Cody Shrum
@cshrumly.bsky.social
Kansas writer. Author of Oakaville (Alien Buddha Press ‘25) and Green Acre (Choeofpleirn Press ‘24). Words in HAD, Maudlin House, BULL, Cleaver Mag, et al. Fiction editor: Identity Theory. http://codyshrum.com
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Cody Shrum
@cshrumly.bsky.social
· Jun 29
just reread Cody Shrum's "square" on the site today, and the end *literally* gave me goosebumps and made the hairs on my arms stand up, it's so good.
"In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes."
https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22
"In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes."
https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22
New CNF skull up at @havehashad.com today!
Reposted by Cody Shrum
"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise."
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
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CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
Creative Nonfiction: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist para…
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise."
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
For the evening crowd: I have a new CNF piece up at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social !
"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise."
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
Creative Nonfiction: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist para…
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
For the evening crowd: I have a new CNF piece up at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social !
I have a new personal, vulnerable essay out with @jmwwjournal.bsky.social today about my wife’s and my decision not to have kids 😃
Thanks to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social for taking a look at a draft early on!
Thanks to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social for taking a look at a draft early on!
"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise."
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/c...
Creative Nonfiction: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum
With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist para…
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have a new personal, vulnerable essay out with @jmwwjournal.bsky.social today about my wife’s and my decision not to have kids 😃
Thanks to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social for taking a look at a draft early on!
Thanks to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social for taking a look at a draft early on!
Reposted by Cody Shrum
I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!
"John felt unoriginal—an insurance company office worker offing himself in his cheap apartment. But this weapon had balls. His friends and family could take pride in knowing he’d killed himself in this way." @cshrumly.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!
I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!
"John felt unoriginal—an insurance company office worker offing himself in his cheap apartment. But this weapon had balls. His friends and family could take pride in knowing he’d killed himself in this way." @cshrumly.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!
Reposted by Cody Shrum
"John felt unoriginal—an insurance company office worker offing himself in his cheap apartment. But this weapon had balls. His friends and family could take pride in knowing he’d killed himself in this way." @cshrumly.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"John felt unoriginal—an insurance company office worker offing himself in his cheap apartment. But this weapon had balls. His friends and family could take pride in knowing he’d killed himself in this way." @cshrumly.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too.
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
Episode 82 - Cody Shrum
open.spotify.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too.
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
Reposted by Cody Shrum
I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's going to get sunburned for sure.
eunoiareview.wordpress.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!
I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too.
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
Episode 82 - Cody Shrum
open.spotify.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too.
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...
I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's going to get sunburned for sure.
eunoiareview.wordpress.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!
Reposted by Cody Shrum
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's going to get sunburned for sure.
eunoiareview.wordpress.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Kiss Cam
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…
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I was due to be born August 1st, but my mom got toxemia, so they cut me out, jaundiced yellow, on June 12th. Hence the line “Ordained Leo, but born Gemini,” in my @identitytheory.bsky.social prose poem from last April, if you’d like to read it 😉 👯 🦁 🙏
www.identitytheory.com/im-sorry-pla...
www.identitytheory.com/im-sorry-pla...
I’m Sorry, I Know My Well-Being Is Bad for the Planet
I should’ve been compost, in and out, no strain on this world I can’t seem to love any more nobly than a pig-loving bacon-eater.
www.identitytheory.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I was due to be born August 1st, but my mom got toxemia, so they cut me out, jaundiced yellow, on June 12th. Hence the line “Ordained Leo, but born Gemini,” in my @identitytheory.bsky.social prose poem from last April, if you’d like to read it 😉 👯 🦁 🙏
www.identitytheory.com/im-sorry-pla...
www.identitytheory.com/im-sorry-pla...
Reposted by Cody Shrum
▶️ NOW PLAYING: @shelbyhinte.bsky.social's debut novel HOWLING WOMEN (@leftoverbooks.bsky.social) is a gripping desert noir about a woman on the run, searching for renewal, drinking too much, trying to outrun her past in a desolate town. We talked about it.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
August 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
▶️ NOW PLAYING: @shelbyhinte.bsky.social's debut novel HOWLING WOMEN (@leftoverbooks.bsky.social) is a gripping desert noir about a woman on the run, searching for renewal, drinking too much, trying to outrun her past in a desolate town. We talked about it.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Reposted by Cody Shrum
Want to survive the summer heat? Stay indoors and read! Take the Sealey Challenge to read one poetry book every day during the month of August. Cheat and start NOW!
July 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Want to survive the summer heat? Stay indoors and read! Take the Sealey Challenge to read one poetry book every day during the month of August. Cheat and start NOW!
