I wrote an essay called “Summer’s Over” for Zona Motel, on their Substack open.substack.com/pub/zonamotel/…

“Lou rushed to the vet’s office ready to punch the thief between the eyes. But the thief turned out to be a sweet old lady with a walker, who said the cat had shown up on her porch one misty morning years before.” From “Skyhawks” by Bud Smith. buff.ly/cSFaTWV

I'm launching a new press! Come celebrate, buy books, and hear me read.

“Cliff and Grace get married and have a baby, an accident, this spreadsheet man. Ending him is not in their values, plus they love him, so they need more money forever.” Read two new stories by Selen Ozturk (selen 🃏): relegationbooks.com/article/two-st…

As my dream was winding down last night everyone started discussing how people were getting a ride home from the dream

“See, the truck nobody else wanted had been my office. I’d built a portable desk inside it. My truck desk, I called it.” Bud Smith’s truck desk. theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10/2…

Asked my three-year-old daughter if she knew how to count in French and she said: “French one, French two, French three…”

must’ve been so weird to be around when hamlet came out. hey man have you seen hamlet yet. it’s supposed to be crazy haha

My next tattoo

Will read a new short story at Ruby/Dakota art gallery, NYC, Dec. 16th. 7pm. This will also be a coat drive. Come on out

Make hospital entrances great again

“Someone cleared their throat. I looked southwest toward the promise of a never-ending day, then we all grimaced up at the sky that now seemed to be pressing down on us like the stubborn lid of some overfilled thing.” Read new fiction by Corey Lof: relegationbooks.com/article/a-robb…

Happy end of 2025. I wrote up a note about my favorite novel this year, Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible. A great read!

This monday!