David Estringel

digital art by andrea damic — Blood+Honey

This is my first art publication with @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and their EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social Over the moon! Hope you enjoy it. Thank you 🥰

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“Shadowman Poems: Poetry Inspired by the Art and Life of NYC Street Artist Richard Hambleton” made its debut at the Conference of College Teachers of English”. Yeah, I crushed that shit.

Preparing for my Bucolia poetry reading at the Texas College English Association conference in Waco, Texas. Presenting a different collection later this afternoon at the Conference of College Teachers of English. Bagged three conferences this year. Done with public for 2026. LOL.

Thanks @davidestringel.bsky.social , EIC of one of my favourite lit mags, @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social, for publishing my latest piece.

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Wild! Acceptances in the last couple of days from both @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and @theargylelitmag.bsky.social 🥰My great thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and his terrific staff!! #WritingCommunity

Rawhead Journal
The Pixelated Shroud
Cataloguing Poetry
Streetcake

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BIG thanks to all the lit mags that accepted/published my work in 2025.

BULL
The Opiate
Apocalypse Confidential
Fevers of the Mind
The Daily Drunk
The Hooghly Review
The Gorko Gazette
Citywide Lunch
Mythic Picnic
South Broadway Ghost Society
Alien Buddha Press

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Had a blast in 2025 with the launch of @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and relaunch of @theargylelitmag.bsky.social. Very proud to be EIC of these two lit mags and am very thankful for amazing support from our readers. Looking forward to an amazing 2026 ahead!!!

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Team Hunter!!!

Gonna deliver my creative presentation, Bucolia (poetry inspired by rural life), at the 2026 Texas College English Association (TCEA) Conference (Theme: "What Is Texas Culture?") in Waco, TX this coming February. Very excited!

Got my acceptance today from the 92nd Annual CCTE Conference for my creative presentaiton "Shadowman Poems: Poetry Inspired by NYC Street Artist Richard Hambleton". Fresh off the heels from presenting "Bucolia" at the Southern Humanities Conference in Maryland in January.

Many thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and @happilander.bsky.social for publishing this, and for the BMF nomination for it. Written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop 🙏🏾

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The Scent of Orange Juice — The Argyle Literary Magazine by Swetha Amit “Before the arguments and silence intruded into our home, making orange juice was a ritual that kept us connected.”

Glad to have a flash up in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...

Delighted to have 3 VU-themed poems accepted by @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for 'The Rules of Verse-Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground' edition. Such a quick response too🔥

Gratitude to EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social & Poetry Editors @hubbsd.bsky.social & @seangmeggeson.bsky.social🙏

🌟SUBS OPEN🌟 Blood + Honey + The Velvet Underground @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Rules of Verse: Poems Inspired by The Velvet Underground🖤Send us your evocative + crazy poems about VU! Subs close Dec. 15. EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social Poetry eds. @hubbsd.bsky.social @seangmeggeson.bsky.social #poetry

Wooohooo! My poem "Palo Santo" (from Brujeria) is included in The Alien Buddha's Best of 2025! Thanks,
@alienbuddhapress.bsky.social!!!

Wooohooo! My poem "Pomogranates" (from Down the Bermuday Highway) is included in The Alien Buddha's Best of 2025! Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social!

the screams of jellyfish — Blood+Honey by ­­ Michael Czyzniejewski “ ­­ One by one, they fell into the trap, each jellyfish pierced on a different spike, their jelly seeping out, oozing down the wood. Worse, the jellyfish were screaming...

Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and his team at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing this new story, "The Screams of the Jellyfish," in their October issue!

Thanks, too, to @kimmagowan.bsky.social and @courtneyb77.bsky.social for the early eyes.

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The Opiate: Fall 2025, Vol. 43 Is it fall or just the fall of humanity? Whatever your take, The Opiate, Vol. 43 is here to help you during this difficult time of AI revolution/human work and art overthrow. To combat your woes, dive

The Opiate's @theopiatemag Fall 25 issue is out, along with my CNF piece "Dishes Best Served Cold." BIG thanks to EIC Genna Rivieccio for the acceptance. Still one of my favorite lit mags EVER!

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Looks like I'll be doing a creative presentation at the 2026 Southern Humanities Conference “Tides and Time, Ebbs and Flows” in Annapolis, MD in early Spring. Gonna read selected poems from my upcoming poetry collection 'Bucolia." This will be my 2nd one with SHC. Very excited!

FYI: Blood + Honey Submittable porthole is ready to roll for Rules of Verse: Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground. @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
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Poetry Editor: @hubbsd.bsky.social
Guest Poetry Editor @seangmeggeson.bsky.social
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Poem, "Roseblood," in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
"Fictile Feelings" (Poetry Special, October '25) Issue. 🥰 to Guest Editor S. Sethi!

"...turn your blind eyes from this solemn procession / and the roseblood underfoot / some spots aren’t meant to wash away."

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General submissions are now OPEN for Issue #6, scheduled for publication December 15, 2025 @ 6 PM CST. Send us your poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art!!!

Subs open tomorrow! Looking forward to reading your VU-inspired lines! @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
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Guest Poetry Editor @seangmeggeson.bsky.social
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the haunt of age: a 5-step program for ghosting your ghost — Blood+Honey by Karen Crawford “…anticipate your ghost’s surprise when she floats into the bedroom where your new nipped/tucked body lies. If she goes all poltergeist, rattle, and chain, flash her a ‘friendly’ s...

Thrilled to have a salty little micro up in the great @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social ! Thank you
@davidestringel.bsky.social for having it!!

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BIG thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social and EIC @thedrevlow.bsky.social for accepting my two micros, "Black Cherry" and "Ghost"!!! 🐂

Woohoo! Gonna have my CNF piece "Dishes Best Served Cold" (originally published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) reprinted in The Opiate's Fall print issue. Love that mag! BIG thanks to Genna for the acceptance.

Subs open in 🖤🔟🖤days!
EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social
Poetry ed.: @hubbsd.bsky.social
Guest Poetry Ed.: @seangmeggeson.bsky.social

“The Velvet Underground won’t replace anything … except maybe suicide.” --Cher.
Rules of Verse: subs open Oct 1
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It is only with the support of journals like @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and the hard work of editors like @davidestringel.bsky.social that we can reach new audiences and find the reciprocal energies to keep putting work out. Thank you