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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 31

Nathan Erwin's "SPIRITUALISM" reflects on Erwin's longstanding and intimate relationship with land-based activism. Erwin's work can also be found in @ninthletter.bsky.social, @terrainorg.bsky.social, @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social, and elsewhere.

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SPIRITUALISM by Nathan Erwin - manywor(l)ds :: place

Past the narrows to Upper Canandaigua, I was drowning. Water flooded my mind praying for a story of recovery to be written on its surface. Behind me the water lilies lifted their heads. My truck’s lig...

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 31

Spencer Nitkey @spencerwriting.bsky.social, a repeat contributor to manywor(l)ds, renders a myth of the historical jesus and his family as we've never seen it before. Nitkey's work can also be found in @apexmag.bsky.social, @cosmorama.bsky.social, and elsewhere.

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Iconostasis: Between the cypress trees and the oceans. Between the sanctuary and the nave. by Spencer Nitkey - manywor(l)ds :: place

I. Christ. But not as we know him. As his father knew him. As a child smeared with shit. As a crying infant with a voice so loud it cracks the skins of his starving parents. Christ tries to shove rock...

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 31

C. Suttee's "Se Sonhar é Uma Flor (If Dreaming is a Flower)" is an experimental essay whose beauty rests, in part, in its footnotes.

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Se Sonhar é Uma Flor (If Dreaming is a Flower) by C. Suttee - manywor(l)ds :: place

The Hubble Space telescope turns off passing over my head as I prune cosmos flowers.1 They are little orange radio telescopes and my body intercepts the signal.2 I am feverishly, barely awake, a spinn...

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 31

a huge congratulations to our nominees, C. Suttee, @spencerwriting.bsky.social, and Nathan Erwin, for Orison's Best Spiritual Literature award!

We're so honored to help give voice to so many complex & multifacted relationships with the universe and our place in it.

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tronotized.bsky.social @tronotized.bsky.social · Aug 15

I like this collage!

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Sylvie Althoff @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social · Aug 15

New story day! Go read the sensational ninth issue of manywor(l)ds, featuring my dive bar cryptid story “Last of the Cigarette Gremlins”!

manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

We're so excited to announce issue 9, our TWO YEAR (!!!!) anniversary issue!

Featuring @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social, @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @mostlymosspoetry.bsky.social, and more.

$Issue 9 Wenyi Xue god bless America endwell neuroscience must reckon with the antipsychiatry movement Chase Anderson C:\Users\gnight\Desktop\who am i\README.txt Ziqr Gödel and Me On A Dark and Stormy Night Benjamin Rodriguez Poem 91 nat raum if bpd could talk Troy Droussiotis GLAMOUR GIRL GLAMIFESTO (or A Manifesto in Non-Being) Glamour Girl Magenta GLAMOUR GIRL 2K Sylvie Althoff Last of the Cigarette Gremlins jp thorn Two Pieces mysticism for beginners fortune cookie aphorisms Zoe Korte O Aslan Valerie Babenkova Comfort in the Endless Forever of Underneath and Not kendall q lamb power fantasy, or sheepgulls$

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endwell @endwellian.bsky.social · Aug 15

so thrilled that manywor(l)ds wanted to reprint a poem from my favorite zine that i've made!

manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

We're so excited to announce issue 9, our TWO YEAR (!!!!) anniversary issue!

Featuring @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social, @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @mostlymosspoetry.bsky.social, and more.

$Issue 9 Wenyi Xue god bless America endwell neuroscience must reckon with the antipsychiatry movement Chase Anderson C:\Users\gnight\Desktop\who am i\README.txt Ziqr Gödel and Me On A Dark and Stormy Night Benjamin Rodriguez Poem 91 nat raum if bpd could talk Troy Droussiotis GLAMOUR GIRL GLAMIFESTO (or A Manifesto in Non-Being) Glamour Girl Magenta GLAMOUR GIRL 2K Sylvie Althoff Last of the Cigarette Gremlins jp thorn Two Pieces mysticism for beginners fortune cookie aphorisms Zoe Korte O Aslan Valerie Babenkova Comfort in the Endless Forever of Underneath and Not kendall q lamb power fantasy, or sheepgulls$

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

Thank you! <3

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

Congrats to manywor(l)ds contributors Audrey, Dane, and jp!!

