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Alvin Lu
@alvinlu.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Daydreamers is out in the world now.
"A story of immigration, brilliantly inflected with undercurrents both noir and comic.” —Susan Daitch
"Daydreamers kind of sinks in slowly. Then it becomes absorbing in a way that doesn't let up." —Stacey Levine
Cover concept by @illepitaph.bsky.social
"A story of immigration, brilliantly inflected with undercurrents both noir and comic.” —Susan Daitch
"Daydreamers kind of sinks in slowly. Then it becomes absorbing in a way that doesn't let up." —Stacey Levine
Cover concept by @illepitaph.bsky.social
Living in San Francisco these days is like They Live, except you don’t need the glasses. —my kid
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Living in San Francisco these days is like They Live, except you don’t need the glasses. —my kid
We close this issue in "Another Place", a perfect and poisonous dose of Southern Gothic from Addy Evenson.
Thank you all for reading.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/another-place/
Thank you all for reading.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/another-place/
Another Place | Prose
By Addy Evenson — "Sourwood leaves shook in the Canterville wind. Gusts of humid air descended and rattled the chimes on the porches."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We close this issue in "Another Place", a perfect and poisonous dose of Southern Gothic from Addy Evenson.
Thank you all for reading.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/another-place/
Thank you all for reading.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/another-place/
Ben Marcus, introduction to David Ohle’s Motorman
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ben Marcus, introduction to David Ohle’s Motorman
We're lucky to have in this issue two miniatures from @addisonzeller.bsky.social, although as often is the case with Zeller, "miniature" is a deceptive descriptor. These efficent stories, like Borges', are denser and more multitudinous than the longest novels.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
Point of Comparison | Issue 33
By Addison Zeller — "Of the lawn, a photograph exists, dated more than a century ago. The size of the camera has reduced over time, but at the date of the photo, it was still clumsy and large, the len...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We're lucky to have in this issue two miniatures from @addisonzeller.bsky.social, although as often is the case with Zeller, "miniature" is a deceptive descriptor. These efficent stories, like Borges', are denser and more multitudinous than the longest novels.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
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One of my favorite recent reads.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of my favorite recent reads.
There's a @fictioncollective2.bsky.social flash sale right now, which includes 50% off my novel Daydreamers. Use code FLASH at checkout. Through Dec 2.
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There's a @fictioncollective2.bsky.social flash sale right now, which includes 50% off my novel Daydreamers. Use code FLASH at checkout. Through Dec 2.
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
"Mesmerizing ... one of the best books I read this year." —Books of Substance
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
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🥳 Head over to our catalogue ! This sale INCLUDES preorders! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🥳 Head over to our catalogue ! This sale INCLUDES preorders! www.uapress.ua.edu/search-resul...
Never thought much about what @yourimpossiblevoice.com's looking for, although it's been pointed out it's in the name of the journal itself and this seems proven in my selections. Case in point being Joyce Meggett's "The Robinson-Barber Thesis", a voice I found compelling from the very start.
The Robinson-Barber Thesis | Issue 33
By Joyce Meggett — "I want you to understand, it’s nothing personal. I’m going to be completely silent—you should know that. I won’t write notes or gesture or draw pictures."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Never thought much about what @yourimpossiblevoice.com's looking for, although it's been pointed out it's in the name of the journal itself and this seems proven in my selections. Case in point being Joyce Meggett's "The Robinson-Barber Thesis", a voice I found compelling from the very start.
For those (like me) who consider low humor the highest form of art, something suitably Rabelaisian by way of Kansas ("Kansans talk like they don’t have wind everywhere else in the world, but Kansas wind hits hard") from Jaryd Porter, just in time for our day of gluttony.
Brother From Another | Prose
By Jaryd Porter — "Dad’s house had olive siding and a big porch with a swing on it—a loveseat that couldn’t support more than 350 lbs., i.e., less than one-half of me."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For those (like me) who consider low humor the highest form of art, something suitably Rabelaisian by way of Kansas ("Kansans talk like they don’t have wind everywhere else in the world, but Kansas wind hits hard") from Jaryd Porter, just in time for our day of gluttony.
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Just what is going on In "Tiered Rejections" is part of the fun as one learns to read the "story," or stories. Stephen Cicirelli seems to have distilled here the elements of fictional drama to their essences, allowing other, stranger patterns to form as the scenarios accrete.
