thedrevlow
banner
thedrevlow.bsky.social
thedrevlow
@thedrevlow.bsky.social
editor-in-chief BULL, author of the book of rusty, a good ram is hard to find, ina-baby: a love story in reverse, & bend with the knees and other love advice from my father (thedrevlow-olsonshow.com)
Reposted by thedrevlow
So much greatness in this issue! Including a review of ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY. Including stories by @thedrevlow.bsky.social @fionamckay.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and a review of @mynachang.bsky.social's book!!!!
East Coast midnight on the first Monday of the month. . . 🥁. . . Its time for Claudine!! 🐈‍⬛

Please enjoy our February Issue!!!! 🔥

Claudineliterary.com
Claudine: A Literary Magazine
Claudineliterary.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Thanks so much to the great D.E. Hardy and Claudine the cat for publishing this little pome of mine titled "Yes, I did break in and steal your cat."
New Microfiction by @thedrevlow.bsky.social!

“And I drank all your milk too. I think it’s important to know I did not give any of the milk to your cat.”

www.claudineliterary.net/benjamindrev...
Benjamin Drevlow | Yes, I did break in and steal your cat.
www.claudineliterary.net
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
You're the best, Maura. Much love.
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 AM
For the humpday crowd. For the people who call Thursday "humpday." Only. Nobody else. If you read it and you're not a humpday person shame on you.
For the 9-5 crowd -
Some stories are about love.
Some are about loss.

This one is about obsession, guilt, & the strange comfort of knowing the past can never actually come back.

"The Thing About a Dead Ex-Girlfriend" from @thedrevlow.bsky.social is live:

literarygarage.com/the-thing-ab...
THE THING ABOUT A DEAD EX-GIRLFRIEND | Literary Garage
literarygarage.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Very grateful to the great folks @literarygarage.bsky.social for taking a chance on this dark little ditty from my series: "Dateline Love Advice." It'd make my day if you'd take a look or at least check out their other great stuff literarygarage.com/the-thing-ab...
literarygarage.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
This one is funny, disturbing, brutally honest, and impossible to turn away from.

An excellent story from @thedrevlow.bsky.social about desire, regret, and the lies we tell ourselves to keep going.

Now live at The Garage:
literarygarage.com/the-thing-ab...

🎸🎸🎸
THE THING ABOUT A DEAD EX-GIRLFRIEND | Literary Garage
literarygarage.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
"When the neighbor says Morning, and you nod and say, Not too bad."

I dig this little piece of writing by @thedrevlow.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Here's a thing to read in the 45 seconds between doomscrolling and getting back to you miserable job: Thanks so much to @delgeo14.bsky.social & Marie-Louise McGuinness from Raw Lit for publishing it. And to Amy Marques
for the great artwork. rawlit.weebly.com/8_4.html.
8_4
“I often wonder at the unsaid words that hide behind the words that are spoken.”
rawlit.weebly.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Thanks so much, Dan. Glad you dug it. And thanks for sharing.
January 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thanks so much, JP. Glad you dug it.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Thanks so much, Maura. You're the best.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Here's a thing to read in the 45 seconds between doomscrolling and getting back to you miserable job: Thanks so much to @delgeo14.bsky.social & Marie-Louise McGuinness from Raw Lit for publishing it. And to Amy Marques
for the great artwork. rawlit.weebly.com/8_4.html.
8_4
“I often wonder at the unsaid words that hide behind the words that are spoken.”
rawlit.weebly.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:42 PM
If you're looking for a thing to do for a minute or two between yawning and hating Monday (hating this trashfire of world), here's a thing I wrote mohawks & the Rapture. Major thanks to @citywidelunch for putting it out into the world: citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-devils-d...
“The Devil’s Do” by Benjamin Drevlow.
My hairdresser says the rapture is coming, that the president is the devil-incarnate, that the Israelites have prepared the fatted calf.  She describes it like a train. You see it coming and c…
citywidelunch.wordpress.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Thank so much, Liz. Glad you enjoyed it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
On Raw Lit - Issue 8

