Mike Keller-Wilson

25Q4 Editor’s Note For one reason or another (you can probably guess), I’ve been thinking about what it means to be disappeared, snatched up and vanished by larger forces in the world. I have this…

It’s here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void. 

It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up.

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Hot, hot, hot 🔥 off the presses! These contributors are serving it up for this issue!

Forever proud of Vast! And grateful for any spotlight we can shine on contributors

Thank you, Jen! 😍

"Hope is a flowering, multiplying thing. Spread that shit around. Gather its many seeds; form a ball of dirt and dreaming. Cast it into your manicured suburban lawn."

Read this right now. Those fuckers can’t have your hope.

By @mike3stars.bsky.social in Gastropoda. gastropodalitmag.wixsite.com/main/post/a-...

Thanks for spreading this one around!

24Q1 Editor's Note Around here, we’ve been feeling the weight of winter, the heavy press of snow gathering on our many surfaces; flakes push together like bodies in a crowd. That closeness is what I find...

Feel the crush! Issue 9, in all its compact glory, is here and it’s a diamond.

Eternally grateful for librarians

Never feel more like a child than when the flight attendant hands me my cookies and apple juice.

Every time I do a mail merge, I feel like I should get a special award

Delights are meant to be shared!

23Q4 Editor's Note It’s spooky season, baby! This issue is haunting in all the ways. In gathering these stories, we found voices that were haunted by missed connections and lost opportunities—whole oth...

In case you haven't seen the latest issue of Vast Chasm on ❌the other place❌ get your eyes on it here. And get ready for a good haunting.

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Truly stunning how much more time and mental space I have available since leaving classroom teaching (also, it hurts my heart)