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Kirsti MacKenzie

@keersteemack.bsky.social

local woman gets dressed, leaves house

794 Followers  |  378 Following  |  435 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  2.0967

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I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:

08.10.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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hAs bEeN pUbLiShEd iN mAnY LiTeRarY jOuRnaLs, iNcLuDiNg

08.10.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you Jeffrey!

07.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to believe (in everything)? Read this @keersteemack.bsky.social story.

07.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Stephanie!

07.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is terrible but you can read a great short story today

07.10.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

06.10.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should definitely read this, it’s goddamn good

06.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Jessica!

06.10.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...

got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith

you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...

06.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

I loved this book. What a sharp, hilarious, and slyly moving story about loud music, louder ambition, and the myths America sells both to the world and to itself.

04.10.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so so much, friend πŸ˜ŠπŸ’•

05.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTrue Solace” β€’ Linden Hollow (by James Croal Jackson) thumbs in our ears to the tune of the losing football game

"we are green– thumbs in our ears // to the tune of the losing football game"

now playing: β€œTrue Solace” β€’ Linden Hollow (by James Croal Jackson)
www.major7mag.com/post/true-so...

02.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!

02.10.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Y’all, I fuckin love this novel. Get. It.

01.10.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Appreciate you so much Matt 😊❀️ hope you’re well

01.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not yet! might just be dropping day of

01.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!! 😊😊

01.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you 😊❀️

01.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proud to share this today. Coming November 2025 from @sweettrashpress.bsky.social / @houseofvladpress.bsky.social

01.10.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
Me giving thumbs up inside the store

Me giving thumbs up inside the store

Cool news hour: pleased to say this has been our best sales week since we opened, which is still not enough for me to quit my day job but that day is looking more feasible and closer, a bright spot I wanted to share with you all

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S4E22 -Printer’s Row: Burn After Reading (Live at Gallery Cabaret)

you can listen to the entire hour-long event on Textual Healing's podcast (w/ Michael J. Seidlinger, Caro Macon Fleisher, Brian Allen Carr, Leza Cantoral, Jo Kaplan, Mallory Smart, Kirsti MacKenzi, Dmitry Samarov, and Scott Laudati)

open.spotify.com/episode/0ntK...

28.09.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Earlier this month, I participated in a reading soundtracked by psychedelic duo Movie Club

The instrumental I chose was called β€œSnake Charmer” so I, naturally, wrote a 300+ word poem about snakes 🐍 Here’s a 20 second snippet

28.09.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s fucking goooo @johnwaddy.bsky.social

29.09.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Moon Song" β€’ Phoebe Bridgers (by Ashley Kirkland) No surprises here: The blue jay dies.

"It wasn’t about the bird, I told my husband. Now I have to tell the boys."

now playing: "Moon Song" β€’ Phoebe Bridgers (by @lashleykirkland.bsky.social)
www.major7mag.com/post/moon-so...

28.09.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

dramatic reading of David Guetta’s Sexy Bitch at KGB Bar

27.09.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I reject this as I have nothing but faith in your intellect 🫑

27.09.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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time to go wreck shit at the townie ball

26.09.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight, It’s Indiana! by Scott Laudati

maudlinhouse.net/tonight-its-...

26.09.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you put me down for a spressy marteen

25.09.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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