Marty Shambles
@martyshambles.bsky.social
Poet laureate of railroad tracks and greasy spoons.
Writer-in-residence and poetry editor @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
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Marty Shambles
@martyshambles.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Screenplay "The Luddites" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social!
“There comes a time for every employee these days when robots come for your jobs. For you that time is now.”
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“There comes a time for every employee these days when robots come for your jobs. For you that time is now.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
the luddites — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “There comes a time for every employee these days when robots come for your jobs. For you that time is now.”
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Best thing I’ve ever written
I picked up autocartographies by @evaalterpoet.bsky.social through @bruisermag.com and I’m loving it! Pick yourself up a copy from Bruiser and tell ‘em Marty sent ya. (They won’t know what that means but tell them anyway)
January 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I picked up autocartographies by @evaalterpoet.bsky.social through @bruisermag.com and I’m loving it! Pick yourself up a copy from Bruiser and tell ‘em Marty sent ya. (They won’t know what that means but tell them anyway)
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Screenplay "Form Follows Folly" by Writer-in-Residence @martyshambles.bsky.social
“So the mirage was here. It looked just like a city, but it was the dance of light off the flex of the desert. I came out where the continent yearned for more...”
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“So the mirage was here. It looked just like a city, but it was the dance of light off the flex of the desert. I came out where the continent yearned for more...”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
form follows folly — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “So the mirage was here. It looked just like a city, but it was the dance of light off the flex of the desert. I came out where the continent yearned for more, and I built it exact...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Screenplay "Form Follows Folly" by Writer-in-Residence @martyshambles.bsky.social
“So the mirage was here. It looked just like a city, but it was the dance of light off the flex of the desert. I came out where the continent yearned for more...”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
“So the mirage was here. It looked just like a city, but it was the dance of light off the flex of the desert. I came out where the continent yearned for more...”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
Going through my great grandmother’s record collection and realizing somebody will listen to my record collection ironically on a long enough timeline. Chilling.
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Going through my great grandmother’s record collection and realizing somebody will listen to my record collection ironically on a long enough timeline. Chilling.
“i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores
(mashed them in plastic trash bags with an acidic himalayan salt lamp—
the post-baptism bibles, the ones plucked from street corners from the meaty hands of zealots, the
dumbed-down, easy-to-read, parasitic kind):”
Damn.
(mashed them in plastic trash bags with an acidic himalayan salt lamp—
the post-baptism bibles, the ones plucked from street corners from the meaty hands of zealots, the
dumbed-down, easy-to-read, parasitic kind):”
Damn.
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
“i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores
(mashed them in plastic trash bags with an acidic himalayan salt lamp—
the post-baptism bibles, the ones plucked from street corners from the meaty hands of zealots, the
dumbed-down, easy-to-read, parasitic kind):”
Damn.
(mashed them in plastic trash bags with an acidic himalayan salt lamp—
the post-baptism bibles, the ones plucked from street corners from the meaty hands of zealots, the
dumbed-down, easy-to-read, parasitic kind):”
Damn.
“Will the AI bubble burst?”
No it’s the kind of bubble that’s known for its permanence 😅
No it’s the kind of bubble that’s known for its permanence 😅
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“Will the AI bubble burst?”
No it’s the kind of bubble that’s known for its permanence 😅
No it’s the kind of bubble that’s known for its permanence 😅
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wrote a blog post about self doubt and then didn't have the gumption to post it
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Wrote a blog post about self doubt and then didn't have the gumption to post it
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This is my thesis statement or something
Poem "Why I Write" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“i write for a world where / money doesn’t exist, / where worth is derived from /’ the bliss of gnosis”
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“i write for a world where / money doesn’t exist, / where worth is derived from /’ the bliss of gnosis”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
why i write — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “i write for a world where / money doesn’t exist, / where worth is derived from /’ the bliss of gnosis”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This is my thesis statement or something
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
F Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
F Scott Fitzgerald
F Scott Fitzgerald
@heyflashvillage.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social genuinely care about building community among writers and they have the clout to make it happen. Amazing resources
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
@heyflashvillage.bsky.social and @smokelong.bsky.social genuinely care about building community among writers and they have the clout to make it happen. Amazing resources
Not to brag but guess who got a library card
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Not to brag but guess who got a library card
Hey did you know that Elliott Smith song is actually about heroin?
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Hey did you know that Elliott Smith song is actually about heroin?
Have you ever wondered where to get story ideas? Here's an idea generation exercise for story.
martyshambles.com/blog/an-idea...
martyshambles.com/blog/an-idea...
Blog | Marty Shambles
An Idea Generation Exercise | I know it's passé to generate your own ideas, but there's nothing quite like a handcrafted artisanal idea, made by a real human brain. If you are an
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December 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Have you ever wondered where to get story ideas? Here's an idea generation exercise for story.
martyshambles.com/blog/an-idea...
martyshambles.com/blog/an-idea...
There was a competition for the spiciest dish and the outcome was a Thai
December 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
There was a competition for the spiciest dish and the outcome was a Thai
Tickets for my play just went on sale! It’s really happening!!!
December 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tickets for my play just went on sale! It’s really happening!!!
I’ve always envied the novelist, working on one project for months and years. It seems like a comfort to have that one thing going no matter what happens. My adhd and schizophrenia won’t let me do that. But I keep trying anyhow, hoping that this time it will be different
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’ve always envied the novelist, working on one project for months and years. It seems like a comfort to have that one thing going no matter what happens. My adhd and schizophrenia won’t let me do that. But I keep trying anyhow, hoping that this time it will be different
All I want for Christmas is to be able to write long form
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
All I want for Christmas is to be able to write long form
Hey! Remember the 80s?
"80s Poem" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @MartyShambles
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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80s poem — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hey! Remember the 80s?
Reposted by Marty Shambles
"80s Poem" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @MartyShambles
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
80s poem — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"80s Poem" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @MartyShambles
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
underpantsgnomesasseconomy
Blog | Marty Shambles
underpantsgnomesasseconomy | I'm a regular schmuck and I can see this rickety rattletrap is fixing to fall apart. But what's that got to do with Christmas? Not much except that 95
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December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
underpantsgnomesasseconomy
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In between carols and cookies, submit your work to us. We’re open all season.
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In between carols and cookies, submit your work to us. We’re open all season.
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
This is worth a read
Check out three poems from @matthew-rice.bsky.social's forthcoming collection PLASTIC via @bombmag.bsky.social!
BOMB Magazine | Three Poems
Excerpted from Matthew Rice’s forthcoming collection plastic , these poems explore the psychic distress of a night shift at an injection molding factory.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is worth a read
