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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Meet my third novel, THIRTYSOMETHING. (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Logan’s POV (opens the original)

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    I’ll keep this short because my hands aren’t having the best week, but HI HOW ARE YOU HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER???????????? Mine was fantastic: a lot of sleeping, reading, drafting, yapping, and a trip out east with my family before we got back into the regular swing of things.I hope to be back here in the next few weeks with updates for you, but for now, let’s kick off the long weekend right with 10+ pages of first-person bonus yearning from my first lover boy, Logan [middle-name-unknown-but-probably

  3. Issue · Jul 5, 2026

    on Tyler's sobriety (TROPESICK musings) (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    Quick note: If you haven’t finished reading TROPESICK, maybe save this one for later? Not sure if I’m going to spoil anything, but I’m definitely going to untangle some key themes, and if you prefer unspooling those at novel-length pace, I suggest you return later!And now, back to Tyler. I’m of the opinion that most characters arrive on page not fully formed, but close to it. A new manuscript is a stage to me. An improv show. Characters and objects and chunks of backstory-revealing dialogue burs

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