David Gaffney

{{short description|British writer}}

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David Gaffney is a British writer well known for his flash fiction.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/14/how-to-write-flash-fiction |title=Stories in your pocket: how to write flash fiction}}‘“A pop star trapped in the body of a flasher”: An Interview with David Gaffney’, Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, 4.1 (April 2014), 125–30.'How to Get a Break as a Writer', Neil Nixon, Troubador UK, 352.

His work has appeared in such publications as Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine,"Contents", Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, University of Chester, UK Bad Idea,{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jack |last2=Stacey |first2=Daniel |title=Bad Idea Anthology: The Best of Modern Storytelling |date=22 May 2008 |publisher=Anova Books |isbn=9781906032302 }} and Ambit.{{cite web |url=http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/buy/back-issues/ |title=Back Issues |access-date=6 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206122639/http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/buy/back-issues/ |archive-date=6 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

He was the 2015 flash-fiction judge for the Bridport Prize.{{cite web|url=https://www.bridportprize.org.uk/content/2015-judges |title=2015 Bridport Prize Judges}}