inner Core, published by Afsana Press that is available to buy as an ebook and paperback with proceeds of all sales […]
    Miki Lentin (writer) and Francis Gilbert (reader)
  • A Mean Spirit by Joan Treacy 31st March 2022
    A group of mourners attend a funeral and a wake for a shopkeeper and we learn more about his past and relationships. This short story was written and read by Joan Treacy. Joan Treacy has been writing for about five years. She has written many short stories and several of them have been published in Irish […]
    Joan Treacy

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