John Waddy Bullion

Want a copy of TWWNROOS? $15 (shipping included!) Want a copy of Extended Play? $15 (shipping included!) Want both for the price of one? $15 (shipping included!) DM me your address if interested! I take PayPal/Venmo/Zelle.

My new collection, Bullies & Cowards, received a starred review from Kirkus!! "A masterclass in tension and tragic irony." #booksky

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I meant every word—you will not read a better book of essays this year

Very very stoked to start sharing some blurbs for COZY, which is out in a little under a month. @johnwaddy.bsky.social is one of my favorite writers doing it right now, and I'm so dang thrilled to be press mates with him (i.e., go buy his books!)

finding out that football fields don’t have yard lines on them when they’re not in use is one of the most disillusioning things I’ve ever experienced

read my villanelle 💀💀💀

Mods are mimosa'd up for Sunday Funday, here's 9 indie-lit books I'll never forget (alphabetical by author)

A good list. Two of these are Malarkeys and three others are wonderful additions to my personal bookshelf.

mods are asleep, post 9 indie-lit books you’ll never forget instead

Whether the coach did me good or no I know not but having a good fire in my chamber, I begun to break six or seven small and great farts.

zagged and did my top 9 albums by Texas artists, and the end result is probably more interesting and eclectic than whatever my actual top 9 would’ve ended up being

Seasonal reminder that you too can enjoy these weird western Canadian tales, just ask your friendly local independent bookseller or library for a copy! 🎃 👻 👽 📚

"You can’t even see the blood. How can you possibly be expected to stop it?" www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/10/04/s...

I jinxed TCU by buying one of these in the second half, sorry everybody

This book is fantastic and all of you should read it

Watching the game, Houston’s helmets don’t look nearly as impressive as I thought/hoped they would. It looks like they took an old Jacksonville Jaguars two-tone helmet and put some Beats by Dre headphones on it

Read an excerpt of ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU at the link below. If you like what you read, hit up the @bruisermag.com store or contact me directly to get a copy, for the⚡️electrifyingly⚡️low price of $10! www.bruisermag.com/bullion_elec...

I’ve been writing essays lately about my relationship to poetry. Three of them are in @bulbregion.bsky.social today. bulbregion.com/Short-Essays...

here’s what the goat dan chaon has to say about my debut boom of poems “tv & treadmill,” out soon from the inimitable hesse press. preorder here: asterismbooks.com/product/tv-t...

"stink, beer...& salt...sears on the/leather of...sleeveless jackets on burly... men & mc club patches" Dig Friday Night Ride to Mary’s, Naturally by Christopher Stevenson in Cowboy Jamboree's newest issue, EAGLE-EYED: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/friday-night...

The Fart Walk Star-Telegram

Happy publication day to @johnwaddy.bsky.social’s ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU from @bruisermag.com I had the opportunity to blurb this, and you do not want to miss it!

ANOTHER ONE BRUISER ZINE 012: ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU, a brilliant work of nonfiction by @johnwaddy.bsky.social. Read the excerpt today. Copies will be available tomorrow at the BRUISER x Broken River Books reading at Floating Bookshop in OKC—online orders live now. Let’s rock! ↓

⚡️Out now from @bruisermag.com’s zine series: a long standalone story(?) a non-fiction novella(?) a Marksonian pastiche(?) a book report(?) a thing (✅) from me about two uniquely American innovations: the electric guitar and the electric chair⚡️ shop.bruisermag.com/product/elec...

A stone-cold masterpiece with a legitimately shocking ending

There’s a beautiful new edition of Evan S. Connell’s Mrs. Bridge, which is on my personal great American novel shortlist. if you’ve never read it, now’s your chance! i have yet to meet a single reader who didn’t have their world changed by reading it: mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781582...

A open in the shape of a chopper for the Eagle Pennell issue in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social in honor of Mary's....Naturally! Don't be surprised if I turn this into a t-shirt.

Our Fall 2026 issue--kicking off our 12th (!) year--is now live! Dig EAGLE-EYED, 7 original works of verse and fiction incited, inspired and ignited by the artistry and life of legendary independent Texas filmmaker, Eagle Pennell: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/121-eagle-ey...

artwork by @absurdistzines.bsky.social!

OKC! I’ll be signing copies of my books (including a new joint from @bruisermag.com) at The Floating Bookshop in OKC this Saturday, 9/26, from 2-4pm!

me when I sit down to write a poem

This gif is very “cover of @juscarts.com’s ‘Laterals’” coded

hey i really really liked it

hi bluesky. i hate you. but i am not above letting you know i have a book of poems coming very soon from hesse press. you can purchase it at the link below. be well assholes. asterismbooks.com/product/tv-t...

Can’t wait for this to come out and for everybody to get their hands on it!

some very nice people said some very nice things about something I made that’s coming out next week ⚡️ @jonathanin2k.bsky.social @keersteemack.bsky.social @juscarts.com @bruisermag.com

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these Tuesday Night Lights got a little too bright for the McLean Cardinals

North American fathers love to send a chill down the spines of their family members by texting them a photo of the RedZone countdown clock at the start of each NFL season

Can’t sleep, listen to Take On Giant Steps youtu.be/zGzjRIKxdPE?...

New most prized possession

New instant classic just dropped

I have a new flash in the latest issue of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. Check it out if you wanna but make sure to read all the other amazing authors in this issue. And thanks to Literary Namjooning for giving this piece such an awesome home! 💙 literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

all the lakes in central Texas are just fat rivers

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