Neil Serven
@neilserven.bsky.social
Fiction & essays, novel in progress. Co-owner @federalstbooks.bsky.social . Candlepin bowler. Language stuff. A lot of crank air. Used to write the dictionary.
Western Massachusetts.
Western Massachusetts.
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Neil Serven
@neilserven.bsky.social
· May 30
Grateful to @postroadmag.bsky.social for publishing my story WE DON’T JOKE ABOUT SUCH THINGS, which I workshopped quite a long time ago in a Bread Loaf class led by @alixohlin.bsky.social
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
Feeling a bit of nostalgia for my erstwhile lexicography career this week in light of the (surprisingly kept under wraps!) release of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Twelfth Edition and recently learning of this unexpected singular mention in Stefan Fatsis’s Unabridged.
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Feeling a bit of nostalgia for my erstwhile lexicography career this week in light of the (surprisingly kept under wraps!) release of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Twelfth Edition and recently learning of this unexpected singular mention in Stefan Fatsis’s Unabridged.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I'm not a real doctor
But I am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
But I am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'm not a real doctor
But I am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
But I am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
I hope this CBS promo for a Boston-set series that misspelled Donnie Wahlberg’s name was expensive.
![The names DONNIE WHALBERG [sic] and SONEQUA MARTIN-GREEN in while all-caps over an image of the Boston skyline, from a promo for the CBS series BOSTON BLUE](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dtfemkcvevwcubino2xfau5w/bafkreic2sjzbqggpde6fxqfjykv7ra73tqqsqe42as33cagjggwfrkkmna@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I hope this CBS promo for a Boston-set series that misspelled Donnie Wahlberg’s name was expensive.
I hadn’t known “cut rate” had anything other than a negative meaning before I ran into this photo at a local Walgreens. Got double-vaxxed today.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I hadn’t known “cut rate” had anything other than a negative meaning before I ran into this photo at a local Walgreens. Got double-vaxxed today.
Once I went for imaging and they started doing images of my knee and the technician asked what I did to it, like she thought I tore my ACL while snowboarding. I told her I was there for my stomach. I was seventeen.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Once I went for imaging and they started doing images of my knee and the technician asked what I did to it, like she thought I tore my ACL while snowboarding. I told her I was there for my stomach. I was seventeen.
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Now that I've read this book:
You should be preordering the hell out of it.
It's huge fun, and hugely informative. (And huge fun.)
You should be preordering the hell out of it.
It's huge fun, and hugely informative. (And huge fun.)
Good morning, kids and people, today in book, we have a cover:
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Now that I've read this book:
You should be preordering the hell out of it.
It's huge fun, and hugely informative. (And huge fun.)
You should be preordering the hell out of it.
It's huge fun, and hugely informative. (And huge fun.)
Boaty McBoatFace had a legitimate precedent after all.
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Boaty McBoatFace had a legitimate precedent after all.
Working at the store. Customer said “it’s a beautiful night” and I was anticipating “beautiful store” so I said “thank you” and with that I took credit for the weather.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Working at the store. Customer said “it’s a beautiful night” and I was anticipating “beautiful store” so I said “thank you” and with that I took credit for the weather.
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#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
"But what none of them had counted on was Fulton’s need. Not just for a job, but for humans to have freewill." Marking this one to read again, "Love of Fate" by Rafael Frumkin @electricliterature.com: electricliterature.com/love-of-fate...
His Sex Addiction Is Proof of Free Will - Electric Literature
“Love of Fate” by Rafael Frumkin, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
electricliterature.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"But what none of them had counted on was Fulton’s need. Not just for a job, but for humans to have freewill." Marking this one to read again, "Love of Fate" by Rafael Frumkin @electricliterature.com: electricliterature.com/love-of-fate...
Reminds me of a box of Russell Stover chocolate.
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reminds me of a box of Russell Stover chocolate.
In perfect rhythm I heard my partner rise, brush her teeth, return to bed, pick up her phone, and burst into gleeful laughter.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In perfect rhythm I heard my partner rise, brush her teeth, return to bed, pick up her phone, and burst into gleeful laughter.
Another Republican too slow to act.
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Another Republican too slow to act.
This is the most insane game I’ve ever seen.
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is the most insane game I’ve ever seen.
I hope Seranthony Dominguez gets knighted someday.
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I hope Seranthony Dominguez gets knighted someday.
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Update: I haven’t written the paper yet.
October 31, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Update: I haven’t written the paper yet.
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Happy Halloween! For today, we will be matching sales up to $250 with a donation to the Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry.
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy Halloween! For today, we will be matching sales up to $250 with a donation to the Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Milky Wax.
Milky Wax.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Soul Patch Kids
Soul Patch Kids
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Milky Wax.
Milky Wax.
Mavis Gallant, Lilet martini, World Series.
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Mavis Gallant, Lilet martini, World Series.
“The only 6-7 you’ll see here is me, the guy who 'sics Heaven' on you.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“The only 6-7 you’ll see here is me, the guy who 'sics Heaven' on you.”
I never know whether to pronounce that writer’s name “DO-that,” “DOUBT-that,” or “DOUCHE-hat.”
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I never know whether to pronounce that writer’s name “DO-that,” “DOUBT-that,” or “DOUCHE-hat.”
This might be the bluest World Series since… Royals-Mets?
October 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This might be the bluest World Series since… Royals-Mets?