The Bulb Region
@bulbregion.bsky.social
An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
(Free submissions open March 1.)
www.bulbregion.com
(Free submissions open March 1.)
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'Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)'
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
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“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region
Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
'Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)'
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
Speaking of happy stories, this one by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is a moment of joy encapsulated!
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‘…horse hooves and wagon wheels and bicycles and strollers and mopeds the color of Easter candy…’
Such amazing energy to this, and a title that make you want to punch the air by the end - yes! @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social 📌
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Such amazing energy to this, and a title that make you want to punch the air by the end - yes! @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social 📌
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region
Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...
bulbregion.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:47 AM
‘…horse hooves and wagon wheels and bicycles and strollers and mopeds the color of Easter candy…’
Such amazing energy to this, and a title that make you want to punch the air by the end - yes! @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social 📌
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Such amazing energy to this, and a title that make you want to punch the air by the end - yes! @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social 📌
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Two new pieces will go live on the website tomorrow, but before then, make sure to have a look at these big beautiful epistolary poems by The Bulb Region writer @tomsnarsky.bsky.social in Metatron.
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A LETTER FROM THE MOUNTAIN
TOM SNARSKY
metatron.press
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Two new pieces will go live on the website tomorrow, but before then, make sure to have a look at these big beautiful epistolary poems by The Bulb Region writer @tomsnarsky.bsky.social in Metatron.
metatron.press/digipub/a-le...
metatron.press/digipub/a-le...
“I can’t decide whether I want to be her or kill her. I understand there’s likely a middle ground, but right now I can’t find it.”
Don't miss The Bulb Region writer Emily Rinkema's (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) delicious new story in Milk Candy Review.
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/02/05/t...
Don't miss The Bulb Region writer Emily Rinkema's (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) delicious new story in Milk Candy Review.
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/02/05/t...
Things That Don’t Matter ~ by Emily Rinkema
It’s our neighbor Manny’s 50th birthday and we are hosting his party even though he has a wife, who is sitting on our couch in her linen overalls laughing at something my husband Leif just said. Sh…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“I can’t decide whether I want to be her or kill her. I understand there’s likely a middle ground, but right now I can’t find it.”
Don't miss The Bulb Region writer Emily Rinkema's (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) delicious new story in Milk Candy Review.
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/02/05/t...
Don't miss The Bulb Region writer Emily Rinkema's (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) delicious new story in Milk Candy Review.
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2026/02/05/t...
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Tactile strategies for feeling more / loved
“I am remodeling my bones. Pray for what
You want, if it is good, or if it’s something
Someone else can provide, ask them.”
We’re a big fan of Tom’s (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) poetry over here and couldn’t be happier to publish his beautiful poems in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
You want, if it is good, or if it’s something
Someone else can provide, ask them.”
We’re a big fan of Tom’s (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) poetry over here and couldn’t be happier to publish his beautiful poems in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
Three Poems, by Tom Snarsky — The Bulb Region
Three Poems — Tom Snarsky The Silver Cord I am remodeling my bones. Pray for...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Tactile strategies for feeling more / loved
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Loved this one
“Emergency Landings” by Sam Berman is a fragmented, darkly comic story on chance and disaster that will surely reserve its unique place in the Berman-verse. Read it in The Bulb Region today.
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Emergency Landings, by Sam Berman — The Bulb Region
Emergency Landings — Sam Berman 1. On March 20th, 2006, in a sky committed to its...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Loved this one
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"and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution"
Stunning one-sentence piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, the way this progresses from beginning to end, the tonal contrasts, the emotional rush of it
Stunning one-sentence piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, the way this progresses from beginning to end, the tonal contrasts, the emotional rush of it
Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region
Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...
bulbregion.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
"and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution"
Stunning one-sentence piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, the way this progresses from beginning to end, the tonal contrasts, the emotional rush of it
Stunning one-sentence piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, the way this progresses from beginning to end, the tonal contrasts, the emotional rush of it
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"The butchers in old gloves are weeping carved wolves. Their fur appears frozen, golden hairs tearing through the dawn"
Startling and slithering poetry from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
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Startling and slithering poetry from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
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The Funeral, by Benjamin Niespodziany — The Bulb Region
The Funeral — Benjamin Niespodziany after Anne-Marie Turza The butchers in old...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
"The butchers in old gloves are weeping carved wolves. Their fur appears frozen, golden hairs tearing through the dawn"
Startling and slithering poetry from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
bulbregion.com/The-Funeral-...
