In celebration of Presidents' Day, please enjoy my story, "Ten Years Later, the Nation Remembers the Day the President's Penis Died," up now at Bull.

"There’s a kind of rhyming lyricism to Chaon’s horror..." Shawn Mitchell on the "parental nightmare fuel" of Dan Chaon (@danchaon.bsky.social)'s "The Bees." #StoriesWeLove #ShortStoryMonth bit.ly/3MEbi9b

Still here.

I'm starting a Substack to keep myself accountable as I finish a story collection. The first post is a look back at 2025 progress and setting my goals for 2026. Please subscribe and share! open.substack.com/pub/shawnandre…

Tsundoku - useful Japanese word for the practice of buying books and then not reading them:

Taking part in the Great Write Off for the FWR. They're trying to launch their new design! Please donate if you can. bit.ly/1bh55fM

In my lifetime the world could see 4.2°C of global warming. How about in yours? bitly.com/howhotwillitget #howhotwillitget via Guardian Environment

"... a bit lightheaded from all that sugar-sweet Bakerdashery." My review of TRAVELING SRINKLER is up at The Rumpus. bit.ly/1bgWoS6

It is either hilarious or depressing that I will be spending my New Year's in a capsule hotel in Tokyo.

I wish more lit mags offered ebook editions, so I could read them and support them without considering international shipping costs.

"Sometimes you can judge a book by its color palette." My review of Barry's DARK LIES THE ISLAND is up @ The Rumpus. bit.ly/1kM15TA

My interview with Jesse Ball is up over at the sleekly redesigned Fiction Writers Review. Check it out, click around. fictionwritersreview.com/interview/a-go…

The best September books from Ben Lerner to Anne Helen Petersen's "Scandals of Classic Hollywood" vol1brooklyn.com/2014/09/02/vol…

The Brautigan tribute anthology has a pub month: March 2015. So much goodness I'm looking forward to sharing. fictionadvocate.com/2014/09/07/com…

"The most exciting debut since Stephen King's 2013 novel CARRIE." --- Dean Koontz

My review of William Todd Seabrook's THE IMAGINATION OF LEWIS CARROLL is up over at the Rumpus. therumpus.net/2015/03/the-im…

"Gritty, gruesome lyricism": Shawn Mitchell on Benjamin Percy's newest novel: THE DEAD LANDS. Grand Central Pub bit.ly/1DEAiRM