Loren (L.M.) Guay
@nightgleaming.bsky.social
they/them fatale • poet & speculative fiction writer • phd student in english & education • adoptee (🇵🇾) • staff to 2 cats🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
LIVING FOSSILS out spring 2026 from Texas Review Press
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LIVING FOSSILS out spring 2026 from Texas Review Press
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thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when]
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
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thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when]
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
thrilled to announce that my debut poetry collection LIVING FOSSILS is now available for pre-order from TRP! tell your cats, tell your friends, support queer/trans literature and art [coelacanth emoji when]
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
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Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Huge congratulations and good luck to beestung's 2026 Best Microfiction nominees!
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
em roth
nat raum
Loren Maria Guay
Yufan Lu
sterling-elizabeth arcadia
Read their work at beestungmag.com
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A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
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refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
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November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
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Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks to Rex for spotting this one! Necropolis contains 5 stories about strange, decaying cities and is now available for purchase at Hexagon's patreon!
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
@alexfox.bsky.social @omersarae.bsky.social @nightgleaming.bsky.social @improbablerex.bsky.social and Victoria!
cover art by @warls.bsky.social
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fact: transphobia is for losers
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
fact: transphobia is for losers
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workers at Detroit Institute of Arts are announcing a wall-to-wall union drive for all staff at the museum. DIA is an amazing museum with a ton of incredible exhibits.
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
Detroit Institute of Arts Cultural Workers United
diaworkersunited.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
workers at Detroit Institute of Arts are announcing a wall-to-wall union drive for all staff at the museum. DIA is an amazing museum with a ton of incredible exhibits.
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
if you could sign the petition, that may help motivate museum leadership to voluntarily recognize the union.
diaworkersunited.org
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it should be illegal to move your cat off-camera during a Zoom meeting
November 13, 2024 at 1:08 AM
it should be illegal to move your cat off-camera during a Zoom meeting
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If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
Rogers Park Immigrant Families Need Your Support
Please give as you are able AND share this page! If you have friends and family asking how they can support Chicago in this difficult time, this is a way to directly support families. Go FundMe Link...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛
We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.
We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.
Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤
Thank you. 🐝
We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.
Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤
Thank you. 🐝
Happy non-binary day and week!
We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.
If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.
Shares are very much appreciated, too!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.
If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.
Shares are very much appreciated, too!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
October 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛
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Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
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WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open
"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for including my poem in @beestung.bsky.social in this list, alongside so many other fantastic reads!
Today is the first day of #HispanicHeritageMonth! Celebrate with us by picking your next reads from our reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags—and be sure to bookmark the list for year-round reading recommendations: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed annually from September 15 to October 15, we asked our members to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in celebration. (Learn…
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September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for including my poem in @beestung.bsky.social in this list, alongside so many other fantastic reads!
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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
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September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
emerging from a cave of PhD exam-writing to see people saying nice things about my poetry & now THIS (!!!!!!!)
Congratulations to beestung's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees!
C.M. Green
Christian M. Ivey
Em Roth
Jay Délise
Kelsey L. Smoot
Loren Maria Guay
Read their work at beestungmag.com
C.M. Green
Christian M. Ivey
Em Roth
Jay Délise
Kelsey L. Smoot
Loren Maria Guay
Read their work at beestungmag.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
emerging from a cave of PhD exam-writing to see people saying nice things about my poetry & now THIS (!!!!!!!)
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"Alternative title: You become a queer elder by accident, not because you are good at living but because you are slow at dying."
—Loren Maria Guay
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—Loren Maria Guay
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One Poem by Loren Maria Guay – beestung
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August 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Alternative title: You become a queer elder by accident, not because you are good at living but because you are slow at dying."
—Loren Maria Guay
beestungmag.com/issue24/one-...
—Loren Maria Guay
beestungmag.com/issue24/one-...
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Today we are halfway done with the campaign, but only one-quarter of the way to our goal. It’s all or nothing. Please share, and any amount you can help is very appreciated. Horror and weird fiction are good for us. kck.st/4mIkEm1
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
kck.st
August 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today we are halfway done with the campaign, but only one-quarter of the way to our goal. It’s all or nothing. Please share, and any amount you can help is very appreciated. Horror and weird fiction are good for us. kck.st/4mIkEm1
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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Let's be clear: all the AI in edtech stuff (Canvas, Blackboard, Grammarly, Duolingo, OpenAI, the rest) is all about the "lock-in" - locking in students as subscribers or institutions via long-term license agreements for value generation. Is there good pedagogic evidence for it? No.
August 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Let's be clear: all the AI in edtech stuff (Canvas, Blackboard, Grammarly, Duolingo, OpenAI, the rest) is all about the "lock-in" - locking in students as subscribers or institutions via long-term license agreements for value generation. Is there good pedagogic evidence for it? No.
thrilled to have a new poem out ("Exhibition Notes: Portrait of Arapaima at the All-Night Diner") in this issue of beestung! it's about big weird fish & outliving the lifespan you expected to have.
trans & non-binary lit needs readers now more than ever ✨
trans & non-binary lit needs readers now more than ever ✨
Poet wings & wormholes in the wood. A $150 emergency room copay & The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Bloody buckteeth & lizard-tongues. Slabs of muscle & slicing the roast.
beestung #24 is here!
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beestung #24 is here!
beestungmag.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
thrilled to have a new poem out ("Exhibition Notes: Portrait of Arapaima at the All-Night Diner") in this issue of beestung! it's about big weird fish & outliving the lifespan you expected to have.
trans & non-binary lit needs readers now more than ever ✨
trans & non-binary lit needs readers now more than ever ✨
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Stop telling trans people that our calls for basic human rights are what’s holding the left back. Be honest: our humanity means less to you than the convenience of passivity.
August 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Stop telling trans people that our calls for basic human rights are what’s holding the left back. Be honest: our humanity means less to you than the convenience of passivity.