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...
On a day when 8 Democrat senators have revealed themselves to be the feckless dickholes they always were, I'm taking my victories however they come.
So fuck Kim Davis, fuck her attorneys, and fuck her financial backers. Obergefell v. Hodges remains intact (for now).
thehill.com/regulation/c...
So fuck Kim Davis, fuck her attorneys, and fuck her financial backers. Obergefell v. Hodges remains intact (for now).
thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On a day when 8 Democrat senators have revealed themselves to be the feckless dickholes they always were, I'm taking my victories however they come.
So fuck Kim Davis, fuck her attorneys, and fuck her financial backers. Obergefell v. Hodges remains intact (for now).
thehill.com/regulation/c...
So fuck Kim Davis, fuck her attorneys, and fuck her financial backers. Obergefell v. Hodges remains intact (for now).
thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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CALL ALL OF THEM. SAY PRIMARY.
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
CALL ALL OF THEM. SAY PRIMARY.
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
"Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) &Dick Durbin (Ill.) were among the Democrats who participated in secretive negotiations to end the shutdown & are considered possible “yes” votes for the deal."
To those New Yorkers who championed and then reelected @schumer.senate.gov back in 2022, I invite you to take one of the spoons I'm currently holding in my hand, and then please eat my entire ass.
Yup, just dig in there and enjoy.
Yup, just dig in there and enjoy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
To those New Yorkers who championed and then reelected @schumer.senate.gov back in 2022, I invite you to take one of the spoons I'm currently holding in my hand, and then please eat my entire ass.
Yup, just dig in there and enjoy.
Yup, just dig in there and enjoy.
Tuesday night’s election results gave me hope for this stupid country, for the first time in a full year. Therefore, it was time to celebrate with some Brandy Alexanders.
1.5 oz Cognac
1 oz dark Crème de Cacao
1 oz Heavy Cream
Shake with ice, pour into a chilled glass, top w/ fresh nutmeg. Drink.
1.5 oz Cognac
1 oz dark Crème de Cacao
1 oz Heavy Cream
Shake with ice, pour into a chilled glass, top w/ fresh nutmeg. Drink.
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Tuesday night’s election results gave me hope for this stupid country, for the first time in a full year. Therefore, it was time to celebrate with some Brandy Alexanders.
1.5 oz Cognac
1 oz dark Crème de Cacao
1 oz Heavy Cream
Shake with ice, pour into a chilled glass, top w/ fresh nutmeg. Drink.
1.5 oz Cognac
1 oz dark Crème de Cacao
1 oz Heavy Cream
Shake with ice, pour into a chilled glass, top w/ fresh nutmeg. Drink.
I have finally finished grading this round of essays, and I'm now going to reward myself by starting up a new round of essays, but also with cocktails.
Cheers.
Cheers.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have finally finished grading this round of essays, and I'm now going to reward myself by starting up a new round of essays, but also with cocktails.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
It's been a year since I've had any sort of hope for this country. Hot damn!
What we know, 10:20pm
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It's been a year since I've had any sort of hope for this country. Hot damn!
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Honor Dick Cheney’s memory the proper way by shooting a friend in the face
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Honor Dick Cheney’s memory the proper way by shooting a friend in the face
Y'all, I am looking so stupidly forward to @jenniferpashley.bsky.social's new novel, THE HOUSE GUEST, out July 2026 from Little, Brown. Preorder this awesomeness (with the ridiculously cool cover) here!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...
The House Guest: A Novel|Hardcover
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Y'all, I am looking so stupidly forward to @jenniferpashley.bsky.social's new novel, THE HOUSE GUEST, out July 2026 from Little, Brown. Preorder this awesomeness (with the ridiculously cool cover) here!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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"Slow Horses" is quite possibly the only show that can dole out just six episodes a year and still keep me absolutely addicted. September 2026 (Season 6) can't get here fast enough.
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Slow Horses" is quite possibly the only show that can dole out just six episodes a year and still keep me absolutely addicted. September 2026 (Season 6) can't get here fast enough.
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Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is open for submissions for THE DIRTY ISSUE, an online issue being produced by @mikeingram.bsky.social's Writers at Work class at Temple University. Send us/them your dirty (not in that way) lil stories poems essays! www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is open for submissions for THE DIRTY ISSUE, an online issue being produced by @mikeingram.bsky.social's Writers at Work class at Temple University. Send us/them your dirty (not in that way) lil stories poems essays! www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
Here's our daily reminder that Trump is able to [insert horrific act here] *solely* because of the GOP. Republicans control the House & Senate, and GOP-appointed SCOTUS justices rubber-stamp everything he does.
In this & every, single election, we have to remember:
Vote Republicans the fuck out!
In this & every, single election, we have to remember:
Vote Republicans the fuck out!
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Here's our daily reminder that Trump is able to [insert horrific act here] *solely* because of the GOP. Republicans control the House & Senate, and GOP-appointed SCOTUS justices rubber-stamp everything he does.
In this & every, single election, we have to remember:
Vote Republicans the fuck out!
In this & every, single election, we have to remember:
Vote Republicans the fuck out!
Just imagine: you're a member of the "oppositional" party who goes out of their way to secure Trump's power grab even further.
When it's their time, these bastards cannot be primaried hard enough.
When it's their time, these bastards cannot be primaried hard enough.
Dems/Ind Senators voting in favor: Coons, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Heinrich, Kaine, Kelly, King (I), Klobuchar, Reed, Schiff, Shaheen, Welch, & Whitehouse.
Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis
Senators not voting: Duckworth & Tillis
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just imagine: you're a member of the "oppositional" party who goes out of their way to secure Trump's power grab even further.
When it's their time, these bastards cannot be primaried hard enough.
When it's their time, these bastards cannot be primaried hard enough.
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Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
It was amazing seeing SO! MANY! PEOPLE! at Boston's #nokings rally today. I'm absolutely floored.
But what I'm truly thankful for are the crowds that showed up to protest in red states, in places where their safety wasn't guaranteed. In places where the cops were just itching to hurt protestors.
But what I'm truly thankful for are the crowds that showed up to protest in red states, in places where their safety wasn't guaranteed. In places where the cops were just itching to hurt protestors.
October 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It was amazing seeing SO! MANY! PEOPLE! at Boston's #nokings rally today. I'm absolutely floored.
But what I'm truly thankful for are the crowds that showed up to protest in red states, in places where their safety wasn't guaranteed. In places where the cops were just itching to hurt protestors.
But what I'm truly thankful for are the crowds that showed up to protest in red states, in places where their safety wasn't guaranteed. In places where the cops were just itching to hurt protestors.
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
Who is this Charley Kirk person, and why is the White House honoring him?
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Who is this Charley Kirk person, and why is the White House honoring him?
Not to quote Palpatine here, but if it'll help the cadets channel their frustration into protecting democracy from our fucking Racist-in-Chief...
October 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Not to quote Palpatine here, but if it'll help the cadets channel their frustration into protecting democracy from our fucking Racist-in-Chief...
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Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.
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FEVER HOUSE EBOOK IS $1.99 ON ALL PLATFORMS, HEYOOOO!
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
FEVER HOUSE EBOOK IS $1.99 ON ALL PLATFORMS, HEYOOOO!