Barlow Adams
@barlowadams.bsky.social
Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
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BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social made @msmagazine.com's list of November 2025 Reads! buff.ly/JmWs33l
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social made @msmagazine.com's list of November 2025 Reads! buff.ly/JmWs33l
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
Funny how it’s performative reading now. Back when I was younger, people just called it being a dork.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Funny how it’s performative reading now. Back when I was younger, people just called it being a dork.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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I bought airplane wifi so I could tell you that @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s THE EVERLASTING is a perfect goddamn book, also if you can see her on tour you absolutely should
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I bought airplane wifi so I could tell you that @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s THE EVERLASTING is a perfect goddamn book, also if you can see her on tour you absolutely should
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Book mail from my girl @laurelhightower.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Book mail from my girl @laurelhightower.bsky.social
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Join us for the next reading on December 13 to raise funds for Trans Lifeline and listen to live lit from:
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Join us for the next reading on December 13 to raise funds for Trans Lifeline and listen to live lit from:
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
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Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
Finished a story tonight. Kind of forgot I could do that.
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Finished a story tonight. Kind of forgot I could do that.
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One week to go until #TheMikey deadline. Although that’s 8 days, today being Saturday and there being until midnight next Saturday to enter. We know yesterday’s post said 7 days, but that person “doesn’t count the same”, so November 15 is also now further away. Did we say we aren’t numbers people?
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One week to go until #TheMikey deadline. Although that’s 8 days, today being Saturday and there being until midnight next Saturday to enter. We know yesterday’s post said 7 days, but that person “doesn’t count the same”, so November 15 is also now further away. Did we say we aren’t numbers people?
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I’m still buzzing from my awesome book launch!! Thank you Deesha Philyaw for being a part of it and for your wonderful questions and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social for being an amazing host. Thank you to everyone who came and thank you to my friends who helped and supported me ❤️❤️❤️
TONIGHT at 7pm EST, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be in conversation with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of BITTER OVER SWEET, hosted by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social! buff.ly/CtKtA0k
Can't make it? Get BITTER OVER SWEET right here! buff.ly/3pPOviA
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Can't make it? Get BITTER OVER SWEET right here! buff.ly/3pPOviA
@susanschulman.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I’m still buzzing from my awesome book launch!! Thank you Deesha Philyaw for being a part of it and for your wonderful questions and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social for being an amazing host. Thank you to everyone who came and thank you to my friends who helped and supported me ❤️❤️❤️
@smokelong.bsky.social is simply the best.
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@smokelong.bsky.social is simply the best.
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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Lit mag friends: I have a couple of undergrads who would be amazing readers for your journal. And one is looking for a summer internship, specifically (for grad hours, unpaid).
Anyone have a spot to offer?
Anyone have a spot to offer?
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lit mag friends: I have a couple of undergrads who would be amazing readers for your journal. And one is looking for a summer internship, specifically (for grad hours, unpaid).
Anyone have a spot to offer?
Anyone have a spot to offer?
For America to progress, there must be a general consensus that Trump is far closer to being an authoritarian than Mamdani is to being a communist. Until this happens, we will continue to let Trump violate every corner of the Constitution while treating social help programs as threats to democracy.
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
For America to progress, there must be a general consensus that Trump is far closer to being an authoritarian than Mamdani is to being a communist. Until this happens, we will continue to let Trump violate every corner of the Constitution while treating social help programs as threats to democracy.
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The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
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New editor interview with @marissavu.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and the upcoming anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION!
Editor Interview * Marissa van Uden
I was ridiculously excited to get a sneak peek at ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction, edited by Marissa van Uden and published by Violet Lichen Books. The TOC features some of my f…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New editor interview with @marissavu.bsky.social about Violet Lichen Books and the upcoming anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION!
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
My five year-old thinks sickness and medicine fistfight in his body when he takes Tylenol and the winner determines if he feels better or not, and by my calculations, this makes him qualified to be the new United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Congratulations to my kid!
Congratulations to my kid!
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My five year-old thinks sickness and medicine fistfight in his body when he takes Tylenol and the winner determines if he feels better or not, and by my calculations, this makes him qualified to be the new United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Congratulations to my kid!
Congratulations to my kid!
Teapots that beep instead of whistle are just sad. I don’t care if it’s electronic, you get a fake whistle on that bitch! Otherwise, it’s like if the horn on a train sounded like a phone ringing.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Teapots that beep instead of whistle are just sad. I don’t care if it’s electronic, you get a fake whistle on that bitch! Otherwise, it’s like if the horn on a train sounded like a phone ringing.
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So honored to be nominated! Thank you @folklorereview.bsky.social!
Our Best Microfiction nominations are in~
@ezhang77.bsky.social “Bone Fishing”
@jbstone.bsky.social “It Happened at Midnight”
Read ‘em both in our “Skeletal” micro series!
@ezhang77.bsky.social “Bone Fishing”
@jbstone.bsky.social “It Happened at Midnight”
Read ‘em both in our “Skeletal” micro series!
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So honored to be nominated! Thank you @folklorereview.bsky.social!
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty