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Jon Chaiim McConnell

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writer | etc debut novella "thrum" out now https://linktr.ee/jonmcconn

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · May 10

It's up! Thank you @wallstrait.bsky.social for publishing Deep Fish, a short story about wading in offal, exploding laboratories, and disorienting grief.

Read at: www.wallstrait.com/post/deep-fi...

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Beth Gilstrap (she/her) @bettysueblue.bsky.social · 2h

Orders for @blacklilyzine.bsky.social issue 3 are now open! See details below.

A b& white photo of a human in dark clothing, one hand near heart, one hand by their side and wearing a bag over their head w a sad face drawn on it in black marker.

TOC for Issue 3 of Black Lily:

BLACK LILY - ISSUE 03 - FALL / WINTER 2025
IN THIS ISSUE
POETRY BY VANESA PACHECO
9-11
ART BY KATHY LOU SCHULTZ
12-13
FICTION BY CLAYTON BRADSHAW-MITTAL ...
14-16
POETRY BY DEE ALLEN. .
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POETRY BY RHY ROBIDOUX
18-19
ART BY PIPER CORNMAN.
20-21
POETRY BY SHARON DENMARK
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POETRY BY EVELYN BERRY
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POETRY BY RHEA MELINA
24-26
ART BY VICTORIA SHEN
27
POETRY BY MORGAN WRIGHT
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POETRY BY COURT HARLER
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POETRY BY JEN KROPINAK
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ART BY IRINA TALL NOVIKOVA
31-32
FICTION BY MIKE MCLELLAND
33-38
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW R. HUMPHREY
39-41
POETRY BY MEGAN MCDERMOTT
42-43
NONFICTION BY KRISTINE LANGLEY MAHLER
44-46
NONFICTION BY GRAYSON BUCKLEY
47-49
POETRY BY d.w. bayliss
50
POETRY BY LILYANNE KANE
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FICTION BY JAMES R. GAPINSKI
52-54
ART BY PAUL LUIKART
55-57
FICTION BY PAUL LUIKART
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POETRY BY RENEE SALMÓN.
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POETRY BY CALEB EDMONDSON
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FICTION BY HEATHER BELL ADAMS
61-62
POETRY BY CAL FREEMAN
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POETRY BY JEREMY MICHAEL REED
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POETRY BY JOSHUA LILLIE
65-66
POETRY BY RONNIE JACKSON
67-68
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTEN HAVENS
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NONFICTION BY JORDON BRIGGS
70-74
POETRY BY J.L. ABBOTT
75
POETRY BY HUNTER HODKINSON
76-77
ART + PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARAH TULL
78, 86
FICTION BY DAVID BRADY.
79-85
POETRY BY GENEVIEVE BETTS
87-88

Details for ordering:
Alright y'all, I think we've got 99% of the final final edits in (it's a big issue & comms w writers (myself included) are like herding cats), so we are now open for orders. Please email me at blacklilyzine@gmail.com, tell me how many you want, give me the addresses where you'd like them sent, and Venmo me @Beth-Gilstrap-2 $8 each, or 2 for $15 + shipping.

Standard mail (in the U.S. is usually cheapest at a couple bucks, media mail is around $4.50 last I checked). We are a goth/punk leaning zine & I think this issue responds to the fascists with a clear, LOUD voice. Spread the word.

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 4h

This one is my favorite

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2r5...

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - 1000 Deaths (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 4h

She'd play me the older stuff, I'd play her Black Messiah

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 4h

(by "talk to" I meant "talk while listening to," in case that was unclear 5 months ago)

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 4h

Damn, and RIP to D'Angelo now

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · May 16

A former coworker turned friend has just passed away and we'd always talk to D'Angelo in the car, listening now in remembrance. She was *the* most cheerful person, even though she went through a lot

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 7h

My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 17h

These mayo brand integrations are out of control

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Night Shades @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 2d

important news! night shades will open for submissions again this coming friday october 17.

🛸 staying open to fill the calendar, 23 spots. all the details are here : www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is opening October 17, 2025. Staying open until the calendar is full through April. There ar...

www.nightshadesmag.com

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 1d

People who use co-opt fantastical imagery for the titles of their non-fantastical work are cowards and should be stopped.

If your book is called The Girl Who Drowned in Infinity or something she should be spaghettified by page 72.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 2d

"My politics have shifted suddenly and specifically against the people calling me to account"?

No, I don't buy that.

"I find more utility in taking the mask off now, given my social circles" though...

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 2d

I think in terms of personal media diets, there's little to be gained from consuming the ragebait op-ed types. As in, blocking is not about them, it's about me (or whoever).

But I also personally believe there's a looot of bad faith in people who claim to have been driven right by online scolding.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 4d

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...

www.smokelong.com

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 4d

Phew, had to look this up since I was in shock, but the music was retroactively added in 1970

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 5d

This guy is in imminent danger

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 6d

Lancaster

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 6d

Hi, everyone! I‘ll be teaching Novel-in-a-Year with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social in 2026. This will be my third iteration of the class, with first drafts as the focus this time around. Registration is now open and will close November 7:

www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...

Novel in a Year: First Draft with Juan Martinez - StoryStudio Chicago

This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and g...

www.storystudiochicago.org

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 6d

UPenn has a good bookstore

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 7d

A big one for me is design sense and "taste," even just from looking at their website. An aesthetic eye for detail - because I know it would carry over to the experience making the book.

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 15d

ANMLY is looking to add some new members to our all-volunteer team! Come make cool stuff with us! All roles are 1-3 hours/week.

- Comics Editor
- 2 Fiction Readers
- 2 CNF Readers
- Features & Reviews Co-Editor

Email [email protected] w/ a brief statement of interest & a CV/resume to apply

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 7d

What I love most is when they run out of ideas and loosely rip designs from other IP, such as this card based on a spinning toddler toy from the 90s

Excavate Card Bot @cards.excavate.top · 7d

Elephun

Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 7d

My current story idea came from watching my daughter playing with a rubber band shooter thing and the last idea came from passing a rest stop on 95 and it's so basically absurd to me that people would want to force their way to wonder.

Like harboring an impulse to carpet bomb a fairy door.

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Mike Meginnis @mikemeginnis.bsky.social · 8d

I need to get some podcast guests scheduled. (I have a backlog in case of life problems but did have some problems and am as such already nibbling the backlog.) I am open to writers but not focused on them; main requirements are you need to like reading, be a decent talker, and have a passable mic.

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Jon Chaiim McConnell @jonmcconn.bsky.social · 8d

Watching preseason basketball like a sicko

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 9d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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