“Blurring Out The North Circular” by Veronica Hayes – Third Place Short Story Competition
‘Veronica Hayes’ isn’t my real name, I’m actually a middle-aged mum of Punjabi Sikh heritage. I can’t use my real […]
“Fuchka Geometry” by Susmita Mukherjee – Second Place Short Story Competition
Susmita Mukherjee is an Indian author and former teacher at Army Public School, based in Kolkata, India. Her work explores
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“The Sound of Moss Falling” by Adrian Paul – Winner 2025 Short Story Competition
Adrian R. Paul writes fiction, poetry and memoir. He has had various works in small, independent publications, and has performed
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The Secret Life of a Publishing Company
In 2022, I set up Inkspot with my long-term friend, Jurcell Virginia. Jurcell and I have spent seven years collaborating
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Inkspot November Book Club Pick
November’s Inkspot Book Club pick is Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead, published by Fitzcarraldo
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Effing Aliens by Bruno Noble
Bruno is the author of The Colletta Cassettes, released by Inkspot in May 2025. His sent me this story with
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Excerpt from Paradise Undone, A Novel of Jonestown by Annie Dawid
The video below is of Marceline Jones, wife of Jim Jones, singing a haunting song, Black Baby. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/peoples-temple-choir-black-baby-lyrics.html The song
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Kenny, Winking: A Short Story by Annie Dawid
“Kenny, Winking” was the top story of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival 2022. It appears in the compilation of the
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Christopher Fielden Interviews Cathy Evans
A candid chat about what led to the formation of micro publisher Inkspot Publishing I’ve known Chris Fielden for many
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Under Vixens Mere: Why I Took It On
On 30th Sept, we had a very fun launch party at our local bookshop, Jaffe & Neale, in Chipping Norton,
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Stop All The Clocks by Noah Kumin
This month’s Indie Book Club pick is Noah Kumin’s Stop All The Clocks, published in 2025 by Arcade, an imprint
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“Lili Is Crying” by Hélène Bessette, translated by Kate Briggs
August’s Indie Book is Lili is Crying by Hélène Bessette, (1918 – 2000) translated from the original French by Kate
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