MrBullBull
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· Feb 27
BULL #13: for the longjohns
BULL #13: for the longjohns [Drevlow, Benjamin K., Austin, Stephanie, Atkins, X.C., Cheis, Tommy, Chon, Jeff, Cizak, Alex, Gonzalez, CS, Garcia, J. Malcolm, Kornfield, Anna, McHone, Mike] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. BULL #13: for the longjohns
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Introducing BULL #13: The Longjohns Issue, featuring a bunch of longer fiction from the past year. Get it now for the low low price of 6 lousy bucks: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ
"What caused that first detonation? It was an event (which isn’t the right word) which didn’t prove fatal, not quite, but which made Willem aware that his sense of himself, of the inside, outside, could disintegrate in a flash." - Simon Firth mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
October 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
"What caused that first detonation? It was an event (which isn’t the right word) which didn’t prove fatal, not quite, but which made Willem aware that his sense of himself, of the inside, outside, could disintegrate in a flash." - Simon Firth mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
“To the prostitutes,’ a drunken voice gave a toast. ‘May their hoohas forever be welcoming and may they never grow teeth like my wife’s.'” Tony W. Njoroge mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
October 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
“To the prostitutes,’ a drunken voice gave a toast. ‘May their hoohas forever be welcoming and may they never grow teeth like my wife’s.'” Tony W. Njoroge mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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New work up in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today!
Bull has been a mag that I've read for years and been submitting to forever. I love the work they put out and I'm very grateful to have this story on their site.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
Bull has been a mag that I've read for years and been submitting to forever. I love the work they put out and I'm very grateful to have this story on their site.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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October 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New work up in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today!
Bull has been a mag that I've read for years and been submitting to forever. I love the work they put out and I'm very grateful to have this story on their site.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
Bull has been a mag that I've read for years and been submitting to forever. I love the work they put out and I'm very grateful to have this story on their site.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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Check out this one from @kylejoseph.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social!
This is my story! Thanks to Bull Lit for championing this. It's actually a small section of the novel that I'm currently shopping to agents. Give it a read.
"At the sink, Devin shoveled week-old pink unicorn cake into his mouth with a toddler’s spoon. Treacly sweet, it nuked his taste buds, leaving a pudding-like mouthfeel. It was terrible. He took another bite." - Kyle Joseph Kennedy mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Check out this one from @kylejoseph.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social!
"I’m not a loser; my greatness has been in hibernation." - Robert Sumner mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
"I’m not a loser; my greatness has been in hibernation." - Robert Sumner mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
"There was talk about how the corpse, back when it was a man named Steve, wasn’t particularly full of life. How he didn’t particularly light up a room when he entered it. In fact, no one ever noticed when he was in the room." - Joseph Linscott mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
October 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
"There was talk about how the corpse, back when it was a man named Steve, wasn’t particularly full of life. How he didn’t particularly light up a room when he entered it. In fact, no one ever noticed when he was in the room." - Joseph Linscott mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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New how to story from my “Strange Instructions” series up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social
"You could willfully misread the assignment & become a butter man: sit patiently & hold your head still while your sculpted likeness is brought to pale unpasteurized life at the Minnesota State Fair. But... is that who you really want to be?" @mattleibel.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
October 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
New how to story from my “Strange Instructions” series up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Thanks to @thedrevlow.bsky.social
"Everyone was recording the man floating in the water. When this was over, they’d be forced to see their filming had only created the most bizarre public porno anyone had ever seen: Homeless Bull Finishes Himself in Front of Thirsty Crowd at Local Park." - DJ Garcia mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
October 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
"Everyone was recording the man floating in the water. When this was over, they’d be forced to see their filming had only created the most bizarre public porno anyone had ever seen: Homeless Bull Finishes Himself in Front of Thirsty Crowd at Local Park." - DJ Garcia mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
"You could willfully misread the assignment & become a butter man: sit patiently & hold your head still while your sculpted likeness is brought to pale unpasteurized life at the Minnesota State Fair. But... is that who you really want to be?" @mattleibel.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
October 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"You could willfully misread the assignment & become a butter man: sit patiently & hold your head still while your sculpted likeness is brought to pale unpasteurized life at the Minnesota State Fair. But... is that who you really want to be?" @mattleibel.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
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This is my story! Thanks to Bull Lit for championing this. It's actually a small section of the novel that I'm currently shopping to agents. Give it a read.
