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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 1h

“So, are you dead or not?”

Our month-long scary scuttle rages on & we ain't quittin' 🚂

Read EARTH EATER by Max Restaino from our horror issue 🕳️

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Earth Eater

By Max Restaino

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elle nash @saderotica.bsky.social · 1d

excerpt from my recent short story, LIVE EVERY DAY, up at @southwestreview.bsky.social southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...

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☠️Pope Crabcakes, The Chapter Maggot☠️ @stevepattee.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, y'all! The @southwestreview.bsky.social horror issue is available to order! $6 shipped is an absolute steal, and these horror issues NEVER disappoint. #booksky

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Volume 110, Number 3 - Southwest Review

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 1d

“The sound of severed muscle echoes wet through the room, dampened when the blade hits bone.”

📌 ICYMI, read LIVE EVERY DAY by @saderotica.bsky.social

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Live Every Day

By Elle Nash

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David Leo Rice @raviddice.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited to be in conversation about SQUIMBOP with the great @specktor.bsky.social
in LA this coming Tues -- we started the conversation several years ago, w/r/t DODGE CITY 2: @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social

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The Mythmaker Gazes at Himself: A Conversation with David Leo Rice | Los Angeles Review of Books

Matthew Specktor and author David Leo Rice discuss his book series, “A Room in Dodge City.”

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 2d

“Its role in Donnie Darko has dimensions that only some viewers can see.”

📌 ICYMI, read Danielle Chelosky on Joy Division in the latest edish of NEEDLE DROPS

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Needle Drops | Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

By Danielle Chelosky

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Lisa Camarillo @brujaespecial.bsky.social · 3d

Friday morning plans: get cozy with @southwestreview.bsky.social’s THE HORROR ISSUE.

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 3d

”I was frozen in place, my mind losing the last bits of sanity it could retain at seeing the remains gushing more and more blood.”

📌 ICYMI, read ADRIÁN by Juan Valencia from our horror issue

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Adrián

By Juan Valencia

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 4d

We got your weekend covered w/ the sweetest streaming recs @wmboyle4.bsky.social could muster for the latest installment of I WAKE UP STREAMING 🍿

Turn on, tune in, & binge......

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I Wake Up Streaming | October 2025

By William Boyle

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 5d

Turn on your webcam, join the chat, we're going LIVE 💻

From our horror issue, read LIVE EVERY DAY by Elle Nash

🎨 @jessedraxler.bsky.social

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Live Every Day

By Elle Nash

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 6d

Throw on yr bunny suit for the latest installment of NEEDLE DROPS 🎶

Read Danielle Chelosky on Joy Division's LOVE WILL TEAR US APART in DONNIE DARKO 🕳️

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Needle Drops | Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

By Danielle Chelosky

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 7d

Our fright-fest rolls on all month long 😱

First up this week, read ADRIÁN by Juan Valencia

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Adrián

By Juan Valencia

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 7d

Dallas! Next weekend, catch us posted up at our mecca @texastheatre.bsky.social for the @hayfestival.bsky.social ☀️

We're sponsoring the heat w/ convos feat. Manuel Sánchez Viamonte, Fernando A. Flores, Rodrigo Fresán, Mark Haber, & @lorifeathers.bsky.social

Fit checks @ the door! 🥵

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 8d

”Every evening before dinner, I plan to kill you between naps.“

📌 ICYMI, new from horror issue. Read SAINT MAUDE 2 by Gary J. Shipley below...

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Saint Maude 2

By Gary J. Shipley

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 12d

October is FINALLY here and so is our horror issue 🕸️

Read SAINT MAUDE 2 by Gary J. Shipley & make sure yr doors are locked!

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Saint Maude 2

By Gary J. Shipley

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 NEW PROGRAM ALERT 🚨

Introducing KNOWN ASSOCIATES—a new podcast hosted by @paranoiacs.bsky.social (& brought to you by @newponytx.bsky.social)

Listen to the first ep below feat. a deep af convo w/ Craig Finn from the Hold Steady 💥

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Known Associates | Episode 1: Craig Finn

By Elizabeth Nelson

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 15d

Just when y'all thought we were done w/ the hype 😅

In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥

Preorder below...

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ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 19d

Should not be missed

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 20d

Kicking off spooky season the right way--w/ the TOC for our new horror issue, guest edited by B.R. Yeager 👻

feat: @saderotica.bsky.social @willvanderhyden.bsky.social @maxissippi.bsky.social & more…🕸️

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 19d

I'm & more. Very pleased to be part of this!

Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 20d

Kicking off spooky season the right way--w/ the TOC for our new horror issue, guest edited by B.R. Yeager 👻

feat: @saderotica.bsky.social @willvanderhyden.bsky.social @maxissippi.bsky.social & more…🕸️

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 17d

“Something seriously unholy is seriously steaming from the garbage on the seat beside him.”

📌 ICYMI, read ART KIDS ON MISCHIEF NIGHT by Harris Lahti

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Art Kids on Mischief Night

By Harris Lahti

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 19d

Mainlining nightmare fuel straight into yr veins w/ the cover reveal for our horror issue 😱

S/o to Nicole Rifkin for dressing us up right 💅

Preorder below if u dare…

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 20d

Kicking off spooky season the right way--w/ the TOC for our new horror issue, guest edited by B.R. Yeager 👻

feat: @saderotica.bsky.social @willvanderhyden.bsky.social @maxissippi.bsky.social & more…🕸️

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 21d

Halloween is straight up LURKING around the corner 😈

Pregame w/ us and read a new story by Harris Lahti

From our latest issue, ART KIDS ON MISCHIEF NIGHT 🌙

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Art Kids on Mischief Night

By Harris Lahti

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 24d

📌 We got yr weekend plans COVERED. Come kick it this Sunday with the SwR & @newponytx krewe at the Brooklyn Book Fest (@bkbookfest)

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 26d

MAKE YOUR WAY HOME, a new story collection by Carrie R. Moore, is out in the world thx to the homies at @tinhouse.bsky.social 🙏

Read Kate Preziosi’s review of the goods below & grab your own copy stat 💥

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No Body Left Behind | Carrie R. Moore’s Make Your Way Home

By Kate Preziosi

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