Kirsti MacKenzie
@keersteemack.bsky.social
writer | editor Major 7th Mag | local woman gets dressed, leaves house
on earth we’re briefly posting
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
on earth we’re briefly posting
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ebook or audiobook of Where the Pavement Turns to Sand a steal of a deal, you guys
Our resolution is to process more than 1,000 direct orders through our website this year. This means we need to average 2.7 orders per day. We are currently averaging 2 orders per day so are naturally freaking out. Help us find peace!
malarkeybooks.com/store
malarkeybooks.com/store
Bookstore — Malarkey
You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.
malarkeybooks.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
ebook or audiobook of Where the Pavement Turns to Sand a steal of a deal, you guys
i'm lucky i don't live with anyone bc i'm singin' "I'll Believe in Anything" while throwing my voice like the Wolf Parade guy
happy new year kids we love ya
five albums, five stories, one fave. run it up!
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five albums, five stories, one fave. run it up!
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Friday Five: January 2, 2026
Fives and Faves.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
i'm lucky i don't live with anyone bc i'm singin' "I'll Believe in Anything" while throwing my voice like the Wolf Parade guy
chatted with @jillianluft.bsky.social about all kinds of writing stuff on AFWP
take the work seriously, don’t take yourself seriously 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/3jB6...
take the work seriously, don’t take yourself seriously 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/3jB6...
Bonus Episode - Kirsti MacKenzie (Host: Jillian Luft)
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January 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
chatted with @jillianluft.bsky.social about all kinds of writing stuff on AFWP
take the work seriously, don’t take yourself seriously 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/3jB6...
take the work seriously, don’t take yourself seriously 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/3jB6...
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made a list of some of our favorite things from 2025 !
subs open today at noon arizona time, until we reach our caps
xraylitmag.com/x-r-a-y-2025...
subs open today at noon arizona time, until we reach our caps
xraylitmag.com/x-r-a-y-2025...
X-R-A-Y 2025 SAMPLER
in 2025, X-R-A-Y published 169 things ! we read 2,808 submissions & accepted 114. here are some favorites for u to sample. but first, a big thank u to all the editors & readers ! Joshua Heppburn / s...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
made a list of some of our favorite things from 2025 !
subs open today at noon arizona time, until we reach our caps
xraylitmag.com/x-r-a-y-2025...
subs open today at noon arizona time, until we reach our caps
xraylitmag.com/x-r-a-y-2025...
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If you're looking for a short story collection to start your year, here's a bunch of recs from Short Story, Long contributors:
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/short-stor...
Also, I collected them all in a @bookshop.org list for ease of purchase:
bookshop.org/wishlists/11...
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/short-stor...
Also, I collected them all in a @bookshop.org list for ease of purchase:
bookshop.org/wishlists/11...
SSL fave collections of 2025
Bookshop.org Custom Wishlist
bookshop.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you're looking for a short story collection to start your year, here's a bunch of recs from Short Story, Long contributors:
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/short-stor...
Also, I collected them all in a @bookshop.org list for ease of purchase:
bookshop.org/wishlists/11...
ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/short-stor...
Also, I collected them all in a @bookshop.org list for ease of purchase:
bookshop.org/wishlists/11...
has anyone in the history of the world ever won a gift card for answering a feedback survey
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
has anyone in the history of the world ever won a gift card for answering a feedback survey
fuck it, we ball*
*bartend 9hrs in sequins wish me luck
*bartend 9hrs in sequins wish me luck
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
fuck it, we ball*
*bartend 9hrs in sequins wish me luck
*bartend 9hrs in sequins wish me luck
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End the year by emailing/tagging/etc. a writer who wrote something that inspired you, brought you joy, meant something to you this year!
LAST DAY OF THE YEAR so it's time to do all those things that scare you. Email that writer. Furiously apply for that thing. Buy what you've bookmarked. Do it joyfully & bask in the knowledge that tomorrow is all new ❤️🔥
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
End the year by emailing/tagging/etc. a writer who wrote something that inspired you, brought you joy, meant something to you this year!
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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 12:02 PM
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-...
if anyone wants an absolute master class in longer short stories may I scream from the rooftops about Alexander MacLeod
A bunch of fave short story collections of the year from Short Story, Long contributors!
Short Story, Long's fave story collections of 2025!
Some fave short story collections, chosen by our contributors, some released this year, some just read and appreciated this year.
ashortstorylong.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
if anyone wants an absolute master class in longer short stories may I scream from the rooftops about Alexander MacLeod
Reposted by Kirsti MacKenzie
A bunch of fave short story collections of the year from Short Story, Long contributors!
Short Story, Long's fave story collections of 2025!
