read this story by Alex Rost ! it's about a dad & a fridge -- i don't wanna give away the funny premise "...he flashes the grin he saves special for when he’s fucking someone over. The salesman smiles back and it’s the same kind of smile." xraylitmag.com/the-dad-and-...

The Dad and The Fridge by Alex Rost

The dad is test driving a truck from a used car dealership in order to pick up a refrigerator he found on Craigslist. He tells the salesman, “I need to show it to my wife,” and takes the keys and revs...

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“Teaching my boy a lesson,” says the dad and he smiles big and his smile is infectious. People respond to his smile. He uses his smile like a gun.” Friar’s Table by Alex Rost @arrost.bsky.social A rip-roarer up today @jmwwjournal.bsky.social

JMWW Journal@jmwwjournal.bsky.social · 4d ago

Flash Fiction: Friar’s Table by Alex Rost It's the son's birthday and they are headed to a steak restaurant and the dad is talking about steaks.

Flash Fiction: Friar’s Table by Alex Rost It's the son's birthday and they are headed to a steak restaurant and the dad is talking about steaks.

Flash Fiction: Friar’s Table by Alex Rost

It's the son's birthday and they are headed to a steak restaurant and the dad is talking about steaks.

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Nightstands by Alex Rost @arrost.bsky.social “The drawer of order accepted that it was not a drawer of order. That it would never, truly, be a drawer of order. Because in a world born from chaos, to chaos it will return.” variantlit.com/nightstands

Nightstands

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New one on Michigan City mcrb.neocities.org/garyandvicky

Gary and Vicky by Alex Rost

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THE SWEET SOUL OF SUG - Farewell Transmission

By Alex Rost He is The Pigman. He has a name but his neighbors don’t know it and he keeps a pig in his backyard and it’s not the kind of neighborhood where people keep pigs in their backyards so they ...

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New one in variant

Variant Literature@variantlit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Issue 23 has new poetry from Christa Fairbrother, @christafairbrother.bsky.social, Sara Hovda, Lyn Li Che, Daniel Lurie, Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social, Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social, Paul Potts, Jessica Popeski, Ann DeVilbiss, Ashley Varela, Chimezie Umeoka, and Jason Zhang

Silly auto fiction here farewelltransmission.net/2025/05/all-... Thank you ‪@farewelltransmiss.bsky.social

ALL THE FELLAS WANNA COME, SHOW OFF WITH THEIR KITTIES

We weren’t getting along too well just then, so we went bowling. "Your breath smells like celery,” I said when you asked if I wanted to   . . .

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Kinda sad that you’ll never see a group of 15 year olds roll out from behind a dumpster and start playing hacky sack ever again.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · last yr.

The effects of THC drinks hit sooner than edibles but later than joints. They all have risks.

Wrote this one, too. Thank you to the bruiser team for publishing it.

BRUISER@bruisermag.com · last yr.

He sold the antique swiss army knife his grandfather carried through WWII to buy the heroin that killed him. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR STRINGS BUT NEVER SEVER THEM by Alex Rost www.bruisermag.com/rost_strings

I wrote this. Yeah, I know it's spelled Macaulay

Maudlin House@maudlinhouse.bsky.social · last yr.

McCauley Will Always Be The Best Culkin by Alex Rost maudlinhouse.net/mccauley-wil...

Figure I'd give this site a try. New story citywidelunch.wordpress.com/truck-driver...

“Truck Driver” by Alex Rost.

A truck driver shit all over the bathroom. Shit everywhere. The one spot in this shotty shop that steadily sparkles and it’s looking like that stall in Trainspotting. Just fucking disgusting.…

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