“Ahead of its latest installment playing at New/Next, I kept asking around about what the hell Reveries actually was. ‘It’s hard to describe.’ ‘You just have to see it.’ ‘It’s, like, two guys riffing. But trippy.’”
@alexlei.bsky.social interviews the trio behind the REVERIES series
@alexlei.bsky.social interviews the trio behind the REVERIES series
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Ahead of its latest installment playing at New/Next, I kept asking around about what the hell Reveries actually was. ‘It’s hard to describe.’ ‘You just have to see it.’ ‘It’s, like, two guys riffing. But trippy.’”
@alexlei.bsky.social interviews the trio behind the REVERIES series
@alexlei.bsky.social interviews the trio behind the REVERIES series
Tom’s got a closed fist and he knows how to wrap his knuckles on the door of the man who owns it all. That’s what happens to promoted men. They turn their punches into knocks. But at the end of the day, that fist is all they’ve got.
MULES IN PASSENGER SEATS by Cake
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MULES IN PASSENGER SEATS by Cake
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December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Tom’s got a closed fist and he knows how to wrap his knuckles on the door of the man who owns it all. That’s what happens to promoted men. They turn their punches into knocks. But at the end of the day, that fist is all they’ve got.
MULES IN PASSENGER SEATS by Cake
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MULES IN PASSENGER SEATS by Cake
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They say suffering breeds great art and while this year will largely be remembered for layers of bad upon bad, I sense light in the cracks.
Baltimore's Christian Best (Smoke Bellow, Crying Laughing, Instant Success, etc.) lays out his favorite music releases of 2025
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Baltimore's Christian Best (Smoke Bellow, Crying Laughing, Instant Success, etc.) lays out his favorite music releases of 2025
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December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
They say suffering breeds great art and while this year will largely be remembered for layers of bad upon bad, I sense light in the cracks.
Baltimore's Christian Best (Smoke Bellow, Crying Laughing, Instant Success, etc.) lays out his favorite music releases of 2025
www.bruisermag.com/best_of2025
Baltimore's Christian Best (Smoke Bellow, Crying Laughing, Instant Success, etc.) lays out his favorite music releases of 2025
www.bruisermag.com/best_of2025
I was stunted in many ways, and still am. I keep wanting to run my fingers through the dangly jiggly clean-mess of Kaythi’s hair like a new child would with her new mother.
FIXATION by @thoushallkill.bsky.social
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FIXATION by @thoushallkill.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I was stunted in many ways, and still am. I keep wanting to run my fingers through the dangly jiggly clean-mess of Kaythi’s hair like a new child would with her new mother.
FIXATION by @thoushallkill.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/san_Fixation
FIXATION by @thoushallkill.bsky.social
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I sent my son to the mayor of the company town. He came back covered in buttons and switches, and when he opened his mouth, insects spilled out: locusts with their wings clipped off.
THE COMPANY TOWN by Sarah Klein
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THE COMPANY TOWN by Sarah Klein
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December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I sent my son to the mayor of the company town. He came back covered in buttons and switches, and when he opened his mouth, insects spilled out: locusts with their wings clipped off.
THE COMPANY TOWN by Sarah Klein
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THE COMPANY TOWN by Sarah Klein
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The last night at the original Baltimore location of Wham City was a slam-bang good time. Attendance was strictly limited. I did not have a ticket or anything, but I got in, anyway.
@timkabara.bsky.social covers another CD you might have missed, in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
@timkabara.bsky.social covers another CD you might have missed, in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The last night at the original Baltimore location of Wham City was a slam-bang good time. Attendance was strictly limited. I did not have a ticket or anything, but I got in, anyway.
@timkabara.bsky.social covers another CD you might have missed, in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
@timkabara.bsky.social covers another CD you might have missed, in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE ↓
Every day like a lightning strike
The sky with its token purple hair
COLLEGE RADIO by Damon Hubbs
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The sky with its token purple hair
COLLEGE RADIO by Damon Hubbs
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December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Every day like a lightning strike
The sky with its token purple hair
COLLEGE RADIO by Damon Hubbs
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The sky with its token purple hair
COLLEGE RADIO by Damon Hubbs
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Back in the awesome @bruisermag.com with a surreal/horror flash. www.bruisermag.com/Luntz_Castle
THE CASTLE NEVER FORGETS by David Luntz - BRUISER
Years before. A man had come to the castle for work, carrying wood and coal up to the kitchen. He was a strong woodsman — rough hands, thick beard,
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December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Following the ancient way, he tossed a coin. Heads meant death. Perhaps, far off, in another world, the toss was already decided.
