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Justin Carter

@juscarts.com

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Author of Brazos (Belle Point Press, 2024) // women's basketball & motorsports writer // Texan living in Iowa // juscarts.com

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Nov 8

Hey. I wrote a book. You can buy it directly from the publisher. It's poems about growing up on the Texas Gulf Coast & touches on the political divide between me & the conservative world I grew up in.

Buy it here: bellepointpress.com/products/bra...

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Brazos

Brazos, by Justin Carter Publication Date: August 6, 2024 A stark and lonely voice rings clear in Justin Carter's debut collection. Brazos teems with ghosts, bloodlines, and gas flares, tracing a "riv...

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 3d

99) Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 7d

Wrote about the three books I read in September.

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Some Words on the Books I Read In September 2025

It was a quiet month for me, but here are some words on three books.

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 9d

Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!

Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently I made the "Distinguished Stories" list in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERIES 2024?

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 9d

You can read it here.

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January 29, 2024: Fiction by Justin Carter

Murder (v): To take, with malicious intent, the life of another person. Example: Aunt Faith was murdered by her husband, my mother says, though she doesn’t have an answer when I ask “how?”

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 9d

Whoa, one of my short stories is on this list!!!!!

Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently I made the "Distinguished Stories" list in BEST AMERICAN MYSTERIES 2024?

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 15d

98) The Broken Detective - Joel Nedecky

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 19d

Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar.

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ICE HOUSE

Herman Reno was behind the bar when Flamber Aigle walked in. The two hadn’t seen each other in at least twenty-five years, but Herman recognized him right away. There weren’t too many human-sized b…

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 19d

Wrote a story about a giant bird whose body is made of fire. It takes place at a biker bar.

apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/09/19/i...

ICE HOUSE

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 21d

97) The Cannibal Owl - Aaron Gwyn

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 25d

96) Lean On Pete - Willy Vlautin

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 28d

If anyone wants to be my agent, hit me up. The whole “finding an agent” process shares the shit out of me but I feel like I gotta at least /try/ doing it.

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 28d

I finished the first draft of my novel. Now what?

Word Count: 220 pages, 51128 words, 268506 characters

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Sep 1

New poem out today. It's called "POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE." Thanks @burialmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home.

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POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE

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Z.H. (Burial Magazine) @burialmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 1

got it in my head that labor day = americana, idk why. but it made me want to drop @juscarts.com’s ‘POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE’ today. hope you all have a nice time but if you want to make it even nicer you should read this poem

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POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Sep 1

thanks!!

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Sep 1

New poem out today. It's called "POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE." Thanks @burialmagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home.

burialmagazine.neocities.org/poemshoutedo...

POEM SHOUTED OVER THE SOUND OF A 1968 MUSTANG ENGINE

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 27

This is like...Iowa's third state house/senate flip this year. I'm starting to think something might be shifting here.

Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Aug 27

BREAKING: In a shocking upset minutes ago, Democrat Catelin Drey just FLIPPED an Iowa State Senate seat from red to blue and broke the Iowa GOP's supermajority in the state senate.

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 25

95) My Year of Rest and Relaxation- Ottessa Moshfegh

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 24

94) Nature Documentary - Noah Cicero

#SealeyChallenge Day 23

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 23

93) The Tenth Fall of Moses - Obinna Okwesili

#SealeyChallenge Day 22

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Mike Piellucci @mikelikessports.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Wings' season has not gone to plan, to put it mildly. What is left for the organization to focus on before turning the page to what could become the most chaotic offseason in WNBA history? @juscarts.com dives in:

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What's Left For the Wings to Accomplish In Another Lost Season?

Dallas is mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, but there are still a few things left to focus on before the organization turns the page to the offseason.

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 22

92) ‪Whitewash - Frances Victory Schenkkan‬

#SealeyChallenge Day 21

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 21

91) Rowhouse Song - Danielle McMahon

#SealeyChallenge Day 20

Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 20

Daily word count on my novel over the past two weeks:

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 20

90) rekt - Alex Gonzalez