This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...

Here's an invitation to take a trip through the new Nov/Dec edition of On The Seawall ... beginning with our feature on poems from STUDY OF SORROWS: TRANSLATIONS by Shangyang Fang @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social / ronslate.com

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28 pieces of writing spanning the first 5 years of Stanchion and including 5 new pieces from the likes of @toddedillard.bsky.social @jmgatford.bsky.social & @fbereaud.bsky.social. Cover art & photograph by me. Help celebrate reputable indie lit & keep this good thing going for 5 more years. 🖤🤍❤️

“You care like a chump.” This wonderful gem by @woodardwriter.bsky.social in @tinymolecules.bsky.social.🔥

Mixed within a stack of sympathy cards was a birthday card from my mother-in-law that I initially thought was an odd choice for a sympathy card. It gave me a laugh.

Happy to be nominated for this year's Best Microfiction anthology by the fine folks at @south85journal.bsky.social: www.south85journal.com/2025/11/nomi...

A @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nomination landed in my inbox! Don't want to ruin any journal announcements by naming names quite yet, but I am very happy.

For my birthday this year, I arranged for everyone in the U.S. to receive an extra hour of sleep. You're welcome.

One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:

For the weekend readers!

This small but mighty story by @woodardwriter.bsky.social is a great read, especially for a dark and stormy Halloween day!

One more share of my latest story at @tinymolecules.bsky.social:

‘You can’t remember where you were on the night of the tenth.’ What an original piece from @woodardwriter.bsky.social in the new issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social - brilliant! 🕵️‍♂️ www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

"Like the phrase I have something to tell you, it loosens stones when dropped from great heights" Wonderful detective-noir edge to this gem from @woodardwriter.bsky.social @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Character layered with story layered with moments of truth: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

Our Autumn Issue is here. 11 spooky stories to chill your bones. Read, enjoy, and share widely! www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

After 18 months of slow decline, my dad's body finally gave in on Sunday and he died. Not that anyone here knew him, but I thought I'd share his obituary. I will miss him very much. www.varnumfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...

[Albert Bernard "Stiff Figures" Feldstein, a writer, artist, and editor at Educational/Entertaining Comics, was born 100 years ago today.]

In brighter news, the "trinkets and treasures" Little Free Library my wife set up is a big hit with the neighborhood littles.

This dude has no plans to ever leave the White House.

What a lovely day to gather outside with a few thousand new friends.

So happy to be in this remarkable issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Thanks to @lesliepwriter.bsky.social and her students. Nice to be alongside friends Gary Fincke, @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social, @woodardwriter.bsky.social, and many other talented writers! www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...

“Bits of shell are your only tenants, though even these are few, as if everything living or that once grew life was swallowed by the night.”

Sharing my new (old) little story one more time.

“But no, fucking Melody, with her green thumb and her horny hands in the fecund earth was the culprit.” @rgvaughan.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-roses-we...

Just love this piece, @woodardwriter.bsky.social Congratulations! 🌟

New micro is in the latest issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Lots of great writers in this issue. This piece came from a @kathyfish.bsky.social prompt many years ago. Always grateful for her wisdom. www.south85journal.com/to-the-empty...

Ah, Bluesky, where a post about a new story is met with crickets, but a throwaway observation gets shared over and over again.

New micro is in the latest issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Lots of great writers in this issue. This piece came from a @kathyfish.bsky.social prompt many years ago. Always grateful for her wisdom. www.south85journal.com/to-the-empty...

Pleased as punch to present the new issue: deluge | drought Great writing & photos...put together by the hard-working team at Converse low-res MFA! Please take a peek. (I mean, look at this line-up!!) www.south85journal.com/fall-winter-...

How my brain works: Saw a bumper sticker this morning that read, "Proud to be a Catholic," only I read it as, "Proud to be a Cataholic," and was like, "Yeah, I love cats, too!"

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust." Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it! gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

Now that the @nationalbook.bsky.social finalists have been announced, revisit my @bombmag.bsky.social interview with Ethan Rutherford from April: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

Now that the @nationalbook.bsky.social finalists have been announced, revisit my @bombmag.bsky.social interview with Ethan Rutherford from April: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home. you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Do YOU want a mysterious Halloween puzzle 🎃🧩 that changes as you build it, with a podcast that gives you clues and tells you about the history of Halloween? Then back The Great Halloween Puzzle and help bring it to life. 🖤👻🧡 www.kickstarter.com/projects/448...

"I'm so sore from making aliens all day," I say to myself as I continue to make more aliens for the front yard.

October 2: Leaving poetry feedback, covered in a blanket, watching Scream, as it should be.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Is this me in today's Clues by Sam? I am going to say yes. cluesbysam.com

Two recent story acceptances. Feels good.

NBCC member Benjamin Woodard reviewed "Absence" by Issa Quincy and "The Hairdresser's Son," written by Gerbrand Bakker and translated from the Dutch by David Colmer, for On the Seawall:

See ya, Hulu.

It's weird* to teach creative writing and to encourage students to proudly use their voices when every day it seems another prominent voice is muzzled in this country by corporate cowards. *sad, frustrating, upsetting, demoralizing, etc. etc. etc.

Connecticut friends: Join me in celebrating @jasondiamond.bsky.social's new novel, Kaplan's Plot, this Tuesday at RJ Julia in Madison. More info: rjjulia.com/event/jason-...

Two new book reviews at On the Seawall! The first is on Issa Quincy's Absence (@twodollarradio.bsky.social), while the second digs into Gerbrand Bakker's The Hairdresser's Son ( @archipelagobooks.bsky.social). Both novels are well worth your time. www.ronslate.com/on-absence-a...

Two new book reviews at On the Seawall! The first is on Issa Quincy's Absence (@twodollarradio.bsky.social), while the second digs into Gerbrand Bakker's The Hairdresser's Son ( @archipelagobooks.bsky.social). Both novels are well worth your time. www.ronslate.com/on-absence-a...