"At the sink, Devin shoveled week-old pink unicorn cake into his mouth with a toddler’s spoon. Treacly sweet, it nuked his taste buds, leaving a pudding-like mouthfeel. It was terrible. He took another bite." - Kyle Joseph Kennedy mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This is my story! Thanks to Bull Lit for championing this. It's actually a small section of the novel that I'm currently shopping to agents. Give it a read.
"At the sink, Devin shoveled week-old pink unicorn cake into his mouth with a toddler’s spoon. Treacly sweet, it nuked his taste buds, leaving a pudding-like mouthfeel. It was terrible. He took another bite." - Kyle Joseph Kennedy mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"At the sink, Devin shoveled week-old pink unicorn cake into his mouth with a toddler’s spoon. Treacly sweet, it nuked his taste buds, leaving a pudding-like mouthfeel. It was terrible. He took another bite." - Kyle Joseph Kennedy mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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My first published story set in #LimerickCity had to feature Georgian Limerick.
I love the quiet, steady pacing of this story, as Oskar navigates the city, forever a stranger in his new home but no longer belonging to where he came from either.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
I love the quiet, steady pacing of this story, as Oskar navigates the city, forever a stranger in his new home but no longer belonging to where he came from either.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
October 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
My first published story set in #LimerickCity had to feature Georgian Limerick.
I love the quiet, steady pacing of this story, as Oskar navigates the city, forever a stranger in his new home but no longer belonging to where he came from either.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
I love the quiet, steady pacing of this story, as Oskar navigates the city, forever a stranger in his new home but no longer belonging to where he came from either.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
"No one at the garage cares who he is. He’s simply Oskar, who does oil changes, checks spark plugs, changes bulbs and belts, all the jobs the real mechanics don’t want to bother with. They don’t know, or care to know, where Slovenia is." @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
October 1, 2026 at 12:09 PM
"No one at the garage cares who he is. He’s simply Oskar, who does oil changes, checks spark plugs, changes bulbs and belts, all the jobs the real mechanics don’t want to bother with. They don’t know, or care to know, where Slovenia is." @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
"Her hands on her hips and thrust forward like that. Of course I loved her. And I didn't too. Maybe it was envy. It was hard to tell the difference that night." - Eric Potter @ericpotter.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 30, 2026 at 11:47 AM
"Her hands on her hips and thrust forward like that. Of course I loved her. And I didn't too. Maybe it was envy. It was hard to tell the difference that night." - Eric Potter @ericpotter.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
"White water fell through the gap. Chunks of the dam swirled in dirty foam and whirled downriver. Before long the water above and below the dam was calm and level. After a while it was like there had never been anything there at all." @thmsbrns.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 29, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"White water fell through the gap. Chunks of the dam swirled in dirty foam and whirled downriver. Before long the water above and below the dam was calm and level. After a while it was like there had never been anything there at all." @thmsbrns.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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Issue #14 of my column MOANS FROM THE CONDIMENT FRIDGE @mrbullbull.bsky.social , titled DOUBLE FEATURE
This issue is about the drive-in I went to with my father, why decades later I didn't attend his funeral. It's old movies and complicated relationships
Link below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
This issue is about the drive-in I went to with my father, why decades later I didn't attend his funeral. It's old movies and complicated relationships
Link below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
September 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Issue #14 of my column MOANS FROM THE CONDIMENT FRIDGE @mrbullbull.bsky.social , titled DOUBLE FEATURE
This issue is about the drive-in I went to with my father, why decades later I didn't attend his funeral. It's old movies and complicated relationships
Link below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
This issue is about the drive-in I went to with my father, why decades later I didn't attend his funeral. It's old movies and complicated relationships
Link below:
mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
"I chose to remember my father for who he truly was: a thief; a grifter; a veteran of the Vietnam War, but also, a lover of books; music; and movies." @frank212.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
September 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"I chose to remember my father for who he truly was: a thief; a grifter; a veteran of the Vietnam War, but also, a lover of books; music; and movies." @frank212.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/moan...
