Less than 15 minutes.

And for my next trick, we will see how long it takes me to do something I’ve been putting off for months.

Car washing for two.

🥹

NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...

one more from the open-tabs TBR pile! a beaut' from @mmkaufman.bsky.social!

"I make a firm decision to tell Joe the next time he comes over. Sammy won’t take it well. She doesn’t take anything well; or rather, she takes things too well, too close to heart."

Mm’s Feels 2025

Every year for the past 7 years I have made a playlist for a ghost. Here is the 2025 incarnation of Mm’s Feels. The big M is my Aunt Marian and the little m is me, her namesake.

Love you, mean it, my sestra.

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NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...

"She’s walking the railing of the balcony like an Olympic gymnast on a balance beam, and the next second she’s a stuffed animal with those beads for eyes and plastic whiskers"

Stunning story. @mmkaufman.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social
xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...

NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...

we have a story by MM Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social !

it's about an aging man whose reality starts glitching, switching between ordinary life & a staged reality of actors, props, & cardboard

a beautiful story with a beautiful ending - u should read this pronto

xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...

so much love and care in these stories by
@mackenziemcgee.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social and Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez

pleased and proud we get to publish work like theirs🔥

Guess who is not getting published in The New Yorker? Me.
But guess who got a tiered rejection from The New Yorker? Also me!
#muchtoadmire 💅

I fucking love my writing friends.

I tripped and fell and wrote another tiny little poem. Where we sending those these days?

Southern Divide by M.M. Kaufman There are many ways To divide Southerners. I do it by those who hate Loud bugs and frogs, the Ones that leap and fly In the dark, and those, Like me, who enjoy them For the inability to get too…

really can't recommend strongly enough that y'all treat yourselves today to a wonderful M.M. Kaufman treat of a poem

"There are many ways
To divide Southerners.
I do it by those who hate
Loud bugs and frogs..."

https://www.havehashad.com/eikr1

New little paw-eem up at @havehashad.com
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/sou...

It’s here. My favorite thing I’ve ever written. Let’s go to the carwash!

You’ll never guess what my piece is about…

I made two strangers happy-cry (like fr) in my office today. So my work is done here. I think I can go home.

Got good news today for enthusiasts of both carwashes and my writing. Stay tuned!

a pink banner with the hex logo that says "submissions open 10 AM ET 9/5," lists recent contributors and awards, and includes a link to hex's submittable: hexliterary.submittable.com/submit

oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇

Also dying to know @ambersparks.bsky.social’s thoughts/feelings on the new film trailer.

The Modern Reader’s Cliff Notes to Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë—But Make It Hot by M.M. Kaufmann (Cathy sr. re Heathcliff)Is he hot or is he the only guy you’ve ever known who isn’t related to you?Is he hot or did your dad bring him home and you and brother mistook him for a dog?Is he hot or i…

I think I’m in the minority of diehard Wuthering Heights fans who are actually excited about Emerald Fennell’s new film. But maybe that’s because my only published poem is a cliff notes version of who and why everyone hooks up in the novel? 🤷‍♀️ 🥵 #hottake

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Shout out to the birds that live around my neighborhood. Y’all sound real good today.

Thank you for sharing, Casey!

Um. Everybody... stop what you're doing and check out @mmkaufman.bsky.social's new banger "PLATEAUED"... up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥🔥🔥

belt buckle featuring Slimer from Ghostbusters

wwwwwwwwwwell my buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh

Pulling up to yoga class blasting Rage Against the Machine because that’s where I’m at right now.

Are people aware of what flight anxiety is really like? What it’s about, the triggers, the origins, and how it presents? Do I need to put off my novel projects again to write a CNF piece about this plague?

Battling flight anxiety with a pre airport carwash.

There are just not enough people telling me on a daily basis that they wanna rock my Gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old.

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

All it took was 2025 (and a whole lot of bullshit) to make me realize I’m a Rage Against the Machine girlie.