Startling and slithering poetry from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
bulbregion.com/The-Funeral-...
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"Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)"
19 again. If only for a moment like this. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social up at @bulbregion.bsky.social with a beaut.
19 again. If only for a moment like this. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social up at @bulbregion.bsky.social with a beaut.
Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region
Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...
bulbregion.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"Stella felt the universe hold its breath, wrap its extravagance around her (her! tiny, insignificant Stella!)"
19 again. If only for a moment like this. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social up at @bulbregion.bsky.social with a beaut.
19 again. If only for a moment like this. @emilyrinkema.bsky.social up at @bulbregion.bsky.social with a beaut.
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"When did you last have a linear dream? If you cannot answer this question, please write down your secret formula for time travel."
So much to sit and ponder in this richly creative hybrid from @clairepolders.bsky.social
So much to sit and ponder in this richly creative hybrid from @clairepolders.bsky.social
Check out Claire Polder’s (@clairepolders.bsky.social) mind- and time-bending amazing hybrid piece, “Time Temperament Questionnaire.”
“Imagine that for each anticipation, you’d have to sacrifice a memory.”
Out today in The Bulb Region.
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“Imagine that for each anticipation, you’d have to sacrifice a memory.”
Out today in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Time-Tempera...
Time Temperament Questionnaire, by Claire Polders — The Bulb Region
Time Temperament Questionnaire — Claire Polders IN WHAT DIMENSION DO YOU spend most of your waking...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:44 PM
"When did you last have a linear dream? If you cannot answer this question, please write down your secret formula for time travel."
So much to sit and ponder in this richly creative hybrid from @clairepolders.bsky.social
So much to sit and ponder in this richly creative hybrid from @clairepolders.bsky.social
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"It just fills the air so it doesn’t feel like I’m rotting in a questionable jar in the back of the fridge."
Wonderful sense of character and tone of voice in this piece from @mallorysmart.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
Wonderful sense of character and tone of voice in this piece from @mallorysmart.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
I’ve been rewatching Bates Motel for months.
Somewhere along the way my intrusive thoughts started answering to “Mother.”
Apparently this is how some of us cope...
-new prose, @bulbregion.bsky.social
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Somewhere along the way my intrusive thoughts started answering to “Mother.”
Apparently this is how some of us cope...
-new prose, @bulbregion.bsky.social
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, by Mallory Smart — The Bulb Region
We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes — Mallory Smart I’VE BEEN REWATCHING Bates Motel...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"It just fills the air so it doesn’t feel like I’m rotting in a questionable jar in the back of the fridge."
Wonderful sense of character and tone of voice in this piece from @mallorysmart.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
Wonderful sense of character and tone of voice in this piece from @mallorysmart.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social
Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region
Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...
bulbregion.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”
bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...
“I am remodeling my bones. Pray for what
You want, if it is good, or if it’s something
Someone else can provide, ask them.”
We’re a big fan of Tom’s (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) poetry over here and couldn’t be happier to publish his beautiful poems in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
You want, if it is good, or if it’s something
Someone else can provide, ask them.”
We’re a big fan of Tom’s (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) poetry over here and couldn’t be happier to publish his beautiful poems in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
Three Poems, by Tom Snarsky — The Bulb Region
Three Poems — Tom Snarsky The Silver Cord I am remodeling my bones. Pray for...
bulbregion.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“I am remodeling my bones. Pray for what
You want, if it is good, or if it’s something
Someone else can provide, ask them.”
