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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 30m

Cheers.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 9h

Joshua Hebburn continuing to carve out this really interesting, specific niche of micros that sneak up on you, that unfold & unfold and&unfold to keep revealing secrets inside, single sentences as tunnels, illusions, pinhole cameras looking at our giant world...

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October 9, 2025
It's The Thought That Counts
Joshua Hebburn
Listening—or listing, but not missing not losing a thing, I’m thinking I should be, instead of.

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 6d

I'm not sure how long I should do the cloud journal for. Maybe six months? The book is coincidentally "Century of Clouds."

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 6d

Drinking Festbier and impulse buying a classic of the New Narrative.

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 6d

Prost!

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 11d

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 11d

Genpei Akasegawa, 1975

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 16d

Thinking fondly back on this beer, one of the finest beers of my life.

Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · Aug 1

Cheers everyone. (Oberon at Bell's.)

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 17d

I wonder how his other novels are

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HAD @havehashad.com · 17d

sometimes a teeny tiny micro hits me jussssst right, and today's from Tania Ravaei is exactly that. hope it hits a bunch of you just right too.

https://www.havehashad.com/994qo

A screenshot of a tweet displaying a graphic of a black and white cat sitting on a wooden surface with a plant in the background. The tweet has a humorous caption about the cat's behavior.

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 21d

Monte Dolack, After Hours, 1987

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · Sep 7

Panther
Pana, IL

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 22d

I'm a fan of bier season.

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 24d

I had no interest in seeing challengers until I learned it was written by the potion sellers guy.

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 25d

Bill Knott / Me

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 26d

Bill Knott

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Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social · 27d

EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE AS VALUABLE AS INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · 28d

I think post offices are often as beautiful as churches.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 29d

I'm not even totally sure how to describe today's footnoted collage-y pastiche from a.d. but it feels kinda like one of those "only on HAD" pieces and I really love it a lot

https://www.havehashad.com/uuksi

A screenshot of a Twitter post featuring a colorful graphic with the text "Unlock Your Potential!" in bold letters, accompanied by a motivational quote about personal growth and self-improvement.

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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Sep 9

"In his youth, The Fan experienced joy. This was his first mistake."

Absolutely SMITTEN to feature a new @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social story this week! If you've ever been The Fan (I've been The Fan), then you won't want to miss this incredible look at the cult of IP and fandom! Go get it!

The Fan by David Marino

In his youth, The Fan experienced joy. This was his first mistake. Now, The Fan anticipates the arrival of the newest incarnation of The IP. The new incarnation is a Bold New Direction for The IP a...

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · Sep 8

I swear I've read more of it somewhere but I haven't gotten to those. He might've used it in one of his stories / chapters where he does his iterative scenario thing. Maybe I'm inventing a story I wanna read in memory though.

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · Sep 8

@tyler-m.bsky.social has a version too. (Do you recall how it's collected?)

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Wife in Reverse by Stephen Dixon. I recall this being expanded on / incorporated into either "I" or "End of I"

www.matchbooklitmag.com/dixon

matchbook | Stephen Dixon

www.matchbooklitmag.com

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Joshua Hebburn @joshuahebburn.bsky.social · Sep 6

I was impressed and satisfied by how well it accomplished what it set out to do.

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm convinced that I've just read the best novel of 2025 and it should come as no surprise that @alexhigley.bsky.social wrote it

Jack Bullion's 5-star Goodreads review of Alex Higley's novel True Failure: There is a chapter late in Alex Higley’s brilliant novel True Failure titled “Mariska” that made me literally sit bolt upright, with an immediate understanding of how thoroughly and profoundly the book had gripped me its thrall. I do not anticipate reading a funnier or better novel in 2025—True Failure is a masterclass in witty chaos, with a pocket universe of characters adrift in Chicago and Los Angeles, all of whom are stumbling through “the shaggy mishap of real life,” unable to resist making choices that are as calamitous as they are inevitable. Higley’s prose, as always, is sharp, funny, and unflinching, and if that wasn’t enough, the novel also boasts one of the most unforgettable depictions of a dog I’ve come across in recent literature. You have to read this book. So does Mariska Hargitay.

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