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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I said this about @patricktumblety.bsky.social 's new book and now you should see why “Traversing a path of verse and prose, Patrick Tumblety lights a journey through gloom and joy in a challenging and ultimately blessed life.”--Craig Brownlie, author of THICK AS A BRICK www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLDX5Q1K

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In Light of Darkness

Amazon.com: In Light of Darkness eBook : Tumblety, Patrick, Nola, Candace: Kindle Store

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mike Ennenbach goes all naturist with our ongoing poetic duel. His sijo is beautiful. Wait- what? That doesn't mean what I think? I'm pretty sure I know what a sijo is by now. Thanks to @danielleyvonne.bsky.social and @candacenola.bsky.social for letting us do this.

09/25/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 38-M Ennenbach - Sijo

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was in Ohio last week and drove by the old high school. I spent a lot of time in the main administration building taking classes in Spanish, Latin, Math, English... This was also where a handful of us first studied computer programming on a donated something or other...

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's not too late for you to back Dead Format, the new film coming from Mike Lombardo! One week is left! See the link in the comments for the signed Blu-ray! Look at this incredible Video Castle book... it takes you back to that ?dead? format??

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

September newsletter comes out Friday. Sign up now because it includes info about a sequel from the usual gang of raging hearts and many other cool kids. Also... it only comes out once a month. If you've read this far, in a future installment it will point you to Koj Books' first open call.

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Craig Brownlie and Koj Books | Substack

A writer and his press

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Look where I will be this weekend! I'll be wandering around and also doing the 3 pm panel Saturday on anthologies! I sign books! Say Hi!

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Sijo?" asked Mike Ennenbach. I reached for the poetic equivalent of "it tastes like chicken": "like a haiku, but different, and not Japanese", except my sijo is not chicken. It has bees. Thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and Danielle Yvonne for supporting Mike's and my sijos, which are not haikus.

09/18/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 37- Craig Brownlie: Sijo

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At the intersection of form and function.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not so long ago at the Boulder Dam.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Tetractys - do not say it three times in a row! Mike Ennenbach did and here we are... Thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and Danielle Yvonne for putting our work out there. candacenola.substack.com/p/09112026-p...

09/11/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 36-M Ennenbach - Tetractys

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

More than 20 years ago; pretty sure we had just descended from the top of the Mayan temple.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tetractys is an odd poetic form, favored by poets looking to work brief. I’m not saying that’s Mike Ennenbach and me, but we have sestinas on the horizon. Appreciation to @candacenola.bsky.social and Danielle Yvonne for keeping our project before your eyes. candacenola.substack.com/p/09042026-p...

09/04/2026 Poetry Night! Post 2! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-long Friendly Duel!

Week 35: Tetractys, Craig Brownlie

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Deciding how best to mention in a review that the B&B may have gone a bit over the top with the bedroom decorating...

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How hot was it? It was so hot the benches headed for the shade.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Red-tailed hawk wondering what I'm up to last week.

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An epic fable from Mike Ennenbach as we round the bend into the final third of our yearlong poetic duel. We made it this far with the aid of @candacenola.bsky.social and Danielle Yvonne candacenola.substack.com/p/08282026-p...

08/28/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 34-M Ennenbach - Fable

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rare video of my first steps in the bayou.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As opposed to some people we all know (looking at you Odysseus), I returned from my trip with images.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've been away for a few days- delayed on the return trip, though fortunate to have @texascthulhu.bsky.social and @kaijupoet.bsky.social by my side in East Texas. Here you can see them dragging me inside when I became entranced by the Sirens of the Bayou.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Spent the last few days (years??) trapped on a lake with an alligator named Calypso, a hobgoblin, and a friend to the downtrodden. For now, let's just call it the start of a fable. For the end of a fable, read this week's poem. Thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and Danielle Yvonne.

08/21/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 33-Craig Brownlie - Fable

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It looks like it's been ten years since I wandered around Rochester taking pictures of locations used in my novel The Politician's Peregrination. It remains available on audio- I should probably dust it off and re-release it.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Venn Diagram poetry is the next big thing- at least Mike E. and I are betting everything on it! Think of it as where poetry and Venn Diagrams intersect! Thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and @danielleyvonne.bsky.social for continuing to post our pretty pictures with words.

