William Bryan Smith
@williambryansmith.bsky.social
Novelist/Writer. MFA in creative writing, Bennington College.
Author of Free Range Men (Mint Hill Books) and We Are Smoke (Carmelite Books)
https://www.williambryansmith.com/
Author of Free Range Men (Mint Hill Books) and We Are Smoke (Carmelite Books)
https://www.williambryansmith.com/
“Heaven was a beach and a pinecone.” Du côté de la côte (1958) dir. Agnès Varda
May 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Heaven was a beach and a pinecone.” Du côté de la côte (1958) dir. Agnès Varda
The days are getting longer… ☀️❄️⛄️🧤🧣
December 22, 2024 at 8:59 PM
The days are getting longer… ☀️❄️⛄️🧤🧣
“My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
Robert Frost—“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
#WinterSolstice
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
Robert Frost—“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM
“My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
Robert Frost—“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
#WinterSolstice
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
Robert Frost—“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
#WinterSolstice
My novel, We Are Smoke, is still free for Kindle for the next 24 hours. Get your copy here: We Are Smoke a.co/d/4LJUTzK
December 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM
My novel, We Are Smoke, is still free for Kindle for the next 24 hours. Get your copy here: We Are Smoke a.co/d/4LJUTzK
Friends, my novel, We Are Smoke, is free to download on Amazon Kindle, until 14 December 2024. It is a psychological puzzler set in Italy during the Christmas season. You can find it here: a.co/d/2o2NNVR
December 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Friends, my novel, We Are Smoke, is free to download on Amazon Kindle, until 14 December 2024. It is a psychological puzzler set in Italy during the Christmas season. You can find it here: a.co/d/2o2NNVR
Friends, my novel, We Are Smoke, is free to download on Amazon Kindle, all this week. It is a psychological puzzler set in Italy during the Christmas season. You can find it here: a.co/d/2o2NNVR
December 9, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Friends, my novel, We Are Smoke, is free to download on Amazon Kindle, all this week. It is a psychological puzzler set in Italy during the Christmas season. You can find it here: a.co/d/2o2NNVR
“Girl With a Datsun Tattoo”
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
“Girl With a Datsun Tattoo”
This is a good idea. I should get a copper pot to catch mine.
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM
This is a good idea. I should get a copper pot to catch mine.
Murphy’s Irish Stout in the pub before the fight.
November 16, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Murphy’s Irish Stout in the pub before the fight.
“The Bigram Frequency” in the latest issue of Marrow
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January 19, 2024 at 11:46 PM
“The Bigram Frequency” in the latest issue of Marrow
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A New Year’s Eve poem by Charles Bukowski…
January 1, 2024 at 5:24 PM
A New Year’s Eve poem by Charles Bukowski…
“My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
—Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
—Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
December 21, 2023 at 2:28 PM
“My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
—Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.”
—Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Résumé
“Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
—Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope
“Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
—Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope
December 2, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Résumé
“Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
—Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope
“Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
—Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
November 29, 2023 at 11:05 PM
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”— Lao Tzu
November 26, 2023 at 11:42 PM
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”— Lao Tzu
“The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.”
Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki
November 26, 2023 at 1:46 PM
“The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.”
Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki
November 20, 2023 at 3:22 PM