Aaron Burch
@aaronburch.bsky.social
Author: A KIND OF IN-BETWEEN; YEAR OF THE BUFFALO; STEPHEN KING'S THE BODY; BACKSWING
Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack)
https://linktr.ee/aaronburch
Editor: HAD; Short Story, Long (on Substack)
https://linktr.ee/aaronburch
seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
here's probably my fave paragraph so far:
the other side of excitedly sending out blurb asks...
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
the other side of excitedly sending out blurb asks...
that's my other one!
(well, actually, a little more this one)
(well, actually, a little more this one)
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
that's my other one!
(well, actually, a little more this one)
(well, actually, a little more this one)
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
99% sure I posted this same image last time I saw this prompt-post going around. That it is the first image that so often/always comes to mind is probably indicative of its holiness.
99% sure I posted this same image last time I saw this prompt-post going around. That it is the first image that so often/always comes to mind is probably indicative of its holiness.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
99% sure I posted this same image last time I saw this prompt-post going around. That it is the first image that so often/always comes to mind is probably indicative of its holiness.
99% sure I posted this same image last time I saw this prompt-post going around. That it is the first image that so often/always comes to mind is probably indicative of its holiness.
one of gf's background shows is saved by the bell and she JUST pointed out that professor lasky is patrick fabian is better call saul's howard hamlin and I'd never made the connection and am feeling ROCKED
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
one of gf's background shows is saved by the bell and she JUST pointed out that professor lasky is patrick fabian is better call saul's howard hamlin and I'd never made the connection and am feeling ROCKED
The Lowdown is perfect.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Lowdown is perfect.
huge shoutout to crow, who helped with hooking up Short Story, Long with a HAD-style "read a story from the archives" link!
tinyurl.com/randomSSL
tinyurl.com/randomSSL
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
huge shoutout to crow, who helped with hooking up Short Story, Long with a HAD-style "read a story from the archives" link!
tinyurl.com/randomSSL
tinyurl.com/randomSSL
this album is great, and every time I listen, this version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," with Kurdt on guitar (and backing vocals) (and Novaselic on bass) catches me surprise, it's such a treat
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
this album is great, and every time I listen, this version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," with Kurdt on guitar (and backing vocals) (and Novaselic on bass) catches me surprise, it's such a treat
love the day when I introduce borrowed/found forms / "hermit crab essays," the final unit in my Art of the Essay class
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
love the day when I introduce borrowed/found forms / "hermit crab essays," the final unit in my Art of the Essay class
Sub Pop didn't always do minimal design, but when they did, man they fckin nailed it.
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sub Pop didn't always do minimal design, but when they did, man they fckin nailed it.
I just make all my stories strong ones, but I'm built different.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I just make all my stories strong ones, but I'm built different.
just got the ARC pdf; guess I can toss these marked up edits from my last readthrough!
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
just got the ARC pdf; guess I can toss these marked up edits from my last readthrough!
hella excited for the couple books I got in the last few days
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
hella excited for the couple books I got in the last few days
been thinking about this since I saw it a couple days ago. just might keep on thinking about it forever.
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
been thinking about this since I saw it a couple days ago. just might keep on thinking about it forever.
"Sometimes it’s the white space in stories, the things that might have but didn’t happen, that we remember most."
fun new interview up on Short Story, Long with contributor David Norling, about his great story, "Hands of Wine." esp love this answer
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-short-in...
fun new interview up on Short Story, Long with contributor David Norling, about his great story, "Hands of Wine." esp love this answer
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-short-in...
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Sometimes it’s the white space in stories, the things that might have but didn’t happen, that we remember most."
fun new interview up on Short Story, Long with contributor David Norling, about his great story, "Hands of Wine." esp love this answer
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-short-in...
fun new interview up on Short Story, Long with contributor David Norling, about his great story, "Hands of Wine." esp love this answer
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-short-in...
sometimes writers are really just gonna writer
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
sometimes writers are really just gonna writer
this is one of the best albums, and also one of the most underrated, and also one of the sexxiest
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
this is one of the best albums, and also one of the most underrated, and also one of the sexxiest
"Often people lie to themselves to escape reality."
Grabbed this from the friends of the library bookshelf for a dollar and a previous owner marked it up a decent amount. Is that a summation of the stories, something the book made them think, or just a stray observation they needed to write down?
Grabbed this from the friends of the library bookshelf for a dollar and a previous owner marked it up a decent amount. Is that a summation of the stories, something the book made them think, or just a stray observation they needed to write down?
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Often people lie to themselves to escape reality."
Grabbed this from the friends of the library bookshelf for a dollar and a previous owner marked it up a decent amount. Is that a summation of the stories, something the book made them think, or just a stray observation they needed to write down?
Grabbed this from the friends of the library bookshelf for a dollar and a previous owner marked it up a decent amount. Is that a summation of the stories, something the book made them think, or just a stray observation they needed to write down?
"HAVE FUN, MAKE ART"
fuck AI
fuck AI
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"HAVE FUN, MAKE ART"
fuck AI
fuck AI
one fun thing you can do when writing is include little references to stories by friends, and if you've edited literary journals, sometimes these stories by friends can be stories you edited and published (and were included in best american short stories)
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one fun thing you can do when writing is include little references to stories by friends, and if you've edited literary journals, sometimes these stories by friends can be stories you edited and published (and were included in best american short stories)
she also shared one of my new fave pieces of movie trivia:
for the locusts scene in Days of Heaven (achieved entirely in-camera, shot almost only using natural light), they painted peanut shells black and dropped them from a helicopter and reversed the footage
for the locusts scene in Days of Heaven (achieved entirely in-camera, shot almost only using natural light), they painted peanut shells black and dropped them from a helicopter and reversed the footage
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
she also shared one of my new fave pieces of movie trivia:
for the locusts scene in Days of Heaven (achieved entirely in-camera, shot almost only using natural light), they painted peanut shells black and dropped them from a helicopter and reversed the footage
for the locusts scene in Days of Heaven (achieved entirely in-camera, shot almost only using natural light), they painted peanut shells black and dropped them from a helicopter and reversed the footage
"What's the beginning of a piece of art or the process to get to the piece of art vs. the piece of art itself? Doesn't matter. The day that you've had a good time making something and were a happy person. That's the product."
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"What's the beginning of a piece of art or the process to get to the piece of art vs. the piece of art itself? Doesn't matter. The day that you've had a good time making something and were a happy person. That's the product."
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
Haven't updated my reading log since... May (!!) but have read three stories in the NYer in the last week or so and might need to re-up the blog!
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Haven't updated my reading log since... May (!!) but have read three stories in the NYer in the last week or so and might need to re-up the blog!