Colin Alexander
@colincalexander.bsky.social
Dad, writer, sometimes attorney. Used to write for fun, now for revenge. Stories in Analog, Molotov Cocktail, Radon Journal, and Shotgun Honey. Novella available for presale: https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/suicide-valley-trail-maintenance
Check out my piece, “Turkey Jesus,” out now with Orion’s Belt. I lived with turkeys for years, and they are weird, aggressive, mystical creatures.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 9h ago🌞 Ft. Poetry by Gospel Chinedu, Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Kyra Jee, Diana Olney, @joemario.bsky.social Ft. Fiction by @colincalexander.bsky.social, @rjaurand.bsky.social, Zoe Carver, @jrfenn.bsky.social, @emlinden.bsky.social, @shedric.bsky.social, Angie Spoto, @muteddragon.bsky.social 🌞
bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris
This cover looks fantastic! So excited to have a piece in this issue.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to reveal the cover art for our summer issue #36, coming out in August! More here: www.orions-belt.net/issues Cover Art “SUN II” by David Alvàrez, with design by @ashsmash.bsky.social. To subscribe & read it as soon as it’s released, & support our work: bit.ly/orionsbelt-patreon
We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 2w agoJimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted
READ MORE CRIME FICTION: Like in Issue XVI of RHP! Check out this list of amazing writers. Available now: bit.ly/4eJmjp7 #crimefiction #shortstories
Just read my first novel where the villain used ChatGPT to fake writing a novel, and this is my new favorite genre.
Made Cravlova (creatine pavlova). Gonna get yolked!
Wilson's translation was outselling basically everything else in the space by orders of magnitude before the film ever happened
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 2w ago“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
My wife has so much love forme and this thing I created. She's always by my side, singing the praises of Stanchion, the magazine, the books and their remarkable authors. I couldn't do this without her nor would I ever want to.
Area Dog Will Never Live Up To Dog On Purina Bag https://theonion.com/area-dog-will-never-live-up-to-dog-on-purina-bag-1819567763/
what’s the Odyssey about? I’m so glad you asked
SUBS OPEN AUGUST 1: This month, we’re looking for stories about twins. Whether fraternal, identical, or straight up haunted doppelgängers, twins and doubles have been an indelible part of noir going back to the beginning, and now, we want your take. Send us your <2k flash story: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
Thirty West and Stanchion, out here doing the thing. Josh and I both already soaked in sweat. @thirtywestph.com
I could not be more excited to reveal the cover for my very soon-to-be release short fiction collection. If you like SFF, this one’s for you.
Stars and Sabers@starsandsabers.bsky.social · 4w agoWe are delighted to reveal the fabulous cover art for @cornellwriter.bsky.social's debut short story collection, The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories! Cover art by Loreto Salinas Retamal. Learn more: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/07/10/c... #books #SFF #sffbooks #coverreveal
I just had a horrifying realization. It seems like the new test to prove you didn't use "AI" to write a story is gonna be sharing all your notes and drafts with editors. Which means all my frantic all-caps "WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING WHY HAVE I FORGOTTEN HOW TO WRITE" might become evidence. Fuck.
I don’t understand how people can run for office knowing they have insane baggage and/or crimes. Like I spent the entire campaign expecting AIPAC to somehow dig up my middle school livejournal fanfic account. I prepared my family for it. I’m still amazed it didn’t happen.
Twenty years ago today, I was talked into starting a magazine. The anniversary of the first issue is October 1st, but this is when it began for me. Time flies.
Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
READ MORE CRIME FICTION: Like in Issue XVI of RHP! Check out this list of amazing writers. Available now: bit.ly/4eJmjp7 #crimefiction #shortstories
Today, in place of a new piece of writing from IT WAS PARADISE, our special issue on war and conflict in environmental justice, here's a word of explanation from publisher @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social as to why we felt we had to remove a poem from the issue: reckoning.press/ai/
you know who else made a call to a higher power to reverse a penalty for us
Giving away any book or magazine issue you'd like when you pick up any 2. Through tomorrow. Use code INDIE. Giving away a free PDF of any book or issue I've ever published with code FREEPDF. Discover what I've passionately poured myself into relentlessly for the past 6 years.
Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.
