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Malcolm Farley @malcolmfarley.bsky.social · 6d

My poet-friend and gifted colleague, Casey Elizabeth Newbegin, makes a striking debut with "The Eucalypts," out now from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social

Buy it hot off the press!

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shovda @shovda.bsky.social · 24d

To all my poets and Legend of Zelda lovers, if you want a book of poetry that breathes LoZ, consider "I could die today and live again" by @summ.bsky.social

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i could die today and live again — Summer Farah — Game Over Books

I could die today and live again is inspired by the realm of The Legend of Zelda . Giving voice to non-player characters and blurring the boundaries of game-world and real-world, Summer Farah’s poem...

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 26d

#FF It’s Video Games Day 🎮. To celebrate, give some ❤️ & a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “V” & “G”!
@vestalreview.bsky.social
@galleon-books.bsky.social
@villaineralit.bsky.social
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social
@viridinelit.bsky.social
@garlicpresslit.bsky.social

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Jessica Nirvana Ram @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social · Sep 6

Happy book birthday to my lil debut poetry collection, Earthly Gods ✨ Can’t quite believe it has been a year already since this entered the world, I can’t wait to witness the rest of this book’s little life @gameoverbooks.bsky.social

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Game Over Books @gameoverbooks.bsky.social · Aug 27

A massive thank you to everyone that submitted to the last reading period! Our next reading period will be in May '26. In the meantime, get ready for some new books!

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Chiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · Aug 27

I and the fur-child would like to inform you all that we are just ✨️five months from pub day✨️ for CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Can't wait to share these poems with you!
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social

Ultrasound-like image showing a yellow book titled CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Around the edge are the publishing date and press: January 2026 Game Over Books

A white dog with pointy ears faces the camera with his chin on his side-stretched paws. Chiara leans over him partially visible in the frame, smiling

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Aug 25

and whole dang companion website: utopiansinlove.com

Utopians in Love

The Utopians Are In Love!

utopiansinlove.com

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Aug 25

hi we made an audiobook baby:

bobsykora.bandcamp.com/album/utopia...

Utopians in Love, by Bob Sykora

51 track album

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Game Over Books @gameoverbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

COVER REVEAL!!! We’re thrilled to share this new masterpiece by Catherine Weiss, for Casey Elizabeth Newbegin’s collection THE EUCALYPTS. Available for preorder at GAMEOVERBOOKS.COM

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Haley (they/them) @talkinghyphae.bsky.social · Aug 11

🥹 Feeling really honored by this nom from @petrichorlit.bsky.social for my weird, speculative poem about agrotourism in the Willamette Valley.

Read it here:
petrichormag.com/26-haley-bos...

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summer farah @summ.bsky.social · Aug 4

my sponsorships are reaching around 1k - pledge here! bsky.app/profile/open...

Open Books: A Poem Emporium @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wow! We're up to 175 participants & more than $10k in pledges/direct contributions!

Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️‍🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...

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summer farah @summ.bsky.social · Aug 4

almost forgot to post for #sealeychallenge! Forgive me for the images from Instagram but I could not simply attempt to retake these. spent time w a book by one of my besties for her birthday 💗
#endthegenocideingaza

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · Aug 1

Or pick up Woman as Communion for 20 percent off on @asterismbooks.bsky.social (or directly from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social)

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Woman as Communion | Asterism Books

_Woman as Communion_ is a chapbook that reckons with, but is not resigned to, the patriarchal past and present of the poet’s Christian faith. Through poems that inhabit the experiences of both biblica...

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 31

hi my books has been out for 4 months here’s where you can find a copy

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · Jul 10

I had a chance to talk to @bobsykora.bsky.social about his WONDERFUL book, Utopians in Love, and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social was kind enough to publish that conversation. Check it out below!!
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/10/u...

Utopias Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Sykora

I’ve been hearing about Bob Sykora, his work, and the things he gets up to for years. He was in the cohort that left the spring before I started an MFA at UMass Boston, and everyone spoke so …

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 29

100% of the 4 reviews of my book on storygraph say it’s fast paced so it’s probably an excellent choice for the sealey challenge 💁🏻‍♂️

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image of the story graph page for my book Utopians in Love

continued story graph page for utopians in love with 4.33 star review and 100% fast pace scores

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Jul 8

Liv Mammone’s FIRE IN THE WAITING ROOM is out on July 15! Order it from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social.

These poems “are a precise guide through belonging, grief, and above all: a deep and withstanding love for disabled and discarded bodies.” —Desireé Dallagiacomo

Fire in the Waiting Room — Liv Mammone — Game Over Books

Liv Mammone’s highly anticipated first collection grapples with questions of when the gaze should be demanded versus when it must be endured. In a sharp, elegant voice, she seeks lineage and…

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · Jun 24

The change is coming. The seas will turn
to lemonade, sweep you up, everyone will speak

in blank verse, and everyone, everyone will join.

Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social

UTOPIANS IN LOVE
by BOB SYKORA

beside a bowel of yogurt and peaches and cup of coffee on a poet’s kitchen counter

Second page of “The Utopians are in Love” by Bob Sykora, under yellow Peruvian lilies, and the lines:

sometimes just a few, but always everyone eventually. The utopians are charged, positive.

The change is coming. The seas will turn to lemonade, sweep you up, everyone will speak

in blank verse, and everyone, everyone will join.

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Burgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · Jun 20

Song of Inverted Time from @summ.bsky.social's I COULD DIE TODAY AND LIVE AGAIN (@gameoverbooks.bsky.social, 2023). 🌟✨🌟
#poetry #bookSky 📚💙

Cover shows what seem to be dark paper cut-ours of figures in a round dance on a moonscape. Pastel colors prevail. The sky is a muted purple. The lettering is reminiscent of old computer script.

Song of Inverted Time

Oh, I know I learned songs of protection
sang to the moon until it turned
but a tongue lost turns to smoke
When the moon chooses its end, who will remember us here?

Sang to the moon until it turned
"I learned a song to erase the past"
When the moon chooses its end, who will remember us here?
Listen,

I learned a song to erase the past
Bundled memories in tattered notebooks
Listen,
what else would you choose?

Bundled memories in tattered notebooks,
but we lost this language so long ago.
What else would you choose?
If history never happened again?

We lost this language so long ago.
Silent heroes become quiet civilians
if history never happened again.
"...."

Silent heroes become quiet civilians,
we are the lucky ones.
"...
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We are the lucky ones.
"...
Do you need me to repeat that?
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Game Over Books @gameoverbooks.bsky.social · May 15

Another year. Another poetry festival. See you on the 31st.

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Massachusetts Poetry Festival — Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Massachusetts Poetry Festival features over 100 poets and performers from across Massachusetts and beyond. There are headline readings, workshops, panels, a small press fair, multimedia events, open m...

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Chiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · May 12

Poets and editors, I'm looking for small press titles to review! Preference for work that is a threat to the current status quo / gives the oligarchs hives. Drop your own or someone else's collection below!

a woman in a suit and pink shirt says let 's do this .

Alt: Amy Santiago from Brooklyn 99 says let's do this.

media.tenor.com

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Authors Publish | Magazine for Creative Writers @authorspublish.com · May 12

@gameoverbooks.bsky.social is a publisher seeking #fiction & #poetry manuscripts.

Link 👇
🔗 authorspublish.com/game-over-bo...

Game Over Books: Accepting Manuscript Submissions

A small press based out of Boston, Game Over Books was founded in 2017 and has funded their small press through a mix of Kickstarter fundraising, Patreon, and book sales. Their staff page is here, if

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Apr 15

"I went back to smoking and ice-cream eating and texting at the same time. It was incredible how many hands and mouths I had at my disposal ..."

Food Porn — Sienna Liu
(@gameoverbooks.bsky.social)

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Food Porn — Sienna Liu

Black coffee is good. Even better if you also have a banana, because if you eat your banana with your coffee your banana tastes like ice-cream. It felt indecent, somehow, to be devouring a banana d…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Apr 15

"Black coffee is good. Even better if you also have a banana, because if you eat your banana with your coffee your banana tastes like ice-cream. It felt indecent, somehow, to be devouring a banana ..."

Food Porn — Sienna Liu
(@gameoverbooks.bsky.social)

minorliteratures.com/2025/04/15/f...

Food Porn — Sienna Liu

Black coffee is good. Even better if you also have a banana, because if you eat your banana with your coffee your banana tastes like ice-cream. It felt indecent, somehow, to be devouring a banana d…

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · Apr 15

Food Porn — Sienna Liu
(@gameoverbooks.bsky.social)

minorliteratures.com/2025/04/15/f...

Food Porn — Sienna Liu

Black coffee is good. Even better if you also have a banana, because if you eat your banana with your coffee your banana tastes like ice-cream. It felt indecent, somehow, to be devouring a banana d…

minorliteratures.com

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