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Kirsti MacKenzie
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local woman gets dressed, leaves house
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“…pulses with rebellious energy [and] deftly captures music’s gritty world with wit and hope, making this debut a true muse for those who dare to be different.” - @mallorysmart.bsky.social (@maudlinhouse.bsky.social)
OUT NOW! Better to Beg: A Novel by @keersteemack.bsky.social, co-published with @sweettrashpress.bsky.social // “…a rip-roaring, heart-and-soul-gutting tour through the rock-n-roll sleaze of early aughts New York City...” — @jillianluft.bsky.social, author of Scumbag Summer
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I love reading SSL mag for a lot of reasons but when I tell you I was tickled to find out Aaron keeps a bookshop.org page of contributor books! So fucking cool, what a lovely thing

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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The school board meeting is about my wife’s video. The meeting is not about my wife’s video, but concerned parents have made it about my wife’s video, which is to say they have made it about themselves.”

Hal Wright for @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/one-of-gods-...
One of God’s Favorites
Hal Wright There is a video of my wife having sex on the internet. “You cannot look at someone the same way after you see them having sex,” one parent complains at the school board meeting, and eve…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hello friendly reminder we are still here and would love your music-inspired micros!
Your life has a soundtrack. We're here to press play. Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape that explores the relationship between music + memory. We're open to all forms, as long as they're flash. ​

Ready to send us your jam? www.major7mag.com/submit

#litmag #callforsubmissions
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Two nu, slightly censored so as to avoid throttling
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
super good and fine workload today
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
one million dollars to anyone who can unfuck my goodreads page
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
one of the very funniest genres of guy has to be Guy Holding To-The-Grave Grudge Against Corporation That Doesn’t Know He Exists
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
that new new from me at Maudlin

playing chicken with transports, telling comedy in churches, praying in strip clubs, setting bombs in living rooms, we’ve got it all folks
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
today she got poop in one of my shoes
I bought a new blanket for meditating but it belongs to Bailey now
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
v v excited to return the favor and interview one of my favs @johnwaddy.bsky.social! thanks @xraylitmag.bsky.social for letting me nerd out
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
today in oFfiCiAL gOveRnMeNt bUsiNeSs: highest office emailing me about ostrich farms
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I bought a new blanket for meditating but it belongs to Bailey now
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Lucky enough to be interviewed by (and to interview, stay tuned! @johnwaddy.bsky.social for @xraylitmag.bsky.social

You can read it here if you want to 😊💕
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
give me a coffee at 9am and I’ll be napping by 11am. give me a coffee at 6pm and I’ll be fighting god after midnight
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I have a sticky bun big as my head. I’m going to eat the whole thing. Police choppers are circling. Negotiators are pleading. You don’t have to do this, they say. Wrong. My whole life has lead here
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
good morning only to the woman acting like a VIP in this bagel shop
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“I dreamed of paradise, she says.

Paradise? I say, stunned. Do you know what paradise means?”

Parker Young for Joyland Publishing

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Pediatric Cardiology
I’m at home working on my cover letter when I miss a call from the pediatric cardiologist. Or it might be from a nurse in pediatric cardiology. It’s not clear. Whoever she is, she leaves a callback nu...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Happy pub day to John! This collection is funny and heartbreaking, you’ll fly through it but it will stick with you long after you’re done.

Do yourself a favour and grab a copy 😊
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
not all pickup truck drivers but always a pickup truck driver
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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hi lovers, volume 25 is live xo
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Literary Mixtape Volume 25
On self-discipline.
www.major7mag.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When I say I am BURSTING with excitement to share Dipshits with y’all
Short Story, Long gonna be closing out 2025 so strong.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
and now we do the work
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM