The house passed the SAVE Act last night. If you need to know more about why that’s bad and why we need to stop it in the senate, let me explain it to you (in comic form)! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act

have cleared the rest of my life for my Olympic ice dance feelings, so thanks for not expecting anything from me ever again

Lady Gaga was there for my uncle who asked my mother why she never talks about our "Italian side"

Who will write the great Daddy Yankee novel?

I cried during the Bad Bunny halftime show lmao

This is your last chance to sign up for @livesinpages.bsky.social's virtual workshop that will be taking place TOMORROW at 6pm EST! buff.ly/j6SSKPe Get I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT here: bit.ly/2QnxGvt @susanschulman.bsky.social

My favorite thing about department store slop is when the men's clothing is in the corner of the lower level and there are only 4 different shirts all either blue or green.

@aaronburch.bsky.social you inspired me to pick up Best American SS 2025 and start my mornings with one story and holy shit, you probably got to it already, but Isabelle Fang's "Gray, Cotton, White Lace Edges" was a total banger!

Next Monday at 6pm EST, @livesinpages.bsky.social will be leading his virtual workshop, hosted by Variety Pack! Register here: buff.ly/VdZKmBO Get I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT here: buff.ly/LB9CJRg @susanschulman.bsky.social

Got stressed at work so I walked away from my laptop to make a small batch of hummus.

I wrote about Dan open.substack.com/pub/tommcall...

being a writer is amazing because one hour you can have a spiraling existential crisis and the next you can write 500 words like nothing happened 🙃

It's so cold I started drinking hot coffee again.

We're closing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a story 😍 Former contributing editor and contributor @livesinpages.bsky.social published one in Short Story, Long about what it means to go home💕 Find it here: buff.ly/YDZe7WT

Mood in minneapolis right now

We simply have to build a future in which the children of ICE agents are embarrassed to even say their parents' names

Don't miss out on signing up for @livesinpages.bsky.social's virtual workshop on 2/9 at 6pm EST, hosted by Variety Pack! buff.ly/VdZKmBO Get I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT right here: buff.ly/QU8lZiH @susanschulman.bsky.social

Important news for us writers from across the NYC subway tracks:

Word counts are funny. My first collection of 15 stories came in around 27k words. This new, untitled, unofficial constellation of fiction is only 7 completed stories deep at 25.5k words.

If I don't spend a single dollar by 1PM I'm hardwired to flee my apartment to buy a cold brew.

I don't think the temperature should "feel" like 9⁰. If anything it's defined by the absence of feeling.

So excited to have a short story in one of my favorite places—thank you, @aaronburch.bsky.social and @jessdawn.bsky.social! (And, as a long-time fan of @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s work, I’m incredibly honored to have my story alongside her brilliant artwork! 🤩)

picked this up because @livesinpages.bsky.social recommended it in "Short Story, Long's fave story collections of 2025!" and holy shit was just knocked out by the first/title story. I know it is early still, but probs my fave story of the year so far. Incredible banger.

Reading my first Lydia Millet novel and having the time of my life!

I recently was made marginally aware of the politics of BookTok people and they're terrifying

oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason?? sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer

I'm delighted that I coincidentally had two stories pubbed this month (written over a year apart) that each are about hometowns and secrets ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...

so excited to get to share this short interview with @livesinpages.bsky.social today, about his banger of a story, "Home is a Relative Term"

🚨 🗣️For the Sunday crowd: my short story "Home Is a Relative Term" was published in Short Story, Long this week! ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/home-is-a-...

𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 submissions open all January. ~1/3 of the way through the month and have received 215 submissions. Really hope that doesn't mean we end up at 600+, while also really hoping as many people as possible send in the best stories they've got. ashortstorylong.substack.com

Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up

I normally beat myself up for being such a slow writer but if that last couple of days have taught me anything is that some of you should write slower and maybe shelve things before contributing some truly underbaked, embarrassing work the news cycle.

🚨 NEW @livesinpages.bsky.social! 🚨

It was a 2025 goal of mine to send new work to @aaronburch.bsky.social for Short Story, Long and I'm so happy he liked "Home is a Relative Term" enough to give it a, well, home! It's a story of suburban existentialism, queer panic, and a desire for connection. open.substack.com/pub/ashortst...

a world without ICE is possible

most of these flew under the radar! many of them weren't on mine! I'm heading to the bookstore next week to pick up/order a bunch'a them!

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

This gofundme for families on the southside of minneapolis directly impacted by ICE's raids is still accepting donations

you could also donate to these organizations as well if you're looking for ways to help

This is heartbreaking, and also upsetting to see it amplified instantaneously when video shows her wife crying and talking about their kid at school. We have no idea what kind of family dynamics are at play and a same-sex partner is vulnerable to being muscled out of the story, so we should use care

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Enjoyed the hell out of this one and you will too

Hey @barrelhouse.bsky.social is open for submissions for proposals for craft workshops or panel discussions at our DC conference on 4/18/26. Pays $50. We're looking for *useful* workshops, panels, whatevers on craft, editing, publishing, writing life. www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...

X son or Threads daughter?

“Nothing else exists or ever was of this hoarse Magnitude.” do yourself a favor and read these beauts by the late great edmund white.

My short story “We Are Sorry For Your Suffering” - a sci-fi epistolary tale about the end of the world - is the December issue of @onestorymag.bsky.social! Read an excerpt and an interview with me (and/or order a copy!) here. It’s surprisingly hopeful! one-story.com/product/we-a...

“The photos of asses and dicks, they’re fine.” So good to have another Chris-Gonzalez story in the world. I love this one!

Happiest of pub days, @rebb003.bsky.social ! In the weeks before her death, my mother got such a kick out of Becky’s “so my parents are dead” videos. She thought they were hilarious. She would be so thrilled to see this wonderful book in the world. Full of great info, gallows humor, & grace. ❤️🪦

Every story by @livesinpages.bsky.social is a must read.