Cody Shrum

Honored that BULL included my short story “127 Feet” in this bad boy—check it out!

One book has a Powell’s receipt from 2019 AWP in Portland, and another has a The Fool tarot card!

Buy a book or three. You’ve earned it.

Writing a book is such a nightmare. That's the fun part!

My short story "127 Feet" appears in the new @mrbullbull.bsky.social anthology. Bull published it last year (thx @thedrevlow.bsky.social) and it's a story I had so much fun writing. I hope you'll check it out and the other contributor stories as well--it's only $6! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CR...

Flyer for an AWP offsite reading, featuring a photo of many people dressed like Uncle Sam on a roller coaster: BURIAL MAGAZINE PRESENTS: A VERY BURIAL AFTERNOON A BURIAL MAGAZINE AWP OFFSITE READING FEAT. YOUR ESTEEMED HOST JAMESON DRAPER 317/26 | 3PM-5PM STEPHANIE ANDERSON AVEE CHAUDHURI JOHN CRAWFORD BETHANY CUTKOMP JAMESON DRAPER SCOTT LAUDATI JULIÁN MARTINEZ DANIEL MILLER ALEXANDRA NAUGHTON JENNIFER OSTOPOVICH TRAVIS SHOSA ADDISON ZELLER Mystique Barrel Brewing and Lager House 912 Washington Blvd Baltimore, MD 21230 SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, 3РМ-5РM: DON'T YOU DARE MISS IT!

Much like Leo in that one movie, I’ve conned my way onto this list of real writers and poets. If you are around, please come hang out, hear some good words! see u there!

Duuuuuude really enjoyed this!

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan for a book club, enjoying it so far!

You’re killing it, Will! I’d kill for 250 words today. I think I write 100 yesterday. Something.

Thank you so much!! Wow, I so appreciate that, Anna!

I was very moved by this @cshrumly.bsky.social story & have returned to it often: www.havehashad.com/hadposts/rid...

Creative Nonfiction: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist para…

"With each pass around the center of the store we must circle the giant Ferris wheel situated in the store’s heart like a monument, shrieks of glee playing as a soundtrack over this consumerist paradise."

CNF: The Center of the Universe by Cody Shrum

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For the evening crowd: I have a new CNF piece up at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social !

I have a new personal, vulnerable essay out with @jmwwjournal.bsky.social today about my wife’s and my decision not to have kids 😃

Thanks to @andrewbertaina.bsky.social for taking a look at a draft early on!

I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!

I have a new weird story up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social about yearning, shitty jobs, and suicidal ideation—thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for giving it a good home!

"John felt unoriginal—an insurance company office worker offing himself in his cheap apartment. But this weapon had balls. His friends and family could take pride in knowing he’d killed himself in this way." @cshrumly.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

Episode 82 - Cody Shrum

I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too.

open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...

I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!

Hey thanks, man!! I appreciate you checking it out!

Not a story but Whitney Terrell’s novel The Good Lieutenant moves backwards in time.

Episode 82 - Cody Shrum

I’m honored to be the guest for episode 82 of Another Fucking Writing Podcast hosted by Tyler Dempsey! Really enjoyed this convo and I hope you will too.

open.spotify.com/episode/7b8s...

I wrote a thing—KC Royals game/ estranged family flash. Thanks to @eunoiareview.bsky.social for publishing!

Kiss Cam

Her dad brings her to a Royals game. They're playing well this year, the first good year since the 2015 World Series. It's good to see, good for Kansas City. Bobby Witt Jr., right? But she isn't having it. Her dad is trying too hard. He's wearing a jersey, slides, no socks, no hat. He's…

I also got this! I actually think I won a drawing in my 4th grade class after the fair and got it that way.

I’m Sorry, I Know My Well-Being Is Bad for the Planet I should’ve been compost, in and out, no strain on this world I can’t seem to love any more nobly than a pig-loving bacon-eater.

I was due to be born August 1st, but my mom got toxemia, so they cut me out, jaundiced yellow, on June 12th. Hence the line “Ordained Leo, but born Gemini,” in my @identitytheory.bsky.social prose poem from last April, if you’d like to read it 😉 👯 🦁 🙏

www.identitytheory.com/im-sorry-pla...

In Episode 982 of the Otherppl with Brad Listi podcast, a conversation with Shelby Hinte, author of the debut novel HOWLING WOMEN, available from Leftover Books.

▶️ NOW PLAYING: @shelbyhinte.bsky.social's debut novel HOWLING WOMEN (@leftoverbooks.bsky.social) is a gripping desert noir about a woman on the run, searching for renewal, drinking too much, trying to outrun her past in a desolate town. We talked about it.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Want to survive the summer heat? Stay indoors and read! Take the Sealey Challenge to read one poetry book every day during the month of August. Cheat and start NOW!

This is the best news! My wife and I love him. Thank you for the reminder!

New Boots by D.T. Robbins The UPS driver doesn’t even get the chance to ring the doorbell. I’m already on my front porch, in my socks and jeans and an old, faded t-shirt. I tear the box open and slide the boots on. The fit is…

this new story from D.T. Robbins is a perfect example of this joyful energy & momentum in so much of D.T.'s writing that makes him such a singular & fun writer

"I look over, and the Grim Reaper is sitting in the passenger seat. He turns to me and smiles."

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