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tommywyattblake.bsky.social
tommy wyatt blake (he/they)
@tommywyattblake.bsky.social
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poet laureate of timefuckery | author of Many books: For Your Entertainment! (Troublemaker Firestarter); Mutually Assured Destruction (Ethel Zine); DITCHLAPSE / [REALLY AFRAID] (Querencia Press); So, Who's Courage? (Bullshit Lit.); and more
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here are a few excerpts from my upcoming poetry book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social

poems in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @miniskirtmag.bsky.social

book is $12+ship, PLUS you get a free issue of troublemaker firestarter when you preorder~
black and white version of the cover for my poetry book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! excerpt from the poem "demure? more like demonic [+ TikTok video notes]": "you want to wake up / from this nightmare possessed by the particular / phase of moon, trespasses of memory, and the way / they sever your tongue with stars serrated / by vast darkness, as you loosen to static" excerpt from "[INSERT LONG TITLE HERE] type of lore drop about your relationship to arson": "they say you're afraid to flick on a lighter / as they uncork a bottle of kerosene, / and this is why they want to leave you / in the potential of ruin, bracing to be burned" excerpt from "it's 11:11, make a wish": "you flip through out-of-context / compilations of nights like these. brackish trickling down / your throat when you try to breathe--your eyes unfocused / on the edges of memory"
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.

💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
Royal blue promotional graphic titled “Emergency Grants Open”. Beneath the title text is a row of three illustrations depicting boxes of food donations. At the bottom of the graphic are three rows of text with a bright gold background that contain the following message: “Diverse writers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators financially impacted by loss of SNAP benefits or access to food, apply for a grant today!
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
next reading is NEXT FRIDAY at 8 pm ET, DM me to rsvp~
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LAST READINGS FOR mutually assured destruction ( @the-ethelzine.bsky.social )

DM me to rsvp. reading with @sadeebee.bsky.social on 10/22 at 7 pm ET, then i'm reading with Wong Wingzi ("themagdalenx") on 11/14 at 8 pm ET
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
where are the poets here? link or post a poem you’re proud of <3
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
anyone know of places looking for poetry chapbook manuscripts? sitting on a ~17 pager
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
for the evening crowd!! preorder FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! & you'll get a random copy of troublemaker firestarter

also it would mean a lot to me if you pick this one up. it has a special place in my heart <3
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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troublemakerfire.bsky.social
Book is ready for pre order
troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/for-...

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November 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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CRASH is inspired by the horror video game #mouthwashing / #mouthwashingvideogame
tommywyattblake.bsky.social tommy wyatt blake (he/they) @tommywyattblake.bsky.social · 10d
CRASH is now live at Vinegar Press for just $5! it’s a poetry story-in-verse about the implosion of an abusive relationship. thanks to @querenciapress.bsky.social for homing one of these poems <3
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
CRASH is now live at Vinegar Press for just $5! it’s a poetry story-in-verse about the implosion of an abusive relationship. thanks to @querenciapress.bsky.social for homing one of these poems <3
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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quinnntastic.bsky.social
it's here!!! my piece "last litany of a dying star who has begun to live" is in this issue 🌠📺
tommywyattblake.bsky.social tommy wyatt blake (he/they) @tommywyattblake.bsky.social · 13d
the issue of fairglow, works inspired by Jane Schoenbrun's films "I Saw The TV Glow" and "We're All Going To The World's Fair", is out now!! check it out~

fairglowmagazine.weebly.com/fairglow-iss...
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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carriganak.bsky.social
I have two "I Saw the TV Glow" inspired poems in the "fairglow" anthology: one based off a line from the film, and another that uses the name of every song off the film's soundtrack. Check out "A Show for Girls" and "Anthems" below:
tommywyattblake.bsky.social tommy wyatt blake (he/they) @tommywyattblake.bsky.social · 13d
the issue of fairglow, works inspired by Jane Schoenbrun's films "I Saw The TV Glow" and "We're All Going To The World's Fair", is out now!! check it out~

fairglowmagazine.weebly.com/fairglow-iss...
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
the issue of fairglow, works inspired by Jane Schoenbrun's films "I Saw The TV Glow" and "We're All Going To The World's Fair", is out now!! check it out~

