Adam Shaw
@adamshaw502.bsky.social
writer, dad, wannabe hockey player | assistant cnf editor for identity theory | mfa director at concordia st. paul
www.theshawspot.com
www.theshawspot.com
Cozy midweek me time
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cozy midweek me time
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John Waddy Bullion's collection is here! Get THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS from CJ Press and be one of the cool kids: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/this-world-w...
This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers
This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers: Stories by John Waddy Bullion See all formats and editions Praise for John Waddy Bullion and This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
John Waddy Bullion's collection is here! Get THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS from CJ Press and be one of the cool kids: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/this-world-w...
A weekend morning of the excitement & frustration & joy & dread & thrill (?!) of realizing you want to blow up the draft you’ve been working on for weeks
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A weekend morning of the excitement & frustration & joy & dread & thrill (?!) of realizing you want to blow up the draft you’ve been working on for weeks
At least it’s not a form rejection?
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
At least it’s not a form rejection?
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cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!!
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
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"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
cover! synopsis! preorder! out in feb!!
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
"Blending autofiction with fantasy, meta with magic, and earnestness with absurdity, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 presents a recognizable but also magical world where we ask, if nothing is real, then why not have as much fun as possible?"
autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma
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Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
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BRUISERS, LIT FREAKS and SMART MARKS:
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
BRUISERS, LIT FREAKS and SMART MARKS:
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
My kid just came downstairs and said, “Dad, can we pretend that you used to be cool?” 💀
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My kid just came downstairs and said, “Dad, can we pretend that you used to be cool?” 💀
Headed to my first AWP this year (and have no idea what I’m doing, plz help)! 🤗
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Headed to my first AWP this year (and have no idea what I’m doing, plz help)! 🤗
As soon as I join the Teams call
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As soon as I join the Teams call
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November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Had to explain cremation to my daughter when we picked up our dog’s ashes today, and I opened with “well, you know the grey stuff leftover when we have a bonfire?” which was 1. the most midwestern way to open a talk on cremation, 2. an unsettling way to intro it for a six year old. 😅
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Had to explain cremation to my daughter when we picked up our dog’s ashes today, and I opened with “well, you know the grey stuff leftover when we have a bonfire?” which was 1. the most midwestern way to open a talk on cremation, 2. an unsettling way to intro it for a six year old. 😅
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Also new! "We Only Get Drier" by Jason Hardung (CNF)
We Only Get Drier by Jason Hardung - Identity Theory
Still, it was love, and this type of love would pull me through later in life when there was no other kind.
www.identitytheory.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Also new! "We Only Get Drier" by Jason Hardung (CNF)
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if you remember this guy, boy have i got a semi-regular internet newsletter for you...LISTLESS (halloween edition) out now…(🔗🔽)
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
if you remember this guy, boy have i got a semi-regular internet newsletter for you...LISTLESS (halloween edition) out now…(🔗🔽)
Pumpkin beers and short story collections, hell yeah Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Pumpkin beers and short story collections, hell yeah Halloween.
Man oh man, this is just lovely.
"You had no idea all the ways life can break you, and wouldn’t you give anything to have that ignorance back?"
@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
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@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
trampset.org/the-carwash-...
The Carwash Essay
by M.M. Kaufman
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October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Man oh man, this is just lovely.
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"What's the beginning of a piece of art or the process to get to the piece of art vs. the piece of art itself? Doesn't matter. The day that you've had a good time making something and were a happy person. That's the product."
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"What's the beginning of a piece of art or the process to get to the piece of art vs. the piece of art itself? Doesn't matter. The day that you've had a good time making something and were a happy person. That's the product."
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
—Matt Berninger ON writing/making art
My doggo Charlie died today. He was a 10/10 buddy. We had seventeen great years together.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My doggo Charlie died today. He was a 10/10 buddy. We had seventeen great years together.
Reached some sort of age or phase where I enjoy driving without any music or podcasts or, well, noise, and it is *lovely*
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Reached some sort of age or phase where I enjoy driving without any music or podcasts or, well, noise, and it is *lovely*
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If you haven’t had the pleasure, being on this show is a BLAST
Want to join this incredible list of guests for our silly little show? www.mybadpoetry.com/category/featured-guest-episodes/
We would love to have you! Email or DM us your interest, and we will work to get you scheduled!
We would love to have you! Email or DM us your interest, and we will work to get you scheduled!
Featured Guest Episodes Episodes
Podcast episodes on the topic of Featured Guest Episodes from My Bad Poetry.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
If you haven’t had the pleasure, being on this show is a BLAST
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so stoked for this!!
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
so stoked for this!!
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"I work best from a place of zero ego and zero hope. I call this state being “lower than a worm.” A feeling that nothing will ever come of what I’m working on is crucial. [...] I gotta be below the dirt. I am nothing and nobody. That frees me up."
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
Processing: How Erin Somers Wrote The Ten Year Affair
The author on comic writing, reading drafts aloud, and being "lower than a worm" while writing
countercraft.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I work best from a place of zero ego and zero hope. I call this state being “lower than a worm.” A feeling that nothing will ever come of what I’m working on is crucial. [...] I gotta be below the dirt. I am nothing and nobody. That frees me up."
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
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Friday mood 🕺
IDLES - DANCER (Official Video)
YouTube video by IDLES
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Friday mood 🕺