This room can hold a scream, if it’s creased just right. This room can hold a whisper. This room can hold a pulse.
DOLLHOUSE REALTOR by Shae
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DOLLHOUSE REALTOR by Shae
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November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This room can hold a scream, if it’s creased just right. This room can hold a whisper. This room can hold a pulse.
DOLLHOUSE REALTOR by Shae
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DOLLHOUSE REALTOR by Shae
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…a dreamtime lost in proving was regained by kneading herself awake in this pursuit of perfection which so infected her that her head began to swell and warm with something beyond a fever…
THE BEST THING SINCE PERFECTION by Jason Graff
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THE BEST THING SINCE PERFECTION by Jason Graff
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November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
…a dreamtime lost in proving was regained by kneading herself awake in this pursuit of perfection which so infected her that her head began to swell and warm with something beyond a fever…
THE BEST THING SINCE PERFECTION by Jason Graff
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THE BEST THING SINCE PERFECTION by Jason Graff
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“By Sunday I was utterly exhausted, but I powered through…”
Lukas Armstrong-Laird reports from the 26th Maryland Film Festival
Lukas Armstrong-Laird reports from the 26th Maryland Film Festival
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“By Sunday I was utterly exhausted, but I powered through…”
Lukas Armstrong-Laird reports from the 26th Maryland Film Festival
Lukas Armstrong-Laird reports from the 26th Maryland Film Festival
The clamor fades with distance, but I walk with the constant knowledge that it might reappear any moment and deliver me with a single swipe to the ground, where I’d be mauled—this is just what they do, right?
INTERCESSOR by @leonnardmenifee.bsky.social
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INTERCESSOR by @leonnardmenifee.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The clamor fades with distance, but I walk with the constant knowledge that it might reappear any moment and deliver me with a single swipe to the ground, where I’d be mauled—this is just what they do, right?
INTERCESSOR by @leonnardmenifee.bsky.social
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INTERCESSOR by @leonnardmenifee.bsky.social
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Anyway, did you hear a big storm’s coming? Supposed to flood the street right here in front of our condos.
BEFORE THE STORM COMES by C.S. Mee
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BEFORE THE STORM COMES by C.S. Mee
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Anyway, did you hear a big storm’s coming? Supposed to flood the street right here in front of our condos.
BEFORE THE STORM COMES by C.S. Mee
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BEFORE THE STORM COMES by C.S. Mee
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The promo video read “there are worlds they have not told you of: Diffusion.”
Sounds like a party to me!
@timkabara.bsky.social recounts AN EVENING OF DIFFUSION in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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Sounds like a party to me!
@timkabara.bsky.social recounts AN EVENING OF DIFFUSION in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The promo video read “there are worlds they have not told you of: Diffusion.”
Sounds like a party to me!
@timkabara.bsky.social recounts AN EVENING OF DIFFUSION in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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Sounds like a party to me!
@timkabara.bsky.social recounts AN EVENING OF DIFFUSION in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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their bullet wounds had stopped itching, nothing bled.
birds tapped their skulls apart like candy shells.
Sink your teeth into two new poems by Jordan Ranft
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birds tapped their skulls apart like candy shells.
Sink your teeth into two new poems by Jordan Ranft
www.bruisermag.com/ranft_zombies
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
their bullet wounds had stopped itching, nothing bled.
birds tapped their skulls apart like candy shells.
Sink your teeth into two new poems by Jordan Ranft
www.bruisermag.com/ranft_zombies
birds tapped their skulls apart like candy shells.
Sink your teeth into two new poems by Jordan Ranft
www.bruisermag.com/ranft_zombies
congrats to our Best Small Fictions nominees
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November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
congrats to our Best Small Fictions nominees
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I am a hologram learning to divide myself.
CRACKED ACTOR by M. A. Toothill
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CRACKED ACTOR by M. A. Toothill
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November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am a hologram learning to divide myself.
CRACKED ACTOR by M. A. Toothill
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CRACKED ACTOR by M. A. Toothill
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A circle pit soon materialized. Endorphins inundated your nervous system like a flooded ravine.
CANDLES by @jlmoultrie.bsky.social
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CANDLES by @jlmoultrie.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A circle pit soon materialized. Endorphins inundated your nervous system like a flooded ravine.
CANDLES by @jlmoultrie.bsky.social
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CANDLES by @jlmoultrie.bsky.social
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I’d thought it was a farm with our house on it. But they told me when the Lord rings our phone we answer.
PRIOR TO THE STATE INQUIRY, MY PARENTS RAN A CHILDREN'S PRISON by Christian Fuller
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PRIOR TO THE STATE INQUIRY, MY PARENTS RAN A CHILDREN'S PRISON by Christian Fuller
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November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’d thought it was a farm with our house on it. But they told me when the Lord rings our phone we answer.
PRIOR TO THE STATE INQUIRY, MY PARENTS RAN A CHILDREN'S PRISON by Christian Fuller
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PRIOR TO THE STATE INQUIRY, MY PARENTS RAN A CHILDREN'S PRISON by Christian Fuller
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“I could see the cloud of cigarette smoke from down the block. A group of art-weirdos were mingling outside of 2640 Space.”
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I could see the cloud of cigarette smoke from down the block. A group of art-weirdos were mingling outside of 2640 Space.”
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
“I could see the cloud of cigarette smoke from down the block. A group of art-weirdos were mingling outside of 2640 Space.”
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“I could see the cloud of cigarette smoke from down the block. A group of art-weirdos were mingling outside of 2640 Space.”
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
Jess Bither reports from the November edition of Baltimore’s underground film showcase, New Works
What say clattering of bones, fingers of smoke, numbers of a name?
Three poems by @kevingrauke.bsky.social
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Three poems by @kevingrauke.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What say clattering of bones, fingers of smoke, numbers of a name?
Three poems by @kevingrauke.bsky.social
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Three poems by @kevingrauke.bsky.social
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BRUISERS, LIT FREAKS and SMART MARKS:
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
BRUISERS, LIT FREAKS and SMART MARKS:
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
Managing editor @joshshepard.bsky.social got hit by an uninsured driver, resulting in heavy ER and auto costs.
To help one of the very best of us, we are offering two shirts for preorder, with every dime going toward Josh's bills: bruisermag.bigcartel.com
Respect is due to all those who have blazed the underground trails that we are so fortunate to travel today.
@timkabara.bsky.social returns with lore and more. Enjoy this review of another CD-only release from the Baltimore underground in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE.
@timkabara.bsky.social returns with lore and more. Enjoy this review of another CD-only release from the Baltimore underground in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Respect is due to all those who have blazed the underground trails that we are so fortunate to travel today.
@timkabara.bsky.social returns with lore and more. Enjoy this review of another CD-only release from the Baltimore underground in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE.
@timkabara.bsky.social returns with lore and more. Enjoy this review of another CD-only release from the Baltimore underground in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE.
Memories open the back door and leave,
not even my father will help me find them
FATHERS OF MEN by @archedroadway.bsky.social
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not even my father will help me find them
FATHERS OF MEN by @archedroadway.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Memories open the back door and leave,
not even my father will help me find them
FATHERS OF MEN by @archedroadway.bsky.social
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not even my father will help me find them
FATHERS OF MEN by @archedroadway.bsky.social
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Another customer tried to open my stall and I vomited all over the door.
ALL DAY BREAKFAST by Laura Cafasso
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ALL DAY BREAKFAST by Laura Cafasso
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November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Another customer tried to open my stall and I vomited all over the door.
ALL DAY BREAKFAST by Laura Cafasso
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ALL DAY BREAKFAST by Laura Cafasso
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Everything felt grand—at least, until it wasn’t.
WALKING DOES NOT ASTONISH by J S Khan
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WALKING DOES NOT ASTONISH by J S Khan
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November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Everything felt grand—at least, until it wasn’t.
WALKING DOES NOT ASTONISH by J S Khan
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WALKING DOES NOT ASTONISH by J S Khan
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It had been floated as an idea before—as a practical measure by the impractical members of the committee—but no one had taken it seriously.
HISTOROCITY MOMENT # 7425 by daniel joseph
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HISTOROCITY MOMENT # 7425 by daniel joseph
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It had been floated as an idea before—as a practical measure by the impractical members of the committee—but no one had taken it seriously.
HISTOROCITY MOMENT # 7425 by daniel joseph
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HISTOROCITY MOMENT # 7425 by daniel joseph
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From one country to another: I can feel anything anywhere.
It’s a BIG NIGHT OUT IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE with J. F. Gleeson
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It’s a BIG NIGHT OUT IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE with J. F. Gleeson
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From one country to another: I can feel anything anywhere.
It’s a BIG NIGHT OUT IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE with J. F. Gleeson
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It’s a BIG NIGHT OUT IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE with J. F. Gleeson
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I think I need to get a new doctor. I swear my brain's bolted on backwards or something.
THE SISTER by @zacsmithtweeto.bsky.social
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THE SISTER by @zacsmithtweeto.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I think I need to get a new doctor. I swear my brain's bolted on backwards or something.
THE SISTER by @zacsmithtweeto.bsky.social
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THE SISTER by @zacsmithtweeto.bsky.social
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Now that the veil had dropped, we see what is on the end of our (pitch)fork.
@timkabara.bsky.social is back with Some Thoughts On Music Criticism in 2025 in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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@timkabara.bsky.social is back with Some Thoughts On Music Criticism in 2025 in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Now that the veil had dropped, we see what is on the end of our (pitch)fork.
@timkabara.bsky.social is back with Some Thoughts On Music Criticism in 2025 in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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@timkabara.bsky.social is back with Some Thoughts On Music Criticism in 2025 in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE
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In the basement, Thom hits the bong, thumb plucks every note of an old flamenco tune.
“I am an amateur in insect song but your playing reminds me of the cicadas.”
Two Florida poems by Keegan Gore
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“I am an amateur in insect song but your playing reminds me of the cicadas.”
Two Florida poems by Keegan Gore
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November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In the basement, Thom hits the bong, thumb plucks every note of an old flamenco tune.
“I am an amateur in insect song but your playing reminds me of the cicadas.”
Two Florida poems by Keegan Gore
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“I am an amateur in insect song but your playing reminds me of the cicadas.”
Two Florida poems by Keegan Gore
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The brass knuckled hand of the state punches clean through my pulse just as my stomach ruptures C4 septic and journeys end in lovers’ meeting.
PSYCHO STEROID POISON DART FROG BULLSEYE PARTY EXCLUSION ZONE by @caninebrainz.bsky.social
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PSYCHO STEROID POISON DART FROG BULLSEYE PARTY EXCLUSION ZONE by @caninebrainz.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The brass knuckled hand of the state punches clean through my pulse just as my stomach ruptures C4 septic and journeys end in lovers’ meeting.
PSYCHO STEROID POISON DART FROG BULLSEYE PARTY EXCLUSION ZONE by @caninebrainz.bsky.social
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PSYCHO STEROID POISON DART FROG BULLSEYE PARTY EXCLUSION ZONE by @caninebrainz.bsky.social
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