Elizabeth McCracken
@elizmccrack.bsky.social
Complete fiction
It was complete joy to talk to my dear pal, the brilliant Benjamin Dreyer, to whom I am ever grateful.
At long last, here's my conversation with wonderful @elizmccrack.bsky.social, whose wonderful new A Long Game goes on sale (at least in the US) next week!
A Long Game
[my conversation with Elizabeth McCracken]
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It was complete joy to talk to my dear pal, the brilliant Benjamin Dreyer, to whom I am ever grateful.
I have just learned of the word impassible. It is very beautiful, I think.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I have just learned of the word impassible. It is very beautiful, I think.
Delta Airlines has thanked me for my understanding & told me they value my trust at a time when I do not understand, and do not trust them.
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Delta Airlines has thanked me for my understanding & told me they value my trust at a time when I do not understand, and do not trust them.
Looking for a gift? Edward Carey (my ball-&-chain) is selling original drawings of birds (grackle, barn, owl, even curlews) here:
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edwardcarey.bigcartel.com?utm_source=i...
EdwardCarey
Original art by Edward Carey, author of Little, The Swallowed Man, Iremonger Trilogy, Edith Holler and B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils.
edwardcarey.bigcartel.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Looking for a gift? Edward Carey (my ball-&-chain) is selling original drawings of birds (grackle, barn, owl, even curlews) here:
edwardcarey.bigcartel.com?utm_source=i...
edwardcarey.bigcartel.com?utm_source=i...
Verdict: silly & entertaining. Peter Lorre at his most adorable, Fritz Feld, & a very young & magnetic John Carradine.
The Peter Lorre movie in which he lusts after Lobster Thermidor has been identified as I'll Give A Million by the estimable @johnmoe.bsky.social & @dahosek.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Verdict: silly & entertaining. Peter Lorre at his most adorable, Fritz Feld, & a very young & magnetic John Carradine.
The Peter Lorre movie in which he lusts after Lobster Thermidor has been identified as I'll Give A Million by the estimable @johnmoe.bsky.social & @dahosek.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Peter Lorre movie in which he lusts after Lobster Thermidor has been identified as I'll Give A Million by the estimable @johnmoe.bsky.social & @dahosek.bsky.social
ME: Don't blame me, I'm just trying to be hip.
NEWLY 17-YEAR-OLD KID: You can't be hip if you're in danger of breaking one.
NEWLY 17-YEAR-OLD KID: You can't be hip if you're in danger of breaking one.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
ME: Don't blame me, I'm just trying to be hip.
NEWLY 17-YEAR-OLD KID: You can't be hip if you're in danger of breaking one.
NEWLY 17-YEAR-OLD KID: You can't be hip if you're in danger of breaking one.
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Help us keep a Dorset painting in Dorset!
A rare 15th-century painting has been discovered in Dorset. Can you help @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social buy it so it will be on show to everyone? All donations small and large very welcome!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VlDoEVE...
A rare 15th-century painting has been discovered in Dorset. Can you help @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social buy it so it will be on show to everyone? All donations small and large very welcome!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VlDoEVE...
Fund to purchase Sherborne Almshouse Triptych
Help us secure the rare 15th-century Triptych and keep this extraordinary artwork accessible to all.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Help us keep a Dorset painting in Dorset!
A rare 15th-century painting has been discovered in Dorset. Can you help @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social buy it so it will be on show to everyone? All donations small and large very welcome!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VlDoEVE...
A rare 15th-century painting has been discovered in Dorset. Can you help @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social buy it so it will be on show to everyone? All donations small and large very welcome!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VlDoEVE...
One thing I realized during an early morning hotel fire alarm: my clothing looks like pajamas but my pajamas do not look like clothing.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
One thing I realized during an early morning hotel fire alarm: my clothing looks like pajamas but my pajamas do not look like clothing.
I brought Lipton's Onion Soup Mix to England to make my grandmother's Coca-Cola brisket for my kid's birthday, but alas Delta has misplaced my bags.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I brought Lipton's Onion Soup Mix to England to make my grandmother's Coca-Cola brisket for my kid's birthday, but alas Delta has misplaced my bags.
