2:45 am and my brain was: “hey, here’s a paragraph for you!” 3:15 am: “wait, one more sentence.”

Weekend reading: Best Microfiction 2019

It’s exciting to see new work from @josehernandezdz.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social Was he grand? Was he a champion? A beggar? Somewhere in the middle? When he finally found his name, it was written on the bottom of his bedroom slipper. His name, it turns out, was “Exist.” - The Search

Happy Halloween!

Curren read: Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect @kossworks.bsky.social @diodeeditions.bsky.social

Tate McRae was a fantastic show. I wanted to see her last year - but zI thought the venue wasn’t big enough. Her dancing is top notch and an arena captured it well.

Some micro-fiction for you to enjoy today. Thanks yo @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for giving it a home.

New flash -“We Won’t Ever Be Young Again,” which began in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness is here!

Please submit. It was a great experience.

I will have a new micro in Five On The Fifth!

“Warrior,” which began in a @smokelong Summer 2025 is out! Thanks to everyone who helped.

Renee Rapp was awesome on Saturday. The box office line was all the way to the parking lot.

A new micro will be published with @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social!

Thanks @thehooletsnook.bsky.social for publishing my 100-word story in this lovely new issue! And thanks @smokelong.bsky.social workshop for the prompt and group feedback that shaped this micro.

The Society

Thank you so much for the nomination. It’s an honor to be included with such amazing writers.

I will have a new micro out in @blinkink50.bsky.social!

This gave me chills. Each line is a banger.

New micro out today, which began as part of @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. Thank you so much!

Holiday weekend reading: Passages North, No.46 @passagesnorth.bsky.social

I’ve loved Billy Idol since I was a kid. I’m so glad I was able to see him live.

Look for another new micro from me in late October, courtesy of @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social

One of the attendants who helped me to my seat came up to me and said, “I hope they play Iris! It’s why I volunteered.” I told her they have to. Last song of the night. Thanks Goo Goo Dolls!

A new micro from me, coming your way from @unlikely-stories.bsky.social

“I choose not to believe. Leave him frozen in 1982 and don’t look too close/knowing he was a rockstar in 1982 and if I looked there’s bound to be plenty” Such a brilliant poem by E.B. Scnepp @beestung.bsky.social

"She was a whole girl made of two half girls, but wrongly made, of two of the same halves." A masterful micro by Brian Evenson.

Weekend reading: Away From Home anthology @stanchion.bsky.social

Erica Jong was how I discovered poetry. I heard it first through Vanessa Daou’s album and wanted more. “The Long Tunnel of Wanting You” can be found in Jong’s “Becoming Light.”

Weekend reading: Chelsea Stickle, Everything’s Changing @chelseastickle.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com

“Queen of North Street.” which began as part of @smokelong.bsky.social summer 2025 is out. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback. www.suddenlyandwithoutwarning.com

Kesha’s such an iconic performer. She’s someone you have you see live once. Here’s “Praying”

I’ll be wearing my shirt with pride.

Current read: The Iowa Review, Spring 2025 @theiowareview.bsky.social

Oh be still, my pop culture-heart. This thread hooked me.

One of my best writing challenges was a single-sentence story. First one was horrible, never say the laughter of day, thank goodness for that rejection. Second one was better and taught me that I won’t ever be a quiet writer. Mine required quick pacing and it stuck

I won’t ever forget Simple Minds.

During the meet and greet, I blurted out “I love Spring Cleaning!” Maddie’s eyes lit up and said she wished they could play it. Tell artists you love their work.

I can’t spell it, either. Even put it in as a title of a flash I wrote. Needed spell time each I submitted it. Got it published. Still didn’t take.

Subscribing to print journals is like joining a book club. Support the journals you love

"You dial Alex, heart accelerating. The phone rings and rings and you mournfully begin to fear he won’t answer, he’ll never answer again, that he’s written you off forever and the truth is you deserve it" The Drinking Game - Jaime Gill www.subnivean.org/post/copy-of...

Curren read: Room: Issue 43.3 -Neurodivergence

Weekend reading Cheryl Pappas, The Clarity of Hunger

Cast your vote! This is such a cool idea and it celebrates the work that goes into designing a cover.

The breathlessness and the need in the words. It’s a beautiful ache.

Book mail is fun. But actually finding a literary journal (or collection) in a store is discovery in real time. Way to go!

Thank you to OPEN for publishing my poem, “The Birthday Balloons” ojalart.com/poetry-all-f...

I received one of the best acceptances ever for my poetry. I had to read it twice. I'm really proud of it and I'm glad it'll be out there for people to read.

Finally reading Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney

A domain name is forever. There is no true literary death. It can be revived at any time by someone with determination.

We celebrate this Easter Sunday with a reading from the Gospel according to James Tate.