John Milas
@johnmilas.bsky.social
author of THE MILITIA HOUSE (Henry Holt, 23) | Sewanee Writers’ Conference fellow | Shirley Jackson Award nominee | Center for Fiction longlist | Illinois Bois ➡️ Florida Man | https://www.johnmilas.com/
Investigating something as an act of terrorism is like automatic scoring reviews after the two-minute warning.
The National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., have been identified as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, U.S. attorney says.
The FBI's director says the shooting is being investigated as act of terrorism, as officials say the suspect faces assault and weapons charges.
The FBI's director says the shooting is being investigated as act of terrorism, as officials say the suspect faces assault and weapons charges.
Afghan national is suspect in Guard ambush shooting; 2 troops ID’d and charges mount, officials say
An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Investigating something as an act of terrorism is like automatic scoring reviews after the two-minute warning.
Thankful for every fiction prof who doesn’t start a workshop by showing students a picture of a triangle.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thankful for every fiction prof who doesn’t start a workshop by showing students a picture of a triangle.
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As you sit around the table on Thanksgiving jokingly wondering "Am I really related to these people?"
Maybe you should actually be asking yourself, "Are these really the people I am related too..."
Mimic #horror
Maybe you should actually be asking yourself, "Are these really the people I am related too..."
Mimic #horror
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As you sit around the table on Thanksgiving jokingly wondering "Am I really related to these people?"
Maybe you should actually be asking yourself, "Are these really the people I am related too..."
Mimic #horror
Maybe you should actually be asking yourself, "Are these really the people I am related too..."
Mimic #horror
The editors at:
Hypertext Magazine
Porter House Review
The Wrath-Bearing Tree
The Southampton Review
Glass Mountain
and Caroline Zancan who edited my novel
Hypertext Magazine
Porter House Review
The Wrath-Bearing Tree
The Southampton Review
Glass Mountain
and Caroline Zancan who edited my novel
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The editors at:
Hypertext Magazine
Porter House Review
The Wrath-Bearing Tree
The Southampton Review
Glass Mountain
and Caroline Zancan who edited my novel
Hypertext Magazine
Porter House Review
The Wrath-Bearing Tree
The Southampton Review
Glass Mountain
and Caroline Zancan who edited my novel
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Miller as soon as Zohran leaves the WH
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Miller as soon as Zohran leaves the WH
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Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
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Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
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“Elite” is a pretty contested term and seems to shift between referring to a fairly small group to referring to anyone with a college degree and white collar employment. But Larry Summers really is a useful exemplar. There’s people like him that just get to sit at every single table somehow.
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Elite” is a pretty contested term and seems to shift between referring to a fairly small group to referring to anyone with a college degree and white collar employment. But Larry Summers really is a useful exemplar. There’s people like him that just get to sit at every single table somehow.
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It says a lot about whose voices matter in higher ed that Larry Summers is still allowed to teach his college students, while Jessica Adams* is not.
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It says a lot about whose voices matter in higher ed that Larry Summers is still allowed to teach his college students, while Jessica Adams* is not.
LMAO
Larry Summers apologizes in person to all of his students, particularly those he aspires to fuck.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
LMAO
This looks SICK.
Blood: Refreshed Supply will include the new Marrow scenario at launch, and Death Wish scenario as a planned future update! 🩸
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This looks SICK.
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Alien Earth Season 2: Fugazi Over Eating a Ham Sandwich In a Casual Manner
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Alien Earth Season 2: Fugazi Over Eating a Ham Sandwich In a Casual Manner
This semester has reminded me of the joys of commiserating with peers in grad school: "They should take me out back and shoot me for how bad this essay is;" "My presentation is going to be the worst this semester;" "My short story is so bad this week you won't even believe it."
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This semester has reminded me of the joys of commiserating with peers in grad school: "They should take me out back and shoot me for how bad this essay is;" "My presentation is going to be the worst this semester;" "My short story is so bad this week you won't even believe it."
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anybody on here who can verify that I'm me? just because A) I don't want to URL-verify, as I like being "SGJ" B) I don't have links to my site in my bio like BS likes/wants, C) my bio's just GnR (for the moment), isn't actually descriptive, and—real reason— D) too many fake SGJs popping up.
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
anybody on here who can verify that I'm me? just because A) I don't want to URL-verify, as I like being "SGJ" B) I don't have links to my site in my bio like BS likes/wants, C) my bio's just GnR (for the moment), isn't actually descriptive, and—real reason— D) too many fake SGJs popping up.
Volumes Bookcafe closing in Chicago is really terrible, disconcerting news. Small businesses are community building institutions; Barnes & Noble is not. B&N profits go to a hedge fund in West Palm Beach. This is a messed up timeline if Wicker Park of all places can’t sustain an indie bookstore.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Volumes Bookcafe closing in Chicago is really terrible, disconcerting news. Small businesses are community building institutions; Barnes & Noble is not. B&N profits go to a hedge fund in West Palm Beach. This is a messed up timeline if Wicker Park of all places can’t sustain an indie bookstore.
Dare me to get hired before my comp students graduate and triple my salary.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dare me to get hired before my comp students graduate and triple my salary.
250 years of Marine Corps today. I hope Philadelphia gets lit tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
250 years of Marine Corps today. I hope Philadelphia gets lit tonight.
I say this with authority as THE person in possession of the only privately owned copy of Sonny Landham's workout book, TOTAL MAN, that I am aware of.
Saw Predator Badlands. 🤔 Feels like a combination of Dune, Avatar, and Breath of the Wild.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I say this with authority as THE person in possession of the only privately owned copy of Sonny Landham's workout book, TOTAL MAN, that I am aware of.
Saw Predator Badlands. 🤔 Feels like a combination of Dune, Avatar, and Breath of the Wild.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Saw Predator Badlands. 🤔 Feels like a combination of Dune, Avatar, and Breath of the Wild.
PLEASE let it be called Gremlins 3 when it hits theaters.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
PLEASE let it be called Gremlins 3 when it hits theaters.
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This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can.
Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.
Feels especially cruel in The Sunshine State to move sunset an hour earlier. In Illinois it just makes sense. We know what we deserve.
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Feels especially cruel in The Sunshine State to move sunset an hour earlier. In Illinois it just makes sense. We know what we deserve.
I actually just submitted a flash piece mere days ago entitled "Dick Cheney is Alive." Who do we want me to do next?
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I actually just submitted a flash piece mere days ago entitled "Dick Cheney is Alive." Who do we want me to do next?
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"Cheney, that is to say, gave Donald Trump a template for looting the government and for what to run against and for who to scapegoat and how. In 2024, Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris's presidential candidacy and denounced Trump as a grave threat to democracy. You could almost laugh, or cry."
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a ...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Cheney, that is to say, gave Donald Trump a template for looting the government and for what to run against and for who to scapegoat and how. In 2024, Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris's presidential candidacy and denounced Trump as a grave threat to democracy. You could almost laugh, or cry."