Spec fic writers! Hope you'll consider submitting to @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social's open call for issue 4, due 10/15. They pay $1000 for each accepted piece, have a beautiful website, and a great social media presence. More info + submit: form.asana.com?k=65SA73Wqwg...

Come teach creative writing with us! The organization I work for--San Diego Writers, Ink--is currently recruiting new instructors, and you do not need to be based in San Diego because we also offer online workshops. Register for the information session here: writeyourstorynow.org/readings-eve...

My latest for @mcsweeneys.net, a recap of August's horrors. We're now at 416 atrocities. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/aug...

Hey San Diego friends, I'll be reading from my book Alternative Facts at two awesome events in October!

Big news for authors with out-of-print prose books looking for a new home: We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more. Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:

This weekend! My event is from 11:40-12:25 in the Black Box Theater.

So we hate doing stuff like this, but as social media platforms continue to throttle indie publishers like us, we rely now more than ever on our readers. If you can spare $3 or $5 or whatever a month, it would go a long way to help us keep on keeping on. buff.ly/E4eljl9

Next week! Catch me at a live taping of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social’s podcast The Finest, where I’ll be talking fact, fiction, and fantasy with author @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social and host/novelist Julia Dixon Evans! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/kpbs-san-d...

Great piece by @michelle-herman.bsky.social

Books to read if you find a failed friendship more shattering than a failed romance.

My latest for @mcsweeneys.net, a recap of July’s atrocities #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

It's Novel/Novella Submissions Halfway Day! We're HALFWAY through our subs period: our N/N reading team is high-fiving as 1/2 switch out of the reading queue and 1/2 switch in. They're hungry to read, so SEND US YOUR NOVEL OR NOVELLA before September 1! splitlippress.submittable.com

June is in the books. Great work again by @egreenberg.bsky.social and Cliff Mayotte. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun...

We have switched to a monthly format for Trump’s atrocities to make the mind-spinning number of horrors easier to digest. Here’s a recap of what happened in June: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jun... @mcsweeneys.net @cliffmay.bsky.social #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

Thanks for the shout-out @exactingclam.bsky.social!

Good job, NYC

Opening today at ICA San Diego @4-7 pm! I’ll be showing two video works alongside 6 other recent art school grads. The show will be up thru February 2026.

Thx @necessaryfiction.com for the opportunity to write about my research process and how I wrote a 12 page long sentence….

If you appreciate the Trump List I have been contributing to for @mcsweeneys.net, please consider making a donation so they can continue to support my work.

Hey! I made a playlist for my book at @largeheartedboy.bsky.social largeheartedboy.com/2025/06/18/e...

We have revamped our catalog of Trump's atrocities. Now, each month gets its own entry, which we hope will make it easier to read and share. Here's the list for May 2025. buff.ly/MRA3S0l

My latest for @mcsweeneys.net. We are now up to 269 atrocities. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/les...

We have updated our running list of Trump's cruelties, collusion, corruptions, and crimes with 59 new atrocities since early May. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

So thrilled with this fantastic, in-depth review!

Last week, I got to talk with Andrew Tonkovich, the longtime editor of Santa Monica Review, on @communityofwriters.bsky.social's Bibliocracy Radio. I also got to read a few excerpts! Listen: www.bibliocracyradio.org/episodes/h9z...

BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!

Unbelievable! Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware. #OnYourSide

Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.

I can’t wait for you all to read this book! ATL is lyrical, ambitious, smart, formally inventive, and urgent. It completely changed my understanding of what a fiction collection can do.

Big opportunity alert: we're open for applications to join the Split/Lip Press editorial team as our Creative Director! More details at the app link in our bio ( splitlippress.submittable.com), but everyone's favorite point to note: *yes we pay* Really looking forward to hearing from you all!

Join us!

Re-upping this since the LA Times said no, alas.

This week's #SundaySentence comes from one of my favorite stories in @egreenberg.bsky.social's debut collection. Perfect reading for #ShortStoryMonth. www.erikadreifus.com/2025/05/sund...

Starting a thread of some favorite books published by small presses that just lost their NEA grants. Please chime in! I'll start with this incredible work of true crime / fiction that reminds me of Saidiya Hartman's work. coffeehousepress.org/collections/...

ICYMI: As of yesterday, this list was up to 215 entries. It's hard keeping up with him, though.

Wondering what big outlet will pay me to do a small press books roundup every month or two because it seems like this is more necessary now than ever

While McSweeny's usually deals with satire and fiction, this is anything but: It's the true account of Trump's crimes, collusions, corruption, and cruelty. Bookmark it and use it to fuel your persistent engagement of Congress to urge them to impeach. www.congress.gov/contact-us

We have updated our catalog of Trump’s cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes. By our tally, there have been 215 of them since Inauguration Day. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors buff.ly/CS5I4Zt

Here's the latest update for @mcsweeneys.net. We are now at 215 atrocities. If you've been following along, the new posts begin with April 14th. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/les...

Our reporting on the NEA suddenly yanking grants. Affected include: n+1, McSweeney’s, Paris Review, Oxford American, book publishers, nonprofit theaters, more: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

One of the best parts of publishing a book is getting to talk to my super smart writer friends about it. So grateful to my longtime writing pal Mark Mangelsdorf for taking the time to deeply engage and ask me such insightful questions about Alternative Facts. sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2025/05/...

This enumeration of Trump's crimes against America & the world is a serious public service:

Hey @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats-judiciary.house.gov! @mcsweeneys.net has the list of high crimes and misdemeanors. Bribery, for goodness sake. When will you prepare and bring forward Articles of Impeachment??

Yep, we're doing this again. [SIGH].

@bookshop.org is offering free shipping today & tmrw. Why not order a copy of my book, Alternative Facts, and support independent bookstores? bookshop.org/p/books/alte...

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

My book is on this @electricliterature.com list!!! Dreams do come true! electricliterature.com/11-small-pre...

It's SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS day!!! A thousand welcomes to @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social's story collection, which is officially published today, in BOTH print and ebook form (you know where you can get it: www.splitlippress.com/store ) ! Zoom launch is TONIGHT at 7pm CT (link to register in tree)!!