A.T. Steel
@oldxanadu.bsky.social
| 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓇 : 𝒶𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓉𝑒 | Narrative Magazine, West Branch, Foglifter journal +
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A.T. Steel
@oldxanadu.bsky.social
· Oct 1
I won the 2025 Narrative Prize for my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”! 🥹 I am overwhelmed!
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Understand this: AI art is anti-human.
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Understand this: AI art is anti-human.
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autumn by the pond
dappled light through slatted reeds
three white geese, asleep
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #geese #autumn #poetry
dappled light through slatted reeds
three white geese, asleep
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #geese #autumn #poetry
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
autumn by the pond
dappled light through slatted reeds
three white geese, asleep
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #geese #autumn #poetry
dappled light through slatted reeds
three white geese, asleep
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #geese #autumn #poetry
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I'm so tired of sharing a planet with people who only dream of escaping from it, who treat the earth as fundamentally evil and disposable. So fucking sad.
True believers who prepared for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on Sept. 23 were left looking for explanations.
Christian TikTokers Are Denied Rapture as Viral Prophecy Fizzles Out
For weeks, devout evangelical Christians on TikTok have been preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on Rosh Hashanah, but it didn't happen
www.rollingstone.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I'm so tired of sharing a planet with people who only dream of escaping from it, who treat the earth as fundamentally evil and disposable. So fucking sad.
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—excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel (@oldxanadu.bsky.social)
We are over the moon to share this year’s Narrative–Prize winning story, A. T. Steel’s “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”:
We are over the moon to share this year’s Narrative–Prize winning story, A. T. Steel’s “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”:
Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine
Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...
www.narrativemagazine.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
—excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel (@oldxanadu.bsky.social)
We are over the moon to share this year’s Narrative–Prize winning story, A. T. Steel’s “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”:
We are over the moon to share this year’s Narrative–Prize winning story, A. T. Steel’s “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”:
I won the 2025 Narrative Prize for my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”! 🥹 I am overwhelmed!
October 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I won the 2025 Narrative Prize for my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”! 🥹 I am overwhelmed!
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Steel was born in New York City and raised in Bronx homeless shelters, Harlem ghettos, and Brooklyn Brownsville projects.
Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!
@oldxanadu.bsky.social
Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!
@oldxanadu.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Steel was born in New York City and raised in Bronx homeless shelters, Harlem ghettos, and Brooklyn Brownsville projects.
Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!
@oldxanadu.bsky.social
Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!
@oldxanadu.bsky.social
I've been using the em dash in my creative writing for decades. It's really sad to see it reduced to an "ai trick". Most people really are just... dumb. 🤦🏽♂️ #amwriting #writingcommunity
July 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I've been using the em dash in my creative writing for decades. It's really sad to see it reduced to an "ai trick". Most people really are just... dumb. 🤦🏽♂️ #amwriting #writingcommunity
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"Our art must be held sacred now more than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths." - @oldxanadu.bsky.social
So well said, and it's our pleasure. 😍 Check out Issue 10.1 of Foglifter in our bio for this wonderful story, "Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast" by A.T. Steel.
So well said, and it's our pleasure. 😍 Check out Issue 10.1 of Foglifter in our bio for this wonderful story, "Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast" by A.T. Steel.
Thanks to Foglifter Journal for giving this story a comfortable home. Our art must be held sacred now now than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths. Spend time with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo as she navigates life in the springtime of her youth in NYCs underground queer
June 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Our art must be held sacred now more than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths." - @oldxanadu.bsky.social
So well said, and it's our pleasure. 😍 Check out Issue 10.1 of Foglifter in our bio for this wonderful story, "Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast" by A.T. Steel.
So well said, and it's our pleasure. 😍 Check out Issue 10.1 of Foglifter in our bio for this wonderful story, "Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast" by A.T. Steel.
Yoo-hoo is chocolate water. Thanks.
June 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yoo-hoo is chocolate water. Thanks.
