Justin Carter
@juscarts
author of Brazos (Belle Point Press) // women’s basketball, NFL, racing at @herhoopstats @RotoBaller @FanSided // Texan
🚨 SOME PERSONAL NEWS 🚨 My book has a cover! & a release date—August 6th! & preorders are open! bellepointpress.com/products/brazos Thanks so much to @BellePointPress for putting this out into the world.
wrote a short story about drugs, a guy with a machine gun arm, a virtual reality assassin & a steakhouse getting blown up during a kidnapping attempt & it got accepted to an anthology call which means I've now been empowered to keep writing extremely weird stuff like that
“405” better be a cover of Death Cab For Cutie.
Justin Bieber unveils tracklist for his new album ‘SWAG’ dropping tonight.
Undervalued pass-catching RBs to target in your fantasy drafts Remember, a target is worth ~2.74x a carry in full PPR leagues (via @juscarts) rotoballer.com/5-fantasy-foot…
took me three attempts to see Django Unchained first try: got there late, had to sit in front row, friend I was with worked at the theater & said he'd just comp the ticket & we'd try again second try: fake rumor was spreading someone in the room had a gun so we left
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my story yesterday actually killed Citywide Lunch, oops citywidelunch.wordpress.com/we-got-dressed…
hello my friends. there's no story today - in changing the guidelines, this means that there won't be stories for a week or so - but that's ok. in the meantime, go back and check out the archives and also what we posted this month. well, see you in a bit, I guess. -krw
Got a flash fiction piece called "We Got Dressed Up In Suits For A Midnight Screening Of Boondock Saints" up at @citywidelunch today. citywidelunch.wordpress.com/we-got-dressed…
YES TODAY IS ACTUALLY THURSDAY. apologies. I'm going to let @juscarts ring in the actual day with a night at the movies. citywidelunch.wordpress.com/we-got-dressed…
Not sure I've ever seen a "but" ruin a good idea faster than this.
We’re bringing back Vine, but in AI form
What is this, 2012??? @Beach_Sloth wrote about my book. So glad Beach Sloth is still out there doing the Beach Sloth thing. open.substack.com/pub/beachsloth…
WELL RIP to every team that thought it could stop the repeat.
Breaking: 2019 WNBA Finals MVP Emma Meesseman has committed to joining the New York Liberty, sources told ESPN. Meesseman’s arrival will be subject to the length of time it takes to go through the visa application process. More: espn.com/wnba/story/_/i…
I’m sure this was a typo but it’s also the funniest tweet I’ve ever seen.
Who (if anyone) will dethrone Saquon Barkley as the overall RB1 in 2025? (via @juscarts) rotoballer.com/top-candidates…
The top overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft has reached the midway point of her first professional season. She hasn’t disappointed. @juscarts dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
Paige Bueckers is at the halfway point of her first professional season, and she's been everything the Wings could have hoped for. Here's @juscarts with a deep dive on all the ways Bueckers has cemented herself as a franchise-changer in her rookie year. dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07…
my sports poem manuscript is currently submitted to only one place, so I should probably send it more places — any suggestions for presses that are open right now?
Just thought the phrase “Good writing has to have a moment of vulnerability, but only one moment.”
This is the most boring & also the best possible option.
🚨 | Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas are understood to be advancing in Cadillac contract talks. Other drivers also negotiating, but a Pérez-Bottas combination is a real possibility. [@lastwordonsport]
In high school I was such a shitposter on high school football forums that I started getting threateningly called by my online username in the hallway by members of the football team after I criticized the quarterback play one week.
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