Textual Healing with Mallory Smart

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Off the Record with Sam Farhi: Neptune, The Mystic
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#10
Yesterday at 8:15 AM

Sam Farhi is from Ithaca, NY and now based in Baltimore. His book, The Sapsuckers, was recently released by Spuyten Duyvil Press, a small press based in New York City. Since its publication it has been chosen by Dennis Cooper as a favorite fiction pick of 2026 so far, received acclaim from indie outlets, and has been featured on LargeHeartedBoy.com. His work has appeared in The Opiate, PACKET Biweekly, ThoseThatThis, Vogue Italia Online, HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival, and Yale’s Paprika!. Recently, his work has been featured in the online lit mags Cable Street and Moral Crem...


Shane Kowalski: i keep using the word striking
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#9
10/10/2026

Shane Kowalski lives in Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in Harper's, Conjunctions, EPOCH, Fence, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of the short story collections Small Moods and Are People Out There, both published by Future Tense Books. 

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Off the Record with Shane Kowalski: Just a Figment of Speech
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#8
10/03/2026

Shane Kowalski lives in Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in Harper's, Conjunctions, EPOCH, Fence, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of the short story collections Small Moods and Are People Out There, both published by Future Tense Books. 

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Claire Vaye Watkins: Staying Weird
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#7
07/26/2026

Claire Vaye Watkins was born in Bishop, California and raised in the Mojave Desert on the Amargosa River. A graduate of the University of Nevada Reno, she earned her MFA from the Ohio State University in 2010. Claire is the author of three novels—Gold Fame Citrus, I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness, and Yellow Pine—and the short story collection Battleborn. She has received the Story Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Silver Pen Award from the N...


Scott Laudati: A Writer’s Survival Guide
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#6
06/27/2026

Scott Laudati runs Bone Machine from a traphouse in Hereford TX with his dog, Josie. He is the author of Rainbow Road, Play The Devil, and others. His fiction/essays/poetry have been published by The Columbia Journal, XRAY, Maudlin House, Hobart, and others. 

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Julián Martinez: We Could Use More Weird
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#5
05/30/2026

Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books.

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Off The Record with Julián Martinez: Coast to Coast
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#4
05/09/2026

Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books.

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Wilson Koewing: Jaded Writer Person
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#3
05/02/2026

Wilson Koewing is a writer from South Carolina. His books JADED, QUASI and ROLLING ON THE BOTTOM are available from Main Street Rag/Mint Hill Books, Anxiety Press and Cowboy Jamboree Press, respectively. His fiction and essays have appeared in Wigleaf, Pembroke Magazine, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Gargoyle and New World Writing. He is currently at work on a short story collection titled THE MELANCHOLY OF DAD and his debut novel WEDDING CRASHER, MARIN COUNTY. He lives and writes in Marin County, California. You can purchase his books and read more of his work on his website w...


Kirsti MacKenzie: The Three-Year Cycle
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#2
04/25/2026

Kirsti MacKenzie (@KeersteeMack) is a writer and editor in chief of Major 7th Magazine. She currently lives in Northern Ontario. Her debut novel, Better to Beg, is out now with House of Vlad/Sweet Trash Press. 

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Off The Record with Kirsti MacKenzie: I've Got It Bad
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#1
04/18/2026

Kirsti MacKenzie (@KeersteeMack) is a writer and editor in chief of Major 7th Magazine. She currently lives in Northern Ontario. Her debut novel, Better to Beg, is out now with House of Vlad/Sweet Trash Press. 

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Alexandra Naughton: Writing Is How I Understand Myself
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#36
01/17/2026

Alexandra Naughton is the editor in chief of Be About It Press. She is the founder of Bring a Blanket Reading Series and the alternative to AWP mini-festival, A Writers Party. Her latest collection, Sick of Being Inside Myself, was published by House of Vlad in 2025. She writes Talk About It on Substack.

