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Dave Mainelli
@dman7th.bsky.social
Writer. Musician.
Adjunct professor
GPa
How to Be Lonely available on Amazon
Wouldn't it be nice?
Open for Queries from Agents
Literary Fiction
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Do we want our college kids filmed 24/7? Because the way some of the press was accusing the college for not having cameras in every square foot of the building and not having doors locked was almost as if they were blaming the college.
I teach at two campuses. No buildings are locked during day.
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Can we rename Epstein-Barr Virus? It feels gross.

Or we could go the other way: Maybe ‘Cosby-Bondi’ or ‘Sandusky-Gonzales’ or ‘Weinstein-Ashcroft’?

Or just go full-out ‘Hitler-Hoover’ with it and call it a day.

#EBV #epstein-barr #rename
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks to Teach. Write. for publishing "By the Way, A Comma Goes There." pp82
teachwritejournal.com/current-issue/
#shortstory #fiction
Current Issue
2025 Fall/Winter Edition 2025 FAWI_RevisedDownload
teachwritejournal.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thanks to LITBREAK Magazine for publishing this story.

#fiction #shortstory #literary
Church for Sale
He loved blaming the “Damn Protestants” for any misfortune, like when the rotary tiller broke down. Mom says his dislike for them was really about their ban on playing cards.
litbreak.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
One of the stories from my new collection about growing up in the early eighties.
What’s Left (Dave Mainelli) (Seven Arts Magazine)
Trauma has a way of changing people for the worse. Add that to a culture that told you to tough it up even if it literally cost you your arm. . .
sevenstorypublishing.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Anyone with white Euro ancestors who came to this country via Ellis island or another port of entry pre 1965 should really sit this one out. They showed up and were let in. And now you’re here. They came looking for a better way of life and got one.
June 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted by Dave Mainelli
The fact that certain federal law enforcement figures wear masks to do their work tells you all you need to know. If you truly believe in what you are doing, and you are sure it is right and moral, show your faces, you cowards.
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The fact that certain federal law enforcement figures wear masks to do their work tells you all you need to know. If you truly believe in what you are doing, and you are sure it is right and moral, show your faces, you cowards.
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thanks FFM!
#fiction #flash
The Neighbor’s Pool
flashfictionmagazine.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I think Gen Z should change their title to Gen PO.
Generation Put Out.
#genz #millennials #genx #geny
January 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
January 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
January 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Bazile Mills
A Nebraska band
youtube.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
How To Be Lonely: Dave Mainelli
Davemainelli.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Why does Imessage gotta rat me out when I edit, even before they read it? No one needs to know what I ducked up.
November 16, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Many moons...
November 15, 2024 at 2:24 AM
The colors of my drive home.
November 15, 2024 at 2:24 AM