V.C. Myers

so many friends have new books out & alas I can't afford them right now. stupid utility bills.

A copy of the book photographed on a wooden floor. The cover of Backyard Alchemy features an old salvaged tin with a rollback lid. For herring? Let’s say herring.

Friendos at AWP and friendos not at AWP, do not miss this book by @nematode.bsky.social ! Just got my blurber copy in the mail yesterday and it’s a beaut!

this is the kind of content I'm here for 😂

That uncomfortable photo of me at the Emmy Awards (ah, when will this orbit go away, lol) and an image of Death of the Author with the Libby awards logo

My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR has won the Libby Book Award (a.k.a. the Librarians Choice Award) for Best Science Fiction, 🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖🐬!

Full list here: www.libbylife.com/blog/the-win...

@nupress.bsky.social got the hook up. 40% Off!!! Use the link in my bio to hop over to their site and get your deal!

the line breaks on this are as beautiful as the poem...

Clear the ground.

Bloom & grow.

Save your energy for those you love.

one of the neat things about submitting to the fancier lit mags is that by the time they send you a rejection all the cells in your body have been replaced with newer cells, they're not rejecting you but as past version of yourself, how quaint

Posting about something other than The Big Event Of The Day does not mean you are unaware or unconcerned or unconsumed. It often means you are striving to remain stable and sane.

Now more than ever, you don't have to be cutting and pasting batshit posts that you have seen over on That Other Site and also, for fuck's sake, get off That Other Site, again, now more than ever

Our March Issue is live!
pitheadchapel.com/2026/03/01/v...

Cover Art by KYLE MERCER

Fiction by
CHARLIE KIEFT
PHEBE KIRKHAM
KATHRYN REESE @kathrynreese.bsky.social
DOUGLAS BAKER

Nonfiction by
AMY TURN SHARP
AUSIÀS TSEL @ausiastsel.com

Prose Poetry by
SEAN CHO A.
LILY CROWDER
MATT POINDEXTER

Issue 132 — RogueAgent Welcome!

Thread, kindling, and a boat full of holes …. issue 132 of Rogue Agent is here! Ft poetry by @susanbarryschulz.com Maudie Bryant, LC Gutierrez, Katie Kim, Yasmin Mariam Kloth, @andrewkozma.net Danielle Pafunda, Christopher Phelps, Evyan Roberts, and Ellie White // rogueagentjournal.com/issue132

A surface of brown leaves with fresh green leaves and a little flower stalk poking out. The flower is a deep pink. The sky and a house are blurry in the background

A brown, leaf covered lawn. Sticking out are a bunch of green leaves and a lone flower with a yellow bud

Hellebore. Daffodil.

especially to the person who processes their pay! 😂

coworker: they say AI will replace all you accountants

Me: Yeah...AI gave Ariana Grande six fingers, but sure go ahead & let it handle your bank account.

everything you post about workshops makes me glad I've never been in one

Congratulations @nnedi.bsky.social!!! So well deserved...

Greetings from the blizzard :: Two new ⚛️ Atomic Sonnets ⚛️ in Puerto del Sol :: Helium’s use of MRI brings out the extraterrestrial in me & Aluminum who prefers their British pronunciation

Five women authors by whom I've read at least five books:

Sharon Olds
Nikky Finney
Louise Glück
Shirley Jackson
Maggie O'Farrell

Niceness is like a candle. It provides a bit of light, but if you’re freezing, it’s not much help. Kindness is the warmth of a fireplace on a freezing cold night.

Both are, well, nice… but one of them is necessary.

5 authors by whom I've read at least 5 books:

Kurt Vonnegut
Thomas Hardy
Edith Wharton
Wendell Berry
Josh Malerman

book cover The Award by Matthew Pearl

finished reading The Award by Matthew Pearl. I didn't like it at first, protagonist is an unlikable aspiring author who idolizes & ends up being neighbors to an even more unlikable famous author. But then there's a Hitchockian twist. Kinda convoluted after that, but held my interest.

love & felt this one...

A corrugated cardboard box with a white label on it. The label reads title: backyard Alchemy. CTN qty: 40

My book has entered the chat.

Emma Bolden | Contemporary History The trees spend the last of their coppers. Everyone’s selling their fists and my nose just bleeds and bleeds. In better times we have no idea we’re living in better times. Every blessing settles down in bed next to a curse. Sometimes I look out of my window and think, what’s so great about that? The blinds snap shut. A change in season changes nothing. Neither does my handful of Kleenex, red, red, red. When the first boy broke my heart, I imagined my actual heart, bleached bloodless, unpumping. My Sicilian grandfather offered to send him a black handprint and I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t consider it. I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t sometimes think revenge is a synonym for relief. Late November, and all around me the air conditioner still hums out its chill. It’s easy, if you’re not careful, to hear a threat as a comfort, as a song.

hiiii i'm super excited to have a new poem in the latest issue of @upthestaircase.bsky.social. i hope you'll give the issue a visit: www.upthestaircase.org

every time I explain submission fees & payment in "exposure" to a non-writer, they can't believe it

box of paperback books, Tacoma by Aaron Burch

I’ve got 6-8 copies of TACOMA and need to go to the post office tomorrow!

$20 for book & shipping!

…but also, I’d rather it be read by curious, excited readers than books just sit in my office. Want one but can’t afford rn? hmu and we’ll figure out a trade or a pay it fwd sitch or something…

she is closer to my normal style. I'd love to go as Siouxsie, but don't think I could get my hair to spike like hers.

invited to a 70s themed dance party. trying to decide whether to go as Siouxsie Sioux, Stevie Nicks, or Patti Smith. the triple goddess.

Wuthering Heights + A Panel Discussion on the Future of Film Criticism As part of Regent Street Cinema’s 130th anniversary celebrations, we are delighted to present a special screening of Wuthering Heights on 20 February, followed by a panel discussion exploring the futu...

There are still a few tickets left to the Wuthering Heights screening and Future Of Film Criticism panel event @regentstcinema.bsky.social tomorrow night, so if you're free and fancy it, come along! www.regentstreetcinema.com/movie/wuther...