Justin Carter
@juscarts.com
Author of Brazos (Belle Point Press, 2024) // women's basketball & motorsports writer // Texan living in Iowa // juscarts.com
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Justin Carter
@juscarts.com
· Nov 8
Brazos
Brazos, by Justin Carter Publication Date: August 6, 2024 A stark and lonely voice rings clear in Justin Carter's debut collection. Brazos teems with ghosts, bloodlines, and gas flares, tracing a "riv...
bellepointpress.com
Hey. I wrote a book. You can buy it directly from the publisher. It's poems about growing up on the Texas Gulf Coast & touches on the political divide between me & the conservative world I grew up in.
Buy it here: bellepointpress.com/products/bra...
#booksky
Buy it here: bellepointpress.com/products/bra...
#booksky
Doing an online reading Tuesday. Hit me up for the link if you want to watch.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Doing an online reading Tuesday. Hit me up for the link if you want to watch.
Looking at my novel for the first time in a couple of weeks & I suddenly think it's actually extremely good.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Looking at my novel for the first time in a couple of weeks & I suddenly think it's actually extremely good.
Reposted by Justin Carter
okay so...
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
okay so...
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
okay so...
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
okay so...
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
Catching up on some WBB scores from this morning &, uhh...Middle Tennessee only beating Tennessee State 59-53 seems concerning!
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Catching up on some WBB scores from this morning &, uhh...Middle Tennessee only beating Tennessee State 59-53 seems concerning!
Huge win here for Baylor to open the season. Taliah Scott addition might be even better than I expected.
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Huge win here for Baylor to open the season. Taliah Scott addition might be even better than I expected.
If you’re one of the, like, three people who read my newsletter, it’s coming tomorrow because I had too much work to do today.
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you’re one of the, like, three people who read my newsletter, it’s coming tomorrow because I had too much work to do today.
I have now finished the second draft & am still wondering "now what?"
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have now finished the second draft & am still wondering "now what?"
My almost-two-year-old weaned himself off his binky today with these two easy steps.
1) He threw the only binky he likes into the parking lot of a Salvation Army without us realizing it
2) He refuses to put the replacement in his mouth because it has that new plastic taste.
1) He threw the only binky he likes into the parking lot of a Salvation Army without us realizing it
2) He refuses to put the replacement in his mouth because it has that new plastic taste.
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My almost-two-year-old weaned himself off his binky today with these two easy steps.
1) He threw the only binky he likes into the parking lot of a Salvation Army without us realizing it
2) He refuses to put the replacement in his mouth because it has that new plastic taste.
1) He threw the only binky he likes into the parking lot of a Salvation Army without us realizing it
2) He refuses to put the replacement in his mouth because it has that new plastic taste.
2025-26 Big 12 Preview
Can Mark Campbell keep the momentum going at TCU?
herhoopstats.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reposted by Justin Carter
Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!
Apparently I made the "Distinguished Stories" list in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERIES 2024?
September 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!
Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!
Apparently I made the "Distinguished Stories" list in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERIES 2024?
September 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!
Reposted by Justin Carter
Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
ICE HOUSE
Herman Reno was behind the bar when Flamber Aigle walked in. The two hadn’t seen each other in at least twenty-five years, but Herman recognized him right away. There weren’t too many human-sized b…
apocalypse-confidential.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
ICE HOUSE
Herman Reno was behind the bar when Flamber Aigle walked in. The two hadn’t seen each other in at least twenty-five years, but Herman recognized him right away. There weren’t too many human-sized b…
apocalypse-confidential.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar.
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...
I finished the first draft of my novel. Now what?
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I finished the first draft of my novel. Now what?
Reposted by Justin Carter
New poem out today. It's called "POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE." Thanks @burialmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home.
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE
burialmagazine.neocities.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New poem out today. It's called "POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE." Thanks @burialmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home.
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
Reposted by Justin Carter
got it in my head that labor day = americana, idk why. but it made me want to drop @juscarts.com’s ‘POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE’ today. hope you all have a nice time but if you want to make it even nicer you should read this poem
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE
burialmagazine.neocities.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
got it in my head that labor day = americana, idk why. but it made me want to drop @juscarts.com’s ‘POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE’ today. hope you all have a nice time but if you want to make it even nicer you should read this poem
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
New poem out today. It's called "POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE." Thanks @burialmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home.
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE
burialmagazine.neocities.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New poem out today. It's called "POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE." Thanks @burialmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home.
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...
This is like...Iowa's third state house/senate flip this year. I'm starting to think something might be shifting here.
BREAKING: In a shocking upset minutes ago, Democrat Catelin Drey just FLIPPED an Iowa State Senate seat from red to blue and broke the Iowa GOP's supermajority in the state senate.
August 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is like...Iowa's third state house/senate flip this year. I'm starting to think something might be shifting here.
Reposted by Justin Carter
The Wings' season has not gone to plan, to put it mildly. What is left for the organization to focus on before turning the page to what could become the most chaotic offseason in WNBA history? @juscarts.com dives in:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
What's Left For the Wings to Accomplish In Another Lost Season?
Dallas is mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, but there are still a few things left to focus on before the organization turns the page to the offseason.
www.dmagazine.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Wings' season has not gone to plan, to put it mildly. What is left for the organization to focus on before turning the page to what could become the most chaotic offseason in WNBA history? @juscarts.com dives in:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...
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August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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