Just some guy. Author of Oakaville (@thealienbuddha) & Green Acre (@choeofpleirn). Words: HAD, BULL, Maudlin House, Cleaver Mag etc. @identitytheory Fiction Ed
Joined February 2018
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31 Dec 2025
I published a few things this year you may have missed (including my debut story collection!). Thanks to all the journals that gave my writing a home in 2025. A fun thread:
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Jun 13
My interview with @JillianLuft joined the rare 200-download club. If you're one of the few who haven't read her book, now's as good a time as any, cause every Summer's a Scumbag one.
Hear about it here:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Goโฆ
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Jun 10
I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from Malarkey Books. And thanks to David Wojciechowski for the amazing work he did designing the cover ๐
Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afteโฆ
ALT Book cover, features a hops plant that appears to have mugs of beer as buds. Text reads: After Last Call Stories Will Musgrove
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โOn Bathsโ is part of this terrific collection autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tโฆ
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Never forget that you are the main data center. Drink water, and consume as much literature as possible.
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don't use ai to write, use your childhood trauma like the rest of us
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May 23
Just finished my last interview. Last two episodes should be out in the next month and a half, or so. Been a good run. One for the books.
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May 22
New episode with @ScottLaudati! We talk growing up in a blue collar, artless family, empty promises of Hollywood, and ball cancer. Plus his amazing book, Play the Devil. Lil sum sum for your weekend listening pleasure.
Run it up!
open.spotify.com/episode/1NHโฆ
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My book This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers came into the world six months ago today. If you've bought the book, read it, reviewed it, thought about buying it, or even just liked, shared, or laughed at/cheered for a post about it, you have my eternal and undying gratitude.
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Apr 13
if you don't write today, that's okay because you might die tomorrow, and no one will remember you anyway
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Apr 7
If you're a good enough writer, you will suffer from depression.
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Apr 5
My favorite Easter memory is getting the cinematic masterpiece Space Jam on VHS in my Easter basket and rewatching it all day with my brother while we got annihilated on chocolate and jelly beans. Simpler times.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Mar 14
Idk about you guys, but I write because I enjoy writing, and I submit to places that share this same love of writing. Is that not the whole point??
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New episode with super-amazing person, @Kristen_Arnett! We talk about Florida, a practical approach to chasing dreams, and their book "Stop Me If You've Heard This One."
Run it up!
open.spotify.com/episode/6SZโฆ
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Feb 27
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 lousybucks: amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ
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Mar 1
Yooo, I have a story in this! Thanks to @thedrevlow for publishing โ127 Feetโ last year and including it in BULL #13. Also $6 is a steal!
Feb 27
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 lousybucks: amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ
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Feb 26
First publication of the year. My story "Addictions" appears in Bull #13 with @cshrumly @CheisTommy27749 @KateSjostrand and others. Thanks to @MISTERBULLBULL for publishing the original in Dec. '24 and including it in the print issue!
amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ
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Feb 26
My short story "127 Feet" appears in the new @MISTERBULLBULL anthology. Bull published that story last year (thx @thedrevlow) and it's a story I had so much fun writing. I hope you'll check it out and the other contributor stories as well--it's only $6! amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ
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Feb 6
Happy 1st Birthday to my debut story collection, Oakaville! If youโve read it, a rating or review on Good Reads/ Amazon really goes a long way. If you havenโt read it, why not?? Hit me up for a signed copy or you can find it on Amazon: amzn.to/4jP1v0Y
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