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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 19h

ooo I love essays like this. “I had [x - trauma] but found redemption and healing through [y - pop culture]” is in immediate hook for me

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 19h

reading Monday for all the Guy heads out there

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know that!

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 1d

when people pronounce “et voilà” as “and wallah”

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 1d

so so SO thrilled to share this story with you soon - it found a home at Short Story Long and I am more proud of it than any short story I’ve ever written 👻💕

Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 26d

do you ever have so much fucking fun writing a story because i will take this high over anything the rest of my life thank you !

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 1d

love the smell of a fresh szn in the morning

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 1d

always thought it was more of a “if you like this here’s where you can find more” kind of deal

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 1d

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:

Magic Can't Save Us, Josh Denslow
Girl on Girl, Emily Costa
My Prisoner and Other Stories, Tyler McAndrew
Sad Grownups, Amy Stuber
Horsegirl Fever, Kevin Maloney
The Nothing, Lauren Davis
Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane, Parker Young
Where the Pavement Turns to Sand, Sheldon Birnie
Hey You Assholes, Kyle Seibel
Are You Happy?, Lori Ostlund
This Is the Afterlife, Jeff Chon
Birds Aren't Real, D.T. Robbins
Survival Tips, Miriam Gershow
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner
Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 1d

hAs bEeN pUbLiShEd iN mAnY LiTeRarY jOuRnaLs, iNcLuDiNg

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Jeffrey!

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Jeffrey Hermann @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social · 2d

Want to believe (in everything)? Read this @keersteemack.bsky.social story.

Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 3d

got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith

you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...

PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie

First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...

xraylitmag.com

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Stephanie!

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 2d

Everything is terrible but you can read a great short story today

Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 3d

got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith

you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...

PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie

First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...

xraylitmag.com

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Jessica Dawn @jessdawn.bsky.social · 3d

You should definitely read this, it’s goddamn good

Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 3d

got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith

you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...

PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie

First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...

xraylitmag.com

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Jessica!

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 3d

got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith

you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...

PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie

First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...

xraylitmag.com

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 6d

I loved this book. What a sharp, hilarious, and slyly moving story about loud music, louder ambition, and the myths America sells both to the world and to itself.

Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 8d

Proud to share this today. Coming November 2025 from @sweettrashpress.bsky.social / @houseofvladpress.bsky.social

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so so much, friend 😊💕

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 7d

"we are green– thumbs in our ears // to the tune of the losing football game"

now playing: “True Solace” • Linden Hollow (by James Croal Jackson)
www.major7mag.com/post/true-so...