Got to read at Northwest Missouri State this past week with my friend and colleague @jennifermurvin.bsky.social! Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, Daniel Biegelson, and the whole Maryville gang for being the BEST hosts!

Missouri Poets Laureate David L. Harrison, @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social, and @karenkay.bsky.social meet up in Springfield!

I get to read on Thursday at Northwest Missouri State University with my colleague, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, for the indisputably cool @lukerolfes.bsky.social and @jgallaher.bsky.social and their wonderful writing community. Can't wait!

Kudos to @keithlesmeister.bsky.social and his staff. Cutleaf is a really nice journal.

New Ghost Parachute! Kudos, @brettpribble.bsky.social! Author tags in the comments!

Good book mail today thanks to Lydia Millet!

Awesome new piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute, with equally fantastic art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social! ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

Congrats to my student Taylor Ward on their publication in @dogyardmag.com!

Congrats to @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, and the entire @pitheadchapel.bsky.social staff on another fantastic new issue! pitheadchapel.com/2025/11/01/v...

Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and his team at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing this new story, "The Screams of the Jellyfish," in their October issue! Thanks, too, to @kimmagowan.bsky.social and @courtneyb77.bsky.social for the early eyes. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...

Two stories by @catemcgowan.com up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

A fab new micro by @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross in The Ilanot Review! www.ilanotreview.com/flaw-and-fav...

What a visit at Missouri State with poet and alum Amber Isaac, who met with students, visited old haunts, and gave a killer reading from her new book, Peppermint. Thanks to Sara Burge for the intro and to the Springfield Regional Arts Council and the MSU Department of English for sponsoring!

So happy to be in this remarkable issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Thanks to @lesliepwriter.bsky.social and her students. Nice to be alongside friends Gary Fincke, @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social, @woodardwriter.bsky.social, and many other talented writers! www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...

My bud James Tadd Adcox with some stories in New World Writing. newworldwriting.net/james-tadd-a...

I love this new @kimmagowan.bsky.social story up at New World Writing! newworldwriting.net/kim-magowan-...

A gem by Michelle Ross in New World Writing.

New story, "Becoming a Member," up @south85journal.bsky.social! Thanks to @lesliepwriter.bsky.social and her crew for giving it a home, and to @kimmagowan.bsky.social for looking at an early draft. www.south85journal.com/becoming-a-m...

@amygcb.bsky.social at Ghost Parachute. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

New @sherrieflick.bsky.social up at Ghost Parachute!

I have a new story up at Eckleburg, "Ashley, Kelly,, and Courtney," that you should check out. Thanks to Rae Cline for giving this one a home!

In this new @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social w/: @kimmagowan.bsky.social @louellalester.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cherylpappas.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @joanleotta.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff @rgvaughan.bsky.social Sarah Lynn Hurd @tcboudreau.bsky.social

In the new @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Thanks @jhhwriter.bsky.social! I will post friends in the amazing issue separately—but it's amazing! gooseberry-pie.com/buffalo-buff...

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Patty Q with a new piece at Ghost Parachute! @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Come check out poet Amber Isaac read from her new poetry collection, Peppermint, at Missouris State University on Wednesday, October 15, in Karls Hall 101 at 7 p.m. CT! Going to be amazing!

@aimee-bender.bsky.social rocks it in the latest Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Thrilled to kick off @flashfrog.bsky.social's Frogtober with a ghost story! Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social, and thanks to my bud, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, for absolutely perfect art; shout out to her and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the early eyes on the piece. flash-frog.com/2025/10/06/c...

Congrats to the @pitheadchapel.bsky.social staff on another fine issue! @kimmagowan.bsky.social @brttnyblm.bsky.social @karenkay.bsky.social

New flash by @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in the brand-new Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Fab new story by @sfreligh.bsky.social from that new Ghost Parachute!

What a great story by @kiptain.bsky.social in the new Ghost Parachute! Awesome art by my pal @courtneyb77.bsky.social, too!

A great @kimmagowan.bsky.social story in the new Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

What an issue! So excited to be a part of this! Hats off to @brettpribble.bsky.social!

Thanks to Ghost Parachute and @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing my story in their 9th Anniversary Issue! Congrats them! Thanks to my pal @courtneyb77.bsky.social for her art, and to her and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the reads. I'll post other stories soon! ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Awesome interview at Laurel Review with @mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social!

You should definitely read this amazing flash essay by @aimee-bender.bsky.social in the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social! And check out my interview with Aimee about it, link in the comments. www.smokelong.com/stories/orga...

@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!

Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and everyone at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing my new story!

@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.

Amazing new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social! With new flash narratives by @aimee-bender.bsky.social, @jjlofflin.bsky.social, Nora Esme Wagner, Colette Love Hilliard, Sagar Nair, L.F. Khouri, Vaibhavi Kerkar, Christina Tudor, Mary Ann McGuigan, and AJ O’Reilly! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...

Thanks to Hema Nataraju, Lakshmi Iyer, and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for including my new story in this fantastic new issue of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social alongside many great pieces! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

The amazing @sfreligh.bsky.social zooms into my grad fiction workshop to talk Other Emergencies.

Thanks, Mario! Glad you liked it.

Ha! Glad I could deliver.

Oh yeah. Love this one!

Thanks, Jenny!

Thank you!

Thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social and Benjamin Drevlow for publishing this karate story of mine today! Grateful! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

So grateful to @mrbullbull.bsky.social and Benjamin Drevlow for giving this one a home!