Kirsti MacKenzie

ooo I love essays like this. “I had [x - trauma] but found redemption and healing through [y - pop culture]” is in immediate hook for me

reading Monday for all the Guy heads out there

I did not know that!

when people pronounce “et voilà” as “and wallah”

so so SO thrilled to share this story with you soon - it found a home at Short Story Long and I am more proud of it than any short story I’ve ever written 👻💕

love the smell of a fresh szn in the morning

always thought it was more of a “if you like this here’s where you can find more” kind of deal

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

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:

hAs bEeN pUbLiShEd iN mAnY LiTeRarY jOuRnaLs, iNcLuDiNg

Thank you Jeffrey!

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

Thank you Stephanie!

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

Thank you!

You should definitely read this, it’s goddamn good

Thank you Jessica!

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-...

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.

Thank you so so much, friend 😊💕

“True Solace” • 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: “True Solace” • Linden Hollow (by James Croal Jackson)
www.major7mag.com/post/true-so...

thank you!

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

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

Not yet! might just be dropping day of

Thank you!! 😊😊

Thank you 😊❤️

Proud to share this today. Coming November 2025 from @sweettrashpress.bsky.social / @houseofvladpress.bsky.social

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

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...

Earlier this month, I participated in a reading soundtracked by psychedelic duo Movie Club

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