Short Stories

Linda Flynn Reading

Linda Flynn has had thirty-three short stories published to date.

The Best of Café Lit 13 has accepted two short stories: A New Dawn and Death Duties for publication on the 31st July 2024.

Linda Flynn's script, Unseen Eyes, which was based on one of her short stories, has been selected by a production company and is currently in the pipeline to be made into a film.

Another short story, Death Duties is due to be released in the Cafe Lit Magazine on the 16th March 2023.

Linda Flynn's anthology, I knew it in the Bath will be published by Bridge House in September 2022.

A piece of immersive theatre will be published by Chapel Books in 2022.

In December 2021, the short story, Shadow Play was the winner of the Historical category in the Globe Soup 7 Day Writing Challenge, around the theme: Knowledge is Power.

The short story, Unseen Eyes was published in the Bridge House anthology, Resolutions in November 2021.

In November 2021, Precipice was a finalist in the Globe Soup 24-hour flash fiction competition.

On 22nd December 2020, A Cracker for One was released on CafeLit and is Linda's twenty-first short story to be published. This was written a couple of years ago, before the Covid crisis.

From June 2019, Linda Flynn has been editing for Bridge House and Chapel Books.

In February the short story, A Sprinkling of Hope was selected by votes to be published in the anthology, The Best of Cafe Lit 10 in August 2021.

The short story, There's Rosemary, That's for Remembrance was published in an anthology, Mulling it Over released on the 15th November, 2020.

Fishing in Troubled Waters was selected as one of the winners in the Waterloo Festival short story competition and was released in an ebook, Transforming Communities. This story, along with Linda's previous entries: Shouting in a Sandstorm and Climbing Rainbows was published in Transformations, an anthology of Waterloo Festival winning stories in December 2020

Like a Lamb was published in the Bridge House anthology, Nativity and released at the book launch on the 7th December, 2019.

The short story, Little Red Shoe was published on the Cafe Lit Website on 15th July 2019.

One of the winners of the Waterloo Festival Short Story Competition with Climbing Rainbows.

Unseen Eyes was published on the Cafe Lit Website in April 2019.

Rescue Me, Saving You was published in the Bridge House anthology, Crackers in December 2018. An extract was read from the beginning of it at the book launch held on the 1st December in Waterloo.

Linda Flynn
Linda Flynn

The short story, Shouting in a Sandstorm was selected as one of the winners of the Waterloo Festival. An extract from the story was read at the opening of the Word Weekend on Thursday 14th June, 2018.

Flash fiction Hurricane Rosie was published on the CafeLit website on 3rd January, 2018.

The Best of CaféLit 6

Two short Stories: Poppy, a Puppy for Remembrance and Wake-up Call were published in The Best of CaféLit 6 (Chapeltown Books) in August 2017.

Glit-er-ary

The Litter in Glitter was published in the Bridge House anthology Gliterary Tales in December 2017.

Baubles

In November 2016 All That Glitters was published in the Bridge House anthology, Baubles.

Snowdrop

Short story, Snowdrop available in the Snowflakes anthology from November 2015 (Bridge House Publishing and Amazon.)

Something Hidden

Short story, I Knew it in the Bath in the Something Hidden anthology. (Bridge House Publishing ISBN 9 781907 335310). Available on Amazon and Bridge House Publishing

Going Places

Linda Flynn - Going Places

The short story, To Take Flight was published in the Bridge House anthology Going Places on the 31st May 2010.

Hipp-O-Dee-Doo-Dah

Two short stories for children, The Secret Messenger and Timid Tim published in the Hipp-O-Dee-Doo-Dah anthology to raise money for Children's Hospices UK. Foreword by Michael Morpurgo OBE, cover by Children's Laureate Andrew Browne and featuring award winning writers Lauren St. John and Alan Gibbons. (ISBN 9 781907 335112 Bridge House. Available on Bridge House Publishing and Amazon.)

Devils, Demons and Werewolves

Short story for teenagers, The Wild Ones, was published in the Devils, Demons and Werewolves anthology on the 15th October, 2010.