Barrett Bowlin
@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
Author of the short story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM. Stuff in places like The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 anthology, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, Salt Hill, etc.
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Barrett Bowlin
@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Ghosts Caught on Film
Check out Ghosts Caught on Film by Barrett Bowlin on Bookshop.org US!
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Well, hot damn! @bookshop-org.bsky.social now sells ebooks!
And, gosh, I'd be remiss if I didn't promote a certain ne'er-do-well's short story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM, on their site.
bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
And, gosh, I'd be remiss if I didn't promote a certain ne'er-do-well's short story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM, on their site.
bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
Tentacle Porn, Boston-Style
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Tentacle Porn, Boston-Style
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For better or worse, public law schools have to account for state politics when making decisions about who to hire as their next dean.
But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.
But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.
The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For better or worse, public law schools have to account for state politics when making decisions about who to hire as their next dean.
But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.
But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
“Spring Semester, Day One, Post-Bomb Threat.”
(Selfie, from the “I’m Getting Too Old for This Shit” series, 2025-2026)
(Selfie, from the “I’m Getting Too Old for This Shit” series, 2025-2026)
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
“Spring Semester, Day One, Post-Bomb Threat.”
(Selfie, from the “I’m Getting Too Old for This Shit” series, 2025-2026)
(Selfie, from the “I’m Getting Too Old for This Shit” series, 2025-2026)
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Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dr. @chesyaburke.bsky.social and I are editing an anthology surveying the evolution of Black literary horror. Tentatively titled Black Horror, Then & Next: We Have Always Dreamed in Darkness (FlameTree Press), here are the guidelines…
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
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If I ask you to cite your sources and you get offended I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you don’t have any.
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If I ask you to cite your sources and you get offended I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you don’t have any.
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Our current dictator is the peak of this country's innate white supremacy. And you keep thinking you're getting rid of him without deconstructing your own white supremacy.
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Our current dictator is the peak of this country's innate white supremacy. And you keep thinking you're getting rid of him without deconstructing your own white supremacy.
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This secret police force is brutal, indifferent to humanity, and acting with impunity. And the owner is on each, and every one of us to protest every single thing they do every single day, and whatever ways we can.
January 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This secret police force is brutal, indifferent to humanity, and acting with impunity. And the owner is on each, and every one of us to protest every single thing they do every single day, and whatever ways we can.
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Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable, but VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable.
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
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"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
🧵⬇️
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable, but VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable.
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
🧵⬇️
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
🧵⬇️
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Let's not forget, millions of Americans voted for Trump. They are our fellow citizens. So regardless of where we stand politically, it is imperative to reach out and tell each and every one of them that they are stupid fucking assholes.
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Let's not forget, millions of Americans voted for Trump. They are our fellow citizens. So regardless of where we stand politically, it is imperative to reach out and tell each and every one of them that they are stupid fucking assholes.
This fucking country…
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This fucking country…
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This caveat in the SFWA Nebula Awards:
"Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot."
Seriously? AFTER nominations? Why not just "No AI"?
"Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot."
Seriously? AFTER nominations? Why not just "No AI"?
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This caveat in the SFWA Nebula Awards:
"Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot."
Seriously? AFTER nominations? Why not just "No AI"?
"Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot."
Seriously? AFTER nominations? Why not just "No AI"?
Ummmm, Professor @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely correct here about the ultimate goals of A.I.
Give her a watch here and pay attention.
Give her a watch here and pay attention.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ummmm, Professor @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely correct here about the ultimate goals of A.I.
Give her a watch here and pay attention.
Give her a watch here and pay attention.
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Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency?
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency?
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
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The public: "We are desperate for help with the cost of living. Please do something."
Trump administration: "Penis."
Trump administration: "Penis."
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The public: "We are desperate for help with the cost of living. Please do something."
Trump administration: "Penis."
Trump administration: "Penis."
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Have a novella? Crime? No? Not a problem. (re)Introduce One Eye Press. We're looking for good stories in an itty bitty living space. 8k - 30k words.
We're not alone, either. Tough Crime publisher @rustybarnes23.bsky.social is joining the team.
submissions.shotgunhoney.com/publication/...
We're not alone, either. Tough Crime publisher @rustybarnes23.bsky.social is joining the team.
submissions.shotgunhoney.com/publication/...
One Eye Press
In 2013, Shotgun Honey launched its first imprint, One Eye Press. The idea was to offer a line of novellas and short story collections, and our own anthology series Shotgun Honey Presents. That imprin...
submissions.shotgunhoney.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Have a novella? Crime? No? Not a problem. (re)Introduce One Eye Press. We're looking for good stories in an itty bitty living space. 8k - 30k words.
We're not alone, either. Tough Crime publisher @rustybarnes23.bsky.social is joining the team.
submissions.shotgunhoney.com/publication/...
We're not alone, either. Tough Crime publisher @rustybarnes23.bsky.social is joining the team.
submissions.shotgunhoney.com/publication/...
Ronald Reagan was the actual devil.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ronald Reagan was the actual devil.
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FREE HIM SO HE CAN FIX IT
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
FREE HIM SO HE CAN FIX IT
You know those people who go up & down the aisles in grocery stores with their shopping carts, but then who can't be bothered to walk a few more yards out in the parking lot, to put the carts back in the corrals before they drive off?
Those are the same motherfuckers who use generative A.I.
Those are the same motherfuckers who use generative A.I.
December 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
You know those people who go up & down the aisles in grocery stores with their shopping carts, but then who can't be bothered to walk a few more yards out in the parking lot, to put the carts back in the corrals before they drive off?
Those are the same motherfuckers who use generative A.I.
Those are the same motherfuckers who use generative A.I.
Well, this looks fucking awesome. Congratulations, @libbycudmore.bsky.social & @nmamatas.bsky.social!
We're delighted to announce that we will be publishing a new anthology from @libbycudmore.bsky.social and @nmamatas.bsky.social: THE BLACK TAPES!
Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media:
📼 links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr
#BookSky
Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media:
📼 links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr
#BookSky
December 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Well, this looks fucking awesome. Congratulations, @libbycudmore.bsky.social & @nmamatas.bsky.social!
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Don’t comply in advance. Fuck fascism.
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Don’t comply in advance. Fuck fascism.
The fuck they are.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The fuck they are.
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Just a reminder that when Nightmare Magazine opens to subs again in January, we are VERY EAGER to read your dark creative nonfiction! We're the place to send that creepy list or micro research project about something awful.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just a reminder that when Nightmare Magazine opens to subs again in January, we are VERY EAGER to read your dark creative nonfiction! We're the place to send that creepy list or micro research project about something awful.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
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The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.