“The shimmering membrane between self and world or self and other, the membrane which makes psychological character possible, has disappeared.”
Yoni Gelernter on Olivia Kan-Sperling’s Little Pink Book and the vectors of character in contemporary literature
Yoni Gelernter on Olivia Kan-Sperling’s Little Pink Book and the vectors of character in contemporary literature
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“The shimmering membrane between self and world or self and other, the membrane which makes psychological character possible, has disappeared.”
Yoni Gelernter on Olivia Kan-Sperling’s Little Pink Book and the vectors of character in contemporary literature
Yoni Gelernter on Olivia Kan-Sperling’s Little Pink Book and the vectors of character in contemporary literature
I keep the TV on all day and mostly watch news. It is important to stay connected to the outside world. The news keeps me up to date on all the school shootings and genocides.
CROWS, HUH? by @alexmiller77.bsky.social
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CROWS, HUH? by @alexmiller77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Miller_Crows
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I keep the TV on all day and mostly watch news. It is important to stay connected to the outside world. The news keeps me up to date on all the school shootings and genocides.
CROWS, HUH? by @alexmiller77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Miller_Crows
CROWS, HUH? by @alexmiller77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Miller_Crows
You hold up a dress, red / as blood, wide grin the same / shade.
REMEMBER, GREEN'S YOUR COLOR by Kamea Sutherland
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REMEMBER, GREEN'S YOUR COLOR by Kamea Sutherland
www.bruisermag.com/Sutherland_Green
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
You hold up a dress, red / as blood, wide grin the same / shade.
REMEMBER, GREEN'S YOUR COLOR by Kamea Sutherland
www.bruisermag.com/Sutherland_Green
REMEMBER, GREEN'S YOUR COLOR by Kamea Sutherland
www.bruisermag.com/Sutherland_Green
This year, I turn 50. That makes me, at best, a scene elder. You could also call me “scene elderly.” Either is fine.
@timkabara.bsky.social is in with some Advice for Becoming “Scene Elderly” in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife421
@timkabara.bsky.social is in with some Advice for Becoming “Scene Elderly” in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife421
February 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This year, I turn 50. That makes me, at best, a scene elder. You could also call me “scene elderly.” Either is fine.
@timkabara.bsky.social is in with some Advice for Becoming “Scene Elderly” in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife421
@timkabara.bsky.social is in with some Advice for Becoming “Scene Elderly” in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife421
Noble yearning sours into violent panaceas that literalize analogies of brains dragged by glass.
Electrify yourself with SIX LYRICS by N. Casio Poe
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Electrify yourself with SIX LYRICS by N. Casio Poe
www.bruisermag.com/poe_lyrics
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Noble yearning sours into violent panaceas that literalize analogies of brains dragged by glass.
Electrify yourself with SIX LYRICS by N. Casio Poe
www.bruisermag.com/poe_lyrics
Electrify yourself with SIX LYRICS by N. Casio Poe
www.bruisermag.com/poe_lyrics
Liar makes his way to the temple
becomes one of the monks
Two poems by JB Malory
www.bruisermag.com/Malory_TwoPoems
becomes one of the monks
Two poems by JB Malory
www.bruisermag.com/Malory_TwoPoems
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Liar makes his way to the temple
becomes one of the monks
Two poems by JB Malory
www.bruisermag.com/Malory_TwoPoems
becomes one of the monks
Two poems by JB Malory
www.bruisermag.com/Malory_TwoPoems
“I believe in resuscitation” might as well be a manifesto for the troupe itself.
@alexlei.bsky.social reports on CIMINO’S DEFEAT, the latest production from the vital Brooklyn-based theater company Adult Film
@alexlei.bsky.social reports on CIMINO’S DEFEAT, the latest production from the vital Brooklyn-based theater company Adult Film
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“I believe in resuscitation” might as well be a manifesto for the troupe itself.
@alexlei.bsky.social reports on CIMINO’S DEFEAT, the latest production from the vital Brooklyn-based theater company Adult Film
@alexlei.bsky.social reports on CIMINO’S DEFEAT, the latest production from the vital Brooklyn-based theater company Adult Film
Every September, I wake up one morning, and without choosing to, I get on the metro and I come to this building.
SEPTEMBER by Ursula Carroll
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SEPTEMBER by Ursula Carroll
www.bruisermag.com/Carroll_September
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Every September, I wake up one morning, and without choosing to, I get on the metro and I come to this building.
