09/04/2026
“I’m a sucker for a read with multiple angles to approach it. Reading this piece from top to bottom, as it is written, provides an optimistic longing of the past, sitting in present gloom and reminiscing as if we sat in the café together. Reading it from bottom to top clearly illustrated the heartbreak, taking us from the first meeting to the last non-meeting. The writing is short and sweet, relying on form to address the theme.” - Ashley Lanuza (Ashley C. Lanuza) on Sarah Masters’s “Saudade” winner DON’T SAY HELLO. Read it here: tinyurl.com/Dont405.
BIO: Sarah Masters lives in York and teaches English for speakers of other languages. Her tiny stories have appeared in a few places including Funny Pearls, Full House Literary, Roi Fainéant Press, The Hooghly Review, CafeLit, FlashFlood Journal, and SHOOTERFLASH. Last year she came first in The Propelling Pencil Spring Charity Competition. Contact .bsky.social
