Kirsti MacKenzie
@keersteemack.bsky.social
local woman gets dressed, leaves house
Reposted by Kirsti MacKenzie
“…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
“…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)
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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bookshop.org/wishlists/37...
books by SSL contributors
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 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
bookshop.org/wishlists/37...
bookshop.org/wishlists/37...
“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-...
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
“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-...
Hal Wright for @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/one-of-gods-...
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
Ready to send us your jam? www.major7mag.com/submit
#litmag #callforsubmissions
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hello friendly reminder we are still here and would love your music-inspired micros!
Reposted by Kirsti MacKenzie
Two nu, slightly censored so as to avoid throttling
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Two nu, slightly censored so as to avoid throttling
super good and fine workload today
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
super good and fine workload today
one million dollars to anyone who can unfuck my goodreads page
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
one million dollars to anyone who can unfuck my goodreads page
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
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
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
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
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
playing chicken with transports, telling comedy in churches, praying in strip clubs, setting bombs in living rooms, we’ve got it all folks
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
today she got poop in one of my shoes
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
now we're gonna put it in reverse - Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social eeMack interviews John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social about his book 'This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers'
they discuss narrative form, setting, humor, baseball & a lot else !
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they discuss narrative form, setting, humor, baseball & a lot else !
xraylitmag.com/faulkner-did...
FAULKNER DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT TEMPORAL INCONSISTENCIES, SO WHY SHOULD I?: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN WADDY BULLION by Kirsti MacKenzie
John Waddy Bullion is as versatile a writer as they come. His loosely-linked collection This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers follows coming-of-age tales of Midwestern sons and the fraught relati...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 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
today in oFfiCiAL gOveRnMeNt bUsiNeSs: highest office emailing me about ostrich farms
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
today in oFfiCiAL gOveRnMeNt bUsiNeSs: highest office emailing me about ostrich farms
I bought a new blanket for meditating but it belongs to Bailey now
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I bought a new blanket for meditating but it belongs to Bailey now
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 😊💕
You can read it here if you want to 😊💕
John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social interviews Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social about her book 'Better To Beg'
they talk about the challenge of writing about music, messy characters, & creating for its own sake. read it !
xraylitmag.com/the-answer-h...
they talk about the challenge of writing about music, messy characters, & creating for its own sake. read it !
xraylitmag.com/the-answer-h...
THE ANSWER HAS TO BE YES: AN INTERVIEW WITH KIRSTI MACKENZIE by John Waddy Bullion
Kirsti MacKenzie’s debut Better to Beg (Sweet Trash Press, 2025) is a rock ’n’ roll novel set against the backdrop (and at the tail end) of the Meet Me in the Bathroom-era New York indie boomlet, told...
xraylitmag.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 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 😊💕
You can read it here if you want to 😊💕
The real tragedy here is when the alternate family roots for the Habs
@ericsubpar.bsky.social for @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/the-last-gre...
@ericsubpar.bsky.social for @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/the-last-gre...
THE LAST GREAT NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY TEAM by Eric Subpar
I awake on a Saturday. It is my birthday. All my friends are here. My wife is telling me about the preseason. Kevin is still coming. Don’t blow out the candles until Kevin arrives. I won’t, dear. Her ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The real tragedy here is when the alternate family roots for the Habs
@ericsubpar.bsky.social for @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/the-last-gre...
@ericsubpar.bsky.social for @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/the-last-gre...
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
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
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
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
good morning only to the woman acting like a VIP in this bagel shop
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
good morning only to the woman acting like a VIP in this bagel shop
“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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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...
joylandpublishing.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“I dreamed of paradise, she says.
Paradise? I say, stunned. Do you know what paradise means?”
Parker Young for Joyland Publishing
joylandpublishing.com/fiction/pedi...
Paradise? I say, stunned. Do you know what paradise means?”
Parker Young for Joyland Publishing
joylandpublishing.com/fiction/pedi...
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 😊
Do yourself a favour and grab a copy 😊
This collection was twenty years in the making, and there were times I could’ve quit, but I never stopped believing in these stories. Thanks @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @vanwinkle.bsky.social for believing in them too—and for making this whole process the smoothest imaginable. a.co/d/8UAd3Ij
This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers: Stories
This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers: Stories - Kindle edition by Waddy Bullion, John. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers: Stories.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 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 😊
Do yourself a favour and grab a copy 😊
not all pickup truck drivers but always a pickup truck driver
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
not all pickup truck drivers but always a pickup truck driver
Reposted by Kirsti MacKenzie
hi lovers, volume 25 is live xo
www.major7mag.com/post/literar...
www.major7mag.com/post/literar...
Literary Mixtape Volume 25
On self-discipline.
www.major7mag.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
hi lovers, volume 25 is live xo
www.major7mag.com/post/literar...
www.major7mag.com/post/literar...
When I say I am BURSTING with excitement to share Dipshits with y’all
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When I say I am BURSTING with excitement to share Dipshits with y’all
and now we do the work
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
and now we do the work