The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 15

All My Relations, Vol 9 also features poetry by Audrey T. Carroll, Dane Lyn, @jpthorn.bsky.social, Leo Rose Rodriguez, Neen Ramos, @sarendipitous.bsky.social‬, and X. Y. Check all the pieces out at www.talbot-heindl.com/relations-is...

All My Relations Issues

All My Relations Volume 6 is an art and lit, online and printed magazine, exploring the theme of resistance, open to BIPOC, gender variant, and disabled creatives only.

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Joseph Schreiber @roughghosts.bsky.social · Aug 4

We're now open for fiction, nonfiction and experimental submissions at Minor Literature[s] for the month of August.

For essays see details here:
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Oleada - A Submission Platform

A submission platform for small presses and magazines.

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

We're also excited to welcome back repeat offender @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, editor of mag-friend @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social, with a poem about emotional intensity & bpd:

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if bpd could talk by nat raum - manywor(l)ds :: place

hello there, victim of the boundless urge to pull some cursed, dumb-bitch shit—

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

Zoe Korte's flash pr/oem is evocative & nostalgic & deeply sensory. We love it. Find Zoe at @sundresspub.bsky.social, and their work in @newwordspress.bsky.social, @enbylife.bsky.social, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social, and more.

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Acid rain is an uncut song that emeralds our matte metropolis, slippery with dirt and chlorophyll, a bright black spot on God’s sweaty palm. I can’t write music, says my other dog, before vomiting carrot greens on the hand-me-down rug. Certainty is a Happy Meal toy in a landfill, proudly assembled in the factory employing all the folks in town. If you’re here, and I’m here, who is going to feed and water the dogstar? It has gone quiet with pain, but its one remaining eye can still see faraway shapes.

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

endwell's anti-psychiatry collage, "neuroscience must reckon with the antipsychiatry movement."

endwell has also been featured in @beestung.bsky.social. Their novel, OLYOKE, is forthcoming with @tenebrouspress.bsky.social!

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Collage art with a poem featuring images from the “Innovations in Health Equity Incubator,” text about horrific conditions at Rikers in the 70s and a contemporary jail break, the Biodefense Commercialization Fund, and a paper about “control-averse behavior.”

Poem reads:

neuroscience must reckon with the antipsychiatry movement

the important thing is that the more measurements we take, the better we can tell if your numbers are good or bad!

right now it’s seeming like your numbers might be abnormal,

so we’re designing a program of study to make sure every aspect of your biology aligns with the average for your sex/race/class/neurotype. We’re going to pull out all the stops. We are scrutinizing every aspect and we can confidently say that you’re almost certainly wrong, on an intrinsic biological level. We are making an obscene amount of money doing this and we’re opening a new center.

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

Wenyi Xue's "god bless america," an incisive critique of u.s. imperial power + christian hegemony. Xue's work can also be found in @eunoiareview.bsky.social, @fracturedlit.bsky.social, and more.

god bless America by Wenyi Xue - manywor(l)ds :: place

How fortunate it is to live in the stomach of a beast opposed to the mouth - and how luckier still it is to be the hunter watching from afar.

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

Some pieces from this issue we want to highlight! First, @chasej.xyz's plural, genreless interactive text, "C:\Users\gnight\Desktop\who am i\README.txt."

ChaseJ(dot)xyz @chasej.xyz · Aug 15

New story day, and it's even multimedia! @manyworlds.place did such a great job helping my vision come true, so please check it out!
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C:\Users\gnight\Desktop\who am i\README.txt by Chase Anderson - manywor(l)ds :: place

Please take a good look at the images in this folder. If they do not trigger any names or memories, read on.

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ChaseJ(dot)xyz @chasej.xyz · Aug 15

New story day, and it's even multimedia! @manyworlds.place did such a great job helping my vision come true, so please check it out!
manyworlds.place/issue-9/chas...

C:\Users\gnight\Desktop\who am i\README.txt by Chase Anderson - manywor(l)ds :: place

Please take a good look at the images in this folder. If they do not trigger any names or memories, read on.

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

We can't thank you enough for supporting us for 2 years (and counting). This is a labor of love between @cavar.bsky.social and @joyce.fyi, something we do in our spare time but which brings us –– and tons of other creatives –– together. We love you and can't wait to bring you even more issues.

