Defenestration Magazine
@defenestrationmag.bsky.social
A literary magazine dedicated to humor. Going strong for 21 years and counting! We publish short stories, poetry, nonfiction, "fake" nonfiction, and artwork. Edited by Andrew Kaye and Eileen Lavelle.
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Read the issue that, were it turned into a film, would absolutely count as a Christmas movie. The December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here, and nine out of ten little drummer boys give it a resounding pa-rum-pa-pum-pum: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
"The Fountain." New #nonfiction by Marissa Phillips on Defenestration: bit.ly/4quNW99 #DefenestrationMagazine
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"The Fountain." New #nonfiction by Marissa Phillips on Defenestration: bit.ly/4quNW99 #DefenestrationMagazine
"Stop Fingering Cinnamon Buns: Bring Your Dopamine Levels Back to Baseline." New #fakenonfiction by Jackson Mattocks on Defenestration: bit.ly/3M47Fyv #DefenestrationMagazine
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"Stop Fingering Cinnamon Buns: Bring Your Dopamine Levels Back to Baseline." New #fakenonfiction by Jackson Mattocks on Defenestration: bit.ly/3M47Fyv #DefenestrationMagazine
"How [Not] to Visit a Japanese Hot Spring." New #nonfiction by Kat Joplin on Defenestration: bit.ly/4rdh6KK #DefenestrationMagazine
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"How [Not] to Visit a Japanese Hot Spring." New #nonfiction by Kat Joplin on Defenestration: bit.ly/4rdh6KK #DefenestrationMagazine
"Not All Llama Urine Supplements Are the Same!" New #fakenonfiction by Robert Philen on Defenestration: bit.ly/4bgAYbn #DefenestrationMagazine
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Not All Llama Urine Supplements Are the Same!" New #fakenonfiction by Robert Philen on Defenestration: bit.ly/4bgAYbn #DefenestrationMagazine
"McRueful's - Where Every Night is Ladies' Night!" New #fakenonfiction by L. L. Babb on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pHEUFE #DefenestrationMagazine
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"McRueful's - Where Every Night is Ladies' Night!" New #fakenonfiction by L. L. Babb on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pHEUFE #DefenestrationMagazine
"Flamingos." New #comic by Mason Whitfield on Defenestration: bit.ly/4bzDedA #DefenestrationMagazine
January 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"Flamingos." New #comic by Mason Whitfield on Defenestration: bit.ly/4bzDedA #DefenestrationMagazine
"Rejection Blues." New #fakenonfiction by Michael Pauchet on Defenestration: bit.ly/4swKqxd #DefenestrationMagazine
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
"Rejection Blues." New #fakenonfiction by Michael Pauchet on Defenestration: bit.ly/4swKqxd #DefenestrationMagazine
"Loopholes to maintaining ethical consumption under capitalism." New #nonfiction by Julia Kopstein on Defenestration: bit.ly/4qcsTsw #DefenestrationMagazine
December 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Loopholes to maintaining ethical consumption under capitalism." New #nonfiction by Julia Kopstein on Defenestration: bit.ly/4qcsTsw #DefenestrationMagazine
We don't have anything new for you this Wednesday, but if you want something to get you into the holiday spirit, check out Sean Cahill's "That Special Time of Year" from the December 2025 issue of Defenestration: bit.ly/4s4g0SO
Fresh nonfiction and fake nonfiction will start up again next week!
Fresh nonfiction and fake nonfiction will start up again next week!
December 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We don't have anything new for you this Wednesday, but if you want something to get you into the holiday spirit, check out Sean Cahill's "That Special Time of Year" from the December 2025 issue of Defenestration: bit.ly/4s4g0SO
Fresh nonfiction and fake nonfiction will start up again next week!
Fresh nonfiction and fake nonfiction will start up again next week!
