brainhawk
@brainhawk.bsky.social
Writer, editor, filmmaker | birdhousefilms.com | Co-founder of matchbooklitmag.bsky.social, that old building and loan | he him
Weird question. Anyone know any indie presses that will publish previously published novels? Like one that had a tiny run and is now out of print?
May 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Weird question. Anyone know any indie presses that will publish previously published novels? Like one that had a tiny run and is now out of print?
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**Submissions open for matchbook June 23!**
May 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
**Submissions open for matchbook June 23!**
I have four new micro stories at @MISTERBULLBULL this morning!
Upstate
Face of the Clock
Day of the Bird
Senior Year
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Upstate
Face of the Clock
Day of the Bird
Senior Year
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Four Micros | MrBullBull
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November 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I have four new micro stories at @MISTERBULLBULL this morning!
Upstate
Face of the Clock
Day of the Bird
Senior Year
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Upstate
Face of the Clock
Day of the Bird
Senior Year
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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"My teacher Ms. Brower told me they were sending my mother upstate. I thought that meant someplace in the clouds. As if what must happen to those in such mental trouble cannot be rendered here on the ground. Their state must be taken up."
@brainhawk.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
@brainhawk.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
"My teacher Ms. Brower told me they were sending my mother upstate. I thought that meant someplace in the clouds. As if what must happen to those in such mental trouble cannot be rendered here on the ground. Their state must be taken up."
@brainhawk.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
@brainhawk.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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"I relearn the art of sewing. I thread the needle with my daughter's gold hair and stitch it into the seam I am repairing."
New fiction: "Inside the Nest" by Emily Hockaday
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hockaday/...
New fiction: "Inside the Nest" by Emily Hockaday
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hockaday/...
Inside the Nest | matchbook
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September 9, 2024 at 3:44 PM
"I relearn the art of sewing. I thread the needle with my daughter's gold hair and stitch it into the seam I am repairing."
New fiction: "Inside the Nest" by Emily Hockaday
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hockaday/...
New fiction: "Inside the Nest" by Emily Hockaday
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hockaday/...
I have a new very short story in the first issue of Microzine called "Antonia in the Night"
Some other fun pieces in here as well!
microzine.substack.com/p/microzine-...
Some other fun pieces in here as well!
microzine.substack.com/p/microzine-...
MicroZine Issue 1
Volume I (2024)
microzine.substack.com
July 31, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I have a new very short story in the first issue of Microzine called "Antonia in the Night"
Some other fun pieces in here as well!
microzine.substack.com/p/microzine-...
Some other fun pieces in here as well!
microzine.substack.com/p/microzine-...
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"We signed We shook We paid We owned We sowed We sought We booked We thought We knew We learned We packed We moved We patched We nailed We roofed We aimed We shot We fought"
New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks
New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks
Cracks | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
July 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
"We signed We shook We paid We owned We sowed We sought We booked We thought We knew We learned We packed We moved We patched We nailed We roofed We aimed We shot We fought"
New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks
New fiction: "Cracks" by Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fish/cracks
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"The black trees slashed through the sunlight, more bared fangs than a forest, and just deep enough within them to be lost..."
New fiction: "Open Them If You Don't Believe Me" by K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brew...
New fiction: "Open Them If You Don't Believe Me" by K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brew...
Open Them If You Don’t Believe Me | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
July 1, 2024 at 1:41 PM
"The black trees slashed through the sunlight, more bared fangs than a forest, and just deep enough within them to be lost..."
New fiction: "Open Them If You Don't Believe Me" by K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brew...
New fiction: "Open Them If You Don't Believe Me" by K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/mead-brew...
I have a very short story called "The Saddest Donkey" in the latest issue of Tiny Molecules (Issue 19):
tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...
It's sort of a "so sad it's funny" kinda story, I think. Other great work in this issue as well.
tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...