We’re a big fan of Tom’s (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) poetry over here and couldn’t be happier to publish his beautiful poems in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
You want, if it is good, or if it’s something
Someone else can provide, ask them.”
We’re a big fan of Tom’s (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) poetry over here and couldn’t be happier to publish his beautiful poems in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
We return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, make sure to have a look at The Bulb Region writer and artist Angie Kang's interactive comic, "Hold On," in The Believer.
www.thebeliever.net/hold-on/
www.thebeliever.net/hold-on/
Hold On - Believer Magazine
www.thebeliever.net
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
We return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, make sure to have a look at The Bulb Region writer and artist Angie Kang's interactive comic, "Hold On," in The Believer.
www.thebeliever.net/hold-on/
www.thebeliever.net/hold-on/
“Emergency Landings” by Sam Berman is a fragmented, darkly comic story on chance and disaster that will surely reserve its unique place in the Berman-verse. Read it in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/Emergency-La...
bulbregion.com/Emergency-La...
Emergency Landings, by Sam Berman — The Bulb Region
Emergency Landings — Sam Berman 1. On March 20th, 2006, in a sky committed to its...
bulbregion.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“Emergency Landings” by Sam Berman is a fragmented, darkly comic story on chance and disaster that will surely reserve its unique place in the Berman-verse. Read it in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/Emergency-La...
bulbregion.com/Emergency-La...
We are beyond thrilled and proud to present the first-ever comics published in The Bulb Region. “Tranformation” is a delightfully nuanced relationship drama that will leave you tender and smiling at once. By the incredible Angie Kang!
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Transformation, by Angie Kang — The Bulb Region
Transformation — Angie Kang Angie Kang makes art in LA. She is the...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
We are beyond thrilled and proud to present the first-ever comics published in The Bulb Region. “Tranformation” is a delightfully nuanced relationship drama that will leave you tender and smiling at once. By the incredible Angie Kang!
bulbregion.com/Transformati...
bulbregion.com/Transformati...
We return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, make time to read The Bulb Region writer Mike Andrelczyk's (@mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social) timely little poem in @rejectionlit.bsky.social.
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Fun World! (Mike Andrelczyk)
Shit maybe it’s not a fun world Oh wait I just remembered gorillas can do sign language On the news there is footage of a hotel exploding Charts of diseases spreading, images of cities burning, peo…
rejection-letters.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
We return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, make time to read The Bulb Region writer Mike Andrelczyk's (@mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social) timely little poem in @rejectionlit.bsky.social.
rejection-letters.com/2020/10/29/f...
rejection-letters.com/2020/10/29/f...
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Oof! Just read this one: so much packed into a small space. Motherhood, precarity, grief, imagination, brief, innocent childhood.
Loved it.
Loved it.
New Natalie Warther alert! 🚨
“I try to explain to my son, Mommy might become a bird before you become a bird. He says with hawkish confidence not to worry, that he would keep me as his pet.”
Read “All the People Are Becoming Birds” in The Bulb Region.
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“I try to explain to my son, Mommy might become a bird before you become a bird. He says with hawkish confidence not to worry, that he would keep me as his pet.”
Read “All the People Are Becoming Birds” in The Bulb Region.
bulbregion.com/All-the-Peop...
All the People Are Becoming Birds, by Natalie Warther — The Bulb Region
All the People Are Becoming Birds — Natalie Warther WE EACH WAIT OUR TURN, knowing...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Oof! Just read this one: so much packed into a small space. Motherhood, precarity, grief, imagination, brief, innocent childhood.
Loved it.
Loved it.
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ICYMI: I published a short story yesterday about Bates Motel, talking to someone who isn’t there, and pretending the TV is a kind of love.
It's up at @bulbregion.bsky.social
Reader discretion: Mother has opinions.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
It's up at @bulbregion.bsky.social
Reader discretion: Mother has opinions.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
ICYMI: I published a short story yesterday about Bates Motel, talking to someone who isn’t there, and pretending the TV is a kind of love.