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Read something raw and relevant this pride month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Check out “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” as Story of the Week over at Narrative Magazine! ✨💕✨ Please comment and share! Help stories from our community reach mainstream audiences! www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine
Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...
www.narrativemagazine.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Read something raw and relevant this pride month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Check out “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” as Story of the Week over at Narrative Magazine! ✨💕✨ Please comment and share! Help stories from our community reach mainstream audiences! www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
Thanks to Foglifter Journal for giving this story a comfortable home. Our art must be held sacred now now than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths. Spend time with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo as she navigates life in the springtime of her youth in NYCs underground queer
June 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thanks to Foglifter Journal for giving this story a comfortable home. Our art must be held sacred now now than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths. Spend time with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo as she navigates life in the springtime of her youth in NYCs underground queer
Feeling extremely blessed as a struggling black writer to be kicking off Pride Month at Narrative Magazine with my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”. Catch it before it leaves the main page!! 🙏🏽 The universe listens and rewards. www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine
Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...
www.narrativemagazine.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Feeling extremely blessed as a struggling black writer to be kicking off Pride Month at Narrative Magazine with my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”. Catch it before it leaves the main page!! 🙏🏽 The universe listens and rewards. www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
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during the Summer of 1991 from a hopeful start to a careless assault, and the fallout of her unhealthy and self-destructive coping mechanisms. CATCH IT ON THE MAIN PAGE OF NARRATIVE MAG FOR THE NEXT WEEK! ✨😌✨ #amwriting #lgbtq #urbanfiction #writingcommunity
June 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
during the Summer of 1991 from a hopeful start to a careless assault, and the fallout of her unhealthy and self-destructive coping mechanisms. CATCH IT ON THE MAIN PAGE OF NARRATIVE MAG FOR THE NEXT WEEK! ✨😌✨ #amwriting #lgbtq #urbanfiction #writingcommunity
Many thanks to @narrativemag for making this piece Story of the Week. To read “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” is to know me intimately as an artist. Being in a top ten lit mag like this is a dream come true! Spend a day with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo
June 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Many thanks to @narrativemag for making this piece Story of the Week. To read “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” is to know me intimately as an artist. Being in a top ten lit mag like this is a dream come true! Spend a day with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo
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“The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry under a relentless sun.” —excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
June 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry under a relentless sun.” —excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...
Understand this: AI art is anti-human.
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Understand this: AI art is anti-human.
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If I had a dime for every time a cis person has accused me of shoving my transness down their throat, I might have been a volunteer instead of an employee for a nonprofit asking for donations for #LGBTQ+ civil rights a couple of years ago.
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#Transgender #Visibility #tdov
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#Transgender #Visibility #tdov
How Can I Make Trans Day of Visibility Meaningful for Cis People?
As a trans man, I can experience both erasure and hypervisibility in the same breath
medium.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If I had a dime for every time a cis person has accused me of shoving my transness down their throat, I might have been a volunteer instead of an employee for a nonprofit asking for donations for #LGBTQ+ civil rights a couple of years ago.
buff.ly/86aqVZv
#Transgender #Visibility #tdov
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#Transgender #Visibility #tdov
For the children of Harlem in the summer of 1991, the streets were hallowed ground where anything was possible and where everything was possible — because nothing really happened if it didn’t happen there … #transdayofvisibility Read on: metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...
Zayn for a Day ⋆ Metallically Black
A day in the life of young, trans foundling Zayn Youngblood living in Harlem in 1991, from waking up in her crowded, dilapidated tenement to sneaking off with her friends at night to seduce and rob a ...
metallicallyblack.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For the children of Harlem in the summer of 1991, the streets were hallowed ground where anything was possible and where everything was possible — because nothing really happened if it didn’t happen there … #transdayofvisibility Read on: metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...
Read some trans fiction on trans day of visibility ✨👌🏽✨ metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...
Zayn for a Day ⋆ Metallically Black
A day in the life of young, trans foundling Zayn Youngblood living in Harlem in 1991, from waking up in her crowded, dilapidated tenement to sneaking off with her friends at night to seduce and rob a ...
metallicallyblack.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Read some trans fiction on trans day of visibility ✨👌🏽✨ metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...
We are living in a post-scarcity art economy. There are more than enough admirers to go around.
March 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We are living in a post-scarcity art economy. There are more than enough admirers to go around.
Check out my story "Zayn for a Day", published in West Branch Magazine print issue #105! Told from the POV of trans foundling Zayn Youngblood surviving Harlem ghettos in 1991. 🤍 Please share! #WritingCommunity #trans #fiction metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...
Zayn for a Day ⋆ Metallically Black
A day in the life of young, trans foundling Zayn Youngblood living in Harlem in 1991, from waking up in her crowded, dilapidated tenement to sneaking off with her friends at night to seduce and rob a ...
metallicallyblack.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Check out my story "Zayn for a Day", published in West Branch Magazine print issue #105! Told from the POV of trans foundling Zayn Youngblood surviving Harlem ghettos in 1991. 🤍 Please share! #WritingCommunity #trans #fiction metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...