Tiered Rejections | Issue 33
By Stephen Cicirelli — "His brother, a junior and an athlete in high school, was visiting campus. Wanting to show him a good time—and, perhaps, convince him to play soccer there—he bought weed and Ban...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just what is going on In "Tiered Rejections" is part of the fun as one learns to read the "story," or stories. Stephen Cicirelli seems to have distilled here the elements of fictional drama to their essences, allowing other, stranger patterns to form as the scenarios accrete.
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Praise from Joanna Ruocco on Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM ~ this marks Ryder's third work we're delighted to be publishing, now available for PREORDER ~ Coming January 2026 fc2.org/authors/ryde...
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Praise from Joanna Ruocco on Pamela Ryder's DAYBREAK BIRDSONG ALWAYS WAKES HIM ~ this marks Ryder's third work we're delighted to be publishing, now available for PREORDER ~ Coming January 2026 fc2.org/authors/ryde...
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We're thrilled to have @israelbonilla.bsky.social —"One of the great prose stylists around right now" according to our very own @alvinlu.bsky.social— back in our latest issue!
bit.ly/4rkNQT7
bit.ly/4rkNQT7
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We're thrilled to have @israelbonilla.bsky.social —"One of the great prose stylists around right now" according to our very own @alvinlu.bsky.social— back in our latest issue!
bit.ly/4rkNQT7
bit.ly/4rkNQT7
Just what is going on In "Tiered Rejections" is part of the fun as one learns to read the "story," or stories. Stephen Cicirelli seems to have distilled here the elements of fictional drama to their essences, allowing other, stranger patterns to form as the scenarios accrete.
Tiered Rejections | Issue 33
By Stephen Cicirelli — "His brother, a junior and an athlete in high school, was visiting campus. Wanting to show him a good time—and, perhaps, convince him to play soccer there—he bought weed and Ban...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just what is going on In "Tiered Rejections" is part of the fun as one learns to read the "story," or stories. Stephen Cicirelli seems to have distilled here the elements of fictional drama to their essences, allowing other, stranger patterns to form as the scenarios accrete.
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Julia Meinwald has an ear for cringe and eye for shopping-mall realism (e.g, Barnes & Noble, TGI Fridays), which reminds me a bit of Christian TeBordo, but the best trick of "Winners" lies in its portrayal of an awkward encounter and how, in an indestructible descent, it gets worse from there.
Winners | Prose
By Julia Meinwald — "It was in the Self-Help section of Barnes and Noble that April met Justin. She was holding Open Yourself to a Win, a title her over-eager roommate had recommended forcefully to he...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Julia Meinwald has an ear for cringe and eye for shopping-mall realism (e.g, Barnes & Noble, TGI Fridays), which reminds me a bit of Christian TeBordo, but the best trick of "Winners" lies in its portrayal of an awkward encounter and how, in an indestructible descent, it gets worse from there.
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Congratulations to @illepitaph.bsky.social, @geoliminal.bsky.social, Elisabeth Sheffield, Peter Grandbois, @kabusharekh.bsky.social, and @molarawood.bsky.social—this year's Pushcart nominees!
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Congratulations to @illepitaph.bsky.social, @geoliminal.bsky.social, Elisabeth Sheffield, Peter Grandbois, @kabusharekh.bsky.social, and @molarawood.bsky.social—this year's Pushcart nominees!
Julia Meinwald has an ear for cringe and eye for shopping-mall realism (e.g, Barnes & Noble, TGI Fridays), which reminds me a bit of Christian TeBordo, but the best trick of "Winners" lies in its portrayal of an awkward encounter and how, in an indestructible descent, it gets worse from there.
Winners | Prose
By Julia Meinwald — "It was in the Self-Help section of Barnes and Noble that April met Justin. She was holding Open Yourself to a Win, a title her over-eager roommate had recommended forcefully to he...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Julia Meinwald has an ear for cringe and eye for shopping-mall realism (e.g, Barnes & Noble, TGI Fridays), which reminds me a bit of Christian TeBordo, but the best trick of "Winners" lies in its portrayal of an awkward encounter and how, in an indestructible descent, it gets worse from there.
The snaking sentences in @supernaturalfeat.com's "Storing Dinosaurs" seem like they can go off in any direction at any moment, much like the story itself. Liked this so much I even hunted down Dan on Bluesky to get this submission back (longish story) but glad it all worked out in the end.
Storing Dinosaurs | Issue 33
By Dan Weaver — "After Carmen married Phillip I couldn’t chase her with my lizards no more since it scared Phillip and he would hide in the room and the one time it made it so that Carmen couldn’t dri...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The snaking sentences in @supernaturalfeat.com's "Storing Dinosaurs" seem like they can go off in any direction at any moment, much like the story itself. Liked this so much I even hunted down Dan on Bluesky to get this submission back (longish story) but glad it all worked out in the end.
