Aww, shucks…

Flattered and honored.

“Of course she was, with that glorious skin and her natural face, pure of makeup and the traces of a clipped accent under all that America” (20). Loving this book and then there’s lines of such perfect poetry. “[U]nder all that America”—what a great damn line.

Why I really love the movie.

Currently in the ALIEN chapter and now I’m rewatching the movie for the millionth time. That’s what great scholarship does: send you back to that which you thought you understood, but your eyes are seeing it all anew.

Never read this. Buying because it sounds awesome, this edition is beautiful, and it’s @tananarivedue.bsky.social for God’s sake! Jumping into this tonight!

Okay, I get that @claymcleod.bsky.social wants to be everywhere, but now he’s stealing authorship from Luke Dumas?!?

Check out these #HORROR titles!

Just hit page 200 in my work-in-progress.

I’d be remiss to not self-promote my own story, “The Devil Virus” published @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social several years back. They did a glorious job bringing it to terrifying life. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Really enjoyed @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social’s “The Stream,” which kicks off this episode of @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social Horror can kill, man. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Don’t let the horror knock your teeth out.

Document from my school regarding implementing AI. (See my smartass notes!) And, it should be noted, the document is AI-created.

I read an advance copy last year, loved it, bought the HC, and now I’m listening to the audio. Highly recommend. Wonderfully engaging and meaningfully insightful.

Need to cheer up? Reading my story is the literary version of that gif where the Nazi gets punched. Enjoy! @shotgunhoney.com

🚨Exclusive - Rose from the Dead Patreon Foxglove & Azalea Tier Members!🚨 New perk of these Patreon tiers is exclusive Zoom sessions! For our first session, the wonderful @brianmcwriter.bsky.social is joining us to chat about writing as a craft and to answer all our burning writing-related questions.

Taught some great stuff to my creative writing students today. Dramatic need and character action and reaction. Then we analyzed the first ten pages of the WALL-E screenplay. Love it.

Was listening to the cast recording this morning of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. I must’ve watched this movie a million times as a child. youtu.be/QqFZuR6UzjA?...

Writers: Community is everything. Let's root for each other every chance we get.

Never fails to generate great student discussions: I end the year with “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” and DOUBT. Both works are flawless.

Finished watching WALL-E with my creative writing kids today in our study of scriptwriting, and man, that movie is a masterpiece. Brilliant storytelling, perfect emotional resonance, and a scathing indictment of human indolence. youtu.be/CZ1CATNbXg0?...

From my 1997 US HISTORY Regents Exam review book. Please use for reference as needed.

Just signed something this morning. Never stops feeling awesome that someone wants something I’ve written.

Just got some very cool news. Will share soon.

A student saw the JADE DANIELS sticker on my notebook this morning and asked what it meant. “I’m glad you asked,” I said. “You’re going to love her.” @stephengrahamjones.com

My parents, and the book I wrote and dedicated to them. Available @journalstone.bsky.social

My mother died 10 years ago, but when she was alive, Mother’s Day was the only holiday that actually mattered. I said the same in my eulogy and the priest bristled at that, but I stand by it. Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there.

“Art is only art because of the humanity behind it.” —Hacks Damn right.

“A car approaches. Another ICE agent reporting for duty. This crusade it’s just getting started.”

Written, and if it’s ever published, people will not be happy.

A zine for Mother’s Day Download here: austinkleon.substack.com/p/dont-call-...

It’s taking a while to write a particular scene because a character I really like is about to die. Horror, man, it hurts.

Sounds good to me!

Awesome. (Just yesterday, I was wearing my Woodsboro shirt and a colleague asked my favorite scary movie . . . then proceeded to tell me she doesn’t like horror and some else commented that most horror movies aren’t even scary. I walked away.)

Sometimes fiction is the healthy outlet we need. shotgunhoney.com/fiction/brea...

Writing and always thinking of Peter Straub’s advice: “When there’s two choices for what happens next in a narrative, choose the third option.”

Handing these out today to the mothers in my building. @austinkleon.bsky.social

You know how you shouldn’t get fancy in your writing or editorialize? Well, screw it, I’m going all out purple prose and soapboxing.

Every day I wake to new horrors and I’m comforted that in a couple pieces of flash fiction I’ve written, the bad guys get what’s coming to them.

Want to feel better about the world? Enjoy a little comeuppance. shotgunhoney.com/fiction/brea...

Apropos of nothing. youtu.be/lFr_-HuY_M8

“Those immigrants don’t need a savior. You need a lesson.”

Holy crap! I’d already read @natcassidy.bsky.social’s new collection (it’s glorious), but this book is also gorgeous. Buy it, people! (Also, Nat and I are basically the same age and encountered @stephenking.bsky.social in similar ways, and I can say his collection fits well with King’s first three.)

Delightful conversation @annarosereads.bsky.social @natcassidy.bsky.social about his fantastic story collection, I KNOW A PLACE. (But I must say, Nat, I grew up with cassettes, too, and I was quite skilled at fast forwarding the exact duration of certain songs.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

For the evening crowd, a little you-get-what’s-coming-to-you vengeance. shotgunhoney.com/fiction/brea...

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Resharing cause I love this story!

Check it out! I’ve just got my second Shotgun Honey story published! This one is titled “Breath Work” and it’s written out of rage about ICE agents. Enjoy! shotgunhoney.com/fiction/brea... @shotgunhoney.com

My inner critic keeps saying no one is going to like what I’m writing, and I keep saying to it, Screw it, I’m writing what I want.

Just watched. Really excellent.