Mike Prask
@mprask.bsky.social
Writing in @havehadhavehad @rejectionLit @WestBranchMag @fivesouth and @cottonxenomorph
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Won't rest till Side 2 of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E St Shuffle is our national anthem.
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Won't rest till Side 2 of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E St Shuffle is our national anthem.
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I'm teaching a First-Draft Novel-in-a-Year class for StoryStudio in 2026, with particular attention paid to (1) structure & accountability + (2) fun, playful ways to get it all done. Applications are open (spread the word if you can!):
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
Novel in a Year: First Draft with Juan Martinez - StoryStudio Chicago
This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and g...
www.storystudiochicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm teaching a First-Draft Novel-in-a-Year class for StoryStudio in 2026, with particular attention paid to (1) structure & accountability + (2) fun, playful ways to get it all done. Applications are open (spread the word if you can!):
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
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The Heartbreakers take a kitchen spin while their bandleader, Tom Petty, brushes his teeth
#BicycleBirthday Tom Petty
October 20 (1950-2017)
#BicycleBirthday Tom Petty
October 20 (1950-2017)
October 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Heartbreakers take a kitchen spin while their bandleader, Tom Petty, brushes his teeth
#BicycleBirthday Tom Petty
October 20 (1950-2017)
#BicycleBirthday Tom Petty
October 20 (1950-2017)
My most Dells-and-Horror adjacent story was in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social last year, back in time for the season. Check it out if you get a chance!
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My most Dells-and-Horror adjacent story was in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social last year, back in time for the season. Check it out if you get a chance!
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
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My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE
Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They ...
blockclubchicago.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...
Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
Next best thing to re-reading Dog of the South in full today...check it out
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Next best thing to re-reading Dog of the South in full today...check it out
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New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.
My younger kids, both off school today, just told me their favorite way to make warm drinks cool was to put ice in them, with an air like I might tell school to excuse them and their brilliance the rest of 4th and 7th grades, or at least the week.
September 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My younger kids, both off school today, just told me their favorite way to make warm drinks cool was to put ice in them, with an air like I might tell school to excuse them and their brilliance the rest of 4th and 7th grades, or at least the week.
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This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen
Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen
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Behold the brilliance that is this scene. This is one of my favorite scenes.
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Behold the brilliance that is this scene. This is one of my favorite scenes.
Terriers
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Terriers
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A baseball game this spectacular will do strange things to you. defector.com/affecting-a-...
[Affecting A Maryland Accent] "Whoa! Go O's!" | Defector
BALTIMORE — With two outs in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday night, the Dodgers leading the Orioles 3-0, all I was thinking about was Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The L.A. ace looked poised to wrap a no-hi...
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September 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A baseball game this spectacular will do strange things to you. defector.com/affecting-a-...
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it's tha 1st of tha month, which means that subs are open for...
short stories
flash
micros
creative nonfiction
until we reach our monthly cap. thank u !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
short stories
flash
micros
creative nonfiction
until we reach our monthly cap. thank u !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
XRAY Submissions
XRAY Literary Magazine submissions are open for fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7500 words. Pitch interviews & essays.
xraylitmag.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
it's tha 1st of tha month, which means that subs are open for...
short stories
flash
micros
creative nonfiction
until we reach our monthly cap. thank u !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
short stories
flash
micros
creative nonfiction
until we reach our monthly cap. thank u !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
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You don’t even have to write anything
It’s a 30 sec multiple choice survey
It’s a 30 sec multiple choice survey
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You don’t even have to write anything
It’s a 30 sec multiple choice survey
It’s a 30 sec multiple choice survey
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The fact that we must differentiate the First from the Second Defenestration of Prague remains an all time flex of that lovely city
perhaps you were craving a Defenestration of Prague illustration, I can't be sure
August 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The fact that we must differentiate the First from the Second Defenestration of Prague remains an all time flex of that lovely city
Great interview by @housleydave.bsky.social about a book I absolutely loved and now just want to go read again. Check them both out!
Over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social I interviewed @austinross.bsky.social about his truly awesome paranoid thriller of a novel, GLORIA PATRI, the process of writing the book over many years, how much querying agents sucks, January 6, and Patrick Swayze movies. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/an-inte...
These Extremists Don’t Come Out of Nowhere: An Interview with Austin Ross, author of Gloria Patri — Barrelhouse
I don’t know that I was able to fully realize what this novel wanted to be until in 2019, I came up with the idea of combining the story of this isolated family with the story of someone falling into ...
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August 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Great interview by @housleydave.bsky.social about a book I absolutely loved and now just want to go read again. Check them both out!
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Happy 50th anniversary to BORN TO RUN, all-time classic album and close personal confidante for most of my life. I wrote this once about the bridge to "Backstreets," one of my favorite pieces of music ever.
August 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Happy 50th anniversary to BORN TO RUN, all-time classic album and close personal confidante for most of my life. I wrote this once about the bridge to "Backstreets," one of my favorite pieces of music ever.
Watching my son's baseball practice to the right car stereo tunes wasn't the worst way to end the day
August 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Watching my son's baseball practice to the right car stereo tunes wasn't the worst way to end the day
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This is just so mean.
Under a new Florida law HB1105, disabled kids who aren't eligible for a traditional diploma will now also no longer receive a Certificate of Completion. There will be no formal recognition of their attendance, which will cause problems applying for jobs, vocational programs, college, and more.
August 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is just so mean.
It was very exciting to have a new story published in JAKE on Monday. Turns out it's still exciting later in the week...check out "Night Rescue" if you get a chance
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
Night Rescue
“One of the goats is out."
jakethemag.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It was very exciting to have a new story published in JAKE on Monday. Turns out it's still exciting later in the week...check out "Night Rescue" if you get a chance
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
An evening story for the evening crowd in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today...the latest in my Bluff Country series.
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
Night Rescue
“One of the goats is out."
jakethemag.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
An evening story for the evening crowd in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today...the latest in my Bluff Country series.
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/
jakethemag.com/night-rescue/