Troublemaker Firestarter 🔥
@troublemakerfire.bsky.social
we're a biannual print literary magazine specializing in LGBT+ and feminist poetry. 💀🔥
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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~
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~
![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"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c6w5dnka3hsf7i5o67kz3zvj/bafkreiggjo6i4h4cjirbepohmnjwhyqs33nfikreikahygigjrbfysij5a@jpeg)
![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"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c6w5dnka3hsf7i5o67kz3zvj/bafkreiawf4d46wzqienl6qujfu6ksdmve3imcoihovssx5d3d576xjx2aa@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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~
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~
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Thanks, Davi, for assembling such a varied and compelling group of writers for this @troublemakerfire.bsky.social reading. troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak... It was my pleasure to read a section of my story “Leaves” from my book Queer as Folk Tales (available here: a.co/d/9GkGz81).
Troublemaker Firestarter Virtual Reading #4
In order of reading: Josh Dale, Avitus B.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks, Davi, for assembling such a varied and compelling group of writers for this @troublemakerfire.bsky.social reading. troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak... It was my pleasure to read a section of my story “Leaves” from my book Queer as Folk Tales (available here: a.co/d/9GkGz81).
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
#poetry #pushcartprize #pushcartpress #pushcartnominated #pushcartnominatedpoet
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Fiction feat. @agnimagazine.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Fiction feat. @agnimagazine.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/literary-fiction-Ne0i1Xx2
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October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Fiction feat. @agnimagazine.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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September 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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looking for reviewers for my book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! coming soon with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
looking for reviewers for my book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! coming soon with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
idk im happy he died we won
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
idk im happy he died we won
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Not to brag, but everything I've posted about Charlie Kirk would get me fired by MSNBC.
September 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not to brag, but everything I've posted about Charlie Kirk would get me fired by MSNBC.
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Let's start the weekend with some good news from our SLM fam: our poetry reader @terivela.bsky.social was published in @troublemakerfire.bsky.social! 👏 buff.ly/OaOFEcG
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Let's start the weekend with some good news from our SLM fam: our poetry reader @terivela.bsky.social was published in @troublemakerfire.bsky.social! 👏 buff.ly/OaOFEcG
August 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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We're a press now 💋 buy our books in 2026
July 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We're a press now 💋 buy our books in 2026
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so stoked for my upcoming poetry collection, FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!
We're a press now 💋 buy our books in 2026
July 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
so stoked for my upcoming poetry collection, FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!
We're a press now 💋 buy our books in 2026
July 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We're a press now 💋 buy our books in 2026
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July 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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There is no God, start a literary magazine
June 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There is no God, start a literary magazine
Volume 9 pre-orders are up on our website! for pride can I have some money...
June 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Volume 9 pre-orders are up on our website! for pride can I have some money...
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Troublemaker Firestarter ⭐ is open to submissions for Chapbooks/Novellas. #CallforSubmissions
Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: Troublemaker Firestarter ⭐
Troublemaker Firestarter ⭐ is open to submissions for Chapbooks/Novellas. #CallforSubmissions
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June 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Troublemaker Firestarter ⭐ is open to submissions for Chapbooks/Novellas. #CallforSubmissions
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I was interviewed today by @troublemakerfire.bsky.social about my poem in issue 4, my creative process, and writing politically 🔥 (read to the end for a troublemaking poem recommendation!)
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Former Flame Fridays - Eleanor Ball
5/30/25
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May 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I was interviewed today by @troublemakerfire.bsky.social about my poem in issue 4, my creative process, and writing politically 🔥 (read to the end for a troublemaking poem recommendation!)
open.substack.com/pub/troublem...
open.substack.com/pub/troublem...