It's sort of a "so sad it's funny" kinda story, I think. Other great work in this issue as well.
nineteen — Tiny Molecules
tinymolecules.com
May 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I have a very short story called "The Saddest Donkey" in the latest issue of Tiny Molecules (Issue 19):
tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...
It's sort of a "so sad it's funny" kinda story, I think. Other great work in this issue as well.
tinymolecules.com/issues/ninet...
It's sort of a "so sad it's funny" kinda story, I think. Other great work in this issue as well.
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"They have a little party second day she's home: Nova Scotia salmon, chocolates, a risotto he made, brie cheese, champagne."
From the archive: "Wife in Reverse" by Stephen Dixon
www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon
From the archive: "Wife in Reverse" by Stephen Dixon
www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon
matchbook | Stephen Dixon
www.matchbooklitmag.com
April 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM
"They have a little party second day she's home: Nova Scotia salmon, chocolates, a risotto he made, brie cheese, champagne."
From the archive: "Wife in Reverse" by Stephen Dixon
www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon
From the archive: "Wife in Reverse" by Stephen Dixon
www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon
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April has been & continues to be a glass half full. You've seen @dannyderock.bsky.social
@brainhawk.bsky.social @natallman.bsky.social
Get ready for even more fiction, #antiwrimo interviews, & book reviews from
@swethaamit.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & more.
Only on Afterimages.
@brainhawk.bsky.social @natallman.bsky.social
Get ready for even more fiction, #antiwrimo interviews, & book reviews from
@swethaamit.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & more.
Only on Afterimages.
April 22, 2024 at 1:13 AM
April has been & continues to be a glass half full. You've seen @dannyderock.bsky.social
@brainhawk.bsky.social @natallman.bsky.social
Get ready for even more fiction, #antiwrimo interviews, & book reviews from
@swethaamit.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & more.
Only on Afterimages.
@brainhawk.bsky.social @natallman.bsky.social
Get ready for even more fiction, #antiwrimo interviews, & book reviews from
@swethaamit.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & more.
Only on Afterimages.
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**Mark your calendars**
We'll be open for submissions May 1!!
(And we'll be open until May 8 or when our submission count reaches 1,000). Our guidelines can be found here:
www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
We'll be open for submissions May 1!!
(And we'll be open until May 8 or when our submission count reaches 1,000). Our guidelines can be found here:
www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
matchbook | Guidelines
www.matchbooklitmag.com
April 15, 2024 at 2:37 PM
**Mark your calendars**
We'll be open for submissions May 1!!
(And we'll be open until May 8 or when our submission count reaches 1,000). Our guidelines can be found here:
www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
We'll be open for submissions May 1!!
(And we'll be open until May 8 or when our submission count reaches 1,000). Our guidelines can be found here:
www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines
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Hey #WritingCommunity
How about following the writers below.
@brainhawk.bsky.social
@terrorbytez.bsky.social
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
@miverras12.bsky.social
@alexandre1.bsky.social
@josephpgillis.bsky.social
@ninaschuyler.bsky.social
@benfrancisco.bsky.social
@ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social
#booksky
How about following the writers below.
@brainhawk.bsky.social
@terrorbytez.bsky.social
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
@miverras12.bsky.social
@alexandre1.bsky.social
@josephpgillis.bsky.social
@ninaschuyler.bsky.social
@benfrancisco.bsky.social
@ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social
#booksky
April 14, 2024 at 4:19 PM
If you are interested in hearing one of the songs I discussed in my essay "Look, It's Baseball" then check out "It is Divine" by Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices (performed here by him in a side project with Mac McCaughan of Superchunk).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgba...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgba...
Go Back Snowball - It Is Divine
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April 11, 2024 at 11:29 PM
If you are interested in hearing one of the songs I discussed in my essay "Look, It's Baseball" then check out "It is Divine" by Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices (performed here by him in a side project with Mac McCaughan of Superchunk).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgba...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgba...