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Lake Markham: It Made Sense at the Time
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#35
01/10/2026

Lake Markham is a writer and photographer based in Chicago, Illinois. His work is rooted in the intersection of art and philosophy, and has appeared in ExPat Press, Zero Readers, and The Philosopher's Meme. Lo Siento, Lake's first full-length novel, was published with Apocalypse Confidential in October 2025.

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Mike Corrao: Everyone Forgets The Fourth Boom
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#34
01/03/2026

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books). His work blends writing and book design to explore themes of autonomy, climate anxiety, and anti-capitalism. His latest book, Being Towards Death, is out now from Crop Circle Press.

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Off The Record with Mike Corrao: That's The Vanishing Point In The Distance
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#33
12/27/2025

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books). His work blends writing and book design to explore themes of autonomy, climate anxiety, and anti-capitalism. His latest book, Being Towards Death, is out now from Crop Circle Press.

As an artist and designer, his work has been featured in...


Sam Berman: My Biggest Sin
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#32
12/20/2025

Sam Berman is a writer living in Boise, Idaho. His work has been featured in X R-A-Y, Forever Magazine and Maudlin House.

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Krystle Ratticus: Weirdo Du Jour
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#31
12/13/2025

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll hillbillies, and the lonely, electric tension of being othered—even by other outsiders.

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Off The Record with Krystle Ratticus: They Say That Dreams Are Growing Wild
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#30
12/06/2025

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll hillbillies, and the lonely, electric tension of being othered—even by other outsiders.

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Alex Moreno: It Just Really Sends Me
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#29
11/29/2025

Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play. Sticky Time (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it. 

Website: alexalexherehere.com

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Off The Record with Alex Moreno: Just An Emo Dead Stuff Collector
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#28
11/22/2025

Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play. Sticky Time (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it. 

Website: alexalexherehere.com

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Damn right, it’s Dan Wright…
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#27
11/15/2025

Daniel W. Wright is a poet, editor, and fiction writer. Wright is the author of poetry chapbook Gods of a Former World (Crying Heart Press, 2025), the full-length poetry collection The Unheard Music (Kung Fu Treachery, 2025), and the novel Call Center (Back of the Class, 2024). He is also the author of four other full-length collections of poetry, five poetry chapbooks, a novella, a short story collection, and co-author of four poetry splits. His work has appeared in numerous print and online journals including Chiron Review, Book of Matches, and Gasconade Review. Wright currently resides in St. Louis, MO where you...


Off The Record with Daniel Wright: Sad Songs For Us To Bare
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#26
11/08/2025

Daniel W. Wright is a poet, editor, and fiction writer. Wright is the author of poetry chapbook Gods of a Former World (Crying Heart Press, 2025), the full-length poetry collection The Unheard Music (Kung Fu Treachery, 2025), and the novel Call Center (Back of the Class, 2024). He is also the author of four other full-length collections of poetry, five poetry chapbooks, a novella, a short story collection, and co-author of four poetry splits. His work has appeared in numerous print and online journals including Chiron Review, Book of Matches, and Gasconade Review. Wright currently resides in St. Louis, MO where you...


Josh Dale: The Meat Man
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#25
11/01/2025

Josh Dale is from Pennsylvania and recommends playing metal music to your cat. He’s the founder of Thirty West Publishing House, cohost of the Bring a Blanket reading series, and the author of The Light to Never Be Snuffed _and _Duality Lies Beneath. Drop a line at www.joshdale.co or on most social media @jdalewrites

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Off The Record Josh Dale: I Creep By Moonlight
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#24
10/18/2025

Josh Dale is from Pennsylvania and recommends playing metal music to your cat. He’s the founder of Thirty West Publishing House, cohost of the Bring a Blanket reading series, and the author of The Light to Never Be Snuffed _and _Duality Lies Beneath. Drop a line at www.joshdale.co or on most social media @jdalewrites

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The Internet Should Be Fun Sometimes: Talking Zona Motel with Juliet Escoria and Mesha Maren
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#23
10/11/2025

Juliet Escoria is the author of You Are the Snake (Soft Skull, 2024), Witch Hunt & Black Cloud: New and Collected Works (CLASH Books, 2023), and Juliet the Maniac (Melville House, 2019). She is an Editor-in-Chief at Zona Motel, and lives in West Virginia.