"It’s so cute when she tries to saw me in half. The way her arms wobble holding that vigorous blade longer than her body, her glee at that first cut, how she laughs at my screams when she finally hits bone." @benjaminstarr.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
September 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"It’s so cute when she tries to saw me in half. The way her arms wobble holding that vigorous blade longer than her body, her glee at that first cut, how she laughs at my screams when she finally hits bone." @benjaminstarr.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
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...stories in (respectively)
Tramspset @trampset.bsky.social
JMWW @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
The Goodlife Review
Raw Lit
BULL @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social
Tramspset @trampset.bsky.social
JMWW @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
The Goodlife Review
Raw Lit
BULL @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social
The Shortlist for September 24, 2026 - Turn and Work
Short writing from Elissa Field, Asher Kelsey, Georgia Maull-Keyser, Chris Cottom, James Keith Smith, and Wade Harris
www.turnandwork.com
September 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
...stories in (respectively)
Tramspset @trampset.bsky.social
JMWW @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
The Goodlife Review
Raw Lit
BULL @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social
Tramspset @trampset.bsky.social
JMWW @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
The Goodlife Review
Raw Lit
BULL @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social
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Hoping to climb in the bucking chute and take a ride with 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞?
Then check out what 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 has to say about her experience coming out of the gate…
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑...”
@mrbullbull.bsky.social #booksky #fiction #litfic
Then check out what 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 has to say about her experience coming out of the gate…
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑...”
@mrbullbull.bsky.social #booksky #fiction #litfic
Short Story Shoutout Q&A with Caroline Giudice
Author of “Van Cleef” in BULL Literary Magazine
freilly2020.substack.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Hoping to climb in the bucking chute and take a ride with 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞?
Then check out what 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 has to say about her experience coming out of the gate…
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑...”
@mrbullbull.bsky.social #booksky #fiction #litfic
Then check out what 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐞 has to say about her experience coming out of the gate…
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑...”
@mrbullbull.bsky.social #booksky #fiction #litfic
"We treated everything like it was either righteous or evil, and often we preferred the evil because it felt righteous."
- Lilia Fetini
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
- Lilia Fetini
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"We treated everything like it was either righteous or evil, and often we preferred the evil because it felt righteous."
- Lilia Fetini
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
- Lilia Fetini
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
"Shimmy was going to do psychedelics in Australia, he’d said, lying down for his own funeral. Then the tunnel-monkeys had burst up from down under and all the red in his eyes had sprayed out from his neck-tunnel. 'Whoa!'" - Adi Dvir mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"Shimmy was going to do psychedelics in Australia, he’d said, lying down for his own funeral. Then the tunnel-monkeys had burst up from down under and all the red in his eyes had sprayed out from his neck-tunnel. 'Whoa!'" - Adi Dvir mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
"Now we're finally back to teaching kids those old fables about how sometimes, yes, you did need someone smaller than you & that it isn’t the dwarf’s fault if they had a bobblehead stuck on tiny bodies with little legs that didn’t bend." - Lilia Mahfouz mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 23, 2026 at 11:46 AM
"Now we're finally back to teaching kids those old fables about how sometimes, yes, you did need someone smaller than you & that it isn’t the dwarf’s fault if they had a bobblehead stuck on tiny bodies with little legs that didn’t bend." - Lilia Mahfouz mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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Kumar Sen had a new piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social yesterday, so I decided I'd go back and read this earlier #FlashInTheFeed first, as a treat. So good, even on the second and third readings!
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
mrbullbull.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Kumar Sen had a new piece in @mrbullbull.bsky.social yesterday, so I decided I'd go back and read this earlier #FlashInTheFeed first, as a treat. So good, even on the second and third readings!
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
"My father says a man should know how to hold a knife but what he means is not the knife, not really, it’s the holding, the way your wrist doesn’t shake even when everything else does." - Kumar Sen mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
September 22, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"My father says a man should know how to hold a knife but what he means is not the knife, not really, it’s the holding, the way your wrist doesn’t shake even when everything else does." - Kumar Sen mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...