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More on this—quite a lot more on this—soon, but in the meantime:
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
A Long Game
From bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing.
Writing can feel like an endle...
www.harpercollins.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
More on this—quite a lot more on this—soon, but in the meantime:
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
If you're a writer of fiction (and/or maybe simply a writer or a person), you really need to preorder @elizmccrack.bsky.social's A Long Game, which is both enthralling and inspiring. (And sharp as a stiletto.)
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I just think it’s cool when someone who isn’t an elderly racist wins
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I just think it’s cool when someone who isn’t an elderly racist wins
The matchup we've been waiting for.
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The matchup we've been waiting for.
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Two local stories, four days apart: Greg Abbott sends his goons out to "clean" homeless encampments in Austin; homeless people get pushed into creeks, creeks flood, homeless people drown. The governor of Texas literally is literally, intentionally, flushing the unhoused down the sewers.
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Two local stories, four days apart: Greg Abbott sends his goons out to "clean" homeless encampments in Austin; homeless people get pushed into creeks, creeks flood, homeless people drown. The governor of Texas literally is literally, intentionally, flushing the unhoused down the sewers.
I am chuffed to the point of unpleasantness to have a story in this year's Best American Short Stories, chosen by the wonderful @pronounced-ing.bsky.social!
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I am chuffed to the point of unpleasantness to have a story in this year's Best American Short Stories, chosen by the wonderful @pronounced-ing.bsky.social!
This morning the American Express representative thanked me for several decades of membership, & my "love and trust."
You misunderstand our relationship, thought I.
You misunderstand our relationship, thought I.
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This morning the American Express representative thanked me for several decades of membership, & my "love and trust."
You misunderstand our relationship, thought I.
You misunderstand our relationship, thought I.
I like a president who doesn't have the time *or* inclination to weigh in on the choice of Super Bowl halftime performer.
From @theathletic.com: President Trump criticized the selection of this year’s Super Bowl halftime performer, Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny, saying that the choice was “absolutely ridiculous.” nyti.ms/4mMLB7D
October 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I like a president who doesn't have the time *or* inclination to weigh in on the choice of Super Bowl halftime performer.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Hello! I am teaching a course for the splendid American Short Fiction MFA for All, on physicality in fiction. I have a lot of thoughts on the subject. Kevin Wlson & Tommy Orange are also teaching! Deadline to sign up for my class is 10/5.
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
MFA for All - American Short Fiction
MFA for ALL MFA for All was born from our desire to create a space where MFA-quality instruction is widely accessible to writers no matter their age, background, location, or financial situation. MFA ...
americanshortfiction.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Hello! I am teaching a course for the splendid American Short Fiction MFA for All, on physicality in fiction. I have a lot of thoughts on the subject. Kevin Wlson & Tommy Orange are also teaching! Deadline to sign up for my class is 10/5.
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
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An amazing graph, what happens when you destigmatize a behavior.
October 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An amazing graph, what happens when you destigmatize a behavior.
Reposted by Elizabeth McCracken
A thread on the illegality of the Texas Tech president’s letter banning reference to more than two genders. We saw a similar confusion of EO’s with law and a similar overriding of free speech and academic freedom in the Texas A@M case.
The university president's letter is bananas, and anyone who sends such a letter should not be running an academic institution. A thread. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A thread on the illegality of the Texas Tech president’s letter banning reference to more than two genders. We saw a similar confusion of EO’s with law and a similar overriding of free speech and academic freedom in the Texas A@M case.
Hello! I am teaching a course for the splendid American Short Fiction MFA for All, on physicality in fiction. I have a lot of thoughts on the subject. Kevin Wlson & Tommy Orange are also teaching! Deadline to sign up for my class is 10/5.
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
MFA for All - American Short Fiction
MFA for ALL MFA for All was born from our desire to create a space where MFA-quality instruction is widely accessible to writers no matter their age, background, location, or financial situation. MFA ...
americanshortfiction.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Hello! I am teaching a course for the splendid American Short Fiction MFA for All, on physicality in fiction. I have a lot of thoughts on the subject. Kevin Wlson & Tommy Orange are also teaching! Deadline to sign up for my class is 10/5.
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/
americanshortfiction.org/mfa-for-all/