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Joined October 2009
got stood up by @butch__queen last night and it felt like a kiss
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Giancarlo DiTrapano retweeted
Drug use is often very rational. What’s the most rational reason you’ve ever taken drugs? I’ll start: because I like them fuck you
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I recommend Leave Society by @tao_lin and Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov and The Killing Floor by Jack Reacher
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every time i read marie calloway i make a bad decision
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This weekend, the Children’s Theatre of Charleston will begin streaming “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” which was recorded last week. The show features a cast and crew of young performers, as well as a 10-foot-tall puppet controlled by three puppeteers. wvgazettemail.com/arts_and_e…
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Killer convo rip w @Brad___phillips is now live let’s go ☄️ 1storyhaus.com/pod/61-brad-p…
61: Brad Phillips @Brad___phillips on auto- vs science fiction, sharing, intuition, being a body, alternate realities and Essays and Fictions (Tyrant 2018) 🌞 1storyhaus.com/pod/61-brad-p… iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Ik… soundcloud.com/1storypod/61-…
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stop calling my mom and telling her i’m in jail please i know it’s one of you
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Scheming cheefing one w the G man @TYRANTBOOKS
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Replying to @FaithErinHicks
I really enjoyed reading Liveblog by Megan Boyle last year, it ranges from breezy and funny to densely thoughtful and internal. It's long but goes by quick, reads like a...liveblog!
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would be cool if “don’t take with xanax” was on prescription labels of opiates in like glowing neon green
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insisting on a red pen to edit is lowkey fascism
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For the first time in my life i was just completely honest with a health care worker (getting COVID test) about my recreational drug use and it felt great. When i was done she was like “Oh...” lol thanks @drcarlhart
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a story about a vampire copy editor called “Typo Negative” i’m sorry. i’ll leave
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getting a lot of back-talk on this one. from now on, no apologies at the end of tweet. just raw undisclaimered genius humor
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Check out our new podcast episode! US army veteran and former heroin addict Nico Walker speaks on the events that inspired his debut novel #Cherry, written in jail and released last week as a film on @AppleTV 👉 fal.cn/3e4lF @AAKnopf @Russo_Brothers @TomHolland1996
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a brand new short story for you, today on @NewYorkTyrant. my heart was pounding when I wrote it. massive gratitude for @stconroe and some killer edits magazine.nytyrant.com/real-l…
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he works for my brother in law who owns a funeral home. sweet guy. fabulous stylist 💅
just had my first phone call@on WhatsApp with @TYRANTBOOKS lasted around 40 minutes got cut off three times but recovered quickly . Lots of laughs we get along super well. Gian confided in me that he man who cuts his hairs main gig is cutting the hair of the dead for funerals
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