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this great story by Kai Broach is about meeting Julia Fishwell over & over & over...but Julia Fishwell is a different person every time.

i think this story will stick with u throughout the day & get u daydreaming about yr own Julia Fishwell.

read this !

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JULIA FISHWELL by Kai Broach
When I met Julia Fishwell, I was trying out a lot of different deodorants. A fungal infection had left my armpit skin itchy and brittle. The Old Spice I’d used since puberty was too harsh. All the new...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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I am beyond grateful and excited to have my second translation in @xraylitmag.bsky.social 🩵 🐟
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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<spoiler alert> I’m especially excited for the handful of people who make guest appearances in the book to read it!
housleydave.bsky.social Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 22h
Fuck yeah book mail! Really looking forward to this one by @aaronburch.bsky.social from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social!
Tacoma, by Aaron Burch
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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I am crazy about @xraylitmag.bsky.social stories
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we have a story by Lizzie Challen Hubbard ! it's about a woman who becomes obsessed with how fear causes couples to cling to each other.

she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection

v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats

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FEAR THEORY by Lizzie Challen Hubbard
Everything I know about love I learnt working weekend shifts on the Ghost Train. It was a sweet gig for a 15 year-old — sitting in the mucky perspex booth, trading tokens for screams. We opened after ...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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we have a story by Lizzie Challen Hubbard ! it's about a woman who becomes obsessed with how fear causes couples to cling to each other.

she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection

v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats

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FEAR THEORY by Lizzie Challen Hubbard
Everything I know about love I learnt working weekend shifts on the Ghost Train. It was a sweet gig for a 15 year-old — sitting in the mucky perspex booth, trading tokens for screams. We opened after ...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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we got a 100 word story by Cletus Crow ! about boy scouts who find a boot with a foot still inside

read it

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SCOUTS by Cletus Crow
Drake catches a boot with the foot still inside. The policeman lets him touch his gun. We all eat mandarin oranges, even the policeman. We’re not allowed to talk about the foot, but we talk about it b...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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I spoke with Chelsea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social about the spooked novella Krackle’s Last Movie, out from @splitlippress.com. Head over to @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...
IT'S ALL IN THE EDIT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHELSEA SUTTON by Rebecca Gransden
Chelsea Sutton’s rollicking novella Krackle’s Last Movie (Split/Lip Press, 2026) deals in magic and monsters. The mythology of horror icons meets the world of the film documentarian, in a whimsical ri...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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today on X-R-A-Y, Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social interviews Chelea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social about her book 'Krackle's Last Movie' !

check out this interview & buy the book !

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IT'S ALL IN THE EDIT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHELSEA SUTTON by Rebecca Gransden
Chelsea Sutton’s rollicking novella Krackle’s Last Movie (Split/Lip Press, 2026) deals in magic and monsters. The mythology of horror icons meets the world of the film documentarian, in a whimsical ri...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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i love this story by Miklós Vámos !

it's about a group of carp in a crowded fish tank, dreaming of getting out to the idyllic world beyond (where they will suffocate & be eaten)

translated from Hungarian by Ági Bori @agiborimottern.bsky.social

a wonderful story !

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FISH ON THE SHORE by Miklós Vámos, translated from Hungarian by Ági Bori
Silence and semi-darkness inside the market hall. Only the moon strolls among the empty stands, with a shopping basket on its arm.  Faint lights on the counters and their retractable shutters. Loose a...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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for the next 4 sundays, we will be hosting 4 parts of 'A Fish Story' - a comic by Michael Seymour Blake !

in this first part, covid had just struck the city & our hero is gathering his office things to work at home. but there's a fish...

