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My second favorite @aaronburch.bsky.social story because it's his birthday. rejection-letters.com/2020/06/01/a...

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Gillian Wise, Rational Concepts, 1977 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1119117

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announcing 🥩Short Story Slaughterhouse🥩 a collaboration with @emilottoman.bsky.social

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Please note: NWWQ is open for submissions now through April 1st 2025. newworldwriting.net/nwwq-april-2... We look forward to reading your work!

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Lauren Lavin is incredible.

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Guy Billout

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Pub'd by me several years ago, thought of it during the waves of fires around here in subsequent years.

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Hans Hofmann, Flowering Desert, 1953 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135422

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 16,1945

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Antonio Segui, Box of Gentlemen, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135260

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Thinking about this story I pub'd at 'Ho four years ago. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...

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Layne Karkruff, The Night Before, 1982

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Tom Wesselmann, Still Life #57, 1969-70 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136030

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Happy Valentine's day. My favorite love story I've written so far, accepted during a pre-HAD HAD call. www.havehashad.com/web_features...

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A Jenny Holzer "true" statement.

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Parasocial Relationship (2021), crayon on paper

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Scissors and Butterflies by Francesco Clemente, 1999 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137342

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I want to write a story that contains a necessary and earnest appreciation of fancy beers.

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▶️ NOW PLAYING Had a great talk w Mark Leyner, one of the singular figures in American literature. What he does on the page, nobody else is doing. The work is manic, disturbing, high comedic, madcap, witty, always deeply intelligent. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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I am writing an academic paper for the first time in over ten years and I forgot how viscerally I hate doing this.

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Recommended.

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Paul Klee, Actor's Mask, 1924 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135696

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Pleased to appear today in Scaffold, my favorite new mag. www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

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Tim Mara, Plastic Glove and Wire Brush, 1993 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1120425

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it's the first of the month & subs are open: xraylitmag.com/submissions/

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Angus Fairhurst, Swissair, All Evidence of Man Removed, 1993 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134032

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“Read a bunch. This is the most basic advice, but also probably the truest and most helpful. I’m not totally sure there even really is any other advice.” Solid advice from @aaronburch.bsky.social t.co/LA9AZ0YpRN

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For anyone who is interested here's how I wrote the last collection

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I read a lot of Donald Barthelme's Sixty Stories for the first time in Downtown Vegas, which, in retrospect, was the perfect place to read Donald Barthelme.

My second favorite @aaronburch.bsky.social story because it's his birthday. rejection-letters.com/2020/06/01/a...

Gillian Wise, Rational Concepts, 1977 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1119117

announcing 🥩Short Story Slaughterhouse🥩 a collaboration with @emilottoman.bsky.social

Please note: NWWQ is open for submissions now through April 1st 2025. newworldwriting.net/nwwq-april-2... We look forward to reading your work!

Lauren Lavin is incredible.

Guy Billout

Pub'd by me several years ago, thought of it during the waves of fires around here in subsequent years.

Hans Hofmann, Flowering Desert, 1953 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135422

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 16,1945

Antonio Segui, Box of Gentlemen, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135260

Thinking about this story I pub'd at 'Ho four years ago. www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...

Layne Karkruff, The Night Before, 1982

Tom Wesselmann, Still Life #57, 1969-70 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136030

Happy Valentine's day. My favorite love story I've written so far, accepted during a pre-HAD HAD call. www.havehashad.com/web_features...

A Jenny Holzer "true" statement.

Parasocial Relationship (2021), crayon on paper

Scissors and Butterflies by Francesco Clemente, 1999 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137342

I want to write a story that contains a necessary and earnest appreciation of fancy beers.

▶️ NOW PLAYING Had a great talk w Mark Leyner, one of the singular figures in American literature. What he does on the page, nobody else is doing. The work is manic, disturbing, high comedic, madcap, witty, always deeply intelligent. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

I am writing an academic paper for the first time in over ten years and I forgot how viscerally I hate doing this.

Recommended.

Paul Klee, Actor's Mask, 1924 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135696

Pleased to appear today in Scaffold, my favorite new mag. www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

Tim Mara, Plastic Glove and Wire Brush, 1993 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1120425

it's the first of the month & subs are open: xraylitmag.com/submissions/

Angus Fairhurst, Swissair, All Evidence of Man Removed, 1993 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134032

“Read a bunch. This is the most basic advice, but also probably the truest and most helpful. I’m not totally sure there even really is any other advice.” Solid advice from @aaronburch.bsky.social t.co/LA9AZ0YpRN

For anyone who is interested here's how I wrote the last collection

I read a lot of Donald Barthelme's Sixty Stories for the first time in Downtown Vegas, which, in retrospect, was the perfect place to read Donald Barthelme.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller January 30,1947

Padgett Powell, You & Me.

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Do you think Padgett Powell knows he's written a few books just for me?

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