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DECEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is MATTHEW KINLIN!!! Theme: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Burning House Press are excited to welcome Matthew Kinlin as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today Matt will take over editorship of Burning House Pr…
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Friends! Welcome our December guest editor - MATTHEW KINLIN!!! @matthewkinlin.bsky.social
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
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First post for Nico month @thearsonista.bsky.social - a short essay from Graham Russell on Nico in Warhol’s The Closet (1966) and the early contradictions of her persona ❄️
Nico in The Closet (1966) by Graham Russell
Nico and Randy Bourscheidt in The Closet (1966) The Closet (1966) was Nico’s first film with cadaverous Pop Art visionary Andy Warhol and thus represents her cinematic unveiling as a Warhol S…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
First post for Nico month @thearsonista.bsky.social - a short essay from Graham Russell on Nico in Warhol’s The Closet (1966) and the early contradictions of her persona ❄️
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Friends! Welcome our December guest editor - MATTHEW KINLIN!!! @matthewkinlin.bsky.social
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
DECEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is MATTHEW KINLIN!!! Theme: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Burning House Press are excited to welcome Matthew Kinlin as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today Matt will take over editorship of Burning House Pr…
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December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Friends! Welcome our December guest editor - MATTHEW KINLIN!!! @matthewkinlin.bsky.social
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
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People are powered by science. Nobody understands it. That is fine; that is why we have scientists to attend to the little details. Our details extend further out into the day-to-day
People are powered by science. Nobody understands it. That is fine; that is why we have scientists to attend to the little details. Our details extend further out into the day-to-day
Dreams by Bebe Zeva
Consciousness is overrated.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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People are powered by science. Nobody understands it. That is fine; that is why we have scientists to attend to the little details. Our details extend further out into the day-to-day
People are powered by science. Nobody understands it. That is fine; that is why we have scientists to attend to the little details. Our details extend further out into the day-to-day
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Excited to be guest-editing @thearsonista.bsky.social for December.
The theme is: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico ❄️❄️❄️
Send baroque fantasies, imaginary interviews, dream fragments, incantations, maps, fiction, essays, harlequin nightmares to [email protected] 🔥
The theme is: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico ❄️❄️❄️
Send baroque fantasies, imaginary interviews, dream fragments, incantations, maps, fiction, essays, harlequin nightmares to [email protected] 🔥
DECEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is MATTHEW KINLIN!!! Theme: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Burning House Press are excited to welcome Matthew Kinlin as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today Matt will take over editorship of Burning House Pr…
burninghousepress.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Excited to be guest-editing @thearsonista.bsky.social for December.
The theme is: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico ❄️❄️❄️
Send baroque fantasies, imaginary interviews, dream fragments, incantations, maps, fiction, essays, harlequin nightmares to [email protected] 🔥
The theme is: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico ❄️❄️❄️
Send baroque fantasies, imaginary interviews, dream fragments, incantations, maps, fiction, essays, harlequin nightmares to [email protected] 🔥
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Will be doing some pomes at this tomorrow night (Tuesday) Bethnal Green pop thru if you’re about should be a goodun
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Will be doing some pomes at this tomorrow night (Tuesday) Bethnal Green pop thru if you’re about should be a goodun
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we are now open for submissions of fiction, essays and experimental texts ...
all info here:
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all info here:
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December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
we are now open for submissions of fiction, essays and experimental texts ...
all info here:
oleada.io/publication/...
all info here:
oleada.io/publication/...
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Rust & Moth is now accepting poems for our Spring 2026 issue! We read until the solstice hits (Dec 21st).
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Submissions – Rust & Moth
A Journal Of Poetry And The Arts
rustandmoth.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Rust & Moth is now accepting poems for our Spring 2026 issue! We read until the solstice hits (Dec 21st).
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
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This collection has magic, humor, spirit, lyricism, resistance, delight, and lots of animals. Thought-provoking and kind, *Becoming Altar* makes a great gift for yourself or any reader.
What I want for Christmas is for *Becoming Altar* to sell out!
❤️ 🎄 📘 💖
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What I want for Christmas is for *Becoming Altar* to sell out!
❤️ 🎄 📘 💖
asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This collection has magic, humor, spirit, lyricism, resistance, delight, and lots of animals. Thought-provoking and kind, *Becoming Altar* makes a great gift for yourself or any reader.
What I want for Christmas is for *Becoming Altar* to sell out!
❤️ 🎄 📘 💖
asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
What I want for Christmas is for *Becoming Altar* to sell out!
❤️ 🎄 📘 💖
asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
Friends! Welcome our December guest editor - MATTHEW KINLIN!!! @matthewkinlin.bsky.social
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
DECEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is MATTHEW KINLIN!!! Theme: My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Burning House Press are excited to welcome Matthew Kinlin as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today Matt will take over editorship of Burning House Pr…
burninghousepress.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Friends! Welcome our December guest editor - MATTHEW KINLIN!!! @matthewkinlin.bsky.social
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
Matt’s theme for the month will be///
__My Heart Is Empty: Responses to The Life and Work of Nico
Sendyourmagicxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/12/01/d...
