Justin Karcher
@justinkarcher.bsky.social
Buffalo, NY. Man About Town. Poet. Playwright. New Play Development Director. Editor of Ghost City Review.
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I got a new poem published in the latest issue of Blue Earth Review. It’s called “The Rite-Aid Has Become a Spirit Halloween”
I’m working on a new full length play at the cafe? And Sonic Youth is playing on the barista playlist? What year is it?
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I’m working on a new full length play at the cafe? And Sonic Youth is playing on the barista playlist? What year is it?
I co-wrote a musical
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I co-wrote a musical
I got a new poem published in electric pink
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I got a new poem published in electric pink
So I’m watching Heated Rivalry when suddenly I hear one of my favorite songs, “I’ll Believe In Anything” by Wolf Parade, and my heart does that thing hearts do when they turn into the sandworms from Dune and travel through the deserts of memory and I’m like “shit this is a poem”
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
So I’m watching Heated Rivalry when suddenly I hear one of my favorite songs, “I’ll Believe In Anything” by Wolf Parade, and my heart does that thing hearts do when they turn into the sandworms from Dune and travel through the deserts of memory and I’m like “shit this is a poem”
Woke up today to an acceptance from @theargylelitmag.bsky.social. They’ll be taking three poems. Cool stuff
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Woke up today to an acceptance from @theargylelitmag.bsky.social. They’ll be taking three poems. Cool stuff
Cool news: just got an acceptance from Michigan City Review of Books
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Cool news: just got an acceptance from Michigan City Review of Books
I got a new poem published in the latest issue of Blue Earth Review. It’s called “The Rite-Aid Has Become a Spirit Halloween”
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I got a new poem published in the latest issue of Blue Earth Review. It’s called “The Rite-Aid Has Become a Spirit Halloween”
I got a new poem published in the latest issue of Blue Earth Review. It’s called “The Rite-Aid Has Become a Spirit Halloween”
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I got a new poem published in the latest issue of Blue Earth Review. It’s called “The Rite-Aid Has Become a Spirit Halloween”
Cool news. electric pink & underscore_mag will be publishing a couple of my poems
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Cool news. electric pink & underscore_mag will be publishing a couple of my poems
Thundersnow ain’t stopping us. Great crowd tonight for Megan Kemple and the poetry open mic
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Thundersnow ain’t stopping us. Great crowd tonight for Megan Kemple and the poetry open mic
If you’re in Buffalo, join us tonight at Caffe Aroma as we welcome our featured poet Megan Kemple! Open mic to follow after. The fun starts at 9
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
If you’re in Buffalo, join us tonight at Caffe Aroma as we welcome our featured poet Megan Kemple! Open mic to follow after. The fun starts at 9
I got a new poem published in the inaugural issue of Dodo Eraser
January 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I got a new poem published in the inaugural issue of Dodo Eraser
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January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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I just read the three poems you got published - loved it - the sadness of the humour especially👌
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I just read the three poems you got published - loved it - the sadness of the humour especially👌
Reposted by Justin Karcher
The last poem I got published in 2025. Big thx to @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. Let’s continue to sing in the New Year. Love you all
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The last poem I got published in 2025. Big thx to @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. Let’s continue to sing in the New Year. Love you all
Cool stuff here
Without further ado, here are my favorite stories of 2025, to give you something to read today.
Other than my two favorites, these are in chronological order.
My FAVORITE story of 2025 was this one by @keersteemack.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...
Other than my two favorites, these are in chronological order.
My FAVORITE story of 2025 was this one by @keersteemack.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...
PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie
First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...
xraylitmag.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cool stuff here
You may call it depression but I call it the creative process: hanging out in the bathtub, listening to a chillwave playlist and thinking about the poem I’m writing about a foggy memory from ten years ago
December 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
You may call it depression but I call it the creative process: hanging out in the bathtub, listening to a chillwave playlist and thinking about the poem I’m writing about a foggy memory from ten years ago
I got three new poems published in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. A nice way to end the year. Here's one of them
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I got three new poems published in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. A nice way to end the year. Here's one of them
I got a new poem published in @thimblelitmag.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I got a new poem published in @thimblelitmag.bsky.social
Reposted by Justin Karcher
Broke: Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Woke: It’s a Wonderful Life is a horror film.
Woke: It’s a Wonderful Life is a horror film.
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Broke: Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Woke: It’s a Wonderful Life is a horror film.
Woke: It’s a Wonderful Life is a horror film.
Big thx to @jbstone.bsky.social for the great review of ‘Concrete Christmas’ - that first sentence will surely go to my head
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Big thx to @jbstone.bsky.social for the great review of ‘Concrete Christmas’ - that first sentence will surely go to my head
So I’m on a walk on my lunch and it hit me that I need to adapt Eyes Wide Shut but set it in Buffalo. It will be called ‘Eyes Wide Shut in Buffalo’
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So I’m on a walk on my lunch and it hit me that I need to adapt Eyes Wide Shut but set it in Buffalo. It will be called ‘Eyes Wide Shut in Buffalo’
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Hear that lonesome whistle blow
Happy to announce that I’m the new Poet in Residence at the GameStop next to the Starbucks, which has only one table to sit at. Somewhere closeby are abandoned train tracks aimed directly at your broken heart
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hear that lonesome whistle blow