Jon Chaiim McConnell
@jonmcconn.bsky.social
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writer | etc debut novella "thrum" out now https://linktr.ee/jonmcconn
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It's up! Thank you @wallstrait.bsky.social for publishing Deep Fish, a short story about wading in offal, exploding laboratories, and disorienting grief.

Read at: www.wallstrait.com/post/deep-fi...
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smokelong.bsky.social
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
jonmcconn.bsky.social
Phew, had to look this up since I was in shock, but the music was retroactively added in 1970
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Lancaster
merriam-webster.com
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
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keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
jonmcconn.bsky.social
A big one for me is design sense and "taste," even just from looking at their website. An aesthetic eye for detail - because I know it would carry over to the experience making the book.
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anmlymag.bsky.social
ANMLY is looking to add some new members to our all-volunteer team! Come make cool stuff with us! All roles are 1-3 hours/week.

- Comics Editor
- 2 Fiction Readers
- 2 CNF Readers
- Features & Reviews Co-Editor

Email [email protected] w/ a brief statement of interest & a CV/resume to apply
Haunted swimming pool
jonmcconn.bsky.social
What I love most is when they run out of ideas and loosely rip designs from other IP, such as this card based on a spinning toddler toy from the 90s
jonmcconn.bsky.social
My current story idea came from watching my daughter playing with a rubber band shooter thing and the last idea came from passing a rest stop on 95 and it's so basically absurd to me that people would want to force their way to wonder.

Like harboring an impulse to carpet bomb a fairy door.
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mikemeginnis.bsky.social
I need to get some podcast guests scheduled. (I have a backlog in case of life problems but did have some problems and am as such already nibbling the backlog.) I am open to writers but not focused on them; main requirements are you need to like reading, be a decent talker, and have a passable mic.
jonmcconn.bsky.social
Watching preseason basketball like a sicko
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cristianfarias.com
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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emgusk.bsky.social
Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
jonmcconn.bsky.social
I saw the band Water From Your Eyes this week in St Paul and the kids are alright / listening to plenty of Sonic Youth:

youtu.be/1reSpJWbuYE?...
Water From Your Eyes - "Life Signs" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Water From Your Eyes
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jonmcconn.bsky.social
I'm so bad at it and always wipe at the first tough map (the desert one with the rubbly tower), alas I only have the brainpower for Front Mission
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bencollins.bsky.social
I am just so fucking proud of her.
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Alternating dips of my quill and turkey club into an inkwell of Kranch
emilyhughes.bsky.social
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: 
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's	  	
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
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okaydonkeymag.com
It's the first of the month, which means OKD's free subs are back open until we reach our cap!

Check out what we're into, then submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/
jonmcconn.bsky.social
As it's tough to watch movies with a young kid, I finally got to Judas and the Black Messiah today - wildly well done and affecting
jonmcconn.bsky.social
He wanted to make sure nobody forgot about the annexation threats I guess
atrupar.com
Trump to generals: "Canada called me a couple weeks ago. They want to be a part of it. To which I said, 'Well, why don't you just join our country. Become the 51st state. And you get it for free!' So I don't know if that made a big impact but it does make a lot of sense."
jonmcconn.bsky.social
Don't leave us in suspense!