Marty Shambles
@martyshambles.bsky.social
Poet laureate of railroad tracks and greasy spoons.
Writer-in-residence and poetry editor @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
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Marty Shambles
@martyshambles.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Screenplay "The Luddites" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social!
“There comes a time for every employee these days when robots come for your jobs. For you that time is now.”
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“There comes a time for every employee these days when robots come for your jobs. For you that time is now.”
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the luddites — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “There comes a time for every employee these days when robots come for your jobs. For you that time is now.”
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Best thing I’ve ever written
I’ve always envied the novelist, working on one project for months and years. It seems like a comfort to have that one thing going no matter what happens. My adhd and schizophrenia won’t let me do that. But I keep trying anyhow, hoping that this time it will be different
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’ve always envied the novelist, working on one project for months and years. It seems like a comfort to have that one thing going no matter what happens. My adhd and schizophrenia won’t let me do that. But I keep trying anyhow, hoping that this time it will be different
All I want for Christmas is to be able to write long form
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
All I want for Christmas is to be able to write long form
Hey! Remember the 80s?
"80s Poem" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @MartyShambles
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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80s poem — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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December 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hey! Remember the 80s?
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"80s Poem" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @MartyShambles
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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80s poem — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"80s Poem" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @MartyShambles
“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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“a rubiks cube is suspended / above a glass of Tab…”
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underpantsgnomesasseconomy
Blog | Marty Shambles
underpantsgnomesasseconomy | I'm a regular schmuck and I can see this rickety rattletrap is fixing to fall apart. But what's that got to do with Christmas? Not much except that 95
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December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
underpantsgnomesasseconomy
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In between carols and cookies, submit your work to us. We’re open all season.
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In between carols and cookies, submit your work to us. We’re open all season.
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
This is worth a read
Check out three poems from @matthew-rice.bsky.social's forthcoming collection PLASTIC via @bombmag.bsky.social!
BOMB Magazine | Three Poems
Excerpted from Matthew Rice’s forthcoming collection plastic , these poems explore the psychic distress of a night shift at an injection molding factory.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is worth a read
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they dropped a busload of homers
off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
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off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/Vanecko_Homers
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
they dropped a busload of homers
off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/Vanecko_Homers
off in santa monica today
homers roaming the streets in packs
couple dozen homer simpsons at least
BUSLOAD OF HOMERS by Bobby Vanecko
www.bruisermag.com/Vanecko_Homers
This is awesome
I sent my son to the mayor of the company town. He came back covered in buttons and switches, and when he opened his mouth, insects spilled out: locusts with their wings clipped off.
THE COMPANY TOWN by Sarah Klein
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THE COMPANY TOWN by Sarah Klein
www.bruisermag.com/Klein_Company
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is awesome
It's that time of year again. That time when I search all over trying to decide whether to start up a new website, only to remember that have a perfectly good wordpress site at home.
Blog #15
It’s that time of year again. That time when I search all over trying to decide whether to start up a new website, only to remember that have a perfectly good wordpress site at home. So I sla…
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December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's that time of year again. That time when I search all over trying to decide whether to start up a new website, only to remember that have a perfectly good wordpress site at home.
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Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
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There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
There will be no cap.
See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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Some awards exist to glorify the organisers. This one exists to honour poets. Facilitated by @AlanParry83.bsky.social, but funded #ByWritersForWriters. If we hit £5,000, we make history. 🔗
A Poetry Award That Puts Poets First – And You Can Make It Happen - The Broken Spine
Poets deserve more than empty prestige. They deserve real recognition, real opportunities, and real support. That is why I am launching The Broken Spine
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December 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Some awards exist to glorify the organisers. This one exists to honour poets. Facilitated by @AlanParry83.bsky.social, but funded #ByWritersForWriters. If we hit £5,000, we make history. 🔗
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We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction and #microfiction #callforsubmissions Please click on the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction and #microfiction #callforsubmissions Please click on the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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"After all, the deepest parts of us retain traces of desert and glacier, volcano and sea; of tiger and ape, zebra and elephant; of spaceman and robot and murderer."
Jen Fawkes on the sublime in our recent Horror Folio.
Link in thread.
Jen Fawkes on the sublime in our recent Horror Folio.
Link in thread.
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"After all, the deepest parts of us retain traces of desert and glacier, volcano and sea; of tiger and ape, zebra and elephant; of spaceman and robot and murderer."
Jen Fawkes on the sublime in our recent Horror Folio.
Link in thread.
Jen Fawkes on the sublime in our recent Horror Folio.
Link in thread.
Reposted by Marty Shambles
Reposted by Marty Shambles
Poem "The Gutter Dance" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“it’s a hungry time of night, / when the stomach sucks juice / from the ribs.”
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“it’s a hungry time of night, / when the stomach sucks juice / from the ribs.”
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the gutter dance — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “it’s a hungry time of night, / when the stomach sucks juice / from the ribs.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Poem "The Gutter Dance" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“it’s a hungry time of night, / when the stomach sucks juice / from the ribs.”
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“it’s a hungry time of night, / when the stomach sucks juice / from the ribs.”
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Is ‘groan’ a portmanteau of ‘grunt’ and ‘moan’?
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Is ‘groan’ a portmanteau of ‘grunt’ and ‘moan’?
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Poem "There's Always More Stuff to Buy" by Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“walmarts look like churches. / churches look like walmarts. / prosperity gospel in the parking lot.”
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“walmarts look like churches. / churches look like walmarts. / prosperity gospel in the parking lot.”
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there’s always more stuff to buy — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “walmarts look like churches. / churches look like walmarts. / prosperity gospel in the parking lot.”
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December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Poem "There's Always More Stuff to Buy" by Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“walmarts look like churches. / churches look like walmarts. / prosperity gospel in the parking lot.”
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“walmarts look like churches. / churches look like walmarts. / prosperity gospel in the parking lot.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
There’s a movie coming out called Marty Supreme which is about me going to the Taco Bell
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There’s a movie coming out called Marty Supreme which is about me going to the Taco Bell
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We are pleased to nominate these poems for the Pushcart Prize anthology: www.poetose.com/nominations....
Thank you so much for sending us your lovely work! 🌹
#poetry #poems
Thank you so much for sending us your lovely work! 🌹
#poetry #poems
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We are pleased to nominate these poems for the Pushcart Prize anthology: www.poetose.com/nominations....
Thank you so much for sending us your lovely work! 🌹
#poetry #poems
Thank you so much for sending us your lovely work! 🌹
#poetry #poems
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Poem "Untitled" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“…a plume of smoke pours / from my lips dangerous precedents are set every day.”
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“…a plume of smoke pours / from my lips dangerous precedents are set every day.”
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untitled — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “…a plume of smoke pours / from my lips dangerous precedents are set every day.”
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November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Poem "Untitled" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“…a plume of smoke pours / from my lips dangerous precedents are set every day.”
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“…a plume of smoke pours / from my lips dangerous precedents are set every day.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
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Poem "The Big Show" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“the adoration is truncated as they shuffle you / offstage to make room for the new players / who will be loved more than all your gestures combined.”
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“the adoration is truncated as they shuffle you / offstage to make room for the new players / who will be loved more than all your gestures combined.”
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the big show — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “the adoration is truncated as they shuffle you / offstage to make room for the new players / who will be loved more than all your gestures combined.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Poem "The Big Show" by Writer-in-Residence Marty Shambles @martyshambles.bsky.social
“the adoration is truncated as they shuffle you / offstage to make room for the new players / who will be loved more than all your gestures combined.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
“the adoration is truncated as they shuffle you / offstage to make room for the new players / who will be loved more than all your gestures combined.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...