Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein

A picture of Frances wearing a green beanie and trench coat

A cartoon character wearing an orange beanie and green trench coat

Friend told me my winter aesthetic is “Fagin from Oliver & Company” and I—

I was never in my life as nervous before a first date as I always am before the first time I hang out with a potential mom friend without our kids

Actually, you can only call it Black Forest Ham if it comes from the Black Forest in southwest Germany; the rest of it is just sparkling bologna

Actually, you can only call it Black Forest Ham if it comes from the Black Forest in southwest Germany; the rest of it is just sparkling bologna

A picture of a black kitten sitting in a uhaul box

Helping!

I’m so honored by how much @epistemiclit.bsky.social believes in my story “Pig Flu.” They are a dream to work with, send them your stuff next time they are open!

The Trees of Ketron Island New short fiction by Kyle Seibel.

latest story from me today. go on and give it a lil looky dirt.fyi/article/2025...

I need to go back to the scholomance series, I read the first two but haven’t read the third

The first few chapters have been great!

My god, yes! I read uprooted a few years ago and a five hour plane ride went by in what felt like seconds

A picture of the Naomi novik book spinning silver in front of a window with Christmas lights

First day of Thanksgiving break and I have given myself two goals:

1. Read an entire book start to finish

2. Read in every couch/chair in the house to determine the best reading location

experiencing gender euphoria every time I cut the sleeves off a tshirt

Heading to the ballpark for free MLA hotdog night

I hope you'll all enter - love running this comp every year and always so honoured by everyone who sends in their work

Unlike me, who would always agonize over writing something “good enough” to be in a locked diary, he reports he has already drawn “four pictures of me on the toilet”

The Boy took money to school for the book fair and came back with a lock and key diary, so at least some things never change

My first full length book is called Another Life, so as a joke that is funny only to me, the working title of my second book is “Another Life First Blood Part Two”

a shirtless man is standing in the rain holding his hair in a ponytail Alt: a shirtless man is standing in the rain holding his hair in a ponytail—it’s Rambo

Cover art:

My first full length book is called Another Life, so as a joke that is funny only to me, the working title of my second book is “Another Life First Blood Part Two”

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Coming February 2026 love u 😘

🚨 I have a new chapbook out in the world! 🚨

The Man is a sequence of 24 micro poems, all beginning with ‘The Man’. I also provided the doodles for the cover. I have 50 copies & they’re all pay-what-you-want (+ $4 for shipping) so DM me if you want a copy! 📚❤️

Bell, tolling: This is for you

Me: I didn’t ask

[sinking in quicksand]

me: oh no

wife: we’ll be fine if we just remain still and wait for help

me: ok

[mambo no. 5 starts to play]

me: OH NO

Don’t be afraid to read something lighter in tone, often readings can get really heavy and people will respond pretty positively to lighter, less depressing work

only child a burning haibun with thanks to torrin a greathouse the cashier at the liquor store thinks/I have a brother my exact/height and weight/with my exact haircut/he thinks my brother and I share/green eyes that tilt down/at the corners when we smile/that to smile at each other/would be like an only child/smiling into a mirror/my brother has skin free of makeup/hair free of product/my brother only shops/on weekends/in a boxy carhartt jacket under which/the cashier can imagine/firm biceps/defined deltoids/I shop the occasional weekday dinner rush/in slacks and blouses and just enough/makeup to avoid being asked if I am sick/I understand now/ how clark kent felt like a new/man in a tie and glasses/when my brother is in the store the cashier is/alight/attentive/has commentary on his love/of seasonal ipas/his desire/to sample local breweries/when my brother is in the store he receives unwavering/attention/the cashier wants to know/how the team is doing/if my brother has seen the movie at the local theater/if he would like to/when I am in the store/the cashier wants to know/where my brother is

My piece is a burning haibun, a form invented by torrin a greathouse, which takes a piece of original proses and whittles it down. Here's a little taste of the prose portion:

autumn 2025 — en*gendered

I'm excited to have a piece in the autumn issue of en*gendered litmag (a @kithbooks.bsky.social project)

You can see my piece, along with all of the other stellar work, here: www.engenderedlitmag.com/autumn2025

From what I can tell, as far as grad school professors are concerned there are only two assignments:

1. Big Long Paper
2. Presentation (about Big Long Paper)

I’ve heard tell of this fourth! In my realm (all virtual) we only hear rumors

Oop, forgot one: Discussion Board Post

From what I can tell, as far as grad school professors are concerned there are only two assignments:

1. Big Long Paper
2. Presentation (about Big Long Paper)