July 2025 edition of Supernatural Feat! Discussed: dates (like calendar dates), hawks, consciousness (sharing thereof), breath, "what else" Links to good, real good, writing, but not all the real good writing, I could never do that. buttondown.com/supernatural...

for the folks getting off work, or who just did, check out new fiction from @jrostopovich.bsky.social

People are always asking me when I’m going to write a novel. I have, I just haven’t done anything with it. Huge thanks to Burial Magazine for being kind enough to publish a short excerpt!

#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, essays, translation, reviews. Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. G’Lines + open calls: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g... #modernism #Essays #bookreviews #litmag #shortstories #creativewriting

New story up at Hobart inspired in part by the recent passing of Val Kilmer. It’s about my teenage obsession with The Doors and conjuring Jim Morrison on the Ouija. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...

Who’s up for a body-horror love story? If you act fast, you can read it before my husband does. Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.

Excited to be part of this month’s @reckonreview.bsky.social lineup!! Check out my new story THE KINGS OF GHOST CITY here: reckonreview.com/the-kings-of...

I wrote a poem for Merle Haggard’s mom, for my grandma, about migrant mothers who needed a release. Please dig MIGRANT MOTHER’s MISSING ORGASM: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/migrant...

I have a funny little flash out today about being middle-aged and doing stupid shit to prove to yourself you’re not as uncool as you feel. Thanks so much to @havehashad.com for taking this one!

I've got a new poem up thanks to the good souls at Horror Sleaze Trash. horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/05/07/d...

Going to drive to the Alberta badlands to see the dinosaurs tomorrow and I feel 10 again.

As much as I regret moving (which is a lot, lol), I will say it is pretty great to be so close to views like this.

There is something happening. Something bigger than you, me, and… whoever this person is you’re with. There is no excuse for this. I deserve an explanation. This is big stuff, Francesco. Big, big stuff. SOMETHING BIG by @badguybirnie.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/birnie_somet...

I’d like to thank years of insomnia, @aaronburch.bsky.social, and an opportunely timed late-night @havehashad.com submission call for my first skull. 💀

Submissions are open for the Dalloway Prize; send something to our newest contest! $500 Grand Prize, $100 Second Prize, $10 entry. Guest Judged by @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social Artwork by @jrostopovich.bsky.social #callforsubmissions #fiction #nonfiction lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-clariss...

Micro up at @rejectionlit.bsky.social Hope you enjoy! rejection-letters.com/2025/04/16/b...

It’s Indie April, so I appreciate any help spreading the word about The Owl Men of Shanidar. If you like sci-fi and weird tales, give this novel a chance. Release is April 28! Mybook.to/OwlMen

Gorgeous weather here this weekend. Spent a good portion of it on a patio drinking frozen peach cider.

If you’re headed to AWP make sure to stop by the @LEspritLit table at the book fair to grab a copy of their retrospective. I have seven watercolours and an essay in it. I’ll also be reading with them at The Last Bookstore on March 29th at 6pm. Come out and say hi!

Thrilled to have a gruesome little story about hysteria, medical abuse, and masochism in this. Coy always puts together the best historical horror. Mark your calendars for this one!

Worm moon time—that means there’s a story in @gonelawn.bsky.social called “In the Dragonfly Cemetery” that you will perhaps enjoy (I hope so) in addition to the rest of this excellent issue

Stoked to be reading with such an awesome lineup. If you’re heading to AWP this year be sure to stop by The Stowaway Friday night for some lit shenanigans.

Just realized I only have one submission out right now. I have this weird anxiety around submitting. It’s not even that I’m scared of rejection, I just feel kind of stupid submitting my writing. Like, here, I wrote this thing which may or may not be (is definitely) weird. Please publish it.

Three micros up at @hfr.bsky.social — they’re all real tiny ones, so why not check them out? One’s got a dinosaur

Hey y'all! Really stoked to share this story about a kid I once knew. You probably also knew him. Jeff Says, up now on @bruisermag.com !!!

On The Blade by Andrew Petracca maudlinhouse.net/on-the-blade/

This gorgeous edition of Vanity Fair I found for a song at a secondhand shop.

anyway, for no reason whatsoever, here's the most Ukrainian thing I've ever written. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!

Finally warmed up enough yesterday to get out for a walk. Found some cool public art.

"So today Mena’s got a bucket, and a bright, sharp trowel, and a scary-sharp gleam in her eye." Oh, friends, this week we offer a quiet creeper, rivulets of unease tracing through impeccably crafted prose. "Mena, Until," by Patricia Russo is one you won't want to miss. 🪣 hexliterary.com?p=2553

So friggin stoked to share “Not Dark Yet” with you fine folks. Big thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social for believing, and publishing this bad boy in Short Story, Long today. A dark dream come true. open.substack.com/pub/ashortst...

Made some bread. ✨

The final piece from our Winter 25 Quarterly is a review of Edwin Frank’s “Stranger Than Fiction,” a look at the 20th century novel, from @fsgbooks.bsky.social Reviewed by our very own @dwhitethewriter.bsky.social #review #fiction #literature #writing lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/b...

New story! About nostalgia (surprise!) & malls & relationships & memory... and time travel & beauty & magic & wonder.

Thrilled to have seven paintings and an essay in this gorgeous retrospective put together by the incredible editors at @lespritlit.bsky.social. If you’re heading to AWP this year, be sure to stop by their table to snag a copy!

Comma splice in an opening sentence to assert my contempt for authority. *Will delete at the request of editor.

Breaking my dry January with some homebrew strawberry wine. Forgot how strong this batch was, maybe should have eased in with something a bit lighter.

Mood. youtu.be/O_r2K3vvbQ0

Out for a night of live theatre. 🎭 The actress who played Blanche DuBois gave an incredible performance.

Shhhh. Come're. You'll be the first to hear about this. Starting May 11, we'll open our themed call for submissions "Dark Fantasy and Psychological Thriller" for our September issue, paying $300 for accepted flash (under 1000 words). Watch our social media channels for more info.

Someone just told me my dining room looks like a great place to hold a seance. 😌

🚨 new Z.H. Gill 🚨 "Hi, amigo. Circumcise me, please. Won’t you? No one else will do it. I trust in—I live by—your technique, unsteady as it is. Yes, maybe I’m a bit old for the procedure. Not the sort of challenge that stops a great circumciser…" https://www.havehashad.com/zzvev

Fin. See you in 2025. 🥂

A very lean year for me, but @houseofgamut.bsky.social published this short story on New Year's Day. I'm grateful to the staff for their hard work and sorry to see this magazine fold: houseofgamut.com/gamut-magazi...

Happy winter solstice! 🤍❄️

we love this sad xmas story by Drew Willis !! it's about getting fucked up, making music, & losing a friend. it's called 'Visual Snow' & u should read it ! xraylitmag.com/visual-snow-...

Oldest has started dressing like she’s in a ska band. She’s bought herself a black tie and a little wallet chain. It’s so darn cute.

Made a fancy pie. ✨