Jessica Dawn
@jessdawn.bsky.social
Writer at night, animal day job, tired in between. Work in HAD, Rejection Letters, Barren Magazine, Jake, Short Story Long and more. Lots of dog photos.
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“Whippomorpha” by Jessica Dawn
“If there’s nothing to fight over, most of getting divorced is just waiting. Nothing worth fighting over, Janna decided a while ago. Best to just let it go.”
ashortstorylong.substack.com
This story is dedicated to the stuffed humpback whale I bought myself three years ago that I often use as a pillow while watching TV ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/whippomorp...
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if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light
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great. just what I need, my tax software telling me to kill myself
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
great. just what I need, my tax software telling me to kill myself
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“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
Y’all ever find out a family member didn’t love you through a legal document before
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Y’all ever find out a family member didn’t love you through a legal document before
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November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Not trying to brag but the year I turned 16 brought us Figure 8 and The Moon and Antarctica and also it was the year that killed that weird swing revival
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Not trying to brag but the year I turned 16 brought us Figure 8 and The Moon and Antarctica and also it was the year that killed that weird swing revival
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"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
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new Todd Dillard on HAD always a treat of a day!
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
Heimlich After I Eat Poetry Too Quickly Again by Todd Dillard
It's all coming up now, milkweed and mango, grandmothers in kitchens with their stoic spoons, crows barking in alder trees, enough dead deer to overflow football stadiums, sad fathers with their boots…
www.havehashad.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
new Todd Dillard on HAD always a treat of a day!
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
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really can't recommend strongly enough that y'all treat yourselves today to a wonderful M.M. Kaufman treat of a poem
"There are many ways
To divide Southerners.
I do it by those who hate
Loud bugs and frogs..."
https://www.havehashad.com/eikr1
"There are many ways
To divide Southerners.
I do it by those who hate
Loud bugs and frogs..."
https://www.havehashad.com/eikr1
Southern Divide by M.M. Kaufman
There are many ways To divide Southerners. I do it by those who hate Loud bugs and frogs, the Ones that leap and fly In the dark, and those, Like me, who enjoy them For the inability to get too…
www.havehashad.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
really can't recommend strongly enough that y'all treat yourselves today to a wonderful M.M. Kaufman treat of a poem
"There are many ways
To divide Southerners.
I do it by those who hate
Loud bugs and frogs..."
https://www.havehashad.com/eikr1
"There are many ways
To divide Southerners.
I do it by those who hate
Loud bugs and frogs..."
https://www.havehashad.com/eikr1
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‘dear rax, the VP at my day job is an AI true believer and it fills me with despair — is hope lost?’
www.patreon.com/posts/143594...
www.patreon.com/posts/143594...
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
‘dear rax, the VP at my day job is an AI true believer and it fills me with despair — is hope lost?’
www.patreon.com/posts/143594...
www.patreon.com/posts/143594...
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
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it’s a love letter to artists
and a reminder to myself (and anyone who needs it)
to create from a place of joy, not to chase “success” (whatever the fuck that is)
hope you like it
and a reminder to myself (and anyone who needs it)
to create from a place of joy, not to chase “success” (whatever the fuck that is)
hope you like it
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
it’s a love letter to artists
and a reminder to myself (and anyone who needs it)
to create from a place of joy, not to chase “success” (whatever the fuck that is)
hope you like it
and a reminder to myself (and anyone who needs it)
to create from a place of joy, not to chase “success” (whatever the fuck that is)
hope you like it
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my lil book is now available for purchase
thank you to anyone who reads it
buy it here: a.co/d/9no2Phd
or here: asterismbooks.com/product/bett...
thank you to anyone who reads it
buy it here: a.co/d/9no2Phd
or here: asterismbooks.com/product/bett...
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
my lil book is now available for purchase
thank you to anyone who reads it
buy it here: a.co/d/9no2Phd
or here: asterismbooks.com/product/bett...
thank you to anyone who reads it
buy it here: a.co/d/9no2Phd
or here: asterismbooks.com/product/bett...
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OUT NOW! Better to Beg: A Novel by @keersteemack.bsky.social, co-published with @sweettrashpress.bsky.social // “…a rip-roaring, heart-and-soul-gutting tour through the rock-n-roll sleaze of early aughts New York City...” — @jillianluft.bsky.social, author of Scumbag Summer
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
OUT NOW! Better to Beg: A Novel by @keersteemack.bsky.social, co-published with @sweettrashpress.bsky.social // “…a rip-roaring, heart-and-soul-gutting tour through the rock-n-roll sleaze of early aughts New York City...” — @jillianluft.bsky.social, author of Scumbag Summer
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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I made an MS Paint-style flowchart for the OCD girlies
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I made an MS Paint-style flowchart for the OCD girlies
Hobbies include spotting Twin Peaks actors when they show up in X Files
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hobbies include spotting Twin Peaks actors when they show up in X Files
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cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!!
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!!
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
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nancy drew & the mystery of why I keep refreshing my social media accounts instead of reading a book
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
nancy drew & the mystery of why I keep refreshing my social media accounts instead of reading a book
Growing up is realizing Mitch Pileggi was hotter than David Duchovny all along
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Growing up is realizing Mitch Pileggi was hotter than David Duchovny all along
Spending my lunch writing more novel in the notes app and hanging out with a very clingy post-op Golden
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Spending my lunch writing more novel in the notes app and hanging out with a very clingy post-op Golden
A night in the Goodnight Moon room would fix me
All my Goodnight Moonheads lining up at midnight for a first look at the Goodnight Moon suite. The Goodnight Moon fandom has been clamoring for this www.boston.com/travel/trave...
Look inside Sheraton Boston's whimsical new Goodnight Moon suite
Look inside Sheraton Boston's whimsical new limited-time Goodnight Moon suite, which is available through Feb. 28, 2026.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A night in the Goodnight Moon room would fix me