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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 4h

Read an excerpt of ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU at the link below. If you like what you read, hit up the @bruisermag.com store or contact me directly to get a copy, for the⚡️electrifyingly⚡️low price of $10! www.bruisermag.com/bullion_elec...

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Excerpt from ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU by John Waddy Bullion - BRUISER

John Waddy Bullion is a Fort Worth-based writer of fiction and nonfiction and the author of This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers (Cowboy

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · 29/09/2026

I’ve been writing essays lately about my relationship to poetry. Three of them are in @bulbregion.bsky.social today. bulbregion.com/Short-Essays...

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Short Essays on Poetry, by Justin Carter — The Bulb Region

Short Essays on Poetry — Justin Carter Short Essay On Poetry #2 I’m playing the...

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Z.H. (Burial Magazine) @burialmagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

here’s what the goat dan chaon has to say about my debut boom of poems “tv & treadmill,” out soon from the inimitable hesse press. preorder here: asterismbooks.com/product/tv-t...

Z.H. Gill's poems are painfully funny and full of feeling, written in a dizzying collage of modes—a mix of online trash talk and mys-ticism, conversational and lyrical, enigmatically dissociated and emotionally direct— an insightful glimpse of what it feels like to be alive in our contemporary moment.

- Dan Chaon, author of One of Us

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"stink, beer...& salt...sears on the/leather of...sleeveless jackets on burly... men & mc club patches" Dig Friday Night Ride to Mary’s, Naturally by Christopher Stevenson in Cowboy Jamboree's newest issue, EAGLE-EYED: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/friday-night...

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Friday Night Ride to Mary's, Naturally

Friday Night Ride to Mary’s, Naturally by Christopher Stevenson Author's Note: I watched all the Eagle Pennell I could I get my hands on. Eagle Pennell captured a changing Texas. So, for...

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy publication day to @johnwaddy.bsky.social’s ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU from @bruisermag.com I had the opportunity to blurb this, and you do not want to miss it!

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 24/09/2026

ANOTHER ONE BRUISER ZINE 012: ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU, a brilliant work of nonfiction by @johnwaddy.bsky.social. Read the excerpt today. Copies will be available tomorrow at the BRUISER x Broken River Books reading at Floating Bookshop in OKC—online orders live now. Let’s rock! ↓

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

⚡️Out now from @bruisermag.com’s zine series: a long standalone story(?) a non-fiction novella(?) a Marksonian pastiche(?) a book report(?) a thing (✅) from me about two uniquely American innovations: the electric guitar and the electric chair⚡️ shop.bruisermag.com/product/elec...

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ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU - zine by John Waddy Bullion

"Like grazing a live wire, ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU seizes you and doesn't let go. An assemblage of poignant, funny, and utterly devastating rock 'n' roll histories and electric-chair mythologie...

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A stone-cold masterpiece with a legitimately shocking ending

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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There’s a beautiful new edition of Evan S. Connell’s Mrs. Bridge, which is on my personal great American novel shortlist. if you’ve never read it, now’s your chance! i have yet to meet a single reader who didn’t have their world changed by reading it: mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781582...

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Mrs. Bridge: A Novel

"Again and again. . . I find myself being a Mrs. Bridge evangelist, telling them that it’s a perfect novel, and then pressing copies on them. . . What writing! Economical, piquant, beautiful, true." —...

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our Fall 2026 issue--kicking off our 12th (!) year--is now live! Dig EAGLE-EYED, 7 original works of verse and fiction incited, inspired and ignited by the artistry and life of legendary independent Texas filmmaker, Eagle Pennell: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/121-eagle-ey...

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OKC! I’ll be signing copies of my books (including a new joint from @bruisermag.com) at The Floating Bookshop in OKC this Saturday, 9/26, from 2-4pm!

A cool flyer conveying basically the same information as the skeet above, but with a cool slobbering mouth

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

me when I sit down to write a poem

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This gif is very “cover of @juscarts.com’s ‘Laterals’” coded

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

hey i really really liked it

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Z.H. (Burial Magazine) @burialmagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

hi bluesky. i hate you. but i am not above letting you know i have a book of poems coming very soon from hesse press. you can purchase it at the link below. be well assholes. asterismbooks.com/product/tv-t...

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can’t wait for this to come out and for everybody to get their hands on it!

