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Casey Reiland

@caseyreiland.bsky.social
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Bad sleeper | In search of the perfect bagel | Words published or forthcoming in F(r)iction, HAD, Blue Mesa Review, On the Seawall, and elsewhere www.caseyreiland.com

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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes in the email I received it says for best small fictions considers prose poems too…so I guess it counts? lol
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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤍 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.” 🦈
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you for the close read, it means a lot! 😊
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you so much @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!!
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love my gym in my queer neighborhood where grown ass men are discussing Who Framed Roger Rabbit while lifting weights
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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/
An email on submittable that reads: Hello,
Congratulations! Your story
"Spitfire" has been nominated for next year's Best of Net Anthology. We really love this story and are honored to have been able to publish it.
Best,
The Editors
Blue Mesa Review
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Watched Jennifer’s Body for the first time (finally) and we all owe an apology to Diablo Cody and Megan Fox
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’ve learned my lesson for the next subs window
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remembered Shenandoah mag was open today. Went to read the sub guidelines at 8 am. Went to the gym quick and checked to make sure they were still open at 9:30. They were. Finally was able to sit at my computer and submit at 9:45 and they were closed already lmao wtf like HAD levels there
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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.
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The eternal battle in my house 😭
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I need a name ASAP!!
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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?
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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?
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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?
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I would check out @villaineralit.bsky.social for some revenge flash!
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Joey Carpinelli @jdc.pub · 30/07/2026
Two weeks in Japan, was lovely, for now I’ll just say this: Somerville Massachusetts needs a Record Bar.
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Omg I’ve been fucking waiting for this one @ifbookspod.bsky.social
Screenshot of If Books Could Kill Podcast with the title “Three Cups of Tea”
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just saw The Invite. Olivia Wilde I forgive you
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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We've figured out costs for a permanent home but are still trying to figure out how to make that happen. Shares are still very much appreciated!
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Our 1st issue back after break is 🔥. Featuring @mitchkates.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social Ben Starr @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Jason Davidson, Claire Lee, Pravin Vemuri, Lorrie Ness @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social! www.trampset.org
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trampset literary journal | fiction, poetry, nonfiction, columns, nominations, about
trampset is an online literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and diverse voices. Read new work and explore featured writers.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Been thinking a lot lately about how I went to Brazil when I was 23 and went clubbing until 7 am. Truly one of the best times of my life, just dancing with my best friends. But I absolutely would die if I did that now lmao
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I wanna go to a Tokyo club. But that means I have to stay up until the early 20 somethings go out. Am I already sleepy? Yes. Can I have caffeine? No, because that means I won’t sleep later. This is 30 baby, pls pray for me
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy to have a horror short at Tales to Terrify today! Big thanks to the editors & narrator! Check out "Daily Dozen," right after @ericfomley.bsky.social's story! @talestoterrify.bsky.social
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/07/2026
This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
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Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reached the part of a long vacation where all I want to do is make my own spaghetti
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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”
photograph of the relevant passage in Fitzgerald's translation of the Odyssey ("I make no bed of love with you upon it. Or swear me first a great oath, if I do, you'll work no more enchantment to my harm.")
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
GUYS GUYS GUYS I MADE IT TO THE DEER PARK IN JAPAN!!
A deer looking curiously out of a shrine in Nara, Japan
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Yes I saw the Amy Klobuchar one, but I already don’t respect her, so—
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Now girl I was having a lovely morning until you posted this garbage
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
we should, as much as possible, speak honestly of the dead
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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!
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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.”
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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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.
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I got one recently for a short story that was rejected 41 times! I see you and big congrats for sending your heart out into the world!
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It’s time for a tumble with the bundle!
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How do these books even make it past editors. Is the publishing house just a man factory filled with silly little man minions running everywhere publishing books? wtf??
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The older I get, the less fucks I give. Also, the older I get, the more I care.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at the studios.

I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on “The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” He wanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” I never did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head of Warner Bros. threw me into the manager’s office, gave me a legal pad and a pencil, and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” from a daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “No farting.” I said, “It’s out.”That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.

I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.

That’s great advice for life.

It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Really feels like a Veep episode
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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)
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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
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Casey Reiland @caseyreiland.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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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