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A FISH STORY, PART 1 by Michael Seymour Blake
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February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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kidna proud of saying this out loud tbh

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I think the very idea of a “Great American Novel” is kinda dumb. In the parlance of Tacoma, or of Kevin via Tacoma, I kinda think Great American Novels “aren’t real.” That said, I have an ego. I have ambitions. I’m mostly a happy-go-lucky dork doofusing his way through life and writing, but I also want to have as many readers as possible, I want people to think highly of my writing, I want to be someone’s (many someone’s, ideally!) favorite writer, I want people to think the writing is “great.” I don’t normally wrestle with those contradictions that much irl, but I think it often then ends up on the page.
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Honored to have Future Skinny included with these other bangers in @xraylitmag.bsky.social this week. Check the whole list out here: xraylitmag.com/honest-blurb... thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙌🖤🙌
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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we have a cool piece by L Scully !!

i love lists in literature, whether it's whitman naming pedestrians or didion saying what she packed for a trip

read this right nowwww

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punk band ideas by L Scully
punk band ideas l scully                                         first idea Motorboat Widow                                         second idea Abort Your Kiddo                                        ...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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sooooooo stoked to have FUTURE SKINNY amongst these absolute bangers in @xraylitmag.bsky.social today via @davidscotthay.bsky.social // just goes to show, your book has a life beyond the first six weeks! 🙌🖤🙌 xraylitmag.com/honest-blurb...
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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today ! David Scott Hay showcases seven indie books u should check out.

thanks to david & thanks to all u readers out there

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“HONEST BLURBS FOR DAMN GOOD INDIE BOOKS I DID NOT BLURB.” - David Scott Hay Recommends
I read. I write. Sadly, I’ve learned over the years that I am an awful reviewer. I can converse about books, but when I set out to write about them, the critique part of my brain devolves into grunts ...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Reading a short story every day (in February.)
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Some of my fav. places to find book reviews + news are @lithub.com.web.brid.gy, @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org, @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, @reactorsff.bsky.social, @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @seizethepress.bsky.social, @xraylitmag.bsky.social

And of course what friends read + good presses put out
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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this story by Dayna Weissman is one of my favorites of 2026 so far ! it's about wanting to get out of here & go travelling.

really funny & imaginative story that is way better than whatever else is on the internet today

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MY TRAVELLING PERIOD by Dayna Weissman
They’ve brought in a man with a lie detection kit for the reunion of the seventh season of my second favorite reality television show. They’re getting all of the ladies wired up to his machine and ask...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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really loved getting to have this chat with @keersteemack.bsky.social for @xraylitmag.bsky.social. and she's incredibly kind in the intro!

"Tacoma has all the hallmarks of a Burch book—nostalgia, magic, fun, optimism, friendship, and more heart than almost any other writer doing it today."
IT'S KINDA PUNK ROCK TO WRITE ABOUT JOY: AN INTERVIEW WITH AARON BURCH by Kirsti MacKenzie
Part of the fun of being a writer, and learning from other writers, is seeing what others leave of themselves on the page. To follow their work and discover their signature—the intangible that makes s...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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we have a great interview today ! Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social talks to Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social about his new book ‘Tacoma’

really interesting conversation about happiness & joy in literature – click & read this pronto !

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IT'S KINDA PUNK ROCK TO WRITE ABOUT JOY: AN INTERVIEW WITH AARON BURCH by Kirsti MacKenzie
Part of the fun of being a writer, and learning from other writers, is seeing what others leave of themselves on the page. To follow their work and discover their signature—the intangible that makes s...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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New story up on X-R-A-Y! It's about a stoned slacker who owes a muscular woman money
February 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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"He reached for his bong. Parlor crushed it with her toes. She did not flinch when the glass entered her calloused heels."

A BANGER from @neonpajamas.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social today.

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SETTLEMENT by Benjamin Niespodziany
after Chris Erickson Tristan Funicular fell asleep not long after dawn. His teeth were on wrong and his bong was full of something less like water and more like moss. He was lost. His stress level was...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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we have a wonderful 300 word piece by Benjamin Niespodziany @neonpajamas.bsky.social !

“Tristan Funicular fell asleep not long after dawn. His teeth were on wrong and his bong was full of something less like water and more like moss.”

read it !!

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SETTLEMENT by Benjamin Niespodziany
after Chris Erickson Tristan Funicular fell asleep not long after dawn. His teeth were on wrong and his bong was full of something less like water and more like moss. He was lost. His stress level was...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Oh the indignities one must suffer in life
Indignant looking wren bird sketched in colored pencil
January 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM