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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Sep 24

Before I forget again: I got published in another Coin-Operated Press zine, this time their recent Videogames zine! Go read and look at some lovely video-game related works, including my WEBFISHING fanfic!

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Videogames Zine

Coin-Operated Press is delighted to present The Videogames Zine! When we say "videogame" - what we mean is any digital game: whether you...

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Sep 3

This isn't me saying "don't close mags it's sad!" btw. Everything must come to an end. But it doesn't mean I'm not going to mourn the mag I literally submitted once to and got rejected from before it closed down. I guess it's just because now that I've been doing this a bit I can see the passion

Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Sep 3

Weird but does anybody else get a strange sense of grief when they see a zine/mag close or go defunct? Like it could be my autistic mind speaking but fsr it feels like a death to me, even if it's not literally one. Every time I see one I remember its name and carry it with me as I submit

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Aug 1

5 months later and the Mockingbird somehow gave me a worse experience than this. Honestly hilarious in hindsight

Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

I check on that college's journal every now and then, 3 years later. It is still dead! And quite frankly, I don't care. The Mockingbird is much better than it will ever be. The only thing I regret is not giving that story another chance to be published. (8/9)

Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · May 13

anyways guess where i just submitted!!

A comment on the Chill Subs Submission Tracker, saying "im so hungry i want taco bell".

Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · May 13

i need to learn to casual post more so. the scariest part about learning how to submit is that i can't read vibes no matter how much i read from a mag. only time i know if my work fits for a mag or not is when i get emailed "nuh uh" and thats kind of spooky for me. is this normal or a skill issue

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Apr 24

Oh! One more thing! My poem "They Don't Know" won an hm in a contest and is currently on display at ETSU's Sherrod Library, along with many other great nature poems! It's on the third floor :)

Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Apr 23

And hit me once, shame on me,
Hit me twice, shame on you! (Hand!)
I’m shaming myself, shaming my blood
Dripping into nothingness down the drain (Hand!)

(2/2!)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Apr 23

Father, do you dream of your father? (Hand!)
Or are your dreamscapes full of chords
And rulers, just like mine? (Hand!)
This mansion smells of bloody rosin
And a model city beneath floorboards (Hand!)
You forced my mother’s hand in marriage
Now you demand mine, take that foot of wood (Hand!)

(1/2)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Apr 23

See the replies of this post for a sneak peek of "The Schvagenbagens", a Metal Family poem that'll be appearing in The Story Ain't Over (@metalfanzine.bsky.social)!

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you're looking for my work, here's a new pinned post for easy searching!

AO3 (self-published works and fanfics): archiveofourown.org/users/Polari...

The Fridge (a list of works published + links): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ok guys I know I've posted about this before but EEEEE I'm still so excited to be part!!!

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★ Meet Polaris Storm! (It/Its) ★ Contributing as a Writer ★
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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

It was a banger story but I ended up just uploading it to AO3 instead of sending it to a journal. It remains the only "I regret uploading this instead of submitting" besides a poem. Ah well. TL;DR don't go to a school where you're the only English freshman. It's not worth it, guys. (9/9)

Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

I check on that college's journal every now and then, 3 years later. It is still dead! And quite frankly, I don't care. The Mockingbird is much better than it will ever be. The only thing I regret is not giving that story another chance to be published. (8/9)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

They told me they were going to publish the short story next year, but I told them not to because I was transferring to ETSU and didn't want to see it in their journal when I was gone. That remains the only withdrawal I've EVER had to do, because I don't sim sub or anything. (7/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

So I realized how dire the situation at my ex-university was. There were no English majors interested in doing anything with the journal besides me. I had also lost the chance to take a creative writing class that semester, so I was UPSET. I immediately started looking to transfer. (6/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

I was finally emailed 5 months later to be told... there were no longer any editors. Every. Single. English major that was applicable. Was gone. That's how I learned half of the English department had either withdrawn, graduated, or changed majors. (5/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

So I was like "hey why the hell did you do that?" and she said "well neopronouns aren't real words!" and I wrote my final paper that semester to spite her. Anyways I'm getting off topic again, after all of that I finally, FINALLY submitted. And nobody heard anything for months on end. (4/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

This was in 2022, so I guess Apollo threw that dodgeball about Ash-Hull. ANYWAYS. I asked one of my English professors if she'd like to help me edit and she was like "sure!" I gave her a copy... and it turns out she mostly marked out every. single. pronoun. of a character who went by xe/xyr. (3/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

And of course I was like "oh, that's fun! I've never submitted everywhere before! I should!" So I wrote a story about a dystopian America, I don't remember everything but it was ruined by a President Ash-Hull (please laugh) and had rebels fighting back or something like that. (2/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

Fun fact: my very first submission to a lit mag was for one that literally like crumbled before my very eyes.

Okay, so basically it was my freshman year of college. I was one of only 11 English majors at my old university. The seniors would run the college's lit mag. (1/?)

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

nothing in this world is funnier than my chill subs tracker comment section to me

A rejected piece with the comment "mariah carey joke".

A rejected piece with the comment "that checks out".

A rejected piece with the comment "I feel a bit better about these ones (I really shouldn't)".

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Feb 2

Another late announcement: A poem of mine got featured in COOP Zine #10! It's an amazing zine with so many good pieces, I highly suggest checking it out <3 coopzine.com/archives/

Archives – COOP

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Polaris Storm @polarisstorm.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hmmm yeah I should probably post this too. If you happen to be in the ETSU area, come to the Speaking Queerly event there on Wednesday, February 12th! I'm a featured speaker there :) honestly am so nervous about it, I never thought I'd be a featured speaker for anything

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