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

some very nice people said some very nice things about something I made that’s coming out next week ⚡️ @jonathanin2k.bsky.social @keersteemack.bsky.social @juscarts.com @bruisermag.com

"John Waddy Bullion could've submitted this as a dissertation on the history of electricity. Instead, he wires something uncontainable into our nerves, our veins, the marrow of our bones, each turn of the page rattling our teeth looser, our hair , catching fire."
Jonathan Danielson-
author of The Lowest Basin: Arizona Stories

"Bullion at his best: a balancing act of breezy humor and horrid brutality, blending history, pop culture, and capital punishment into a single narrative.
Bullion doesn't just throw the switch. He lights
'em the fuck up."
Kirsti MacKenzie
author of Better to Beg

"There's no writer better equipped to trace the etymology of
"electrocution" like Bullion, whose work always veers into the most electrifying spaces, the most surprising worlds."
Justin Carter
author of Brazos

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

these Tuesday Night Lights got a little too bright for the McLean Cardinals

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 14/09/2026

"Rollo Tomasi"

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

North American fathers love to send a chill down the spines of their family members by texting them a photo of the RedZone countdown clock at the start of each NFL season

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can’t sleep, listen to Take On Giant Steps youtu.be/zGzjRIKxdPE?...

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Take On Giant Steps

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 12/09/2026

New instant classic just dropped

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have a new flash in the latest issue of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. Check it out if you wanna but make sure to read all the other amazing authors in this issue. And thanks to Literary Namjooning for giving this piece such an awesome home! 💙 literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

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Bus Windows by Will Musgrove

I watch as Sammy breathes on the glass, fogs it up. With a finger, he writes BEHIND YOU in the condensation. The bus parks at its next stop, and Sammy, his hoodie hood up so he resembles a ghost, slap...

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

all the lakes in central Texas are just fat rivers

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I DON’T PAY YOU TO TAWT YOU TAW

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Josh Luft @joshuazluft.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Have mercy Been waiting for Godot all day Have mercy Been waiting for Godot all day I got my pal Estragon and I guess we’ll stay

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I take my duties as a citizen scorekeeper on the Dave Campbell Texas Football app extremely seriously

somehow Arlington is beating Haslet Eaton 666-20

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

High school football is a religion in Texas. But so are mysterious loners, Comanche raids, kangaroo teats, and long tubes full of demons! Only one podcast has the courage to cover them all. open.spotify.com/episode/1Vh0...

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Football Kickoff and Tiny Town Roundup!

Tantalizing Texas: Sprawlmageddon · Episode

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

why does Colorado have the Joy Division pulsars on its uniforms

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I would venture to say that this new version of the downtown Dallas whale mural is actually an improvement on the original

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Stephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have an essay in this inaugural issue -- my first "real" essay in a super long time. I wrote about a guy I went out with who was obsessed with "Crash into Me" by Dave Matthews and thus, *I* became obsessed with "Crash into Me" by Dave Matthews.

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

there should be a used bookstore but for, like, unopened beers

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’m at the wildfire smoke I’m at the severe thunderstorm warning I’m at the combination wildfire smoke and severe thunderstorm warning

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The thing people should know about ZZ Top is that those early records, like Tres Hombres for example, are the gold standard for how rock records should sound. Immaculately recorded records, true auteur stuff, albums that set out to be exactly what they are

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I have reviewed The report artifacts That were in The Sharepoint folder

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

GRIT BEFORE GRACE, a new novel from @jdclappwrites.bsky.social, drops on August 25th from Cowboy Jamboree. Preorder the ebook now. Paperback and ebook available on the 25th. Good grit (before grace): a.co/d/07wAyRJs

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

THE CAPTAIN'S BEEN DRINKING, a new novel from @thedrevlow.bsky.social will be out August 18th from CJ Press. Preorder the ebook now. Paperback and ebook available on the day. Dig it: a.co/d/04NbbwGB

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I wrote a poem by taking a James Tate quote & having it run from top to bottom on the left side of the poem as well as bottom to top on the right side of the poem Stoked to have it appear on James Tate's official website www.jamestate.net/instances-oc...

Rat Man
"Behind every great man there sits a rat." - James Tate

Behind man's eyes rests a dead rat
every rat knows as Patrick. A
great rodent who once sprinted, now sits.
Man befriends the dead rat in his head. "There,
there," man says, a headache to ignore. Man
sits softly on the earth, pictures Patrick the great,
a dead rat in his head the size of a lake. Every
rat knows about Patrick, the havoc he left behind.

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GAI Debord @dylanschenker.com · 04/08/2026

Yes, Rosebud frozen peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together

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