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A Year In Writing—What’s Been Published

Posted by Caleb Coy on

Hey readers. December is here, and it’s been quite a year. A lot has happened in the world, big things and small. A quarter century into the new millennium we are. Well, here’s here’s a highlight reel of what this author has published.

A few poems have come out. If you haven’t read them, now’s your chance:

“Shelly, I Say” and “Accidental” in Tar River Poetry Review

“Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” in Roanoke Review

“Ode To Chris Thile’s Receding Hairline” in Loom

For you fiction fans out there, I’ve got stories for you:

“I Love You, Prancer Donner Blitzen” in Descant

“What You Stand To Gain” in Thriller Magazine

“Worlds Over The Edge” in Ember

“Last Day In April” in Amsterdam Quarterly
(a story that placed Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s prize in 2013)

“Mode of Pursuit” in Close to the Bone

I did have one light-hearted essay out:

“Michael, Muppets, and Memories” in I Have That On Vinyl

There were a lot of humor pieces, but I’m only sharing the cream of the crop here:

“If People Who Call Vaccines “The Jab” Spoke That Way About Other Historically Life-Saving Medical Interventions”

—The Haven

“I Have Very Simple, Normal Rules For Consuming Fruit Snacks”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“The Fall of Civilization as Told By Apple Plus News Spotlight Push Notifications”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“The Warm Food Has Arrived, So Let’s Begin Our Meeting And Then Have The Food
—Slackjaw

“I’m So Self-Reliant I Joined an Individualist Community”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“From Now On, Every App Will Feature An AI Chatbot”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“This Toddler Is Playing 4-D Chess With You”

—Frazzled

“How To Prepare For Life Under Technofeudalism”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“The Only Thing That Stops a Bad Guy with a Gun is a Good Guy with a Gun”

—Civil Politics

“Guidelines For Character Accents In Hollywood Films”

—Slackjaw

“Reasons I Need a Treat: A Madlib”

—Points In Case

“Excuse Me, But Your Theme Park Is Actually A Motif Park”

—McSweeney’s

“Diet Trends You Haven’t Tried Yet and Probably Shouldn’t”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“Please Download This Mobile Game Based On The Dystopian TV Show Called ‘The Agony Tournament’”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“I Just Want To Mindlessly Shoot Zombies and Barrels”

—Slackjaw

“I’m Going Off the Grid To Get Away From Society, As Soon As I Finish Using Society’s Grid To Build My Bunker”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“The Family Tree of Elves In My Legendarium is Very Straightforward”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“I, The Buddha, Will Not Be Playing Parcheesi At Your Game Night”

—Slackjaw

“Only A Couple More Episodes To Go Watching Me, The Show You’re Pretending To Enjoy”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“I, A Toddler, Am No Longer The Person I Was Five Seconds Ago”

—Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

“A Menu Of Our Fine, Though Illegal French Cheeses And Their Legal-To-Buy-And-Own Assault Weapon Pairings”

—Points In Case (coming soon)

5 Funny Reads from Slackjaw This week

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If you don’t follow Slackjaw on Medium, you really ought to. Endless short humor pieces to help you get through your day.

Everyone can read 5 articles a month for free on Medium’s giant library, but if you subscribe for only 5 dollars a month (imagine paying a dollar for each one of those free ones, then the rest are free—hey, it’s cheaper than the newspaper), you get unlimited access to any article from any publication on Medium.

So to convince you, here are 5 great humor pieces from this week alone from Slackjaw, the premiere humor publication on Medium:

  1. How To Have “The Talk” With Your Child About Weinerville by Caleb Coy
    Yes, that’s me. It’s mine. But hey, I’m real proud of it. And my brother is real proud of it. Sooner or later, you might have to talk to your child about getting weinerized.
  2. Quiz: Are You At A 90 Minute Hot Power Yoga Class, Or A Medieval Public Execution? by Luke Strathmann
    “Everyone’s dehydrated, and sometimes there are goats.”
  3. Real Friends Never Say “Good-Bye.” They Say “I Should Really Let You Go” And Then Keep Talking by Lily Hirsch
    “If I said “good-bye,” you’d basically assume I’m dying. And a real friend would never make you deal with death when no one has actually died.”
  4. Introducing The Tragedy Flag: The First Ever Flag Made To Stay At Half-Staff by Adam Dietz
    “With The Tragedy Flag, you’ll never have to mournfully lower your flag again! And you’ll never have to raise it again either, not that you ever get a chance to on account of the daily gun violence.”
  5. The Philosophy Major’s Guide To Small Talk by Alex Baia
    “Need help finding anything?”
    “Not unless I have free will.”