this is gonna rip and what a title !!!
My best friend is married to Tonicβs drummer, can confirm The Juice is a mystery
Call for general submissions, black text on white background with pink bubble letters.
Open for general subs through September 13th (which is also our dear @terrilinndavis.bsky.socialβs bday so give her something good to read)!
www.icebreakerslit.com/submissions
oil on canvas painting of a woman, PoV is low and looking up making for strange and compelling framing. The woman is painted pink and she holds a slice of watermelon. Her bathing suit is green.
would you (yes you) kindly share with me one (1) visual art/artist you are feeling rn? What's inspiring you? A few that I've been obsessed with are... Elena Redmond
whatβs the hottest thing a man can do?
get a vasectomy
damn it. you got me dan miller
Drop the album you're most embarrassed you once loved here. Judgement free zone. Get it off your chest.
It's rare that a book makes me laugh out loud, let alone to accomplish that nearly every page, let alone in a book that's as much about isolation and alcoholism and depression as it is about funny. These have become instant recs for CNF for me.
it's "fuck it dawg friday," and also short story month is coming to an end (thankfully it's short story year every year) so here's one last short story. @pitheadchapel.bsky.social is a mag I've been trying to crack from the beginning, so was thrilled when they liked this one enough to run it!
Woman breastfeeding baby on cover of MER
Self Portrait as Unfolded Laundry Week after week I am undone, gathered into four to five plastic baskets I am at once too many and not at all what anybody will need tomorrow
Hereβs a little poem that came out last month. <3
merliterary.com/2025/03/31/m...
actually when I do it, it's called "Dansplaining" and you have to listen because I'm always right
Aubri (seemingly) reached into my brain, pulled out a bunch of my favorite things, and made an incredible story of them. I would lose it all at the Space Casino.
think i might set up a table at "Association of Writers & Writing Programs" conference to sell bead geckos
i never post here but maybe i should? idk. idk anything. anyway hereβs space casino!
maudlinhouse.net/space-casino/
lol you kept the boomer text
screenshot of the early 00s social online game, Coke Music, featuring somebody's custom room with various eccentric pieces of furniture and music equipment. Also there is a Coke vending machine, and a pixel avatar saying "Woah... i have a headache..."
this is where I'm posting from when I post my little tweets
so so grateful for this review by Yelizaveta P. Renfro in @wirobooks.bsky.social
"In the end, it is the fear of what might happen β rather than what actually does happen β that proves the far greater torment."
Imma read so many new poems!! Help us raise money for Trans Lifeline!!!
*violently googles Jason X (2001) sex scene*
Flipped through this and went first sentence by first sentence until my mood was met by "Space Cat" by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social.
DMV area readers and writers, mark your calendars for the launch of our first book vending machine that will carry DMV area writers!
Filmed a super normal little thing for @filthyloot.bsky.social. Just a super normal little video. Totally normal stuff
Working on a piece about how parents talk to their kids about *their own* cannabis use now that itβs more socially accepted. Looking to hear from parents + experts (psychologists, pediatricians, substance use counselors). DMs open or email me if youβre up for chatting!
"She goes to the horror film festival in lieu of her sister, who was ill with morning sickness and suddenly felt, despite years of being an aficionado, that watching horror while pregnant was a form of blasphemy. "
So fucking stoked to have @lmanusos.bsky.social back in hex this week! Go check it!
"It was early, late, lockjaw hour."
Back on my bullshit with another Short Story Month pull. Today, I invite you to read Sam Lipsyte's I'm Slavering, a story that greatly influenced me. When I say I like when stories surprise me, this is a perfect example. A wonder. Dig it--
A reminder that I'm keeping general subs for IGs @brokenheartliterary open through May 15th. Send in a photo of a heart break object and up to 50 words: melissafloresandersonwrites.com/broken-heart...
And we'll launch our music-themed call on May 16 so start thinking about those, too.
you had me at "vacillating"
sharing this again in case anyone wants their afternoon brimmed with the dulcet tones of my deep voice vacillating between laughter, sincere writing advice, and perhaps more eff bombs than I remember