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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 18h

THIS JUST IN! Leonard Kranz hopped on a triple-C bus shortly after lunch and rode it umpteen blocks north to the Indian fusion place in Abell where Allen-on-34th was trying to kill Moe Selvon.

GONZO! from BRUISER Zine 009: John "Jack" Crawford's LEONARD!

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 4d

Lacquering in and out of a shining feverish state
I remember your obsessions

SPLIT EP & SINGER-SONGWRITER, two fresh poems from Noam Hessler

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 5d

More like a flower than a gun

WITH EACH BITE MORE MAD by @lowermelody.bsky.social

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 6d

On many occasions, folks have approached me, from a place of innocence, and expressed to me, a person of experience, one simple thing. “I wanna rock.”

Here’s some advice.

SO…YOU WANNA ROCK? in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE from @timkabara.bsky.social

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 6d

It was not yet 1990 when my
mom woke from a crash head through the windshield.

SHENANDOAH CRUX: A Golden Shovel by Eva Alter ↓

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 3d

BLESS BRUISER WITH YOUR ARTWORK

Enjoy these three new images from Donovan Reyes

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 3d

10.29 is BRUISER HALLOWEEN at the House Handcrafted in bucolic Hamilton, featuring a bevy of Baltimore's weirdest. See you there

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 4d

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MULDER JUST MERC'D ANOTHER KITTY by Devin Morgan - BRUISER

on the *X-Files* tie-in game *Resist or Serve*

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 4d

“A Siberian couple with child runs away from the cosmic explosion only to be eviscerated by the impact. They drop their baby, who is then consumed by black sludge. This never comes up again.”

Devin Morgan on the PS2 X-Files licenseware game Resist or Serve

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 4d

Lacquering in and out of a shining feverish state
I remember your obsessions

SPLIT EP & SINGER-SONGWRITER, two fresh poems from Noam Hessler

www.bruisermag.com/hessler_spli...

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D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · 5d

couldn't be happier to see this poem land in @bruisermag.com, a venue i admire for their commitment to a unique vision

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 5d

More like a flower than a gun

WITH EACH BITE MORE MAD by @lowermelody.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/baker_bite

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 5d

More like a flower than a gun

WITH EACH BITE MORE MAD by @lowermelody.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/baker_bite

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 6d

On many occasions, folks have approached me, from a place of innocence, and expressed to me, a person of experience, one simple thing. “I wanna rock.”

Here’s some advice.

SO…YOU WANNA ROCK? in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE from @timkabara.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 6d

It was not yet 1990 when my
mom woke from a crash head through the windshield.

SHENANDOAH CRUX: A Golden Shovel by Eva Alter ↓

www.bruisermag.com/alter_shenan...

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 7d

It was warm and sunny the second time my cousin Bill and I almost died. I was twelve. Bill was thirteen. It was Easter Sunday at Nana and Papa’s farm in Riner, Virginia. We were making napalm.

HONEY HAM AND NAPALM by Daisy Cashin

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Mark Oosterveen @markoosterveen.bsky.social · 10d

It's still quite a buzz to see people reacting to Grand Theft Hamlet so positively - this blog here is possibly the most thoughtful, perceptive and well-written response I've seen so far:

www.bruisermag.com/lambertgilre...

Much respect @bruisermag.com x

OCCUPYING THE MAGIC CIRCLES OF GRAND THEFT HAMLET [BRUISER RESEARCH] - BRUISER

Elizabeth Lambert and Philip Gilreath on Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane's virtual, violent exploration into adapting Shakespeare

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 10d

there is nowhere to run in the airfield

HEAT (1995) by Gideon Hart

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 11d

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THE HOUSE PROVIDES FOR NEW/NEXT'S OPENING NIGHT - BRUISER

Alex Lei on Albert Birney's homegrown DIY sci-fi film *OBEX*

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 11d

A home-grown, DIY sci-fi from Albert Birney, OBEX is having its Baltimore premiere tonight at the New/Next Film Festival

@alexlei.bsky.social goes behind the scenes on its production ethos

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 11d

He rustled a newspaper and mumbled some news and squeaked his shoes across the floor of the Big Greasy Spoon. He squirted out ketchup and hacked phlegm into his elbow and emitted grunts when something displeased him.

MUSH by Lily Gareth Cunningham

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 12d

Crying screaming throwing up to be on this list with so many folks I admire! Good luck everyone!!

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 12d

BRUISER vs. the deadline

Here are our best BRUISERS of the net nominees.

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Jeffrey Hermann @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social · 12d

Very honored — thanks @bruisermag.com ⭐️

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 12d

@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social

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Three Poems by Jeffrey Hermann - BRUISER

I DON'T BELIEVE IN MAGIC BUT I HATE IT WHEN SOMEONE DIMINSHES MAGIC, OTHER PLACES TO SUFFER BESIDES IN SILENCE & RESEARCH SAYS

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 12d

Elated that the good folks at @bruisermag.com bestowed a Best of the Net nom on this piece

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 12d

@johnwaddy.bsky.social

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PET ROCK by John Waddy Bullion - BRUISER

Katy Perry owns a cat named Kitty Purry. Kelly Clarkson’s dogs are named Joplin and Security. Mick Jagger owns a black cat named Nero. Lady Gaga

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 12d

BRUISER ZINE 009: John Crawford's short story collection LEONARD! Preorder now: bruisermag.bigcartel.com/product/leon...

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 12d

The old lady is at the cash wrap, proudly gripping a t-shirt with a bottle of barbecue sauce plastered across the front. Just this, she says, and it sounds like marbles rattling.

WHOLESALE BLUES by @zachalanmichael.bsky.social

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