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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tonight I slowed down. Walked my usual running path. Saw so much beauty that I'd normally have raced past.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Covid and flu shots in the books. Sipping Earl Grey tea. Drifting in and out of fever sleep listening to @mariapopova.bsky.social 's Traversal. Soul innoculation.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This used to be teaching. It was a joy. My kids thrived. Even the ones that drove their other teachers crazy. Then, the scripted curriculums came. The demand for compliance. No choice. No autonomy. Rote learning. Now, only glimmers of weirdness shine through the cracks. It's a damn shame.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you haven't read the short story "Proliferation" by J.A. Bryson / @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social in our 🌟August 2026 issue🌟, now's your chance! Find it here: havenspec.com/fiction/prol...

Teaser image of the short story "Proliferation" by J.A. Bryson in Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 25, published August 2026. The text in the image is an excerpt of the piece over the cover image, titled "Quietness in Amber" and made by Caroline Jamhour. The image features a contemplative woman, her eyes closed, standing in shoulder-deep water beside a crescent moon, her hair flowing on the water's surface.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you haven't read the short story "Between Tides and Bones" by Carol Scheina / @carolscheina.bsky.social in our 🌟August 2026 issue🌟, now's your chance! Find it here: havenspec.com/fiction/betw... (Art: @carolinejamhour.bsky.social )

Teaser image of the short story "Between Tides and Bones" by Carol Scheina in Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 25, published August 2026. The text in the image is an excerpt of the piece over the cover image, titled "Quietness in Amber" and made by Caroline Jamhour. The image features a contemplative woman, her eyes closed, standing in shoulder-deep water beside a crescent moon, her hair flowing on the water's surface.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Also parenting a middle schooler is ROUGH.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's like someone read my diary. I have just begun... #1.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Broke ground on a new novel today. My stories have been novella shaped lately, so this feels slightly daunting in its complexity, but I'm so excited to tell (continue) this tale!

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So thrilled to be a part of this issue!! 🌱 🌱🌱

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That moment when you look at your class roster and realize the parent of one of your incoming students was in your critique group ten years ago back when you were writing sapphic vampire smut. 😅 Cool. Cool.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I was practicing my set for a couple of open mics this weekend when I got the notification about Dolly. Immediately, I pulled up "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" and sob-sang my way through it. I expect to hear a lot of tributes this weekend. And they will all break my heart just a little.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Why is there a mysterious trail of blood leading down the stairs? Not my favorite game to play.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm that blown out tire on I-95 at 3 AM raining debris upon Dad's borrowed, mid-life crisis convertible.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's okay to rest. It's okay to rest. It's okay to rest.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Posting this precious face instead of a body horror summer selfie. The swelling will go down, they say. I must believe. 😬

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The last thing I see before I close my eyes at night.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I regret to inform you that we have run out of kibble. Sushi is not being dramatic about it at all.

Tuxedo cat lies belly up in front of an empty kibble dispenser staring inploringly.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

How am I supposed to get anything done around here?

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sang an ode to Uranus and hexed the patriarchy at Caffe Lena tonight. Good times.

A sign for Caffe Lena. Folk music since 1960.

The blue lit stage at Caffe Lena and cafe tables.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Weird how certain men feel compelled to crack unfunny jokes after my open mic sets. It's as if sapphic mermaid murder ballads 🧜‍♀️🔪 and witches hexing the patriarchy 🧙‍♀️ make them uncomfortable... 🤷‍♀️

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When your work friends know you too well...

A crocheted anthropomorphic tooth in a mesh back with a note that says positive tooth.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Thinking about the Singing the Wheel class I took with @songspeaksaro.bsky.social today. After weeks of deep fullfilling musical and creative work, culminating in last night's open mic, my first impulse this morning was to go to the river and thank the song -- or all the songs that have lifted me.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Well, the stage is ready to be set. A few last-minute cancelations... including my soundboard operator. 😬 But really, I've been meaning to learn how to run a soundboard for years now. An opportunity! It'll be great! And I will have a new skill! 😭

An empty stage with a few icicles lights and sun shining in the windows.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hosting the inaugural Lilith's Ladies Night WTFNB Open Mic 🎤 in 2 days! This is shaping up to be a huge event!! I'm so excited to be building community for women and gender queer artists across the Hudson Valley Region.

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Doug Worgul @dougworgul.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 29/01/2025

Is everything terrible right now? Pretty much. But if you try to focus on all of it, you will not be able to function. So do what you can to make the world a better place to exist in- in the ways that you can & forgive yourself for what you can't. Doing something is always better than doing nothing.

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

So excited for the world to finally meet Zip and Cat!

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J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Merry Krampusnacht! Hope you were good this year! 👹🎄🎊 Listen to Merry Krampus by J.A. Bryson on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/SqxJf

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?

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