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Ariya Bandy
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author of Painted Winds (Bottlecap Press) | work in Nightmare Magazine, 100-Foot Crow, and more | IF dev | copy editor at khōréō magazine | first reader at Querencia Press |
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I can’t believe my debut chapbook from Bottlecap Press is 2 years old today! Infinitely grateful to everyone who helped bring this project to life!🩵🩵

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December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I guess it’s that time of year already?! I’ve never done an awards eligibility post before, and I am kind of terrified, but I am incredibly grateful to everyone who published and read my work this year (links below)! Feel free to reach out for copies of any of these for consideration!
2025 Poetry Publications “in your mind, they still dance” - Nightmare Magazine “We live in a sinking capsule” - SpecPoVerse Volume 1 Issue 2 Poetry in Katabatic Circus Volume 2 (Angry Gable Press) “Pretending to Be Human” “I just want to marinate” “Hitting Snooze” “Refresh” “Glue” Fiction Publication “I Place Them to Rest” - DARK READS (Thin Veil Press)
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Absolutely thrilled that my story “I Place Them to Rest” is published in Thin Veil Press’s DARK READS collection!📦👂🧸

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“I run my palms over my head, smooth, hairless, and… earless. Like moving joints, my ears detach from my head. No wound. No blood. I hold them together to the light outside the unit. They look like butterfly wings. I place them to rest along with my hair. I’ll deal with this mess later.”
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM