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Will Boucher
@willboucher.bsky.social
Musician-turned-social worker-turned-writer still trying to figure out semicolons. I publish fiction and essays to "Heavy is the Headset" on Substack.
Writer sometimes, weirdo always.
Anyone else completely forget #bluesky was a thing?
January 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Spending the holidays in #newjersey. I couldn’t resist writing some unhinged #fiction about the #drones

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turn your phone sideways and then you'll see
lol ded | flash fiction
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December 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
There’s a tip for my fellow nervous flyers #traveling for the #holidays buried in this story #fiction #writing

“I hope to overhear the pilots talking about their kids so I know they’ve got skin in the game…”

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as you were (iii)
part III
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December 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Anyone else forget they have a #bluesky for days at a time and then open the app out of guilt?
December 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
“I met Ms. Tannon a year after the orangoutang ripped her face off…”

Some new #fiction out today! #writingcommunity #writers

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simple pleasures
don't worry, be happy | short fiction
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December 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Applying for jobs in #academia be like:
December 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
The big dark is in full effect here in Seattle. The moon gives us more light than the elusive sun. #winter #seattle
It’s good #writing weather though…
December 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I learn new words every time I use a dive bar bathroom #themoreyouknow #vocab #writers #knowledgeispower
December 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I know they’re supposed to sell me on an image or whatever but #perfume commercials never make sense to me
December 13, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Hey #writingcommunity I'm planning my reading schedule for 2025. What were the three favorite books you read this year? I'll go first (in no order):

- The Savage Detectives
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation
- Liberation Day

#writers #writingcommunity #fiction #reading
December 12, 2024 at 10:42 PM
- "This story won't take too long to write"
- The story:
December 9, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Let things brew. Give things the time they need so when they come out, they taste right. #writing #creativity #writers #fiction
December 9, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Reposted by Will Boucher
Paperback books are like velveteen rabbits — there to be loved and squeezed and read and stuffed into shoulder bags and left in the sun and read again until there's nothing left but the best kind of memories
December 9, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Part 1 of a recent 6 part serial fiction piece. If you like giant grasshoppers, this one's for you. #fiction #writing #writers
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as you were (i)
Part I
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December 5, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Hey, I'm new here...can I eat lunch with you?
December 5, 2024 at 4:13 AM