Some fave short story collections, chosen by our contributors, some released this year, some just read and appreciated this year.
ashortstorylong.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A bunch of fave short story collections of the year from Short Story, Long contributors!
Reposted by Kirsti MacKenzie
Thrilled to be on this list with some buds! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social for putting this together and thanks @keersteemack.bsky.social for the kind words!
December 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thrilled to be on this list with some buds! Thanks @aaronburch.bsky.social for putting this together and thanks @keersteemack.bsky.social for the kind words!
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i wrote this piece long ago + @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social was kind enough to give it new life, which somehow suits all this year-end wistfulness.
grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍
grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍
"It's a Saturday in the middle of July on a white porch with an old friend. Towels along the clothesline. She’s ten years younger, so I’m always asking about her sex life."
New CNF: "Mechanical Pencils by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
New CNF: "Mechanical Pencils by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
Mechanical Pencils | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
i wrote this piece long ago + @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social was kind enough to give it new life, which somehow suits all this year-end wistfulness.
grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍
grateful to anyone who spends time with it 🤍
hello Winnipeg come hang 😊
Folks, we have an addition to the lineup for our Jan 21 edish of wild & wonderful words reading series. Joining locals @awglen.bsky.social @tiffbartel.com @joelnedecky.bsky.social and Matt Horseman is northern Ontario’s @keersteemack.bsky.social
Hope to see y’all there. 7 pm free all ages
Hope to see y’all there. 7 pm free all ages
December 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
hello Winnipeg come hang 😊
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If you grew up somewhere you couldn’t wait to escape, Winesburg, Ohio will recognize you immediately.
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you grew up somewhere you couldn’t wait to escape, Winesburg, Ohio will recognize you immediately.
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
December reads
December 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
December reads
nicest bday gift is writing something and someone saying hey this was fun and good
happy belated birthday. Finished reading your novel and it's great
December 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
nicest bday gift is writing something and someone saying hey this was fun and good
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Keep your stick on the ice.
December 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Keep your stick on the ice.
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A Boxing Day special for you to “enjoy” farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/whit...
Whiteout - Farewell Transmission
by Sheldon Birnie You could hardly see the road the way the snow was coming down. If that wasn’t enough, the wind kept blowing it up and about and all over so that you could hardly see a thing past th...
farewelltransmission.net
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A Boxing Day special for you to “enjoy” farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/whit...
if you are feeling lazy today and want something to do I wrote a nice story for you. there is audio if you are feeling extra lazy I don’t judge 😊 open.substack.com/pub/ashortst...
“Dipshits” by Kirsti MacKenzie
“My husband made me a promise, once,” she says. “He said, if I go first I’m gonna haunt the shit out of you.”
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
if you are feeling lazy today and want something to do I wrote a nice story for you. there is audio if you are feeling extra lazy I don’t judge 😊 open.substack.com/pub/ashortst...
okay yeah this is it this it the hangover that kills me i had a good run it was nice knowing ya
December 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
okay yeah this is it this it the hangover that kills me i had a good run it was nice knowing ya
regrettably left off this week's mixtape: Joe Pesci's "Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You" (1998)
five albums, five stories. happy holidays, kids!
feat. stories by @mallorysmart.bsky.social, @aaronburch.bsky.social, Daniel O. Bailey, @parkeryoung.bsky.social, @badguybirnie.bsky.social
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feat. stories by @mallorysmart.bsky.social, @aaronburch.bsky.social, Daniel O. Bailey, @parkeryoung.bsky.social, @badguybirnie.bsky.social
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Friday Five: December 26, 2025
Fives and Faves.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
regrettably left off this week's mixtape: Joe Pesci's "Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You" (1998)
feels like the time to remind everyone that 1. Joe Pesci sings 2. Joe Pesci made whole albums 3. Joe Pesci’s oeuvre has Christmas songs 4. put some respect on Joe Pesci’s name
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
feels like the time to remind everyone that 1. Joe Pesci sings 2. Joe Pesci made whole albums 3. Joe Pesci’s oeuvre has Christmas songs 4. put some respect on Joe Pesci’s name
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forgot to hit "publish" on this yesterday. wrapping up the year on Short Story, Long with some lists — some more best & fave stories of the century (so far) this week, and some of our fave story collections of 2025 next week.
check out some of these faves! add some of your own in the comments!
check out some of these faves! add some of your own in the comments!
"25 for 25" — a few more contributor lists
wrapping up the year with a few more Short Story, Long contributor lists of "best" and favorite short stories from the last 25 years
ashortstorylong.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
forgot to hit "publish" on this yesterday. wrapping up the year on Short Story, Long with some lists — some more best & fave stories of the century (so far) this week, and some of our fave story collections of 2025 next week.
check out some of these faves! add some of your own in the comments!
check out some of these faves! add some of your own in the comments!