Colin Brightwell

It was a pleasure writing something for an anthology edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social - even more so that it was picked for publication. I wrote it from a place of anger because this is something worth being angry for. I hope you get a copy TODAY and see the amazing work Curtis cultivated here!

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If you’re excited about On Fire and Under Water, join us tonight and help us celebrate! Come hang with @pujaguha.bsky.social, @rjbrash.bsky.social, @cbwell.bsky.social, and me as @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social hosts.

Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3be5ue

This Tuesday, join @pujaguha.bsky.social, @rjbrash.bsky.social, @cbwell.bsky.social, and myself for a special live celebration of the launch of On Fire and Under Water with @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social. Register and come listen to what inspired these authors’ stories as I play hype man.

(The order is not my answer I don’t have an answer yet)

FMK: Born in the U.S.A. edition.

Annnnnd go

Submissions — Rock and a Hard Place Press Submissions

@rhppress.bsky.social will be open for submissions from Saturday, November 1st, until Saturday November 22nd!

www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. In On Fire and Under Water, you get both. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

Wow, what a big tough guy there. What an asshole.

“Raw, brutal, tender, tragic-these are fifteen stories of people smashed flat by the Invisible Fist, people flailing and fighting against the huge and hidden violence at the center of our world. This is crime fiction that matters, crime fiction that is ready to face what comes next.”

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Hope you lovely people are doing well. Keep posting your writing and publishing wins, it brings me joy when I lurk and see a post. In the end, it’s almost all we got.

I’ve pretty much eschewed most social media these days, but I’ve chiming in to say that I’m writing a lot lately, taking it as serious as breathing, even after wrangling 7th graders all day. And it feels good to do so, in these times. 1000 word days, 300 word days, one sentence days. Progress.

STOP. EATING. MY. SESAME CAKE!

If you missed it, I had a chance to talk with @bryanharvey.bsky.social for part of his “Airport Beers” interview series about my collection, jerseys, cowboy hats, Arizona’s Pleasant Valley war, and a whole bunch of other stuff (including recommending @cbwell.bsky.social’s awesome new collection)

The real story is that American Eagle jeans are absolute shit quality and you should buy almost any other kind of denim.

This season of It’s Always Sunny has been cooking with Frank, big time.

God you’re such a fucking cock-knocker it’s embarrassing. I wish you stayed in white trash Ohio

Watching Big Trouble in Little China for the fourth time in a week.

You want to cure the male loneliness epidemic? Get all these soft gamer boys onto a boat with a grizzled, veteran sharker to hunt down the Great White who’s terrorizing the island.

Two months of my collection NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS IN A FLYOVER STATE from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and it’s nice seeing reviews like this one.

If any press or writer out there is open to an interview to discuss it, I’m trying to keep spreading the word.

Might be a couple here and there that are 4 credits, but yeah no more than 8 credits a semester. Preferably I’ll try for 6 or 7.

They would want 9 credit hours a full year.

It’s just the courses that’s tripping me up, ya know? But I guess it is a matter of discipline…

It is only 8 over the course of 2 years, with a 4 day school week so I would have 3 day weekends every week, which is a pro to consider.

Big life decision that I’m open to advice for:
Received an offer to teach 6th grade English through the same district I work in for way more money than I’m making now. Like way more. But need to take EDU courses over 2 years concurrent with teaching. Worried about how it’ll affect my writing.Ideas?

Hell yes

This story answer the inevitable question of what happens to everyday people when only the rich can afford to thrive through climate change-destroyed neighborhoods. Colin brought it and you’re gonna love this one like me and the RHP team’

First fiction acceptance for the year and in the last 6 months - my piece “Refugees” will be in @rhppress.bsky.social’s anthology ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, climate change inspired crime fiction edited by Anthony Award nominee @curtisippolito.bsky.social so you know - he knows what’s up!!

Really happy to share some word space with you, man!!!

Another gem from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social - THE LOWEST BASIN by @jonathanin2k.bsky.social is fantastic. Strong confident voice drives these desert stories. Makes me wanna hightail it out west. Bravo!!