THE CASTLE NEVER FORGETS by David Luntz
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THE CASTLE NEVER FORGETS by David Luntz
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December 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Following the ancient way, he tossed a coin. Heads meant death. Perhaps, far off, in another world, the toss was already decided.
THE CASTLE NEVER FORGETS by David Luntz
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THE CASTLE NEVER FORGETS by David Luntz
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I was in the kitchen when Lee, the head of the school, came in from the porch holding his flashlight like a club. “Big tits on the side of the highway,” he said. “Not good.”
BIG TITS ON THE HIGHWAY by Max Tullio
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BIG TITS ON THE HIGHWAY by Max Tullio
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December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I was in the kitchen when Lee, the head of the school, came in from the porch holding his flashlight like a club. “Big tits on the side of the highway,” he said. “Not good.”
BIG TITS ON THE HIGHWAY by Max Tullio
www.bruisermag.com/Tullio_Tits
BIG TITS ON THE HIGHWAY by Max Tullio
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“Obviously, there’s resonance with acting and forgery.”
Devin Morgan talks with Julian Castronovo on DEBUT, OR, OBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF DEBRIS AS CURRENTLY CATALOGUED
Devin Morgan talks with Julian Castronovo on DEBUT, OR, OBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF DEBRIS AS CURRENTLY CATALOGUED
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Obviously, there’s resonance with acting and forgery.”
Devin Morgan talks with Julian Castronovo on DEBUT, OR, OBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF DEBRIS AS CURRENTLY CATALOGUED
Devin Morgan talks with Julian Castronovo on DEBUT, OR, OBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF DEBRIS AS CURRENTLY CATALOGUED
they dropped a busload of homers
off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
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off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/Vanecko_Homers
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
they dropped a busload of homers
off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/Vanecko_Homers
off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/Vanecko_Homers
If this ain’t heaven,
what the hell is?
Three poems by Spencer Eckart
www.bruisermag.com/Eckart_ThreePoems
what the hell is?
Three poems by Spencer Eckart
www.bruisermag.com/Eckart_ThreePoems
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If this ain’t heaven,
what the hell is?
Three poems by Spencer Eckart
www.bruisermag.com/Eckart_ThreePoems
what the hell is?
Three poems by Spencer Eckart
www.bruisermag.com/Eckart_ThreePoems
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks… dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of harsh noise.
It’s AN EVENING AT ANGEL INN with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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It’s AN EVENING AT ANGEL INN with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks… dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of harsh noise.
It’s AN EVENING AT ANGEL INN with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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It’s AN EVENING AT ANGEL INN with @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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“You can almost smell the meat searing, don’t you think?”
Shawn put his nose to the air to play along but smelled only a diaper full of shit worn by the baby in the stroller in front of him.
THE MODEL RAILROAD by Jon Doughboy
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Shawn put his nose to the air to play along but smelled only a diaper full of shit worn by the baby in the stroller in front of him.
THE MODEL RAILROAD by Jon Doughboy
www.bruisermag.com/Doughboy_Railroad
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“You can almost smell the meat searing, don’t you think?”
Shawn put his nose to the air to play along but smelled only a diaper full of shit worn by the baby in the stroller in front of him.
THE MODEL RAILROAD by Jon Doughboy
www.bruisermag.com/Doughboy_Railroad
Shawn put his nose to the air to play along but smelled only a diaper full of shit worn by the baby in the stroller in front of him.
THE MODEL RAILROAD by Jon Doughboy
www.bruisermag.com/Doughboy_Railroad
Last week I sold all my things on eBay and they were all bought by different people called Rebecca. I sensed that this meant the veil between the terrene and the firmament was particularly thin at the moment.