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Read an interview with Karen An-hwei Lee at @yourimpossiblevoice.com ~ and look forward to her Doctorow prize-winning MARIMO, MON AMOUR, coming Fall 2026.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/karen-an-hwe...
yourimpossiblevoice.com/karen-an-hwe...
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Read an interview with Karen An-hwei Lee at @yourimpossiblevoice.com ~ and look forward to her Doctorow prize-winning MARIMO, MON AMOUR, coming Fall 2026.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/karen-an-hwe...
yourimpossiblevoice.com/karen-an-hwe...
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remember:
girls don't want boys 🚫
girls want more books from fiction collective 2 🥰
girls don't want boys 🚫
girls want more books from fiction collective 2 🥰
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
remember:
girls don't want boys 🚫
girls want more books from fiction collective 2 🥰
girls don't want boys 🚫
girls want more books from fiction collective 2 🥰
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I loved "The End of My Sentence" by Roberto Ontiveros (Assisted Living @coronasamizdat.bsky.social), the portrait of a community you get when done by one of its eccentrics, told in an indelibly American yet invented voice, a kind of cross between Los Brothers Hernandez and William Burroughs.
The End of My Sentence | Prose
By Roberto Ontiveros — "The deal I had with my people was that I could sleep in. I got up early those last days at the hotel, but not if I knew I had to get up."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I loved "The End of My Sentence" by Roberto Ontiveros (Assisted Living @coronasamizdat.bsky.social), the portrait of a community you get when done by one of its eccentrics, told in an indelibly American yet invented voice, a kind of cross between Los Brothers Hernandez and William Burroughs.
I loved "The End of My Sentence" by Roberto Ontiveros (Assisted Living @coronasamizdat.bsky.social), the portrait of a community you get when done by one of its eccentrics, told in an indelibly American yet invented voice, a kind of cross between Los Brothers Hernandez and William Burroughs.
The End of My Sentence | Prose
By Roberto Ontiveros — "The deal I had with my people was that I could sleep in. I got up early those last days at the hotel, but not if I knew I had to get up."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I loved "The End of My Sentence" by Roberto Ontiveros (Assisted Living @coronasamizdat.bsky.social), the portrait of a community you get when done by one of its eccentrics, told in an indelibly American yet invented voice, a kind of cross between Los Brothers Hernandez and William Burroughs.
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One of the great prose stylists around right now, @israelbonilla.bsky.social, takes a turn to noir, in Guadalajara, with this excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites. Just a hint of what's to come in this novel, where modes and settings journey further afield. For now, though, you'll have this.
from Cityscape with Sybarites | Issue 33
By Israel Bonilla — "The cellphone’s alarm woke me up to a bunch of pillows, a crumpled blanket, and the pungent smell of my armpits. I hadn’t registered Marina’s absence; her belongings were gone."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One of the great prose stylists around right now, @israelbonilla.bsky.social, takes a turn to noir, in Guadalajara, with this excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites. Just a hint of what's to come in this novel, where modes and settings journey further afield. For now, though, you'll have this.
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Issue 33 of Your Impossible Voice is here, featuring my story, Winners! So honored to be included as part of this wonderful community, featuring "voice-driven, off-center" work! yourimpossiblevoice.com/winners/
Winners | Prose
By Julia Meinwald — "It was in the Self-Help section of Barnes and Noble that April met Justin. She was holding Open Yourself to a Win, a title her over-eager roommate had recommended forcefully to he...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Issue 33 of Your Impossible Voice is here, featuring my story, Winners! So honored to be included as part of this wonderful community, featuring "voice-driven, off-center" work! yourimpossiblevoice.com/winners/
One of the great prose stylists around right now, @israelbonilla.bsky.social, takes a turn to noir, in Guadalajara, with this excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites. Just a hint of what's to come in this novel, where modes and settings journey further afield. For now, though, you'll have this.
from Cityscape with Sybarites | Issue 33
By Israel Bonilla — "The cellphone’s alarm woke me up to a bunch of pillows, a crumpled blanket, and the pungent smell of my armpits. I hadn’t registered Marina’s absence; her belongings were gone."
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One of the great prose stylists around right now, @israelbonilla.bsky.social, takes a turn to noir, in Guadalajara, with this excerpt from Cityscape with Sybarites. Just a hint of what's to come in this novel, where modes and settings journey further afield. For now, though, you'll have this.