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Not sure how I got cool enough to get my micro CNF story about work included in @troublemakerfire.bsky.social 's amazing Volume 10: Fairweather collection. Pick up the book to read the other pieces!
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Glass Cages
Troublemaker Firestarter // January 18, 2026 Glass Cages Troublemaker Firestarter, 10. Fairweather
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January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Not sure how I got cool enough to get my micro CNF story about work included in @troublemakerfire.bsky.social 's amazing Volume 10: Fairweather collection. Pick up the book to read the other pieces!
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Current favorites are “ghazal for lost nights,” “gender as door flung open,” and “nights aglow” from Erica Leslie Weidner’s poetry book “identity sbagliato” @troublemakerfire.bsky.social 🔥
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Current favorites are “ghazal for lost nights,” “gender as door flung open,” and “nights aglow” from Erica Leslie Weidner’s poetry book “identity sbagliato” @troublemakerfire.bsky.social 🔥
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If you liked hearing these poems, you can now read them in the @troublemakerfire.bsky.social issue. Order here: troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/10-f...
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 AM
If you liked hearing these poems, you can now read them in the @troublemakerfire.bsky.social issue. Order here: troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/10-f...
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10: fairweather
Featuring: Pam Avoledo, tommy wyatt blake, Alex Carrigan, Nancy Cherry, Audrey Gow, Alaina Hammond, Jake Hernandez, Sammy Merabet Ismet, T. A. Jenkins, Stephanie Jones, Frances Klein, otto LA, BJ L…
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January 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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I appeared on the @troublemakerfire.bsky.social podcast to read some of my work. The episode is live, so listen to it here: troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak...
Troublemaker Firestarter Episode 6
1.17.26
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January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I appeared on the @troublemakerfire.bsky.social podcast to read some of my work. The episode is live, so listen to it here: troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak...
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here’s a vibe breakdown of most of my books, if you’re interested in picking up one or two~
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December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
here’s a vibe breakdown of most of my books, if you’re interested in picking up one or two~
publishers incl: @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @the-ethelzine.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @ghostcitypress.bsky.social @bullshitlit.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social
publishers incl: @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @the-ethelzine.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @ghostcitypress.bsky.social @bullshitlit.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social
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A dear friend and buddy got his story submitted and accepted. His first one ever!
So bloody proud of you.
Well done, @norab84.bsky.social 🥰
So bloody proud of you.
Well done, @norab84.bsky.social 🥰
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A dear friend and buddy got his story submitted and accepted. His first one ever!
So bloody proud of you.
Well done, @norab84.bsky.social 🥰
So bloody proud of you.
Well done, @norab84.bsky.social 🥰
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Coming February 2026 love u 😘
Coming February 2026 love u 😘
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We love seeing all the comments people leave for their favorite mags! This one goes out to @troublemakerfire.bsky.social <3
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We love seeing all the comments people leave for their favorite mags! This one goes out to @troublemakerfire.bsky.social <3
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check out these excerpts from FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! ( @troublemakerfire.bsky.social )
poems can be found in @sageciggs.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social & motheaten mag
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poems can be found in @sageciggs.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social & motheaten mag
preorder here: troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/for-...
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
check out these excerpts from FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! ( @troublemakerfire.bsky.social )
poems can be found in @sageciggs.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social & motheaten mag
preorder here: troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/for-...
poems can be found in @sageciggs.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social & motheaten mag
preorder here: troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/for-...
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here are a few excerpts from my upcoming poetry book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
poems in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @miniskirtmag.bsky.social
book is $12+ship, PLUS you get a free issue of troublemaker firestarter when you preorder~
poems in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @miniskirtmag.bsky.social
book is $12+ship, PLUS you get a free issue of troublemaker firestarter when you preorder~
![excerpt from the poem "demure? more like demonic [+ TikTok video notes]":
"you want to wake up / from this nightmare possessed by the particular / phase of moon, trespasses of memory, and the way / they sever your tongue with stars serrated / by vast darkness, as you loosen to static"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c6w5dnka3hsf7i5o67kz3zvj/bafkreiggjo6i4h4cjirbepohmnjwhyqs33nfikreikahygigjrbfysij5a@jpeg)
![excerpt from "[INSERT LONG TITLE HERE] type of lore drop about your relationship to arson":
"they say you're afraid to flick on a lighter / as they uncork a bottle of kerosene, / and this is why they want to leave you / in the potential of ruin, bracing to be burned"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c6w5dnka3hsf7i5o67kz3zvj/bafkreiawf4d46wzqienl6qujfu6ksdmve3imcoihovssx5d3d576xjx2aa@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
here are a few excerpts from my upcoming poetry book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
poems in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @miniskirtmag.bsky.social
book is $12+ship, PLUS you get a free issue of troublemaker firestarter when you preorder~
poems in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @miniskirtmag.bsky.social
book is $12+ship, PLUS you get a free issue of troublemaker firestarter when you preorder~
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Thanks, Davi, for assembling such a varied and compelling group of writers for this @troublemakerfire.bsky.social reading. troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak... It was my pleasure to read a section of my story “Leaves” from my book Queer as Folk Tales (available here: a.co/d/9GkGz81).
Troublemaker Firestarter Virtual Reading #4
In order of reading: Josh Dale, Avitus B.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks, Davi, for assembling such a varied and compelling group of writers for this @troublemakerfire.bsky.social reading. troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak... It was my pleasure to read a section of my story “Leaves” from my book Queer as Folk Tales (available here: a.co/d/9GkGz81).
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Fiction feat. @agnimagazine.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/literary-fiction-Ne0i1Xx2
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Fiction feat. @agnimagazine.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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looking for reviewers for my book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! coming soon with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
looking for reviewers for my book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! coming soon with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,
1/2
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
idk im happy he died we won
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
idk im happy he died we won
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Not to brag, but everything I've posted about Charlie Kirk would get me fired by MSNBC.
September 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not to brag, but everything I've posted about Charlie Kirk would get me fired by MSNBC.