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Brian Burmeister
@bdburmeister.bsky.social
Writer, dad, cat dad.
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Honored to have the most personal thing I’ve ever written chosen for Tyler Dempsey’s annual Best of the Best list alongside so many other great stories and essays.

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Best of the Bests
2024 Five? Five years? That’s how long this’s been going on? Sheesh. This one, like all of em, was great. Y’all are weird. I love that. We had at least three stories featuring bea…
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December 8, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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A little twisted love coming your way just in time for Valentine’s Day. 🖤Check out my piece on paintings of Salome with the head of John the Baptist @psychopomp.bsky.social
February 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Ari Aster calls Monica by Daniel Clowes “a masterpiece” and the best book of 2023. www.cnn.com/style/best-b...
The best books of 2023, according to global tastemakers | CNN
What should rise to the top of your to-read list? To help navigate the world of words we’ve asked a handful of 2023’s most relevant musicians, authors, fashion editors, photographers and cultural ...
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December 30, 2023 at 2:02 PM
It felt like an early Christmas gift to sit down with actor Greg Sestero to discuss The Disaster Artist, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and an amazing Tommy Wiseau story.

Check out the full interview: wickedhorror.com/horror-news/...
Greg Sestero Discusses his Newest Horror Films and His Experience Making ‘The Room’ - Wicked Hor...
In this interview, Greg Sestero (The Room) discusses his newest horror projects and working with Tommy Wiseau and Mike Flanagan.
wickedhorror.com
December 21, 2023 at 2:37 PM
It was the best of times at the 20th anniversary screening of The Room. Greg Sestero added his commentary to the film which was perfect—I’ve never heard an audience laugh harder.
December 8, 2023 at 3:24 PM
27 years ago today, Prince released the 3-disc masterpiece Emancipation.
November 19, 2023 at 4:18 PM
This morning’s campus visitor.
November 17, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Mr. Pancake says get on out there and vote.
November 7, 2023 at 5:25 PM
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Last bit of horror of the season. I have a story out at Coffin Bell journal about a woman who gets sweet revenge on a wayward lover. 🔪

coffinbell.com/sweetie-pie/
Sweetie Pie
Jennifer Ostopovich   When I met you, you were in the corner of the crowded apartment with the calico cat, trying to avoid Mindy, who’s perfume was almost as cloying as her too-close drunk mon…
coffinbell.com
November 1, 2023 at 10:03 PM
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I have a short story out today @rfpress.bsky.social. Thanks so much to the wonderful editors for featuring this!

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October 30, 2023 at 3:10 PM
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An excerpt from a flash story I have coming out later this weekend from the fabulous @rfpress.bsky.social
Oh hello! Didja think I forgot about ya?
Never!

Got a lil flash with some slipstream body horror elements rollin' right toward ya. This bit has a little pressure building. Find out where it winds up in "The Suffocation of the Mother" by Jennifer Ostopovich.
SUNDAY
October 27, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Tonight only (Oct. 21), Flix Brewhouse theaters will be showing the horror masterpiece Hereditary. Go see a great film and feel the air flexing.
October 21, 2023 at 12:59 PM
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Walgreens has COVID Boosters for the under 12s at Des Moines locations: www.walgreens.com/topic/promot...
October 14, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Happy Friday the 13th! In the spirit of the day and spooky season, here's my very, very short horror story "Such a Good Girl." Enjoy, mwahaha.

www.sirenscallpublications.com/pdfs/SirensC...
October 13, 2023 at 2:11 PM
If you’ve been struggling to find appointments for the updated Covid vaccines for your kids under 12, some Walgreens locations will start offering them tomorrow (Oct. 13). You can already book your appointments through their online scheduler.
October 12, 2023 at 6:07 PM