Barlow Adams
@barlowadams.bsky.social
Writer. Pie enthusiast. Historically preserved beard site. Cheese poet. Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, Cinnamon Challenge: honorable mention.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
My entire family is sick with COMPULSIVE vomiting except for me. EVEN THE DOG. I know it is coming. God in heaven, I know it is coming.
This must be what bitten people in zombie shows feel like.
This must be what bitten people in zombie shows feel like.
December 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My entire family is sick with COMPULSIVE vomiting except for me. EVEN THE DOG. I know it is coming. God in heaven, I know it is coming.
This must be what bitten people in zombie shows feel like.
This must be what bitten people in zombie shows feel like.
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I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
December 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
Never has a society so close to ruin been so preoccupied with the wrong issues. Our economy is teetering, autocracy is calling from inside the house, our planet has stage IV fuckery poisoning, and we’re OBSESSED with which bathroom people use, gold-plating, robo art, and renaming shit to sound kewl.
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Never has a society so close to ruin been so preoccupied with the wrong issues. Our economy is teetering, autocracy is calling from inside the house, our planet has stage IV fuckery poisoning, and we’re OBSESSED with which bathroom people use, gold-plating, robo art, and renaming shit to sound kewl.
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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I love that crypto guys are setting up these little barbarian camps all over. little annoying civilization-style NPCs that pop out a bunch of resources when you conquer them. piñata nations
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I love that crypto guys are setting up these little barbarian camps all over. little annoying civilization-style NPCs that pop out a bunch of resources when you conquer them. piñata nations
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Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern).
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The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Fiction
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December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hoping to see more submissions from under-repped groups in my submissions—don't self-reject, it's easier to send me a story about death. We're open until 12/31 (midnight eastern).
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
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Congratulations to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. His book, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES from Cowboy Jamboree Press, has been LONGLISTED for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection. Give Jonathan a hand y'all.
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Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Congratulations to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. His book, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES from Cowboy Jamboree Press, has been LONGLISTED for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection. Give Jonathan a hand y'all.
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
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This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
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I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
The most unrealistic thing about the Fantastic Four movie is not the giant, world-devouring villain, it’s how the planet comes together to fight this threat. The entire planet cuts down on power usage and puts existence at risk to preserve the life of one baby.
It’s laughable at this point.
It’s laughable at this point.
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The most unrealistic thing about the Fantastic Four movie is not the giant, world-devouring villain, it’s how the planet comes together to fight this threat. The entire planet cuts down on power usage and puts existence at risk to preserve the life of one baby.
It’s laughable at this point.
It’s laughable at this point.
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SLOPPY makes a great gift, it’s about addiction and chaos and shoplifting and cocaine and the wolf of wall street, what else. smoking is in there, and the guy i cheated on my first husband with while he was sitting next to me. my 4th grade enemy. buy it today for a woman you like in some capacity
Sloppy: Or: Doing It All Wrong
Or: Doing It All Wrong
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December 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
SLOPPY makes a great gift, it’s about addiction and chaos and shoplifting and cocaine and the wolf of wall street, what else. smoking is in there, and the guy i cheated on my first husband with while he was sitting next to me. my 4th grade enemy. buy it today for a woman you like in some capacity
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I have new poetry coming soon in this!
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju
Thank you to the absolutely wonderful editors Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz! You both are always so generous and kind.
Rawr 🦕🦖
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/817731...
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju
Thank you to the absolutely wonderful editors Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz! You both are always so generous and kind.
Rawr 🦕🦖
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/817731...
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju by Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Steve Alten, Luke Dumas, Scott Sigler, Ai Jiang, Alma Katsu, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, Maurice Broaddus, Kane Gilmour, Lee Mur...
A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-win...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have new poetry coming soon in this!
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju
Thank you to the absolutely wonderful editors Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz! You both are always so generous and kind.
Rawr 🦕🦖
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/817731...
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju
Thank you to the absolutely wonderful editors Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz! You both are always so generous and kind.
Rawr 🦕🦖
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/817731...
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I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough.
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough.
