Bruce Johnson

Fiction writer with a PhD in Creative Writing from USC.
My fiction chapbook SNAPSHOTS is available now.

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

I am so very excited to share that my short story collection LOVE, DIRT has won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize. It will be published this fall by the wonderful @UIowaPress.

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

The new issue of @PrimeNumberMag is out, and I'm so proud to have my story "What That Meant in Miles" included. Check it out here! #fiction #shortstories #literature #literaryjournal #newwriting https://t.co/Wblz7PmTUq

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

Today is the virtual launch event for @bestmicrofic 2023, and I'm so excited to be a part of it. Join the event here to see videos of me and other contributors reading our stories, as well as discount codes! https://t.co/HiMjR0Cx5w #flashfiction

[Movilh Chile @Movilh]

Más de 180 mil personas demandan institucionalidad anti-discriminatoria en la más masiva Marcha del Orgullo realizada en Chile 🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ https://t.co/Z2vqjaqs5e

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

I am honored to have my #flashfiction piece "Breath" included in this year's @bestmicrofic, available for preorder now! Thank you to @Wigleaf for the nomination.

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

Delighted that my story "What That Meant in Miles" has been selected as a runner-up in the @PrimeNumberMag Award for Short Fiction from @Press53, and will appear in their next issue! https://t.co/0Jr2gCCR0z

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

So psyched to be included in one of my favorite yearly anthologies, @bestmicrofic! Many thanks to @garson_scott, @Wigleaf, and judge Deb Olin Unferth. https://t.co/we1WzBq6bl

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

4 of 5 stars to White Noise by Don DeLillo https://t.co/DEAIT3U3cV

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

3 of 5 stars to Zuckerman Unbound by Philip Roth https://t.co/jWTauvQHl7

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

4 of 5 stars to Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo https://t.co/zYBThfuhev

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

@ambernoelle @writesloud Thanks for sharing this! I'm a writer/stay-at-home dad of a toddler who currently has bronchitis, and I think I needed to hear someone say it's okay not to write sometimes.

[Hypertext Magazine @HypertextMag]

"No, listen, the gringa said, stepping closer. I am weak. I don’t believe him when he tells me things, when he buys me things. I think, what might he be hiding?"

Today is for @WriterBruceJ's NOW NOTHING, #fiction about truth, love & violence: https://t.co/lOXwhfbXPt

#amreading

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

The rate of vaccination against COVID-19 in #Chile. >94% of adults, >88% of children. #seguimoscuidándonos #yomevacuno

[Ministerio de Salud @ministeriosalud]

📌 Vacunación #COVID_19: Se han administrado más de 61 millones 609 mil de dosis contra el SARS-CoV-2

Más info 📲 https://t.co/ZEkjtjl1H8

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

My story "Now Nothing," part of the latest issue of @HypertextMag, is now available online. Check it out at https://t.co/FpUqGGa8nk

#writingcommunity #fiction #shortstories #literature #literaryjournal #newwriting #writerslife

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

We've added a passcode to this event to avoid disruptions; message me if you'd like the passcode!

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

A reminder that the virtual launch for the new issue of @HypertextMag is tomorrow! I'll be reading from my story "Now Nothing."

https://t.co/Y5LDBYtQPu

#writingcommunity #fiction #shortstories #literature #literaryjournal #newwriting #writerslife

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

I am pleased to have a story in the forthcoming issue of Hypertext! Join us August 4 for a virtual launch event, where I'll be reading an excerpt from "Now Nothing." https://t.co/s9aiN2czaU

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

3 of 5 stars to Boomerang by Barry Hannah https://t.co/2clQLcJfYp

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

Check out this wonderful piece of #flashfiction by Ben Morris at @PitheadChapel: https://t.co/AuaWG5gOxU

[Bruce Johnson @WriterBruceJ]

My postcard to @Wigleaf is up now at https://t.co/nzyvGaukfE. Special thanks @BrandyBell for helping me make it personal rather than pedantic. #SeguimosCuidándonos