J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Took a spontaneous getaway trip to the lake. Kayak paddle at dawn (not me ugly crying and making awkward eye contact with a seagull, but it's been that kind of week 😭) and then 6 mile rail trail run. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tonight I slowed down. Walked my usual running path. Saw so much beauty that I'd normally have raced past. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wait! What? Aaron Burr was taken in by the Goodwin family during his European exile? Meaning, he was hanging out with little one-day Mary Shelley? 🤯 Considering I spent hours yesterday re-recording my Theodosia ballad, I'm just gobsmacked by this. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Of course, I will have to reread later when my brain isn't on fire 🔥🔥🔥. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Covid 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. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This 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. 020
Reposted by J.A. BrysonHaven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If 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... 143
Reposted by J.A. BrysonHaven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If 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 ) 11010
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Phew! 7th grade though... watch for those thorns! 010
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It's like someone read my diary. I have just begun... #1. 091
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Broke 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! 020
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026That 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. 010
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I 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. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026That was our conclusion in the end. It took a bit of CSI work though. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Why is there a mysterious trail of blood leading down the stairs? Not my favorite game to play. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Introduce 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. 010
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's okay to rest. It's okay to rest. It's okay to rest. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Posting this precious face instead of a body horror summer selfie. The swelling will go down, they say. I must believe. 😬 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The last thing I see before I close my eyes at night. 010
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I regret to inform you that we have run out of kibble. Sushi is not being dramatic about it at all. 020
Reposted by J.A. BrysonAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works. 21279482156
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026How am I supposed to get anything done around here? 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2026In what world does that ever happen? Totally implausible. 010
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Sang an ode to Uranus and hexed the patriarchy at Caffe Lena tonight. Good times. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026For real! I'm reading a book now where I'm like, yeah, it's good... but it could really use more leabians. 060
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I was told that my story had too many lesbians. Like one was fine, but the fact that there were a bunch, and that they knew each other. Totally unrealistic. 81742
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Weird 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... 🤷♀️ 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2026So I spent an hour at the waterfront with my travel Taylor pourimg my heart out to the river, birds singing back up with the occasional Amtrak whistle. I am so full of gratitude this solstice. Happy Summer! ☀️ 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Thinking 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. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Well, 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! 😭 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Might hex the patriarchy. See how we're feeling. My lovely witches will be im attendance. Listen to Three Witches Ballad (Beta) by J.A. Bryson on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/Qi5AOM5JOKr6...soundcloud.comThree Witches Ballad (Beta)Hex the patriarchy. 000
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Welcoming a bunch of my singer sister from Counterpoint to take the stage! www.counterpointsingers.comcounterpointsingers.comWomen's Singing Group | Counterpoint | ChappaquaCounterpoint is an all-female, mostly a cappella singing group founded in 2016, based in Chappaqua, NY. We sing original arrangements of popular music in a variety of styles. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026So many great acts on tap! Going to accompany my mom on Que Sera! 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Planning to open with Margie and the Book Club Moms and a full book club mom chorus! Listen to Margie and the Book Club Moms by J.A. Bryson on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/gXq1BCCbpiIS...soundcloud.comMargie and the Book Club MomsMargie, my hero. 100
J.A. Bryson @jbrysonwrites.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Hosting 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. 110
Reposted by J.A. BrysonDoug Worgul @dougworgul.bsky.social · 12/02/2025www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...theatlantic.comAmerica in 2025A poem 031
Reposted by J.A. BrysonRoxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 29/01/2025Is 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. 331758524