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like the Paris Review but... wormier
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like the Paris Review but... wormier
dedicated to the best of the worst 🪲 💙
wirewormmagazine.com
what is this??? a worm?/???/? wandering by himself along a cold dark walmart adjacent road????//? what is he looking for?????/? whatever will he find???///? ? ?/????
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
what is this??? a worm?/???/? wandering by himself along a cold dark walmart adjacent road????//? what is he looking for?????/? whatever will he find???///? ? ?/????
"I brandished my cherished chess piece, whose top could be unscrewed to reveal a pen knife, keen and shimmering."
- BECAUSE THE KNIGHT, G.W. McClary
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- BECAUSE THE KNIGHT, G.W. McClary
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BECAUSE THE KNIGHT
It was one of our weekly chess club meet-ups. Thrilling, I know. But this time, there was a new face among the four or five regulars, myself included. He had buzzed hair and piercing blue eyes. His...
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February 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"I brandished my cherished chess piece, whose top could be unscrewed to reveal a pen knife, keen and shimmering."
- BECAUSE THE KNIGHT, G.W. McClary
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- BECAUSE THE KNIGHT, G.W. McClary
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How You've Grown, Ashley Gilland, @earlgreysnail.bsky.social
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February 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How You've Grown, Ashley Gilland, @earlgreysnail.bsky.social
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"Tortoises crawl into hare’s holes where demons receive communion"
- Killing Grace, William Teets, @williamteets.bsky.social
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- Killing Grace, William Teets, @williamteets.bsky.social
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Killing Grace
Tortoises crawl into hare’s holes where demons receive communion. And when a child walks on water, priests, bishops, and cardinals wail and weep—they then must bribe the Holy Spirit to make them...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"Tortoises crawl into hare’s holes where demons receive communion"
- Killing Grace, William Teets, @williamteets.bsky.social
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- Killing Grace, William Teets, @williamteets.bsky.social
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"Wrinkles from his shirt stretch over his disproportionate body and his head peeks around his creased collar."
- Bed Bugs Bite, Chelsea Kinney, www.wirewormmagazine.com/bed-bugs-bit...
- Bed Bugs Bite, Chelsea Kinney, www.wirewormmagazine.com/bed-bugs-bit...
Bed Bugs Bite
We give a warning knock and announce our arrival before entering the unlocked house. The aromatic warmth from the kitchen knocks the late October breeze from our bodies. My grandma sits in her...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Wrinkles from his shirt stretch over his disproportionate body and his head peeks around his creased collar."
- Bed Bugs Bite, Chelsea Kinney, www.wirewormmagazine.com/bed-bugs-bit...
- Bed Bugs Bite, Chelsea Kinney, www.wirewormmagazine.com/bed-bugs-bit...
"coiled digestive serpent / enzymes-kissed and whatnot"
- Autopsy of an Angel by Agatha Beatrize www.wirewormmagazine.com/autopsy-of-a...
- Autopsy of an Angel by Agatha Beatrize www.wirewormmagazine.com/autopsy-of-a...
Autopsy of an Angel
It was around 10:23 pm and I swear when you looked at me in the eye there was a slicing In this measly curved cone coiled digestive serpent enzymes-kissed and whatnot with a 90° angle that I did not.....
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February 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"coiled digestive serpent / enzymes-kissed and whatnot"
- Autopsy of an Angel by Agatha Beatrize www.wirewormmagazine.com/autopsy-of-a...
- Autopsy of an Angel by Agatha Beatrize www.wirewormmagazine.com/autopsy-of-a...
"AWOOGA!"
Self-Realization According to the Slime Mold by Jamie Manias
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Self-Realization According to the Slime Mold by Jamie Manias
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Self Realization According to the Slime Mold
A fungus grows by calling...
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February 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"AWOOGA!"
