I'm not even totally sure how to describe today's footnoted collage-y pastiche from a.d. but it feels kinda like one of those "only on HAD" pieces and I really love it a lot https://www.havehashad.com/uuksi

accountability post: I need to finish a not embarrassing draft of my novel by the end of 2026. looking for someone to potentially cause me grievous bodily harm 18 months from now

for those getting AP scores back today, I know there can be a lot of emotions attached to scores—so I wanted to share briefly a few thoughts around what I find helpful versus unhelpful (again, just from my experience!) (brief 🧵)

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NO KINGS

every time “where is thumbkin” plays, I hear the “how are you today sir? very well I thank you” in adam sandler’s voice. it’s the chalamet of baby songs

3rd time submitting to one of my favorite journals and I got a big fat acceptance! 💪💪💪

I'm so incredibly happy to have a new Horsegirl story in @psmokejournal.bsky.social today! www.peatsmokejournal.com/spring-2025-...

go kate!!

Nice one! My story "In April, Hartley wakes to find two bumps" is published in April by Flash Boulevard ☺️ Thanks so much to editor @francinewitte.bsky.social for selecting this and my Shark boy tale... flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/c...

Loooove this poem by Mai Hindawi in @fastfleshlit.bsky.social

We had so much fun reading the submissions for our Experimenting with Form issue! Here it is in all its glory, featuring Marek Danielewski, Mai Hindawi, Lukas Wood, Jonathan McLelland, and JI Kleinberg. fastflesh.net/issue-10

I hate when I’m listening to a book thinking “oooh my student might like this” and then halfway through it’s like ✨something heeeinous ✨

motherhood update: they don’t talk enough about the phantom cries. I heard them last night while he was IN MY ARMS and SLEEPING. how / WHY

every day that my son practices crawling and standing, he gets bit by bit better at holding his own weight, and every day I watch him and think of madam zeroni’s advice to carry a piglet up a hill

I taught DFW when I was subbing yesterday, and today I’m listening to Tenth of December (George Saunders). DFW’s influence on him is SO PALPABLE. never caught it before!

By Sara Gibbs an autistic comedy writer "The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling" thedailytism.com/the-autistic...

when I was young I read so I didn’t have to interact with people. now I hang out with people, get hit hard with a social hangover, and read to recover. progress?

David Lynch is part of a small fraternity of famous people (think Mr. Rogers, Bob Saget) who, when he dies, despite his enormous body of artistic & financial achievement, the very first thing everyone says is: he was so kind. What a good, kind man. Aspire to follow suit.

no idea how people do #5amwritersclub. when my baby wakes me up at 6:30 I have to turn on ms rachel until my eyes and brain accept that consciousness has been thrust upon me

there’s a nyt crossword called “extremely online in 2024” and unfortunately I crushed it

best Lorrie Moore book? only one I’ve read is Self Help and I need more

put on a lot of disney movies the last few days while I was sick and baby was cranky. Encanto and Moana might be… better than some of the classics?

fuck effortlessness. fuck that. try really hard and let everyone see. —Mitski

In my HS English teacher groups, people are discussing whether or not to drop Gaiman from their curriculum. Yeah yeah we can separate the art from the artist, but they’re going to google it and read the brutal details. Teenagers don’t need that on their plate!

got my first two ARCs of 2025 from Tin House & Split Lip! so excited to check them out

oldest selfie on my phone. 2016. terrible at-home bleach job, tattoos I’ve since covered, and a couch from the curb.

I love the princess and the pea because they were like “HSP? she’s the one”

our youngest editor, but by far our most discerning. Miles is looking for work that truly surprises him. he wants to read something he’s never read before.

baby and cat have forged a friendship 🥹

my friend said she wants me to be her book dom* and decide what she reads *distinctly different from Italian book dons (I can do both)

It's difficult to convey just how much chronic pain can upend your life. When I still had my uterus, my period pain was so bad that I once begged my spouse to kill me. Adenomyosis is worse than childbirth, according to those who've known both. I barely slept for days.

today I got a “some fine lines but doesn’t quite cohere” rejection. I appreciate the feedback but it’s also been nagging at me all day

this is cool

I just had a phone call in which I sounded like a totally normal human 💪💪🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

in June I became a mother and in October I became a grandmother

Okay. Okay! I'm going to go for it, folks. The kickoff of the 100 Notable Small Press Books, 2025: CLICK HERE if you want to review some small press books! Or if you're an interested small press! www.miriamgershow.com/100smallpress RT please to get the word out!

in the interest of being a good literary citizen — ok, honestly, in the interest of staying intellectually stimulated, bc being a sahm is boring af — I think I want to review a book a month in 2025. small indie presses. lit fic, essays, poetry. is there a list somewhere of books that need eyes?

do it! I started in September and it’s been infinitely helpful

icymi this will fuck you up

my discover feed is just “wow bluesky is better than x” and “libraries are good” on repeat

I’m listening to a thriller with the flattest characterization of an addict ever. she reads like a shopaholic takes manhattan character, like the only reason the author made her an addict is so the others think she’s relapsed and distrust her stories about a paranormal thing. feels icky

I’ve discovered what makes me happy and its fruit merge. merging fruit. on my mobile phone

Psychiatrist: Your brain is bouba. Me: [nods] Psychiatrist: (holding up bottle of Adderall) This will make it kiki. Me: [nods excitedly]

“The broken bottle sits lodged in the front of me even when she lets go. I pull it out, all of it, like a fish from water or a metaphor from a metaphor and I bleed like torn prey. Hours later, I pluck loose shards from my lower belly.” my husband writes good 🥰

there’s a subreddit called bookshelf detectives where you guess very specific facts about each other based on your shelves. guess something for me or share yours so I can investigate 🧐

one time i was a finalist for a book contest and while waiting to hear if i was one of the winners, my husband and my friend baked me a cake to celebrate, except then i didn't win so they had to modify the decoration every time i don't win a contest, i think about that cake and laugh

a Binder helped me out! it’s “Evidence, in Track Changes” by Jennifer Lunden (@jenniferlunden.bsky.social) and DeAnna Satre: thediagram.com/17_3/lunden....

treating myself to a sticker printer so we can make our Fast Flesh / literary sticker dreams come true ✨

#callforsubmissions you have nine more hours to send us work for issue 10 (Experimental Forms)! send this to your weirdest friends! #flashfiction #cnf #poetry #hybrid #art