Thinking of doing a right wing grift by writing patriotic erotica, I’ll call it Patr-erotica.

Stephanie thank you!!!!!!

I've had this bookmarked for a bit, and thought I'd pop it open on Father's Day. @mikemwilson.bsky.social originally said "It's kind of grim," and DAMN he was right. But it's the best kind of grim, the kind that makes you think about yourself and the people around you in a deeper way.

I’m so grateful to you for reading it and saying this. Absolutely makes my day.

Elizabeth thank you thank you, I appreciate you so much

Handbook for the Living - Identity Theory People stare at me when I leave the house.

“The only thing hanging in the closet now is the suit. Waiting for me. Like a Wall Street Grim Reaper.”

This matter-of-fact heartbreaker by @mikemwilson.bsky.social is going to stay with me. What a perfect short story.

Laura!!! This is awesome. It makes me so happy to reconnect.

Really great, powerful, stunner of a story from @mikemwilson.bsky.social

"If this is true he’s doing a cool thing for my wife. His wife. Our wife. It can’t be easy to come over here and tell the dying ex that she doesn’t want to see him anymore, to help us break up all over again."

Dude thank you so much. This made my day, for real.

It ain’t a true Midwestern childhood unless you were traumatized by tornado sirens half a dozen times a year while your dad drank cans of Bud in a lawn chair out in the driveway as the hail started falling.

This is going to be the title story of the book and I can’t wait to send it out, see what happens.

Handbook for the Living - Identity Theory People stare at me when I leave the house.

I don’t read many new stories anymore. But this one by @mikemwilson.bsky.social was quite good.

Sharing this again because who knows when I’ll publish another one. www.identitytheory.com/handbook-for...

❤️❤️❤️

a woman in a yellow crochet cardigan and denim overalls dress over a black top standing at a podium and reading a short story for the Small Press Nite literary reading at The Book Catapult (📸 credit to @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social)

a man wearing jeans and a denim jacket over a white shirt standing at a podium reading an excerpt from his new novel for the Small Press Nite literary reading at the Book Catapult

a woman—wearing a black top, black pants, and purple flats—sits on a barstool on a patio with an ocean view, having a drink before her literary reading later

the sun setting over the ocean behind clouds on a grey evening

had the best time reading my new short story at small press nite with @kevinmkearney.bsky.social at the book catapult — his novel Freelance is out from @rejectionlit.bsky.social now & you should order your copy

Ahhh Sabrina thank you so much!!!

Annie you have no idea how this means to me, coming from you.

Brother this made my day. Thank you for giving it a damn good home.

Thank you so much!

No biggie, just @mikemwilson.bsky.social out here with another stunner to get me all teary-eyed to start my day.

Really grateful to Identity Theory for publishing this. It’s an extremely sad story and I’m very proud of it.

I will be ready

So I guess 40 is the age when the nose hairs really make their move.

I’m always jonesing for a new haunted Jones. Love this one so much.

@themountaingoats.bsky.social I am at a museum and just ran into some Mountain Goats

“NAME ALL SPORTS TEAMS AFTER BIRDS!” — Jonathan Franzen, probably

Have been reading/thinking about 20th century NYC publishing and it’s a bummer how much it seemed to depend on a rich person here and there with decent taste to publish great books that barely sold.

Dude. This is going to be amazing. I can’t wait to get ahold of it.

At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is today’s date: March 31, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: The Haunted House of Things Left Unsaid by Anna Vangala Jones. Below that is the text of the opening lines of the story: “Everyone’s heard the rumors that when you die, they take you into a house you’ve never seen before—real dilapidated and creepy for added effect maybe—and in each room, they make you watch people from throughout the course of your life reading or listening to all the things you’ve wanted to say to them when you were alive but never did. Letters, emails, notes in books, burned CDs, text messages, silent moments”

I have a new story in @havehashad.com today! my third one 💀 🏚️ ✨ grateful as always to editor @aaronburch.bsky.social for providing a wonderful home for my words + to all of you who read it ♡ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

Loved every word