It's up at @bulbregion.bsky.social
Reader discretion: Mother has opinions.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
It's up at @bulbregion.bsky.social
Reader discretion: Mother has opinions.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
“Somewhere along the way my worst intrusive thoughts, the barnacle ones, started answering to Mother. Not as a joke. Not as a metaphor.”
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, by Mallory Smart — The Bulb Region
We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes — Mallory Smart I’VE BEEN REWATCHING Bates Motel...
bulbregion.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“Somewhere along the way my worst intrusive thoughts, the barnacle ones, started answering to Mother. Not as a joke. Not as a metaphor.”
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
“I have studied you for 4,747 nights and still
I do not really understand you.
I can say I adore your brown eyes.”
Three delicious poems by Mike Andrelczyk (@mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social) in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
I do not really understand you.
I can say I adore your brown eyes.”
Three delicious poems by Mike Andrelczyk (@mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social) in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
Three Poems, by Mike Andrelczyk — The Bulb Region
Three Poems — Mike Andrelczyk Fig Poem #2 midnight and I'm building a bread box for...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
“I have studied you for 4,747 nights and still
I do not really understand you.
I can say I adore your brown eyes.”
Three delicious poems by Mike Andrelczyk (@mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social) in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
I do not really understand you.
I can say I adore your brown eyes.”
Three delicious poems by Mike Andrelczyk (@mikeandrelczyk.bsky.social) in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...
Lucky to have @anniejowrites.bsky.social joining the ranks. 💌
got my first good writing news of 2026—the wonderful @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social asked me to send over a few stories for his lovely new journal. he’ll be publishing two of them in @bulbregion.bsky.social! can’t wait to share them with you 💌
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Lucky to have @anniejowrites.bsky.social joining the ranks. 💌
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Thank you to all who have been publishing my weird little stories of late. I love you all very much!
We’ll return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, give a read to The Bulb Region writer Matt Rowan’s (@veryrealbatman.bsky.social) (un-)thinking little story in @somewordslit.bsky.social.
somewords.boards.net/thread/46/ma...
somewords.boards.net/thread/46/ma...
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Thank you to all who have been publishing my weird little stories of late. I love you all very much!
We’ll return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, give a read to The Bulb Region writer Matt Rowan’s (@veryrealbatman.bsky.social) (un-)thinking little story in @somewordslit.bsky.social.
somewords.boards.net/thread/46/ma...
somewords.boards.net/thread/46/ma...
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
We’ll return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, give a read to The Bulb Region writer Matt Rowan’s (@veryrealbatman.bsky.social) (un-)thinking little story in @somewordslit.bsky.social.
somewords.boards.net/thread/46/ma...
somewords.boards.net/thread/46/ma...
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"This is the best system there is, and not just because it’s the only one there is. It works for you, the consumer of things, some of which fall on you."
This was just what I needed to combat current existential dread. Thank you @veryrealbatman.bsky.social for making me laugh tonight.
This was just what I needed to combat current existential dread. Thank you @veryrealbatman.bsky.social for making me laugh tonight.
We need stories. We need to try to know each other better. Fighting against fascism means exploring our emotional and rational selves deeply. Sharing my latest attempt at that in @bulbregion.bsky.social. Many thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for giving it a home: bulbregion.com/You-Can-Keep...
You Can Keep That, If It Falls on You, You Get to Keep It, by Matt Rowan — The Bulb Region
You Can Keep That, If It Falls on You, You Get to Keep It — Matt Rowan Part I:...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM
"This is the best system there is, and not just because it’s the only one there is. It works for you, the consumer of things, some of which fall on you."
This was just what I needed to combat current existential dread. Thank you @veryrealbatman.bsky.social for making me laugh tonight.
This was just what I needed to combat current existential dread. Thank you @veryrealbatman.bsky.social for making me laugh tonight.