Michael Don

One of the most fun stories ever to write, so glad this story found such a good home!

Delighted to have my story "Homecoming" nominated for Best of the Net by @pitheadchapel.bsky.social!

Reading from Ethan Hawke & me this afternoon with @FoxCityLit . Thrilled to be a part of this lineup :)

Our summer reading!

"25 for 25" — some more contributor lists some more Short Story, Long contributors share some of their lists of "best" and favorite short stories from the last 25 years

Some more Short Story, Long contributor lists (from Brittney Uecker, @mldon31.bsky.social, @mattleibel.bsky.social, @jeffchon.bsky.social, @magicmikewrites.bsky.social) of best & fave stories for the century (so far). Some really great, fun reading lists here. (A cpl of YOU even make appearances!)

Excited to read it!

Tonight!

AWP-goers, I'll be reading at this. Would love to see you there!

Cover reveal for my upcoming book, Ethan Hawke & Me @barrelhouse.bsky.social It sets my own rambling experience of life and love alongside Richard Linklater’s fantastic trilogy. Come read about my failures to figure it all out :)

Thrilled to share the cover for my debut short story collection, forthcoming in October from @autumnhousepress.bsky.social and chosen by @kristenarnett.bsky.social!

DMV lit scene keeps getting more unstoppable!

45 is the new 44!

The Second Season, Emily Adrian

I'm joining the cult.

Went to cafe and wrote by hand and an hour later I had a complete draft of a story and very sore hand. It turns out not clicking around the internet helps me not click around the internet.

Opinion: Refugee program, halted by Trump, had 40 years of bipartisan success Far from a drain or a threat, these migrants contributed a net $124 billion to the economy from 2005 to 2019. Before arriving, they are vetted for years, sometimes decades.

Refugee resettlement had never been a partisan issue: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Delighted to be in this issue with so many great writers!

Kind of a companion piece to my story in @aaronburch.bsky.social's Short Story, Long.

Dads in Shorts by Michael Don — Passages North

Have a flash piece in the new issue of @passagesnorth.bsky.social alongside a bunch of amazing writers! Many thanks to the editors.

www.passagesnorth.com/dads-in-shor...

Thrilled to host an 804 reading in LA at AWP with these fine people

Can't wait!! Congrats!!

"The cat will be fed and is a real pro at not shitting on the floor. However, if you happen to be taller than 5’10, shorter than 5’4, have a beard, wear capris, corduroy, plaid or denim, she might be a little bitchy towards you."

New humor piece is up!
www.defenestrationmag.net/category/pro...

I have a new humor piece up! Many thanks to Defenestration editors @andrewkaye.bsky.social & @eplavelle.bsky.social

D.C. area writers, we're hosting another Fox City reading on Feb. 2. Hope to see you there!

Thank you, Christopher!

Delighted to have a story in the new issue of Puerto Del Sol! Many thanks to the editors.

Also just bought with Alaska Air!

The Visitor by Michael Don "My parents and brother and aunts and cousins and sometimes even my uncles inquire why I choose to live alone in a college town in the middle of nowhere? We’re coastal people. Cosmopolitan people."

My most recently published story: ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/the-visito...

Thanks again to @aaronburch.bsky.social

Yes, thank you!

That is currently my best angle lol