James Sullivan
@jfsullivan4th.bsky.social
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Have a new story in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute. This one is about a guy who calls beer brewskis and an old house turned apartment. Be sure to read the other amazing writers in the issue as well. 🍻
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Brewski — Ghost Parachute
All I wanted to do was sleep off a nasty hangover, but my next-door neighbor had his television blaring. I banged on our shared wall and politely asked him to “turn that shit down” but got zero respon...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Have a new story in the latest issue of Ghost Parachute. This one is about a guy who calls beer brewskis and an old house turned apartment. Be sure to read the other amazing writers in the issue as well. 🍻
ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...
ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...
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"I gave myself a jolt (picture: hair dryer, sink of water, pre-coffee brain fog) and when I came to, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself had roosted on my sofa." Get into this really funny one by @jfsullivan4th.bsky.social in @reedmagazine.bsky.social
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www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
Ficiton:Sacred Hearts
James Sullivan is the author of Harboring (ELJ Editions). His stories and essays have appeared in Cimarron Review, New Ohio Review, Third Coast Magazine, Fourth Genre, The Normal School, and Fourteen ...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"I gave myself a jolt (picture: hair dryer, sink of water, pre-coffee brain fog) and when I came to, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself had roosted on my sofa." Get into this really funny one by @jfsullivan4th.bsky.social in @reedmagazine.bsky.social
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
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Short story "Seating Assignment" by James Sullivan
“So that there will be no further bloodshed,” said Mary King’s press secretary Sarah, a girl savvy enough to throw her fuzzy pink hairband in with the strongest matriarchal figure.
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“So that there will be no further bloodshed,” said Mary King’s press secretary Sarah, a girl savvy enough to throw her fuzzy pink hairband in with the strongest matriarchal figure.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/seat...
July 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Short story "Seating Assignment" by James Sullivan
“So that there will be no further bloodshed,” said Mary King’s press secretary Sarah, a girl savvy enough to throw her fuzzy pink hairband in with the strongest matriarchal figure.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/seat...
“So that there will be no further bloodshed,” said Mary King’s press secretary Sarah, a girl savvy enough to throw her fuzzy pink hairband in with the strongest matriarchal figure.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/seat...
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Ready for an ANNOUNCEMENT? 💡☀️
We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme?
BLAZING
If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme.
We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.
We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme?
BLAZING
If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme.
We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.
July 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ready for an ANNOUNCEMENT? 💡☀️
We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme?
BLAZING
If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme.
We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.
We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme?
BLAZING
If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme.
We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.
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Oh hey! I have a book coming out. 😊 💙
In 2027:
After Last Call, stories by @willmusgrove.bsky.social
More Strange Visions, stories by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
Green Bears, a novella by @travisdahlke.bsky.social
Francis Top’s Profound Vanity, stories by @abasketofcraig.bsky.social
After Last Call, stories by @willmusgrove.bsky.social
More Strange Visions, stories by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
Green Bears, a novella by @travisdahlke.bsky.social
Francis Top’s Profound Vanity, stories by @abasketofcraig.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Oh hey! I have a book coming out. 😊 💙
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Up next in our summer flash fiction series, "Pair-A-Dice" by @willmusgrove.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/pair...
July 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Up next in our summer flash fiction series, "Pair-A-Dice" by @willmusgrove.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/pair...
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I have a new story about the northern lights and Rocky up at Monkeybicycle, one of my all-time favorite journals.Check it out!
Link to story: monkeybicycle.net/the-northern-l…
Link to story: monkeybicycle.net/the-northern-l…
June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have a new story about the northern lights and Rocky up at Monkeybicycle, one of my all-time favorite journals.Check it out!
