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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 8h

It definitely feels outdated. When I first started submitting, I always thought I wouldn't get past the slushpile b/c I didn't have an mfa or major journals in my bio. Now, it feels more like an imdb page: "Yeah, I am the same guy who wrote this other thing and who lives in this city/state."

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 11h

He heard people wanted flight logs released and tried to pivot

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 1d

Most of our books are available through Bookshop, and you can also support your local bookstore with your order! bookshop.org/shop/malarke...

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 3d

So far at least, Americans are lukewarm about AI summaries in search results. Relatively few who have seen them think they're extremely or very useful (20%) or have a lot of trust in the information they get from them (6%). New data from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Bar chart showing that 20% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results believe these summaries are extremely or very useful. Far more (52%) see them as somewhat useful, while 28% see them as not too or not at all useful. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

Bar chart showing that 6% of Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results have a lot of trust in the information they get from these summaries. Another 48% have some trust in this information, while 34% have not too much trust and 12% have no trust at all. The chart is based on an August 2025 Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so sorry Justin! That’s awful!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Don Bronco! Don Bronco’s first, always lol

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 5d

So excited to have a new story in one of my very favorite magazines today. Super proud of this one, and I hope you all like it.

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 5d

"...I'm overcome with the sudden certainty that she'll vanish, the door transporting her to the moon or Siberia. But before my fear can get away from me, she's already through."

"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Door in the Woods by Chris Scott

Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

I don't know. It's been leaving tiny pieces of shell in odd places around the house.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Taylor Swift does feel very Targeted-coded for some reason

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

I started doing this jokingly but I think it's actually helping me with some writer's block on a current draft.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Tracking the shifts in my short stories (whether they be emotional, plot- or conflict-driven, flashbacks, whatever) and seeing if they align with the classic verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus structure of pop songs. They do, kinda.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

My copy cracked open and a chick fell out. Never got to actually finish reading the book, sorry.

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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social · 5d

You will want to read this for sure.
RIP Dad.
All of this is true. The events took place last January.
And thank you to Bull for publishing this.

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 5d

"Oh, to be young and think you’re the baddest motherfucker on two legs again. He has four legs. But whatever. We’re all baddasses until life grinds us up and turns us into bologna." -Christopher Stevens mrbullbull.com/newbull/crea...

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

“A couple months to learn who I am.” Wow, this was really powerful and good!!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

And deep down I do believe there's a secret font that'll please the lord, to paraphrase leonard cohen, and if i find it I will in fact write better...

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

I'm ashamed to admit this, but the amount I like or dislike the font does in fact impact how much I like the story.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

If there's little legs and bits that stay behind even if I spit it out, no thanks

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

Probably a basic answer over here, but it's gotta be a cockroach for me.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

Start preheating your ovens!!

Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not a true kitchen without a few unexpected hiccups but @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s Mealarkey Fall Menu 2025 is finally live, featuring tasty treats by @ttbrader.bsky.social, @adamshaw502.bsky.social, and William Weissinger!