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What a ride! Thank you readers journals and editors who first ran with these stories such as @gonelawn @Grealakesrev @MISTERBULLBULL @TheoAirgonaut @LobotomyRob @ShelCompton and more. Thanks to Catamount Press and the International Book Awards and indie bookstores! Love ya all!

We're excited to announce that @will__weaver is the judge of the 2026 #BestinRuralWriting Contest. Will Weaver is the author of Sweet Land and Red Earth, White Earth (both turned into films), as well as many more great books. Learn more about Will here: themilkhouse.org/2026-best-in-r…

It is with the heaviest of hearts that Cowboy Jamboree has learned of the passing of Sheldon Lee Compton last night. We know how many of you knew him & loved his work. He was a talent like no other. We're heartbroken for Sheldon and his kin. He was a giant. He will be missed.

Very humbled by all the praise coming in for TRASH POMES FOR TRASH PEOPLE: "I’m really trying to find something nice to say. I really am." - esteemed poet who refused to blurb the book. @bcollinspoetry amzn.eu/d/00AfRETM

Be sure to follow @Greatlakesrev over at Bluesky!

And then one day George fuckin Singleton sends you a story

Support a cool indie press and get free shipping this Spring! Pick up a copy of my debut collection Otherwise Wretched and join this conversation!

Hope you give a listen to my conversation with Chris at the wonderful @Books4Guys in which we talk about getting guys to read more lit fiction and the importance of lit journals nurturing writers (as they have done selflessly for me). youtube.com/watch?v=usEWNo…

@ShelCompton @gonelawn @MISTERBULLBULL @TheoAirgonaut @LobotomyRob Thanks Shel!

@WilliamBurtch2 @gonelawn @MISTERBULLBULL @TheoAirgonaut @LobotomyRob Such good news, man, congratulations!!!

What a ride! Thank you readers journals and editors who first ran with these stories such as @gonelawn @Grealakesrev @MISTERBULLBULL @TheoAirgonaut @LobotomyRob @ShelCompton and more. Thanks to Catamount Press and the International Book Awards and indie bookstores! Love ya all!

@KinzuaReview LOL

Welcome to Books, For Men™ mcsweeneys.net/articles/welco… The only exception to the specifications outlined is Otherwise Wretched: Stories (Catamount) which is in fact paperback and fiction. Otherwise a fine article.

Thank you so much @PenOfRyanDennis and @TheMilkHouse !

@PenOfRyanDennis @KennysBookshop Barn Gothic is an enjoyable read.

What a great night at @KennysBookshop Friday. It was fun getting to share #BarnGothic with both friends and strangers. With such a robust crowd, it was probably my best chance to try crowd surfing. I didn't, though, and I regret it.

@TheoAirgonaut @Annalou8 Hey Shel just sharing that you gave my story “Their Wildness” a spot in the Sept 2019 issue of The Airgonaut (which doesn’t show up in the archive?) Anyway the story appears with credit in my debut collection Otherwise Wretched. Many thanks to you!

ALWAYS TAKING SUBMISSIONS!!!! Send to theairgonautship AT gmail DOT COM

@thedrevlow That’s awesome Ben.

Thanks so much to trampset for nominating "The Ghost of Johnny Cash Sings of Fire" for Best Small Fictions. It meant a ton to have one of my favorites even take it and it means even more that they'd nominate from all the other great stuff they publish. Congrats to all.

Seconding the yes!

So you’re saying someone read my book!? You go @halfpricebooks !

@CountryLiterary Will miss your consistently outstanding contribution. And thank you for featuring my work. All best with your next chapter!

We are officially closing our doors. Thank you to all of our many amazing contributors over the years. Feel free to republish any work that was featured in Flyover Country.

Beyond grateful for the response to these stories, including from male readers who stated that they have not read fiction in years. Themes that hopefully resonate and touch all.

Never a driving intention but it seems it’s guys that are most digging this collection. If it brings them back to fiction and into book stores I’m stoked.

Picked up Cannery Row on Cannery Row. Hitting all the senses.