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Queer "artist" and "writer" based in Baltimore. Fan of ambient music, open-world RPGs, noise-cancelling headphones, reality tv, and bisexual lighting (preferably all at once).

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  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    september ‘26 (opens the original)

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    newsbook reminder: the you stupid slut rerelease is out in the world! it’s available at most major online booksellers, but i’d really love it if you bought it on Bookshop.org, or really anywhere that isn’t the bezos site. the (free!) PDF is also available on my itch.io now.upcoming attractions:the next <a href="http

  2. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    hard pills to swallow #6: visual art submissions (opens the original)

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    a fun fact about me is that i actually entered the world of submitting to literary magazines through my photography practice in 2018 or so. i sent photography to a magazine and was rejected because my work had been posted on social media, despite this not being explicitly stated in the guidelines as a viable form of previous publication. i was completely befuddled, and more than a bit frustrated. so much of the way the art world i was a part of worked was predicated on the continued sharing of n

  3. Issue · Aug 20, 2026

    august '26 (opens the original)

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    newsbook reminder: the you stupid slut rerelease is out in the world! it’s available at most major online booksellers, but i’d really love it if you bought it on Bookshop.org, or really anywhere that isn’t the bezos site. i’ll have signed copies available for sale very soon, and the PDF is available on my itch.io now.upcoming attractions:</s

  4. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    hard pills to swallow #5: online lit (opens the original)

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    we have to talk about online lit.no, i’m not referring to the multitude of web-based journals that exist in the world—i’m referring to a specific twitter “scene” that calls itself this and is loosely tied to figures in “alt lit,” a designation i also find particularly useless considering it also applies to a specific scene rather than, you know, alternatives to traditional literature. i digress. we have got to talk about the what is happening under these umbrella terms.as far as i can tell, the

  5. Issue · Jul 20, 2026

    july '26 (opens the original)

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    newsbook reminder: the you stupid slut rerelease comes out this month (July 21)! it’s available at most major online booksellers, but i’d really love it if you bought it on Bookshop.org, or really anywhere that isn’t the bezos site. i’ll have signed copies available for sale after release, too!your usual zine reminders:joi

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