Story du jour at Chez Dodo Eraser. On the menu today is "Carte." tr.ee/Dodo_Eraser

A reprint of my Big Hark fiction debut, “When the Rain You Asked for Comes.” Thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social sky.social for its new home.

A citywide's two drinks. This one first: citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-swimming.... Then mine: citywidelunch.wordpress.com/papas-friend...

The art is by Sheila Squillante (sheilasquillante.com), and it’s perfect. I’m humbled. The only other time a magazine has commissioned original art to accompany my work was for "Rainbow Dogs," the companion to this piece. I’ve been trying to reunite the stories for 18 years. Came close this time.

Congrats to Jamy Bond (www.jamybond.com) and fellow finalist Aimee LaBrie (aimeelabrie.wixsite.com/website).

Old, +20 points, but new to me.

Princess Leia Invader installation in Saint-Germain-de-Près, +100 points

Over at Arts & Letters, Michael Martone selected my piece "Select Reddit Posts from the Three Months Following My First Hypomania” as the winner of the 2024 Unclassifiable Contest. It's my first contest win! artsandletters.gcsu.edu/unclassifiab...

Please help me spread the word to anyone who teaches high school. My college is holding its annual High School Writing Contest. SUBMISSIONS ARE FREE. Students can submit creative writing & pretty much anything they might write in a HS class. Deadline to submit is 03.15. Link included on flier below

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When I sent Matt DiGangi this piece in 2007, he said it wasn't quite a Thieves Jargon story (it wasn't), but he was a sucker for a pixie cut. Thanks, Matt. And thanks to @bulbculture.bsky.social for the chance to share my first short story again. www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/the-hoo...

Little shorty about a 70s party I threw in the 90s. Thanks to @publishedbyjake.bsky.social and the folks who helped it along its way. jakethemag.com/milestone/

I never met Tom, but I owe him many drinks for taking that gorgeous joke over the finish line

Well, that was humbling and expensive.

"We are Vikings. Tonight we raid. We feast and drink and pillage, of course. Descend upon this city like a scourge of locusts. Regard our helms. Yes, we recognize the historical inaccuracy of the horns." - Big Hark mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

submit to bodyfluids! we’re SO weird www.bodyfluids.org/writer-speci...

It's been a minute since I've read for journals, but I like the look of this one, and the current submission call is bonkers. www.bodyfluids.org/submissions

Ha! Lucky. +10 (an old one--new ones are usually +100)

Unless I'm lucky tomorrow when I'm leaving, this will be the last find of the trip. +30 at the Etienne Marcel Metro. Bonne nuit.

Chez nous ❤️❤️❤️

+30 avec ma femme.

Cut up

I've probably walked by this one in the Marais a thousand times. Glad to finally make its acquaintance.

Currently writing something that spends a minute with Louis XII, so finding his old Paris crash pad (from before he was king) was a real fun surprise.

+ 10. Rue de L'Hirondelle.

Paris is perfect for those who like looking up.

Perhaps I shall

(Not a taco)

Bonne nuit.

+30 at Le Chardenoux

Look what I bumped into, @whimsicalphil.bsky.social

Among the first new Invader installations I've found since arriving.

Same, girl

It's time to put on my helm and drink until I fall down. Viking Raid Montreal. On y va!

Brilliancy in the Fundación Ortega y Gasset Sala de Inglés. Thanks to the folks who helped this one along its way.

I love you, Catholic school.