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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · 2d

I won the 2025 Narrative Prize for my story "Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell"! ✨💙✨ www.narrativemagazine.com/winner-2025-...

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Hayden May Knight 🍉 @haymayden.bsky.social · 14d

I'm so tired of sharing a planet with people who only dream of escaping from it, who treat the earth as fundamentally evil and disposable. So fucking sad.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 15d

True believers who prepared for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on Sept. 23 were left looking for explanations.

Christian TikTokers Are Denied Rapture as Viral Prophecy Fizzles Out

For weeks, devout evangelical Christians on TikTok have been preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on Rosh Hashanah, but it didn't happen

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

—excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel (@oldxanadu.bsky.social)

We are over the moon to share this year’s Narrative–Prize winning story, A. T. Steel’s “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”:

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · 7d

I won the 2025 Narrative Prize for my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”! 🥹 I am overwhelmed!

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

Steel was born in New York City and raised in Bronx homeless shelters, Harlem ghettos, and Brooklyn Brownsville projects.

Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!

@oldxanadu.bsky.social

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jul 27

WIP urban, LGBTQ coming-of-age short literary fiction story from a series of stories that I plan to continue publishing in various lit mags. #Wipsnips #comingofage Snippet immediately following a beating by a group of homophobic boys:

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jul 27

I've been using the em dash in my creative writing for decades. It's really sad to see it reduced to an "ai trick". Most people really are just... dumb. 🤦🏽‍♂️ #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Foglifter Press & Journal @foglifterpress.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Our art must be held sacred now more than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths." - @oldxanadu.bsky.social

So well said, and it's our pleasure. 😍 Check out Issue 10.1 of Foglifter in our bio for this wonderful story, "Waffles and Ice Cream for Breakfast" by A.T. Steel.

A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks to Foglifter Journal for giving this story a comfortable home. Our art must be held sacred now now than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths. Spend time with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo as she navigates life in the springtime of her youth in NYCs underground queer

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 27

Yoo-hoo is chocolate water. Thanks.

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · Jun 19

Nature + Fiddle

Illustration of a demi goddess playing a fiddle. She has hair made of leaves that are flowering. She is wearing multiple layers of muse-like clothing with stripey patterns. There are sprouts of hyssop at her feet. Drawn by gdbeeart/prinnay, paint tool sai June 2025

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is why I keep a notebook and pen by the bed. 😖

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 19

A snippet from my short story WIP "Mixed Berry Pie", told from the POV of destitute trans teenage foundling Jasmine Milan in Harlem in the spring of 1992. 🤞🏽 here's to hoping I can finally crack the top 5 lit mag barrier with this one! #WIPSnips

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 19

Read something raw and relevant this pride month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. Check out “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” as Story of the Week over at Narrative Magazine! ✨💕✨ Please comment and share! Help stories from our community reach mainstream audiences! www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 19

community in the early 90s in the latest issue of Foglifter Journal. #lgbtq #fiction #writingcommunity

A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks to Foglifter Journal for giving this story a comfortable home. Our art must be held sacred now now than ever, informed by our lives and (so) many little deaths. Spend time with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo as she navigates life in the springtime of her youth in NYCs underground queer

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 6

Feeling extremely blessed as a struggling black writer to be kicking off Pride Month at Narrative Magazine with my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”. Catch it before it leaves the main page!! 🙏🏽 The universe listens and rewards. www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori...

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 3

during the Summer of 1991 from a hopeful start to a careless assault, and the fallout of her unhealthy and self-destructive coping mechanisms. CATCH IT ON THE MAIN PAGE OF NARRATIVE MAG FOR THE NEXT WEEK! ✨😌✨ #amwriting #lgbtq #urbanfiction #writingcommunity

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 3

www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/stori... Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...

www.narrativemagazine.com

A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 3

during the Summer of 1991 from a hopeful start to a careless assault, and the fallout of her unhealthy and self-destructive coping mechanisms. CATCH IT ON THE MAIN PAGE OF NARRATIVE MAG FOR THE NEXT WEEK! ✨😌✨ #amwriting #lgbtq #urbanfiction #writingcommunity

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 3

Many thanks to @narrativemag for making this piece Story of the Week. To read “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” is to know me intimately as an artist. Being in a top ten lit mag like this is a dream come true! Spend a day with trans teenage castaway Alma Castillo

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · Jun 2

“The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry under a relentless sun.” —excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks so much for giving this story a beautiful home!!! ✨💕✨😁

A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Understand this: AI art is anti-human.

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen.bsky.social · Mar 31

If I had a dime for every time a cis person has accused me of shoving my transness down their throat, I might have been a volunteer instead of an employee for a nonprofit asking for donations for #LGBTQ+ civil rights a couple of years ago.
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#Transgender #Visibility #tdov

How Can I Make Trans Day of Visibility Meaningful for Cis People?

As a trans man, I can experience both erasure and hypervisibility in the same breath

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A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · Mar 31

For the children of Harlem in the summer of 1991, the streets were hallowed ground where anything was possible and where everything was possible — because nothing really happened if it didn’t happen there … #transdayofvisibility Read on: metallicallyblack.com/2024/08/zayn...

Zayn for a Day ⋆ Metallically Black

A day in the life of young, trans foundling Zayn Youngblood living in Harlem in 1991, from waking up in her crowded, dilapidated tenement to sneaking off with her friends at night to seduce and rob a ...

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