That’s so cool when stuff like that happens. The past is a weird thing!
April 11, 2024 at 10:18 AM
That’s so cool when stuff like that happens. The past is a weird thing!
Thanks for reading, Joseph! Awesome that you dug this piece. And thank you for sharing what brought you baseball and GBV especially. Excited to check your cover of Bright Paper Werewolves!
April 11, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Thanks for reading, Joseph! Awesome that you dug this piece. And thank you for sharing what brought you baseball and GBV especially. Excited to check your cover of Bright Paper Werewolves!
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@brainhawk.bsky.social closes out a lovely tribute in part 2 of “Look, It’s Baseball, continued.” Up on Afterimages now. Batter up! ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
April 10, 2024 at 5:50 PM
@brainhawk.bsky.social closes out a lovely tribute in part 2 of “Look, It’s Baseball, continued.” Up on Afterimages now. Batter up! ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
And here is Part 2/2 of my CNF essay about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father:
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
Look, It's Baseball, continued
I crossed baseball off the list of things we talked about. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok.
thirtywest.substack.com
April 10, 2024 at 5:11 PM
And here is Part 2/2 of my CNF essay about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father:
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
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As baseball returns to Philadelphia in a few days, @brainhawk.bsky.social
reflects on his youth, family, and bonding over the game synonymous with America.
"Look, It's Baseball" part 1 of 2, is live now on Afterimages.
You know where to go ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
reflects on his youth, family, and bonding over the game synonymous with America.
"Look, It's Baseball" part 1 of 2, is live now on Afterimages.
You know where to go ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
Look, It's Baseball
A jersey number is the way the crowd will interact with you. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok. To be a Yankee fan is to be a demon of sorts.
thirtywest.substack.com
March 28, 2024 at 12:48 AM
As baseball returns to Philadelphia in a few days, @brainhawk.bsky.social
reflects on his youth, family, and bonding over the game synonymous with America.
"Look, It's Baseball" part 1 of 2, is live now on Afterimages.
You know where to go ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
reflects on his youth, family, and bonding over the game synonymous with America.
"Look, It's Baseball" part 1 of 2, is live now on Afterimages.
You know where to go ⚾️
thirtywest.substack.com/p/look-its-b...
I have a creative essay up at @thirtywestph.bsky.social's Afterimages journal!
It's called "Look, It's Baseball" and it's about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father. Just in time for opening day! This is part one of two. Part two drops April 10.
It's called "Look, It's Baseball" and it's about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father. Just in time for opening day! This is part one of two. Part two drops April 10.
Look, It's Baseball
A jersey number is the way the crowd will interact with you. Nonfiction by Brian Mihok. To be a Yankee fan is to be a demon of sorts.
open.substack.com
March 27, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I have a creative essay up at @thirtywestph.bsky.social's Afterimages journal!
It's called "Look, It's Baseball" and it's about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father. Just in time for opening day! This is part one of two. Part two drops April 10.
It's called "Look, It's Baseball" and it's about baseball, Guided By Voices, and my father. Just in time for opening day! This is part one of two. Part two drops April 10.
Her favorite place these days.
March 24, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Her favorite place these days.
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"The beat was low and repeating and wanted to be rapped over. "
From the archive: "Fat Bird Makes a Beat" by Rachel B. Glaser
www.matchbooklitmag.com/glaser
From the archive: "Fat Bird Makes a Beat" by Rachel B. Glaser
www.matchbooklitmag.com/glaser
matchbook | Rachel B. Glaser
www.matchbooklitmag.com
March 19, 2024 at 3:09 AM
"The beat was low and repeating and wanted to be rapped over. "
From the archive: "Fat Bird Makes a Beat" by Rachel B. Glaser
www.matchbooklitmag.com/glaser
From the archive: "Fat Bird Makes a Beat" by Rachel B. Glaser
www.matchbooklitmag.com/glaser
Have you even seen this
February 29, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Have you even seen this