Self-Realization According to the Slime Mold by Jamie Manias
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Self-Realization According to the Slime Mold by Jamie Manias
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"Peonies" by Rachel Coyne,
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February 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Peonies" by Rachel Coyne,
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"A blue cheese and pastrami / Frankenstein (the monster)," MY WEEK AS A SANDWICH by Marc Brightside
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MY WEEK AS A SANDWICH
A blue cheese and pastrami Frankenstein (the monster), laced with bitter notes of Marmite. An acquired taste; musky, brackish, just the slightest bit disgusting. Solid. Bordering on stale.
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February 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"A blue cheese and pastrami / Frankenstein (the monster)," MY WEEK AS A SANDWICH by Marc Brightside
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an excerpt from BE-STILL-ING by Scott C. Holstad
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February 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
an excerpt from BE-STILL-ING by Scott C. Holstad
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"men’s room graffiti promises / remote good times, apparently // stuck in a sepia corner / hiding from neon on a former pew"
- Median Opportunities, Ben Nardolilli
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- Median Opportunities, Ben Nardolilli
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Median Opportunities
15 different bar conversations are struggling to unpack contentious tech topics, e.g. “are E-Cousins coming?” on the side shelves, children’s books are fluttering men’s room...
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February 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"men’s room graffiti promises / remote good times, apparently // stuck in a sepia corner / hiding from neon on a former pew"
- Median Opportunities, Ben Nardolilli
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- Median Opportunities, Ben Nardolilli
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"I want to be / so / decadent / cheese / on cheese /on sauce" - PIZZA BAGELS & YOU by Devon Webb,
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Two Poems by Devon Webb
At night, as I fall asleep I think about pizza bagels & you how on the morrow I will have pizza bagels & you like an endless sunrise I can eat metaphorically or otherwise I want to be very very not...
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February 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"I want to be / so / decadent / cheese / on cheese /on sauce" - PIZZA BAGELS & YOU by Devon Webb,
@devonwebbnz.bsky.social
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I have two poems in the latest issue of @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social 🩵
‘SWEET MOTHER’ is a sugar mommy joke about gift-giving being my love language & ‘PIZZA BAGELS & YOU’ is a love poem about a boy & also pizza bagels (very stupid) (thank u Worm)
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#poetry
‘SWEET MOTHER’ is a sugar mommy joke about gift-giving being my love language & ‘PIZZA BAGELS & YOU’ is a love poem about a boy & also pizza bagels (very stupid) (thank u Worm)
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#poetry
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February 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I have two poems in the latest issue of @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social 🩵
‘SWEET MOTHER’ is a sugar mommy joke about gift-giving being my love language & ‘PIZZA BAGELS & YOU’ is a love poem about a boy & also pizza bagels (very stupid) (thank u Worm)
www.wirewormmagazine.com/devon-webb.h...
#poetry
‘SWEET MOTHER’ is a sugar mommy joke about gift-giving being my love language & ‘PIZZA BAGELS & YOU’ is a love poem about a boy & also pizza bagels (very stupid) (thank u Worm)
www.wirewormmagazine.com/devon-webb.h...
#poetry
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THE WORM HAS BLESSED U WITH ONE OF MY POEMS
HAPPY WALENTINES!!11111!!!!1!! INTRODUCING WIREWORM'S THIRD ISSUE -- THE TRAGIC, BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY OF WOMEO AND THE WALMART WASHING MACHINE FRED!!!!1!!111!!!!!1111!!! CHECK IT OUTQ!!11111!!1`1!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!
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February 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
THE WORM HAS BLESSED U WITH ONE OF MY POEMS
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I've got a story in the latest issue of Wireworm. It's about killing Santa and the end of the world.
HAPPY WALENTINES!!11111!!!!1!! INTRODUCING WIREWORM'S THIRD ISSUE -- THE TRAGIC, BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY OF WOMEO AND THE WALMART WASHING MACHINE FRED!!!!1!!111!!!!!1111!!! CHECK IT OUTQ!!11111!!1`1!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!
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February 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I've got a story in the latest issue of Wireworm. It's about killing Santa and the end of the world.
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Misinformation 🥸 published in @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social (or is it?)
February 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Misinformation 🥸 published in @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social (or is it?)
"Split Kiss" by Isabella Pozo,
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February 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Split Kiss" by Isabella Pozo,
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Once again, the ever-wonderful @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social has given my words a home! My poem, The Rage of Achilles, is featured in their latest issue!
Go check it out, and let me know what you think!
#PoetryPublication #TheRageOfAchilles #PoetryCommunity #FreelancePoet
Go check it out, and let me know what you think!
#PoetryPublication #TheRageOfAchilles #PoetryCommunity #FreelancePoet
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Once again, the ever-wonderful @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social has given my words a home! My poem, The Rage of Achilles, is featured in their latest issue!
Go check it out, and let me know what you think!
#PoetryPublication #TheRageOfAchilles #PoetryCommunity #FreelancePoet
Go check it out, and let me know what you think!
#PoetryPublication #TheRageOfAchilles #PoetryCommunity #FreelancePoet
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I've got a lil story in the current issue of @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social —facing rain and terror all for three damn eggs. 🥚☔
🔗: www.wirewormmagazine.com/the-egg-run....
🔗: www.wirewormmagazine.com/the-egg-run....
HAPPY WALENTINES!!11111!!!!1!! INTRODUCING WIREWORM'S THIRD ISSUE -- THE TRAGIC, BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY OF WOMEO AND THE WALMART WASHING MACHINE FRED!!!!1!!111!!!!!1111!!! CHECK IT OUTQ!!11111!!1`1!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!
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February 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I've got a lil story in the current issue of @wirewormmagazine.bsky.social —facing rain and terror all for three damn eggs. 🥚☔
🔗: www.wirewormmagazine.com/the-egg-run....
🔗: www.wirewormmagazine.com/the-egg-run....
HAPPY WALENTINES!!11111!!!!1!! INTRODUCING WIREWORM'S THIRD ISSUE -- THE TRAGIC, BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY OF WOMEO AND THE WALMART WASHING MACHINE FRED!!!!1!!111!!!!!1111!!! CHECK IT OUTQ!!11111!!1`1!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!
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February 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
HAPPY WALENTINES!!11111!!!!1!! INTRODUCING WIREWORM'S THIRD ISSUE -- THE TRAGIC, BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY OF WOMEO AND THE WALMART WASHING MACHINE FRED!!!!1!!111!!!!!1111!!! CHECK IT OUTQ!!11111!!1`1!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!
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we kind of have a crush on you................
February 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
we kind of have a crush on you................
so we have a confession to make......
February 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
so we have a confession to make......
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!1!!!!1!!11111!!!!~!!!!!!! SUBMIT TO THE WORM TODAY!!@11111!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 31, 2024 at 11:04 PM
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!1!!!!1!!11111!!!!~!!!!!!! SUBMIT TO THE WORM TODAY!!@11111!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In some ways, writing is the successful criticality of the bullshit fusion reactor that is your mind.
Write because you are going to run out of everything else: time, money, fucks to give. But you will never run out of your own bullshit. You could live forever on this unlimited fuel of emotional damage and charm. Plus people think you're funny. You're such a good writer. Live más.
December 29, 2024 at 1:28 AM
In some ways, writing is the successful criticality of the bullshit fusion reactor that is your mind.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!!!!1!!!!!!!1!!! THE WORM'S MOUTH WILL BE CLOSING~!!!1!11!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!! SUBMIT NOW!!!!!!1!11!!!11!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 30, 2024 at 8:06 PM
THERE ARE ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!!!!1!!!!!!!1!!! THE WORM'S MOUTH WILL BE CLOSING~!!!1!11!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!! SUBMIT NOW!!!!!!1!11!!!11!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!