S R Schulz

@srschulzwriting.bsky.social

Writer/doctor published in McSweeney's, HAD, Maudlin House, Autofocus, Rejection Letters. SUPERSYMMETRY: A NOVEL (Portland State University Ooligan Press Feb 2025) www.srschulzwriting.com

okay my grumpy ass has finally settled on a 2025 year in review/eligibility graphic. I have been a furious little literary badger this year desperately clawing at art from all angles. Any interest/support/awards consideration for this work (mine + Cold Signal contributors) is so appreciated

john chrostek 2025 year review

debut novel-
feast of the pale leviathan
(nautical horror/dark fantasy/weird adventure)

Collection-
Boxcutters
(satire, absurdism, lit fic, horror and fantastika)

Editor-
Cold Signal, Issue three: Underworld
(the weird, the beautiful, the mad and the free)

Short Fiction:
"The Great Dark" -Twin Pies Literary
"Inclement Weather" - Hex Literary
"The Wall-Hole" - Self Published

Thank you for your consideration!

Here’s some graphics from the other day from positive reviews for these books. They’re indie and on top of that they’re specific ass books, which means I gotta hustle hard to get them air time, but readers have been enjoying them and that’s what matters

John Chrostek@johnchrostek.com · 9mo ago

As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

This week on Textual Healing, S. R. Schulz claims he figured out the Maudlin House cheat code. Apparently, I have a tell. I won’t confirm or deny but he has been published by me multiple times...

"My buddy, DT, texts me and our other buddy, Kevin, that he has an idea. I have an idea, he texts." Like a year ago, @dtrobbins.bsky.social texted me & @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social about writing a book, which turned into KFF, but first I wrote this, which now is like origin story/bonus material.

Truth & Answers & Beauty & Magic & An Idea (Aaron Burch)

My buddy, DT, texts me and our other buddy, Kevin, that he has an idea. I have an idea, he texts. I like ideas. I stare at the message. I stare at my phone.  Either DT is waiting for Kevin or …

rejection-letters.com

Finished Teenager this morning. A book that shocks with violence, invites you in with teenage naive optimism, takes you on a journey with two characters you aren’t sure you like or enjoy bur revel in all the same. Beautifully poetic, surprising, heartbreaking and feral. Definitely worth the read

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