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One of the pieces I loved from the last time I edited @thearsonista.bsky.social, back in 2018 — by the Egyptian artist Ganzeer
"In Casablanca, everyone you meet will know that one Moroccan guy you met ten years ago in another country, on the other side of the world..."
"In Casablanca, everyone you meet will know that one Moroccan guy you met ten years ago in another country, on the other side of the world..."
In Casablanca by Ganzeer
In Casablanca you will expect buildings to be white, based solely on the city’s name, which translates to ‘white house’. But there will hardly be a truly white building in sight. How od…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
One of the pieces I loved from the last time I edited @thearsonista.bsky.social, back in 2018 — by the Egyptian artist Ganzeer
"In Casablanca, everyone you meet will know that one Moroccan guy you met ten years ago in another country, on the other side of the world..."
"In Casablanca, everyone you meet will know that one Moroccan guy you met ten years ago in another country, on the other side of the world..."
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The not for profit journal had @ccohanlon.bsky.social guest edit for the @thearsonista.bsky.social and he was nice enough to publish my piece on what I believe the kids call touching grass burninghousepress.com/2025/11/25/m...
Mizmaze by Sylvia Warren
The first time I walked a city without direction was in Florence. Before that trip each day was regimented by parents—a designated set of sites to visit, walking through the streets was a chore bet…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The not for profit journal had @ccohanlon.bsky.social guest edit for the @thearsonista.bsky.social and he was nice enough to publish my piece on what I believe the kids call touching grass burninghousepress.com/2025/11/25/m...
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My last for @thearsonista.bsky.social: Bo Mandeville's Sketching Clouds, a moving account of a journey by road and sea to Northern Ireland, his open-hearted acceptance of a terminal point to his degenerative illness, and his joy.
Sketching Clouds by Bo Mandeville
Photo by Bo Mandeville Driving from Edinburgh to Cairnryan, still in a state of dulled lucidity, unable to fully grasp the enormity of the journey. Once boarded, sounds, smells and motion wake me. …
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My last for @thearsonista.bsky.social: Bo Mandeville's Sketching Clouds, a moving account of a journey by road and sea to Northern Ireland, his open-hearted acceptance of a terminal point to his degenerative illness, and his joy.
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well, my Nov 26th interview with Kentucky Writers Roundtable is up on RadioLex/MediaLex...
Kevin & Jay are absolute jewels & local legends in the poetry community & i enjoyed myself way more than my grumpy ass expected 😂
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Kevin & Jay are absolute jewels & local legends in the poetry community & i enjoyed myself way more than my grumpy ass expected 😂
medialex.us/shows/kentuc...
Kentucky Writers Roundtable
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November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
well, my Nov 26th interview with Kentucky Writers Roundtable is up on RadioLex/MediaLex...
Kevin & Jay are absolute jewels & local legends in the poetry community & i enjoyed myself way more than my grumpy ass expected 😂
medialex.us/shows/kentuc...
Kevin & Jay are absolute jewels & local legends in the poetry community & i enjoyed myself way more than my grumpy ass expected 😂
medialex.us/shows/kentuc...
Massive gratitude and thanks to November’s guest editor - the amazing @ccohanlon.bsky.social and to all the fantastic contributors to the JOURNEYS edition! 🖤🥳
And that's me done as November's guest editor @thearsonista.bsky.social (for the second time in seven years).
I'll find my own way out.
I'll find my own way out.
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Massive gratitude and thanks to November’s guest editor - the amazing @ccohanlon.bsky.social and to all the fantastic contributors to the JOURNEYS edition! 🖤🥳
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And that's me done as November's guest editor @thearsonista.bsky.social (for the second time in seven years).
I'll find my own way out.
I'll find my own way out.
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And that's me done as November's guest editor @thearsonista.bsky.social (for the second time in seven years).
I'll find my own way out.
I'll find my own way out.
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I visited Kostrzyn nad Odrą, the former German Küstrin, and its vanished old town. For @thearsonista.bsky.social I wrote about its most famous inhabitant Hans Hermann von Katte and the ghosts of empire. Many thanks to @ccohanlon.bsky.social for publishing it. burninghousepress.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I visited Kostrzyn nad Odrą, the former German Küstrin, and its vanished old town. For @thearsonista.bsky.social I wrote about its most famous inhabitant Hans Hermann von Katte and the ghosts of empire. Many thanks to @ccohanlon.bsky.social for publishing it. burninghousepress.com/2025/11/27/t...
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"My journey to the death of Katte is...a Prussian pilgrimage but also one across the layers of the recent history of Europe and its leftovers."
@marcelkrueger.bsky.social on Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Kattea, a tragic footnote in early 18th century Prussian history.
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@marcelkrueger.bsky.social on Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Kattea, a tragic footnote in early 18th century Prussian history.
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There Is Nothing To Forgive by Marcel Krueger
Memorial to Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Katte. All photos by Marcel Krueger. The border is the maddest line on the map, the most fluid, unnatural and dangerous.Tomasz Różycki, from Trial by Fire On…
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November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"My journey to the death of Katte is...a Prussian pilgrimage but also one across the layers of the recent history of Europe and its leftovers."
