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"Moon Song" • Phoebe Bridgers (by Ashley Kirkland)

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 10d

"It wasn’t about the bird, I told my husband. Now I have to tell the boys."

now playing: "Moon Song" • Phoebe Bridgers (by @lashleykirkland.bsky.social)
www.major7mag.com/post/moon-so...

No surprises here: The blue jay dies.

"Days of the Phoenix" • AFI (by Natalye Childress)

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 14d

"Mom and dad will say they raised us, but we did our growing up at 201 Washington Street."

now playing: "Days of the Phoenix" • AFI (by
@natalye.bsky.social)
www.major7mag.com/post/days-of...

Mom and dad will say they raised us, but we did our growing up at 201 washington street.

"The Joker" • Steve Miller Band (by Mallory Smart)

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 19d

"Everyone has a Dave. Some version of him is trying to lodge himself in your bones as we speak."

now playing: "The Joker" • Steve Miller Band (by
@mallorysmart.bsky.social)
www.major7mag.com/post/the-jok...

Just proof that we were there.

"San Dimas High School Football Rules" • The Ataris (by Amy E. Casey)

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 23d

"What matters is that I can still feel it, twenty years later, true as a sore throat."

now playing: "San Dimas High School Football Rules" • The Ataris (by @amy-e-casey.bsky.social )
www.major7mag.com/post/san-dim...

What matters is that I can still feel it, twenty years later, true as a sore throat.

"Head Over Heels" • Tears for Fears (by Aarik Danielson)

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Amy E. Casey | Writer @amy-e-casey.bsky.social · Sep 1

So STOKED to have a new flash fiction piece out in the excellent @major7mag ! 🎧❤️‍🔥💿

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Because "Head Over Heels" just came on a playlist, re-posting this little guy from last year @major7mag.bsky.social:

"Their sentiment spills a sacred mystery, something only the gods and God-adjacent confess:

Words make weather. Ask me how I know, how she knows."

www.major7mag.com/post/head-ov...

This is my blueprint for being a whole person.

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Aug 31

thank you @amy-e-casey.bsky.social, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social, ‪@natalye.bsky.social‬, @lashleykirkland.bsky.social, ‪@jamescroaljackson.bsky.social‬, @gant.foo for your knockout work

their tunes are up on our master playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

Literary Mixtape Volume 24

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Aug 31

hi lovers, happy summer

volume 24 is now playing
www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

On ebbs and flows.

"Raining in Baltimore" • Counting Crows (by Thad DeVassie)

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Abigail Myers @abigailmyers.bsky.social · Jul 14

I hadn't thought of this song in years -- it does indeed make for a great setting. Nice job, @thaddevassie.bsky.social in @major7mag.bsky.social

Thad DeVassie @thaddevassie.bsky.social · Jul 7

Love that @major7mag.bsky.social brings written perspectives to the soundtrack of our lives.

Thank you @keersteemack.bsky.social ck for publishing Raining in Baltimore, and entertaining the nostalgic, sad sack I can become through music.

www.major7mag.com/post/raining...

I reach for her hand and she withholds it.

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pierre minar aka Donmexlar @donmexlar.bsky.social · Jun 29

I’m faking it by contributing Jackson Browne’s The Pretender and a little story to @major7mag.bsky.social

Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you @travisflatt.bsky.social , Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @thaddevassie.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, @donmexlar.bsky.social for your work

Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

Playlist · keerstee.mack · 141 items · 46 saves

"Raining in Baltimore" • Counting Crows (by Thad DeVassie)

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Thad DeVassie @thaddevassie.bsky.social · Jul 7

Love that @major7mag.bsky.social brings written perspectives to the soundtrack of our lives.

Thank you @keersteemack.bsky.social ck for publishing Raining in Baltimore, and entertaining the nostalgic, sad sack I can become through music.

www.major7mag.com/post/raining...

I reach for her hand and she withholds it.

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you @travisflatt.bsky.social , Casey Jo Graham Welmers, @thaddevassie.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, @donmexlar.bsky.social for your work

Their tunes are up on the M7 playlist, give it a follow! open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

Playlist · keerstee.mack · 141 items · 46 saves

Literary Mixtape Volume 23

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Jun 29

now playing: volume 23

happy sunday, pals xo
www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

On AI.

