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JAKE
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The Anti-Literary Mag. Here to ruin your feeds. Currently closed for submissions at duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/jake-anti-literary-magazine-QvF7M. Read the mag at jakethemag.com. Bargain brand tweets by @beansbaker5.bsky.social or @zreayellers.bsky.social
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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Sep 30
You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉
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This one by Katy Haas is pretty f&cking great too: "i had a dream last night that Stone Cold Steve Austin was helping me rearrange furniture & i kept calling him Stone instead of his actual name but he was fine with it" @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
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i had a dream last night that Stone Cold Steve Austin was helping me rearrange furniture and i kept calling him Stone instead of his actual name but he was fine with it
and i’m so thankful he’s here with me
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January 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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This is pretty f*ckin brilliant: "Natalie is a dragon guarding a pile of Cheetos, wandering up and down mountains frozen in fairy tales." --Natalie Wolf @publishedbyjake.bsky.social jakethemag.com/quantum-theo...
Quantum Theory as Third Person Bio.
This bitch has wings.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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New look, who dis?
January 5, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Heads up for folks who ordered physical copies of Mother Karma, but are still waiting. JAKE's editor in charge of fulfillment has been experiencing some family health issues, but the party in question seems to be getting better. Books on open orders may go out Tuesday, but likely after Christmas.
December 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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i mean this so genuinely, everyone please get your ass a personal website. NO MORE RELIANCE ON PLATFORMS (except for socializing and chaos but come on!!!)
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Umm so because I only know how to do things the wrong way round, here is my (chaotic) unboxing video which happened a week after the launch of Mother Karma 😁
Link to buy (Phx US only, ebook worldwide) jakethemag.com/books/
If you are outside the US and you want a copy, please DM me!
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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2/ “Albany Liquors” in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
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Albany Liquors
Outside the liquor store on Albany, after Maddie had her vodka, an older man in a gaudy tie and trench coat shouldered into her gently but on purpose.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Get inspired with de /composition.

Issue 8 is OPEN for submissions of Poetry & Art!

Use our Archive! Collage with us!

Rules: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP

#indielit #artcommunity #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #litmag #authors
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Banger up from Joseph House
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Ode to Staying
Ricky looks good in white.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Oh hello hi! I wrote a NiF. My totally unbiased cousin said this! I’m having a launch on zoom and you should come because I will reveal the truly awful line drawing I did that led to @nmals.bsky.social amazing cover!
Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Screenshot of texts from my cousin: Text 1: 3 crying face emojis then text: “it’s such a lovely story” Text 2: “love you lots and so proud of you” Picture of the cover of my novella-in-flash. Golden yellow colour. Text: mother karma a novella-in-flash. Sumitra Singam” line drawing of a mother in a sari with a Hindi, her hair in a bun with flowers, holding a bay
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Writers! Looking forward to seeing you in 90 min. If you haven't signed up and want to come, register and join us at 8pm GMT.

We're celebrating Sumitra's new novella in flash. There will be readings, singing & chat 😍 to launch MOTHER KARMA @publishedbyjake.bsky.social into the big wide world
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 29d
Oh hello hi! I wrote a NiF. My totally unbiased cousin said this! I’m having a launch on zoom and you should come because I will reveal the truly awful line drawing I did that led to @nmals.bsky.social amazing cover!
Zoom rego link for launch sat Dec 13 3pm EST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“Mythili feels herself shattering, grabs on to the pieces of herself as they fly past. The vibration in her chest builds. Mythili waits for the glue that she hopes is coming.”

Mother Karma, a novella-in-flash by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, published by @publishedbyjake.bsky.social (Sumitra! ❤️)
The cover of Mother Karma, a novella in flash by Sumitra Singam, features a woman and young girl in the shape of a half circle and seemingly in an embrace
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“How can you distinguish 1001 distinct works of art in such a superlative way? How did they make this list? It was before algorithms. Did they sort songs into broad categories of 100 and then, within the category, randomize?"

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1001 New Jersey Nights
Can you be nostalgic for a time you weren’t alive?
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December 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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So happy to have a dear friend engage with my work like this. Thank you @sudhasubraman.bsky.social
Link to purchase Mother Karma @publishedbyjake.bsky.social jakethemag.com/books/
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Happy. Unstoppable reading. Heartwarming. Breathtaking. That's @pleomorphic2.bsky.social Mother Karma. I am so so so happy to read this absolute stunner of a creation and thanks to the magic of ebooks for making this miracle happen. Thank you @publishedbyjake.bsky.social for sending me my copy.
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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“Then the siren lost her voice altogether. ‘Use it or lose it,’ her mother had warned …”

@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social jakethemag.com/step-right-u...
Step Right Up and Hear the Siren's Song!
Then the siren lost her voice altogether.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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RELEASE DAY FOR MOTHER KARMA @publishedbyjake.bsky.social!
I'm so excited to bring this story to you. I've seen some photos in the wild, and I would love it if you could share yours as your copies come in!
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Zoom launch Sat Dec 13 8pm BST/3pm EST: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Image of an email confirming Mother Karma download. Text: JAKE: The Anti-Literary. Thank you for your order! Mother karma Download Inside! Dear Reader, Thank you so much for your purchase of Sumitra SIngam's excellent Novella-in-Flash. JAKE is proud to have helped with getting Sumitra's work out into the world and we all hope you love this book as much as we do. Picture of the front cover of my book. Ochre yellow background, line drawing of an Indian mother with bindi on, hair in a bun with flowers holding a baby. Text Mother Karma a novella-in-flash Sumitra Singam
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Oh hello hi. I am giving birth to a novella baby Mother Karma TOMORROW. It’s like a planned Caesar, which makes @publishedbyjake.bsky.social the obstetrician (😵‍💫). While you WAIT EAGERLY, here is a PLAYLIST!! open.spotify.com/playlist/1IC...
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Check out Eleanor Levine's new piece!

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An Obtuse Angle
Back then you did not complain to the authorities about math teacher phallic indiscretions.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Today's listing of the day is: JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine @publishedbyjake.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine @publishedbyjake.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Hey hi what might you be doing on Saturday Dec 13 3pm EST/8pm BST? Want to launch a NiF with me? Hosted by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and featuring @kathrynreese.bsky.social (and yes also me). It’ll be fun!

Preorder phx (US only) and ebook: jakethemag.com/books/

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Picture of the cover of my novella-in-flash Mother Karma. Ochre yellow background with a line drawing of a woman with a bindi and her hair in a bun holding a baby. The lettering is “Mother Karma a Novella-in-flash” above the picture and below the picture Sumitra Singam (which is me, that is my name. On the cover of an actual BOOK)
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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If you missed it earlier this month, be sure to check out this piece that absolutely sings from @chelseastickle.bsky.social

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Step Right Up and Hear the Siren's Song!
Then the siren lost her voice altogether.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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tomljanovic.bsky.social
One of my favourite forms of storytelling (novella-in-flash) by one of my fav storytellers. Preorders available.
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Nov 20
Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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jmgatford.bsky.social
Her middle name is “oof” and she’s gonna make you feel all the things.

Congratulations, wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social - ordered and can’t wait to read!!! ❤️🪷🫂
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Nov 20
Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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nomad-sw18.bsky.social
I have had the privilege of reading some of this and it is 🔥

Do yourself a favour and pre-order MOTHER KARMA by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Sumitra Singam, your friendly local Dragon-Scorpion @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Nov 20
Preorder link for physical and ebook for Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam (who is she?) @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM