A robot octopus wearing a “fucking poets,man” T-shirt standing next to a wheel that does not accurately represent the prizes available to you
AWP folks: If you haven’t been to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social booth yet, here’s your reminder.
In college I used to pleasantly argue with my writing faculty advisor about all the history classes I took and I’m SO putting a copy of this in my afterlife pocket for when we meet again
How is this nu disco 4am go-to already ten years old youtu.be/4jBDnYE1WjI?...
The March Sadness 90s Edition First Round Game Schedule (brackets due by end of day 2/28):
marchxness.com/schedule
🎉Celebrating making it through yet another week without writing an essay about the importance of identifying what one actually wants from being a writer 🎉
Issue 26 cover, by Michael Bargamian. Classy couple having a nice meal in front of a wildfire. It looks very cool.
Issue 26 table of contents and I'm sorry I'm not going to type all the names here, please just click the pre-order link for a full listing of all contributors
Issue 26 is available for pre-order! We'll have it in hand *just* in time for AWP, we think, and you can get your orders in now. Look at this lineup!
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop/p/pre-o...
Nicholas Angel: When’s your birthday? Local Teen: 22nd of February Nicholas Angel: What year? Local Teen: Every year.
Happy birthday to those who observe
A portly stuffed brown teddy bear
Punch’s IKEA orangutan mom is cute but I’m all about dad bod bear here
TIL when you are a garbage passenger in a car that's being photographed by paparazzi, do literally anything but stare into the nether distance
(Assuming if you're reading this, you're also so tired of being tired.)
Biggest takeaway from having BBC News on for the last hour - would watch CSI: Thames Valley
Got a new @caelyncobb.bsky.social story on Short Story, Long today!!
"The office became something else. It became theirs."
The closest thing I have seen to the days of yore lately is the flavor of ugh social media that encourages subscriptions
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spot, light
Using all your WiFi
Wasn’t sure if I was doing the right things today until my mom sent a $2 pair of pants to me from the afterlife
Every time I turn on the Olympics I think of the group vacation Freddie Miles probably should have invited Tom Ripley on, even though it would have been a little weird
Just opted to throw out my very first skeet draft 🎉
I fucking love this story -- go read it. Bravo, @libbycudmore.bsky.social! www.brownhoundpress.com/stories/libb...
Speaking of Barrelhouse submission calls run by my students (that's what everyone's talking about today, right?) we've got another one coming VERY SOON. This semester, a cohort of MFA students at Temple will be editing an online issue of the journal, and they've settled on a theme: The Aftermath
Trust me, I love it more. That sucker WEIGHED on me.
@aaronburch.bsky.social, reading the upcoming HAD sub call made me realize what's wrong w/ a piece I've been messing with for so long, I was going to put in my last will & testament for some unfortunate soul to try fixing. As always, don't know how/why these things happen, but thanks all the same 🍺
We have a new online issue! Selected and edited by students at Temple University, under the guidance of @mikeingram.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
Drinking diet Mountain Dew Baja Blast, fondly remembering the Barrelhouse Writer Camp where no one could explain what it tastes like. I still can’t. (The can now says “tropical lime” but, no.)
My dad’s presided over more than a thousand weddings and agrees that one definitely topped being in a helicopter over Niagara Falls
“So there’s an eagle, and it’s sitting on the horse, and it goes all Pegasus, freeeeeebiiiiird yeahhhhh”
Annoyed black cat attempting to resume living best life by lounging on kitchen table and against a human right hand/arm
When you let the other cat be a little toolshed for way too long this morning and the subsequent penalty is providing a hand pillow for the affected party
i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
Protest sign from MN that says, “DEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.
10/10 ICE protest sign
The book Tongues: Beyond the Upper Room. Subtitle: everything you want to know about speaking in tongues. Bottom text: compiled from the teachings of Kenneth E. Hagin
Today’s thrift store catch-and-release about which I’ll have the most regret
Avoided 28 Years for a while because I’m not really a horror person. Saw it, absolutely loved it, looking forward to Bone Temple. (soon!)
