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Ly Faulk (they/she) is a queer artist and an all-around weirdo (a queerdo, if you will). Their work has appeared in Ghost City Press, Prose Online, Jake the Magazine, HAD, and many others. Learn more at https://lyfaulk.com/

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 14d

Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transphobia, crooked cops, swindlers, kindly folks, drugs, tragedy, and a high speed chase.

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Shane just wants to go home. Stranded in L.A., he must somehow make it back to Georgia. As he hitchhikes his way across America, he encounters transph...

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Evan Dean Shelton @realsonicdanger.bsky.social · 2h

I had a few people say things this weekend like
“Are you one of the organizers?”
and
“Are you a writer?”

And yes I’m one of the organizers they don’t just keep me around to do speeches about how you’re gonna die and yes I’m a writer I wrote a book called CHURCHBURNER you should check it out.

🔥⛪️🔥

Evan Dean Shelton @realsonicdanger.bsky.social · Dec 18

You into horror?
Occultism?
Gangsta rap?
Black metal?
The 90s?
Crime?

I have the book for you.

Read CHURCHBURNER.

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Jonathan K. Webb (aka Kyle J. Webb) @jonathankwebb.com · 1h

One of my favorite under-appreciated styles of #writing are “vibe stories”, stories that evoke a certain feeling without having to strictly deliver on plot. Usually done through setting / atmosphere, & characterization. The plot is there but it’s usually in the background. Stories like ambient music

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1h

It’s a shortie

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PIG FLU -

The virus has taken hold, but I grip the arm of my chair and try to keep it at bay. Insidemy skull, tusks are forming. Dead skin and cells that would have

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 3h

Created a new website everyone!

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 5h

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The Things You Bought for the Robot

Extension Cord.The robot was secondhand. Because its solar unit was too complicated to fix, it was just easier to plug it in and forget about it.Cleaning supplies.It had a job to do, you needed the…

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 5h

Asking for a thing: what's your FAVORITE flash fiction story so far in 2025?

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 6h

I know it’s hard to make money off poetry but I humbly submit that journals should not have so many popups that you can’t read the poem. 🤷🏻

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 16h

When a lit mag I admire follows me back

An edited tweet that reads “she’s not gonna publish u bro” She will. She will if i post good

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 16h

When satire is the realest shit

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16h

"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?

Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 17h

Like this?

an alpaca with hay on its head is standing in a stable .

Alt: an alpaca with hay on its head is standing in a stable .

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 17h

Like can I offer you a bong rip in these trying times?

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 17h

My least favorite genre of post is the thread 🧵 of posts arguing against a straw man. Like, why are you yelling at me about this guy you made up or possibly saw in passing?

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 18h

It’s nice to listen to good poems being read out loud

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 20h

Sipping espresso so my elderly ass can stay awake for this.

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

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Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 20h

Oooh I’d have a hard time putting that down!

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 20h

I think it would be super cool if Hippie Speedball could be weed and coffee scented

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 20h

If you could have a book with scented ink, what scent would you pick?

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 22h

I need to follow more lit mags on here lol

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 22h

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 22h

Literature got me through a childhood of poverty and abuse. I would not be here if it weren’t for literature.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna be a lot of weed talk until Hippie Speedball comes out to beef up my street cred

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

Pass the poetry weed. Yeah, the weed that makes you poem.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

We’re finally at the end of The Last Battle

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · May 11

My partner pointed out that we’ve been listening to The Wheel of Time books for 3-4 years now and it’s time to wrap it up.

a black and white drawing of a cat sitting on a wall .

Alt: a black and white animation of a cat slamming its paws on a table.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s HAD slaps hard

HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

Andrew Graham Martin heater today!
"You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look where you’re going."
https://www.havehashad.com/7bsy5

Cheater by Andrew Graham Martin

You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look…

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 1d

I’m saying!