Jeff Cottrill
@jeffcottrill.bsky.social
Jeff Cottrill is a novelist, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto.
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Heads up: I'll be reading from my new novel, Performance Reviews, at this Zoom event on Saturday.
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Heads up: I'll be reading from my new novel, Performance Reviews, at this Zoom event on Saturday.
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
Millli Vanilli: "Girl you know it's true."
Girl: "No. No I don't. I thought we were just co-workers."
Girl: "No. No I don't. I thought we were just co-workers."
January 1, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Millli Vanilli: "Girl you know it's true."
Girl: "No. No I don't. I thought we were just co-workers."
Girl: "No. No I don't. I thought we were just co-workers."
And while some consider The Apartment to be a Xmas movie, I see it as the greatest New Year's Eve movie.
(This scene happened sixty-five years ago tonight. Fictionally, of course.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rQ...
(This scene happened sixty-five years ago tonight. Fictionally, of course.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rQ...
The Apartment (1960) - the ending
YouTube video by Paul Thompson
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December 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And while some consider The Apartment to be a Xmas movie, I see it as the greatest New Year's Eve movie.
(This scene happened sixty-five years ago tonight. Fictionally, of course.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rQ...
(This scene happened sixty-five years ago tonight. Fictionally, of course.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rQ...
People have favourite Xmas songs, but this is the closest I have to a favourite New Year's song. Or post-Xmas song, or whatever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61K...
Keep Christmas With You (All Through The Year)
YouTube video by The Sesame Street Cast - Topic
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December 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
People have favourite Xmas songs, but this is the closest I have to a favourite New Year's song. Or post-Xmas song, or whatever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R61K...
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My wife asked if I wanted to watch 'Elf' tonight, to which I replied, "I don't know, I haven't seen Eins through Zehn yet," and she is so, so angry with me.
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
My wife asked if I wanted to watch 'Elf' tonight, to which I replied, "I don't know, I haven't seen Eins through Zehn yet," and she is so, so angry with me.
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On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip. #CalvinandHobbes
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip. #CalvinandHobbes
In addition, there's a Facebook event page with more specific info here:
www.facebook.com/events/15627...
So you can join this page, to let your friends know you're going and make them feel envious.
www.facebook.com/events/15627...
So you can join this page, to let your friends know you're going and make them feel envious.
December 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In addition, there's a Facebook event page with more specific info here:
www.facebook.com/events/15627...
So you can join this page, to let your friends know you're going and make them feel envious.
www.facebook.com/events/15627...
So you can join this page, to let your friends know you're going and make them feel envious.
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A+ for some awesome #christmasdecorations
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A+ for some awesome #christmasdecorations
Heads up: I'll be reading from my new novel, Performance Reviews, at this Zoom event on Saturday.
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Heads up: I'll be reading from my new novel, Performance Reviews, at this Zoom event on Saturday.
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
1:00 p.m. EST
10:00 a.m. PST
6:00 p.m. U.K.
Zoom link at eyepublishewe.com
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Yay! The new novels from world-renowned Toronto authors @krakennotstirred.bsky.social and @jeffcottrill.bsky.social came in!
#booksky
#booksky
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yay! The new novels from world-renowned Toronto authors @krakennotstirred.bsky.social and @jeffcottrill.bsky.social came in!
#booksky
#booksky
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The Prize, one assumes, is that you don't have to hear the song anymore
With Bardot's passing, the only named individuals in Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire that are still alive are Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, and Bernie Goetz. The last one standing will claim The Prize.
Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Prize, one assumes, is that you don't have to hear the song anymore
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⚫ Bye-bye BB : icône du cinéma français, chanteuse, star mondiale activiste de la cause animale... Brigitte Bardot est morte à 91 ans
➡️ bit.ly/3LjDEKA
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December 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
⚫ Bye-bye BB : icône du cinéma français, chanteuse, star mondiale activiste de la cause animale... Brigitte Bardot est morte à 91 ans
➡️ bit.ly/3LjDEKA
➡️ bit.ly/3LjDEKA
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how small:
Published my second novel
Held book launch in fancy nineteenth-century mansion
Got said second novel in local bookstore
Won a short-fiction contest
Second story shortlisted in same contest
Visited Greece
Ate some pizza
Published my second novel
Held book launch in fancy nineteenth-century mansion
Got said second novel in local bookstore
Won a short-fiction contest
Second story shortlisted in same contest
Visited Greece
Ate some pizza
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
- Had one short story published
- Wrote most of a novel
- Made comics
- Posted like 360-odd musical improvs
- Learned to play the Greek lyre
- Kept my apartment's humidity in the safe zone
- Had one short story published
- Wrote most of a novel
- Made comics
- Posted like 360-odd musical improvs
- Learned to play the Greek lyre
- Kept my apartment's humidity in the safe zone
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
- Survived a year on severance/EI
- Launched @tricon-hfx.bsky.social
- Started a coffee roastery
- Gave workshops on short stories, Dumas & book collecting
- Juried some writing prizes
- Got my firearms certification
- Survived a year on severance/EI
- Launched @tricon-hfx.bsky.social
- Started a coffee roastery
- Gave workshops on short stories, Dumas & book collecting
- Juried some writing prizes
- Got my firearms certification
December 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how small:
Published my second novel
Held book launch in fancy nineteenth-century mansion
Got said second novel in local bookstore
Won a short-fiction contest
Second story shortlisted in same contest
Visited Greece
Ate some pizza
Published my second novel
Held book launch in fancy nineteenth-century mansion
Got said second novel in local bookstore
Won a short-fiction contest
Second story shortlisted in same contest
Visited Greece
Ate some pizza
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WHERE IS THIS?😍😍 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
WHERE IS THIS?😍😍 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas
Glassfinger
Make a Bond film casual
Licence to Kale
Licence to Kale
Make a Bond film casual
From Primark with Gloves
From Primark with Gloves
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Glassfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Room Service
Tomorrow Never Fries 🍟
You Only Live 3.14159265358979323846
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
On Her Majesty's Secret Room Service
All of them.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
All of them.
Front row seats.
Close enough to feel Tiny Tim's dying breaths.
Close enough to feel Tiny Tim's dying breaths.
December 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Front row seats.
Close enough to feel Tiny Tim's dying breaths.
Close enough to feel Tiny Tim's dying breaths.
"It's your Snow Globe / And you'll give if you want to / Give if you want to..."
December 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"It's your Snow Globe / And you'll give if you want to / Give if you want to..."
Going to see A Christmas Carol (Michael Shamata stage adaptation) in Regina today. If weather doesn't get in the way.
What happens if you watch the Scrooge story after Xmas, though? Does the ending change?
"Boy! What day is it?'
"It's Boxing Day, gav'nuh."
"Crap, I missed it."
And he stays mean.
What happens if you watch the Scrooge story after Xmas, though? Does the ending change?
"Boy! What day is it?'
"It's Boxing Day, gav'nuh."
"Crap, I missed it."
And he stays mean.
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Going to see A Christmas Carol (Michael Shamata stage adaptation) in Regina today. If weather doesn't get in the way.
What happens if you watch the Scrooge story after Xmas, though? Does the ending change?
"Boy! What day is it?'
"It's Boxing Day, gav'nuh."
"Crap, I missed it."
And he stays mean.
What happens if you watch the Scrooge story after Xmas, though? Does the ending change?
"Boy! What day is it?'
"It's Boxing Day, gav'nuh."
"Crap, I missed it."
And he stays mean.
I guess the real Bishop's Wife was inside of them all along.
a woman wearing a hat holds a little girl in her arms
ALT: a woman wearing a hat holds a little girl in her arms
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I guess the real Bishop's Wife was inside of them all along.
I wish I had a million dollars.
Hot dog!
Hot dog!
December 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I wish I had a million dollars.
Hot dog!
Hot dog!
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Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story."
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story."
Christmas Day? Then I haven't missed it.
December 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Christmas Day? Then I haven't missed it.