Always Crashing
@alwayscrashing.bsky.social
A magazine of fiction, poetry, & nameless things around and in-between. // alwayscrashing.com // https://alwayscrashingmagazine.substack.com/
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Hey Bsky, we're an online & occasionally a print lit mag that's been around for let's say seven or so years now? Maybe eight? Here're a couple of semirepresentative pieces from our archive:
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"as the butcher measures and marks // My skin staring at Goya’s dog I discovered it was not looking up"
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
BROOKE SPALDING / MISSOURI PASTORAL: 5 POEMS — always crashing
PRAIRIE MADNESS [SCENE 1] mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead * mead mead mead mead * mead mead mead mead mead mead mea...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"as the butcher measures and marks // My skin staring at Goya’s dog I discovered it was not looking up"
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
Any time we can send the Pushcart people a short novella of a poem as one of our nominations, we are *thrilled*
I am honored that the editors of @alwayscrashing.bsky.social have nominated my long poem, “Postrock,” for a Pushcart Prize. Thanks so much to them and their ongoing support of my work. www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...
BRADLEY J. FEST / POSTROCK — always crashing
Things show restraint. The guitar’s evening light, the decades, at least three ways of space running on, spilling over from us no matter the font of being’s omissions. It, that: here. Here . Let’s ...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Any time we can send the Pushcart people a short novella of a poem as one of our nominations, we are *thrilled*
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I am honored that the editors of @alwayscrashing.bsky.social have nominated my long poem, “Postrock,” for a Pushcart Prize. Thanks so much to them and their ongoing support of my work. www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...
BRADLEY J. FEST / POSTROCK — always crashing
Things show restraint. The guitar’s evening light, the decades, at least three ways of space running on, spilling over from us no matter the font of being’s omissions. It, that: here. Here . Let’s ...
www.alwayscrashing.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I am honored that the editors of @alwayscrashing.bsky.social have nominated my long poem, “Postrock,” for a Pushcart Prize. Thanks so much to them and their ongoing support of my work. www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...
"as the butcher measures and marks // My skin staring at Goya’s dog I discovered it was not looking up"
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
BROOKE SPALDING / MISSOURI PASTORAL: 5 POEMS — always crashing
PRAIRIE MADNESS [SCENE 1] mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead mead * mead mead mead mead * mead mead mead mead mead mead mea...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"as the butcher measures and marks // My skin staring at Goya’s dog I discovered it was not looking up"
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
>>> "Missouri Pastoral: 5 Poems" by Brooke Spalding / New at AC
I feel like it is important to let you know that tomorrow we will be publishing a poem called "Ass-Up in the Garden [Missouri Pastoral 69]"
(It is a very good poem)
(It is a very good poem)
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I feel like it is important to let you know that tomorrow we will be publishing a poem called "Ass-Up in the Garden [Missouri Pastoral 69]"
(It is a very good poem)
(It is a very good poem)
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Always Crashing Reading and Performance Series / Chicago / 13 Dec 2025, 7pm / Comfort Station, 2579 Milwaukee / See you there
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Always Crashing Reading and Performance Series / Chicago / 13 Dec 2025, 7pm / Comfort Station, 2579 Milwaukee / See you there
If you don't vote for us, why not vote for Barrelhouse? (but vote for us)
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you don't vote for us, why not vote for Barrelhouse? (but vote for us)
Always Crashing Reading and Performance Series / Chicago / 13 Dec 2025, 7pm / Comfort Station, 2579 Milwaukee / See you there
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Always Crashing Reading and Performance Series / Chicago / 13 Dec 2025, 7pm / Comfort Station, 2579 Milwaukee / See you there
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Our Pushcart Prize nominations: basically the size of a short novel
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our Pushcart Prize nominations: basically the size of a short novel
Our Pushcart Prize nominations: basically the size of a short novel
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our Pushcart Prize nominations: basically the size of a short novel
Technically we've got two separate questions here
Are we the best lit mag, or your favorite lit mag?
I mean, obviously the answer is both
Are we the best lit mag, or your favorite lit mag?
I mean, obviously the answer is both
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Technically we've got two separate questions here
Are we the best lit mag, or your favorite lit mag?
I mean, obviously the answer is both
Are we the best lit mag, or your favorite lit mag?
