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@stanchion.bsky.social

Quarterly print literary magazine & small book press in the Philly 'burbs. Founder & EIC Jeff Bogle. linktr.ee/StanchionZine

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Thanks, Ann! Just enveloped your copy and put it into my mailbox. You'll have it in your hands shortly!

02.03.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I would love to know!

02.03.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Encounter the spider like no other, friends!

02.03.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.03.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's my From the Editor's Desk introductions to issues 21 & 22, the literary equivalent of a double album. Music changed my life & it continues to make it fuller and more joyful. I'm so happy I decided to do a themed issue that became two volumes. Please consider ordering at StanchionZine.com/shop

02.03.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Based on title alone, which story in @tcboudreau.bsky.social 's Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever are you most stoked to read?

02.03.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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It's my oldest daughter's 22nd birthday and it's the last day this phenomenal collection by @tcboudreau.bsky.social won't be in the world. Order your copy now for just $14. I'll ship it to you today!

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

02.03.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't quite believe my debut novel is being published tomorrow by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. genuinely.
Get yours from your local amazon
Or buythebook.ie or Omahonys in Ireland.
Much love

02.03.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Offsite*

02.03.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's AWP Week! 😬

I've got lots on:

An offside reading/irl submission window & open mic pitch party, a big booth with author signings, cool raffle prizes, a display for my own book(!), yummy treats, and more. Please pop over on Wednesday night and/or during Bookfair from Thursday through Saturday!

02.03.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Salt City Runaway by Gillian O'Shaughnessy - Night Parrot Press Please note: Pre-orders of Salt City Runaway by Gillian O'Shaughnessy will ship in early May. Helen Garner moves into a letterbox. Dead bats rain from the sky. A woman offers Lou Reed her last ciga...

www.nightparrotpress.com/product/salt...

01.03.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

If any presses want to publish my book in time for next year's AWP in Chicago, that would be cool....just saying

01.03.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I think the thing I'll say most during AWP is thank you, as I meet authors & magazine contributors for the 1st time & thank them for being a part of the Stanchion story. And I'll say a lot of thank yous to those who have in the past bought books & issues. That's the only way all this works.

02.03.2026 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It kills me that this is at the same time as mine 😭

01.03.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Performative readers are welcome to performatively read my indie lit. Get any 3 Stanchion books for the price of 2 with code AWPBOGO, now through March 8. Feminist poetry about statues, gothic horror, feminist retelling of Shakespeare's women... I got you

stanchionzine.com/shop

28.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re: AWP. I truly don't know what I'm doing, as always, but as always I'm gonna do it my way with enthusiasm, kindness, effort & more than a little awkwardness. Come say hi, see what I've been making over the past 5+ years, get a hug, see a warm friendly smile, & maybe talk about cats, too. πŸ–€πŸ€

28.02.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My AWP plan re: miscellany

TREATS offered:

πŸͺ My homemade 2-bite choco chip cookies @ Stanchion offsite.

🍊 Mandarin oranges @ Bookfair booth 434.

RAFFLES (1 ticket for every book bought):

🐦 Smart camera bird feeder
β˜•οΈ Personal espresso maker
🎡 Hitster music game
+ MORE (Stanchion goodies)!

28.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re: AWP. I truly don't know what I'm doing, as always, but as always I'm gonna do it my way with enthusiasm, kindness, effort & more than a little awkwardness. Come say hi, see what I've been making over the past 5+ years, get a hug, see a warm friendly smile, & maybe talk about cats, too. πŸ–€πŸ€

28.02.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My AWP plan re: miscellany

TREATS offered:

πŸͺ My homemade 2-bite choco chip cookies @ Stanchion offsite.

🍊 Mandarin oranges @ Bookfair booth 434.

RAFFLES (1 ticket for every book bought):

🐦 Smart camera bird feeder
β˜•οΈ Personal espresso maker
🎡 Hitster music game
+ MORE (Stanchion goodies)!

