Wes Viola
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Wes Viola
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Library worker, Elder Bard, former demo-listener for Glasto. And stuff.
'Breast wishes' is my worst to date.
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The numbered, paper edition of 100 is also still available from £4 from substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thirteen Names for the West
A poem cycle inspired by the many and various incarnations of The Wicked Witch of the West
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July 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Brilliant, thanks so much.
June 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is great news! Please tell me more
June 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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There are still many zine distros that are thriving.
June 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Yeah and it's felt like that for a long time now.

The real kicker for me was when they put two key characters in a box, cautioned that they might be trapped there for all eternity, and didn't give them, like... a chair? Or something to read?
June 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Because as you say how can we trust 'disruptive' publishing models now, even if the publishers were doing it right?
June 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Also, I agree with you that we should never blindly trust people who are leading on things like this. It's very hard though. If we don't support new ideas nothing ever changes. Maybe the even bigger crime beyond what they've done directly to these authors is the damage it's done to the model itself
June 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Indie bookstores are awesome! 👍❤️📚
May 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
(Not about everything. But about that last thing)
May 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
'Devastation Songs' collects writing inspired by Kaiju movies - including two of my poems, 'Kiss Chase' and 'Growling Noises', in the voice of Godzilla!
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A portion of proceeds will be donated to @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
Ed. Alex Adams & Aaron Kent -Devastation Songs, an anthology of kaiju writing | Broken Sleep Books
RADIOACTIVE DREAMS, HALLUCINATED MEMORIES, LOVE SONGS TO THE SWAMP. The kaiju that stalk our imaginations and flatten our cities are deep reservoirs of meaning. Wonder, dread, the sublime – the giant ...
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May 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
'Masculinity' "aims to showcase the diversity of what it means to be a man and what it means to embrace its multitudes," and features 'There Will be Milk', about my father (once a milkman!)
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Royalties will be donated to Beyond Equality (beyondequality.org)
Masculinity, an anthology of modern voices | Broken Sleep Books
Masculinity: an anthology of modern voices is a book of poetry which aims to showcase the diversity of what it means to be a man and what it means to embrace its multitudes. These poems emphasise that...
www.brokensleepbooks.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM