Barlow Adams
@barlowadams.bsky.social
Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Loved this story from @meaganlucas.bsky.social in the latest BAMS 🔥
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Loved this story from @meaganlucas.bsky.social in the latest BAMS 🔥
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Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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People are more interested in the welfare and sentience of ChatGPT than they are in the welfare of actual human beings and it’s so fucking bleak
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
People are more interested in the welfare and sentience of ChatGPT than they are in the welfare of actual human beings and it’s so fucking bleak
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IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
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I have a new story in Short Story Long! many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social, a wonderful editor who always makes my writing better, the incredible Zoë Petersen for her beautiful original art, & all of you who take the time to read this one ♡ ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-love-sto...
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I have a new story in Short Story Long! many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social, a wonderful editor who always makes my writing better, the incredible Zoë Petersen for her beautiful original art, & all of you who take the time to read this one ♡ ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-love-sto...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
You ever have a dream about someone your waking mind has completely forgotten?
Brain: Remember Tommy from 2nd grade? No? Well, what if you and he had to escape from a barbershop slowly filling with shaving cream while being chased by gum ball machines filled with wasps while your grandma hums WAP?
Brain: Remember Tommy from 2nd grade? No? Well, what if you and he had to escape from a barbershop slowly filling with shaving cream while being chased by gum ball machines filled with wasps while your grandma hums WAP?
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You ever have a dream about someone your waking mind has completely forgotten?
Brain: Remember Tommy from 2nd grade? No? Well, what if you and he had to escape from a barbershop slowly filling with shaving cream while being chased by gum ball machines filled with wasps while your grandma hums WAP?
Brain: Remember Tommy from 2nd grade? No? Well, what if you and he had to escape from a barbershop slowly filling with shaving cream while being chased by gum ball machines filled with wasps while your grandma hums WAP?
Many normal people will believe almost any fantasy with only the vaguest intangible hint of actual possibility while simultaneously rejecting accepted science or history for containing the barest reproach of absolute certainty because both habits make them feel special and in possession of a secret.
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Many normal people will believe almost any fantasy with only the vaguest intangible hint of actual possibility while simultaneously rejecting accepted science or history for containing the barest reproach of absolute certainty because both habits make them feel special and in possession of a secret.
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Thrilled to have a micro in the Amazing @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thank You EIC Laura Black for giving this little piece of my heart the perfect home!!! ❤️ 🙏🏼
"Papi takes me to the swings, and I fall." Sunday Dad by Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/24/m...
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thrilled to have a micro in the Amazing @fictivedream.bsky.social !! Thank You EIC Laura Black for giving this little piece of my heart the perfect home!!! ❤️ 🙏🏼
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When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
our latest novella by @klschroeder.bsky.social is
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
- avail for preorder
- cover revealed
- f*cking exquisite
check out the cover
check out the author interview
pre order the book TODAY
it's really really good you can TOTALLY TRUST US ON THIS
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
psychopomp.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When I read this novella in submissions, I knew we had to have it. The story is dark and timely, focusing on damaged systems: bodies and planets, human and animal. We are more alike than not, every person a world being ravaged by changing climates: environmental, emotional.
If you like an author’s work, tell them. Buy their work. Follow them home and make them dinner. Spaghetti and meatballs. Or maybe something with shrimp. Run them a bath. Not too hot. Buy them a sea monster toy for the bath. Rrwarrr! Feed them grapes. But not in the bath. That would be weird.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you like an author’s work, tell them. Buy their work. Follow them home and make them dinner. Spaghetti and meatballs. Or maybe something with shrimp. Run them a bath. Not too hot. Buy them a sea monster toy for the bath. Rrwarrr! Feed them grapes. But not in the bath. That would be weird.
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I'd appreciate shares of this as it is free and you know Caribbean SFF is my thing.
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
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come say hi? 😀
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Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'd appreciate shares of this as it is free and you know Caribbean SFF is my thing.
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In a twist of fate, my first full collection and a new member of our family are due on the same day--December 2nd!
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In a twist of fate, my first full collection and a new member of our family are due on the same day--December 2nd!
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This was such a fun conversation - give it a listen this week if you need an excuse to get away from your family!
Here's Episode 12: "Amber Sparks and 'We Love You, Bunny'". (@ambersparks.bsky.social y.social) www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This was such a fun conversation - give it a listen this week if you need an excuse to get away from your family!
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✨ A new episode has arrived! ✨
What does a Time Pirate do when she’s stuck on a bus for a long winter-dark morning commute?
Watch Episode 2: Route 301 of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out! 🕰️
Also, a first attempt at trying to have other people in my films!
youtu.be/sk73_mfRS98
What does a Time Pirate do when she’s stuck on a bus for a long winter-dark morning commute?
Watch Episode 2: Route 301 of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out! 🕰️
Also, a first attempt at trying to have other people in my films!
youtu.be/sk73_mfRS98
The Time Pirate | Episode 2: Route 301
YouTube video by jenwithwords
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November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
✨ A new episode has arrived! ✨
What does a Time Pirate do when she’s stuck on a bus for a long winter-dark morning commute?
Watch Episode 2: Route 301 of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out! 🕰️
Also, a first attempt at trying to have other people in my films!
youtu.be/sk73_mfRS98
What does a Time Pirate do when she’s stuck on a bus for a long winter-dark morning commute?
Watch Episode 2: Route 301 of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out! 🕰️
Also, a first attempt at trying to have other people in my films!
youtu.be/sk73_mfRS98
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Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.
It looks like it needs to stop drinking. It’s had enough.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It looks like it needs to stop drinking. It’s had enough.
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Who voted for this?
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Who voted for this?
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I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I published some pieces I'm deeply proud of this year. My second novel, one of my most personal novelettes, one of my weirdest short stories, and an essay on an idea that's been nagging me for years.
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New Six Ridiculous Questions up today! My guest this time was Chloe N. Clark aka @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social. Thanks, as always, to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social for hosting! Read, please...
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Six Ridiculous Questions: Chloe Clark
The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality an…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New Six Ridiculous Questions up today! My guest this time was Chloe N. Clark aka @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social. Thanks, as always, to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social for hosting! Read, please...
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/s...
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/s...
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Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
The Wing - The Maine Review
The morning Nadine’s feathers sprouted, a light snow fell. She was standing outside, watching Meg board the school bus, noticing how the little girl’s hair, frizzy like her own, glistened with snow, m...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
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v v excited to return the favor and interview one of my favs @johnwaddy.bsky.social! thanks @xraylitmag.bsky.social for letting me nerd out
now we're gonna put it in reverse - Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social eeMack interviews John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social about his book 'This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers'
they discuss narrative form, setting, humor, baseball & a lot else !
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they discuss narrative form, setting, humor, baseball & a lot else !
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FAULKNER DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT TEMPORAL INCONSISTENCIES, SO WHY SHOULD I?: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN WADDY BULLION by Kirsti MacKenzie
John Waddy Bullion is as versatile a writer as they come. His loosely-linked collection This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers follows coming-of-age tales of Midwestern sons and the fraught relati...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
v v excited to return the favor and interview one of my favs @johnwaddy.bsky.social! thanks @xraylitmag.bsky.social for letting me nerd out
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Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
Author Interview * Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou’s writing consistently makes me smile and/or cry—often within the same story. Danai’s work features lyrical prose, incisive character choices, and an undercurrent of triumph aga…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social
"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
@danaiwrites.bsky.social