THE LIVER MAN IS ALSO A VIRGIN by Martha Busfield
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THE LIVER MAN IS ALSO A VIRGIN by Martha Busfield
www.bruisermag.com/Busfield_Liver
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Last week I sold all my things on eBay and they were all bought by different people called Rebecca. I sensed that this meant the veil between the terrene and the firmament was particularly thin at the moment.
THE LIVER MAN IS ALSO A VIRGIN by Martha Busfield
www.bruisermag.com/Busfield_Liver
THE LIVER MAN IS ALSO A VIRGIN by Martha Busfield
www.bruisermag.com/Busfield_Liver
bong rip of blown kisses / sundown hoofin / angelic chorus / on repeat
ERMM, OK, THAT WAS RANDOM by Louis Packard
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ERMM, OK, THAT WAS RANDOM by Louis Packard
www.bruisermag.com/Packard_Random
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
bong rip of blown kisses / sundown hoofin / angelic chorus / on repeat
ERMM, OK, THAT WAS RANDOM by Louis Packard
www.bruisermag.com/Packard_Random
ERMM, OK, THAT WAS RANDOM by Louis Packard
www.bruisermag.com/Packard_Random
If I searched for the roof long enough, back then I could forget the ground entirely.
THE VALLEY by Reese Sterling Alexander
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THE VALLEY by Reese Sterling Alexander
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December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If I searched for the roof long enough, back then I could forget the ground entirely.
THE VALLEY by Reese Sterling Alexander
www.bruisermag.com/Alexander_Valley
THE VALLEY by Reese Sterling Alexander
www.bruisermag.com/Alexander_Valley
Hey Dewey,
Been a minute.
You died this past month 30 years ago. You were 19. So was I.
An open letter on grief and loss from @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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Been a minute.
You died this past month 30 years ago. You were 19. So was I.
An open letter on grief and loss from @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hey Dewey,
Been a minute.
You died this past month 30 years ago. You were 19. So was I.
An open letter on grief and loss from @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
Been a minute.
You died this past month 30 years ago. You were 19. So was I.
An open letter on grief and loss from @timkabara.bsky.social in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...
Your ghost is a note on the cupboard.
THE-THING-THAT-HAUNTS by katharinetyndall.bsky.social
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THE-THING-THAT-HAUNTS by katharinetyndall.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Tyndall_Thing
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Your ghost is a note on the cupboard.
THE-THING-THAT-HAUNTS by katharinetyndall.bsky.social
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THE-THING-THAT-HAUNTS by katharinetyndall.bsky.social
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Lovely surprise to have some poems in @bruisermag.com today!
The lemon was only the size of an eyeball when it detached from my body.
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lovely surprise to have some poems in @bruisermag.com today!
The lemon was only the size of an eyeball when it detached from my body.
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The lemon was only the size of an eyeball when it detached from my body.
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
Three fresh poems from @ezhang77.bsky.social
www.bruisermag.com/Zhang_Poems2
They are stealing our human food. Even the lemons that must be tart. They are going bowling in the part of the walls that is empty space, the parts that are not the wood that holds the structure.
MODERN PESTS by Niles Baldwin
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MODERN PESTS by Niles Baldwin
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November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They are stealing our human food. Even the lemons that must be tart. They are going bowling in the part of the walls that is empty space, the parts that are not the wood that holds the structure.
MODERN PESTS by Niles Baldwin
www.bruisermag.com/Baldwin_Pest
MODERN PESTS by Niles Baldwin
www.bruisermag.com/Baldwin_Pest
congrats to our Pushcart Prize nominees
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
congrats to our Pushcart Prize nominees
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"AI will never have this little moment, part of larger moments that make up a community of creative people in dialogue and conversation with each other…
"If they were to eat a human, they would gain the ability to mimic human speech and thought processes.
"But they would not be human."
"If they were to eat a human, they would gain the ability to mimic human speech and thought processes.
"But they would not be human."
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"AI will never have this little moment, part of larger moments that make up a community of creative people in dialogue and conversation with each other…
"If they were to eat a human, they would gain the ability to mimic human speech and thought processes.
"But they would not be human."
"If they were to eat a human, they would gain the ability to mimic human speech and thought processes.
"But they would not be human."