Cody Shrum

I published a few things this year you may have missed (including my debut story collection!). Thanks to all the journals that gave my writing a home in 2025. A fun thread:

if you don't write today, that's okay because you might die tomorrow, and no one will remember you anyway

If you're a good enough writer, you will suffer from depression.

My favorite Easter memory is getting the cinematic masterpiece Space Jam on VHS in my Easter basket and rewatching it all day with my brother while we got annihilated on chocolate and jelly beans. Simpler times.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Idk about you guys, but I write because I enjoy writing, and I submit to places that share this same love of writing. Is that not the whole point??

@tylercdempsey @jrostopovich @Kristen_Arnett This one will do some numbers—can’t wait to check it out!

New episode with super-amazing person, @Kristen_Arnett! We talk about Florida, a practical approach to chasing dreams, and their book "Stop Me If You've Heard This One." Run it up! open.spotify.com/episode/6SZ4UK…

Introducing BULL #13: The Longjohns Issue, featuring a bunch of longer fiction from the past year. Get it now for the low low price of 6 lousybucks: amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ

Yooo, I have a story in this! Thanks to @thedrevlow for publishing “127 Feet” last year and including it in BULL #13. Also $6 is a steal!

First publication of the year. My story "Addictions" appears in Bull #13 with @cshrumly @CheisTommy27749 @KateSjostrand and others. Thanks to @MISTERBULLBULL for publishing the original in Dec. '24 and including it in the print issue! amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ

My short story "127 Feet" appears in the new @MISTERBULLBULL anthology. Bull published that story last year (thx @thedrevlow) and it's a story I had so much fun writing. I hope you'll check it out and the other contributor stories as well--it's only $6! amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ

Happy 1st Birthday to my debut story collection, Oakaville! If you’ve read it, a rating or review on Good Reads/ Amazon really goes a long way. If you haven’t read it, why not?? Hit me up for a signed copy or you can find it on Amazon: amzn.to/4jP1v0Y

Have 15 Temporals left. 14 bucks signed and shipped. Hit me up.

I have a story in this episode about a rope swing almost killing me one time—I’m honored to be included @tylercdempsey !

New bonus episode out today! Time again for that annual, unexplainable madness. Wtf. Run it up! open.spotify.com/episode/5NmlBx…

@adamshaw502 Thanks for the shoutout, Adam!!

And this one by @cshrumly, which is wonderful and nostalgic and sad in all the best ways. havehashad.com/hadposts/riddl…

I was literally talking with a bud about this piece the other day because the call was so fun and writing this was a blast, but what was also a blast was reading the other pieces that came out of the call and seeing the directions they went in.

I've got a new essay and @lofipod was nice enough to include it alongside some of the scene's greatest writers in his cool new journal. It's really an honor. You can read it if you want to: lofimag.com/tyler-dempsey

@tylercdempsey Thanks, Tyler!! I appreciate that ☺️

@cshrumly Finally got around to reading this. I really like your CNF! Looking forward to more in the future.

I published a few things this year you may have missed (including my debut story collection!). Thanks to all the journals that gave my writing a home in 2025. A fun thread: