Kate Tooley
@katetooley.bsky.social
Assoc. Ed. at Uncharted Mag | Writing about gays, ghosts and gay ghosts 🏳️🌈 👻 http://bio.site/katetooley/
millions of fireworks will go off in the next 48 hours. the protest at the center of the Prairieland case last July 4th — a year ago tomorrow — was a noise demo setting off fireworks for the detainees inside the ICE facility. did you know the federal government categorized fireworks as explosives?
Frank is funny and sharp and I’m absolutely tickled to get such a good write up. 🍎🔥✨ The substack is a great resource for anyone #submitting work, so even if you don’t read this piece I’d recommend checking it out! #writing #writingcommunity
Short Story Shoutout@short-story-shout.bsky.social · last mo.𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐲’s work in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 is a reminder of the kind of line-by-line joy one can create. A joy that accretes as you read, the way a snowball rolled on the front lawn is, soon enough, the solid base of a serviceable snowman. @katetooley.bsky.social @kenyonreview.bsky.social
I have two micros coming out soon, one written in a recent @kathyfish.bsky.social workshop and another at a generative session at a @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference led by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social. If you get the chance to work with either of these baddies, do it ❤️☀️🔥
brought some of the books and zines found in the Prairieland exhibit files to sentence 8 people to a combined 450 years in federal prison to @us.theguardian.com's podcast, Stateside, in the longest interview I've done so far about the story
How Trump’s DoJ used zines to convict leftists of terrorism
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · last mo.Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”
One of my favorite things is getting to read for the Top 50! I always encounter so much wonderful new work. Huge congrats to everyone who made the list this year ❤️☀️🎉
Sudha Balagopal@sudhab.bsky.social · last mo.Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷
If you’re not ready for #pridemonth to be over, preorder the upcoming Issue of Stanchion where I have a gay little story called Nobody’s Gonna Make You Go to Pigeon Forge, about secret crushes, ill-advised hookups, and, most importantly, Dolly Parton. 🏳️🌈❤️😘
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · last mo.The brief Stanchion Magazine farewell tour begins with issue 24 this September. Inside you'll find new @writesloud.bsky.social @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @iephemera.bsky.social & 20 more of the best writers in indie lit. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
I finally got my very own “Mrs Dalloway” riff 😍 courtesy of @dahosek.bsky.social. Many thanks to @stanchion.bsky.social for publishing “Nobody’s Gonna Make You Go to Pigeon Forge” in the upcoming issue.
D. A. Hosek@dahosek.bsky.social · last mo.Mrs Dalloway decided she would make you go to pigeon forge herself.
For writers and scholars in NYC: sign this open letter to remind our wonderful mayor to fund NYC's libraries fully. "New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget
NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...
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Next Monday at 7:30pm EDT, @livesinpages.bsky.social will be participating in Volume 26 of Wine & Pine at Ten Degrees Bar, New York, NY alongside @katetooley.bsky.social, @kimnarby.bsky.social, and Zachary Zane, hosted by @rachelaggilman.bsky.social! RSVP Here: buff.ly/mJZn2M3
ICYMI: ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW! If you'd like to support a queer magazine during Pride Month, here are a few ways: ✨ Become a patron: www.patreon.com/othersidespec OR buy Issue 2 via... 🪐 Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... 🗡️ Patreon: www.patreon.com/othersidespe... 🌈 Elsewhere: books2read.com/u/bpBjnW
Test copies of Issue 23 are on their way to me! I'm still (& will always be) so nervous that I got the cover layout right, so I get 2 test copies before ordering hundreds. You can order your copy now though (please). Just a tenner for 23 pieces of writing, all of which were paid for!
HAPPY PRIDE, ISSUE 2 IS OUT NOW FOR SUBSCRIBERS!!! Check your email! 🪐🗡️🌈 Issue 2 will be free online on June 15th—but if you'd like to support a queer magazine AND read Issue 2 without waiting, you can snag a copy now! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/3e872a158d Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/others... (1/2)
days into a hunger and labor strike of hundreds detained in GEO Group-run Delaney Hall, people inside report beatings, rotten food, crumbling facilities, and denied medical care. protesters and organizers outside are confronting ICE in the Newark street. talked to a few about it: @us.theguardian.com
‘We won’t stop until they’re free’: protesters outside a New Jersey ICE facility in their own words
Organizers rally outside Delaney Hall, facing violent clashes with agents, as over 300 detainees are on hunger strike
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The Issue 23 Table of Contents has just entered the chat. What piece of writing, based on its title alone, are you most excited to read?
Happy and amazed to be in the newest issue of Stanchion magazine. Pre orders are available now! Only $10 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... @stanchion.bsky.social is a PAYING market. All 23 contributors were paid for our work. Support them! #literarymagazine #litmag #writingcommunity
Delighted to be back in Issue 23 of @stanchion.bsky.social -- a particularly sweet homecoming! Pre-order to enjoy a plethora of excellent writing and photography!
