Tadd Adcox
@inauthenticity.bsky.social
work in X-R-A-Y, 3:AM, Granta, n+1 // website jamestaddadcox.com // editor @alwayscrashing.bsky.social // DENMARK: Variations now available https://www.hempressbooks.com/shop/p/denmark-variations
Sadly, none. Plan to stuff my pockets full of rocks and march into chatgpt
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sadly, none. Plan to stuff my pockets full of rocks and march into chatgpt
My own work feels incredibly trivial in the face of the current fascism. But it feels worthwhile, perhaps, to work towards a world in which literature isn't trivial.
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My own work feels incredibly trivial in the face of the current fascism. But it feels worthwhile, perhaps, to work towards a world in which literature isn't trivial.
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
I dunno, man, every story I see about ICE abusing children makes me reconsider my opposition to the death penalty
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I dunno, man, every story I see about ICE abusing children makes me reconsider my opposition to the death penalty
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Not 100% sure what's going on with this list but we are apparently just behind The Drift, which is itself a couple spots behind Bare Back Magazine, and we're absolutely murdering the Christian Science Monitor
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Not 100% sure what's going on with this list but we are apparently just behind The Drift, which is itself a couple spots behind Bare Back Magazine, and we're absolutely murdering the Christian Science Monitor
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Look, I don't know what to tell you, sometimes layout just gets nasty
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Look, I don't know what to tell you, sometimes layout just gets nasty
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"Once at a party at someone’s house on 16th Street he had discovered a girl crying in the bathroom because, she said, she didn’t know what her brand was. They were all, as one might expect, taking a lot of drugs in those days."
somewords.boards.net
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"Once at a party at someone’s house on 16th Street he had discovered a girl crying in the bathroom because, she said, she didn’t know what her brand was. They were all, as one might expect, taking a lot of drugs in those days."
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FABULOUS NEWS!
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
FABULOUS NEWS!
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TADD IS IN THE ANTHOLOGY SO YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET A COPY
Hell yes, congrats!
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
TADD IS IN THE ANTHOLOGY SO YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET A COPY
Putting together a chapbook manuscript and realizing suddenly I need to rewatch Paganini Horror
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Putting together a chapbook manuscript and realizing suddenly I need to rewatch Paganini Horror
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The idea, from Joy Williams, that a short story should not want to be your friend is a good one, I think
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The idea, from Joy Williams, that a short story should not want to be your friend is a good one, I think
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A lot of journals that say they're open to weird fiction mean like this
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A lot of journals that say they're open to weird fiction mean like this
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Today I'm GIVING THANKS not just for this review, but for @ludopolitics.bsky.social, @inauthenticity.bsky.social, @patrickedell.bsky.social, & Ellie White's hard work making these games possible! Quinns really gets what makes Tacklebox & Better Strangers special, so click away to learn for yourself!
New Quinns Quest review is a boxed RPG special! 📦✨
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
Quinns Quest Reviews: The Boxed RPG Special!
YouTube video by Quinns Quest
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today I'm GIVING THANKS not just for this review, but for @ludopolitics.bsky.social, @inauthenticity.bsky.social, @patrickedell.bsky.social, & Ellie White's hard work making these games possible! Quinns really gets what makes Tacklebox & Better Strangers special, so click away to learn for yourself!
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It is currently Black Friday.
This shirt is also black, but it says 'ergot.'
If you buy this shirt, you will support ergot. writers.
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8357...
This shirt is also black, but it says 'ergot.'
If you buy this shirt, you will support ergot. writers.
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8357...
ergot. logo by ergot
Logo for the ergot. literary magazine.
Original image used under GNFDL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroma_Claviceps_purpurea.JPG
www.teepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It is currently Black Friday.
This shirt is also black, but it says 'ergot.'
If you buy this shirt, you will support ergot. writers.
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8357...
This shirt is also black, but it says 'ergot.'
If you buy this shirt, you will support ergot. writers.
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8357...
Tacklebox reviewed: "When you sit down to play, you don't know if you're going to experience something super silly or truly thought-provoking"
store.possibleworldsgames.com/product/tack...
store.possibleworldsgames.com/product/tack...
New Quinns Quest review is a boxed RPG special! 📦✨
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
I dunno folks, I think running RPGs out of 400 page hardback books might be dumb and bad
Quinns Quest Reviews: The Boxed RPG Special!
YouTube video by Quinns Quest
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tacklebox reviewed: "When you sit down to play, you don't know if you're going to experience something super silly or truly thought-provoking"
store.possibleworldsgames.com/product/tack...
store.possibleworldsgames.com/product/tack...
"Once at a party at someone’s house on 16th Street he had discovered a girl crying in the bathroom because, she said, she didn’t know what her brand was. They were all, as one might expect, taking a lot of drugs in those days."
somewords.boards.net
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"Once at a party at someone’s house on 16th Street he had discovered a girl crying in the bathroom because, she said, she didn’t know what her brand was. They were all, as one might expect, taking a lot of drugs in those days."
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"as the butcher measures and marks // My skin staring at Goya’s dog I discovered it was not looking up"
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
BROOKE SPALDING / MISSOURI PASTORAL: 5 POEMS — always crashing
PRAIRIE MADNESS [SCENE 1] mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead * mead mead mead mead * mead mead mead mead mead mead mea...
www.alwayscrashing.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"as the butcher measures and marks // My skin staring at Goya’s dog I discovered it was not looking up"
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
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I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
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Very proud to inaugurate my third lit mag for the year, Justin Carter’s new MESSAGE BOARD site @somewordslit.bsky.social. This is “I Will Carve a Mountain In Your Heart.” Please visit the site and read the other launch piece that don’t fit neatly in a screenshot. 🫡
somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very proud to inaugurate my third lit mag for the year, Justin Carter’s new MESSAGE BOARD site @somewordslit.bsky.social. This is “I Will Carve a Mountain In Your Heart.” Please visit the site and read the other launch piece that don’t fit neatly in a screenshot. 🫡
somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
It's been a minute since I've shared space in a journal with @never.horse. Hey, friend!
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's been a minute since I've shared space in a journal with @never.horse. Hey, friend!
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My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
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Welcome to Some Words, a literary journal hosted on a message board.
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Welcome to Some Words, a literary journal hosted on a message board.
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
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Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work