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this new story from D.T. Robbins is a perfect example of this joyful energy & momentum in so much of D.T.'s writing that makes him such a singular & fun writer
"I look over, and the Grim Reaper is sitting in the passenger seat. He turns to me and smiles."
https://www.havehashad.com/nb4w3
"I look over, and the Grim Reaper is sitting in the passenger seat. He turns to me and smiles."
https://www.havehashad.com/nb4w3
New Boots by D.T. Robbins
The UPS driver doesn’t even get the chance to ring the doorbell. I’m already on my front porch, in my socks and jeans and an old, faded t-shirt. I tear the box open and slide the boots on. The fit is…
www.havehashad.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
this new story from D.T. Robbins is a perfect example of this joyful energy & momentum in so much of D.T.'s writing that makes him such a singular & fun writer
"I look over, and the Grim Reaper is sitting in the passenger seat. He turns to me and smiles."
https://www.havehashad.com/nb4w3
"I look over, and the Grim Reaper is sitting in the passenger seat. He turns to me and smiles."
https://www.havehashad.com/nb4w3
Kicked off my birthday with some local coffee and walking the Missouri River in Parkville, MO with Kylee. Now about to do some writing. Not a bad start.
July 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Kicked off my birthday with some local coffee and walking the Missouri River in Parkville, MO with Kylee. Now about to do some writing. Not a bad start.
Reposted by Cody Shrum
I have a story in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today! Much thanks to @mallorysmart.bsky.social for giving “The Sweet Darkness” somewhere to live.
maudlinhouse.net/the-sweet-da...
maudlinhouse.net/the-sweet-da...
The Sweet Darkness
Broken pens, Bic lighters, and sticky dimes and pennies floated up through the cushions of the sofa and pinched the thighs of the teenagers who were all supposed to be somewhere else. Someone fiddled ...
maudlinhouse.net
July 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I have a story in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today! Much thanks to @mallorysmart.bsky.social for giving “The Sweet Darkness” somewhere to live.
maudlinhouse.net/the-sweet-da...
maudlinhouse.net/the-sweet-da...
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I've got 3 extra copies of YEAR OF THE BUFFALO, would love them to be in the hands of a reader rather than in my way on my desk. hmu and I'll send you one.
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I've got 3 extra copies of YEAR OF THE BUFFALO, would love them to be in the hands of a reader rather than in my way on my desk. hmu and I'll send you one.
This is a story I’m super proud of (thank you @maudlinhouse.bsky.social!) and it means a lot that Aaron shared it. Please take the time to check it out!
It’s Tuesday now but I’d still argue reading a short story would make your day better.
Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish.
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish.
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
July 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is a story I’m super proud of (thank you @maudlinhouse.bsky.social!) and it means a lot that Aaron shared it. Please take the time to check it out!
Reposted by Cody Shrum
It’s Tuesday now but I’d still argue reading a short story would make your day better.
Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish.
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish.
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
July 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s Tuesday now but I’d still argue reading a short story would make your day better.
Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish.
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Today I’d rec this @cshrumly.bsky.social gem, my fave story I’ve read in a while and one I’m jealous I didn’t get to publish.
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Reposted by Cody Shrum
I have a new story up at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today about arcade nostalgia and Val Kilmer Batman!
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Neon-Lit Val Kilmer Batman Pinball Badassery
There’s this 1995 Batman Forever pinball machine for sale on Facebook marketplace, which I know because in the evenings my fiancée, Liz, likes to steal my phone and “take a stroll through the market” ...
maudlinhouse.net
July 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have a new story up at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today about arcade nostalgia and Val Kilmer Batman!
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Reposted by Cody Shrum
I have a new story up at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today about arcade nostalgia and Val Kilmer Batman!
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Neon-Lit Val Kilmer Batman Pinball Badassery
There’s this 1995 Batman Forever pinball machine for sale on Facebook marketplace, which I know because in the evenings my fiancée, Liz, likes to steal my phone and “take a stroll through the market” ...
maudlinhouse.net
July 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have a new story up at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today about arcade nostalgia and Val Kilmer Batman!
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
maudlinhouse.net/neon-lit-val...
Got a lil acceptance from @eunoiareview.bsky.social this morning which is a nice distraction from *gestures wildly*
July 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Got a lil acceptance from @eunoiareview.bsky.social this morning which is a nice distraction from *gestures wildly*
Reposted by Cody Shrum
just reread Cody Shrum's "square" on the site today, and the end *literally* gave me goosebumps and made the hairs on my arms stand up, it's so good.
"In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes."
https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22
"In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes."
https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22
June 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
just reread Cody Shrum's "square" on the site today, and the end *literally* gave me goosebumps and made the hairs on my arms stand up, it's so good.
"In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes."
https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22
"In fifth grade we had a school-wide read-a-thon for 33 minutes."
https://www.havehashad.com/7pb22