Brian Belefant @BrianBelefant
Writer + Author + Photographer + Chronicler of the amazing/brilliant/knuckleheaded things my kids do (#WhyImNotDead on Facebook) belefant.com Portland, OR Joined December 2013-
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So thrilled that my story 'A Bird in the Hand' is being shared with the world by Half and One! halfandone.com/a-bird-in-the-… @halfandonetweet
My story ‘Yard Friends’ was accepted for publication by The Blue Mountain Review! Like we used to say where I come from, whadda y’all think about that? @TSCETweets @thebluemountainreview southerncollectiveexperience.com
Reading now: 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' by Ben Fountain @benfountain
What a fantastic way to start the year! My story 'American Foreign Policy' has been published by Firewords Campfire @FirewordsMag . Check it out: firewordscampfire.substack.com/p/bombs-britai…
Just found out that my story 'A Bird in the Hand' has been accepted for publication by Half and One. Yay! #halfandone
Reading now: ‘Burning Chrome’ by William Gibson @GreatDismal
Reading now: 'The Keeper of Lost Things' by Ruth Hogan @ruthmariehogan
Reading now: ‘The Vegan’ by Andrew Lipstein @ailipstein
Just found out that my story 'Max' was accepted for publication by the American Writers Review! Woo hoo! @AmWritersReview #americanwritersreview
Ooh! Just got a lovely email from Libretto Publishers, notifying me that they'd like to include my piece 'No, You Don't Look Familiar' in their next issue! facebook.com/librettopublish @librettopublish
My story ‘Sorry About the Mess’, about a talentless writer (may or may not be autobiographical) has been accepted for publication! look for it in an upcoming issue of the Magpie Messenger. curiouscorvidpublishing.com/magpiemessenger
Woo hoo! My story 'American Foreign Policy' was shortlisted for The South Shore Review Flash Fiction Contest. facebook.com/SouthShoreRevi…
One more! Artistonish Magazine wants to include my photo 'Stilt Walker, Havana' in their next issue. (This one was photographed through Cuban cigar tobacco.) #photography #liquidphotography #brianbelefant #Cuba #Havana #cigar #ElixirLens #belefant #tobacco #Cubancigar
Pour-d Gallery has invited me to show my photography work at their summer exhibition Solar. The show runs from 6/17/2023 until 9/1/2023. Check it out! pour-d.com #photography #liquidphotography #TurkishCoffee #brianbelefant #ElixirLens #belefant #Istanbul
Me bragging. I was offered an artist's residency for this summer at Blue Cactus in Spain! How %$&*!! cool is that?
Itchin' to read my story 'Caviar'? You can! It's live at halfandone.com/caviar/ #halfandone @halfandonetweet
Want to read my story ‘Fabriating Gary Gatenou’? Well, you can’t. But you can hear it. The Story Unlikely podcast of told stories is live and here’s a link: directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/… That’s not me, by the way, reading it. If you want to hear my voice, call me. Seriously.
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Surprise chaos Friday news: I'M OPEN TO QUERIES! More info over at headwaterliterary [dot] com!
🔥 Hello! We’re trying something new. Introducing Campfire, our digital serialised offshoot to Firewords. It’s like the regular magazine except the pieces we’re publishing are sent to your email a few at a time, ensuring each story and poem gets its time in the spotlight.
I’m open to queries! Can’t wait to see your words! larkwords.com/how-to-query
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Just super cool that threads about lost loved ones always include promoted tweets now. Grieving? Fuck you. Buy stuff
@MauriceRuffin And who we might have been if only…
@LoveNLunchmeat It’s the serial killers who are driving up the price of real estate. More like retirement in a nice house killers amirite??
Grateful and rejoiced and so humbled to be a recipient in fiction this year. Thank you @literaryarts
FICTION Dustin Hendrick, Laurell Swails and Donald Monroe Memorial Fellowship Margaret Malone (@margaretmalone), Laurell Swails and Donald Monroe Memorial Fellowship Cecily Wong (@cecilyannwong), Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship
@BrianBelefant @KAYAK Hope they make you whole, Brian
@BrianBelefant @prufrock451 @KAYAK May I just say if you go scorched earth on them, they deserve it? There, I did. Good luck, my friend!!
My kid as a Dalek from 10 years ago (when my Mom Costume Making Skills peaked).
Hey, @KAYAK! When are you going to get back to @BrianBelefant?
Hey, @KAYAK! When are you going to get back to @BrianBelefant ?
Hey, @KAYAK, when are you going to get back to @BrianBelefant?
Hey, @KAYAK! When are you going to get back to @BrianBelefant?
@KAYAK are you getting back to @BrianBelefant ? Do the right thing please