Cotton Xenomorph
@cottonxenomorph.bsky.social
A literary magazine devoted to new and marginalized voices. We also say NO CREEPS. Proud member of CLMP. EICs Teo Shannon, Chloe Clark, and Hannah Cohen.
Status: On hiatus for 2025
website: www.cottonxenomorph.com
Status: On hiatus for 2025
website: www.cottonxenomorph.com
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Branched out into some speculative fiction with “After the Flood Recedes” at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2023...
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After the Flood Recedes — Cotton Xenomorph
BY Justin Carter All through June the water rose. Neighborhood by neighborhood we fled, at first because the mayor asked nicely and then, later, because she asked more forcefully, because she tol...
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December 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Branched out into some speculative fiction with “After the Flood Recedes” at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2023...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2023...
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And last but not least @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social published my story about a modern Cassandra. In case you're wondering, she's queer and autistic.
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
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In the Modern Retelling of Cassandra, You're Autistic — Cotton Xenomorph
BY chelsea stickle Your friend’s boyfriend says, “You know how she is.” When you say you don’t, he sketches an emotional mess who strikes like a snake. But you know your friend, and you know how t...
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December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
And last but not least @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social published my story about a modern Cassandra. In case you're wondering, she's queer and autistic.
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
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Followed by "The Devil's Lake Social Club" a month or so ago in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who gave them a read!
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
The Devil's Lake Social Club — Cotton Xenomorph
BY Mike Prask Our barn doesn’t need an outside motion light, so my husband says, emphatic. But Daniel is also ever-indulgent, and the soonest Saturday, he’s out on the ladder, early before Fay o...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Followed by "The Devil's Lake Social Club" a month or so ago in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who gave them a read!
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
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If you want to read a piece of flash about the haunted library I used to work in, check out Sometimes the Library Looks Like the Amityville Horror House, published over in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social! www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
Sometimes the Library Looks Like the Amityville Horror House — Cotton Xenomorph
BY Corey Farrenkopf Most people don’t believe you when you tell them you work in a haunted library, which is fair. You don’t believe anything unless you experience it first hand. Patrons tell...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
If you want to read a piece of flash about the haunted library I used to work in, check out Sometimes the Library Looks Like the Amityville Horror House, published over in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social! www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
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i absolutely love @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social as a lit magazine. they are terrific and their editorial staff is top notch. i wrote this story as an exercise, and finished it for Cotton Xenomorph specifically. it’s my only lit fic published piece. love it.
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2018...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2018...
Rose Garden Funeral of Sorts — Cotton Xenomorph
By Jordan Kurella (art by MARTHA WIRKIJOWSKI ) The last time Kevin and I argued about the dog’s ashes, I made him cry. So for six months, his dead Akita sat in a plastic bag on my kitchen co...
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November 19, 2024 at 11:45 PM
i absolutely love @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social as a lit magazine. they are terrific and their editorial staff is top notch. i wrote this story as an exercise, and finished it for Cotton Xenomorph specifically. it’s my only lit fic published piece. love it.
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2018...
www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2018...
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Nature Walk & Poem in Superposition (in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social)
Two Poems — Cotton Xenomorph
BY Adam Gianforcaro Nature Walk Ticks microwave their blood meal and eat dinner alone while other beasts run circles around heat-stroked starlings. You know, God flooded the earth for good reaso...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Nature Walk & Poem in Superposition (in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social)
Icon!!!!!!!! ❤️🤩
November 19, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Icon!!!!!!!! ❤️🤩
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I have the great honor of being @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social's first-ever publication! from back in 2017, check it out
Out from Behind a Rock — Cotton Xenomorph
by K.C. Mead-Brewer Mina knows she’s not allowed inside Momma’s room. She knows. And she obeys the rules. She’s a good girl. Honey, to a fault. But there’s that noise again behind the door. A skitt...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
I have the great honor of being @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social's first-ever publication! from back in 2017, check it out
Reposted by Cotton Xenomorph
And a flash piece about a haunted library where I used to work in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social called Sometimes The Library Looks Like The Amityville Horror House www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
Sometimes the Library Looks Like the Amityville Horror House — Cotton Xenomorph
BY Corey Farrenkopf Most people don’t believe you when you tell them you work in a haunted library, which is fair. You don’t believe anything unless you experience it first hand. Patrons tell...
www.cottonxenomorph.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
And a flash piece about a haunted library where I used to work in @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social called Sometimes The Library Looks Like The Amityville Horror House www.cottonxenomorph.com/journal/2024...
Of course!!!! An OG!!!
November 15, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Of course!!!! An OG!!!