Link to story: monkeybicycle.net/the-northern-l…
Link to story: monkeybicycle.net/the-northern-l…
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Honored to be back in @moonparkreview.bsky.social with a story about a giant ice cream sandwich in the sky. Check it out. And thanks to Mary Lynn and Lesley for giving this one such an awesome home! 🍦 🍨
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The Ice Cream Sandwich in the Sky
By Will Musgrove It took a few days to figure out what was floating in the sky. It wasn’t until I looked up at the miles-long object, my mind slack like someone staring at a Magic Eye poster, and s…
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June 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Honored to be back in @moonparkreview.bsky.social with a story about a giant ice cream sandwich in the sky. Check it out. And thanks to Mary Lynn and Lesley for giving this one such an awesome home! 🍦 🍨
moonparkreview.com/issue-32-sum...
moonparkreview.com/issue-32-sum...
My story “Sacred Hearts” is out in the new issue of @reedmagazine.bsky.social ⚾️
It’s blasphemous, it’s short, and I appear as a character alongside a couple other notables
“Reed” here!
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
It’s blasphemous, it’s short, and I appear as a character alongside a couple other notables
“Reed” here!
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
Ficiton:Sacred Hearts
James Sullivan is the author of Harboring (ELJ Editions). His stories and essays have appeared in Cimarron Review, New Ohio Review, Third Coast Magazine, Fourth Genre, The Normal School, and Fourteen ...
www.reedmag.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My story “Sacred Hearts” is out in the new issue of @reedmagazine.bsky.social ⚾️
It’s blasphemous, it’s short, and I appear as a character alongside a couple other notables
“Reed” here!
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
It’s blasphemous, it’s short, and I appear as a character alongside a couple other notables
“Reed” here!
www.reedmag.org/fiction-sacr...
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My story "The Year of Burgers" is now available in New Delta Review 🍔
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
June 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My story "The Year of Burgers" is now available in New Delta Review 🍔
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
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Buy Reed 158!! Submissions for 159 are now OPEN!! Come sample the literature of the times and submit your own!! reed.org/submit
June 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Buy Reed 158!! Submissions for 159 are now OPEN!! Come sample the literature of the times and submit your own!! reed.org/submit
My story "The Year of Burgers" is now available in New Delta Review 🍔
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
June 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My story "The Year of Burgers" is now available in New Delta Review 🍔
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
ndrmag.org/the-year-of-...
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I have a fun new flash about a telemarketer stuck in a mad lib in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. Check it out if you wanna. And thanks to @mallorysmart.bsky.social for giving it an awesome home ☎️
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The (Adjective) Telemarketer Stuck in a Mad Lib
Selling (plural noun) over the phone, the telemarketer reads from an assigned (adjective) script, so whether it’s you, the (noun) filling in this mad lib, or his bosses at (company name) LLC, he’s use...
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May 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I have a fun new flash about a telemarketer stuck in a mad lib in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. Check it out if you wanna. And thanks to @mallorysmart.bsky.social for giving it an awesome home ☎️
maudlinhouse.net/the-adjectiv...
maudlinhouse.net/the-adjectiv...
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We are back and open for pitches! Send us a pitch right on our site! We can’t wait to read them all 🍻
dailydrunkmag.com/submit-2/
dailydrunkmag.com/submit-2/
Submit to Daily Drunk
The Daily Drunk seeks film, TV, music, video games, and all pop culture-related submissions of previously unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, lists, reviews, quizzes, and comics. More Deets: W…
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May 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We are back and open for pitches! Send us a pitch right on our site! We can’t wait to read them all 🍻
dailydrunkmag.com/submit-2/
dailydrunkmag.com/submit-2/
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This is still one of my favorite things I've written. It definitely has my Musgrovian vibe. 💙
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malarkeybooks.com/fiction/woul...
May 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is still one of my favorite things I've written. It definitely has my Musgrovian vibe. 💙
malarkeybooks.com/fiction/woul...
malarkeybooks.com/fiction/woul...
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Hey BCP fam! We're excited to share that our summer chapbook open reading period is underway. Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, we want to read it ALL!
The nitty gritty full details are available at our website (buff.ly/qnH1l7I).
The nitty gritty full details are available at our website (buff.ly/qnH1l7I).
May 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hey BCP fam! We're excited to share that our summer chapbook open reading period is underway. Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, we want to read it ALL!
The nitty gritty full details are available at our website (buff.ly/qnH1l7I).
The nitty gritty full details are available at our website (buff.ly/qnH1l7I).
Happy to have an essay in the fantastic new issue of @swampapereview.bsky.social
They’re going above and beyond with the production of this journal! Many thanks to the editors 🏍️ 🔊
They’re going above and beyond with the production of this journal! Many thanks to the editors 🏍️ 🔊
April 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Happy to have an essay in the fantastic new issue of @swampapereview.bsky.social
They’re going above and beyond with the production of this journal! Many thanks to the editors 🏍️ 🔊
They’re going above and beyond with the production of this journal! Many thanks to the editors 🏍️ 🔊
Dinner is served
February 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Dinner is served
Got there for a while today. Hope your writing goes well too
January 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Got there for a while today. Hope your writing goes well too
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Dear friends, the winners of Best Microfiction 2025 are live! A huge thanks to 2025 judge Dawn Raffel! BM 2025 will be released in the Spring! If you're on this list, expect an email and contract from us in the next 2 weeks. www.bestmicrofiction.com? #flashfiction #microfiction #writingcommunity
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
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January 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dear friends, the winners of Best Microfiction 2025 are live! A huge thanks to 2025 judge Dawn Raffel! BM 2025 will be released in the Spring! If you're on this list, expect an email and contract from us in the next 2 weeks. www.bestmicrofiction.com? #flashfiction #microfiction #writingcommunity
I am once again asking the world to anoint "A Perfect Day for Christmas" in @phoebejournal.bsky.social a canonical "gap between Christmas and New Year's Day" short story 🙏 (or at least give it a read if you haven't!)
Happy Gap! ❄️📺🎄🚬
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Happy Gap! ❄️📺🎄🚬
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A Perfect Day for Christmas - phoebe
James Sullivan The tree still had most of his needles, and although Carly had been at first against our adopting him, something forlorn and shaggy in his expression convinced her, as it had me, and we...
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December 26, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I am once again asking the world to anoint "A Perfect Day for Christmas" in @phoebejournal.bsky.social a canonical "gap between Christmas and New Year's Day" short story 🙏 (or at least give it a read if you haven't!)
Happy Gap! ❄️📺🎄🚬
phoebejournal.com/a-perfect-da...
Happy Gap! ❄️📺🎄🚬
phoebejournal.com/a-perfect-da...
I am honored that The Headlight Review selected “A Green Year” as a runner-up for the Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize. It’s one of my most stylistically adventurous stories, so I’d love if you gave it a read 🐸 🦷
www.theheadlightreview.com/pieces/volum...
www.theheadlightreview.com/pieces/volum...
A Green Year — The Headlight Review
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December 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I am honored that The Headlight Review selected “A Green Year” as a runner-up for the Anthony Grooms Short Fiction Prize. It’s one of my most stylistically adventurous stories, so I’d love if you gave it a read 🐸 🦷
www.theheadlightreview.com/pieces/volum...
www.theheadlightreview.com/pieces/volum...
“Since I didn’t die, I realized I’d better hurry up and become a writer.”
Learn a little about me as a person and a writer in this Q&A with the lovely folks at @bulbculture.bsky.social
Learn a little about me as a person and a writer in this Q&A with the lovely folks at @bulbculture.bsky.social
Happy Sunday! We're happy to Shine A Light On James Sullivan!
You can read all about Sullivan's writing process, the creation of his story "The Summer of Owls," and a whole lot more!
Head on over to the site!
You can read all about Sullivan's writing process, the creation of his story "The Summer of Owls," and a whole lot more!
Head on over to the site!
BCC Shines a Light On: James Sullivan — Bulb Culture Collective
Name of the piece published by BCC: The Summer of Owls When/where was it originally published: Blotterature Literary Magazine , 2016 Tell us more about your piece! What is the bac...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
“Since I didn’t die, I realized I’d better hurry up and become a writer.”
Learn a little about me as a person and a writer in this Q&A with the lovely folks at @bulbculture.bsky.social
Learn a little about me as a person and a writer in this Q&A with the lovely folks at @bulbculture.bsky.social