Jeff Chon
@jeffchon.bsky.social
Yesterday's question on the cards asked who was the best celebrity from your state. Turns out a lot of TikTok cretins are from here. But a kid said it was Rick Steves, and I can't stop thinking about it because...goddamn, she's right.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yesterday's question on the cards asked who was the best celebrity from your state. Turns out a lot of TikTok cretins are from here. But a kid said it was Rick Steves, and I can't stop thinking about it because...goddamn, she's right.
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My flash fiction piece, MFA Ave, appeared in Meetinghouse, Dartmouth College's literary magazine.
It's available only in print, but I've added it to my website:
jmthornberry.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m...
It's available only in print, but I've added it to my website:
jmthornberry.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m...
MFA Ave.
I took my poem to the mechanic today…
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My flash fiction piece, MFA Ave, appeared in Meetinghouse, Dartmouth College's literary magazine.
It's available only in print, but I've added it to my website:
jmthornberry.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m...
It's available only in print, but I've added it to my website:
jmthornberry.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m...
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cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!!
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!!
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
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My book came out a year ago today. I tried as best as I could to create a level of depth in the reader’s access to each character’s interior world. If you like that kind of narrative intimacy, give my book a try!
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
First Aid for Choking Victims, Stories by Matthew Zanoni Müller — Malarkey
This book publishes in November 2024. Preorders will be signed by the author. First Aid for Choking Victims is a collection of mostly longer short stories set in rural areas around Western Massachu...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My book came out a year ago today. I tried as best as I could to create a level of depth in the reader’s access to each character’s interior world. If you like that kind of narrative intimacy, give my book a try!
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
Missing by Everything But the Girl was everywhere the summer after I tried to kill myself. Always associated it w/getting better. As I'm leaving the store where it was just playing, gotta say things aren't so bad. It doesn't suck to be here.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Missing by Everything But the Girl was everywhere the summer after I tried to kill myself. Always associated it w/getting better. As I'm leaving the store where it was just playing, gotta say things aren't so bad. It doesn't suck to be here.
Cyborg James Bond, James Bond Boy, Eradicator James Bond, and James Bond but he's Shaq show up in London. Then James Bond's dad goes into a coma, where he meets James Bond in a dream. He tries to convince James Bond to come back. Then Lois Lane-I mean Moneypenny goes to James Bond's grave, but the
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Cyborg James Bond, James Bond Boy, Eradicator James Bond, and James Bond but he's Shaq show up in London. Then James Bond's dad goes into a coma, where he meets James Bond in a dream. He tries to convince James Bond to come back. Then Lois Lane-I mean Moneypenny goes to James Bond's grave, but the
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"People are always coming up with new ways for whales to die. Been at it long enough, starting with sharpened sticks and then boats were invented which was some bad luck for whales, and then the boats got harpoons..."
New story from @jessdawn.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today!!
New story from @jessdawn.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today!!
“Whippomorpha” by Jessica Dawn
“If there’s nothing to fight over, most of getting divorced is just waiting. Nothing worth fighting over, Janna decided a while ago. Best to just let it go.”
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November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"People are always coming up with new ways for whales to die. Been at it long enough, starting with sharpened sticks and then boats were invented which was some bad luck for whales, and then the boats got harpoons..."
New story from @jessdawn.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today!!
New story from @jessdawn.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today!!
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You should performatively read this one
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You should performatively read this one
Got in car, caught end of Pumped Up Kicks. Then Jeremy played. Hashtag teacher life
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Got in car, caught end of Pumped Up Kicks. Then Jeremy played. Hashtag teacher life
I used to read Black Belt magazine when I was a kid because I liked Bruce Lee and ninjas. Anyway, I just remembered Curtis Sliwa used to be featured in there a lot.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I used to read Black Belt magazine when I was a kid because I liked Bruce Lee and ninjas. Anyway, I just remembered Curtis Sliwa used to be featured in there a lot.
I don't speak Dutch, but I'm pretty sure a synonym for Slot is ten Hag.
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I don't speak Dutch, but I'm pretty sure a synonym for Slot is ten Hag.
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ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY ⬇️⬇️⬇️
ABSOLUTELY ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Dear @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org: Please cancel your partnership with this evil company and stop pushing “A.i.” on teachers and students.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY ⬇️⬇️⬇️
ABSOLUTELY ⬇️⬇️⬇️
You know, I really wish these Silicon Valley eggheads would make a product I could actuall--
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
You know, I really wish these Silicon Valley eggheads would make a product I could actuall--
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Lake of Urine was one of the most important (and funniest) (and most important) (and funniest) books of the last decade. I am very excited for The Coast of Everything.
#booksky
#booksky
The long-awaited second novel by Guillermo Stitch, coming this Bloomsday. Available now for preorder at https://thecoastofeverything.com and https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything. "A timeless, extraordinary work.”—Nuala O’Connor
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Lake of Urine was one of the most important (and funniest) (and most important) (and funniest) books of the last decade. I am very excited for The Coast of Everything.
#booksky
#booksky
This morning got stuck behind school bus. Tiny little guy refused to get on, and when his mom finally got him in, he started screaming. Found it very relatable.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This morning got stuck behind school bus. Tiny little guy refused to get on, and when his mom finally got him in, he started screaming. Found it very relatable.
This has been the best baseball postseason in years if you ask me (it's implied you did)
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This has been the best baseball postseason in years if you ask me (it's implied you did)
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Good morning. Here is the cover, designed by @johnchrostek.com, for @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming novel, The Walls Are Closing In On Us, which you can, which you should because it’s good, preorder now! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Good morning. Here is the cover, designed by @johnchrostek.com, for @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming novel, The Walls Are Closing In On Us, which you can, which you should because it’s good, preorder now! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
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Reposted by Jeff Chon
Shouting Stop it! at the TV
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Shouting Stop it! at the TV
Dear God. Let's not do that again.
October 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Dear God. Let's not do that again.
Post season baseball is stressful, man.
October 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Post season baseball is stressful, man.
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I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!
Inside you there are two cranes: Frasier, who feels the nickname Big Dumper is crass and silly, and Marty, who is very happy for the guy in the Dump Here T shirt.
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Inside you there are two cranes: Frasier, who feels the nickname Big Dumper is crass and silly, and Marty, who is very happy for the guy in the Dump Here T shirt.
Lyrically, "I Get Around" is basically late 80s rap.
October 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Lyrically, "I Get Around" is basically late 80s rap.