Patrick Crerand
@patrickcrerand.bsky.social
“Built for comfort, not for speed.” Writer, teacher, Director of DeSales MFA Program. Not the Man Utd player, but I wrote about our shared name here: https://xn--wgiaa.ws/3-united-a-story-by-patrick-crerand-x-on-x
Happy to be in this issue of Ninth Letter with so many other great writers!
Volume 22, Issue 1 is in PRINT! ✨ Featuring work from 23 writers, this is an issue you want on your book shelf. Check out the contents list on our website, and order your copy today! Link in bio 💚
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December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Happy to be in this issue of Ninth Letter with so many other great writers!
This article reads like a Pynchon novel. Every paragraph is a gem. Waiting for RFK to replace flu shots with Ferelala powder. “Take the Shame off me!” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
‘Natural’ Sex Drugs Are a Spreading Health Risk in West Africa
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August 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This article reads like a Pynchon novel. Every paragraph is a gem. Waiting for RFK to replace flu shots with Ferelala powder. “Take the Shame off me!” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Thanks to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the nod here! Happy to be part of such a great group of writers!
Best of the Net nominees! Including @demisty.bsky.social @kcmeadbrewer.com @patrickcrerand.bsky.social @carrieconners.bsky.social @dsrandol.bsky.social & @jiksuncheung.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Thanks to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for the nod here! Happy to be part of such a great group of writers!
So thrilled to be in this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social again. Never thought Alito would be a source of inspiration but great art comes from low places sometimes! Check it out!
We have a new online issue up today! Inspired by Supreme Court Justice Alito's question about whether Pornhub includes highbrow literary content, like Gore Vidal, we felt it our duty to fill that void. Lots of great, surprising, weird work in here
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New Online Issue: The Pornhub Literary Supplement — Barrelhouse
Our new online issue is tailored for the sophisticated consumer of online smut and similar, interested in elevating their online browsing habits to the highest level.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
So thrilled to be in this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social again. Never thought Alito would be a source of inspiration but great art comes from low places sometimes! Check it out!
Hoping to see Pope Brynlee I.
May 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hoping to see Pope Brynlee I.
Have a couple of flash fictions in @mrbullbull.bsky.social. My thanks to them for publishing these two!
"I remember when that girl turned ape at the state fair. The witch doctor hexed her good in the tent. She fell into a trance & grew hairy and large. We chanted, “Gorilla, Gorilla,” but the man with the bullhorn always looked worried." -Patrick Crerand mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
April 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Have a couple of flash fictions in @mrbullbull.bsky.social. My thanks to them for publishing these two!
Reposted by Patrick Crerand
The program is set for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12/25 and there's something for everyone: craft workshops & panels on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, writing life (and how to manage it in All This Bullshit). Hope to see you there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 12, 2025.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The program is set for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12/25 and there's something for everyone: craft workshops & panels on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, writing life (and how to manage it in All This Bullshit). Hope to see you there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Reposted by Patrick Crerand
Have a new essay on here about Haydn, Joplin and failing at piano lessons when I was seven. Great issue.
Volume 4, Issue 1: Must Love Music is now live on our website. Our Special Features showcase #art from Ernestine Tahedl and #poetry from @windychickenpoet.bsky.social
Read our Editor’s Intro below:
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#music #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
Read our Editor’s Intro below:
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#music #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
February 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Have a new essay on here about Haydn, Joplin and failing at piano lessons when I was seven. Great issue.
Reposted by Patrick Crerand
How about them Buckeyes!
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
How about them Buckeyes!
From Cheever’s “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor.” Great story.
December 25, 2024 at 5:14 AM
From Cheever’s “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor.” Great story.
Watching those old Tyson highlights, I think about how amazing it was when Buster Douglas beat Tyson. I worked with his brother later on at St. Stephen’s Community Center in Linden and sometimes he’d wear the championship ring to work because he helped train Buster.
November 16, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Watching those old Tyson highlights, I think about how amazing it was when Buster Douglas beat Tyson. I worked with his brother later on at St. Stephen’s Community Center in Linden and sometimes he’d wear the championship ring to work because he helped train Buster.