Casey Reiland

I have a CNF piece about my aunt up at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social today. She unexpectedly died in November 2024. This is what I wanted to say about her at her funeral that I couldn’t: that I was so angry about how ppl spoke about her chronic illness, and how hard she made me laugh.

Recently started popping in here again and it seems like a lot of other ppl I follow also haven’t posted anything in the past month. Has everyone been fatigued by this app?

🤍 Brilliant response to the funeral cliche and stunning piece. I relate to the game in the swimming pool of kicking your legs as hard as you can, testing if you could flee her shark jaws. “and we couldn’t stop laughing because all accidents are funny, depending on how you look at them.” 🦈

Thank you so much @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!

Love my gym in my queer neighborhood where grown ass men are discussing Who Framed Roger Rabbit while lifting weights

Big thanks to Blue Mesa Review for giving me a Best of the Net nomination! If you haven’t read my story “Spitfire” yet, you can do so here: bmr.unm.edu/spitfire/

Watched Jennifer’s Body for the first time (finally) and we all owe an apology to Diablo Cody and Megan Fox

Seeing ppl on ig post about reading a whole book in a day and it’s like…do you even like reading? Do you like indulging yourself and sitting art and taking the time to process it? Or do you just want another number on your reading list for the year? I do not find it impressive

I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.

Who has a novel coming out in the next few months that I should definitely pre-order? Bonus if you know that author (or yourself, pls promote yourself!) is visiting Boston on book tour?

I’ve been trying to take advantage of my summer break and write as much as I can before I have to go back to teaching. But I don’t know how ppl can write all day. Like, ppl who have long stretches of time (break, retreats, etc), are you really writing all day? Do I need to brick my phone?

I missed out on buying tickets for Phoebe Bridger’s Lost Weekend planetarium experience, so I guess I’m going to have to turn off all the lights in my apartment, find a laser show on YouTube, and blast “Lost Boys” over and over while my cats watch me with intrigue, huh?

Two weeks in Japan, was lovely, for now I’ll just say this: Somerville Massachusetts needs a Record Bar.

Omg I’ve been fucking waiting for this one @ifbookspod.bsky.social

Just saw The Invite. Olivia Wilde I forgive you

My gym’s sauna is playing haunting choir music for some reason and I feel like I’m about to be sacrificed in a Nordic country à la Midsommar what is happening

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No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Reached the part of a long vacation where all I want to do is make my own spaghetti

By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”

GUYS GUYS GUYS I MADE IT TO THE DEER PARK IN JAPAN!!

Sky is orange because of forest fires from Canada, apparently I can’t eat my beloved caesar salad for the foreseeable future…thank god I’m escaping the country for two weeks

Since I have the summer off from teaching, I’ve been trying to write as much as I can. Tried writing in my house and felt so stuck. Went to the library yesterday and today and the words are flowing and I have so much excitement about my wip. This is just to say, libraries are beautiful and rule!

I actually just discovered this essay yesterday and it should 100% be required reading for all emerging writers, imo. I particularly can’t stop thinking about the line “I’m more interested in how there’s another literature possible when people who belong to the status quo challenge it from within.”

I hugely appreciate @bonabooks.bsky.social's courage and transparency in reporting on this. I can't imagine trying to be an editor in the age of scammers submitting AI-written stories, and we *need* -- as an industry and as a society -- to do something about it.

At the library and pass some old guy on his computer and “Espresso” immediately starts blasting from his computer. He doesn’t change it, just lets it play for a full minute, hell yeah

I really should not drink a large latte while writing this novel because, quite quickly, anxiety hits me like a truck and I’m like this novel is GARBAGE no one will read it and immediately begin hyperventilating

The older I get, the less fucks I give. Also, the older I get, the more I care.

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

Really feels like a Veep episode

Portals #1 opens to submissions on June 22nd at 12:01 am Eastern! Co-editors Jess and Angel are looking for speculative horror fiction and poetry by trans/nonbinary authors. GUIDELINES: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/... Find their wishlists below, plus more details in the quoted thread! (1/3)

I meant to repost this earlier when I liked it and then got distracted, but, fuck, I love Anthony Bourdain and this poem is incredible

I’m so tired of reading novels about relationships b/t a student and her high school teacher. Idk if I’ve just read too many of them recently so I find the plot boring, but I want stories about young women finding themselves that don’t involve a shitty abuser disguised as a mentor pls and ty

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@jdc.pub after seeing Backrooms last night: What Labyrinth (1986) could have been

As a former DC resident, I’m saying with my full chest, hell fucking yeah

we have a fantastic essay by Tyler Dempsey ! a reflection on the meaning of art, by way of: a drowned railroad tycoon ancient rock writings a near-fatal staph infection a wild lynx & a lot else beautiful & excellent work ! xraylitmag.com/channeling-b...

Also re: my most recent post: this is the shit you should be focusing on

Because of this horrible post I dreamt about this man last night and for some reason he had a normal sounding voice (???) anyway I don’t remember what the dream was about but nonetheless I woke up feeling gross, like absolutely fuck this piece of shit