08/14/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 32-M Ennenbach - Venn Diagram

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Visited the Cleveland Museum of Art during a little down time this week.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sometimes our poems are sweet! How could a Venn Diagram not be sweet? Right, Mike? Stop dipping the quill in your forearm! You promised something nice for next week! Excuse me- I need @candacenola.bsky.social and Danielle Yvonne. We have to sing to Mike again.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

When people say they use AI to write, I have to wonder what they keep in their basement for inspiration because they need more bins like mine.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Five years ago in Albany, just staring at the Egg on Empire Plaza. A spaceship? Nope, a theater.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Yesterday, Aaron Brownlie, my sister -in-law & brother-in-law, and I joined Suzanne's former co-workers at URMC Urgent Care for the planting of a lilac tree in Highland Park in Suzanne's memory. It was a blessing with many wonderful memories shared and and the sun coming out just in time.

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I think it's fair to say that Mike Ennenbach remembered that our poetry series should really bring the horror- thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and @danielleyvonne.bsky.social for continuing to share our way of coping with this year. candacenola.substack.com/p/07312026-p...

07/31/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 29-M Ennenbach: An Ode

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Little buddy and I waited out the rain yesterday. He was too wet too take off so he rested on the porch while the two of us kept an eye out for predators.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Author's copy arrived! What a great cover from @splatterzaddy.bsky.social - thanks to @drmariajestrada.bsky.social for making it happen Link to buy in comments.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A reminder for anyone going to Stokercon next year... you can have your photo taken with a giant Mr. Rogers. This one was taken ten years ago, but Fred Rogers still waits by the river.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hiking in Stony Brook State Park over the weekend. Definitely the place to go on a hot day, especially when a wading pool is waiting at the end of the trail.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Alone on a park bench with a cup of Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream (IYKYK), I felt bereft, not fit for writing or companionship. Making art drags you through time until the moments become easier to bear. Thanks to Mike Ennenbach, @danielleyvonne.bsky.social and @candacenola.bsky.social .

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07/24/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 28-An Ode from Craig Brownlie

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Current reads from Grady Hendrix, Cixin Liu, Oscar Zarate & Richard Appignanesi, and Christopher McGlothlin. Perhaps not current releases but the TBR pile is about playing catch-up and increasing my anxiety. Believe me, contemplating existentialism for a while, you can face all the other horrors.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Prepare yourself for Shardooma as only Mike Ennenbach can bring it. A year of poetry teaches you a lot about words! Thanks to Candace Nola and Danielle Yvonne who keep posting what we keep writing! candacenola.substack.com/p/07172026-p...

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I bought the generationally obvious stamps (which was not the other generationally obvious choice, William F. Buckley- just go watch Best of Enemies (2015) IYKYK). Also, watch 30 for 30: Be Water on ESPN for a great Bruce Lee doc.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Mark Braam discovered this hiding in his home. I started this improv group, Is It In? with Leslee Warren, Scott Clevenger, Ruth Rosenbaum, Jerry Kernion and others. This was our debut, I believe. And we did comedy improv for 3 hours... for 50 cents a head and we packed this Irish pub.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Horror en America and Beyond is available! It contains so many phenomenal contributions plus three of my poems! Published by Barrio Blues Press - edited by @drmariajestrada.bsky.social - cover by @splatterzaddy.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/Horror-Ameri...

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Horror en America and Beyond

Horror en America and Beyond [Estrada, Maria J., Estrada, Maria J] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Horror en America and Beyond

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Fun weekend watching Aaron play with a jazz trio at the Biltmore and with Prime Time Brass at the America 250 celebration at Frontier Field.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Did you know Shadorma was a poetic form and not what your great-uncle screamed when he stepped on a rake? Thanks to Mike Ennenbach for treading on the rake of poetic forms with me. Gratitude to Danielle Yvonne and @candacenola.bsky.social for tolerating us. candacenola.substack.com/p/07102026-p...

07/10/2026 Poetry Night! Annus Poëticus cum Michaele et Craigo (Pompous Multum) A Year-Long Friendly Duel in Poetic Forms!

Week 26-Craig Brownlie-Shadorma

Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Time to reopen the basement laboratory and hire an Igor.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Five years ago at a Turkey Blaster Omega gig. Suzanne is sporting their latest shirt at the time. Photo by Al Brundage.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Walked over to watch the fireworks on Saturday night. Just everyone else in the city and us. A bit smoky so you had to concentrate a little harder to see the celebration.

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Craig Brownlie @craigbrownlie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Round out your celebration with poetic fireworks from Mike Ennenbach, as he helps us move past villanelles. What comes next? Stay tuned! As always, thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and @danielleyvonne.bsky.social Read it at candacenola.substack.com/p/07042026-p...