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Fiction & poetry. LAUNCH 7 OUT NOW @ mergansermagazine.com
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New poem day! Over at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social, "Hallucination" -- about AI, linguistics, and a wish for a better world . . . #sharepoetry

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Hallucination – Merganser Magazine
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August 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
LAUNCH 7. FT.
"TRANSIENCE" BY BRUCE GOLDEN,
"CAREER DAY" BY BEN NARDOLILLI, AND
"COCO THE COW NANNY" BY ANGELIQUE FAWNS.

READ IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE UPGRADED MERGANSER MAGAZINE @ www.mergansermagazine.com
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August 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A poem for those who enjoy some existential angst...

Read "chaos theory" by Marisca Pichette in Issue 6 at mergansermagazine.com!

#poetry #magazine #publisher
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Read this poem if you’ve ever been tempted by a powerful and dangerous urge…

Megan Cartwright’s “Siren Song”, and the rest of our June issue, free to read now at mergansermagazine.com!
June 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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A new poem out! "Lesser Zodiacs" is in the May issue of Merganser Magazine @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
May 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What the hell? 🎨🐦‍🔥

“Still a Life” by Michael Bailey… Not sure if this one was more inspiring or terrifying. Probably the latter.

#fiction
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Watch yourself in Lady M’s garden. 🗿

Read the full poem in the May issue at our site.

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May 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A PURPLE MANIFESTO: A Poetic Epistemology and Declaration by by Lorraine Scheine. Enough said? Read the full piece at our site!
May 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
May issue just dropped! It opens with “Lesser Zodiacs” by Daniel Ausema. This slipstream poem rocks, setting the tone for a magically strange and colorful set of stories. Read the issue now at our site!
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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My most recently published translations are:

"Through the Crimson Forest" by @d4m4n4r.bsky.social in the Vivid Worlds anthology from Slab Press (just published!! --> bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...)

and

"My Rainy Season Diary" by @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social in @mergansermagazine.bsky.social
Vivid Worlds
Check out Vivid Worlds - <p><em>Vivid Worlds </em>brings together twenty exciting, new science-fiction stories by writers from all over the world. The emerging genre of solarpunk weaves imaginative st...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When this article got released in @authorspublish.com , Merganser Magazine received more than 300 submissions within 48 hours. More than we received in all of March. Huge thanks to Authors Publish for the assist! @jakeott.bsky.social is a happy editor today!

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Merganser Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions
Merganser Magazine is a new online journal of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. They accept all genres of poetry and prose: “We're eager to find strong, well-written pieces across a wide r
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April 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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oh wow - I've seen poems that read backwards by line, but not word by word. Congratulations Joshua Kepfer! #PoetryCommunity #BskyPoets #SkyPoets #PoetsofBlueSky
Joshua Kepfer really blew us away with “End of Space.” This poem can be read forward and backward, exploring the nature of exploration itself in an infinite universe. Read ISSUE 4 now at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #art
April 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
duck duck news 🦆 💪
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you’re in the mood for a heartbreaker, this short story from Antonia A. Huelgas (translated by Monica Louzon) fits the bill #fiction #art
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Dive into the hivemind of a legion of alien army ants, as the legion seeks to retake its homeworld from strange creatures and machines. Check out Murray Eiland’s poem “Exo-Myrmidons” at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #magazine #art
April 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s important to understand the land on which one lives. Particularly in the Nandi Hills of Kenya. Philip Brian Hall’s short story “Bwana Mkulima and the Mercedes” paints this fact in a humorous tale of a day in the life of a small farming village when a Mercedes drives into town. Link in bio!
April 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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My translation of @antonioahuelgas.bsky.social's story "My Rainy Season Diary" is out at @mergansermagazine.bsky.social !

Read it here --> mergansermagazine.com/index.html#M...

(The Spanish version of this story originally appeared in the Uruguayan magazine @revistamordedor.bsky.social in 2021!)
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Free online literary magazine, featuring a variety of prose and poetry.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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April 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Joshua Kepfer really blew us away with “End of Space.” This poem can be read forward and backward, exploring the nature of exploration itself in an infinite universe. Read ISSUE 4 now at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #art
April 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“The Wisdom of Ravenala” by Christian Emecheta 🖊️ 🌴 continues at mergansermagazine.com #fiction
March 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Last Meal Before Impact” by Aiona Byuwek 🥤🍪 Read the March issue of Merganser Magazine at our website (link in bio) #poetry #magazine #art #poem #fiction
March 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“In Coffee Spoons” by Deborah L. Davitt ⌚️☕️ read the March issue of Merganser Magazine at mergansermagazine.com #poetry #magazine #poem #literarymagazine
March 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM