Casey Reiland
@caseyreiland.bsky.social
Bad sleeper | In search of the perfect bagel | Words published or forthcoming in F(r)iction, HAD, Blue Mesa Review, On the Seawall, and elsewhere
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I have two new poems published today in @emergejournal.bsky.social! Read em here: emergeliteraryjournal.com/the-connecti...
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GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.
I’m so fucking angry rn I don’t even know what to say
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I’m so fucking angry rn I don’t even know what to say
So many good reads! I have a story that was published recently that is horror-ish. I’m very very proud of it. It didn’t get much love when it came out, so thanks for creating this thread :) bmr.unm.edu/spitfire/
Spitfire - Blue Mesa Review
By Casey Reiland
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January 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
So many good reads! I have a story that was published recently that is horror-ish. I’m very very proud of it. It didn’t get much love when it came out, so thanks for creating this thread :) bmr.unm.edu/spitfire/
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January 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing this monster full of violence, friendship, magic, monsters, ghosts, and revenge again because it’s on sale and…storms!
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Team, we need submissions in all categories but especially a) nonfiction and b) poetry.
a woman is holding a pink burn book in her hands and saying `` you let it out , honey . write in the book . ''
ALT: a woman is holding a pink burn book in her hands and saying `` you let it out , honey . write in the book . ''
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January 22, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Team, we need submissions in all categories but especially a) nonfiction and b) poetry.
Definitely a 4. Over it!!
Which Fitzwillam Darcy are you today?
Tag yourself, I'm 7.
Tag yourself, I'm 7.
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Definitely a 4. Over it!!
Ummm I had no idea that THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is technically a musical?? (Complimentary)
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Ummm I had no idea that THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is technically a musical?? (Complimentary)
Just now feeling normal after almost 24 hours of a stomach bug, so I will be lying on the couch for the foreseeable future reading this one by @leahhampton.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Just now feeling normal after almost 24 hours of a stomach bug, so I will be lying on the couch for the foreseeable future reading this one by @leahhampton.bsky.social
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This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams: unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, January 16 — Unbreaking
This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams: unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
I may or may not have a short story featuring this setting coming out this year from a dream pub 🤭 Centralia is sick as hell
Hi perhaps you would like a little break from the news in the form of an essay about my trip to Centralia, Pennsylvania, the town that’s been on fire since 1962—a place where surprisingly I found a great deal of hope, wonder, and mystery.
The Rebirth of Pennsylvania’s Infamous Burning Town
Sixty years into the fire that left the town condemned, Centralia is now a haven for wild plants and butterflies.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I may or may not have a short story featuring this setting coming out this year from a dream pub 🤭 Centralia is sick as hell
Why do I live on the opposite side of the country 😭
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Why do I live on the opposite side of the country 😭
I’m reading THE SENTENCE by Louise Erdrich, a book club pick that I (of course) had no idea would be so pertinent several weeks after it was selected. Very upsetting how circular time is. “Minnesota goddamn” ❤️🩹
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I’m reading THE SENTENCE by Louise Erdrich, a book club pick that I (of course) had no idea would be so pertinent several weeks after it was selected. Very upsetting how circular time is. “Minnesota goddamn” ❤️🩹
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Men are too emotional and should not be allowed to have firearms
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Men are too emotional and should not be allowed to have firearms
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
I found out yesterday that I was awarded a 2026 artist grant from the Somerville Arts Council! I will use the funding to work on my short story collection, but I also plan on creating a community project. If anyone is in the #Boston area, what type of writing activity would you be interested in?
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I found out yesterday that I was awarded a 2026 artist grant from the Somerville Arts Council! I will use the funding to work on my short story collection, but I also plan on creating a community project. If anyone is in the #Boston area, what type of writing activity would you be interested in?
This happens to me every time I read Bryan Washington. absolutely unfair, how he tortures the reader with superb food writing!
December 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This happens to me every time I read Bryan Washington. absolutely unfair, how he tortures the reader with superb food writing!
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
A perfect movie and also Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal are both so hot in it—omg—what more could you ask for??
December 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A perfect movie and also Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal are both so hot in it—omg—what more could you ask for??
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Electric Lit Social Media Editor Jalen Giovanni Jones (@jalengjones.bsky.social) speaks with “Hamnet” author Maggie O’Farrell about translating her heartbreaking narrative from the page to the screen.
Behind-the-Scenes on How "Hamnet" Was Adapted from the Page to the Screen - Electric Literature
Maggie O’Farrell discusses collaborating with director Chloé Zhao to translate her heartbreaking novel into a film
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December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Electric Lit Social Media Editor Jalen Giovanni Jones (@jalengjones.bsky.social) speaks with “Hamnet” author Maggie O’Farrell about translating her heartbreaking narrative from the page to the screen.
…however, I’m very proud of what did get accepted and I do have some exciting publishing news already for 2026. Here’s to sticking with the art, even when it feels like nobody will ever care about it. I’m so thankful for everyone who’s ever engaged with my work—in small and big ways. ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
…however, I’m very proud of what did get accepted and I do have some exciting publishing news already for 2026. Here’s to sticking with the art, even when it feels like nobody will ever care about it. I’m so thankful for everyone who’s ever engaged with my work—in small and big ways. ❤️
Tysm to the editors and readers of these pieces. This year post-MFA has felt like a slog when it comes to publishing. I didn’t submit at all during my MFA. I just focused on writing. I’m so grateful I had that time, but coming back into the world of rejections was, whew, tough to say the least…
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tysm to the editors and readers of these pieces. This year post-MFA has felt like a slog when it comes to publishing. I didn’t submit at all during my MFA. I just focused on writing. I’m so grateful I had that time, but coming back into the world of rejections was, whew, tough to say the least…
Then my first fiction piece in three years came out a few weeks later in @villaineralit.bsky.social. “The Hex Hollow Murders as Told by the River Witch of Marietta, Pennsylvania, 1928”
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The Hex Hollow Murders as Told by the River Witch of Marietta, Pennsylvania, 1928 by Casey Reiland
Warlocks and the black arts, hexes and pow-wows have been neglected by a race of modern rustics who, when their crops are bad or their pigs perish, appeal to the U.S. government. City people, who s…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Then my first fiction piece in three years came out a few weeks later in @villaineralit.bsky.social. “The Hex Hollow Murders as Told by the River Witch of Marietta, Pennsylvania, 1928”
villaineralit.com/2025/10/31/t...
villaineralit.com/2025/10/31/t...