Jess Bowers
@prettyminotaur.bsky.social
Animals/videogames/TV/film/history/fiction, and any odd nook where they collide. Debut fiction HORSE SHOW 🐴 out NOW from Santa Fe Writers Project!
she/her, phd
she/her, phd
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There's still plenty of time to sign up for @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club on 1/29 at 6:30pm CST for their discussion of HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social! buff.ly/jHiITbM
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
There's still plenty of time to sign up for @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club on 1/29 at 6:30pm CST for their discussion of HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social! buff.ly/jHiITbM
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
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In addition to Moby Dick I'm also currently reading (actually, listening to) Wuthering Heights for the first time. So far I love it immensely. More romances should be narrated by a long-suffering domestic servant who is 1000% done with both these bitches.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
In addition to Moby Dick I'm also currently reading (actually, listening to) Wuthering Heights for the first time. So far I love it immensely. More romances should be narrated by a long-suffering domestic servant who is 1000% done with both these bitches.
I really don't understand how fascism appeals to anyone on a planet full of cats, dogs, horses, and warm sources of pure love.
January 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I really don't understand how fascism appeals to anyone on a planet full of cats, dogs, horses, and warm sources of pure love.
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We are learning entirely too much about these films and shows before they happen
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We are learning entirely too much about these films and shows before they happen
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like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved
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If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
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HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social is @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club Pick! Join them virtually on January 29th at 6:30pm CST for their book discussion! buff.ly/jHiITbM
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social is @mazebooks.bsky.social's January Book Club Pick! Join them virtually on January 29th at 6:30pm CST for their book discussion! buff.ly/jHiITbM
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get HORSE SHOW from Maze Books right here: buff.ly/YnRaA8R
@susanschulman.bsky.social
“Our lives are a tiny fragment of time; the bigger moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice. It has to be BENT towards justice.” - Bono
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
“Our lives are a tiny fragment of time; the bigger moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice. It has to be BENT towards justice.” - Bono
HORSE SHOW is @mazebooks.bsky.social's book club pick for January 2026!
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
HORSE SHOW is @mazebooks.bsky.social's book club pick for January 2026!
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Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for including BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social along with MORE HELL by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social from @whiskeytit.com in "The Best Short Story Collections of 2025!"
The Best Short Story Collections of 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
Our favorite short story collections of 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thank you @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for including BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social along with MORE HELL by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social from @whiskeytit.com in "The Best Short Story Collections of 2025!"
Who's going to AWP? I'm staying in a big house in the Inner Harbor full of poets. I'm told it has a rooftop deck?
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Who's going to AWP? I'm staying in a big house in the Inner Harbor full of poets. I'm told it has a rooftop deck?
It's the last work day of the year so post a video game banger
a pixel art of a group of kids walking down a path
ALT: a pixel art of a group of kids walking down a path
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December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's the last work day of the year so post a video game banger
short story about buster keaton where it's subtly obvious the (third person) narrator would totally smash if given the chance
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
short story about buster keaton where it's subtly obvious the (third person) narrator would totally smash if given the chance
Hello, new followers! My book's called HORSE SHOW. It's a great gift for history buffs, fiction fans, and animal people!
Feat: P.T. Barnum! John Travolta! Lady Wonder, the mind-reading mare! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers! Coney Island! Mules! A "vest-pocket tractor" called the Midwest Utilitor!
Feat: P.T. Barnum! John Travolta! Lady Wonder, the mind-reading mare! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers! Coney Island! Mules! A "vest-pocket tractor" called the Midwest Utilitor!
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello, new followers! My book's called HORSE SHOW. It's a great gift for history buffs, fiction fans, and animal people!
Feat: P.T. Barnum! John Travolta! Lady Wonder, the mind-reading mare! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers! Coney Island! Mules! A "vest-pocket tractor" called the Midwest Utilitor!
Feat: P.T. Barnum! John Travolta! Lady Wonder, the mind-reading mare! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers! Coney Island! Mules! A "vest-pocket tractor" called the Midwest Utilitor!
I think I'm writing about Sigmund Freud just to poke fun at him.
(I think that's probably okay.)
(I think that's probably okay.)
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I think I'm writing about Sigmund Freud just to poke fun at him.
(I think that's probably okay.)
(I think that's probably okay.)
Throwback Tuesday to the (one and only) time I've written straightforward memoir. Yes, there's a horse.
www.stymiemag.org/2011/07/new-...
www.stymiemag.org/2011/07/new-...
New Nonfiction: Timber
www.stymiemag.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Throwback Tuesday to the (one and only) time I've written straightforward memoir. Yes, there's a horse.
www.stymiemag.org/2011/07/new-...
www.stymiemag.org/2011/07/new-...
I just wanna write a short story with the same immaculate vibes as (British) Sea Power's debut album "The Decline of..."
is that too much to ask
is that too much to ask
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I just wanna write a short story with the same immaculate vibes as (British) Sea Power's debut album "The Decline of..."
is that too much to ask
is that too much to ask
forever obsessed with James Tate
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
forever obsessed with James Tate
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Friendly reminder that anyone who puts balls on their truck has just made their truck trans. Those balls were not their when the truck was born. You changed its gender. Your truck is trans.
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Friendly reminder that anyone who puts balls on their truck has just made their truck trans. Those balls were not their when the truck was born. You changed its gender. Your truck is trans.
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Love this sick and hilarious story in the new issue of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1225/s...
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Marie, the Most Beautiful — Split Lip Magazine
We did not mean for this to happen. The boy, bleeding on Marie’s carpet. Marie standing on his chest, tap dancing, as if that will help the situation.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Love this sick and hilarious story in the new issue of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1225/s...
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1225/s...
There's a thing on here about "posting a book from the 80s" and I realized that everything I read in the 80s that felt fresh and new was from the 60s and 70s.
This is because I was a child during the 1980s.
This is because I was a child during the 1980s.
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There's a thing on here about "posting a book from the 80s" and I realized that everything I read in the 80s that felt fresh and new was from the 60s and 70s.
This is because I was a child during the 1980s.
This is because I was a child during the 1980s.
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Next up on our #SFWP2025YearInReview, with guest editor Rachel Weber, we released the 32 Issue of the SFWP Journal! buff.ly/vxU9QKe
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Next up on our #SFWP2025YearInReview, with guest editor Rachel Weber, we released the 32 Issue of the SFWP Journal! buff.ly/vxU9QKe
I am so "not ready" for the holidays.
Which has me wondering if I've ever felt "ready" for the holidays since I was a child, free of the holiday-magic-making obligations that settle upon women's shoulders like a mantle as soon as they reach the age of majority.
Which has me wondering if I've ever felt "ready" for the holidays since I was a child, free of the holiday-magic-making obligations that settle upon women's shoulders like a mantle as soon as they reach the age of majority.
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I am so "not ready" for the holidays.
Which has me wondering if I've ever felt "ready" for the holidays since I was a child, free of the holiday-magic-making obligations that settle upon women's shoulders like a mantle as soon as they reach the age of majority.
Which has me wondering if I've ever felt "ready" for the holidays since I was a child, free of the holiday-magic-making obligations that settle upon women's shoulders like a mantle as soon as they reach the age of majority.
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Making something creative and giving it to the world to enjoy is a legacy worth living for. And Rob Reiner did that times a hundred. Inspirational.
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Making something creative and giving it to the world to enjoy is a legacy worth living for. And Rob Reiner did that times a hundred. Inspirational.
Who's your dead celebrity crush?
Mine's Buster Keaton.
Mine's Buster Keaton.
a man wearing a hat and tie is leaning against a wooden wall .
ALT: a man wearing a hat and tie is leaning against a wooden wall .
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December 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Who's your dead celebrity crush?
Mine's Buster Keaton.
Mine's Buster Keaton.