Kelly Kurtzhals

Writer of things, PhD in progress at GSU, MFA at BGSU. Emmy-nominated TV producer. Standup comic aka Kelly Kursten. #amwriting #amwritingscifi #WritingCommunity

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I'm so thrilled and honored to have a short story in this issue of the amazing @FictionUtopia! "Please Don't Eat the Mattress" is inspired by my experience as a standup comedian, also aliens.

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The first issue of the new year is here and it's available in full print as well as digital. Our Weird Progeny issue is full of wonderful poems, stories, and art.

Pick up a copy today!

Digital: https://t.co/bsfyStuslP

Print: https://t.co/DQmPJ45cOp

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So thrilled to have this piece published in BULL Lit! I wrote it during my first semester of my PhD. It’s kind of a takedown of a Junot Diaz piece with a similar how-to vibe but is definitely its own thing.

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"That’s like a teacher on syllabus day going, here’s the textbook and by the way, I will stab you a couple of times throughout the semester with this knife. Post your responses to the discussion board." @KellyKurtzhals https://t.co/QLrG4cIatE

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just got my second short story acceptance in two weeks after a year-long dry spell!

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Tutoring a PhD candidate and I think I talked myself into his dissertation about AI and how he needed me, a human, to help write it and it was the most meta thing to ever meta

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I asked the mechanic “what would it have cost if I was a man?” And he mumbled back the same bloated price. I said that’s bullshit. Then I paid it bc I’m a woman and the urge to acquiesce is still more powerful than me.

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Our gorgeous 5 Year Anthology is also available. Featuring our favorite stories published over 5 years, this issue includes new artwork, interviews, and introductions to poems and stories written by the authors themselves.

Available exclusively in print:
https://t.co/YP1ZTYbTgS

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@Softapocalypses I am que le hemos pasado la noche (i have my keyboard set to English but I guess I’ve been cheating on Duolingo a lot)

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I had that dream where all my teeth fall out but people still thought I was pretty so it was fine

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first day of PhD school tomorrow and in denial about the nerves but the nerves demand their rights to exist

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it’s like Stella Got Her Groove Back but with aliens

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I don’t know where you get ideas like that in your head.

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I’m inside the liminal space known as escrow. There’s lots of fretting and signing.

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People will say "don't put words in my mouth" when you've interpreted them entirely accurately.

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@beaukbean @brandonsguide I feel like 90 seconds is a pretty generous estimate too I’d say more like 5-10

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This gives me so much anxiety

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The #Oscar winning premiere pro timeline of Everything Everywhere All At Once by Paul Rogers

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why’d Joel need to go through all that to get Ellie to SLC when Marlene just shows up there like no prob? Why not just take her herself then? 🤔 #TheLastOfUs

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weeding weak words fm my novel and apparently I am really fond of making people turn to look at each other 😑

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@GoingByRenee The black and blue field is such a mood!

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if I were an AI the first thing I’d do is not take absolutely everything personally

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my eyes itch I believe I am allergic to winter