Nathan Pettigrew
@nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
Writer. Author of TALES FROM TERREBONNE, forthcoming in 2026 from @rhppress.bsky.social. Managing Editor at Mythic Picnic. Awarded 2nd Place in the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for his story "Yemma."
Today's Friday Five features @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social , a writer and editor of the @mythicpicnic.bsky.social literary magazine. Read what Nathan has to say at andrewcareaga.com/2026/07/31/f... #FridayFive #WritingCommunity
Friday Five: ‘Mythic Picnic’ editor Nathan Pettigrew
‘I’ve spent most of my life writing stories in memo pads, notebooks, and endless Word docs.’
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Cheers, Bluesky! Rock and a Hard Place #16 has dropped and features my story "Brighter Horizons." Special thanks to @suzjay11.bsky.social, @robdsmith.bsky.social and the entire @rhppress.bsky.social team! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX32LMC7
Bad Intentions from @literarygarage.bsky.social has launched! Features my story "Milton," along with bangers from @keithroysdon.bsky.social, @zimwrites.bsky.social, @andrewcareaga.bsky.social & @jessebinger.bsky.social among others! a.co/d/0gG2WpNd
Today at the St**k we're going BEHIND THE STORY with @tuskmor.com , talking about "Detox Mansion", inspired by Zevon's song of the same name. A story about survival, betrayal & the dangerous clarity that comes when there’s nowhere left to hide... open.substack.com/pub/literary...
Behind The Story
Get to know D.J. Tuskmor
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Today's story starts out like Stand by Me with Milwaukee’s Best: a group of teenage boys, a stolen boat, beer, cigarettes & plans for a night on the lake. Then a little betrayal threatens to turn adolescent rebellion into something genuinely terrible. At the Garage: literarygarage.com/the-anchor
The Anchor | Literary Garage
A group of teenage boys, a stolen boat, beer, cigarettes & plans for a summer night on the lake.
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Do you have BAD INTENTIONS? Well, you should! #NewRelease #CrimeFiction #Readers
Nathan Pettigrew@nathanpettigrew.bsky.social · 4w agoBad Intentions from @literarygarage.bsky.social has launched! Features my story "Milton," along with bangers from @keithroysdon.bsky.social, @zimwrites.bsky.social, @andrewcareaga.bsky.social & @jessebinger.bsky.social among others! a.co/d/0gG2WpNd
AVAILABLE NOW: The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Listen to @blacktopkid.bsky.social and order your copy today: amzn.to/49KAdFG #crimefiction
THREEPEAT: That's a third Derringer for @cwblackwell.bsky.social!! Biggest congratulations on his win for Long Story! It's only part of his amazing collection of stories, just sayin.' Get yourself a copy today: bit.ly/4runwWU #smfs
Nathan Pettigrew@nathanpettigrew.bsky.social · 11mo agoCheers, Bluesky! Very proud to share that my Debut Crime Collection TALES FROM TERREBONNE is being published in 2026, courtesy of Rock and a Hard Place! Thank You Everyone on here who’s supported my writing! Thank You @robdsmith.bsky.social and the @rhppress.bsky.social Team for the dream come true!
NEW IN AUGUST FROM STONE'S THROW: Pushing back is an inalienable right. Read @msemilyedwards.bsky.social's great story here: bit.ly/4hJjes3 #crimefiction
MEMORY IS TIME: Like this taste? Read the entire story here, it's short: bit.ly/4dur6Ma Big thanks to Craig Terlson and Pistol Jim Press for pubbing! #sf #flashfiction
NEXT THURSDAY, AUG 13 AT 7PM EST: Meet the authors and editors behind THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY, an anthology that SUNWARD author William Alexander calls "A delicious smorgasbord of other worldly mysteries." Join us then, won't you? t.co/TdOphEfbSy
After a busy few weeks of book talks, signings and travel, we did some planning today for Constellate Publishing. New on my site: keithroysdon.com/2026/08/03/n...
No time to sleep! Constellate Publishing has a plan for months and months ahead
Screenshot My friend Jill Blocker and I had our first Constellate Publishing meeting in a few weeks this morning. We’ve been busy with Indiana book talks and signings in support of our new no…
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I love mixing some history into my fiction and my upcoming novel GHOST SHOW, which is set in 1948, not only has a pivotal role for President Harry Truman - who visited my hometown in 1948 - but a character reveals she learned martial arts from Teddy Roosevelt. tokarate.com/2020/02/18/5...
5 Presidents Who Studied Martial Arts | Traditional Okinawan Karate
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Last August I had 8 books available for public consumption. Today I have 3. They are my first 3, but still, 3 all the same. Time to go to work. #bishopriderbooks shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
Why yes, I DID almost through my back out. #bishopriderbooks shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
That’s good to see. You’re a modern master of the short story.
T.C. Boyle@tcboyle.com · 2d agoI keep writing short stories because I love the form.
Love this movie and this book. One of the coolest experiences in my writing career thus far was being at a Noir at the Bar with Wallace. He brought the house (aka @erykpruitt.bsky.social’s legendary Yonder Bar) down with laughter.
Jedidiah Ayres@maybejed.bsky.social · 6h agoBIG FISH by Daniel Wallace
Here's my review of @coyhall.bsky.social's latest book. Of course a 5*! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Oh look at that, some motherfuckin’ @coyhall.bsky.social has made it to the top of my ARC pile! Hyped for this one.
Opened the book mail today & went straight to the piece I was telling my wife about. I wanted her to read it. No, I wanted to read it to her, the way I heard @pdforan.bsky.social read it not long ago. So I did. And I cried the same way I did when Pat read it to us. This is a beautiful collection.
In an essay, poet John Haines, who went off grid to homestead in the Alaskan wilderness and wrote poems about it, inverted the phrase "sense of place" to "place of sense" for those places that flood the senses and live in us. Reading these gems, I am reminded of that and of my own place of sense.
“…to examine all the tender spots of being alive.” This wonderful interview with @sabrinahicks.bsky.social! 💙📚
Sabrina Hicks@sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Auraist was kind enough to interview me about my debut collection, “Coyote Girl,” which they chose as Best Book of the Month. If you want to read about how much I hate AI or some of my stylistic choices, then read below! open.substack.com/pub/auraist/...
“I’ve tried for years to forget them…” Oh, wow, this powerful one by @sfreligh.bsky.social!❤️💔
Brett Pribble@brettpribble.bsky.social · 4d agoRead "Jumpers" written by @sfreligh.bsky.social and illustrated by @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social. "I’ve tried for years to forget them, tried not to imagine how it was to step away from those fingers of fire into the cool air of a September morning." tinyurl.com/yrx38wuy
Can you find Sherlock in this picture? He’s hiding somewhere in it. I don’t think he’s quite as good as Waldo at it, but he’s trying. 😀 🐶
