Joe O'Brien

Good day internet! Let us jerk our knees, mount our high horses, gallop thru echo-chambers & cudgel strawfolk with our blunt'd reason-clubs!

To all the library books that got weeded this year #InMemoriam instagram.com/reel/DSA4P1NEn…

@BrendanCByrne @wantonsun @rudytheelder @bcmerchant @billsquirrell @RCleffi @imperica @steel_weaver Excellent!

@wantonsun thanks as well to the editors who published (almost all of) these stories. @rudytheelder, @JosephPOB, @bcmerchant, @billsquirrell, @RCleffi, @imperica, & @steel_weaver

my collected short fiction, composed over the last 19 years, will be published this coming spring by Wanton Sun under the title ANOTHER WORLD ISN'T POSSIBLE wantonsun.com/welcome-brenda…

@sapphicspielbrg thank you for the tv glow. I just saw it. Born 1986 raised in the suburbs and trans so … yeah. Need I say more. Thank you.

Next month will mark the 10th anniversary of our first issue's publication. Maybe we should do something to celebrate the occasion...?

Cameron Suey has written some of my all-time favorite horror stories, and now he's making this awesome podcast. It's like if Carl Sagan's "Contact" took place in the Twilight Zone. Each episode is menacingly mysterious and ultimately stabs you in the gut with a dagger-sharp twist

@bmackcollector @deerhoof I enjoy listening to "+81" and "Dummy Discards a Heart" with my kid

When I heard that @josefkstories has a new podcast coming out, I shivered with twisted glee & smashed that subscribe button

heavyfeatherreview.org/2023/08/10/obr… I wrote a poem about drifting away & staying afloat, and the Heavy Feather Review was kind enough to feature it on their site.

Started watching Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS and it's kind of adorable how it seems to insist that WALK HARD doesn't exist, like how my 2 year-old insists she doesn't need a diaper change when her pampers are filled to the brim with poop

I expect I'll come to hate this just as much soon enough but until then sure, why the hell not

Marc and I collab’d a meme. Feel free to use it.

Twitter just notified me that because I'm a public librarian they're gonna start labeling me as a 'state-funded pornmonger'

Nine vernal equinoxes ago... flapperhouse.com/zine/1-spring-…

I love the premise of this new podcast, and so far it's off to a fascinating start

Hey folks, EXCUSE ME Mag is open for subs! The theme is UNWINNABLE GAMES, and we're looking for short, weird fiction, approx. 500-1500 words. No pay & no sub fees. See franticflicker.com for details-- potential contribs get a free digital copy of the latest issue. Thanks!

SPOT was a wonderful soul who loved making music, documenting the scene, and unconditionally supporting all the projects that bear his name. Thank you, SPOT. You gave so much to all of us.

Hot off the press and now in beautiful, blazing color, the new issue of @MagExcuse has arrived! Order your copy ($6) at franticflicker.com and have a great time in the delightful realm of its aesthetic offerings...

Full-color print issues of the new issue of @MagExcuse are now available. It's got a story I wrote called "Chapel Perilous, New York," alongside much more cool fiction, poetry, & art. Get it at franticflicker.com

I've never been a centerfold, but look where the tackiest photo I ever shot landed! I just got my copies of the fab, fun Excuse Me Magazine, showcasing my Abandoned Honeymoon Resort images/notes. Thanks @MagExcuse for the feature & the centerfold 🥳- love isn't dead after all.❤️

I'm already going to the post office this weekend, so you may as well throw your hat in-- 11 fantastic features by a whole bunch of interesting and creative ppl... click the link to get the print edition NOW for just $6 shipped: sowl.co/s/ZiyK1 ...