One last reminder before I drift off to sleep: the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is available as of this morning. Free humorous fiction and poetry to tickle your eyeballs. Not literally because that would be awful. Check it out: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
One last reminder before I drift off to sleep: the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is available as of this morning. Free humorous fiction and poetry to tickle your eyeballs. Not literally because that would be awful. Check it out: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
Read the issue that, were it turned into a film, would absolutely count as a Christmas movie. The December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here, and nine out of ten little drummer boys give it a resounding pa-rum-pa-pum-pum: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
December 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Read the issue that, were it turned into a film, would absolutely count as a Christmas movie. The December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here, and nine out of ten little drummer boys give it a resounding pa-rum-pa-pum-pum: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
Also, with the arrival of the new issue, Defenestration is once again open to short story and poetry submissions. The reading window lasts until April 5th: bit.ly/105Enuu
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Also, with the arrival of the new issue, Defenestration is once again open to short story and poetry submissions. The reading window lasts until April 5th: bit.ly/105Enuu
This is your lunchtime reminder that the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here to fulfill all of your holiday wishes. Yes, even those really weird ones, Steve. Check it out here: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is your lunchtime reminder that the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here to fulfill all of your holiday wishes. Yes, even those really weird ones, Steve. Check it out here: bit.ly/4rYqRh4
Good morning, everyone! Today's the day: the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here! This month we've filled your stocking with 12 humorous short stories and 6 poems. Check everything out here: bit.ly/4rYqRh4 #DefenestrationMagazine
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Good morning, everyone! Today's the day: the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here! This month we've filled your stocking with 12 humorous short stories and 6 poems. Check everything out here: bit.ly/4rYqRh4 #DefenestrationMagazine
"Please Just Let Me, A Rapidly Expiring Banana, Get Baked." New #fakenonfiction by Diane Durant on Defenestration: bit.ly/4j2dZT3 #DefenestrationMagazine
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Please Just Let Me, A Rapidly Expiring Banana, Get Baked." New #fakenonfiction by Diane Durant on Defenestration: bit.ly/4j2dZT3 #DefenestrationMagazine
Here's what's appearing in this month's issue of Defenestration: bit.ly/48D7BOz
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Here's what's appearing in this month's issue of Defenestration: bit.ly/48D7BOz
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Ok, but what would your mom post on Next Door as the world is ending? Is she a Doris? An Edie? A Shirley? Find out now with new fiction from @defenestrationmag.bsky.social : www.defenestrationmag.net/2025/12/what...
"What Was That Loud Sound? - A 'Your Neighbors' Discussion Board," by Kate Maxlow
Doris Abernathy Springland 2 hr ago
I just heard a really loud noise like a banging does anyone know what it was?
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December 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ok, but what would your mom post on Next Door as the world is ending? Is she a Doris? An Edie? A Shirley? Find out now with new fiction from @defenestrationmag.bsky.social : www.defenestrationmag.net/2025/12/what...
Reposted by Defenestration Magazine
For anyone concerned my recent fiction is leaning too highbrow:
"Charlie the Tuna Just Wants to Die." New #fakenonfiction by Ken Pisani on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pzI6nt #DefenestrationMagazine
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For anyone concerned my recent fiction is leaning too highbrow:
"Charlie the Tuna Just Wants to Die." New #fakenonfiction by Ken Pisani on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pzI6nt #DefenestrationMagazine
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Charlie the Tuna Just Wants to Die." New #fakenonfiction by Ken Pisani on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pzI6nt #DefenestrationMagazine
The contents for the December 2025 issue of Defenestration have been chosen! Many thanks to everyone who sent us stuff this reading period; we held on to a lot of stories and poems this time so it was hard to choose!
We'll post a table of contents soon.
We'll post a table of contents soon.
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The contents for the December 2025 issue of Defenestration have been chosen! Many thanks to everyone who sent us stuff this reading period; we held on to a lot of stories and poems this time so it was hard to choose!
We'll post a table of contents soon.
We'll post a table of contents soon.
The Defenestration inbox is now closed to short story and poetry submissions. Well prep for the next issue, then reopen on December 20th.
If you submitted to us but haven't heard anything yet, you will soon.
If you submitted to us but haven't heard anything yet, you will soon.
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Defenestration inbox is now closed to short story and poetry submissions. Well prep for the next issue, then reopen on December 20th.
If you submitted to us but haven't heard anything yet, you will soon.
If you submitted to us but haven't heard anything yet, you will soon.
"What Was That Loud Sound? – A ‘Your Neighbors’ Discussion Board." New #fakenonfiction by Kate Maxlow on Defenestration: bit.ly/4oyfsBM #DefenestrationMagazine
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"What Was That Loud Sound? – A ‘Your Neighbors’ Discussion Board." New #fakenonfiction by Kate Maxlow on Defenestration: bit.ly/4oyfsBM #DefenestrationMagazine
"This is Not About Your Hunchback." New #fakenonfiction by Billy D on Defenestration: bit.ly/4io6mGl #DefenestrationMagazine
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"This is Not About Your Hunchback." New #fakenonfiction by Billy D on Defenestration: bit.ly/4io6mGl #DefenestrationMagazine
"Why 'Masticate' Isn’t the Same Thing as 'Chew.'" New #fakenonfiction by Rick Kast on Defenestration: bit.ly/481IjIj #DefenestrationMagazine
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Why 'Masticate' Isn’t the Same Thing as 'Chew.'" New #fakenonfiction by Rick Kast on Defenestration: bit.ly/481IjIj #DefenestrationMagazine
"Eau de Whole." New #fakenonfiction by Susan S. Levine on Defenestration: bit.ly/3XcKDrf #DefenestrationMagazine
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Eau de Whole." New #fakenonfiction by Susan S. Levine on Defenestration: bit.ly/3XcKDrf #DefenestrationMagazine