William R. Soldan
@RustWriter1
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Fiction writer/poet. Author of In Just the Right Light, Undone Valley, & 4 other books. Latest: Small Ascensions (Southernmost Books, Sept, ‘22)
Youngstown, OH
Joined May 2014
We had a hiccup with the original cover image, meaning we couldn’t get the rights to it, but my buddy and fellow local artist Tony Nicholas came through with this badass photo he took in a local abandoned factory. Sometimes plan B is the far superior choice. Stoked as fuck 😎.
Still a few tweaks to make, but this badboy’s coming along. September…
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Cheers, Wayne. I’m still kicking. Just taking time away from social media for a while. I appreciate you thinking of me. Hope you’re well, my friend.
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Thanks, Meagan. You’re a gem 😎🖤.
@STSchorey These are all on my desk right now because I'm teaching 2 different short story classes this fall, and we're studying them. Highly recommend.
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RT @mgnlcs: Day 17 - rust belt/Midwestern gritty (gritty!!!) short stories to remind you that your family (even your weird uncle) isn't rea….
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RT @FirstCutPoetry: Our poetry collections make the best gifts 📚 . Here's what readers have to say about SO FAST, SO CLOSE by @RustWriter1….
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I love this idea 😎.
Books make me happy, so I'm going to bury you, for the next 25 days, with books you need to read, and *ahem* gift, in pairs or groups that I think go nicely together. Today, we have PICKARD COUNTY ATLAS & UNDONE VALLEY rich with place, these are crime novels, but so much more.
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RT @SouthernmostQu1: He may not look like it, but Kenneth Rexroth-faced Eeyore is proud as hell of @SouthernmostQu1 for putting out its fi….
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RT @beaujohnson44: Hey, here’s some books I liked. You might like them too. Go on, get some @RustWriter1 @StephenKing @Gabino_Iglesias @nko….
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A great surprise after a few days away from the internet 😎.
And because Pushcart Prize is not a fancy digital event, we bring you your paper nominations for the 2024 Pushcart Prize Anthology. @motelsiren .@RustWriter1 .@LeighChadwick5 .@BarlowAdams .@Justin_Aoba .@CardewjCardew
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RT @FirstCutPoetry: ✨ NEW RELEASE: SMALL ASCENSIONS by William R. Soldan ✨. A stunning new collection of poetry and prose poetry by the bri….
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Check out my man’s work, too. No one does it quite like C. W. 🔥.
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Something strange appeared on my doorstep the other day. But these are pre-one-last-formatting fix. The new ones should be here in a couple days for those I’ve promised copies to. Till then, hats off to @SouthernmostQu1—these are real pretty 😎
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RT @FirstCutPoetry: READ FIRST CUT BOOKS #1-3. 1 - Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once by @SteveGone58.📕 htt….
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Can’t we just collectively will this into being. I mean c’mon.
I wish Dolly Parton owned Twitter.
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RT @SeanLemonhead: I often wonder how much we make depends on small random things. If it rained today. If a finch sang. If decades ago, ou….
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So this is the part in the movie where we discover our 5 yo has been inhabited by some sort of demon, yes?
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