James Cato

On the shortlist of Best Emerging Writers 2025…LETS GOOO first tweet in two years mastersreview.com/best-emerging-…

you ever notice how when you say “going to” you can say “gonna” like “I’m gonna cry” but you can’t say “I’m gonna pittsburgh”

Chills. Like

those saying Weapons is “about nothing” are ignoring the fact that Weapons is about how any number of never-before-seen horrors can happen to you while in the parking lot of a gas station in pennsylvania

NYC is greatest city on earth

The Skenes bobblehead line starts here.

they should do a white lotus season that's 15 hours in pittsburgh

People who have never been to Pittsburgh will never understand why it's one of the most beautiful cities in the US.

Showering in total darkness can grant insight on phenomena

@SapphoLang @MudSeasonReview thanks, Lisa!

@the_sour_potato @MudSeasonReview Interesting story!

Let’s just say i’m VERY happy to share my story, “Buying a Gun” in @MudSeasonReview. It was the first thing I wrote in Iowa! Check it out if dark fiction is your thing! 🙏 mudseasonreview.com/2025/01/fictio…

the comforting frank lloyd wright retrofuturism of the ohio turnpike travel plazas

The CIA deciding which MFA program to fund in the early Cold War period:

probably should have said this a while ago but i’m getting an mfa at the iowa writer’s workshop rn and it’s very fun :,)

With all the new books being released, you may have missed noteworthy work by the following authors. @ModerTim @the_sour_potato @TimFrankquill @MarkBurrow20 @NL_Mclaughlin @SamieFoster @SKPuttauthor @SnapeNick @MaryLavin49 @Nina_Schuyler #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity

@RodMannix @ModerTim @TimFrankquill @MarkBurrow20 @NL_Mclaughlin @SamieFoster @SKPuttauthor @SnapeNick @MaryLavin49 @Nina_Schuyler Thanks for sharing, Rod!

Our newest release from James Cato @the_sour_potato! These four dark tales examine the necessity for connections with each other and the natural world in order to survive whatever may come. Becoming Roadkill available now at redbird chapbooks.com

@xraylitmag Thank you sm :,)

@the_sour_potato congrats on the book !

Now that "Becoming Roadkill" is out wandering in the world, I wanted to give love to the amazing publications who first published some of its stories and let them blossom into this collection! 🧵

These exceptional literary journals helped build this collection and I urge all my friends to read them! If you made it this far and you want more roadkill stories...well: redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/beco…

The great @forge_litmag took a very personal story in the collection, "Dragging the River," which was also nominated for a Pushcart. forgelitmag.com/2022/06/20/dra…