Had a great time at Skylight last night as @ilanaslightly.bsky.social discussed her new novel BEINGS. Always down for an alien abduction narrative

Loved attending this book launch. Great talk and very excited to read about heartbreak, one of my fav topics

Shhh my show is on 💕💕💕

Absolutely loved HORSE GIRL FEVER by @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social one of the best books of the year by far. A tight read packed with emotion and sentences that will blow your mind away! @clashbooks.bsky.social losangelesreview.org/horse-girl-f...

An Afterimages debut! @hallywinters.bsky.social reviews @richlange.bsky.social's JOE HUSTLE, a ‘lean and gritty, thoughtful and nuanced’ neo-noir that was published last year. Please read it now and scoop up a copy for a powerful Memorial Day weekend read. thirtywest.substack.com/p/joe-hustle...

May Afterimages Newsletter on our vendor events & The Blooming Series. A book review by @hallywinters.bsky.social A flash memoir by Avery Irene Stewart. Flash fiction by Elijah Sparkman. @mpmcsweeney.bsky.social’s Dream Stories next month You’re not seeing double, just quality literature.

Stay tuned ✌️ @thirtywestph.com

Another banger from Brittany Menjivar’s column at @littleengines.bsky.social : “And isn’t there something special, something revelatory, even, about the fable’s inherently participatory nature, which Luhrmann’s film so cleverly put its finger?” www.littleengines.pub/p/based-on-i...

I was obsessed with Emily Dickinson in college, and I’ve returned to her poems this week as I struggle with my eyesight after eye surgery. I love how this little poem consistently yields more and more

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies has been launched and it was epic, packed, and so freaking beautiful.

Happy Valentine’s Day 🌹

Omg, y'all.

Stories about a small town??? I’m so down

longtime dream of mine to host my book launch party at my local brewery and folks? we’re doing it. other readers to be announced! limited space so RSVP here, if ya nasty (please): www.eventbrite.com/e/santa-barb...

Thrilled to see my story chosen as a finalist for Flash Frog’s annual Blue Frog contest! A big thank you to the readers and editors at FF! 🐸💙

This column always gives me life. @littleengines.bsky.social

I’m thrilled to crack open HEY YOU ASSHOLES early. Big fan of @kylerseibel.bsky.social work, and I’m glad to see it beautifully bound up in this collection from @clashbooks.bsky.social

Excited to dive in! GIRL ON GIRL stories by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social 💚💚💚 @rejectionlit.bsky.social

hey there fella, got a lil sumpin sumpin over at @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social today. give it a readski, huh? a widdle minute for a story? pweez daddyyyyyy?? fr fr thanks to @troyjamesweaver.bsky.social and @wadrewhawkins.bsky.social for helpful notes here. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2024/12/29/s...

Please enjoy Stanchion's final 2025 Pushcart Prize nominated story, Good On Paper, by @amygcb.bsky.social from Issue 15. www.stanchionzine.com/post/good-on... 2024 was a remarkable year for Stanchion Magazine. There are a few copies left of issues 14, 16 & 17. Get 20% off each/all with code: 20OFF

Honored to have this piece in 100 Word Story! Thank you to the editors. ❤️🌵 100wordstory.org/saguaro/

Hey LA!!! I’ll be reading with this rock star lineup on Jan 10 at @storiesbooksandcafe for the launch of HORSE GIRL FEVER. Hope you can make it 🐎👧🔥

The only reason I checked my mailbox, was in hopes HORSE GIRL FEVER was in there!!!! I’m vvvv exciting to dig in 💗💗💗💗 @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

Thank you @yourimpossiblevoice.com for this BSF nom for my much-loved (and previously much-rejected) story that isn't really about cake! I am so chuffed! Congrats to my fellow nominees as well! Read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...

Hey Portland!!! Mark your calendars! I'll be doing my official book launch for HORSE GIRL FEVER at @powells.bsky.social Books Downtown in convo w/ Jay Ponteri! Jan. 7 @ 7pm. Hope you all can make it 🐎👧🔥

If you missed my book trailer for HORSE GIRL FEVER on Vol. 1 Brooklyn yesterday watch it here, then pre-order (links below). Drops Jan 7 🔥🔥🔥 Music by Hell Nancy * Note: this is the PG version. To watch the uncensored version, click on the Vol. 1 Brooklyn link from yesterday

Thrilled to have my short story long-listed for this prize!! Thank you Readers and @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social

All these fake accounts popping up rn

Me when I choose not to submit a piece I just wrote

What a line, and an excellent piece. Thoroughly enjoying this series!!

I’ve arrived at Sundress for my residency and am thoroughly enjoying it. I love that feeling after writing for hours of being locked in a daze. Every time I step out I forget where I am 😂 More photos to come!

Sequel to “Night Bitch”

I’ll be leaving for my writing residency this Sunday! I’m vvvv excited to have dedicated time to write and not just snippets written down while on my breaks at work, talk-text notes on my commute, and scraping all that I can do in the evenings/weekends before errands

Kick back

Which of the adaption girlies are you casting to play the MC in your thinly veiled autofiction WIP

I’m so obsessed with that thing bands do where they start having a conversation with each other while the music plays. Is there a term for that?

Isn’t this that one author

Spent some time in Yosemite enjoying both the vibrant and muted Fall colors

How it feels waiting for all my Twitter friends to find me here

Really diving into the #bannedbooks to ensure my daughters have access to all of the things. I know I’m missing a ton— what else do you suggest?

There is still beauty and power in the art of destruction. Any guess what tab was removed?

Dorothy Allison has died. Just a gutting loss... Her "Bastard Out of Carolina" was transformative for me, the first time I'd seen class bigotry portrayed on the page, and fought against, the way I'd lived it. I wrote this piece in 2017 for the novel's 25th anniversary