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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today we're excited to be featuring Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social and his piece "Anisoptera" from our Summer 2026 Issue! Read the rest of his piece and our Issue on our website, linked in bio!

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Damn that’s awfully nice of you to say

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Definitely true. No friendships ever seem to develop.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Another collection of first-rate #shortstories for February. Our thanks to Ruth Gilchrist @kevingrauke.bsky.social @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social Diego Lama @rosefacchini.bsky.social and @jacqdoyle.bsky.social

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I won't be at AWP next weekend, but I will be reading at The Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Philly next Saturday at 2:00.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

"Our best games seemed always to happen between supper and sundown..." Who’s With Us When We’re Drinking Alone in the Dark of Our Summer Backyards by Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/02/20/w...

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Seriously though: imagine the essay that could come from such an experience. The douchebaggery!

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The world really needs someone to attend and then write about it like DFW wrote about cruise ships. Any takers out there?

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Wind chill in Philly is double digits below zero.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 27/01/2026

love this perfect flashback remembrance from Kevin Grauke "New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet. I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress. No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done." www.havehashad.com/2sow5

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First First Date, 1985 by Kevin Grauke

New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet. I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress. No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done. At the North Star 8, I knew the guy who scooped…

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Love to hear it. Hank can never get too much love and respect. Mt Rushmore of American music

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I initially read this as if you were going to tell me about the long-lost sibling of parataxis and hypotaxis . . .

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Congratulations! That's amazing news!

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Love Cal (and Oliver)! How many ended up with both in their top five? Just you, maybe?

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Oh, man. A great writer. The Maid's Version, which came out about ten years ago, is so good, as are many others.

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Have you ordered a copy yet? If you haven't, please! The Amazon link is in the comments. If you've read it (and liked it), I'd love a little review at Amazon.

My book of fiction, West of Destry, leaning against a pair of cowboy boots.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The room is almost all elephant. Almost none of it isn’t. Pretty much solid elephant. So there’s no room to talk about it. -Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room” #everynightapoem

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Kay Ryan

The room is

almost all

elephant.

Almost none

of it isn't.

Pretty much

solid elephant.

So there's no

room to talk

about it.

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

"Be sincere, be brief, be seated." FDR

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Adam Van Winkle @vanwinkle.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This collection is knockout. Thalia Larry McMurtry knockout.

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

My collection of connected stories is out today (paperback and ebook)! And published by the very cool @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social! There are much more important things going on everywhere, but it sure would be nice if you'd spent a little time in the tiny West Town of Yonder.

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West of Destry

West of Destry [Grauke, Kevin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. West of Destry

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Wait 'til y'all wander into Yonder, Texas. @kevingrauke.bsky.social's WEST OF DESTRY drops 11/11 from CJ Press. Many thanks to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social for knowin' what's up.

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A week from today, my new book of Texas stories comes out from the great press @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thanks so much, @jonathanin2k.bsky.social! This book comes out a week from today from the great @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: What’s the Point? by @stevenlaffoley.bsky.social (@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social) nimbus.ca/store/whats-... & Yonderites by @kevingrauke.bsky.social (@bullshitlit.bsky.social) www.bullshitlit.com/shop/p/yonde... #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky

Book cover for What’s the Point? An Irreverent History of Point Pleasant Park by Steven Laffoley @stevenlaffoley.bsky.social‬ (Pottersfield Press @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social‬)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬: Here is a book of history in its most entertaining form: the story of Point Pleasant Park, a unique 190-acre collection of paths, ponds, and port-o-potties; flora, fauna, and fungi; battlements, monuments, and burial mounds all situated at the far south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia. https://nimbus.ca/store/whats-the-point.html

Book cover for Yonderites by Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social‬ (Bullshit Lit @bullshitlit.bsky.social‬): Kevin Grauke’s collection of short stories set in the made-up town of Yonder, Texas. “What if Sherwood Anderson had been born a century later, in small-town Texas instead of Ohio, raised on Lone Star beer and The Last Picture Show?”-Chris Haven, author of Nesting Habits of Flightless Birds https://www.bullshitlit.com/shop/p/yonderites

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Love this. And I love it even more for using the word “bolus.” A great word I don’t see enough of.

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

What I've always wanted: a book printed in mayonnaise.

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

“I never cared for you” — wow

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Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I’m lucky enough to have found this on vinyl. So damn good

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HAD @havehashad.com · 23/09/2025

bits, candles, carats, horsepower it's been a bit since I did a spontaneous call send me something I'll love no limits (except a reasonable amount of respect for my very fleeting attention) <3 @crowjonah.com havehashad.submittable.com/submit/4178e...

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