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 2mo agoIssue 23 arrives in 2 weeks. Pre-order it to be the first to read new writing from @travisshosa.bsky.social, @katetooley.bsky.social, @lmbayley.bsky.social, @josephlezza.com, @catherineweiss.bsky.social & many more brilliant writers! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/stanchion-magazine-issue-23
Delighted to have my flash "Modifications to a mid-Victorian terrace when a woolly mammoth lands on my doorstep" in Issue 23 of @stanchion.bsky.social Pre-order your copy for just $10 here - or DM me if you're in the UK. I'm gonna do a batch order. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Stanchion Magazine Issue 23 | Stanchion
Issue 23 of Stanchion will be published in early June 2026. In addition to photographs by Stanchion editor-in-chief Jeff Bogle, Issue 23 will feature original poetry and prose writing from Scott Lauda...
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Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm still reading for Issue 24 + Elegant Variations, but Issue 23 is made. Gonna put it on sale soon. It'll be out in early June. I hope you'll consider buying a copy. Just $10. 24 contributors getting paid $20 each. All real writing. All real good shit from some real greats.
Thrilled to have a sad, sexy flash about alienation and gay bars and finding home in unexpected places in the next issue of Stanchion alongside some very fab writers. Get you a little pre-order today! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 2mo agoIssue 23 arrives in 2 weeks. Pre-order it to be the first to read new writing from @travisshosa.bsky.social, @katetooley.bsky.social, @lmbayley.bsky.social, @josephlezza.com, @catherineweiss.bsky.social & many more brilliant writers! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/stanchion-magazine-issue-23
I am prepared to start going door-to-door like when we were kids to sell magazine subscriptions, except its for fucking book clubs, and its so much more worth it. @stanchion.bsky.social is fucking 12 bucks a month and there have already been so many bangers. Skin in the game, folks. #booksky
2026 Stanchion Book Club Membership | Stanchion
When you become a member of the 2026 Stanchion Book Club, you will receive the books of course plus: a PDF of each book well before publication day, four exclusive gifts* (1 per quarter) made just for...
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Today @victoriascott.bsky.social writes about Juniper Blessing, a University of Washington student who was murdered last week, and worries about the potential loss of a better future for young trans people she had always hoped was coming. www.welcometohellworld.com/this-pain-ha...
This pain has to become foreign and unknowable
In memory of Juniper Blessing
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This piece is phenomenal. It captures the epic scale of love's intimacy and how it transforms lifetimes and universes—all in the scope of a short story. ✨️ Read this if you want sapphic yearning and hypnotic storytelling to bowl you over. You won't regret it (but you'll probably cry).
Kate Tooley@katetooley.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy story, “The Golden Apples of Little River, Alabama” is in the new issue of Kenyon alongside some massively talented writers. If you’re down for a small town steakhouse waitress making a deal with the devil (the pastor’s wife), then this one’s for you 🔥
My story, “The Golden Apples of Little River, Alabama” is in the new issue of Kenyon alongside some massively talented writers. If you’re down for a small town steakhouse waitress making a deal with the devil (the pastor’s wife), then this one’s for you 🔥
Kenyon Review@kenyonreview.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe new issue of The Kenyon Review is here! Follow the link to read: Jessie Cato’s remarkable piece on the nonlinearity of grief, “Through the Mirror,” the winning entry of the 2025 Kenyon Review Nonfiction Contest judged by Lucy Ives. This cover features Launch Pads (2021) by Ivan David Ng.
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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I am for once not in Brooklyn, please show out on my behalf!!
Split Lip Magazine@splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday is the day✨ Lit Mags Unite Against ICE! Come meet us at Starr Bar in Bushwick from 6-9pm for our open mic event with @epiphanylit.bsky.social & the Eckleburg Review✨ RSVP and get all the info here: buff.ly/opRd3Oq
They're not going to stop with trans. They've realized that they can get away with just about anything if they claim to be protecting "the children." If they roll back gay marriage, they won't stop there either. There is no fucking accommodating these people, they must be defeated & marginalized.
Meet the Seattle woman behind a national effort to end same-sex marriage
Katy Faust, a Seattle-based Christian activist, has quietly gained prominence as a national leader in a conservative campaign to undo legal same-sex marriages.
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Late to the party but finally got to sit down and dig into issue one! Shoutout to my incomparable @lambdaliterary.org pals @srinivassimo.bsky.social and @ayidashonibar.bsky.social for their magical stories ✨✨✨✨
OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 3mo agoHave you read Issue 1? One of our favorite places to buy ebooks is @weightlessbooks.bsky.social—and you can find OTHERSIDE there too! Every purchase helps us bring you more great queer SFF! Issue 1: weightlessbooks.com/otherside-ma... 12-month subscription: weightlessbooks.com/otherside-ma...
Our Issue 2 TOC is officially here! 🪐🗡️ We are so excited to reveal this stellar lineup of nine stories, six poems, and one essay by sixteen incredible authors—and we absolutely cannot WAIT for you to read this dreamy, gorgeous, magical issue in June. More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/7)
