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Colin Alexander

@colincalexander.bsky.social

640 followers 510 following 240 posts

Dad, writer, sometimes attorney. Used to write for fun, now for revenge. Stories in Molotov Cocktail, Radon Journal, Havok, and Shotgun Honey. 2024 Pushcart Prize Nominated.

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Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 8d

Man in my gym smashing out bench presses in tartan pyjamas and birkenstocks. Living for this fucks/reps ratio

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · 9d

“I made-a this pizza special for you!” in every mafia movie, except it’s my toddler talking about her poop.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 10d

Translunar Traveler's Lounge is open for speculative fiction, 5000 words and under. Please check the guidelines before submitting, but other than that, don't self-reject. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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mr potato @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · 12d

[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

very excited for it to be that time of year when i contract a mysterious illness from my children.

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ceej @ceej.online · 13d

my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”

a bald stick figure in a chair with his arms out in front like he’s typing on a keyboard, and he’s got the biggest angry frown imaginable and eyebrows that express frustrated bemusement

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14d

APRIL - 1805
NAPOLEON IS MASTER OF EUROPE
ONLY THE BRITISH FLEET STANDS BEFORE HIM
THERE IS NOTHING IN NAVAL LAW STATING THAT A GOLDEN RETRIEVER CANNOT SERVE HIS MAJESTY AS CAPTAIN
OCEANS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS

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Ernest Bones IV @30acrefortress.bsky.social · 25d

Watching The Sword in the Stone and forgot there was a whole ~10 minute scene where lady squirrels are trying to go to pound town with transfigured Merlin and Arthur

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · 29d

Isn’t knowing who to block a benefit of AI?

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Sep 8

So glad you’re enjoying it! Honestly, it blew my mind to see how many stars had to align to get this particular vision on the screen. Sorry about the terrible ads!

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Sep 7

www.imdb.com/title/tt5759...

Fantastic behind the scenes on how the film (impossibly) came together

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (TV Mini Series 2023) ⭐ 8.7 | Documentary

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's not possible for my empire to have problems. My courtiers are always nervously smiling and telling me everything is great

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 30

Brotagonist?

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 28

That is one good-looking cover. Congrats!

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nothing spells “friendship” like following someone with a cool bumper sticker in an underground parking lot…

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 28

The sandwich is now counter-suing for emotional distress

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Can’t fire jurors when they do the right thing…

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

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Detritus Books @detritusbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

But flag burning is legal according to the Supreme Court I say from my jail cell in Uganda.

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 27

farting quizzically

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · Aug 26

farting raggedly

K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · Aug 26

farting maniacally

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 23

Por que no los dos? :)

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 23

As if the description of crypto entrepreneur weren’t already a red flag, writing in “287k followers • 51 following” below your actual count is just scam-tastic. Blocked.

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Aug 19

Time to dig up that lead canister we buried in the cemetery, @adschw.bsky.social

The Molotov Cocktail @molotovlitzine.bsky.social · Aug 15

#FlashMonster 2025 contest now open to submissions. #flashfiction #writingcontest

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Flash Monster 2025

“There’s a monster inside each of us.” – Catriona Ward Submit to Flash Monster Back at it again with Flash Monster 2025, our 12th annual monster-themed contest. Last year we…

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James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social · Aug 1

Baby shoes doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Baby shoes doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Baby shoes doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

Never worn.

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Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Jul 27

Beethold was right there… :)

Colin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · Jul 21

If you need a microbiologist in this role, something has gone Cronenbergian level wrong in the kitchen

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