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Spoke with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social about the pulsating novel Disco Murder City. Out now at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. Check the conversation at @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...
DISCO AND THE INFERNAL CITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CALEB BETHEA by Rebecca Gransden
The city lights up after nightfall, and Caleb Bethea knows the way. With Disco Murder City (Maudlin House, 2025) Bethea takes the lead, chasing fear along emptied alleys, into pulsating nightclubs fil...
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February 17, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Spoke with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social about the pulsating novel Disco Murder City. Out now at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. Check the conversation at @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...
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We chat escargot, Pig Destroyer, and smoking demons
Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social talks with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social b_bethea_ about their novel 'Disco Murder City' ! read this conversation !
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DISCO AND THE INFERNAL CITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CALEB BETHEA by Rebecca Gransden
The city lights up after nightfall, and Caleb Bethea knows the way. With Disco Murder City (Maudlin House, 2025) Bethea takes the lead, chasing fear along emptied alleys, into pulsating nightclubs fil...
xraylitmag.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We chat escargot, Pig Destroyer, and smoking demons
Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social talks with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social b_bethea_ about their novel 'Disco Murder City' ! read this conversation !
xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...
xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...
DISCO AND THE INFERNAL CITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CALEB BETHEA by Rebecca Gransden
The city lights up after nightfall, and Caleb Bethea knows the way. With Disco Murder City (Maudlin House, 2025) Bethea takes the lead, chasing fear along emptied alleys, into pulsating nightclubs fil...
xraylitmag.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social talks with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social b_bethea_ about their novel 'Disco Murder City' ! read this conversation !
xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...
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impressed with this 280 word story by Courtney McEunn !
'Fetish' is about a woman who becomes the object of a violent fetish. such a visceral & vivid story !
& a killer last line. i love quick, dark stories like this
xraylitmag.com/fetish-by-co...
'Fetish' is about a woman who becomes the object of a violent fetish. such a visceral & vivid story !
& a killer last line. i love quick, dark stories like this
xraylitmag.com/fetish-by-co...
FETISH by Courtney McEunn
He loved how pale lines looked on my skin. After we fuck, he’d trace his fingertips up and down the jagged, raised scars. One night, he admitted jealousy. He wanted—no—needed to be there when it happe...
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February 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM
impressed with this 280 word story by Courtney McEunn !
'Fetish' is about a woman who becomes the object of a violent fetish. such a visceral & vivid story !
& a killer last line. i love quick, dark stories like this
xraylitmag.com/fetish-by-co...
'Fetish' is about a woman who becomes the object of a violent fetish. such a visceral & vivid story !
& a killer last line. i love quick, dark stories like this
xraylitmag.com/fetish-by-co...
X-R-A-Y presents 'A Fish Story: Part 2' (of 4) by Michael Seymour Blake !
our hero's office is closing down at the start of covid & he's gotta rescue the fish his co-worker is leaving behind.
plus ! the pharmacy is almost outta Lysol !
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our hero's office is closing down at the start of covid & he's gotta rescue the fish his co-worker is leaving behind.
plus ! the pharmacy is almost outta Lysol !
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
A FISH STORY: PART 2 by Michael Seymour Blake
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February 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
X-R-A-Y presents 'A Fish Story: Part 2' (of 4) by Michael Seymour Blake !
our hero's office is closing down at the start of covid & he's gotta rescue the fish his co-worker is leaving behind.
plus ! the pharmacy is almost outta Lysol !
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
our hero's office is closing down at the start of covid & he's gotta rescue the fish his co-worker is leaving behind.
plus ! the pharmacy is almost outta Lysol !
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
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ICYMI, Cletus Crow's parable of boyhood.
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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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 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
ICYMI, Cletus Crow's parable of boyhood.
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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i think this story will stick with u throughout the day & get u daydreaming about yr own Julia Fishwell.
read this !
xraylitmag.com/julia-fishwe...
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
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 !
xraylitmag.com/julia-fishwe...
i think this story will stick with u throughout the day & get u daydreaming about yr own Julia Fishwell.
read this !
xraylitmag.com/julia-fishwe...
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I am beyond grateful and excited to have my second translation in @xraylitmag.bsky.social 🩵 🐟
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 !
xraylitmag.com/fish-on-the-...
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 !
xraylitmag.com/fish-on-the-...
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...
xraylitmag.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I am beyond grateful and excited to have my second translation in @xraylitmag.bsky.social 🩵 🐟
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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!
Fuck yeah book mail! Really looking forward to this one by @aaronburch.bsky.social from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social!
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
<spoiler alert> I’m especially excited for the handful of people who make guest appearances in the book to read it!
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I am crazy about @xraylitmag.bsky.social stories
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
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection
v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
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
I am crazy about @xraylitmag.bsky.social stories
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
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection
v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
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 ...
xraylitmag.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection
v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats
xraylitmag.com/fear-theory-...
we got a 100 word story by Cletus Crow ! about boy scouts who find a boot with a foot still inside
read it
xraylitmag.com/scouts-by-cl...
read it
xraylitmag.com/scouts-by-cl...
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...
xraylitmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
we got a 100 word story by Cletus Crow ! about boy scouts who find a boot with a foot still inside
read it
xraylitmag.com/scouts-by-cl...
read it
xraylitmag.com/scouts-by-cl...
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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
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...
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 !
xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...
check out this interview & buy the book !
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...
xraylitmag.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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 !
xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...
check out this interview & buy the book !
xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...
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 !
xraylitmag.com/fish-on-the-...
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 !
xraylitmag.com/fish-on-the-...
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...
xraylitmag.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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 !
xraylitmag.com/fish-on-the-...
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 !
xraylitmag.com/fish-on-the-...
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...
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
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...
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
A FISH STORY, PART 1 by Michael Seymour Blake
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February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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...
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
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...
xraylitmag.com/a-fish-story...
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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
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 🙌🖤🙌
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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i love lists in literature, whether it's whitman naming pedestrians or didion saying what she packed for a trip
read this right nowwww
xraylitmag.com/punk-band-id...
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
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
xraylitmag.com/punk-band-id...
i love lists in literature, whether it's whitman naming pedestrians or didion saying what she packed for a trip
read this right nowwww
xraylitmag.com/punk-band-id...
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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
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...
today ! David Scott Hay showcases seven indie books u should check out.
thanks to david & thanks to all u readers out there
xraylitmag.com/honest-blurb...
thanks to david & thanks to all u readers out there
xraylitmag.com/honest-blurb...
“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
today ! David Scott Hay showcases seven indie books u should check out.
thanks to david & thanks to all u readers out there
xraylitmag.com/honest-blurb...
thanks to david & thanks to all u readers out there
xraylitmag.com/honest-blurb...
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Reading a short story every day (in February.)
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Reading a short story every day (in February.)
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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
And of course what friends read + good presses put out
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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
And of course what friends read + good presses put out
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
xraylitmag.com/my-travellin...
really funny & imaginative story that is way better than whatever else is on the internet today
xraylitmag.com/my-travellin...
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
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
xraylitmag.com/my-travellin...
really funny & imaginative story that is way better than whatever else is on the internet today
xraylitmag.com/my-travellin...
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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."
"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
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."
"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."