John Waddy Bullion
@johnwaddy.bsky.social
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John Waddy Bullion
@johnwaddy.bsky.social
· Nov 18
This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers: Stories
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This collection was twenty years in the making, and there were times I could’ve quit, but I never stopped believing in these stories. Thanks @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @vanwinkle.bsky.social for believing in them too—and for making this whole process the smoothest imaginable. a.co/d/8UAd3Ij
The person who well actually’d me about the purple hot dog I ate at the TCU game
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The person who well actually’d me about the purple hot dog I ate at the TCU game
This is a really wonderful review of TWWNROOS from @bryanharvey.bsky.social that includes maybe the highest praise I could ever ask for as a writer (to wit: write something that inspires somebody else to write)
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is a really wonderful review of TWWNROOS from @bryanharvey.bsky.social that includes maybe the highest praise I could ever ask for as a writer (to wit: write something that inspires somebody else to write)
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2025 was a life changer. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES was published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and somehow, someway, was longlisted for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham prize. I got an acceptance I can’t talk about yet and published a story with the rad @stanchion.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2025 was a life changer. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES was published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and somehow, someway, was longlisted for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham prize. I got an acceptance I can’t talk about yet and published a story with the rad @stanchion.bsky.social
Thrilled to be on this list with some buds! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social for putting this together and thanks @keersteemack.bsky.social for the kind words!
December 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thrilled to be on this list with some buds! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social for putting this together and thanks @keersteemack.bsky.social for the kind words!
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@johnwaddy.bsky.social’s awesome THE WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social appearance!
A bunch of fave short story collections of the year from Short Story, Long contributors!
Short Story, Long's fave story collections of 2025!
Some fave short story collections, chosen by our contributors, some released this year, some just read and appreciated this year.
ashortstorylong.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@johnwaddy.bsky.social’s awesome THE WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social appearance!
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we have a story by MM Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social !
it's about an aging man whose reality starts glitching, switching between ordinary life & a staged reality of actors, props, & cardboard
a beautiful story with a beautiful ending - u should read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...
it's about an aging man whose reality starts glitching, switching between ordinary life & a staged reality of actors, props, & cardboard
a beautiful story with a beautiful ending - u should read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...
NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman
For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...
xraylitmag.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
we have a story by MM Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social !
it's about an aging man whose reality starts glitching, switching between ordinary life & a staged reality of actors, props, & cardboard
a beautiful story with a beautiful ending - u should read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...
it's about an aging man whose reality starts glitching, switching between ordinary life & a staged reality of actors, props, & cardboard
a beautiful story with a beautiful ending - u should read this pronto
xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...
still furious about the cowardly actions of the Protein Slammin’ Strawberry Pop-Tart at the end of the Pop-Tarts Bowl
December 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
still furious about the cowardly actions of the Protein Slammin’ Strawberry Pop-Tart at the end of the Pop-Tarts Bowl
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all X-R-A-Y subs will be open on...
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
all X-R-A-Y subs will be open on...
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
friday ! january 2 ! at noon ! arizona time !
subs will be open until we reach our monthly caps -- we tend to reach those caps in like 30 mins to an hour.
we open for subs every month on the 1st. thank u for considering us !
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A Boxing Day special for you to “enjoy” farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/whit...
Whiteout - Farewell Transmission
by Sheldon Birnie You could hardly see the road the way the snow was coming down. If that wasn’t enough, the wind kept blowing it up and about and all over so that you could hardly see a thing past th...
farewelltransmission.net
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A Boxing Day special for you to “enjoy” farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/whit...
Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation
December 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation
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For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
December 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
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I have a story that’s set two days before Christmas but I forgot to share it yesterday. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2022/03/13/s...
Sunday Stories: “Listening Party”
Listening Party by Zachary Kocanda I only remember the exact day this happened because it was after the last Adlai the Last show at Lincoln Hall two days before Christmas in 2014. I had seen the ba…
www.vol1brooklyn.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have a story that’s set two days before Christmas but I forgot to share it yesterday. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2022/03/13/s...
okay fine, I’ll do one of those Top 25 of 2025 thingies
Here’s my Top 25 Remaining Copies of This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers Which May Be Ordered Directly From Me For $15 (Shipping and Handling Included, DM Me For Details)
Here’s my Top 25 Remaining Copies of This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers Which May Be Ordered Directly From Me For $15 (Shipping and Handling Included, DM Me For Details)
December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
okay fine, I’ll do one of those Top 25 of 2025 thingies
Here’s my Top 25 Remaining Copies of This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers Which May Be Ordered Directly From Me For $15 (Shipping and Handling Included, DM Me For Details)
Here’s my Top 25 Remaining Copies of This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers Which May Be Ordered Directly From Me For $15 (Shipping and Handling Included, DM Me For Details)
Don’t get upsot! We recorded an episode about one of our favorite Texas Christmas albums, Willie Nelson’s 1979 classic Pretty Paper, just for you! Hook yourself up to an eggnog IV and tune in! open.spotify.com/episode/2eyb...
Spotify – Web Player
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December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don’t get upsot! We recorded an episode about one of our favorite Texas Christmas albums, Willie Nelson’s 1979 classic Pretty Paper, just for you! Hook yourself up to an eggnog IV and tune in! open.spotify.com/episode/2eyb...
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How I found out that my next-door neighbor Larry had gotten hit by a bus is that my mom sat down at the kitchen table with me before school, while I was eating a bowl of cereal, and said, “Our next-door neighbor Larry got hit by a bus.”
www.outlooksprings.com/essays/larry...
www.outlooksprings.com/essays/larry...
Larry, Who Got Hit By A Bus
An essay by Mike Nagel from Outlook Springs, a literary journal from another dimension.
www.outlooksprings.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How I found out that my next-door neighbor Larry had gotten hit by a bus is that my mom sat down at the kitchen table with me before school, while I was eating a bowl of cereal, and said, “Our next-door neighbor Larry got hit by a bus.”
www.outlooksprings.com/essays/larry...
www.outlooksprings.com/essays/larry...
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This story I dedicate to my beautiful Rio, I miss you so much, you were a beautiful friend.
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This story I dedicate to my beautiful Rio, I miss you so much, you were a beautiful friend.
Hollywood: call me
Really liked the first story in @johnwaddy.bsky.social’s book, especially the grandpa character. Traces of Barry Hannah. And could be a movie is all I’m saying
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hollywood: call me
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Really liked the first story in @johnwaddy.bsky.social’s book, especially the grandpa character. Traces of Barry Hannah. And could be a movie is all I’m saying
December 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Really liked the first story in @johnwaddy.bsky.social’s book, especially the grandpa character. Traces of Barry Hannah. And could be a movie is all I’m saying
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Never woulda thought when I started this Cowboy Jamboree ride ten years ago that we'd be on a PEN America list for best books of the year. But here we are.
Congratulations to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. His book, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES from Cowboy Jamboree Press, has been LONGLISTED for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection. Give Jonathan a hand y'all.
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Never woulda thought when I started this Cowboy Jamboree ride ten years ago that we'd be on a PEN America list for best books of the year. But here we are.
HUGE congrats to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!
Some incredible and crazy and incredibly crazy news: My story collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) has been longlisted for the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Fiction.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
HUGE congrats to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!
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Congratulations to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. His book, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES from Cowboy Jamboree Press, has been LONGLISTED for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection. Give Jonathan a hand y'all.
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Congratulations to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. His book, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES from Cowboy Jamboree Press, has been LONGLISTED for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection. Give Jonathan a hand y'all.
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
Reposted by John Waddy Bullion
Some incredible and crazy and incredibly crazy news: My story collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) has been longlisted for the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Fiction.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Some incredible and crazy and incredibly crazy news: My story collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) has been longlisted for the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Fiction.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
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BREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...
To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski
harpers.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
BREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...