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X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 6h

we have two short pieces by Ellie Powell !!

they are very funny & clever & strange & wonderful

for awhile now i’ve tried & failed to articulate this type of humor i’m so attracted to…maybe u can identify it. thank u for reading !

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TWO SHORT PIECES by Ellie Powell

In which Kazuo Ishiguro runs a dating hotline on the radio like in Sleepless in Seattle ME Hello? KAZUO ISHIGURO Hello, you’ve reached the Kazuo Ishiguro Dating Hotline. My name is Kazuo Ishiguro....

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Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social · 1d

Pleasure to speak with Naomi Falk @celardolor.bsky.social about the probing The Surrender of Man. Out from @incastellated.bsky.social. Check the interview at @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/the-surrende...

THE SURRENDER OF MAN: A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI FALK by Rebecca Gransden

With The Surrender of Man (Inside the Castle, 2025), Naomi Falk examines twenty works of art, using each as both touchstone and springboard for scrutiny of modernity. An exhibition of the psychic spac...

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 1d

“Your wife was overjoyed when your uncle drowned in three inches of water at the bottom of a cave. It meant your family would inherit his house. Although you both wished it wasn’t in such tragic circumstances.”

Jack Lennon | @xraylitmag.bsky.social

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HEIR APPARENT by Jack Lennon

1 Your wife was overjoyed when your uncle drowned in three inches of water at the bottom of a cave. It meant your family would inherit his house. Although you both wished it wasn’t in such tragic circ...

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CLASH Books @clashbooks.bsky.social · 1d

That’s my goth lit sister 🥲 love that book so much!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 1d

we have a great Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social interview, this time with Naomi Falk @celardolor.bsky.social about her new book about art, 'The Surrender of Man'

it's got one of the coolest book covers of the year !! read & cop

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THE SURRENDER OF MAN: A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI FALK by Rebecca Gransden

With The Surrender of Man (Inside the Castle, 2025), Naomi Falk examines twenty works of art, using each as both touchstone and springboard for scrutiny of modernity. An exhibition of the psychic spac...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 1d

we have a great Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social interview, this time with Naomi Falk @celardolor.bsky.social about her new book about art, 'The Surrender of Man'

it's got one of the coolest book covers of the year !! read & cop

xraylitmag.com/the-surrende...

THE SURRENDER OF MAN: A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI FALK by Rebecca Gransden

With The Surrender of Man (Inside the Castle, 2025), Naomi Falk examines twenty works of art, using each as both touchstone and springboard for scrutiny of modernity. An exhibition of the psychic spac...

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 2d

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Essays feat. @literarymama.bsky.social @orionmagazine.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social @y2kq.com et al. https://duotrope.com...

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Essays feat. @literarymama.bsky.social @orionmagazine.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social @y2kq.com et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/nonfiction/essays-r6Eeyb29

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 2d

we have a story by Jack Lennon !!

'Heir Apparent' is about a person that inherits their uncle's house + its room full of jars of piss

i love reading this story as a metaphor & i love reading it at face value -- don't miss it !

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HEIR APPARENT by Jack Lennon

1 Your wife was overjoyed when your uncle drowned in three inches of water at the bottom of a cave. It meant your family would inherit his house. Although you both wished it wasn’t in such tragic circ...

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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 ...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 3d

“Love stories are a drug I can’t quit; just one more fix...”

we have a story by Kirsti Mackenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social !!

it's about a woman who keeps seeing psychics to learn about the man of her future, while being reminded of her past. read it !

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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 ...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 7d

hi ! yes, we hit the cap — the categories often fill up very quickly, i’m sorry about that.

we open again on November 1st, around 5am arizona time. thank u for considering us

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 8d

snuck one in to @xraylitmag.bsky.social

dean koontz lookin like a dapper mf with his hands nearly in a praying pose and a sly, conspicuous smile on his face. His hair? Justin Bieber. This guy fucks.

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 8d

it's tha 1st of tha month, submissions are open

thanks !

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 13d

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18d

Who doesn't love a family story on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? ❤️ Contributor @kimmagowan.bsky.social published a piece in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about sisterhood and loss: buff.ly/thno5fO

Embroidery scissors in the shape of a stork. There's a spool of thread and a pine branch.

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 18d

Nice lil acceptance from @xraylitmag.bsky.social - very excited to share Portrait of You in Five Psychics 🔮

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 20d

read 'Pile Drive Me Into the Earth' by Thora Dahlke !! it's such a good one

lonely college freshman + wasted summer + roommate from Finland + MDMA + Moomintroll tattoo + this sentence: "Her awe is wide, her hope so raw."

