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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters
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A new quarterly literary journal publishing 5 poems, 2 prose works, and original visual art. Issue One Coming in January of 2025

Co-founders/editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social and @rebunting.bsky.social

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We're celebrating our first year of publication by sharing some of the successes of our Year One contributors. Without them, there is no journal!

Check out the new Celebrations page at asteralesjournal.com/celebrations for details and links.

Stay tuned for Issue Five coming up later this week!
Issue One Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations Issue Two Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations Issue Three Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations Issue Four Successes black text on linen background with red/pink asters at the bottom. ALL DETAILS on silde at http://asterales.com/celebrations
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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We were taken by the movement and emotion in these abstracts by Issue 4 featured artist @sheilasquill.bsky.social
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3 abstract painting - one in grays and whites, one in pinks, oranges and yellows, and one in teal and white featuring circular shapes and a corner box that reads Feature Artist Sheila Squillante.
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Your editors read their eyeballs out the past few days so that we could make decisions and send emails before the holiday hits. Emails going out tonight...stay tuned for Issue Five in January! And thanks for being with us for our first year.
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This haunting photo by Vishaal from Issue Four will stay with you
B/W photo of a monument of several repeated figured with primitive featured heads on rectangular plinths arranged in a semicircle with a smaller one at the center. Text reads "How Many Memorials Make a Lesson" Vishaal
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Two more days to get your submissions in for issue Five! Still would love to see more prose and visual art!
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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The collage work of @susanbarryschulz.com graces two different pieces in Issue 4 accompanying work by @jillkitchen.bsky.social and Sean Cho.

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Two colorful collages using papers and found text on a beige background with the artist's name Susan Barry-Schulz in dark brown text.
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Monday morning quarterbacking old relationships through the lens of No Doubt's "Sunday Morning" with @charlesjensen.bsky.social :

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A photo of Gwen Stefani in dark red lipstick looking disgusted or afraid, wearing a necklace of crystals with a background of lawns, sidewalk and trees and a quote from the essay "Track 8: Sunday Morning (No Doubt, 1997) by Charles Jensen - "The way a person's thoughts and mood are visible in their facial expression, their posture, their walk, their energy level. Negative feelings really gum up the work of our bodes."
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A road trip and a moment to linger in this beautiful poem by Sean Cho A. from Issue 4:

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white text: I hope by the time we get there we will find exactly what we were looking for. each bird already having a name. from Metrology Theory #7 by Sean Cho A. Text is on a photo of a car's rearview mirror framing a curving road and a roadside of yellow grasses and green fields with a cloudy sky.
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Don't forget...submissions for Issue Five are open until December 15. Particulary looking for more prose (F or CNF or hybrid) and more visual art!

Send us some things, will you?
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December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Relationships, music, poetry, and heavenly bodies interact and eclipse one another in this poem by @anthonyframe.bsky.social

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White wall with the shadow of leaves cast upon it. Black text that reads "As the garden starts to silence, I think, Is this what it's like to hear/a god? I want to scream like a star exploding, but instead I sit/and hold my wife's hand and wait" From Reading Rosebud Ben-Oni's Turn Around, BRXGHT XYXS While Listening to Tori Amos's Cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart During the Total Solar Eclipse" by Anthony Frame
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Don't forget...we're open for submissions of poetry, prose and art until December 15. Send us your best and maybe help us kick off Year Two of Asterales in January's Issue 5!
Nov 1 - Dec 15 Subs are Open! Poetry, 1-3 poems. Prose - 1 piece up to 7500 words (flash also welcome) Art - 3-5 images at 300 dpi Specific Guidelines on the SUBMISSIONS page of the website: www.asteralesjournal.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Read these two poems by Allison Blevins and travel through both the universe and the body, both mysterious and mostly out of our control. asteralesjournal.com/1-4-blevins-sq…
Inside my body, a new universe is just beginning- matter and molecules, dark energy all raked together in some pre-universe muck from "Fearful Symmetry" by Allison Blevins. White mannequin head with back scribbles in the brain area reaching past its limits and into a landscape of dark mountains and a spiraling white sky
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Thank you for reading and spreading the word! Our contributors are amazing!
fakeourway.bsky.social Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · Nov 28
finally made my way through this today & wow, some fantastic work. check it out.
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It’s here! Issue 4 is live today, featuring work from Sean Cho A, Sarah Mills, Allison Blevins, Jill Kitchen, Anthony Frame, Will Musgrove, Charles Jensen, Susan Barry-Schulz, Julia Biggs, Sheila Squillante, and Vishaal! #poetry #prose #visualart #literaryjournal #asterales

