Barlow Adams
@barlowadams.bsky.social
Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
It’s not like Hannibal Lecter was a REAL cannibal. He only ate PARTS of people. It’s not like he was eating ENTIRE people like a real cannibal does. Plus, a lot of those livers could have passed as animal livers. He wasn’t eating obvious people parts like faces. He was into the barely legal meat.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s not like Hannibal Lecter was a REAL cannibal. He only ate PARTS of people. It’s not like he was eating ENTIRE people like a real cannibal does. Plus, a lot of those livers could have passed as animal livers. He wasn’t eating obvious people parts like faces. He was into the barely legal meat.
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I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I was considering canceling my Wild Life: Kathy Fish stories inspired asynchronous workshop, but if we can get a few more people to sign up, we'll have a great, intimate group! It starts 11/30 and costs $135. DM if interested! More details on my website!
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"...crouching before the blue god of short flames in his black metal cave, winking at me like a dozen butterfly wings, sucking moisture from my lips in return for brief comfort."
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"...crouching before the blue god of short flames in his black metal cave, winking at me like a dozen butterfly wings, sucking moisture from my lips in return for brief comfort."
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
Read my latest CNF in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/dressing-in-...
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There are a few ways to participate in SmokeLong workshops these days. You can jump into Promptember (free) or test SmokeLong Fitness in December and January. Or both! Come write with us! www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There are a few ways to participate in SmokeLong workshops these days. You can jump into Promptember (free) or test SmokeLong Fitness in December and January. Or both! Come write with us! www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
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"Sure, I chose to be here, and yes, I could almost certainly find a job elsewhere, but redoing my résumé would take time. Also, I don’t feel like it. Besides, once a year, my company mandates all employees to help clean up a local beach, and I almost always go."
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Sure, I chose to be here, and yes, I could almost certainly find a job elsewhere, but redoing my résumé would take time. Also, I don’t feel like it. Besides, once a year, my company mandates all employees to help clean up a local beach, and I almost always go."
Reading has brought me such great joy in my life, but, damn, has it also caused me terrible pain these last years. Literacy is a path to madness now. Every day, every news story, is an invitation for those of us cursed by the gods with basic reading comprehension to blind ourselves Oedipus-style.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reading has brought me such great joy in my life, but, damn, has it also caused me terrible pain these last years. Literacy is a path to madness now. Every day, every news story, is an invitation for those of us cursed by the gods with basic reading comprehension to blind ourselves Oedipus-style.
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I’ve read a few books by @laurelhightower.bsky.social now & she is the Queen of Trauma and Grief Horror, an incredible author! Day of the Door is exactly as @haileypiperfights.bsky.social describes- “an intense shard of trauma, poised to cut you.” Get it NOW from @ghoulish.bsky.social #horrorwriters
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’ve read a few books by @laurelhightower.bsky.social now & she is the Queen of Trauma and Grief Horror, an incredible author! Day of the Door is exactly as @haileypiperfights.bsky.social describes- “an intense shard of trauma, poised to cut you.” Get it NOW from @ghoulish.bsky.social #horrorwriters
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Say I wrote a novella-in-flash. And say it's coming out in Dec with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social. Would anyone be interested in a wee sneak peek of the cover (by @nmals.bsky.social)???
a statue of a deer is sitting on a stone ledge
Alt: a man is slowly peeking over the edge of a concrete wall
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November 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Say I wrote a novella-in-flash. And say it's coming out in Dec with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social. Would anyone be interested in a wee sneak peek of the cover (by @nmals.bsky.social)???
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Check out as @garykwolfe reviews THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 edited by @nnedi.bsky.social & @johnjosephadams.com
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 edited by Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025, Nnedi Okorafor & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner 978-0-06344-147-7, $19.99, 416pp, tp) October 2025 Despite what some writers might suspect…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Check out as @garykwolfe reviews THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 edited by @nnedi.bsky.social & @johnjosephadams.com
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Just finished BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 🌺🐛
Let Melissa take you to Hawaii, the real Hawaii, with all its grit and beauty! Highly recommend this flash collection 💫
Let Melissa take you to Hawaii, the real Hawaii, with all its grit and beauty! Highly recommend this flash collection 💫
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just finished BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social 🌺🐛
Let Melissa take you to Hawaii, the real Hawaii, with all its grit and beauty! Highly recommend this flash collection 💫
Let Melissa take you to Hawaii, the real Hawaii, with all its grit and beauty! Highly recommend this flash collection 💫
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Congratulations to all the books nominated in the opening round for the Goodreads Choice Awards!
Ps. King Sorrow is Horror
*here are some books that should be considered for horror
Ps. King Sorrow is Horror
*here are some books that should be considered for horror
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Congratulations to all the books nominated in the opening round for the Goodreads Choice Awards!
Ps. King Sorrow is Horror
*here are some books that should be considered for horror
Ps. King Sorrow is Horror
*here are some books that should be considered for horror
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Our third Promptember write-in event starts in a couple of hours. 8pm NYC. You can still jump in and write with us. It's free. Because some things in life are free.
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Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14! - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong workshop community for a mysterious month between November and December that we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with write-in and open mic ev...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Our third Promptember write-in event starts in a couple of hours. 8pm NYC. You can still jump in and write with us. It's free. Because some things in life are free.
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
www.smokelong.com/product/prom...
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Over 110 publications re-opened today, including @burnsidereview.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @hobocampreview.bsky.social @pulpasylum.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @rhppress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
Re-openings for November 01, 2025
Over 110 publications re-opened today, including @burnsidereview.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @hobocampreview.bsky.social @pulpasylum.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @rhppress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
duotrope.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Over 110 publications re-opened today, including @burnsidereview.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @hobocampreview.bsky.social @pulpasylum.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @rhppress.bsky.social @altcurrent.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...
What fictional villain traumatized you as a kid?
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What fictional villain traumatized you as a kid?
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BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social made @msmagazine.com's list of November 2025 Reads! buff.ly/JmWs33l
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social made @msmagazine.com's list of November 2025 Reads! buff.ly/JmWs33l
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Make sure to get BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/bBDbW53
@susanschulman.bsky.social
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
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November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me)'s Rakesfall recently received the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. In this new interview, Senior Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asks him the author about genre boundaries, violence in fiction, and how Le Guin has inspired his writing:
Funny how it’s performative reading now. Back when I was younger, people just called it being a dork.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Funny how it’s performative reading now. Back when I was younger, people just called it being a dork.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
The strangest part of getting older has been witnessing all the nerdy things I teased for loving as a kid become so trendy, people now get accused of trying to look cool by doing them in public.
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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I bought airplane wifi so I could tell you that @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s THE EVERLASTING is a perfect goddamn book, also if you can see her on tour you absolutely should
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I bought airplane wifi so I could tell you that @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s THE EVERLASTING is a perfect goddamn book, also if you can see her on tour you absolutely should
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Book mail from my girl @laurelhightower.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Book mail from my girl @laurelhightower.bsky.social
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Join us for the next reading on December 13 to raise funds for Trans Lifeline and listen to live lit from:
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Join us for the next reading on December 13 to raise funds for Trans Lifeline and listen to live lit from:
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
@readinstead.bsky.social
@barlowadams.bsky.social
@dmurphy.bsky.social
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
@monostich.bsky.social
@j-tkelly.bsky.social
Check out the link in my pinned post.
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Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