sorry ! yeah we usually fill up in an hour or two. but we'll be open again April 1st. now go out & enjoy that blood moon
03.03.2026 02:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0sorry ! yeah we usually fill up in an hour or two. but we'll be open again April 1st. now go out & enjoy that blood moon
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we have our final installment of 'A Fish Story' by Michael Seymour Blake !
our hero, having rescued an office fish years ago after his office closed down during covid, is given an update on the fish's wellbeing
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we're gonna open 4 subs tomorrow at 12 noon, texas time
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Parlor Hallelujah, she wore a sledgehammer and a dagger. Tristan was not happy to see her. He reached for his bong. Parlor crushed it with her toes. She did not flinch when the glass entered her calloused heels. Tristan began to cry. Parlor opened his wallet and found some oddly folded ones. Tristan knew and Parlor knew how this story would go. You now know, too.
a paragraph from my 300 word story with @xraylitmag.bsky.social
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we have a story by Kristopher Monroe !
it's a very sad story about an elephant at the circus, & the kind of sadness that slowly breaks u down.
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we have a list of recommendations by Travis Jeppesen !
diane williams ! venice at night ! the pre-socratics ! japanese kit-kats !
expand yr worldly pleasures !
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Erotes, Push-Pulls, Transactions, Economies I like sex because I don’t like sex and I like the not-liking. I would state this then clink with quiet Hninsi and they would stare, hungry, at the two shots colliding rather musically. The appeal was an impenetrability. I was told the bar had a 30k kyats/hour rate for the giggers, which wasn’t bad pay. I thought maybe I’d consider it for when my talking-my-talk ran out. Something was always running out. The tabby kitten of my sweet friend Kalyar ran out into the street last week and got pulped by a car and died. Then Kalyar started calling me every night over the past week. We quickly ran out of things to beat around the tabby corpse with, and I was running out of my reserves of reciprocal sweetness, so I turned my phone off, hit Hninsi up, and came back to the boys. I wanted to be paid for my unsweetness in whatever currency they got on them—they’re easy. You only had to pretend to be interesting, and I was interesting, no pretense, I knew this already. When I was a boy scout I snuck out and got myself spidered and mosquitoed and red and blue from all sorts of things to get to the nameless, fishless stream. I put my hand in its running. I also had my experiences. They were soundtracked and cinematic. I became interesting when I learned the roaring dark could make itself quiet and you empty. I could be interesting, I was told, and it turned out to be right and I turned out to love it more than I had ever loved anyone and anything. The boys love it too, those cowering, uncanny boys, and yeah I knew this, of myself and them. Nothing is ever a surprise to me.
1 of 2 micros up today on @xraylitmag.bsky.social ♥️ the other one's shorter & a lot more violent & named after the aura readers song named after the '94 movie. both pieces about showing up to the old dive bar & picking a fight. i think you should read them both :) 🔽
24.02.2026 01:46 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0unusual ! i mean unusual
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we have two short micros by t.r. san !
i like literature with an usual voice & i like literature that speaks for the weird times that are eating us
'I like sex because I don’t like sex and I like the not-liking.'
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X-R-A-Y presents 'A Fish Story: Part 3' (of 4) by Michael Seymour Blake
our hero has gotta make it through the covid-soaked NYC streets to drop off the abandoned office fish !
they're barking out here ! they're rabid
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Really liked this 1-minute read
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read this 216 word story by Duff Allen ! it's about a son visting his dad in jail.
a funny mix of sweet & sarcastic in this glimpse into the american dream.
plus i like Duff Allen's instagram @thisisduffallen
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‘…we put it on the windowsill and we watched it—not constantly but a lot more than we watched our other plants.’
Love where this strange @xraylitmag.bsky.social story from @jameygallagher.bsky.social goes 🪴
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Check out this weird little guy called "The Faceplant."
19.02.2026 12:29 — 👍 26 🔁 14 💬 5 📌 1
enjoyed the creepy & quiet vibes of this 500 word story by Jamey Gallagher !
it's about a houseplant that starts growing faces on it.
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we have a great 500 word story by Katherine Shehadeh about the author visiting their family in Palestine
where ppl live with water restrictions & the threat of settlers burning down their house
don't miss this powerful piece
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Spoke with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social about the pulsating novel Disco Murder City. Out now at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. Check the conversation at @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...
17.02.2026 17:42 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0We chat escargot, Pig Destroyer, and smoking demons
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Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social talks with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social b_bethea_ about their novel 'Disco Murder City' ! read this conversation !
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impressed with this 280 word story by Courtney McEunn !
'Fetish' is about a woman who becomes the object of a violent fetish. such a visceral & vivid story !
& a killer last line. i love quick, dark stories like this
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X-R-A-Y presents 'A Fish Story: Part 2' (of 4) by Michael Seymour Blake !
our hero's office is closing down at the start of covid & he's gotta rescue the fish his co-worker is leaving behind.
plus ! the pharmacy is almost outta Lysol !
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ICYMI, Cletus Crow's parable of boyhood.
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this great story by Kai Broach is about meeting Julia Fishwell over & over & over...but Julia Fishwell is a different person every time.
i think this story will stick with u throughout the day & get u daydreaming about yr own Julia Fishwell.
read this !
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I am beyond grateful and excited to have my second translation in @xraylitmag.bsky.social 🩵 🐟
12.02.2026 20:31 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0<spoiler alert> I’m especially excited for the handful of people who make guest appearances in the book to read it!
13.02.2026 00:32 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I am crazy about @xraylitmag.bsky.social stories
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we have a story by Lizzie Challen Hubbard ! it's about a woman who becomes obsessed with how fear causes couples to cling to each other.
she starts scaring her dates to prompt a love connection
v entertaining story ! it's got a stampede of rats
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we got a 100 word story by Cletus Crow ! about boy scouts who find a boot with a foot still inside
read it
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I spoke with Chelsea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social about the spooked novella Krackle’s Last Movie, out from @splitlippress.com. Head over to @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/its-all-in-t...
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today on X-R-A-Y, Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social interviews Chelea Sutton @crsutton.bsky.social about her book 'Krackle's Last Movie' !
check out this interview & buy the book !
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