An upcoming publisher closure means that 3 of my books are now currently unavailable. The best way to support me rn is to get Cosmic Dykes or Bound In flesh from ghoulish.rip , lil guts via lil ghosts, or directly thru ko-fi.com/lormaggot 💖
considering love like this today
Maybe the Body, poems by Asa Drake.
"The body is full of attempt without the guarantee of resolution."
Don't miss A.D. Lauren-Abunassar's review of @asaldrake.bsky.social's poetry collection MAYBE THE BODY from our FEBRUARY ISSUE. 💕 Enjoy it right here: buff.ly/lVpi9D5
ty for your patience as we get this ready!! you'll meet them soon <3
Screencaps of text that reads "There's a fat dyke with engine problems out front. You deal with it. That's how Harriett first met Marcy Bukowski--"
I'd also like to say I'm p sure I wrote the best meetcute of all time and it starts with this line
Fanny Howe
"Self-Portrait as the Eight of Swords", Anna Laura Reeve
"...there is no better place to find the materials for that cosmopolitan education in poetry than by reading through the poems that make up the anthology At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets,
Another review from Ancci in @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
at least it’s almost february
my grandpa leon design also making hearts throb 💕
purple graphic with teal circle and Foglifter logo. The header reads, “Save the Date.” text reads, “Call for Print Issue 11.2, Feb 1 - Apr 1”
purple graphic with teal circle and Foglifter logo. The header reads, “Save the Date.” text reads, “Call for Print Issue 11.2, Feb 1 - Apr 1”
This year, we’re trying something new! We’ll be moving up our submission periods by one month: so save the dates and start thinking about what work you might like to send our way!
✨ Print Issue 11.2 ✨
February 1 - April 1, 2026
✨ Digital Issue 1.2 ✨
February 15 - April 15, 2026
aquarius symbol and foglifter logo. text reads, "creative prompts for aquarius season."
yellow half circle graphics. text reads, "aquarius as a creative energy. the urge to question, challenge, experiment, reform, rebel, disrupt, liberate, be unique, invent, organize with others, imagine the future, break free, radicalize, QUEER THINGS UP."
text reads, "creative prompts. aquarius season invites you to consider liberation. AQUARIUS: liberation as a gesture, expression, or movement. PISCES: liberation as dreams or messages from ancestors. ARIES: liberation as uniting for a common good. TAURUS: liberation as the role(s) people might play. GEMINI: liberation as beliefs, philosophies, or sacred entities. CANCER: liberation as grieving, intimacy, or mutual aid."
text reads, "creative prompts. aquarius season invites you to consider liberation. LEO: liberation as relating or relationship. VIRGO: liberation as service, work, or ritual. LIBRA: liberation as joy, play, or fun. SCORPIO: liberation as loved ones and what feels like home. SAGITTARIUS: liberation as neighbors and neighborhood. CAPRICORN: liberation as values & what someone has to offer."
in honor of aquarius season, creative prompts on liberation for your sign. 🌠 ♒ 🏺
The text WHAT ELEGANT STARS on a background of swirling void and glittering stars, amidst two neon-lit inlaid columns. Spaceships with fiery tails behind them in the distance. (An excerpt from the cover illustrated by Lyss Menold). Plus the Neon Hemlock logo.
We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th.
Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars.
<6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫.
www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
This call is now open 🚀
Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!
White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "FICTION: We are looking for unpublished speculative fiction (up to 4000 words) by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror: we love it all! Simultaneous submissions are welcome! We pay 8 cents/word (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"
White text atop a purple illustrated background. The OTHERSIDE logo is at the top. Below that, it reads: "POETRY: We are looking for unpublished speculative poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. You can submit up to three poems at a time, and simultaneous submissions are always welcome. We pay $50 per poem (USD). OPEN NOW! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines"
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Split Lip Magazine's Monarch Queer Literary Awards, 2026 nominees.
Poetry nominees. Ally Ang, "From Holes We Emerged, and Into Holes We Shall Return." Alex Bortell, "Cruising in the Motor City." Séamus Isaac Fey, "Tove's Cento: Youth." Max Pasakorn, "Ghazal for My Gay Ass." C. Russell Price, "Bisquick's Dance Break."
Fiction nominees. Thomas Kearnes, "I Will Forget His Voice." Neeru Nagarajan, "Deadheading." Creative Nonfiction nominees. Ciara Alfaro, "Beauty Mark." Dante Fuoco, "We've Got War to Cover."
🎉 We're thrilled to share our nominees for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards! ✨ 🎉 buff.ly/FS2olmv
Issue No. 11 is here!! All subscriptions and preorders were dropped off at the post office this morning and should be in your mailboxes very soon!!
Didn’t order your copy yet? Get one here: andchangepoetry.com/issues/p/no-11
Social media has connected me with so many amazing people and also it caught me in a trap of moral hyperscrupulosity that I didn't realize and am still disentangling myself from
i will be posting lil tidbits/background LOR(e) about the book as we get closer. to start things off, while I joke its "like ghostbusters" that was the easiest way to describe the book. The "ghosts" are closer to cosmic beings passing through our world!! Pass-Thrus, PTs, or Peteys. they are buds.
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Beings by Ilana Masad Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
The Misheard World by Aliya Whiteley Helm by Sarah Hall The Antidote by Karen Russell When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein
I'm still reading, and there's a chance of some late entries coming up. But for now, in no particular order, my top ten books of 2025!
People who argue "who cares it's just for kids" all I can say is fuck right off. Kids deserve thoughtful, well-made movies that challenge them just as much as adults do. Kids aren't stupid, and they remember how movies affect them basically forever.
ICYMI, I wrote about Greg Bovino texting someone to complain that DHS is hiding him, and appearing to admit that Border Patrol was running license plates to find doors to knock on.
I have been thinking about this due to my work with the estuary collective in 2020-2022 about how literary magazines could create literary communities with other mags in a way that perhaps helps us keep them active and alive. I don’t have the solutions but it’s a lot of folks trying to get publish.
That's right... Harrison Ford
It is genuinely insane how bright and distracting car lights are now
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Wow: Alaska just announced that it will deploy its National Guard to DC... in March 2026.
No plans to leave anytime soon.
(ht @corinne-smith.bsky.social)
