My kid recently told me that she wears this shirt every time she knows her class is going to the library and now I kinda love how worn to hell it is.

My debut novel Burn came out this week from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and I'm so happy to welcome her to the world. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/burn.html

Having a book that fits in my back pocket is lowkey one of my greatest joys.

“Screw the platforms. Ignore the stuff that you think sucks. Find books and art you love. Share them. Review them. Recommend them to friends. Make your own art. Share it. Hope it finds people who love it. What else can we do?” — @thelincoln.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/counterc...

Little reminder that I have a 63-page, book-length poem made from an erasure of the novelization of Ang Lee's HULK if any amazing press wants to take a chance on this absolute weirdness...

We've nominated "Baggage" by @mrsfanster.bsky.social for Best Small Fictions 2026. Read it here:

Anyone looking for readers for an AWP off-site? I’d love to say hey and hear some stuff and read some stuff if there’s an opportunity!

Loved the hell out of this one by @badguybirnie.bsky.social! It’s clever and creepy and funny and gritty in all the best ways.

My kid's gotten really into cool ranch Doritos while we've been snowed in, which could be good or bad (probably, definitely bad) but is certainly on brand for what I'm able to accomplish at the moment

Man oh man what I would give for a boring, plain old snow day without remote work and my kid's virtual instruction (i.e. someone save me 🫠)

i'm a big @klooky.bsky.social fan. today on @burialmagazine.bsky.social burialmagazine.neocities.org

Driveway shoveled right before the sun goes down, hell yeah. 🤘

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

Goddamn, what a time it was to be alive and young and moody.

I will be another voice to say, I have watched the video and you do not need to watch it unless you doubt what is being said. There is no ambiguity. Agents dogpile a person, he is on the ground, one of them starts clubbing with a pistol and then fires repeatedly. Even after the body is still.

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

“You have melted, little snowflake, and now you are but one drop of water in the turgid, curdled human ocean.” Sheesh, what a banger of a story. So damn good.

My six-year-old asked me tonight if TVs had been invented when my wife and I started dating, a question she will pay for by carrying a 32” CRT TV up and down the stairs like Sisyphus.

Ooo, fun! Creed Styx Big Freedia Iron Maiden The Walkmen

I dunno...sounds like BURN by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social is pretty fuckin good. Get yours February 3rd 🚬🔥

Zero regrets. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyone looking for readers for an AWP off-site? I’d love to say hey and hear some stuff and read some stuff if there’s an opportunity!

Great mail day! Been looking forward to this one. @johnwaddy.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Lunch break with the doggo, 10/10 would recommend

If you missed it yesterday, I've got this new story, on the beautiful new journal, @bulbregion.bsky.social. It's real short. But with big heart! Thanks. bulbregion.com/Big-Things-S...

Reading a couple bangers tonight.

look upon my works, ye mighty, and let me know what you think

I feel like I was supposed to grow out of it by now but man oh man do I love to order a giant pizza on Friday and eat it all weekend.

“wanna feel old?” sure brother, i would love to just feel something, anything

Everyone who’s ever tried to put an unwilling toddler to bed

Took a break from work to hit the @havehashad.com RANDOM button and stumbled into an awesome little story by Mingpei Li. “All I have is a body. It gets dirty and needs to sleep. Sometimes I wash it and sometimes I go to sleep.” www.havehashad.com/hadposts/out...

Tapping sign

Winter break was juuuuust long enough for me to forget the chaos that is school pickup & homework & dinner & bath time & whatever else inevitably blows up between 4:00-8:00 p.m.

One of the chief virtues of the book is that it’s nearly the only remaining form of media that isn’t constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.

If you know anything about Cowboy Jamboree you know that Hank and Townes are our forefathers. So happens we have an anthology of grit lit incited by Hank and an anthology of grit lit incited by Townes. Go figure: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com

Forgot how nice it can be to sit up late and channel surf with no goal whatsoever

2026 author to-do list - Hate AI more than I did in 2025 (if possible) - Hate AI more vocally than I did in 2025 - Publish second novel - Write third novel - Absolutely loathe AI - Read more books with beautiful prose - Continue weeding AI slop out of life - Read even more poetry

when it took way too long to wrap things and you’re gonna be exhausted as hell tomorrow but you can’t help but sit in the peace and quiet and joy of it all

just realized that trash pickup falls on the day after christmas this week and i feel like a goddamn king

www.identitytheory.com/about/micro-... @identitytheory.bsky.social

Cozy midweek me time

John Waddy Bullion's collection is here! Get THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS from CJ Press and be one of the cool kids: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/this-world-w...

A weekend morning of the excitement & frustration & joy & dread & thrill (?!) of realizing you want to blow up the draft you’ve been working on for weeks

At least it’s not a form rejection?

cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!! "Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?" autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma

Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all. We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...

BRUISERS, LIT FREAKS and SMART MARKS: Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs. To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com

Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!

My kid just came downstairs and said, “Dad, can we pretend that you used to be cool?” 💀