Sheldon Birnie

@badguybirnie.bsky.social

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Writer, dad, etc

Submarines by Mike Andrelczyk on the beach
Lake Winnipeg, post-squall
Assorted books by Manitoba authors
Summer’s here and the time is right for Little Sister coffee and Count Zero by William Gibson in an Adirondack chair.
Wavelength West Coast IPA, portrait of Philip K Dick, books by PKD, Jim Thompson, William Gibson, and Suzy Enyon
Lake Winnipeg, sun setting
Life’s Rich Pageant LP on a new rug
A collection of books by Hunter S Thompson
Manitoba authors on display at Poor Michael’s in Onanole, MB.
RIP Canstar cakes baked by community journalist
Weirdo Canadian punks circa 2002-2006
An unruly garden, overrun with weeds
Garden gloves & raspberry bushes
Sheldon Birnie (me), MC Joudrey, Lindsay Wong, David Jón Fuller, & Richard Zaric holding copies of their books outside in wonderful Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg’s finest rink attendant (left) and me, outside the Oakwood Cafe.
A poorly maintained vegetable garden.
Sleep Decades by Israel A Bonilla, a pint of Stay Gold lager from Sookram’s, a train
Terrestrial by Suzy Eynon
Free Press photographer capturing images of John Samson Fellows and Laura Cameron during a break in Monday’s storm.
Thrilling Tales of Modern Men by Danny McBride
Brotherhood of the Ram LP by Shooting Guns
Born to Deal in Magic LP by Shooting Guns
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Margaret Laurence’s A Bird in the House.
Man wearing shorts talking into microphone in front of a train
Spray painted dick and/or whale on a pathway
Wild & wonderful words may 27 readings by Allie Leigh, Anna Leventhal, Cale Plett, Jeff Miller, and Martha Bátiz w/host Sheldon Birnie (me) at Sookram’s Brewing 479-B Warsaw Ave 7 pm free all ages
Apple blossoms at the community orchard
Garden plot, nothing in it yet but weeds
Box full of CDs
Toadstones by Eric Williams & I Have Always Been Here Before by Joey R Poole
Propagandhi At Peace CD on an old boombox, AC/DC Live & Flick of the Switch cassettes
Snowy porch, May 5, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Beer league hockey players enjoying a beauty prairie evening in the parking lot of Dakota CC
A dozen farm fresh eggs
Pylon jammed in a hole where the drain collapsed on the boulevard.
Ice and snow and trash and ruined shopping carts April 25 2026
Freelance by Kevin M Kearney & a pint of MacGuffin amber ale from Sookram’s Brewing
Cover of The Good Book
Aaron Burch’s Tacoma and a Leo’s Lager
Prairie Fire’s new Manitoba Kitchen Party edition, hot off the press.
My daughter making little books and bookmarks that read “I ♥️ Books”
X-Files posters from the 90s
Comment, from David: “The way Birnie uses the square dance calls as a kind of counterpoint to the narrator's inner life is something else. Gerard calling "do-si-do" while this guy is quietly thinking about the lights in the sky, the black vans, the buzzing on the phone. The story is careful never to mock him for it. There's real dignity here, and real sadness, and real hope. The ending where he admits he still believes, just doesn't dwell on it anymore, is one of the most quietly honest things I've read in a while. Thank you for publishing this.”
Count Zero by William Gibson and a Fluffy Cloud hazy IPA 🍺