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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Wrote about some tunes that either inspired or are referenced in the stories in Hang Time for @xraylitmag.bsky.social Thanks for having me y’all. Where else you gonna see Judee Sill and DMX hanging out? @406press.bsky.social

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Open for 3 more hours.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks for having me, John! Had a blast talking to you.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

AWPers, I'll be with @vineleavespress.bsky.social signing copies of STATIC at 3:30p on Friday, 3/6. Come by, snag a copy, and I'll hook you up with a free record from my personal stash.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

AWPers, I'll be with @vineleavespress.bsky.social signing copies of STATIC at 3:30p on Friday, 3/6. Come by, snag a copy, and I'll hook you up with a free record from my personal stash.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Thanks for giving me the space, Bruce. Appreciate the platform to talk about Hang Time, writing for clients vs. writing fiction, and how to make time for it all. Check it out! brucerosenstein.com/three-questi...

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Three Questions for Brendan Gillen, Author of Hang Time – Bruce Rosenstein

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Been having a lot of fun doing a low-key thing called 12 Days of Hang Time — sharing a story a day from the collection alongside custom artwork inspired by each piece + an excerpt. Couple of my favorites so far that originally appeared in W&S Quarterly and @molotovlitzine.bsky.social

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Bruce Rosenstein @brucerosenstein.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

“I wanted to create a sense of flow, stacking shorter and longer pieces together to establish a rhythm of peaks and valleys.” – Brendan Gillen in his new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #book #author Q&A deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/q-wi... @beegillen.bsky.social

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Q&A with Brendan Gillen

Brendan Gillen is the author of the new story collection Hang Time . His other books include the novel Static . He ...

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Thanks so much for giving me the space to talk Hang Time, Deborah!

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🏀🏀 Hang Time is officially out TODAY from .406Press. If you haven’t ordered one yet, I’ll throw in an unopened pack of 90s hoop cards. Will you get an MJ or a Shawn Bradley? WHO KNOWS. $20 shipped, DM me. Even if you’re not a sports fan, there’s plenty to dig into✌️

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Unsolicited Press @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Silly goal for 2026: sell 300 copies a month. Small goal. Big action. Spread the word. We're going to create a little counter thingy to watch the goals in real time.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I've been a fan of John Brandon since he was writing about college football for Grantland (RIP!) so the fact that he was willing to not only read Hang Time, but lend his words, is pretty mind blowing! Thank you John. Preorder Hang Time from .406Press: 406press.com/product/hang...

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The Florida Review @theflreview.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Please join us in celebrating Aquifer contributor, Brendan Gillen, for the forthcoming publication of his short story collection, HANG TIME. Releasing on 12/4 from .406 Press, HANG TIME includes the story, "In the Nude," which was previously published in Aquifer. #flreview

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

“If I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.” -- John Berryman

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Thanks to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social for the love, and the editors for the smart, thoughtful attention you paid to this one!

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Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

"Real fans of poetry deserve such monuments – in this case, the work of a lengthy lifetime: decades of wondering and pondering, deadpan ironizing and making meaning in America, just the kind of work that must never have felt like work at all." ocreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/25/r...

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Very Collected Poems

Very Collected Poems By Ron Padgett Coffee House Press. 2025. Reviewed by Eric Bies Ron Padgett’s been busy. In the dozen years since the publication of his Collected Poems, America’s silliest livi…

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Huge thanks to Eric Rasmussen at Sundog Lit for the incredibly generous words about Hang Time. Sundog is one of the most supportive lit communities out there—for writers and readers. Give them a read, send them your work, keep them in your orbit. 🏀📚 406press.com/product/hang...

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 20/11/2025

in its heyday, Literary Twitter made me feel like I was walking into a giant exuberant snowglobe full of other writers, readers, & editors

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

@emilylauracosta.bsky.social's Girl on Girl is one of the best books I read this year, so I'm honored she was willing to lend her words to Hang Time! Weird sports stories for people who don’t (necessarily) love sports. Preorder from @406press.bsky.social if ya feel: 406press.com/product/hang...

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Hang Time: Stories - .406 Press

Pre-order available now. Will ship around December 4.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Yo! Hang Time is coming 12/4 from @406press.bsky.social Preorders avail now: 406press.com/product/hang... Big thanks to @scottbolohan.bsky.social for believing in these nostalgia-laced stories about the weird poetry of sports. If you're interested in a review copy, lemme know!

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Let’s make a list of presses who honor and uplift their authors.

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thanks to @hfr.bsky.social & @emilyannwebber.bsky.social for the kind review of STATIC. Appreciate y'all! heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/03/19/s...

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I have a new flash in the latest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social (worm moon). It's about graffiti and mall security. Check it out if you wanna, but make sure to read all the other amazing writers in the issue. 🪱 🌙 Link to story: gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

The first paragraph to my latest issue of Gown Lawn.

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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 13/03/2025

Submissions for our summer flash fiction series close on Friday, so if there's a story you plan to send us, keep an eye on the clock!

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Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Make a hoot! Tell your friends! We've opened submissions for visual art. Your photography, your illustrations, your collages — if it's eco, send it our way. Submit visual art, poetry, translation, fiction, and creative nonfiction at thedodge.submittable.com/submit

A monocrhomatic illustration of an owl perched upon tree branches.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 08/03/2025

Put the word out that we're back. Think of us. We open 4/20 for a short window for a print issue in the fall. We want poems, prose, art, comics & beyond. Free to submit, free to read online always, we now pay $150 + comp copies + eternal literary infamy. More prestigious than the Paris Review.

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We're open in all categories. Take a look at our most recent issue to see what we've loved in the past!

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Courageous and essential. Thanks for this @emilylauracosta.bsky.social. Cheers from a fellow former white-knuckler. 👊

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm open on Friday afternoon for your submitting pleasure. That's make a beautiful magazine together.

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Josh Denslow @joshdenslow.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I have no agent and no MFA and no massive online following and all of my small successes thus far have come solely from the fact that I can't stop writing (and I think I keep getting better), and I still dream about possible futures like someone in their teens. Also rejection doesn't stop me.

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Magic Can't Save Us: Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure

Eighteen Tales of Likely Failure

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 21/02/2025

Keep putting yourself and your work out there.

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

We are so excited to introduce our new Art Editor, Karie Luidens, and announce that ART SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!! To submit your art, please visit the link in our bio!

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Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I heard a rumor that we're going to open for book submissions in the spring. (You can spread the rumor). I have no other information right now. I am possibly an unreliable source and am not available for comment. But I said what I said.

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Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Did u know that @jmwwjournal.bsky.social is open for flash fiction submissions until Saturday, February 15 at 11pm? And that if you send in a story under 1500 words, I will read it? jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/

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Guidelines

Please go to our Submittable site for specific category guidelines and to submit work. jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry, essays, interviews, and other miscellany weekly.…

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

NONFICTION WRITERS: a dear friend reminded me of this doc where we compiled a list of venues that welcome flash CNF | prose poetry | micro truths—perhaps it’s time to update it once again; please drop venues/links/updates in my replies + i’ll do my best 🖤: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Places to Submit Flash Nonfiction

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Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Thanks so much to @theflreview.bsky.social and congrats to the nominees 👊

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HAD @havehashad.com · 11/03/2024

hot damn wow does this Brendan Gillen story capture those wild west early-Internet years & vibes. "Yeah, that was the year Mikey from those LIFE cereal commercials died because he ate Pop Rocks and Coke and his stomach exploded..." www.havehashad.com/llz4j

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The Year Marc Summers Died in a Tsunami by Brendan Gillen

You know, the dude from Double Dare? Oh, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar was killed in a car accident. Same with Steve from Blues Clues. And Marilyn Manson, long after he’d been Paul in The Wonder Years, had…

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Today’s recommendation is “Tree Food,” a nonfiction piece written by Brendan Gillen and featured in our Summer 2024 Issue! Read the rest here: thedodgemag.com/brendangillen1

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Nice little heartbreaker for you this morning from Brendan Gillen. reckonreview.com/if-youre-not...

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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 02/08/2024

In research notes, Brendan Gillen writes about STATIC from Vine Leaves Press

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Static – Necessary Fiction

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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Whiplash Friday with a flash piece that takes you from ‘in the moment’ to family history to obsession and back again! Read “Dust to Dust” by @beegillen.bsky.social in Hard Core 64. Get on the ride, right now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/dust-to...

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