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PILE DRIVE ME INTO THE EARTH by Thora Dahlke

Althea Downs spends all summer break in her bedroom. Through the pivot roof window, the sun deep fries her no matter where she sits. She drinks berry-kale smoothies and listens to macabre podcasts tha...

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Laney Lenox, PhD @laneylenox.bsky.social · 21d

". . .but if I say, “Yes, we’re going down in the dose permanently, I hope,” if I say, “So far we’re doing pretty well,” if I say anything at all, we’ll be at the hospital in twenty-four hours." Swallow by @writesloud.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social
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SWALLOW by Hannah Grieco

The pharmacist has to get the key, which is missing for the moment. The tech apologizes. It was hanging by the fridge in the back, just yesterday. He’s not sure where it went, but the pharmacist will ...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 22d

i love this story by Hank O'Neill !

'Coaguloid' is about a tv show in which a woman eats in front of a live studio audience. what else can is say about this weird 1,000 word story except that it's so fucking cool & well written

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COAGULOID by Hank O'Neill

It tastes so god I can’t hav another bite I say — and the hole of evrybody jus shuts up like oh is she about to stop? Loud one second and then gasping like is this reel? I hear somone literallay go ho...

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Dave Fitzgerald @dfitzgerraldo.bsky.social · 23d

New Xray Recommends is live - a paean to Brandi Homan’s Burn Fortune, Kristin Garth’s Daddy, Danielle Chelosky’s Pregaming Grief, and the 1969 movie musical Paint Your Wagon! @clashbooks.bsky.social @anxietypress.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @xraylitmag.bsky.social

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DAVE FITZGERALD RECOMMENDS: Brandi Homan’s 'Burn Fortune', Kristin Garth’s 'Daddy', and Danielle Chelosky’s 'Pregaming Grief'

Paint Your Wagon, the 1969 Western musical starring Jean Seberg, Clint Eastwood, and Lee Marvin, was a historic commercial flop, by turns both mindbogglingly strange, and mind-numbingly dull in its de...

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 24d

This floored me this morning. I didn't realize hospitals smelled like mashed potatoes, but they do. Also, the way the narrator is brought right up to the edge of epiphany. A great kind of flash.

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 24d

we have a great story by Emma Burger !

it's about a woman who idolizes the wealthy & fashionable to the point that she starts abusing stimulants to keep up, a choice that ends up giving her a heart attack. read it !

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YOU TEACH ME HOW TO BE by Emma Burger

You’re all so thin and beautiful. I only wanted to be like you. To want for nothing. To live in a gorgeous Tribeca loft. To wear Brunello Cucinelli and Loro Piana like it was nothing. To show up to mo...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 23d

we have some book recommendations by Dave Fitzgerald @dfitzgerraldo.bsky.social !

he discusses books by Brandi Homan, Kristin Garth, and Danielle Chelosky

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DAVE FITZGERALD RECOMMENDS: Brandi Homan’s 'Burn Fortune', Kristin Garth’s 'Daddy', and Danielle Chelosky’s 'Pregaming Grief'

Paint Your Wagon, the 1969 Western musical starring Jean Seberg, Clint Eastwood, and Lee Marvin, was a historic commercial flop, by turns both mindbogglingly strange, and mind-numbingly dull in its de...

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 24d

we have a great story by Emma Burger !

it's about a woman who idolizes the wealthy & fashionable to the point that she starts abusing stimulants to keep up, a choice that ends up giving her a heart attack. read it !

xraylitmag.com/you-teach-me...

YOU TEACH ME HOW TO BE by Emma Burger

You’re all so thin and beautiful. I only wanted to be like you. To want for nothing. To live in a gorgeous Tribeca loft. To wear Brunello Cucinelli and Loro Piana like it was nothing. To show up to mo...

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 25d

"...now, she wants Amy to feel shitty. To confront her rigidity and selfishness. To brim with impossible regrets."
@kimmagowan.bsky.social + @xraylitmag.bsky.social = ⚡⚡

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 29d

Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 29d

we have a story by Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.

a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto

xraylitmag.com/two-days-aft...

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 26d

"Because of course Cora would have hoped that the silver lining of dying is that Amy would want to see her."

Oh, this strikes a chord. 💔

@kimmagowan.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 29d

Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 29d

we have a story by Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.

a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto

xraylitmag.com/two-days-aft...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 29d

Thrilled to have a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 29d

we have a story by Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social !

it's about two daughters who start going through their recently deceased mother's apartment. one of the daughters was estranged from her.

a very strong & tightly written story that u should read pronto

xraylitmag.com/two-days-aft...

TWO DAYS AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIES by Kim Magowan

Josie uses her key to let herself and her sister Amy into Cora’s apartment. She walks in first, then turns to see Amy standing in the doorway, hand braced against the doorframe. Josie says, impatientl...