rawlit.weebly.com/8_4.html

Misspoke
​by Amy Marques
@amymarques.bsky.social
&
Social Niceties
by Benjamin Drevlow
@thedrevlow.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For the weekend crew:
Love City Lunch so much & hugely grateful for publishing this story about hairdressing & the rapture. Would be forever in your debt if you'd bother to take a gander & maybe even spread the news of the rapture. Or just check out the other goods City Lunch citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-devils-d...
“The Devil’s Do” by Benjamin Drevlow.
My hairdresser says the rapture is coming, that the president is the devil-incarnate, that the Israelites have prepared the fatted calf.  She describes it like a train. You see it coming and c…
citywidelunch.wordpress.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
We are delighted to publish Tracy Fuad’s (@tracyfuad.bsky.social) extraordinary little poem, “Living.” In just a few words, she manages to build this vast interconnected universe where objects and bodies seamlessly blur together:

bulbregion.com/Living-by-Tr...
Living, by Tracy Fuad — The Bulb Region
Living — Tracy Fuad At that time I was still convinced that everything had to be...
bulbregion.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Reposted by thedrevlow
If you missed it yesterday, I've got this new story, on the beautiful new journal, @bulbregion.bsky.social.

It's real short. But with big heart! Thanks.

bulbregion.com/Big-Things-S...
Big Things Small Town, by Aaron Burch — The Bulb Region
Big Things Small Town — Aaron Burch THERE’S A TOWN —Casey, Illinois—in the...
bulbregion.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
Our next iteration goes live tomorrow with two amazing pieces but before that, make sure to have a look at The Bulb Region writer Tracy Fuad’s (@tracyfuad.bsky.social) beautiful poem, “Birth,” in The Paris Review:

www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7971/...
Birth by Tracy Fuad
Born of a sharpness, and set to music.
www.theparisreview.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
Our new iteration goes live today with Ryan-Ashley Anderson’s (@femmeintheory.bsky.social) incredible gut-punch of a story, “Booby Traps.”

It’s honest, it’s brutal — make sure you don’t miss this one:

bulbregion.com/Booby-Traps-...
Booby Traps, by Ryan-Ashley Anderson — The Bulb Region
Booby Traps — Ryan-Ashley Anderson THE FIRST TIME I KISS A GIRL, I’m nine years...
bulbregion.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
The second piece of the day comes from the one and only Zac Smith (@zacsmithtweeto.bsky.social). “Three Smallies” is funny, brilliant, and… delightfully weird:

bulbregion.com/Three-Smalli...
Three Smallies, by Zac Smith — The Bulb Region
Three Smallies — Zac Smith Tom the Boy When I was young there were the Pottyboys....
bulbregion.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
finally having a quiet moment to dig into @bulbregion.bsky.social... and there's two new stories!

started with this @femmeintheory.bsky.social stunner. so good!

"If we don’t have a name for it, we can’t be punished, right?

Can you be punished for breaking a rule you didn’t know?"
Booby Traps, by Ryan-Ashley Anderson — The Bulb Region
Booby Traps — Ryan-Ashley Anderson THE FIRST TIME I KISS A GIRL, I’m nine years...
bulbregion.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Y'all need to check this one out. From the mad genius of my hero @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social. And it looks gorgeous.
THE BULB REGION is now online!

🚀🚀🚀

Make sure to read our four inaugural pieces at:

www.bulbregion.com

January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by thedrevlow
Love City Lunch so much & hugely grateful for publishing this story about hairdressing & the rapture. Would be forever in your debt if you'd bother to take a gander & maybe even spread the news of the rapture. Or just check out the other goods City Lunch citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-devils-d...
“The Devil’s Do” by Benjamin Drevlow.
My hairdresser says the rapture is coming, that the president is the devil-incarnate, that the Israelites have prepared the fatted calf.  She describes it like a train. You see it coming and c…
citywidelunch.wordpress.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Love City Lunch so much & hugely grateful for publishing this story about hairdressing & the rapture. Would be forever in your debt if you'd bother to take a gander & maybe even spread the news of the rapture. Or just check out the other goods City Lunch citywidelunch.wordpress.com/the-devils-d...
“The Devil’s Do” by Benjamin Drevlow.
My hairdresser says the rapture is coming, that the president is the devil-incarnate, that the Israelites have prepared the fatted calf.  She describes it like a train. You see it coming and c…
citywidelunch.wordpress.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM