Jen Julian
@jennicjul.bsky.social
Writer + artist + cat person, Red Rabbit Ghost (Orbit 2025), Earthly Delights and Other Apocalypses (Press 53 2018), Clarion 2016, teaches creative writing at Young Harris College
https://jenjulian.com
https://jenjulian.com
Promo time with a drawing of my antisocial emotional support witch Alice Katherine. Order from Barnes & Noble between now and July 11 to get 25% off if you’re a member! tinyurl.com/muarwxe8
July 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Promo time with a drawing of my antisocial emotional support witch Alice Katherine. Order from Barnes & Noble between now and July 11 to get 25% off if you’re a member! tinyurl.com/muarwxe8
Jokes about writers overusing the em dash have been around since forever. This one made rounds years ago.
July 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Jokes about writers overusing the em dash have been around since forever. This one made rounds years ago.
Oh lawd she creepin (toward her release date)
June 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Oh lawd she creepin (toward her release date)
On that post-birthday nostalgia train with a new Substack post about childhood books. What were some of your favorites?? ❤️📚
jenjulian.substack.com/p/childrens-...
jenjulian.substack.com/p/childrens-...
June 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On that post-birthday nostalgia train with a new Substack post about childhood books. What were some of your favorites?? ❤️📚
jenjulian.substack.com/p/childrens-...
jenjulian.substack.com/p/childrens-...
May 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Little preview of RRG's Booklist review! The Twin Peaks comp has me kvelling :)))))))))))))))))))))))
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Little preview of RRG's Booklist review! The Twin Peaks comp has me kvelling :)))))))))))))))))))))))
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dear friends and readers! There’s a Goodreads Giveaway for Red Rabbit Ghost between now and Apr 18. If you like:
1) adolescent weirdos confronting a repressed past
2) strange sentient landscapes
3) creepy abandoned houses
4) actual alligators...
Enter to win! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
1) adolescent weirdos confronting a repressed past
2) strange sentient landscapes
3) creepy abandoned houses
4) actual alligators...
Enter to win! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
April 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Dear friends and readers! There’s a Goodreads Giveaway for Red Rabbit Ghost between now and Apr 18. If you like:
1) adolescent weirdos confronting a repressed past
2) strange sentient landscapes
3) creepy abandoned houses
4) actual alligators...
Enter to win! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
1) adolescent weirdos confronting a repressed past
2) strange sentient landscapes
3) creepy abandoned houses
4) actual alligators...
Enter to win! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
Should've had this man in the focus group. He has all the best car ideas
March 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Should've had this man in the focus group. He has all the best car ideas
Next read for the spring semester is Beta Vulgaris by Margie Sarsfield
I’m so excited for this one. Fully down for some bloody beets and lustful vegetal horror 🩸🖤🩸
I’m so excited for this one. Fully down for some bloody beets and lustful vegetal horror 🩸🖤🩸
March 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next read for the spring semester is Beta Vulgaris by Margie Sarsfield
I’m so excited for this one. Fully down for some bloody beets and lustful vegetal horror 🩸🖤🩸
I’m so excited for this one. Fully down for some bloody beets and lustful vegetal horror 🩸🖤🩸
From StorySouth:
"Don’t Be Afraid" by Lauren Watel
Closing out #58 with our longest short story of the issue. I love how sensitively Watel renders the complicated aftermath of new parenthood, all its tenderness and trouble.
storysouth.com/stories/dont...
"Don’t Be Afraid" by Lauren Watel
Closing out #58 with our longest short story of the issue. I love how sensitively Watel renders the complicated aftermath of new parenthood, all its tenderness and trouble.
storysouth.com/stories/dont...
March 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
From StorySouth:
"Don’t Be Afraid" by Lauren Watel
Closing out #58 with our longest short story of the issue. I love how sensitively Watel renders the complicated aftermath of new parenthood, all its tenderness and trouble.
storysouth.com/stories/dont...
"Don’t Be Afraid" by Lauren Watel
Closing out #58 with our longest short story of the issue. I love how sensitively Watel renders the complicated aftermath of new parenthood, all its tenderness and trouble.
storysouth.com/stories/dont...
From @storysouth.bsky.social Issue 58:
"Lorenzo" by Ryan O'Toole
This one's a hard-hitter. Told in a clean, unadorned voice, this story recounts the breakdown of a tender adolescent companionship, with devastating results.
storysouth.com/stories/lore...
"Lorenzo" by Ryan O'Toole
This one's a hard-hitter. Told in a clean, unadorned voice, this story recounts the breakdown of a tender adolescent companionship, with devastating results.
storysouth.com/stories/lore...
March 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From @storysouth.bsky.social Issue 58:
"Lorenzo" by Ryan O'Toole
This one's a hard-hitter. Told in a clean, unadorned voice, this story recounts the breakdown of a tender adolescent companionship, with devastating results.
storysouth.com/stories/lore...
"Lorenzo" by Ryan O'Toole
This one's a hard-hitter. Told in a clean, unadorned voice, this story recounts the breakdown of a tender adolescent companionship, with devastating results.
storysouth.com/stories/lore...
From @storysouth.bsky.social Issue 58:
Everywhere, North by Avalon Felice Lee
A fragmented narrative about an Asian American’s experience serving in Vietnam. Searing in its language, wildly untethered in its representation of time -- yeah, this one floored me.
storysouth.com/stories/ever...
Everywhere, North by Avalon Felice Lee
A fragmented narrative about an Asian American’s experience serving in Vietnam. Searing in its language, wildly untethered in its representation of time -- yeah, this one floored me.
storysouth.com/stories/ever...
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From @storysouth.bsky.social Issue 58:
Everywhere, North by Avalon Felice Lee
A fragmented narrative about an Asian American’s experience serving in Vietnam. Searing in its language, wildly untethered in its representation of time -- yeah, this one floored me.
storysouth.com/stories/ever...
Everywhere, North by Avalon Felice Lee
A fragmented narrative about an Asian American’s experience serving in Vietnam. Searing in its language, wildly untethered in its representation of time -- yeah, this one floored me.
storysouth.com/stories/ever...
Keeping Musky in the loop
February 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Keeping Musky in the loop
Next novel of the year has been on my reading list for ages though I'm not sure why it’s taken me so long to get to it. 60 pages in and already I'm so happy to come back to Erdrich's nourishing insights years after reading The Night Watchman ❤️❤️
February 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Next novel of the year has been on my reading list for ages though I'm not sure why it’s taken me so long to get to it. 60 pages in and already I'm so happy to come back to Erdrich's nourishing insights years after reading The Night Watchman ❤️❤️
TFW you reread Parable of the Sower to teach your sf class and realize it happened last year #octaviabutler #dystopia #scifiprophet
February 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
TFW you reread Parable of the Sower to teach your sf class and realize it happened last year #octaviabutler #dystopia #scifiprophet
Next on the reading list is this horrific feast from @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social 🥩🥩🥩 Seems like this one may require a strong stomach
February 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Next on the reading list is this horrific feast from @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social 🥩🥩🥩 Seems like this one may require a strong stomach
So much negativity, doom, and gloom… if you see this comment or repost with a pic of food and a meme.
Veggie dumplings from the Buford Hwy International Market + my favorite meme cat (godspeed Jinx, wherever you are 🥲)
Veggie dumplings from the Buford Hwy International Market + my favorite meme cat (godspeed Jinx, wherever you are 🥲)
February 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So much negativity, doom, and gloom… if you see this comment or repost with a pic of food and a meme.
Veggie dumplings from the Buford Hwy International Market + my favorite meme cat (godspeed Jinx, wherever you are 🥲)
Veggie dumplings from the Buford Hwy International Market + my favorite meme cat (godspeed Jinx, wherever you are 🥲)
Features an excerpt from @najpullen.bsky.social’s The Black Hunger, which also sounds like a yes please sir for me. All the books coming out through Orbit’s new horror imprint this year are going to be 🔥 🔥 🔥
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Features an excerpt from @najpullen.bsky.social’s The Black Hunger, which also sounds like a yes please sir for me. All the books coming out through Orbit’s new horror imprint this year are going to be 🔥 🔥 🔥
I know all new books smell good but these books smell REALLY good, like edible-good. I could eat these books. For the smell alone you should buy a copy ❤️ 🐇
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I know all new books smell good but these books smell REALLY good, like edible-good. I could eat these books. For the smell alone you should buy a copy ❤️ 🐇
I know the world is on fire right now, but fuck it, I’m celebrating art and I’m celebrating my ARCs coming in and so is Crook (you hear his congratulatory keening in the background) @orbitbooks.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I know the world is on fire right now, but fuck it, I’m celebrating art and I’m celebrating my ARCs coming in and so is Crook (you hear his congratulatory keening in the background) @orbitbooks.bsky.social
If you see this, post something pink 💕
January 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you see this, post something pink 💕
So saddened to hear about David Lynch, an artist in the truest sense and a well of creativity and passion. His films (and Twin Peaks ♥️) encouraged me to embrace my inner strange, and to keep my heart open to strangeness in the world and in others. Mr. Lynch, you’re like no other. You’ll be missed.
January 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So saddened to hear about David Lynch, an artist in the truest sense and a well of creativity and passion. His films (and Twin Peaks ♥️) encouraged me to embrace my inner strange, and to keep my heart open to strangeness in the world and in others. Mr. Lynch, you’re like no other. You’ll be missed.
Next read of the year: The Book of Love by Kelly Link. Magic for Beginners was a formative collection in my journey as a writer, going all the way back to undergrad.
Reading Link’s work is like coming home 🥰💖💗❤️
Reading Link’s work is like coming home 🥰💖💗❤️
January 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Next read of the year: The Book of Love by Kelly Link. Magic for Beginners was a formative collection in my journey as a writer, going all the way back to undergrad.
Reading Link’s work is like coming home 🥰💖💗❤️
Reading Link’s work is like coming home 🥰💖💗❤️
Shoutout to @alering.bsky.social for kicking off I’m-Going-To-Read-More 2025. Give me gothic Appalachia, give me atmosphere, give me MOSS ✨🌿
January 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Shoutout to @alering.bsky.social for kicking off I’m-Going-To-Read-More 2025. Give me gothic Appalachia, give me atmosphere, give me MOSS ✨🌿