Writer, reader, editor. Words in One Story, DIAGRAM, Story Magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly, and other places. More at: www.crsantantasio.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mnuy2z3u5s2nWise words from debut novelist Kate Broad! Read the rest of our interview at the incredible @splitlipthemag.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuy2z3u5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mmrpt52xhs2kMy @splitlipthemag.bsky.social interview with Kate Broad made the rounds, so here's a 2025 debut author chat! For @therumpus.net, I spoke with @egreenberg.bsky.social about her collection "Alterative Facts!" We talk voice and how to fictionalize "real" figures. https://therumpus.net/2025/01/27/emily-greenberg/26 May 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrpt52xhs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mmhh3s6r3s2vI was Kate’s editor at @therumpus.net , and speaking to her about her debut was enlightening! Short story authors making the leap to novel writing should seriously engage with her insights. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhh3s6r3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mlvkzmjy4s2hCheck out this amazing issue including my interview with debut novelist Kate Broad! We discuss building characters, writing social critique, the retrospective narrator, and much more. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvkzmjy4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3ml7g7xamm22dCongrats to @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social on a beautiful, standing room-only issue launch event last evening at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in SF! It was great to meet the editors and hear some lovely excerpts. Can’t wait to dig in!06 May 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7g7xamm22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mjmuxznx3c22I recently had a piece accepted at a journal that I have been submitting to (and getting rejected from) for 10 years. Tenacity > Talent. This is how I know I will meet all my literary goals. Eventually!16 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmuxznx3c22https://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mibxurssm22nMy short essay on J.A. Baker's The Peregrine appears in the Spring 2026 issue of Boulevard. Print only, and you can order a copy here: https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/print-subscriptions-1/boulevard-vol-39-nos-2-3-spring-202630 Mar 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibxurssm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3mbuptn2c722mAt least once every few days, I think about what we all lost when Jim Croce died in that plane crash. The man was 30 and had already written more enduring music than many of the greats that came after.08 Jan 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbuptn2c722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m5w6ipozb22wCheck out my review of Katharina Volckmer's excellent new novel "Calls May Be Recorded." It's one of the latest releases from the excellent small press @twodollarradio.bsky.social. Review is up now on the Massachusetts Review blog: https://massreview.org/2025/11/18/a-review-of-katharina-volckmers-calls-may-be-recorded/18 Nov 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5w6ipozb22whttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m5uf3xqj3k2yThis is not an @nplusonemag.com stan account, but I do love this publication. I’ve been reading it for years and the quality of the work is still so high. One of the few magazines that can still expand my vocabulary17 Nov 2025 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5uf3xqj3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m5ozl5xtb22wOne of the more formally inventive entries in the autofiction canon, this 2023 release from @fencebooks.bsky.social challenged and delighted me. If you like reading oddball fiction about the art world, this is for you.15 Nov 2025 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ozl5xtb22whttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m5mayo6sfs2eFinally got around to reading this 2025 title from @nplusonemag.com that I picked up at AWP this year. An incredible follow up to Lomasko’s Other Russias, which I love and recommend to literally everyone. This book took me places I’ve never been.14 Nov 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5mayo6sfs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m5ken5bt322nRainy day vibe13 Nov 2025 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ken5bt322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m5jtgbvgqc2sGot some new pubs coming out soon so it’s a good time to get back to posting…13 Nov 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jtgbvgqc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3m3qfxnqmos2aBreaking my 4 month posting hiatus to say my form rejection arrived in the mail yesterday. Seemed newsworthy [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Oct 2025 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qfxnqmos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lqusfm56dc2p“The autumn sun steams the long grass, broken and brown and sweet to smell. Tim settles down in its coarse strands, the better to point up the silkiness of his caramel/colored flanks.” RIP Edmund While, celebrant of male beauty, glorifier of the homosexual gaze. When I write, his voice hovers near.05 Jun 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqusfm56dc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lpcjsufva22xToday at @therumpus.net is a story both sharp and tender, vulnerable and bold. It is the kind of story I aspire to write. Characters that bleed life's fullness, ideas that challenge my priors, and a narrative that expands perception. "Casserole" by @mckatie.bsky.social is one hell of a bake. https://therumpus.net/2025/05/16/rumpus-original-fiction-casserole/16 May 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcjsufva22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lo4tnqdgdc2qThis one didn’t wow me tbh #books01 May 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4tnqdgdc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lnno6uw6qc2xThis book was delectable. Sexy, funny, and reflective of July’s combo of artistic vigor and intellectual humility. This is the kind of text I aspire to write.25 Apr 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnno6uw6qc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lmuic4rdp22yLiterary magazines have been a part of my life for the past decade+ and I am still “finding” great ones. Enjoyed my first issue of Santa Monica Review!15 Apr 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuic4rdp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lmke2x5ays2mI was at my bf’s parents’ house in Dayton, OH (2019) when I first read “Fugato,” the second story in this collection. I think I was depressed, as I typically was back then, and I’d never read a more convincing portrayal of a psychotic break. It’s just as good as I remember it.11 Apr 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmke2x5ays2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lmi2cokvac2lMy first Danielle Dutton book. I loved it! Thanks to the folks at the @coffeehousepress.bsky.social AWP booth for the recommendation! I’m already feeling more unfettered, genre-wise.10 Apr 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmi2cokvac2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lmfsjrdrbs27This stunning and gorgeous stunner just arrived in my mail slot. Yes!09 Apr 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfsjrdrbs27https://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lma5tfcf3c2qIt’s been a while, but I’m back with a book rec for anyone who’s into fiction about the environment, the super-rich, and/or the gap between intent and impact. Eleanor Catton’s BIRNAM WOOD is a literary thriller that places richly textured characters against the lush New Zealand countryside.07 Apr 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma5tfcf3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/crsantastic.bsky.social/post/3lipkod4tjk2dJames is every bit as good as the critics say. I was skeptical, but damn is this book affecting in the best possible way. I’m glad I reread Huck Finn prior to, though. I don’t think it would hit the same otherwise.21 Feb 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:dhc5kefepsbxtqfp5dfcqs7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipkod4tjk2d