I mean, obviously the answer is both
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When Josie turns into a drawer handle, that's the good shit.
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When Josie turns into a drawer handle, that's the good shit.
To date we have published 282 authors, or approximately 2 medium-sized AWP readings
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
To date we have published 282 authors, or approximately 2 medium-sized AWP readings
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Now at AC // www.alwayscrashing.com/current
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Now at AC // www.alwayscrashing.com/current
Now at AC // www.alwayscrashing.com/current
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Now at AC // www.alwayscrashing.com/current
<- Your favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag
Or possibly your favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag, etc
Or possibly your favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag, etc
It’s back 😏
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
<- Your favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag
Or possibly your favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag, etc
Or possibly your favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag's favorite lit mag, etc
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"Solar Temple. Adam House. Jonestown. So many dead people, most with no names."
>>> "Fistlike Mouth and Rotating Thoughts" by Sarp Sozdinler (@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social) >>> New today at AC
>>> "Fistlike Mouth and Rotating Thoughts" by Sarp Sozdinler (@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social) >>> New today at AC
SARP SOZDINLER / FISTLIKE MOUTH AND ROTATING THOUGHTS — always crashing
She goes over the list of men she’s hooked up with over the past nine months: The guy who worked the ice-cream truck in Elmhurst Park. The redheaded Subway cashier who had a constellation of pimples...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Solar Temple. Adam House. Jonestown. So many dead people, most with no names."
>>> "Fistlike Mouth and Rotating Thoughts" by Sarp Sozdinler (@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social) >>> New today at AC
>>> "Fistlike Mouth and Rotating Thoughts" by Sarp Sozdinler (@sarpsozdinler.bsky.social) >>> New today at AC
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November 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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new from above/ground press: The Man, by Benjamin Niespodziany / @neonpajamas.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: The Man, by Benjamin Niespodziany
The Man a sequence of foolish men Benjamin Niespodziany $6 The Man with the Tail When he argued with his doctor it wandered. published in Ot...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
new from above/ground press: The Man, by Benjamin Niespodziany / @neonpajamas.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
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Today's email edition features new work from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, updates on @seanennis.bsky.social / Nora Hikari / @klooky.bsky.social / @neonpajamas.bsky.social, && a VERY SPECIAL save the date for the next installation of the AC reading & performance series (Dec 13! Chicago!)
"(soft, ambient music)"
featuring giant cartoon masks, possum massage, the Old Rats motorcycle gang, shapely kingships, and the neocities revolution. Plus! Save the date: 13 December!
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November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today's email edition features new work from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, updates on @seanennis.bsky.social / Nora Hikari / @klooky.bsky.social / @neonpajamas.bsky.social, && a VERY SPECIAL save the date for the next installation of the AC reading & performance series (Dec 13! Chicago!)
fun fact, this is everything we publish
Found this one in the notes app from a year ago
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
fun fact, this is everything we publish
Today's email edition features new work from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, updates on @seanennis.bsky.social / Nora Hikari / @klooky.bsky.social / @neonpajamas.bsky.social, && a VERY SPECIAL save the date for the next installation of the AC reading & performance series (Dec 13! Chicago!)
"(soft, ambient music)"
featuring giant cartoon masks, possum massage, the Old Rats motorcycle gang, shapely kingships, and the neocities revolution. Plus! Save the date: 13 December!
alwayscrashingmagazine.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today's email edition features new work from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, updates on @seanennis.bsky.social / Nora Hikari / @klooky.bsky.social / @neonpajamas.bsky.social, && a VERY SPECIAL save the date for the next installation of the AC reading & performance series (Dec 13! Chicago!)
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'Some Column Poems', a set of three poems, was published in Always Crashing @alwayscrashing.bsky.social
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SAMUEL M. MOSS / SOME COLUMN POEMS — always crashing
Due to their layout, these pieces are best viewed in landscape mode or on desktop.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
'Some Column Poems', a set of three poems, was published in Always Crashing @alwayscrashing.bsky.social
www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...
www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...
Nine years! Guess it's nine now
Hey Bsky, we're an online & occasionally a print lit mag that's been around for let's say seven or so years now? Maybe eight? Here're a couple of semirepresentative pieces from our archive:
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Nine years! Guess it's nine now