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
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✨A new episode has arrived!✨
Where does the Time Pirate go on a Friday night? Why, her favorite place, of course!
Watch ‘Episode 3: Le Buffle of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out more. 🕰️
youtu.be/i8sXqjaTDJo
#thetimepiratewhowaitsashore
Where does the Time Pirate go on a Friday night? Why, her favorite place, of course!
Watch ‘Episode 3: Le Buffle of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out more. 🕰️
youtu.be/i8sXqjaTDJo
#thetimepiratewhowaitsashore
The Time Pirate | Episode 3: Le Buffle
YouTube video by jenwithwords
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December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
✨A new episode has arrived!✨
Where does the Time Pirate go on a Friday night? Why, her favorite place, of course!
Watch ‘Episode 3: Le Buffle of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out more. 🕰️
youtu.be/i8sXqjaTDJo
#thetimepiratewhowaitsashore
Where does the Time Pirate go on a Friday night? Why, her favorite place, of course!
Watch ‘Episode 3: Le Buffle of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out more. 🕰️
youtu.be/i8sXqjaTDJo
#thetimepiratewhowaitsashore
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ICYMI yesterday....we think this is a pretty big deal! 🤩
Today, we're excited to announce a new online open-enrollment class with the brilliant Carmen Maria Machado!
Carmen's four-session class "Speculative Nonfiction: Four Lessons on Story, Memory, Speculation, and Invention" begins Feb. 25.
Register now! buff.ly/PLEKu35
#writingcommunity
Carmen's four-session class "Speculative Nonfiction: Four Lessons on Story, Memory, Speculation, and Invention" begins Feb. 25.
Register now! buff.ly/PLEKu35
#writingcommunity
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ICYMI yesterday....we think this is a pretty big deal! 🤩
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Wouldst thou like to go camping with me and Paul Tremblay in Vermont: bit.ly/48IoXtt
December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wouldst thou like to go camping with me and Paul Tremblay in Vermont: bit.ly/48IoXtt
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There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now:
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There never seems to be a good time for anything online lately so I'm just going to throw this out here now:
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
I am looking for more work! I don't mean writing (though that too, sure!), but in the vein of the work I do for the Le Guin Foundation: organizational, practical, assistant-y, bookish work.
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Delighted my book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press) is featured, along with a writing prompt I was invited to put together. I'm grateful to @jamestatehill.bsky.social and AWP.
The days are shorter, which means it’s the perfect time to cozy up with the December issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE! Curl up and read about marketing poetry, the present and future of narrative medicine, how humor works in prose, and more!
December Homepage
December 2025 Writer's Chronicle issue
writerschronicle.awpwriter.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Delighted my book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press) is featured, along with a writing prompt I was invited to put together. I'm grateful to @jamestatehill.bsky.social and AWP.
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In case you missed it yesterday, I posted about some of my favorite short stories and novelettes of 2025.
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Favorite Short Fiction of 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
December 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In case you missed it yesterday, I posted about some of my favorite short stories and novelettes of 2025.
acwise.net/favorite-sho...
acwise.net/favorite-sho...
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I am absolutely delighted to have a new story out - Love (a journey) - with Fictive Dream. Huge thanks to editor Laura whose dedication to short fiction is phenomenal.
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
"After we sign the divorce papers, my soon-to-be ex-husband and I decide to go for lunch." Love (a journey) by Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/07/l...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I am absolutely delighted to have a new story out - Love (a journey) - with Fictive Dream. Huge thanks to editor Laura whose dedication to short fiction is phenomenal.
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
#fiction #flashfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
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You have got to be kidding me
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
You have got to be kidding me
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I had the chance to be interviewed by the wonderful @mitchnobis.bsky.social We talked sci-fi, empathy, basketball and more
Exploring Creativity Through Email: Insights from Chloe N. Clark
Email gets a bad rap. Well, actually, it might be largely deserved, but that’s not the fault of email itself. Everyone loves the ding of a good email showing up. A unique part of being a writer is …
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December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I had the chance to be interviewed by the wonderful @mitchnobis.bsky.social We talked sci-fi, empathy, basketball and more
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.