@marcelkrueger.bsky.social on Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Kattea, a tragic footnote in early 18th century Prussian history.
@thearsonista.bsky.social
@marcelkrueger.bsky.social on Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Kattea, a tragic footnote in early 18th century Prussian history.
@thearsonista.bsky.social
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"The music seemed timeless. Soon I was floating out on the floor, feeling the syncopated horns and strings, galvanising my thinning muscles. I was still the old modernist, making moves I didn’t know I still had in me."
A.J. Lees regains his Northern Soul in Blackpool.
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A.J. Lees regains his Northern Soul in Blackpool.
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Tangerine Coast by A.J. Lees
The North Shore, Blackpool. All photos by Stefan Svennson. Every year, in the last week of June, the mills, engine rooms, and coal mines in Oldham closed down, and an exodus followed. My great-gran…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"The music seemed timeless. Soon I was floating out on the floor, feeling the syncopated horns and strings, galvanising my thinning muscles. I was still the old modernist, making moves I didn’t know I still had in me."
A.J. Lees regains his Northern Soul in Blackpool.
@thearsonista.bsky.social
A.J. Lees regains his Northern Soul in Blackpool.
@thearsonista.bsky.social
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My last days as guest editor @thearsonista.bsky.social, marked by a flurry of publication.
My sincere thanks to @miggyangel.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all the November contributors for your inspiring works.
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My sincere thanks to @miggyangel.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all the November contributors for your inspiring works.
burninghousepress.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My last days as guest editor @thearsonista.bsky.social, marked by a flurry of publication.
My sincere thanks to @miggyangel.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all the November contributors for your inspiring works.
burninghousepress.com
My sincere thanks to @miggyangel.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all the November contributors for your inspiring works.
burninghousepress.com
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"I wandered down a path without any sense (nor care) of where I was going. No purpose, no intention, no destination — a random walk in the dark."
anna f., aka @kimcarsons4.bsky.social, on her new, 2D adventures in mixed media.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
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anna f., aka @kimcarsons4.bsky.social, on her new, 2D adventures in mixed media.
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this by anna f.
Photos/artwork by anna f. All this started on a lonely bench at Frustration Station. There I was, sitting, with a crushing sense of defeat, of failure, and a nagging urge to engage in some kind of …
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"I wandered down a path without any sense (nor care) of where I was going. No purpose, no intention, no destination — a random walk in the dark."
anna f., aka @kimcarsons4.bsky.social, on her new, 2D adventures in mixed media.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
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anna f., aka @kimcarsons4.bsky.social, on her new, 2D adventures in mixed media.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
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"I didn’t sleep. Instead, I spent much of the 12-hour journey videoing out the conveniently placed window in my sleeping compartment."
Nick Stewart on the night train from London to the Scottish Highlands, in 2020.
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Nick Stewart on the night train from London to the Scottish Highlands, in 2020.
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Night Train by Nick Stewart
Video, audio, and piano by Nick Stewart In March 2020, I needed a break and booked the Caledonian Sleeper Train from London to the Scottish highlands. But, on the third and last day, walking on a w…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"I didn’t sleep. Instead, I spent much of the 12-hour journey videoing out the conveniently placed window in my sleeping compartment."
Nick Stewart on the night train from London to the Scottish Highlands, in 2020.
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Nick Stewart on the night train from London to the Scottish Highlands, in 2020.
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"The strangest thing about traveling for a long time is the return. Your descent back into your old life and old patterns feels like a direct confrontation with your past self."
New Orleans artist and tattoist @lake.bsky.social on her random impulse to go to sea.
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New Orleans artist and tattoist @lake.bsky.social on her random impulse to go to sea.
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Glittering Metals by Lake Sleep
Sailing in the Caribbean Sea changed me, it’s true. I hold the memories delicately in my fingers wherever I go. . . . March 29, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana: things at the tattoo shop hadn’t pan…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"The strangest thing about traveling for a long time is the return. Your descent back into your old life and old patterns feels like a direct confrontation with your past self."
New Orleans artist and tattoist @lake.bsky.social on her random impulse to go to sea.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
New Orleans artist and tattoist @lake.bsky.social on her random impulse to go to sea.
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"This is not an essay about psychogeography or being a flâneur, it is a question of what about settling somewhere is it that resists what is otherwise one of life’s great pleasures."
@sylvswarren.bsky.social writes about familiar walks she describes as 'mizmazes.
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@sylvswarren.bsky.social writes about familiar walks she describes as 'mizmazes.
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Mizmaze by Sylvia Warren
The first time I walked a city without direction was in Florence. Before that trip each day was regimented by parents—a designated set of sites to visit, walking through the streets was a chore bet…
burninghousepress.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"This is not an essay about psychogeography or being a flâneur, it is a question of what about settling somewhere is it that resists what is otherwise one of life’s great pleasures."
@sylvswarren.bsky.social writes about familiar walks she describes as 'mizmazes.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
@sylvswarren.bsky.social writes about familiar walks she describes as 'mizmazes.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]