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Brandon Forinash

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Writing in Wigleaf, X-R-A-Y, Short Story Long, Necessary Fiction, Maudlin House, Flash Frog, Tiny Molecules, JAKE, BULL, Major 7th. Working on a novel? That would be smart.

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Nov 26

I want to be on this site more wholeheartedly than I was on twitter. I want to make this a tool to help my writing along rather than hinder it. So, I'm going to share updates on my novel in progress. Every day. Hopefully.

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · 20d

Why is his tie so askew? Is he drunk?

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · 21d

Big thanks to Ethan Canin's "The Year of Getting to Know Us" and Andrew Porter for first unpacking that text in my first creative writing class.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · 21d

I ended up adopted a student writing goal rubric. We'd look at a good piece of lit, and students would identify and we'd unpack their favorite parts. And then kids chose a goal based on a writing feature they wanted to emulate. Transitions between scenes were always a big hit.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · 21d

As a high school English teacher I saw this a lot and got stuck in the crossfire with the expectations of standardized tests. It took years proving again and again to admin (as admin cycled in and out) that good writing does better than formulaic writing even on a standardized test.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Aug 16

I have similar love for a short book. Have you had a chance to read Olga Ravn's The Employees?

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Aug 1

Well, fuck. That was real.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 30

Fantastic! Such a fun and thoughtful piece.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 30

As an American who supported Kamala, I feel this.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great scene. What was it Calvino said about classics? They're classics immediately and more so every day.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you have a couple minutes, I'd love for you to read my flash piece in Lost Balloon. It starts at the end of the hero's movie and then tries to guess at what came next.

Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · Jul 16

It’s Wednesday! That means we have a great new story from @brandonforinash.bsky.social! Check out “The Town Is Not Saved.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/16/t...

The Town Is Not Saved by Brandon Forinash

After the hostage townsfolk are freed, the bandits run off or gunned down in the street, and a fine speech given by the rotund mayor, after one last ‘adios’ dropped to a freckled/gap-toothed adoles…

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 16

Absolutely not. But I did just come back from a trip to London, so I might be back at it.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 2

Heads up, he used AI to help write his book according to a recent podcast.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 2

Just so you know, Zach admitted to using AI to help write his book.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is great. It's two people who don't know what they're talking about just talking about it. The lack of professionalism and academic integrity is turned up to 11.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jul 2

Dude is using AI art and not supporting his claims with evidence. This is slop.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jun 13

I think this is an unfair characterization. I recognize the associative leap you made, but the research here is seeking to help in the more timely and accurate diagnosis of SZ vs BP. The authors caution against misuse of this research in diagnosis and the public which could lead to discrimination.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Great American Novel, by Philip Roth - not really a great novel, but a fun satirical one about a fictional baseball team

North Dallas Forty, by Peter Gent - Gent played briefly for the Cowboys and this takes you behind the curtains of being a Cowboy during the 60s in Dallas.

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HAD @havehashad.com · Jun 5

today's Brandon Forinash folds in on itself in such great, fun ways

"And by now you probably know how this story will go.
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What work would you have me do, to describe their lives and their burrow and their small hare dramas, that you cannot do yourself?"

https://www.havehashad.com/41aa4

Mr. Hare’s Open Fields by Brandon Forinash

Mrs. Hare kisses her baby Hares every morning and lays out their Hare outfits and makes them porridge and cleans their whiskers and Mrs. Hare tells them how important it is for them to try their best;…

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Jun 1

Really happy for this story to be in
@librelit.bsky.social‬ for their cinema issue. It's part Truman Show, part Jury Duty, part every xennial sitcom. Enjoy the story, and the entire thoughtful issue librelit.com/issue-three/...

“Reveal Day” – LIBRE

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/38UFioUO/contributors-video.mp4 "Reveal Day" by Brandon Forinash It all happened very quickly, the big reveal. I’d just come home from work when I was met by the cel...

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · May 27

Oh, I'm sorry, I misread your post. Honestly, I'm not into portraying narcissism from a main character perspective. I prefer to look at it askance. It's a small story in wigleaf, but I wonder if this fits your interest, wigleaf.com/202403tree.htm

Forinash: 'My Family Tree'

Fiction by Brandon Forinash

wigleaf.com

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · May 27

Do you mean you want to see more characters we can easily hate or that you see a trope that gives us a reason to forgive the monster/villain? Or something else that I'm missing?

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · May 18

Work in Progress, "Sunken cities, buried towns, he renames himself"

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · May 12

Sorry, I think I gave you a thoughtful response to a post that was asking for emotion.

Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · May 12

Not that it matters, makes a difference, but the dialectic pairing thing is part of the problem. Because Israel mostly subscribes to ethno-nationalism, it encamps itself in a dialectic of Israeli and other. Ideologically, you have to either break the dialectic or synthesize it.

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Brandon Forinash @brandonforinash.bsky.social · Apr 29

Damn. I keep coming back and rereading this piece. This hits all the levels: a) exciting to read; b) takes you to beautiful/tragic/surprising places; c) asks and gives you time to think.