28.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Performative readers are welcome to performatively read my indie lit. Get any 3 Stanchion books for the price of 2 with code AWPBOGO, now through March 8. Feminist poetry about statues, gothic horror, feminist retelling of Shakespeare's women... I got you

stanchionzine.com/shop

28.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"LOVE YOU, MISS YOU, GOODBYE FOREVER" by Timothy Boudreau and "I Have That On Vinyl: The Zine"

"LOVE YOU, MISS YOU, GOODBYE FOREVER" by Timothy Boudreau and "I Have That On Vinyl: The Zine"

Mail Days Are the Best Days! @tcboudreau.bsky.social, @stanchion.bsky.social , @ihavethatonvinyl.com

27.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

"There is, she has found, great power to be had in silence."

Reading Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet. Listening to Max Richter's Hamnet film score.

27.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got some pretty great bookish news tonight. Maybe I'll be able to talk about it officially during awp. Maybe not. Either way, meow. 😻

27.02.2026 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You're cordially invited to spend An Evening with Stanchion. Please save the date, time & location for this special AWP offsite reading, open mic pitch party & celebration at the stunning Black-owned bookstore, record shop & community space @vinylnpages.bsky.social.

Wednesday Mar 4th 8pm

21.12.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

So looking forward to this!

26.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to host Stanchion Book Club's 1st author chat on Monday, Mar 9 with @fbereaud.bsky.social & @tcboudreau.bsky.social discussing their books & answering questions about writing, editing, querying & more exclusively for 2026 members. Join now, annual or monthly, to get access to the Zoom chat!

26.02.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I think I'm already burnt out from AWP and it doesn't even start for 6 days.

26.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Libraries, easy. They buy the books and if they're checked out a lot, they sometimes buy extra/replacement copies. Plus they are a public good that should be supported.

(Used bookstores are cool too! Local economy ftw!)

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Please welcome the Spring 2026 cohort of chapbook authors: Liz deBeer, Mallory Smart, EsΓ©nia BaΓ±uelos, and Mike Bagwell. We cannot wait to publish these unique chapbooks and welcome this quartet to the TW catalog.

@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social @mallorysmart.bsky.social @lowghost.bsky.social

26.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
Text of an AI-generated author scam email: Hi Samuel,

I recently came across The Death and Life of August Sweeney and was really drawn to the mix of dark humor, culinary ambition, and the intriguing medical mystery unfolding after a legendary chef’s sudden death. Stories that explore complex lives through unexpected investigative lenses, especially when art, identity, and mortality intersect, always catch my attention.

I’m planning to read it soon and share it with a couple of friends who enjoy literary fiction with distinctive premises and emotionally layered characters. Before I dive in fully, I was curious, did the idea of unraveling August Sweeney’s life through Dr. Maya Zhu’s autopsy perspective come first in your creative process, or did the character of August himself inspire the story that ultimately unfolded?

Warm Regards,
Clare Oland

Text of an AI-generated author scam email: Hi Samuel, I recently came across The Death and Life of August Sweeney and was really drawn to the mix of dark humor, culinary ambition, and the intriguing medical mystery unfolding after a legendary chef’s sudden death. Stories that explore complex lives through unexpected investigative lenses, especially when art, identity, and mortality intersect, always catch my attention. I’m planning to read it soon and share it with a couple of friends who enjoy literary fiction with distinctive premises and emotionally layered characters. Before I dive in fully, I was curious, did the idea of unraveling August Sweeney’s life through Dr. Maya Zhu’s autopsy perspective come first in your creative process, or did the character of August himself inspire the story that ultimately unfolded? Warm Regards, Clare Oland

I got a new and insidious kind of AI scam "fan letter" today. This one isn't from a famous author and doesn't offer access to 200000 book clubs or goodreads juicing. Clara seems chill. She has a real-seeming gmail address with a pretty human name. But it has all the signs. Let me break it down. 1/

26.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0