Evan Williams
@pahoehoe.bsky.social
Writer, retired teacher, sometime sage. 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship. Stories in Kenyon, Witness, Zyz, AQR. 3 collections from small presses. “The Divide” forthcoming from Cornerstone Press, 2026. MFA from Montana, long time ago.
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In most arts, I prefer the proto-, the incipient, the ur-. I am less interested in baroque final forms as they fractal outward.
(But I'll make an exception for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum!)
(But I'll make an exception for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum!)
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
In most arts, I prefer the proto-, the incipient, the ur-. I am less interested in baroque final forms as they fractal outward.
(But I'll make an exception for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum!)
(But I'll make an exception for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum!)
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Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency?
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
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Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Are you a writer who can't get away for a residency?
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
Spend your holiday break at Barrelhouse Write-in’s
Imagine Cabins Writing Retreat!
Join us between Christmas & New Year’s in a (make-believe, Zoom-based) Imagine Cabin in the woods, and get some writing done!
www.barrelhousemag.com/writeins
I’m not posting my year-in-review review. Not yet. Great things can happen in a span of thirteen days. The MacArthur Foundation might call, and I’d hate to leave them off the list.
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I’m not posting my year-in-review review. Not yet. Great things can happen in a span of thirteen days. The MacArthur Foundation might call, and I’d hate to leave them off the list.
My writing group’s annual book exchange is about to begin. Coupla’ your books in there! We are at Baerlic Brewery. Stop by!
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My writing group’s annual book exchange is about to begin. Coupla’ your books in there! We are at Baerlic Brewery. Stop by!
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
RIP Marty Di Bergi.
a man with a beard wears a hat that says uss coral sea
Alt: Rob Reiner as Marty Di Bergi. A man with a beard wears a hat that says uss coral sea
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December 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
RIP Marty Di Bergi.
You can only pick one Evan Williams. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. Which do you pick?
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
You can only pick one Evan Williams. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. Which do you pick?
The story collection releases on February 17. Pre-orders are being taken now. Buy it because you love realistic fiction where characters grapple with provocative settings or, more likely, with themselves; the challenges are large, but it's the small ones that get in the way.
Purchase — Evan Morgan Williams
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December 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The story collection releases on February 17. Pre-orders are being taken now. Buy it because you love realistic fiction where characters grapple with provocative settings or, more likely, with themselves; the challenges are large, but it's the small ones that get in the way.
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Still thinking about "Soft and Warm Against Me" by @pahoehoe.bsky.social from Variant issue 20. Excellent dialogue, and so much going on beneath the surface. I loved working on this story.
variantlit.com/soft-and-war...
variantlit.com/soft-and-war...
March 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Still thinking about "Soft and Warm Against Me" by @pahoehoe.bsky.social from Variant issue 20. Excellent dialogue, and so much going on beneath the surface. I loved working on this story.
variantlit.com/soft-and-war...
variantlit.com/soft-and-war...
Dear BlueSkyers, the exemplary Alternating Current Press seeks more submissions for their upcoming anthology by and about Dead/HOH writers. Is that you? Got something good? 🤟 altcurrentpress.com/2023/05/29/a...
Anthology Submission Guidelines
Submission guidelines for anthologies and special projects from Alternating Current Press.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Dear BlueSkyers, the exemplary Alternating Current Press seeks more submissions for their upcoming anthology by and about Dead/HOH writers. Is that you? Got something good? 🤟 altcurrentpress.com/2023/05/29/a...
Heyo! Thank you, Pangyrus team!
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Heyo! Thank you, Pangyrus team!
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Admittedly, it is a dark collection. Thank you, Kirkus Reviews!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Admittedly, it is a dark collection. Thank you, Kirkus Reviews!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
Admittedly, it is a dark collection. Thank you, Kirkus Reviews!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Admittedly, it is a dark collection. Thank you, Kirkus Reviews!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
Pre-orders now! Release on February 17!
This running track in one of Portland’s “toughest neighborhoods” is so peaceful. I come here to run every weekend. And the sanctuary isn’t just mine: an awesome diversity of people come here to walk, to run, to find space to think…
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This running track in one of Portland’s “toughest neighborhoods” is so peaceful. I come here to run every weekend. And the sanctuary isn’t just mine: an awesome diversity of people come here to walk, to run, to find space to think…
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This story is so f—ng good …
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale | Pangyrus
“Let’s read this,” said Kind Girl. She sat beside Teacher at his mahogany table and plunked down the Modern Library edition of Moby Dick. The table was scra ...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This story is so f—ng good …
Then there was the time Tin House sent me an email. Three words: “Fucking awesome story.” And I never heard from them again.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Then there was the time Tin House sent me an email. Three words: “Fucking awesome story.” And I never heard from them again.
So Gold Man Review, the “other” journal of west coast writers (I’ve had a story in Zyzzyva too), has just published my story, “Darkling,” one of my school stories. Content warnings all over the place for this one, folks, but hopeful as heck in the end.
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So Gold Man Review, the “other” journal of west coast writers (I’ve had a story in Zyzzyva too), has just published my story, “Darkling,” one of my school stories. Content warnings all over the place for this one, folks, but hopeful as heck in the end.
A late-season hike into Cairn Basin on Mt. Hood. Probably the last people to get up there this year. Big storms a’comin’!
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A late-season hike into Cairn Basin on Mt. Hood. Probably the last people to get up there this year. Big storms a’comin’!
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Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Cover reveal. The author and an ARC of his beautiful new book, “The Divide,” from Cornerstone Press, release date of February, 2026. I’m so pleased with the folks at this press!
A few more photos from my time here at Dorland Center for the Arts. Looking for a residency? Don’t sleep on this one!
October 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A few more photos from my time here at Dorland Center for the Arts. Looking for a residency? Don’t sleep on this one!
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.
Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale | Pangyrus
“Let’s read this,” said Kind Girl. She sat beside Teacher at his mahogany table and plunked down the Modern Library edition of Moby Dick. The table was scra ...
www.pangyrus.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My long story, “Kind Girl, Teacher, Sister, Whale” is up today at Pangyrus Literary. Got thirty minutes to spare? It was a sublime experience to inhabit this story during its composition, and maybe it will be so for you during its reading.