I couldn’t put this book down! Get your copy today!

“At my most hideous, she made me feel beautiful.” Gorgeous piece by @barlowadams.bsky.social

It's really a favor to yourself. Grab @stephanieaustin.bsky.social’s BURN from Cowboy Jamboree: a.co/d/02wT2wgI

Roadtrip

I had the privilege of blurbing this book for fellow AZ writer @sabrinahicks.bsky.social, and I can’t emphasize enough how much I loved it. Here’s what I had to say. I sincerely hope you’ll check it out.

For Kindle readers, pre-order of Coyote Girl is available! 🤠 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPWF5WW...

Available Tuesday from Cowboy Jamboree y'all! This novel is a blow your hair back kinda reading: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-deser...

It's a beautiful thing to see COUNT THE DUST in the world. Thanks to them that have shared photos. If you have it and haven't sent one, let's have a pic. If you haven't got it at all, well: a.co/d/06SJIWgU

“…and I’m going to miss you.” Oh, I just love this gem by @anniejowrites.bsky.social. That ending!❤️💔❤️

“…spoke of a town that never existed” This stunner by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social: 🔥!

" ... said real men don’t wear condoms so they rolled them up like whispers in the backseat of their parents’ cars then blamed the town, the way it held and hated them ..." & what isn't believed in "around here" @sabrinahicks.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

"The Deli Boys were men everyone called boys, townies who never left their neighborhood, ther first jobs, their first girls, pulling the condom off when her head was turned, rolled them up like whispers in the backseat of their parents’ cars." - Sabrina Hicks mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

"...and drank away their memories, shaping them into new ones, spoke of a town that never existed,...." Big love for this tiny piece of brilliance by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Wilbur chased all the roadrunners off the mountain.

So happy to have this piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social! Thank you, Ben! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

I wouldn’t miss this! 🎉

So happy to have this piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social! Thank you, Ben! mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Honestly, still floored by this. Never in a million years would I have anticipated being on this list, let alone with a Denis Johnson comparison. Just wild.

My 5 Star review of BURN by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social! Loved it! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The problem with kids today is that they don’t know COYOTE GIRL by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social is coming out from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social later this year.

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

“How long until the slippers grow holes?” Ah this beauty by @melostrom.bsky.social! Love it.

Morning hike

Mail day! Can’t wait to read @stephanieaustin.bsky.social’s novel BURN!

The corruption....the evil....the grift of people who trust him. The Trump name will be disgraced and America will never admit he was our President. Bring it on Donald. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQc...

“It was the literal enactment of what has become my most common parenting problem: that while the catastrophic storm swirls directly overhead, there is still the unrelenting dailyness of parenting, the snack time, bath time, soccer practice.” Love this by @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social

Southern Arizona Friends! I’m reading at Stacks Book Club in Oro Valley this Sunday, February 8th at 3 pm. If you’re interested, please click the link and RSVP. Or please share this with anyone who might be interested. See you there! stacksbookclub.com/events/34026...

Starting in April, I’m teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.📚💚 wab.org/event/bright...

Just ordered! Can’t wait to read BURN by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 Get your copy today!

I rarely write micros but somehow this one found its way into the welcoming arms of the latest issue of Ghost Parachute AND will be included in the upcoming Ghost Parachute Anthology (available at #AWP26 in Baltimore)! ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

“You don’t tell him the D-backs aren’t good this year, or how they’ll probably trade all his favorite players at the deadline because their record in no way reflects their payroll or preseason World Series expectations.” Don’t I know it! Love this tender, winning piece by @jonathanin2k.bsky.social

Like weirdness? Fairy tales and fabulism? Voids in the backyard? Gila monsters with uplifted intelligence? Oblations to the ocean? Bakers who speak toads and snakes? Beautiful things that fall apart? I have a short story collection with that & much more coming soon: www.uapress.com/product/bedt...

Only 5 days left until @stephanieaustin.bsky.social's BURN drops from Cowboy Jamboree! Y'all gonna dig this novel. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/burn.html

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

Sending you all warm vibes this morning on my hike.

For the first time since this kind of astonishing list came out, we're open for subs. Don't know how long it will last. cliffordgarstang.com/2026-literar...

Get it, people!

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

A fantastic read! Enjoying this Saturday with @sfreligh.bsky.social’s “Other Emergencies”. 😍

AZ writers out there crushing it! Congrats, Sudha!!

“I feel it, too: that thrill between us, the longing to say fuck it and blow up our lives while our children are asleep.” Love this by @ruthjoffre.bsky.social

“You’ll have to look for your own, since they don’t hide in the same spaces for everyone.” On where you get your ideas from by Paul Crenshaw. open.substack.com/pub/establis...

“You’re here, Avi, in my home and my imagination gets unleashed. I imagine we’d fled, pursued music together. I imagine you’ve placed your arm around me.” Love this tender piece by @sudhab.bsky.social

“.. that howl was low and seeking. No call and response. Not meant for me, or maybe it was. Maybe it’s for anyone who listens.” “Or maybe it was just a coyote howling for reasons I’ll never know. But …” Sabrina: ❤️ this from @sabrinahicks.bsky.social

Had to repost this on Substack as I work out the kinks of learning another platform! substack.com/@sabrinahick...

“But it led me to this. It led me to putting words together…” This beautiful piece by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social!💙

Sooo excited to have my tiny story, “We Don’t Meet in Buda” selected for the @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology! Huge thanks to judge @dsuess.bsky.social and to the wonderful @lynnmundell.bsky.social @centaurlit.bsky.social for nominating my story! ❤️❤️❤️

“I listened along with Wilbur and we didn’t move. We felt her closeness and I felt the stories that came from her, that have inspired me to write.” Read the wonderful @sabrinahicks.bsky.social on Substack! Can’t wait for her book launch in March! ❤️❤️

Finally published my first Substack that I wrote early this morning. I’d love a read if you have the time. open.substack.com/pub/sabrinah...