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · May 26

wrote a prose poem about a song that i’ve ugly sobbed to many times, so grateful it has a home here <3

Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · May 25

Thank you David P Miller, @girlprometheus.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Arya Vishin, @adamshaw502.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for your knockout work

Their tunes are updated on the M7 master playlist, give it a listen!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

Playlist · keerstee.mack · 136 items · 45 saves

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isobel bradshaw @girlprometheus.bsky.social · May 29

thrilled to be part of this issue! this piece and the song/artist that inspired it mean a lot to me and i'm so glad it's finally out there 🖤

Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · May 25

Thank you David P Miller, @girlprometheus.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Arya Vishin, @adamshaw502.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for your knockout work

Their tunes are updated on the M7 master playlist, give it a listen!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

Playlist · keerstee.mack · 136 items · 45 saves

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · May 25

Thank you David P Miller, @girlprometheus.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Arya Vishin, @adamshaw502.bsky.social, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for your knockout work

Their tunes are updated on the M7 master playlist, give it a listen!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU...

Playlist · keerstee.mack · 136 items · 45 saves

Literary Mixtape Volume 22

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · May 25

now playing: volume 22

happy sunday, folks! xo

www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

On schedules.

"Wildflowers" • Tom Petty (by Andrew Monge)

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Andrew Monge @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thrilled to have a story placed at @major7mag.bsky.social this month! I used Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” as inspiration for this tale of loss. Thanks so much to @keersteemack.bsky.social for giving the story a home.

www.major7mag.com/post/wildflo...

Being ragdolled after my spectacular wipeout, lucky to be washed ashore with lungs that still breathed air after being pumped free of water.

"Eyes to the Wind" • The War on Drugs (by Bryan Harvey)

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Bryan Harvey @bryanharvey.bsky.social · Mar 3

Wrote this for @major7mag.bsky.social about The War on Drugs, running, community, being a son, being a dad, stuff like that. Big thanks to @keersteemack.bsky.social for seeing a better version to be had from the initial sub. www.major7mag.com/post/eyes-to-the-wind-the-war-on-drugs-by-bryan-harvey

Today’s sweat cannot retrieve lost blood.

Literary Mixtape Volume 21

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Frances Boyle @francesboyle19.bsky.social · Mar 3

So happy to have my poem "Hejira", inspired by one of my fave Joni Mitchell songs, in this uber-cool magazine, edited by the equally cool @keersteemack.bsky.social !

Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Mar 3

Now playing: Volume 21

www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

On crossing borders.

"Wildflowers" • Tom Petty (by Andrew Monge)

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Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.social · Mar 5

"Quickly moving from green kook to gnarly surfer, becoming proficient at riding the epic waves of lorazepam and fluoxetine and whiskey, hanging ten on the edge of oblivion..."

The prose in this Andrew Monge story is terrific throughout. Published by @major7mag.bsky.social.

Andrew Monge @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thrilled to have a story placed at @major7mag.bsky.social this month! I used Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” as inspiration for this tale of loss. Thanks so much to @keersteemack.bsky.social for giving the story a home.

www.major7mag.com/post/wildflo...

Being ragdolled after my spectacular wipeout, lucky to be washed ashore with lungs that still breathed air after being pumped free of water.

Literary Mixtape Volume 21

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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Mar 3

Now playing: Volume 21

www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

On crossing borders.

"Forever" • Charli XCX (by Nicholas Maassen)

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Nick Maassen @nickmaassen.bsky.social · Feb 13

Tbh my skull is probably easier to pop than that rusty hood

Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · Feb 13

"You popped the hood of my skull like your 1994 Geo Prizm."

Now playing: "Forever"- charli xcx (by Nicholas Maassen) www.major7mag.com/post/forever...

You popped the hood of my skull like your 1994 Geo Prizm.

"There, There" • The Wonder Years (by Adam Shaw)

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Adam Shaw @adamshaw502.bsky.social · Feb 14

I don’t write a *ton* of lovey sorta stuff, but I’m still hella proud of this essay I had pubbed in @major7mag.bsky.social a year or so ago about how marriage can be scary and unpredictable but also lovely and awe-inspiring and wonderful. For your love day reading:

www.major7mag.com/post/there-t...

A single cell kicking off, snowballing at random, starting this all over—so Ashley said fuck it, let’s stomp it out.