I am so. So. So. So. Conflicted about The Muppets coming back. Do we need The Muppets? Absolutely. Do we need Disney’s The Muppets, who won’t even call Frank Oz? Absofuckinglutely not.

Got a piece on the Long List! This news is most def keeping me warm in this [checks Siri.] -10° Michigan January.

I made something that pinged on @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s radar! This just wiped out the whomp-whomp of my last ten rejections!

So so happy to have some stuff in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!!

My good friend Adam Harper made this cute little short about a hole in his premier, old-timey bucket: youtu.be/sROU5eGAp2s?...

Allllways the first stop.

Happy 119, to those who celebrate. #twinpeaks

Oh. We’re doing another “we swear in this Star Trek” Star Trek. How gritty!

You ever write some notes for someone who has asked for your opinion on their writing and thought, “I need a beta reader for this critique.”

We had such a great time talking to @flashfrog.bsky.social’s @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, who does nothing but publish bangers and watch Star Wars. And call me out for not finishing stories that actually have promise. ☺️

Great Scott, I love rediscovering this album. music.apple.com/us/album/fet...

I think I’m in love…hoping it works out.

1997. Dixie Tavern. Mid City, New Orleans. This album was in the jukebox, and this song was the soundtrack to my year of chasing the wrong relationship in and around that bar. music.apple.com/us/album/god...

Feelin’ grateful to have my first pub of the year come from @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!

@emilyrinkema.bsky.social, quietly turning into the GOAT.

Not only was this my first Bowie album (I was neck-deep into NIN at the time, so…) but when I brought it to the counter the employee said, “This is the bomb.” “Oh, maybe I don’t want it,” I said. At 23, it was my first experience of not understanding the kids’ slang. music.apple.com/us/album/ear...

Every now and then, I remember that I used to be very happy making really horribly-produced music. generalwashington.bandcamp.com/album/nyc-slc

Little known secret: Dale Jarrett was my second favorite driver. #recoveringnascaraddict

I love the *light* of Florida, both real and man-made.

Very excited to make my way back to Michigan at the end of the month to be in What The Constitution Means To Me at Meadow Brook Theatre!

Def a U2 day. youtu.be/jeYCyCaK_5k?...

Recappin' publications for 2025. My photography work kinda fell off the table after a great start, but this year was full of personal highlights elsewhere!

I’m so excited for my first reprint, thanks to the fine folks at @metastellar.bsky.social! This first appeared in the Ab Terra Anthology a few years back, and I’m happy to see it out there again!

My buddy Scott is very much The Best. #vernonreid #livingcolour

“How madly I will love any faraway thing” made me stop reading, look out the window, and dream of a life where I wrote such killer lines. An incredible piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social. www.matchbooklitmag.com

Loving this piece by @aniking.bsky.social in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social! www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-60

First track played on my new Tidal account! tidal.com/track/546638/u

100% legit.

Meeting a friend for lunch. In Times Square. During Santacon. Someone cue John Williams’ “The Asteroid Field.”

Hey! Nice to revisit this old piece. Thanks, @freeflashfiction.bsky.social!

"In hindsight, my hat looked nothing like a fedora, and the mustache my best friend Charley taped to his lip looked nothing like Hitler's..." @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social conjures a child-world that expands within a sentence, collapsing just as quick www.completesentencelit.com/post/indiana...

New piece out today with @completesentence.bsky.social! I’m so happy to be in one of my fave lit mags. And—bonus!—my dad painted the artwork! www.completesentencelit.com/post/indiana...

Excited to dig into this list! My piece “Horatio Should Not Leave The Party With Ophelia” was picked up by Bottle Rocket Lit after starting life in the @smokelong.bsky.social March Micro Marathon!

New episode! Get it!

So so so incredibly grateful to be included in this list! Thanks, @flashfrog.bsky.social!!!

I’ve just seen Tampopo for the first time, and my life is changed. It’s the kind of movie I wish I could experience for the first time again.

My fourth 💀! Thanks, @havehashad.com!!!

So thankful to be in this bunch!

Alexa, in the woods of SE Michigan. #portraitphotography

*Most* triumphant.

I am far from the biggest Harry Potter fan in the world, but Jen and I got to see the Year 7 premier and WOOF: one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in my life.

Jen and I made it to the Tile Graveyard in Ohio on the way back from Michigan!

Oh SNAP - my first nom! Thanks, @trashcatlit.bsky.social! Congrats to the other nominees…a fine fine group to be a part of!

Gone Lawn was one of the first journals that made me want to be a part of this flash community. I remember reading every story in an issue a few years ago and thinking “This is what I want to do!” (And then quietly dreaming of someday being published there…) Let’s help them keep going!

Having a lucky week: stoked for an acceptance from @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!!!

Out to the #michigan woods with Alexa this morning. #photography #portrait