Mike Cripps

Constance It was an accident when I saw Mom cry for the first time. I was cutting class and snuck home during lunch—freshman year, each day a unique disaster; I had been slighted by some former best friend and ...

Very grateful to Macabre Magazine for publishing “Constance” my short story. Read it here! macabremagazine.com/constance/

Really energizing weekend at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social Story Board Festival! Great panels by so many amazing people, too many to tag and say thank you! But the things that will stick with me the most was @michaelzapata.bsky.social reminding us that we exist as literary citizens. I love that.

This book was so good! One of my 2024 reads which has stuck with me the most.

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Hey, here's "Expert in a Dying Field" by The Beths, which is packed with vitamins and nutrients. open.spotify.com/track/1bPcxJ...

ZACH CHERRY APPRECIATION POST:

I love Zach Cherry

Have you seen del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone? I really enjoyed it, in case you want to add a 33rd to the wheel.

Aw dang I didn’t get you anything

Don’t take about my perse

Still thinking about a sandwich I ate twenty-two days ago

If a company hosts an after work event on a Tuesday evening, they should morally and legally obligated to closing the office for the rest of the week. How can I be expected to work after having one (1) Pilsner with my coworkers last night?

I think there should be more types of chowder. Feels like there’s a lot of untapped potential.

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez! So good. So scary. It’s a masterpiece.

Still thinking about a sandwich I ate four days ago

I really enjoyed A Man on the Inside. She’s so good in it!