also @tacobellquarterly.org just followed me back and it finally feels like blue sky matters now

yesterday i got steroid injections in my spine which was scary and also halfway through prep I realized my (south asian) doctor had to peep the ill-advised tramp stamp i got in my 20s and it's in SANSKRIT and holy cultural appropriation batman but he naturally said nothing as the professional he is

this is the dumbest thing i've seen in a long time and i live in America

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

I'll also be at @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social's booth, #547, signing copies of HORSE SHOW from 2-3 PM on Thursday, and celebrating the release of my new short story, "Canis Ex Machina," which appears in Last Syllable's March issue! Come say hi!

Make sure to stop by booths #527 & #529 during #AWP26 to meet @prettyminotaur.bsky.social and get a signed copy of her #shortstory collection, HORSE SHOW! @awpwriter.org

We'll have not one, but TWO BOOTHS at #AWP26 this year! Find us at Booths #527 and #529 from March 4-7th! In the meantime, here's some of our past AWP shenanigans! @awpwriter.org

Who just landed an off-site reading at AWP? This guy! More details to come...!

announcing a new ecolit micro-press...! yawningfoxpress.org

if you want to read about what the heck's going on here you should buy my book: bookshop.org/p/books/hors...

loved "Wuthering Heights." probably because I've read my Robert Stam and know that fidelity in adaptation is literally impossible due to the shift in medium that and i love stories about messy, messy assholes

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

“We were right about all of it! Except who was doing it, which was a totally unimportant part of our numerous frenzied accusations!”

*sigh* Tuesday. Another day in which I'm still not a full time writer.

Working on the book after long day at...work...and thinking, "Shit, this is a lot of work. Why do we do this, again?" Think you have to form the writing muscle memory early so that when it gets even harder, you've done it so long you just keep doing it because you can't imagine doing anything else

Looking at small presses for your book & have dreamed of having your work read around the world? Check out Santa Fe Writers Project, managing editor @rachellayown.bsky.social writes. Read her interview with SFWP editor, @adamalsirgany.bsky.social below! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/02/04/i...

The loss of the Book World section is absolutely devastating for writers, for readers, for anyone who loves books. The criticism and book news @roncharles.bsky.social did was my favorite books coverage, hands down, and so many wonderful, thoughtful reviews and writers doing great work - it’s awful

Sorry, I can't come into the office because my cat would be sad.

global enshittification

I worry that as we narrow the range of what we can talk about, think about, spend our time on, our ability to make expansive art and language shrinks, too, and so does our ability then to solve big problems and think creatively - all of which is the terrible point of fascism

For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) "The Mortal Storm" (1940) - Dir. Frank Borzage, about the rise of Nazism (starring Jimmy Stewart & Margaret Sullavan). It so infuriated Joseph Goebbels that he banned it in Germany & also all MGM films. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12s...

the tallest boys stand in awe of you

Did not live up to the hype: Musical episode of Buffy Did live up to the hype: Puppet episode of Angel

absolutely fkn wild that saying "random public executions by the state are bad" is noteworthy in 2026.

between sharks and spades you are in a sad pickle and peril, poor lad

"The Beekeeper's Picnic" on Steam is one of the more charming Sherlock Holmes things I've seen in a long time. Reminiscent of old-school Sierra and Lucasarts adventure games while packing in the references for us geeks.

I want to do an off-site at AWP. Does anyone have a slot for me to read about the Brady Bunch's dog?

My book, HORSE SHOW, is 50% off this weekend, only at SFWP! Pick up brand-spanking new books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @stepheneoannou.bsky.social while you're at it!

Joy is being married to someone who: A. buys you the LEGO X-Mansion set B. gleefully giggles along over the fact that there's a secret garden built under the roof (for Ororo!) that no one can see once the model is complete C. answers "will you play X-Men with me?" with "YES"

I wish Danny the Street was real.

under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales

Watching another show where big climax is "we release the information showing how corrupt the politician is and then he goes to jail and good triumphs!" And the suspension of disbelief required for this to work for me now is on par with: "a flying unicorn came down from Valhalla and killed him."

With praise from Michael Martone, there's still time to read HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social for @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club on 1/29 at 6:30pm CST! buff.ly/jHiITbM Get HORSE SHOW on #kindle here: buff.ly/IpZ9QYp

There's still plenty of time to sign up for @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club on 1/29 at 6:30pm CST for their discussion of HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social! buff.ly/jHiITbM Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R @susanschulman.bsky.social

In addition to Moby Dick I'm also currently reading (actually, listening to) Wuthering Heights for the first time. So far I love it immensely. More romances should be narrated by a long-suffering domestic servant who is 1000% done with both these bitches.

I really don't understand how fascism appeals to anyone on a planet full of cats, dogs, horses, and warm sources of pure love.

We are learning entirely too much about these films and shows before they happen

like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved

If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.

HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social is @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club Pick! Join them virtually on January 29th at 6:30pm CST for their book discussion! buff.ly/jHiITbM Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R @susanschulman.bsky.social

“Our lives are a tiny fragment of time; the bigger moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice. It has to be BENT towards justice.” - Bono

HORSE SHOW is @mazebooks.bsky.social's book club pick for January 2026!

Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for including BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social along with MORE HELL by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social from @whiskeytit.com in "The Best Short Story Collections of 2025!"

Who's going to AWP? I'm staying in a big house in the Inner Harbor full of poets. I'm told it has a rooftop deck?

It's the last work day of the year so post a video game banger

short story about buster keaton where it's subtly obvious the (third person) narrator would totally smash if given the chance

Hello, new followers! My book's called HORSE SHOW. It's a great gift for history buffs, fiction fans, and animal people! Feat: P.T. Barnum! John Travolta! Lady Wonder, the mind-reading mare! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers! Coney Island! Mules! A "vest-pocket tractor" called the Midwest Utilitor!

I think I'm writing about Sigmund Freud just to poke fun at him. (I think that's probably okay.)

Throwback Tuesday to the (one and only) time I've written straightforward memoir. Yes, there's a horse. www.stymiemag.org/2011/07/new-...

I just wanna write a short story with the same immaculate vibes as (British) Sea Power's debut album "The Decline of..." is that too much to ask