emerging from the bowels of the taxidermic workshop to say I'm very proud to have a story up on @electricliterature.com today. off-season ski towns, bad dates, and unexplainable changes in the night much thanks to Recommended Reading and especially Willem Marx!

Even Bad Men Need Company in the Night - Electric Literature

“Young Flower” by Samuel Jensen, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature

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after a year of work with the legends at @marinerbooks.bsky.social, it's happening MARCH OF THE WAR PRIESTS releases 2/23/27. my lifeblood's in it. i'm thrilled and afraid and so grateful. if you can, please consider pre-ordering; it's so helpful to the book www.harpercollins.com/products/mar...

Thrilled to have these stories by @samuelmjensen.bsky.social, Nick Foretek, and Elisa Gonzalez recognized by the National Magazine Awards!

BCS of 2025! "Late Autumn on the Pilgrim’s High Road" @samuelmjensen.bsky.social BCS #424: "He asked for my story in return, not just to be polite. I told him a version of it. The best way to lie is to stick to truth’s back like a shadow." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/late... #BCSof2025

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Late Autumn on the Pilgrim’s High Road by Samuel Jensen

He asked for my story in return, and not just to be polite. I told him a version of it. The best way to lie is to stick to truth’s back like a shadow. I spoke of the rhythms of temple school life, and...

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drenched in sweat to announce that my debut novel, MARCH OF THE WAR PRIESTS, is forthcoming from @marinerbooks.bsky.social. utmost thanks to @hafizah.bsky.social and Maya and Caroline at Mariner

"Move fast and break things" is inescapably the philosophy of a group which has never faced real consequences for failure and to whom other people are not quite real.

i have a new story in the essential, the effortlessly cool @thedrift-mag.bsky.social today. the desert, late night intruders, strange wedding guests, wildfires. link below

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