"There was talk about how the corpse, back when it was a man named Steve, wasn’t particularly full of life. How he didn’t particularly light up a room when he entered it. In fact, no one ever noticed when he was in the room." - Joseph Linscott mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

New work up in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today! Bull has been a mag that I've read for years and been submitting to forever. I love the work they put out and I'm very grateful to have this story on their site. mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

so many more interesting things—and just as many annoying things!—happening in literature in 2025. wtf are we doing here, man?

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · last yr.

I want to popularize a term of art for this particular litfic genre trope: the Sad Boner Professor. It's a novel about a Professor (usually of American Literature). He is Sad. Also, he has a Boner. His boner is inordinately interested in the sexy, sexy student: also, he's sad because: wife. /1

Rejection was the best book I’ve read so far this year. So great

Dan Sinykin@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · last yr.

Amid all the idiot chatter about men and reading, men and writing, some of the best books I've read lately are by men about masculinity, and instead of baseless whingeing, we could be talking about these: Mark Haber, Lesser Ruins Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection Andrew Lipstein, Something Rotten

▶️ NOW PLAYING Had a great and fascinating conversation w @tonytula.com about his superb and very funny novel-in-stories, REJECTION ( @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social). 🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

This came out a month or so ago and I forgot about posting it then. About carpets, cashiers, and ceilings... www.bridgeeight.com/frenchie-says/

Frenchie Says » Bridge Eight Press

Frenchie says I look best in the khaki pants because they hide the heft of my ass. I keep asking him what he means, thinking he’s insulting me. It sounds like you think I can’t fill them in, I try to ...

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so stoked to have a story up in @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social for their Sunday Stories www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/13/s...

Sunday Stories: “Steve In the Trees”

Steve in the Trees by Joseph Linscott Strolling in the evening, that’s what we called it. Strolling: casual, old timey, it made us feel like we were ready to smoke unfiltereds, before we saw what t…

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"So we strolled that evening along the path that winded itself from the park in the middle of the town to the lake on the edge of it." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/13/s...

Sunday Stories: “Steve In the Trees”

Steve in the Trees by Joseph Linscott Strolling in the evening, that’s what we called it. Strolling: casual, old timey, it made us feel like we were ready to smoke unfiltereds, before we saw what t…

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so stoked to have a story up in @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social for their Sunday Stories www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/13/s...

Sunday Stories: “Steve In the Trees”

Steve in the Trees by Joseph Linscott Strolling in the evening, that’s what we called it. Strolling: casual, old timey, it made us feel like we were ready to smoke unfiltereds, before we saw what t…

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Blood+Honey

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Meet Joseph Linscott, who brings his story “Whether Real or Not” on bar tales and prison experiences at www.unlikelystories.org/content/whet...

Was that a positive gain on first down? For the Texans????

Daniel Jones jumpscare

I spent a large part of 2024 listening to all of Michelle Zauner’s musical projects, so it’s only fitting I end the year having this piece published in the excellent @major7mag.bsky.social www.major7mag.com/post/rugged-...

"Rugged Country" • Japanese Breakfast (by Joseph Linscott)

The Devil first arrived dressed as the landscaper.

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I spent a large part of 2024 listening to all of Michelle Zauner’s musical projects, so it’s only fitting I end the year having this piece published in the excellent @major7mag.bsky.social www.major7mag.com/post/rugged-...

"Rugged Country" • Japanese Breakfast (by Joseph Linscott)

The Devil first arrived dressed as the landscaper.

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I’ve got a new piece in this issue!

Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · 2y ago

Volume 20 is up! Spend a bit of time with it over the last few days of your holiday love youse xo www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

Alim back on the field announced into a forced fumble recovery hit so hard

How to interpet Goodreads’ ratings Book I like is poorly rated: I’m smarter than most so I just *got* it Book I don’t like is poorly rated: yes yes that’s exactly it, public opinion can’t be doubted

This was what the internet was made for

Kinda forgot that Pederson still has his job so seeing him quoted in this was a jump scare

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 2y ago

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence expected to play vs. Texans, coach Doug Pederson says: Lawrence was sidelined with a left shoulder injury and has not played since Week 9.

Time for an uplifting film to escape reality

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convinced that there are people who love trump for no other reason than that he gave them a personality, however rancid it might be

Chris D. Jackson@chrisdjackson.bsky.social · 2y ago

If your family started doing this at Thanksgiving dinner, what would you do? 😳

Man, that Kendrick album really might be his best?????

The quickest way for me to lose total respect for a person is to hear them brag about the work they were able to push onto an AI program Life is so short, please just fill your human mind with tasks and hobbies that you actually enjoy/find meaning in

hi, i wrote a post - "destroy AI". ali-alkhatib.com/blog/fuck-up...

Destroy AI

I’ve been struggling to articulate this idea, and maybe the problem is that it’s actually kind of simple once you put it out there, and there’s really no good reason to unpack a whole case for it once...

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The defensiveness/cope of Broncos fans is really admirable when the team is bad and really really annoying when they have any sort of expectations

Robert Mays @robertmays.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every season, there is a new fanbase who gets very weird about their QB. This year, I am sad to report that it's the Broncos.

always satisfying when an article about some stupid assholes includes a photo that’s like “yep that’s them, the stupid assholes”

Nothing as jarring as reading a *Best Of* book of stories where they're all hitting and then one bafflingly bad story breaks the magic