fairglowmagazine.weebly.com/fairglow-iss...
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
anyone in the mood for a breakup poem? we, and @tommywyattblake.bsky.social, recommend June Lin's how to construct a breakup poem
against a soft blue-green background, the words "praise for how to construct a breakup poem" are in blue at the top. in the middle, there is a blue highlighted text, with white font reading "Lin demands [her story] to be heard in a way that will gut you," a quote from tommy blake. at the bottom is a link to fifth wheel press' shop
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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if you like paramore, hayley williams, or magdalena bay, this is for you <3
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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coming soon 👁️ parabayzine.weebly.com
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October 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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the-ethelzine.bsky.social
Printing @tommywyattblake.bsky.social covers for tommy wyatt blake’s MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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LAST READINGS FOR mutually assured destruction ( @the-ethelzine.bsky.social )

DM me to rsvp. reading with @sadeebee.bsky.social on 10/22 at 7 pm ET, then i'm reading with Wong Wingzi ("themagdalenx") on 11/14 at 8 pm ET
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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tommywyattblake.bsky.social
Mutually Assured Destruction is coming soon with @the-ethelzine.bsky.social - check out their website to preorder!

check out the post for a blurb and a quote (poem first seen in @feversof.bsky.social
title card post overlayed on a background of a person sitting as someone else gouges out their eyes. the title is Mutually Assured Destruction by tommy wyatt blake. it is published by Ethel Zine in 2025. “In the background of technology, society, and horror, tommy wyatt blake explores the Self as a form of love and destruction. Each piece subverts norms previously placed on tommy, whether that be through form, content, description, or more. MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION blends the candid, yet raw description of mania with the beauty of the self as horror.” —arushi (aera) rege, author of exit wound (no point of entry), twin exit wound (twin points of entry), & BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY, EIC of ink & ivy lit mag and Bus Talk quote from the poem, "PICK AND CHOOSE": "1. cameras everywhere or 2. contact via magic 8 ball 1. action news ID’ing you or 2. curated lying" originally seen in Fevers of the Mind
September 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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sooooooo if i open up submissions for a paramore/hayley williams themed mag issue...anyone want that
October 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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the-ethelzine.bsky.social
Pre-order one of these lovelies ❤️

www.ethelzine.com/shop

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October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
more excerpts from CRASH, forthcoming with Vinegar Press

release date is on halloween! click the link www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/cras... to order :)

inspired by the #mouthwashinggame horror video game; it follows the disillusionment of an abusive relationship where there is no hope for survival
title card for the microchapbook CRASH by tommy wyatt blake "flashes to yesterday where you’re saying it’s a boundary violation to tell you how you’ve hurt me, how there’s nothing to do but chase it down with blue mouthwash, memory worming away into static" in "when firestarred static worms out" "i wish for the trespasses of your love but time empties to despondent chasms of nothing" in "flashbacks as astral projection" "i crash into survival mode, so i stop asking you for anything" in "moments after the crash"
October 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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next Mutually Assured Destruction ( @the-ethelzine.bsky.social ) reading will be on thursday, october 9th at 8PM ET! with @ardentlywritten.bsky.social and dre levant

& saturday, october 11th, i'll be reading with @sadeebee.bsky.social at 3PM ET

DM me to RSVP to either event~
discord voice reading with arden will, dre levant, and tommy wyatt blake on october 9th, 2025 at 8pm EST. DM for the link discord reading with Sadee Bee and tommy wyatt blake on october 11th at 3pm EST. DM for the link
October 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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mkzariel.bsky.social
and i'll also be reading at this #event for #stopcopcity <3 this is a great way to hear pieces of #BOYAPPARITION—and support one of the #ATL61 at the same time! plus there's #trans #poetry by the amazing @hakaiika-crow.bsky.social and @tommywyattblake.bsky.social and @opensorceryy.co
October 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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kithbooks.bsky.social
"in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self"
- BEE LB

@tommywyattblake.bsky.social
Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/disasterfire
eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/disasterfire
DISASTERFIRE/DISASTER STAR tommy blake cover: a sepia toned view of smoke through bars. the title "DISASTER STAR" appears fractured in both cream and dark grey, once right side up and once down. text: in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self - BEE LB
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
tommywyattblake.bsky.social
cover drop for my digital title with Vinegar Press. preorder: www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/cras...

CRASH is a short collection of poetry inspired by the horror video game, mouthwashing. it follows the disillusionment °radation of an abusive relationship where there is no hope for survival.
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM