Jim Almo
@jimalmo.bsky.social
he/him, writer, musician, reader @ Reckon Review
More coffee, please
https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/broken-things/
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/your-father
https://silverdrone.bandcamp.com
More coffee, please
https://emergeliteraryjournal.com/broken-things/
https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/your-father
https://silverdrone.bandcamp.com
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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-...
I missed this piece in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social back in May. @cindyhouse.bsky.social is one of my favorite writers and this a great example of why. She manages to evoke sadness, hilarity, and anger in under 1,000 words.
Chipmunk — Split Lip Magazine
I remember the house, can see it even now, though it was over a decade ago when I lived there.
splitlipthemag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I missed this piece in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social back in May. @cindyhouse.bsky.social is one of my favorite writers and this a great example of why. She manages to evoke sadness, hilarity, and anger in under 1,000 words.
Not saying that democrats are any great shakes, but this republican administration literally went to court so they would not have to feed hungry children. In the richest country on earth.
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Not saying that democrats are any great shakes, but this republican administration literally went to court so they would not have to feed hungry children. In the richest country on earth.
Heading to the garden shop to buy a pitchfork. Anyone else need one?
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Heading to the garden shop to buy a pitchfork. Anyone else need one?
"I watch the EMTs strap my daughter to a stretcher. She tells me she loves me; I tell her I love her, too. I brush her dimpled hand in parting, hoping it never loses that babylike softness."
Y'all! This piece by @mooninabucket.bsky.social is brilliant and heartbreaking.
Y'all! This piece by @mooninabucket.bsky.social is brilliant and heartbreaking.
When My Daughter Says She Cut Herself at School
Francesca Leader I hear her say she didn’t mean to cut so deep. That her father left his razor out (though I begged him to be careful), so she took it, just in case. She tells me the blade’s sharpn…
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November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"I watch the EMTs strap my daughter to a stretcher. She tells me she loves me; I tell her I love her, too. I brush her dimpled hand in parting, hoping it never loses that babylike softness."
Y'all! This piece by @mooninabucket.bsky.social is brilliant and heartbreaking.
Y'all! This piece by @mooninabucket.bsky.social is brilliant and heartbreaking.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
And remember, if you see someone stealing food, no you didn't.
A genuine headline under the Trump administration in 2025
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And remember, if you see someone stealing food, no you didn't.
I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!
Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Books Available For Review
Books Available for Review Do get in touch if you’re interested in reviewing one of these books or something not listed; check our guidelines first, before you make contact. We review new works of lit...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!
Writers! This is a great opportunity to engage with the community, read cool stuff, and learn so much more about your own writing. For the record, I’m not associated with @splitlippress.com but love being a reader.
Looking for some readers to join the @splitlippress.com fiction team! Applications will open 11/2 and close either on 11/8 or when we hit 100 subs so make sure yours is one of the first! Preview app questions and answers to FAQs below.
I say this with excitement: our short story/flash fiction editor, @egreenberg.bsky.social, will be looking for a few new readers to join the 2026 SS/FF reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!
SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Writers! This is a great opportunity to engage with the community, read cool stuff, and learn so much more about your own writing. For the record, I’m not associated with @splitlippress.com but love being a reader.
This is a great list for food donation ideas.
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is a great list for food donation ideas.
Has anyone else seen the White House website lately? It’s like Saturday night live, the onion, and George Orwell got together to make a parody.
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Has anyone else seen the White House website lately? It’s like Saturday night live, the onion, and George Orwell got together to make a parody.
Love sending out CNF acceptances for @reckonreview.bsky.social! Got to read two stunning pieces of writing last night. Best volunteer gig ever :)
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Love sending out CNF acceptances for @reckonreview.bsky.social! Got to read two stunning pieces of writing last night. Best volunteer gig ever :)
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Did you hear the news? BITTER OVER SWEET was featured in @msmagazine.com's list of Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025! buff.ly/oD6cAJf
Preorder a copy of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social right here: buff.ly/NJbAI32
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Preorder a copy of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social right here: buff.ly/NJbAI32
@susanschulman.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
“It was great seeing you. We need to keep in touch. Here are some pictures and videos from the funeral.”
Love the dark humor in this piece from Katrina Ralbag.
Love the dark humor in this piece from Katrina Ralbag.
I THINK I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE | Creative Nonfiction by Katrina Ralbag – Reckon Review
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September 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“It was great seeing you. We need to keep in touch. Here are some pictures and videos from the funeral.”
Love the dark humor in this piece from Katrina Ralbag.
Love the dark humor in this piece from Katrina Ralbag.
This Should go swimmingly.
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This Should go swimmingly.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Did I miss another rapture?
September 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Did I miss another rapture?
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SO proud to be part of @reckonreview.bsky.social with this CNF #FlashFiction piece, which I wrote as part of @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. It begins: "Maybe parallel universe me was born without a cleft palate. Maybe her philtrum is intact..."
Read more:
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Read more:
reckonreview.com/maybe-parall...
MAYBE PARALLEL UNIVERSE ME WAS BORN WITHOUT A CLEFT PALATE | Creative Nonfiction by Sage Tyrtle – Reckon Review
reckonreview.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
SO proud to be part of @reckonreview.bsky.social with this CNF #FlashFiction piece, which I wrote as part of @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. It begins: "Maybe parallel universe me was born without a cleft palate. Maybe her philtrum is intact..."
Read more:
reckonreview.com/maybe-parall...
Read more:
reckonreview.com/maybe-parall...
This made me smile. Hopefully it will make you smile, too.
I did not take any pictures (my hands were too full of corgi) but here is my the best I can do with a finger and phone screen and 30 seconds
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This made me smile. Hopefully it will make you smile, too.
There are worse ways to end the day than a bike ride to the bay.
August 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There are worse ways to end the day than a bike ride to the bay.
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so tired of watching rich people break everything beautiful
June 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
so tired of watching rich people break everything beautiful
Yes, and I've found that Korean zombie shows do a pretty good job of this. All of Us are Dead is a nice example. It's a bit campy at first, but grows on you (at least it did for me).
My take: Zombies deserve more plot and conflict time in apocalypse shows. They should not be manageable backdrop for sociopathic survivors, nor should they level up into coordinated armies. The violence should be awful and messy and intimate. No one is a perfect shot.
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yes, and I've found that Korean zombie shows do a pretty good job of this. All of Us are Dead is a nice example. It's a bit campy at first, but grows on you (at least it did for me).
Raising property tax on one & two-family homes, lowering taxes on developer properties, increasing the cost of parking tix, adding an additional tax to entertainment tickets (high-school & college sports, theater, music venues)... these local "progressive" legislators sure do like their reaganomics.
May 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Raising property tax on one & two-family homes, lowering taxes on developer properties, increasing the cost of parking tix, adding an additional tax to entertainment tickets (high-school & college sports, theater, music venues)... these local "progressive" legislators sure do like their reaganomics.