SEPTEMBER by Ursula Carroll
www.bruisermag.com/Carroll_September
SEPTEMBER by Ursula Carroll
www.bruisermag.com/Carroll_September
YOU GOT VALENTINES PLANS
THREE GREAT BALTIMORE WRITERS
TWO SICK ELECTRONIC/AMBIENT SETS
AT A JUNK SHOP WHERE YOU CAN BUY BOOKS
THREE GREAT BALTIMORE WRITERS
TWO SICK ELECTRONIC/AMBIENT SETS
AT A JUNK SHOP WHERE YOU CAN BUY BOOKS
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
YOU GOT VALENTINES PLANS
THREE GREAT BALTIMORE WRITERS
TWO SICK ELECTRONIC/AMBIENT SETS
AT A JUNK SHOP WHERE YOU CAN BUY BOOKS
THREE GREAT BALTIMORE WRITERS
TWO SICK ELECTRONIC/AMBIENT SETS
AT A JUNK SHOP WHERE YOU CAN BUY BOOKS
We watched two guys hop the fence of a school and shoot hoops. I recognized one of the guys as Heath Ledger.
I said, “That’s Heath Ledger.”
HOOPS WITH THE JOKER by Remy Barnes
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I said, “That’s Heath Ledger.”
HOOPS WITH THE JOKER by Remy Barnes
www.bruisermag.com/Barnes_Joker
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We watched two guys hop the fence of a school and shoot hoops. I recognized one of the guys as Heath Ledger.
I said, “That’s Heath Ledger.”
HOOPS WITH THE JOKER by Remy Barnes
www.bruisermag.com/Barnes_Joker
I said, “That’s Heath Ledger.”
HOOPS WITH THE JOKER by Remy Barnes
www.bruisermag.com/Barnes_Joker
The steel toes from the good leather of his boots. The firing pin from his hunting rifle. A box of mildewed pornos.
MAN BITES DOG by Christian Fuller
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MAN BITES DOG by Christian Fuller
www.bruisermag.com/Fuller_Dog
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The steel toes from the good leather of his boots. The firing pin from his hunting rifle. A box of mildewed pornos.
MAN BITES DOG by Christian Fuller
www.bruisermag.com/Fuller_Dog
MAN BITES DOG by Christian Fuller
www.bruisermag.com/Fuller_Dog
“When did Lungfish break up?”
Will Journobot1995™ pass the Lungfish test? Can you?
Find out with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife420
Will Journobot1995™ pass the Lungfish test? Can you?
Find out with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife420
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“When did Lungfish break up?”
Will Journobot1995™ pass the Lungfish test? Can you?
Find out with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife420
Will Journobot1995™ pass the Lungfish test? Can you?
Find out with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weirdlife420
I come close to texting Crimestoppers for company; I’m deep undercover anyhow
Three poems by @ewenglass.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Glass_ThreePoems
Three poems by @ewenglass.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Glass_ThreePoems
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I come close to texting Crimestoppers for company; I’m deep undercover anyhow
Three poems by @ewenglass.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Glass_ThreePoems
Three poems by @ewenglass.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Glass_ThreePoems
I could taste the light / coming over the / steaming mountains / of mulch where suffering / was.
Five poems by Don Berger
www.bruisermag.com/Berger_FivePoems
Five poems by Don Berger
www.bruisermag.com/Berger_FivePoems
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I could taste the light / coming over the / steaming mountains / of mulch where suffering / was.
Five poems by Don Berger
www.bruisermag.com/Berger_FivePoems
Five poems by Don Berger
www.bruisermag.com/Berger_FivePoems
to make the sign for “old”
bring your right hand
bunched together in a fist
up just below
your chin
Two ASL poems by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/vanecko_twop...
bring your right hand
bunched together in a fist
up just below
your chin
Two ASL poems by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/vanecko_twop...
January 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
to make the sign for “old”
bring your right hand
bunched together in a fist
up just below
your chin
Two ASL poems by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/vanecko_twop...
bring your right hand
bunched together in a fist
up just below
your chin
Two ASL poems by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/vanecko_twop...
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Loved the hell out of this one by @badguybirnie.bsky.social! It’s clever and creepy and funny and gritty in all the best ways.
This wasn’t a case of my imagination running wild. Wasn’t a case of brains fried, tripping out on futures past. This was real, goddamnit. Whatever it was.
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Birnie_Future
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Birnie_Future
January 30, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Loved the hell out of this one by @badguybirnie.bsky.social! It’s clever and creepy and funny and gritty in all the best ways.
This wasn’t a case of my imagination running wild. Wasn’t a case of brains fried, tripping out on futures past. This was real, goddamnit. Whatever it was.
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Birnie_Future
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Birnie_Future
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This wasn’t a case of my imagination running wild. Wasn’t a case of brains fried, tripping out on futures past. This was real, goddamnit. Whatever it was.
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Birnie_Future
WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Birnie_Future
Have you ever seen roaches fucking? It’s the only thing the moon cares to watch.