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Aug 15

We're so excited to announce issue 9, our TWO YEAR (!!!!) anniversary issue!

Featuring @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social, @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @mostlymosspoetry.bsky.social, and more.

$Issue 9 Wenyi Xue god bless America endwell neuroscience must reckon with the antipsychiatry movement Chase Anderson C:\Users\gnight\Desktop\who am i\README.txt Ziqr Gödel and Me On A Dark and Stormy Night Benjamin Rodriguez Poem 91 nat raum if bpd could talk Troy Droussiotis GLAMOUR GIRL GLAMIFESTO (or A Manifesto in Non-Being) Glamour Girl Magenta GLAMOUR GIRL 2K Sylvie Althoff Last of the Cigarette Gremlins jp thorn Two Pieces mysticism for beginners fortune cookie aphorisms Zoe Korte O Aslan Valerie Babenkova Comfort in the Endless Forever of Underneath and Not kendall q lamb power fantasy, or sheepgulls$

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Dr. Cavar 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 ✡️ @cavar.bsky.social · Jul 28

@sundresspub.bsky.social's latest anthology is now out! I had the opportunity to read this wonderful anthology early and can't recommend it enough.

www.sundresspublications.com/e-anthologie...

Delicate Machinery: Poems on Survival and HealingEd. Erin Elizabeth Smith - Sundress Publications

“Transmasculine Poetics: Filling the Gap in Literature & the Silences Around Us is packed with wonderful poems. It is an important anthology of trans voices echoing a desire to be and be accepted, but...

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Jul 28

Interested in submitting to manywor(l)ds and don't know where to start? Check out our EIC's @duotrope.com interview for an idea of our loves + vibes.

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Duotrope's Interview with manywor(l)ds

Read Duotrope's editor interview with manywor(l)ds to learn what they're looking for and gain more insight into this publication.

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Lilac Peril Press @lilacperil.bsky.social · Jul 25

Seconded. We exist because of and for freaks and perverts!

manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Jul 25

Freaks keep our creative communities alive. Call, email, scream at the wind, do whatever you need to do to resist corporate censorship.

when we talk about many wor(l)ds, that includes & prioritizes the worlds of sex workers, erotica writers/artists, and perverts of all stripes.

Iantos @iantos.bsky.social · Jul 25

Here's a good additional resource of contact details for various payment processors:

yellat.money

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Jul 25

Freaks keep our creative communities alive. Call, email, scream at the wind, do whatever you need to do to resist corporate censorship.

when we talk about many wor(l)ds, that includes & prioritizes the worlds of sex workers, erotica writers/artists, and perverts of all stripes.

Iantos @iantos.bsky.social · Jul 25

Here's a good additional resource of contact details for various payment processors:

yellat.money

Protect Queer Creators and Sex Workers - Tell Payment Processors to STOP

TELL VISA, MASTERCARD, STRIPE, and PayPal to STOP

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · Jul 17

It's almost #WomenInTranslation month! We're hungry for your translated works and will be open during our normally-closed month of august for translations ONLY. (All genders are welcome to submit!)

In the meantime, 2 weeks left to send general submissions to manywor(l)ds. what are you waiting for?

Submission Guidelines -

We welcome submissions by those who identify with and as any of the following descriptors: trans, two-spirit, disabled, neurodivergent, Mad, queer, crip, nonbinary, genderqueer, intersex. This is a sp...

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Jun 29

“...my parents spent kindergarten through twelfth grade in the same tiny private school in rural South Carolina, this latest brainchild of segregationists built around the time of their births.”

Read Mac Wilder’s “Mama” in @manyworlds.place this #PrideMonth!
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Mama by Mac Wilder -

I develop a half-serious theory to explain our years of difficult interactions: Maybe a butch mama usually raises a femme daughter, but then they can’t be buddies. Nor can they flirt, especially if…

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Sophia Carroll @torpor-chamber.bsky.social · May 20

powerful piece by Christine Huang in this issue of @manyworlds.place : "Diversity Industrial Complex"

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Diversity Industrial Complex by Christine Huang 黃凱琳 -

the DEI candidate cares about empathy. she wants to learn from you. she’s genuinely curious. she asks why you’re using the term emotional labor. in her old job, she invited a white teacher and a black...

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