An accidental text led to me getting to say something about True Grit, one of my favorite novels of all time, on @johnwaddy.bsky.social’s awesome Tantalizing Texas podcast. I show up around minute 41, but you should listen to the whole thing! open.spotify.com/episode/2Ddo...

Is San Marcos the most tantalizing town in Texas? I don’t know, maybe ask George Strait? Or Brockhampton? Or Frisbee Dan? Or the Flapper Bandit? Or Pancake: the Restaurant? Or Glurpo, the underwater clown? Or the stoned newborn from Pizza Classics? open.spotify.com/episode/3eN0...

Nov 18 is my birthday and I’m totally treating myself to a copy of this!

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from Dina Guidubaldi

It’s November 1st, you know what that means (James Brown’s “Go Power at Christmas Time” begins blasting)

10/31/03: I am about to drink a bunch of Shiners and kiss this girl, who is my coworker. An excellent decision!

Dan Brown was SPITTIN’

It’s disgusting in here. There’s an open container of garlic stuffed olives in the shower. Where do you even get those in a hospital? ONE PERSON’S HELL by @keersteemack.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/mackenzie_hell

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from Cynthia Shearer

Do you like e-books? If so, good news, because now you can preorder an electronic copy of my debut collection, THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS, and it will magically appear on your device on November 18th a.co/d/hH8Z5Bl

So much is wrong in the world and yet you can still see UTEP play Sam Houston State in college football on a Wednesday night.

This is (and I mean this in the best way possible) like if the “Joe Buck welcome to the top of the 47th inning” tweet was stretched into flash fiction. Absolutely masterful

Pumped to be in hex! What a day!

red dead redemption subreddit filled with d’angelo tributes. what a career.

“Noses arrange neat lines of white powder onto antique mirrors.” This is so good.

I played every piece ever published on @havehashad.com backwards and here is my report on all the embedded messages I found www.havehashad.com/hadposts/led...

me whenever I remember that one of my degrees is from the University of North Texas

wrote about doppelgängers again BILLLLLLLLLLLLY SHEARS mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

Can’t wait for this!

sound the alarms, we got new Z.H. Gill!! "My friend DJs at this bar called Okay? Not that I know this for certain—it’s what she tells me, I mean, she speaks of it constantly, of ‘[her] night,’ though I have never been to see her perform..." https://www.havehashad.com/opbd0

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from @kevingrauke.bsky.social

instantly 100x your short story writing prowess by asking yourself these 50 questions every time you write a short story joylandpublishing.com/fiction/50-q...

got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...

I loved this book. What a sharp, hilarious, and slyly moving story about loud music, louder ambition, and the myths America sells both to the world and to itself.

10/10 read

Proud to share this today. Coming November 2025 from @sweettrashpress.bsky.social / @houseofvladpress.bsky.social

"Jeff says his dad once made another man bite the curb. Do you know what that means, Jeff says."

Elated that the good folks at @bruisermag.com bestowed a Best of the Net nom on this piece

Crying screaming throwing up to be on this list with so many folks I admire! Good luck everyone!!

We are so honored and excited to present out nominations for Best of the Net this year. Good luck to all of these phenomenal writers, and thank you all for reading and submitting to hex literary!

I’ve got a new story in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social about about the game of mini-golf played by Jonathan Richman and Gram Parsons the day before Parsons’ death pitheadchapel.com/high-desert-...

BRUISER vs. the deadline Here are our best BRUISERS of the net nominees.

The October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-10/ Words: @bizzycoy.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social JEFFREY FEINGOLD SARAH HARLEY ELIZABETH HASHIMURA BETH GILSTRAP SARP SOZDINLER YASHASVI VACHHANI Art: NATALIE NEE

I just love John's ear.

FOMO stands for fear of Missouri

Fun fact: introduce the song “Growing Up,” Bruce Springsteen used to tell these long, meandering stories about his band’s car breaking down in the woods and running into either aliens or Santa Claus. So it makes sense that if you were a Bruce cover band, you’d have to cover those, too

It’s rough being a rockstar! Late nights, constant paparazzi, oodles of money, endless parties. Sounds like being an RF editor! "Stage Banter from Mid-Missouri’s Finest Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band" by @johnwaddy.bsky.social imagines the dream realized. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/stage-b...

Let’s fucking goooo @johnwaddy.bsky.social

hey check it out, my website has a “Book” page now johnwaddybullion.com/book

wrote about cover bands and doppelgängers and running into Stevie Nicks in the woods in @rfpress.bsky.social www.roifaineantpress.com/post/stage-b...

Mornin' kids! Looks like it's about that time again. Our 89th issue is live right now. Tell your favorite trophy collector. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity

At Cosm Dallas for the TCU-ASU game but what’s more exciting is that I get to watch this lady eat a pizza

Fill your ears, you sons of bitches! This ended up being a really fun episode about outsider art and weird culture in Texas. It was also my flu game, considering my body was actively rejecting the purple corn dog I ate at the TCU game earlier that day open.spotify.com/show/2jlJSRN...

NEW ANTHOLOGY CALL! After our upcoming Terry Allen incited anthology we were gonna cool it for a bit on our music-incited anthologies because we have a lot on our publishing plate here. But eff it. Right now the world needs all the inspiration from Woody Guthrie it can get.

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from @alexhigley.bsky.social

dudes rock

I’m eating the purple Korean corn dog at the TCU game and I don’t feel so good, gang