(author photo taken by Saja Montague)

Mesha Maren is the author of the novels Sugar Run, Perpetual West, and Shae (May 2024, Algonquin Books). Her short stories and essays can be read in Tin House, The Oxford American, The Guardian, Crazyhorse, Triquarterly, The Southern Review, Ecotone, Sou’wester, Hobart, Forty Stories: New Writing from Harper Perennial, and elsewhere...


Printer’s Row: Burn After Reading (Live at Gallery Cabaret)
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#22
09/13/2025

Recorded live at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago during the 40th anniversary of Printer’s Row, this Maudlin House musical reading was chaos, community, and noise. Writers read their pieces with live backing from Movie Club, turning the night into something between a show and a gathering.

Playlist:

Snake Charmer / Ben Niespodziany Reef / Westley Heine Dusk / Michael J. Seidlinger Kitefin / Caro Macon Fleisher Underwater Highway / Brian Allen Carr Crocodile / Leza Cantoral VPTS / Jessamyn Violet Black Flamingo / Jo Kaplan Sun Dragon / Mallory Smart Ghost in the Machine / Dmitry Samarov Spinner / Kirsti MacKenzie Snurfing USA / Scott Laudati

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Ben Niespodziany: Neon Pajamas Lore
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#21
09/06/2025

Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in HAD, Fence, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at neonpajamas.com.

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Off The Record Ben Niespodziany: Like Attending The Circus
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#20
08/24/2025

Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in HAD, Fence, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at neonpajamas.com.

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Josh Denslow: Not Everyone Is Special
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#19
08/16/2025

Josh Denslow is the author of the collectionNot Everyone Is Special (7.13 Books), the novel Super Normal (Stillhouse Press), and the collection Magic Can't Save Us (UNO Press). His most recent short stories have appeared in Electric Literature's The Commuter, The Rumpus, and Short Story, Long, among others. He is the Email Marketing Manager for Bookshop.org, and he has read and edited for SmokeLong Quarterly for over a decade. He currently lives in Barcelona.

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Off The Record Josh Denslow: Pretend That You Owe Me Nothing
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#18
08/09/2025

Josh Denslow is the author of the collectionNot Everyone Is Special (7.13 Books), the novel Super Normal (Stillhouse Press), and the collection Magic Can't Save Us (UNO Press). His most recent short stories have appeared in Electric Literature's The Commuter, The Rumpus, and Short Story, Long, among others. He is the Email Marketing Manager for Bookshop.org, and he has read and edited for SmokeLong Quarterly for over a decade. He currently lives in Barcelona. 

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John Patrick Higgins: Moving Into The Midnight
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#17
07/26/2025

John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker.

His short fiction has appeared in The Black Dreams, The BHF Book of Horror Stories, Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror, and Weird Horror. He is working on a short story collection titled No Light in the Trees.

He is the author of Fine, a tragicomic novel published by Sagging Meniscus Press in November 2024, and Teeth: An Oral History, a memoir released in April 2024. His latest book, Spine (June 2025), is a semi-sequel to Teeth, continuing his attempt to catalogue each of his failing body parts in...


Off The Record With John Patrick Higgins: Back On My Feet Again
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#16
07/19/2025

John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker.

His short fiction has appeared in The Black Dreams, The BHF Book of Horror Stories, Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror, and Weird Horror. He is working on a short story collection titled No Light in the Trees.

He is the author of Fine, a tragicomic novel published by Sagging Meniscus Press in November 2024, and Teeth: An Oral History, a memoir released in April 2024. His latest book, Spine (June 2025), is a semi-sequel to Teeth, continuing his attempt to catalogue each of his failing body parts in...


Off The Record With John Patrick Higgins: What A Lonely Boy
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#15
07/19/2025

John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker.

His short fiction has appeared in The Black Dreams, The BHF Book of Horror Stories, Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror, and Weird Horror. He is working on a short story collection titled No Light in the Trees.

He is the author of Fine, a tragicomic novel published by Sagging Meniscus Press in November 2024, and Teeth: An Oral History, a memoir released in April 2024. His latest book, Spine (June 2025), is a semi-sequel to Teeth, continuing his attempt to catalogue each of his failing body parts in...


Kurt Baumeister: Doomlord
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#15
07/12/2025

Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and is a member of The National Book Critics Circle and The Authors Guild. Twilight of the Gods is his second novel.

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Off The Record With Kurt Baumeister: Keep On, Keep On, Keep On
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#14
07/05/2025

Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and is a member of The National Book Critics Circle and The Authors Guild. Twilight of the Gods is his second novel.

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Jack Skelley: Does This Make Me Weird
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#13
05/24/2025

Jack Skelley is the author of The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker (on Semiotexte), Myth Lab (Far West Press), Interstellar Theme Park (BlazeVox press), Monsters (Little Caesar Press) and Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson (Fred & Barney Press). Jack is also songwriter and guitarist for psychedelic surf band Lawndale which is on SST Records.

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Off The Record With Jack Skelley: The Stages Are Burned
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#12
05/17/2025

Jack Skelley is the author of The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker (on Semiotexte), Myth Lab (Far West Press), Interstellar Theme Park (BlazeVox press), Monsters (Little Caesar Press) and Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson (Fred & Barney Press). Jack is also songwriter and guitarist for psychedelic surf band Lawndale which is on SST Records.

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S. R. Schulz: I Was Just Along For The Ride
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#11
05/10/2025

S. R. Schulz lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, three sons, and two dogs. He’s been traveling to visit family in Croatia since 2010. He currently works as a family physician just outside Portland, Oregon, and is a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. His writing has been published online and in print, including McSweeney’s, HAD, Rejection Letters, Maudlin House, Autofocus, and others. Supersymmetry is his first novel.

Find him at srschulzwriting.com or at @authorseanschulz on instagram

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Off The Record With S.R. Schulz: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
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#10
04/26/2025

S. R. Schulz lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, three sons, and two dogs. He’s been traveling to visit family in Croatia since 2010. He currently works as a family physician just outside Portland, Oregon, and is a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. His writing has been published online and in print, including McSweeney’s, HAD, Rejection Letters, Maudlin House, Autofocus, and others. Supersymmetry is his first novel. 

Find him at srschulzwriting.com or at @authorseanschulz on instagram 

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Diana Oropeza: Keep It Mysterioso
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#9
04/19/2025

Diana Oropesa is a writer and performer based in Portland. Her debut book, An Incomplete Catalog of Disappearance (Future Tense Books), is a hybrid collection of flash fiction and poetic nonfiction that explores the quiet, strange ways people fade from our lives. She’s a member of Yelling Choir and holds an MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

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Nick Rees Gardner: Writers, Delinquents, And The Twitter People
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04/12/2025

Nick Rees Gardner is the author of Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts (Madrona Books), a gritty, poetic collection of linked stories about addiction, recovery, and resilience in the fictional town of Westinghouse, Ohio. Grab a copy from Madrona Books or Amazon.

He’s also the author of Hurricane Trinity (Unsolicited Press), the poetry collection So Marvelously Far (Crisis Chronicles Press), and the chapbook Decomposed (Cabin Floor Esoterica). His work has appeared in Epiphany, Reckon Review, Atticus Review, and more. He lives between Ohio and Washington, DC, and is nine years into recovery.

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