Two prose poems by Jane Shin
www.bruisermag.com/Shin_TwoPoems
Two prose poems by Jane Shin
www.bruisermag.com/Shin_TwoPoems
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Have you ever seen roaches fucking? It’s the only thing the moon cares to watch.
Two prose poems by Jane Shin
www.bruisermag.com/Shin_TwoPoems
Two prose poems by Jane Shin
www.bruisermag.com/Shin_TwoPoems
As I checked out, the clerk complimented my choice. But the question that is key is
“What do you know about Baltimore Club Music?”
@timkabara.bsky.social is back with another CD you may have missed in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
“What do you know about Baltimore Club Music?”
@timkabara.bsky.social is back with another CD you may have missed in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
January 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
As I checked out, the clerk complimented my choice. But the question that is key is
“What do you know about Baltimore Club Music?”
@timkabara.bsky.social is back with another CD you may have missed in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
“What do you know about Baltimore Club Music?”
@timkabara.bsky.social is back with another CD you may have missed in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
All a good movie has ever needed / is an evocative title.
Three poems by John Sara
www.bruisermag.com/Sara_ThreePoems
Three poems by John Sara
www.bruisermag.com/Sara_ThreePoems
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
All a good movie has ever needed / is an evocative title.
Three poems by John Sara
www.bruisermag.com/Sara_ThreePoems
Three poems by John Sara
www.bruisermag.com/Sara_ThreePoems
What I remember happening probably didn’t happen quite as I remember it.
Six new prose poems from Howie Good
www.bruisermag.com/good_prosepo...
Six new prose poems from Howie Good
www.bruisermag.com/good_prosepo...
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
What I remember happening probably didn’t happen quite as I remember it.
Six new prose poems from Howie Good
www.bruisermag.com/good_prosepo...
Six new prose poems from Howie Good
www.bruisermag.com/good_prosepo...
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This is like if Ed Tom Bell had a third dream at the end of No Country for Old Men and in that third dream there was no horn full of fire or an existential crisis and instead a silver lining to be found in Dick Van Dyke's chest hair
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bsky.app/profile/brui...
I confide that I’ve been thinking a lot about Dick Van Dyke lately and even had a romantic dream about him.
“Dick as he is now or like when he was young?” my husband asks.
“Now.”
“Sounds more like a nightmare.”
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR by @olangela.bsky.social
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“Dick as he is now or like when he was young?” my husband asks.
“Now.”
“Sounds more like a nightmare.”
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR by @olangela.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/James_Spoonful
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is like if Ed Tom Bell had a third dream at the end of No Country for Old Men and in that third dream there was no horn full of fire or an existential crisis and instead a silver lining to be found in Dick Van Dyke's chest hair
bsky.app/profile/brui...
bsky.app/profile/brui...
If someone made a mistake and then realized it, supposedly there was back-up somewhere. But if someone made a mistake and did not notice, the baker would just be fucked when the bread didn’t turn out.
THE MOTHER by Marie Buck
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THE MOTHER by Marie Buck
www.bruisermag.com/Buck_Mother
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
If someone made a mistake and then realized it, supposedly there was back-up somewhere. But if someone made a mistake and did not notice, the baker would just be fucked when the bread didn’t turn out.
THE MOTHER by Marie Buck
www.bruisermag.com/Buck_Mother
THE MOTHER by Marie Buck
www.bruisermag.com/Buck_Mother
“Fuck this. We gotta go make our own fate.”
Lukas Armstrong-Laird interviews legendary low-budget Vermont filmmaker Colin Thompson on the 10th anniversary of It’s Us
Lukas Armstrong-Laird interviews legendary low-budget Vermont filmmaker Colin Thompson on the 10th anniversary of It’s Us
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
“Fuck this. We gotta go make our own fate.”
Lukas Armstrong-Laird interviews legendary low-budget Vermont filmmaker Colin Thompson on the 10th anniversary of It’s Us
Lukas Armstrong-Laird interviews legendary low-budget Vermont filmmaker Colin Thompson on the 10th anniversary of It’s Us
Behind him at some distance, a man in a silver tutu with rainbow sunglasses eats watermelon slices, girls with cupholders as tops sleep on discarded airplane seats. I don’t remember when I last slept. The hallway looks like a rest stop from an '80s horror.
SURFACES by Michela Grimaldi ↓
SURFACES by Michela Grimaldi ↓
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Behind him at some distance, a man in a silver tutu with rainbow sunglasses eats watermelon slices, girls with cupholders as tops sleep on discarded airplane seats. I don’t remember when I last slept. The hallway looks like a rest stop from an '80s horror.
SURFACES by Michela Grimaldi ↓
SURFACES by Michela Grimaldi ↓