Survived another week. About to play Galaga 🍻

ICYMI - I've got a flash up in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social this week. Just in case you want to read about mimes, sax solos, & incontinent goats, among other plagues. www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...

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!

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Every time I write a line that I think sounds killer I feel like some sort of magical warlock.

It's getting colder, so today I put on a jacket that I haven't worn since last spring and found a bouncy ball in the pocket, which made my day.

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

Whenever my dog sees someone without a dog, she always assumes they have a secret tiny dog hiding in their pocket, a pocket dog.

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from Dina Guidubaldi

Thrilled to have a new micro in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social about what happens when you cage a siren! jakethemag.com/step-right-u...

I already miss the sun.

If there were a writing-themed pretzel restaurant, I bet it'd be called Plot Twists.

Read "Brewski" written by @willmusgrove.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "Brewski was sort of the building’s mascot. I wasn’t sure if he lived in the upstairs unit or just enjoyed hanging out in parking lots..." tinyurl.com/bdzcvxcw

Have a new story in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute. This one is about a guy who calls beer brewskis and an old house turned apartment. Be sure to read the other amazing writers in the issue as well. 🍻 ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

An old photo of Mabel on a walk 🐕 💙

I made creeeeppppy shortbread finger cookies for Halloween 🎃

Baking something spoooookkkyyy! 🎃

Had an idea for a last-minute Halloween costume. Is this anything? #SoRandomHouse

Exited to share that my story "Just Another Halloween" was published by @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today! tinyurl.com/2jc87hre

For Halloween I dressed up as depressed writer guy 🍻

Raisins, the literary rejection of trick-or-treating.

NEW STORY DAY!!!! I have a cursed film/cosmic horror story up in @nocturnemag.bsky.social just in time for Halloween!!! www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5

The middle of a book, where it holds itself open, and you can just rest it on your hand.

Our Oct issue is now live! Featuring @kellathornton.bsky.social @halfmoonmocha.bsky.social @hellbends.bsky.social @connorharding.bsky.social Ridwan Fasasi, @sainttangerine.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social @abhii106.bsky.social Genaro Aguilar, & Sara Kaplan-Cunningham trampset.org

The roulette issue of @ettereview.bsky.social is out! I'm in love with ette's design for this issue and Beth's illustration for "Landlines." Huge thanks to Nora and Beth for including my work. ettereview.com/fall2025/

My sighs are haunted by exhaustion.

It's been a long week. For Halloween tomorrow I might have to dress up as a too-sick-to-work employee.

Carved a little happy ghost dude into a pumpkin 🎃

That time my dog went as Kevin Malone for Halloween 🐕 💙

Hate this sort of thing. Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

There's just a few days left and we've already raised a combined $410 for the ACLU! I'm planning to donate on behalf of all of us -- any ideas for a good collective name? The Writing Weirdos?

Sometimes it feels like everything sucks except for dogs. Dogs always rule.

for those keeping score at home, @tomsnarsky.bsky.social & @martinezfjulian.bsky.social have 15 skulls while I just received my 12th let it be known: I'm coming for the 💀 throne @havehashad.com

I’ve got new work up at @bruisermag.com. Nice surprise to have it pubbed today 🖤🔥 www.bruisermag.com/mackenzie_hell

I was writing in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my submission, from Submittable, switched to declined And suddenly, to no one's surprise (It did the Mash) It did the Rejection Mash

It’s truly a dream to have my story “Angelo” selected by Celeste Ng for this year’s edition of Best American Short Stories! Special thanks to Nicole Lamy and @marinerbooks.bsky.social and to Laila Lalami and Ladette Randolph for selecting it for @pshares.bsky.social (where it first appeared)!

This leaf I found 🍁

If the movie Scream were about my Submittable: Creepy voice on the phone: "Do you like writing weird little stories?"

This is my favorite thing I’ve written in a long time, in which a hunter is reincarnated as the deer he just killed. Thank you so much to Chris Dankland and the X-R-A-Y team, I’m such a huge fan of X-R-A-Y!! 🥰

we have a weird mobius strip of a story by Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social ! a hunter shoots a deer & is instantly reborn as a deer himself. a beautifully written piece -- i love its focus on "the laws of consumption" xraylitmag.com/strange-is-t...

Trying to figure out what to do with this last bit of vegetables from the garden. 🌱

I'm going to get so much writing done this Tuesday.

A frisbee dog 🐕 💙

icymi: i wrote this story. people seem to like it. if you haven’t read it, maybe you will like it too. biggest thanks to @xraylitmag.bsky.social and especially to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social

A week survived. Celebrating by wearing a jacket. 🍻

I had a great time talking to Tyler about writing, shyness, and the general stuff of life on his fantastic podcast. Here it is! open.spotify.com/episode/5TKR...

ICYMI, I have two micros up at the wonderful @hexliterary.bsky.social! Here’s one: hexliterary.com?p=2909

At work, pretending to be busy, but instead I'm writing a silly story about the Cheers series finale. 🍻

My Submittable got changed into a Spirit Halloween.

It's almost that time of year when the sun disappears and I turn my heart into a SAD lamp to prevent from spiraling into a seasonal depression.