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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 3d

thank you @sageciggs.bsky.social for my first ever BotN nomination 💙

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 4d

new chapbooks out now with two key customs! find me in a split with 5 other rad authors: poetry and viz art!

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 12d

www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/poetry-... ‘s autopsy of desire makes me feel like my head will fall off if i pull at the scarf wrapped around my neck, and i’m greedily pulling at the scarf

'we could be orchards' — poetry by Disha Trivedi

AUTOPSY OF DESIRE In the mirror my mother and I have the same eyes, but when I fan my lashes to prick myself with eyeliner, the lashes, they smile. Oh. Need like a seed at my center. I wish I had m...

www.lunalunamagazine.com

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 14d

@sageciggs.bsky.social gave my poem its home in their stargazer issue when i was feeling like the only person in the universe who believed in it... after years of no's they said YES
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hubbsd.bsky.social @hubbsd.bsky.social · 17d

💥ANNOUNCING💥Rules of Verse--Poetry Inspired by the Velvet Underground

Subs Open @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social on October 1st
w/ Guest Editor @seangmeggeson.bsky.social

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 20d

it’s about to go down….

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 29d

this might be the first event in yeeeeears to get me back up to bk 🚲💙

Nitehawk Cinema @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social · 29d

THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is on 35mm Saturday at Nitehawk Prospect Park in ANIMATION FOR ADULTS

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Sep 1

#sealeychallange i kinda tried and i’ll keep kinda trying til the end of everything 🎬

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 17

Open for subs until September 15, and we're light on prose and art. We love short and long stories and all types of visuals. Send us your best!

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 14

should i get bangs?

Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 4

Did I mention Jordan's book is up at @roadsidepress.bsky.social for all yous doing the OG Sealey? 🚨ONLY ONE COPY LEFT of "These Are The People In Your Neighbourhood" www.magicaljeep.com/product/neig...

These Are the People in Your Neighbourhood by Jordan Trethewey (Roadside Press) | Magical Jeep Distributing

These Are the People in Your Neighbourhood is the legacy project of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada’s Poet Laureate Jordan Trethewey. Trethewey spent two years collecting personal stories from will...

www.magicaljeep.com

Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 4

thank you to our very own esteemed Blood+Honey resident writer @jordan-trethewey.bsky.social for #sealeychallenge #versionjess DAY 4's lit mag reco spillwords.com 🤩 u can find his work there as well! Who's got Day 5??

Spillwords - A Place for Readers and Writers, where Words Matter

Spillwords - A place to spill thoughts through words. Literary press where one can read, submit and gain a door to the world through writing.

spillwords.com

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 4

does genre ever really matter? i wrote about the utility of genre solely for publication goals— agree or disagree? let’s duke it out 🥊🥊 pop pop

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Aug 4

Our August newsletter features an investigation into genre by OKD poetry/fiction reader @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social, including a look at the poem "Breakfast, 3 a.m." (which OKD published in July) with the poet @yukondawn.bsky.social. Also, of course, news and updates from July. Enjoy!

What genre am I writing in, anyway? 🤷

An exploration of poetry and fiction, plus news and updates from OKD alums and staff

okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 3

for day 3 #sealeychallenge #versionjess we have @alwayscrashing.bsky.social and may i suggest www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025... !!VIDEO POETRY!! a genre that can reach higher heights of surreality than words on page alone, no? no?? thank you @klooky.bsky.social - someone suggest day 4, 5, 6...

DALIBOR BARIĆ / GUARDIANS OF THE CACTUS QUO — always crashing

Dalibor Barić is a filmmaker and animator from Zagreb, Croatia. He is the author of the films Accidental Lluxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus , Unknown Energies, Unidentified Emotions , and ...

www.alwayscrashing.com

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 3

thank you for the suggestion!

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Aug 1

it’s August 🌻 start #sealeychallenge version jess 🌻 read 1 poem per day from 31 different lit mags 🌻 @okaydonkeymag.com day 1 then @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social day 2 then day 3 ???? 🌻 suggestions welcome 🌻

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Aug 1

"i ask so little, really—eight hours for sleep, eight hours outside, eight hours
for what i will. what i will is water, mostly hot, to sit in til i’m decent."

"feelings come & go but teeth are forever" by @klooky.bsky.social, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

feelings come & go but teeth are forever by Kristin Lueke

bring me lord a herd of teeth big as buffalo to wrap around this apple. i ask so little, really—eight hours for sleep, eight hours outside, eight hours for what i will. what i will is water, mostly…

okaydonkeymag.com

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · Jul 1

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth! Pick your next reads from our 2025 reading list—and bookmark it for year-round recommendations from indie presses and lit mags: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A Reading List for Disability Pride Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in honor of Disability Pride Month, observed…

www.clmp.org

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Sarah Fawn Montgomery @sfmontgomery.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today marks the start of Disability Pride Month and I’m thrilled my @sundresspub.bsky.social NERVE is included in this @clmporg.bsky.social reading list along with so many disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent favorites!

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Joshua Martin @jmartinpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 22

Raoul Haus Party by @bilsabab.bsky.social out now from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social ! A series of pieces that take old Dada publications and recombine their elements into new pieces Detournement style. Read for free or buy in print!

c22press.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/r...

Raoul Haus Party by Volodymyr Bilyk out now!

We here at C22 are proud to bring to you Raoul Haus Party by Volodymyr Bilyk, the latest in our Open Editions chapbook releases. Raoul Haus Party is a series of pieces that take old Dada publicatio…

c22press.wordpress.com

Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · Jun 22

At Maudlin House, we believe in the power of literature, the decay of capitalism, and fonts that look like they’ve been through it.

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HyphenPunk @hyphenpunk.bsky.social · Jun 17

There is only 4 days left of the HyphenPunk Kickstarter, and we're still 80$ shy of our goal to get things going.

Please help out, even if it's just by sharing this.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyp...

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Jun 11

hold my calls

Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · Jun 11

The wholesome content we need right now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZenV...

Every ‘Final Destination’ Death, Explained by the Producer (All 503) | Entertainment Weekly

YouTube video by Entertainment Weekly

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · Jun 10

always open at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Jun 2

Happy Monday — our June newsletter is out now! Take a look back as we mark our seventh anniversary, plus our own @rinapalumbo.bsky.social explores how printing out your writing can help you see it in a new light.

Give it a read, and don't forget to subscribe!

Pay your old writing a visit 📝

Plus our Best Small Fictions nominees, promos, and OKD's 7th anniversary!

okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · May 29

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MovieJawn @moviejawn.com · May 29

MovieJawn’s @rosaliekicks.com and @kongmoodsy.bsky.social are on location @eastmanmuseum.bsky.social for the 9th annual @nitratepictureshow.bsky.social. Our coverage starts now! #nitratepictutreshow

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