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November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The absurdity of waiting and the relief of knowing come together in this poem by @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Put on your Doc Martens and take a hike with nostalgia and regret in this poem by @jillkitchen.bsky.social : asteralesjournal.com/1-4-kitchen-...
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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We were captured by this dizzy flash piece by @willmusgrove.bsky.social

Take a spin here: asteralesjournal.com/1-4-musgrove...
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Hey, friends! Remember that Subs are Open for all categories (poetry, fiction, CNF, art) until December 15.

Send us your beauties, your weirdos, your ships in a bottle, your mother's teapots, the trees outside your bedroom windows, your favorite striped sweaters. You know the drill.
Subs are open 11/1 - 12/15 Poetry 1-3 poems Prose - 1 piece up to 7500 words (Flash also welcome) Art - 3-5 images at 300 dpi Guidelines at http://asteralesjournal.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Today’s the day! Send us your darlings, now through December 15! ❤️
November 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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It’s here! Issue 4 is live today, featuring work from Sean Cho A, Sarah Mills, Allison Blevins, Jill Kitchen, Anthony Frame, Will Musgrove, Charles Jensen, Susan Barry-Schulz, Julia Biggs, Sheila Squillante, and Vishaal! #poetry #prose #visualart #literaryjournal #asterales

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October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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@rebunting.bsky.social and I both loved this piece. Excited for everyone to read it when the new issue of @asteralesjournal.bsky.social goes live!
charlesjensen.bsky.social Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · Oct 17
A new essay from HOT MIC: WHAT I SANG AT KARAOKE AND THE MEN WHO DROVE ME TO DO IT will be out Monday from Asterales! Here’s a hint about the song featured in it, and big thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social for sending this to me!!!
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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We are thrilled to announce our very first Best of the Net nominees!
@prayfortheapex.bsky.social @josephlezza.com @erinmurphy.bsky.social @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social Mike Nees Ellene Glenn Moore @mattkish.bsky.social @amymiller.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce our very first Best of the Net nominees! @prayfortheapex.bsky.social @josephlezza.com @erinmurphy.bsky.social @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social Mike Nees Ellene Glenn Moore @mattkish.bsky.social @amymiller.bsky.social Beige background, green and maroon lettering - text is centered and framed by two bunches of maroon and pink asters with green stems, one on each side of the text.
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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There is so much mystery and wonder in this poem by @fklein907.bsky.social Read "How I Met My Deer Wife" in Issue 4!
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Brown Text: Deer Wife, red gold sunrise haloing her head, stepping gentle on legs slendered down to cloven points Backgroun - Gold/orange autumn grove of trees with a puddle and a semi-transparent female deer standing in the foreground.
September 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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This still life has such color, movement, and surprise that we couldn't resist. Check out @carolee.bsky.social's Canary #1 in Issue 4!
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September 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This poem's narratives give us unspoken consequences and family dynamics that are so much more than just anecdotes. Read Gail Martin's "And We Never Spoke of It" in Issue 4.
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A swirl of spilled white paint on a light grey background - text reads "The can flew off, lid popped open, white paint flying up and down that aisle" Gail Martin "And We Never Spoke of It"
September 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM