Troublemaker Firestarter 🔥

february readings, part 2! to rsvp, check out the publications website/email/social media:
@troublemakerfire.bsky.social
vinegar press (they’re on IG)
& PSST! (pittsburgh-local/IG)

Glass Cages Troublemaker Firestarter // January 18, 2026 Glass Cages Troublemaker Firestarter, 10. Fairweather

Not sure how I got cool enough to get my micro CNF story about work included in @troublemakerfire.bsky.social 's amazing Volume 10: Fairweather collection. Pick up the book to read the other pieces!

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Current favorites are “ghazal for lost nights,” “gender as door flung open,” and “nights aglow” from Erica Leslie Weidner’s poetry book “identity sbagliato” @troublemakerfire.bsky.social 🔥

If you liked hearing these poems, you can now read them in the @troublemakerfire.bsky.social issue. Order here: troublemakerfirestarter.com/product/10-f...

10: fairweather Featuring: Pam Avoledo, tommy wyatt blake, Alex Carrigan, Nancy Cherry, Audrey Gow, Alaina Hammond, Jake Hernandez, Sammy Merabet Ismet, T. A. Jenkins, Stephanie Jones, Frances Klein, otto LA, BJ L…

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Troublemaker Firestarter Episode 6 1.17.26

I appeared on the @troublemakerfire.bsky.social podcast to read some of my work. The episode is live, so listen to it here: troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak...

here’s a vibe breakdown of most of my books, if you’re interested in picking up one or two~

publishers incl: @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @the-ethelzine.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @ghostcitypress.bsky.social @bullshitlit.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social

A dear friend and buddy got his story submitted and accepted. His first one ever!

So bloody proud of you.

Well done, @norab84.bsky.social 🥰

Troublemaker Firestarter Fairweather contributors Alaina Hammond Alex Carrigan Audrey Gow BJ Louis Conor Ryan D. Estelle Ramsay David Milley Don Narkevic Frances Klein Izzy Singer Jake Hernandez Johannah Simon Mia Vodanovich Nancy Cherry nat raum otto LA Pam Avoledo Sammy Ismet Merabet Shae Stephanie Jones T.A. Jenkins Tommy Blake

@carriganak.bsky.social @davidmilley.com @fklein907.bsky.social @johannah.bsky.social @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @norab84.bsky.social @tommywyattblake.bsky.social

Coming February 2026 love u 😘

Amazing to work with, Davi is hilarious and iconic, published me AND nominated me for a prize! Don’t sleep on the small indies; you’ll get more attention and love than you will from a big magazine.

We love seeing all the comments people leave for their favorite mags! This one goes out to @troublemakerfire.bsky.social <3

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check out these excerpts from FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! ( @troublemakerfire.bsky.social )

poems can be found in @sageciggs.bsky.social @querenciapress.bsky.social & motheaten mag

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FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! by tommy wyatt blake It’s FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!!!! tommy’s new book will blow your mind as it dives into video game poetics and commercial breaks. One of the coolest books I’ve ever read. Pre order …

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black and white version of the cover for my poetry book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!

excerpt from the poem "demure? more like demonic [+ TikTok video notes]": "you want to wake up / from this nightmare possessed by the particular / phase of moon, trespasses of memory, and the way / they sever your tongue with stars serrated / by vast darkness, as you loosen to static"

excerpt from "[INSERT LONG TITLE HERE] type of lore drop about your relationship to arson": "they say you're afraid to flick on a lighter / as they uncork a bottle of kerosene, / and this is why they want to leave you / in the potential of ruin, bracing to be burned"

excerpt from "it's 11:11, make a wish": "you flip through out-of-context / compilations of nights like these. brackish trickling down / your throat when you try to breathe--your eyes unfocused / on the edges of memory"

here are a few excerpts from my upcoming poetry book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social

poems in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @miniskirtmag.bsky.social

book is $12+ship, PLUS you get a free issue of troublemaker firestarter when you preorder~

Troublemaker Firestarter Virtual Reading #4 ​In order of reading: ​Josh Dale, ​Avitus B.

Thanks, Davi, for assembling such a varied and compelling group of writers for this @troublemakerfire.bsky.social reading. troublemakerfirestarter.substack.com/p/troublemak... It was my pleasure to read a section of my story “Leaves” from my book Queer as Folk Tales (available here: a.co/d/9GkGz81).

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So blown away! Thank you, @troublemakerfire.bsky.social
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Smart Search List of the Day The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Fiction feat. @agnimagazine.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @troublemakerfire.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/literary-fiction-Ne0i1Xx2

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looking for reviewers for my book FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! coming soon with @troublemakerfire.bsky.social

whether it’s changing the channel/programming, playing video games, or yearning for a good future, this book explores themes of time and dissociation, domestic violence,

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idk im happy he died we won

Not to brag, but everything I've posted about Charlie Kirk would get me fired by MSNBC.

Let's start the weekend with some good news from our SLM fam: our poetry reader @terivela.bsky.social was published in @troublemakerfire.bsky.social! 👏 buff.ly/OaOFEcG

Alright, WHO WAS THE WORST OF THE NET THIS YEAR? reply your nominations below. #writers #poetry

We're a press now 💋 buy our books in 2026

so stoked for my upcoming poetry collection, FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!