Mike Prask
@mprask.bsky.social
Writing in @havehadhavehad @rejectionLit @WestBranchMag @fivesouth and @cottonxenomorph
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Won't rest till Side 2 of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E St Shuffle is our national anthem.
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Won't rest till Side 2 of The Wild, the Innocent, and the E St Shuffle is our national anthem.
Watching my son's baseball practice to the right car stereo tunes wasn't the worst way to end the day
August 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Watching my son's baseball practice to the right car stereo tunes wasn't the worst way to end the day
Turns out, I just wanted to steal a bunch of orchids, sell them out of a convertible, and head to Mexico like in the Stuart Dybek story ("Orchids")
August 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Turns out, I just wanted to steal a bunch of orchids, sell them out of a convertible, and head to Mexico like in the Stuart Dybek story ("Orchids")
Just spent two weeks in Evanston Hospital and would stop and look at the back of the Ba'hai Temple a few times a day. Didn't realize till I was close to getting out it wasn’t purely out of a need for spiritual fulfillment.
August 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just spent two weeks in Evanston Hospital and would stop and look at the back of the Ba'hai Temple a few times a day. Didn't realize till I was close to getting out it wasn’t purely out of a need for spiritual fulfillment.
I see you went with a normal cover for The Natural...
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I see you went with a normal cover for The Natural...
Finishing a re-read of Winter's Bone while the sun sets and the birds won't shut up and loving when a perfect book gets more perfect
July 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Finishing a re-read of Winter's Bone while the sun sets and the birds won't shut up and loving when a perfect book gets more perfect
I somehow forgot Michael Clayton and The Nice Guys but otherwise this works for me
June 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I somehow forgot Michael Clayton and The Nice Guys but otherwise this works for me
Even though I'm working with bigger quantities, it's impossible to do this and not feel like Parker Posey grilling her lonely, single wing in "Guffman"
June 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Even though I'm working with bigger quantities, it's impossible to do this and not feel like Parker Posey grilling her lonely, single wing in "Guffman"
Same! It was part of this collection we read in 6th grade and was one of the few that has stuck with me. I definitely don't remember reading Munro at age 12...
May 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Same! It was part of this collection we read in 6th grade and was one of the few that has stuck with me. I definitely don't remember reading Munro at age 12...
It's perfect Hey You Assholes weather in these parts this evening
April 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's perfect Hey You Assholes weather in these parts this evening
Can't remember who here recommended this, but I finished it a week or two ago, and this closing passage has stuck (and stuck) with me
April 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Can't remember who here recommended this, but I finished it a week or two ago, and this closing passage has stuck (and stuck) with me
Also, just making note now of this possibly-helpful wrestling Kama Sutra thing on the side wall
March 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Also, just making note now of this possibly-helpful wrestling Kama Sutra thing on the side wall
Our hotel art in heaven or Iowa or wherever. Happy Opening Day!
March 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Our hotel art in heaven or Iowa or wherever. Happy Opening Day!
Big mail day for stories with protagonists whose dreams and goals shouldn't be questioned in any way, shape, or form
February 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Big mail day for stories with protagonists whose dreams and goals shouldn't be questioned in any way, shape, or form
I know WHY I didn't read a ton in '24, but I was still surprised to see how little. Ended strong though - check out the new Higley when you can...
January 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I know WHY I didn't read a ton in '24, but I was still surprised to see how little. Ended strong though - check out the new Higley when you can...
I'm definitely enjoying this novel, especially since it's 75% in and about my adopted hometown, but if you write a scene at the (very real) Diner Grill and no one is eating a Slinger, ordering a Slinger, or regretting the Slinger they ate two days ago, you have missed an opportunity for your readers
December 22, 2024 at 12:27 AM
I'm definitely enjoying this novel, especially since it's 75% in and about my adopted hometown, but if you write a scene at the (very real) Diner Grill and no one is eating a Slinger, ordering a Slinger, or regretting the Slinger they ate two days ago, you have missed an opportunity for your readers
Stuck in time at the shopping mall bookstore
December 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Stuck in time at the shopping mall bookstore
This is ridiculous. I listened to the live MJ Lenderman WAY more than I listened to any Springsteen this year...
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This is ridiculous. I listened to the live MJ Lenderman WAY more than I listened to any Springsteen this year...
Happy Day Before Thanksgiving, from me and Richard Ford
November 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Happy Day Before Thanksgiving, from me and Richard Ford
In what's become a subconscious reflex in our house, the day the Christmas Tree goes up, chicken gets fried.
November 24, 2024 at 11:43 PM
In what's become a subconscious reflex in our house, the day the Christmas Tree goes up, chicken gets fried.
First snow of the year, first chance to skid around the corners in my neighborhood, thinking about the end of "Ralph the Duck" by Frederick Busch.
November 21, 2024 at 3:41 PM
First snow of the year, first chance to skid around the corners in my neighborhood, thinking about the end of "Ralph the Duck" by Frederick Busch.
Going with a more immersive approach with the new one from @alexhigley.bsky.social -- only reading it on trains like the one on the cover
November 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Going with a more immersive approach with the new one from @alexhigley.bsky.social -- only reading it on trains like the one on the cover