"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise." CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...

For the evening crowd: I have a new CNF piece up at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social !

I have a new personal, vulnerable essay out with @jmwwjournal.bsky.social today about my wife’s and my decision not to have kids 😃 Thanks to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social for taking a look at a draft early on!

I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!

I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!

"John felt unoriginal—an insurance company office worker offing himself in his cheap apartment. But this weapon had balls. His friends and family could take pride in knowing he’d killed himself in this way." @cshrumly.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too. open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...

I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!

I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too. open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...

I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!

Kiss Cam Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…

I was due to be born August 1st, but my mom got toxemia, so they cut me out, jaundiced yellow, on June 12th. Hence the line “Ordained Leo, but born Gemini,” in my @identitytheory.bsky.social prose poem from last April, if you’d like to read it 😉 👯 🦁 🙏 www.identitytheory.com/im-sorry-pla...

▶️ NOW PLAYING: @shelbyhinte.bsky.social's debut novel HOWLING WOMEN (@leftoverbooks.bsky.social) is a gripping desert noir about a woman on the run, searching for renewal, drinking too much, trying to outrun her past in a desolate town. We talked about it. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Want to survive the summer heat? Stay indoors and read! Take the Sealey Challenge to read one poetry book every day during the month of August. Cheat and start NOW!

this new story from D.T. Robbins is a perfect example of this joyful energy & momentum in so much of D.T.'s writing that makes him such a singular & fun writer "I look over, and the Grim Reaper is sitting in the passenger seat. He turns to me and smiles." https://www.havehashad.com/nb4w3

Kicked off my birthday with some local coffee and walking the Missouri River in Parkville, MO with Kylee. Now about to do some writing. Not a bad start.

I have a story in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today! Much thanks to @mallorysmart.bsky.social for giving “The Sweet Darkness” somewhere to live. maudlinhouse.net/the-sweet-da...

I've got 3 extra copies of YEAR OF THE BUFFALO, would love them to be in the hands of a reader rather than in my way on my desk. hmu and I'll send you one.

This is a story I’m super proud of (thank you @maudlinhouse.bsky.social!) and it means a lot that Aaron shared it. Please take the time to check it out!

It’s Tuesday now but I’d still argue reading a short story would make your day better. Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish. maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...

I have a new story up at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today about arcade nostalgia and Val Kilmer Batman! maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...

Neon-Lit Val Kilmer Batman Pinball Badassery by Cody Shrum maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...

I have a new story up at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today about arcade nostalgia and Val Kilmer Batman! maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...

Got a lil acceptance from @eunoiareview.bsky.social this morning which is a nice distraction from *gestures wildly*

just reread Cody Shrum's "square" on the site today, and the end *literally* gave me goosebumps and made the hairs on my arms stand up, it's so good. "In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes." https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22

Whew

New CNF skull up at @havehashad.com today!

The Roomba Has Locked Itself In The Bathroom by Benjamin Drevlow maudlinhouse.net/the-roomba-h...

If you were thinking about cleaning out your notes app, don’t do it! Could come in handy. So stoked to have this piece in HAD today! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social and team <3

What @joshrank.bsky.social said! (Thanks, man!) If you, too, enjoy weird little stories about the forgotten people living in flyover states, have I got a collection for you. $20 signed and shipped in the US, or $25 and I’ll throw in my poetry chapbook as well!

New work in @havehashad.com today! Another cheesy little dad piece that might be the cheesiest little dad piece I’ve written yet (while also maybe the one I had the most fun with?)

Reminder that we love and have published HAD reject pieces-- so if you got a no, feel free to send that work our way!!!

I prepped for @havehashad.com’s latest call—and then found out a student’s memorial service was at the same time. So I thought, OK, gonna miss it—but my husband offered to try to submit for me. He didn’t make it, but I was so touched by his gesture and sad about my student that I was zen about it

our first "square" is a banger from Adam Shaw! "And I do this again and again, again and again until I finish my last pass and a raindrop hits my hand and a few more hit the grass and I smell how sweet it is, really, the work and monotony of it all..." https://www.havehashad.com/kk41b

No biggie, just @mikemwilson.bsky.social out here with another stunner to get me all teary-eyed to start my day.

I haven’t annoyed y’all in a minute: my short story collection, Oakaville, has been in the world almost 4 months! I can mail signed copies for $20 in the US. If you’ve read it, please give it a review on Good Reads! I’d also be happy to get you a free copy for reviews or interviews—hit me up!

A few pics from last night’s launch party for @cbwell.bsky.social’s and my short story collections. Stories were told, beers were drank, books were sold, good times were had etc. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate and thanks to @chloechun.bsky.social for reading with us!

back home from tour and have a backlog of books going to the post office tomorrow. want one? $20 signed and shipped. HYA stickers going with each order until i run out! message me for paypal/venmo info

👀 @cbwell.bsky.social @chloechun.bsky.social @tornlabelbrewing.bsky.social

Last night’s Lawrence, KS edition of Morning, Fuckers kicked ass. I missed AWP this year so hearing these guys crush it and hanging out after made me giddy. @littleengines.bsky.social @kylerseibel.bsky.social @misternagel.bsky.social @adamgnade.bsky.social @adamvoith.bsky.social

Cover reveal for my upcoming book, Ethan Hawke & Me @barrelhouse.bsky.social It sets my own rambling experience of life and love alongside Richard Linklater’s fantastic trilogy. Come read about my failures to figure it all out :)

Happy Pub Day to @cbwell.bsky.social—can’t wait to read this one!

Hey y'all. I have a few events coming up. I'll post more abt each event as they get closer, but I'd love to see you. I especially encourage you to attend the Wakarusa Wetlands Celebration on 4/19 and the joint book launch of Colin Brightwell and @cshrumly.bsky.social's new books on 4/26!

Next Wednesday, 6:30 pm, Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS—less than a week away!

This month's #Mondettes picked by @lmariharris.bsky.social ⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why L Mari made these brilliant picks mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...

Lunch break reads! @willmusgrove.bsky.social

My copies of Oakaville finally came in! It’s very cool to be holding this book after so many years writing, revising, and submitting it—it’s real! Get your copy here: amzn.to/4jP1v0Y

It feels like a weird time to promote a book but today is the day—my small-town Kansas short story collection, Oakaville, is now available on Amazon from Alien Buddha Press! amzn.to/4jP1v0Y

3 days from publication day! In the meantime I’m exited to share this amazing blurb from @chloechun.bsky.social!

I’m pumped to share blurb #2 for Oakaville from the one and only @kylerseibel.bsky.social! Oakaville will be available one week from today on Amazon from Alien Buddha Press.