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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 6h

Every time I put on 90s-fit jeans, they only remind me that I never knew how to find jeans that looked good on me in the 90s.

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Beth Gilstrap (she/her) @bettysueblue.bsky.social · 1d

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
28
POETRY BY COURT HARLER
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POETRY BY JEN KROPINAK
30
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
51
FICTION BY JAMES R. GAPINSKI
52-54
ART BY PAUL LUIKART
55-57
FICTION BY PAUL LUIKART
58
POETRY BY RENEE SALMÓN.
59
POETRY BY CALEB EDMONDSON
60
FICTION BY HEATHER BELL ADAMS
61-62
POETRY BY CAL FREEMAN
63
POETRY BY JEREMY MICHAEL REED
64
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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hayden casey @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social · 1d

MY FIRST NOVEL IS OUT TODAY!!!!! & they have it at barnes & noble?!? (& lots of lovely independent bookshops as well!!)

I have been trying to do this for 10 years & dreaming about it for 10 more—surreal moment!

me holding my book in front of the “fiction” section sign at Barnes & Noble

me holding my book up in front of the shelf at Barnes & Noble

my book for sale on a table in an independent bookstore

me holding a copy of my book at a table during a signing, with a stack of books in front of me & a box of signed copies to the left

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 1d

you made it look so much more logical than my long emails, honestly I should just send your comic to all our incoming authors 😆

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 1d

Cannot do enough 🙏🙏🙏 for this post

Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 2d

“I received another offer”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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Holly M. Wendt @hmwendt.bsky.social · 6d

the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

An image of Maid Marian and Robin Hood from the animated film Robin Hood

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 7d

Norfolk, Nebraska

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

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

Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 7d

Uh most of my publishing life and meeting like all of my publishing friends, tbh? But a big one was when I responded to a tweet by the former director of SLP asking for help with the press...and now I run it

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 7d

it was an aside but when @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social mentioned Old Twitter last night during her reading, part of me came to life again, just for a second

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 8d

Happy Publication Day to @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social and her incredible comic collection GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA!!!

Time to celebrate! Aubrey will be in conversation with @robhollywood.bsky.social TONIGHT at 8pm ET--registration info in our bio. 🎉🎉🎉

LET'S LAUNCH THIS BOOK!

The GRAPHIC RAGE VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH: Tuesday, October 7, 8:00pm ET, registration link in bio

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 9d

Got my aura photographed yesterday and looks like I’m receiving peace and love and sending out peace and fucking love, you assholes, so don’t come tell me it isn’t real because THE AURA PHOTO SAYS I AM TRYING TO BE A GOOD PERSON!

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 12d

Swear to God I just paid $4.99/pound for this same meat like 2 weeks ago. 25% increase! I CANNOT!

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 12d

I just paid $6.25/pound for 85/15 ground fucking beef and I LIVE IN A MAJOR BEEF PRODUCING STATE!!!

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 13d

What these "nine top universities" need to understand is that us parents of current high school seniors--applying to colleges AS WE SPEAK--are watching to see if anyone bends the knee because it's very, very easy to cross an application off the list

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Breaking News: The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.

nyti.ms

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 14d

Happy third birthday to my 2022 darling CURING SEASON 💛💛💛

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 14d

Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!

@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!

OPEN CALL: CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOKS

Reading period October 1 - December 1
Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com
125 page minimum

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 15d

This September I have been reading like a person on fire :: maybe because this country is on fire :: yes, this equates to a book every two days :: but I couldn't put a single one of these down once I started it!

Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 16d

IT'S THE @marchxness.bsky.social ANTHOLOGY! In print at last!!!

Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 16d

Hey @marchxness.bsky.social fans! It's cover reveal + preorders day for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social!

Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology

Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 19d

that is just WILD to me!

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 19d

scratching that seven-year-itch! CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE!

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 21d

now, a STATUE in the deep sea? I can do that (former archaeologist-in-training over here). Just...not in situ, lol

Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 21d

lol it's just me and my Deep Sea Fears

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Kristine Langley Mahler @suburbanprairie.bsky.social · 22d

I'm sorry but the only Rapture I recognize is the House of Jealous Lovers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HP0...

The Rapture /// House of Jealous Lovers

YouTube video by casualfriday1977

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