Just rewrite every single word and then you're done

I made the pilgrimage to Baltimore for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs @awpwriter.org conference this year, and was thrilled to meet up with a few folks from @themetaworker.bsky.social. Our essays about AWP just went up at the Metaworker's website - check it out!

Looking to read some short fiction as the world rapidly decompensates? You're in luck. Amidst the chaos, I've had two more stories published. See below!

"“Thou art a rotten worm, Braden. Be grateful that I speak to you, and do not banish you from my sight.”" With inky wit, a tale of the pandemic, grace, & our fave prophet, Braden, from @mrlwwrites.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mr-l... #fiction Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

I’m beyond thrilled to see my latest short story go up over at @doesithavepockets.bsky.social You can read “The Book of Braden” here: www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mr-l...

NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 3, we lay out a timeline of key moments throughout the day as the assault on the Capitol unfolded.

It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation

Yeah, let’s depose the leader of an oil rich nation on shaky legal ground and with very little forethought and planning. I’m sure there’s no precedent from previous Republican administrations that could indicate this is a bad idea.

My short story “Numbed to Death” is the featured story in the newest issue of the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable! bwgwritersroundtable.com/featured-sto...

And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.

I guess I’m a poet now! My first published poem, Ekphrasis for Standing Glass Fish, is now up at Pictura Journal: picturajournal.com/issue-five/p...

My latest piece, Abecedarian Lament, was just published at @themetaworker.bsky.social! It’s an acrostic using every letter of the alphabet, a poetry form with roots all the way back to early Hebrew scriptures. themetaworker.com/2025/10/13/a...

Someone just gave me two dimes and a nickel in exchange for my Aldi cart. Truly a lawless era.

6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”: ‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU: 1. Don’t know 2. Don’t care 3. Don’t tell 4. Don’t have 5. Don’t know how to 6. Don’t give 7. Can’t do 8. Don’t sell 9. Don’t show 10. Do nothing’

TACO never fails.

How am I doing? Well in 2017 The West Wing was my comfort show, and now it’s Veep. Go protest tomorrow!

And ALSO featuring: A lovely magical realism short story by @mrlwwrites.bsky.social Queer flash fiction by @leoastrum.bsky.social Optimistic sci-fi by @element115.bsky.social Reprint cozy fantasy by @rajivmote.bsky.social A novelette about longing, wonder and nature by @clhellisen.bsky.social

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

My latest bit of flash fiction just went up at Wild Umbrella Literary Journal: www.thewildumbrella.com/post/over-th...

Tinned fish and drag shows: I can understand if it’s not your first choice, but until you’ve experienced a good one, I don’t think you get to have an opinion on the matter. Also, if you try to take them from me I will be stabbing your hand with a sardine fork.

Another fun side effect of our hellish timeline: I started crying while reading The Lorax to my kid.

One thing I learned from the pandemic was that efficient systems aren’t very resilient, and resilient systems aren’t very efficient. Given the choice between an efficient government and a resilient one, I choose resilient every day.

I’m no political expert, but as the parent of a toddler…did the President skip his nap?

"Most editors have second jobs, family lives, and their own creative projects. Also, many are busy preparing for the end-times by burying bags of rice in the fields, scavenging for copper, or selling their bodies for ammunition."

Some quotes:

Elon Musk is orchestrating a coup of the US government. In the past 48 hours he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects. This is as serious as it gets, and it puts the entire world in danger. FireElon.org

mobilize.us/s/gmNauD In case you’re looking for a way to act:

I have called my congressional representatives every day since January 20th. Every time I've called, it's been about a different issue. Do I think I'm changing their minds? Hell no. Am I willing to be silent about denouncing transphobia, Nazi salutes, anti-vaxxers, or mass deportations? Hell no.

Excited to have my latest piece of flash fiction published in Short Circuit #16! You can find it, and a lot of other fantastic writing, here: short-edition.com/en/contest/s...