we have an interview with Claire Hopple @clairehopple.bsky.social ! about her new novel 'Change the Subject' Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social says: "I’d know the cadence and tone of a Hopple story even in a blind read…” read it ! xraylitmag.com/change-the-s...

Change The Subject: an Interview with Claire Hopple by Kirsti MacKenzie

The older I get, the more I appreciate writers who leave a personal stamp on their work, so unmistakeable it couldn’t be anyone else on the page. Claire Hopple is one such author. Hopple’s absurdist, ...

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hey i really really liked it

John Waddy Bullion@johnwaddy.bsky.social · 3w ago

some very nice people said some very nice things about something I made that’s coming out next week ⚡️ @jonathanin2k.bsky.social @keersteemack.bsky.social @juscarts.com @bruisermag.com

🚲 “Eat the Saddle Last” by Kirsti MacKenzie / @keersteemack.bsky.social bulbregion.com/Eat-the-Sadd...

Eat the Saddle Last, by Kirsti MacKenzie — The Bulb Region

Eat the Saddle Last — Kirsti MacKenzie ELLA TELLS ME I HAVE TO eat a bicycle if I...

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hey this is v v nice

The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · last mo.

Please join us in celebrating our Best Small Fictions 2027 nominees! ⚡️ @kplumhoff.bsky.social @keersteemack.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social @davidwryan.bsky.social To be able to publish your work has truly been an honor!

volume 28 is live, folks. happy sunday ♥️ next volume is our last, get in my inbox! major7mag@gmail.com www.major7mag.com

I says to the guy: In my hometown there’s an alley. In the alley there’s a hot dog stand. Gourmet, they call it. Real fuck-me-up menu. Peanut butter and pickles and chocolate and bananas and bacon and cheezies and blueberries and ceviche. Every unholy thing. You want it bald? Order a Paul Shaffer.

Elephant Mastodon@emath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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New mixtape up for you! It will be one of our last. Details in my editor's letter Now playing: Volume 27 www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

Literary Mixtape Volume 27

On folding.

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Too Many Jobs: The Kirsti MacKenzie Story

friday five for ya. new volume coming end of the month! www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...

Friday Five: April 10, 2026

Five stories, five albums, one fave.

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if you're waiting for a response from me on subs you should get it this weekend! and if not you can hate me forever idc xo

Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

someone told me Geese sounds like if The Sheepdogs went to art school and now I can't unhear it www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...

chaque vendredi est le vendredi saint quand on est un mauvais catholique 😘

yes hi hello!

Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · 7mo ago

if you are waiting to hear back on a submission, I am aiming to respond by next week thx for your patience xo

Jacob Tierney + Jared Keeso are so undefeated at soundtracking b/c i have not been able to stop walking around my house shouting GIVE ME! YOUR EYES! I NEED! SUNSHINE! for like three months

that pan to disappointed chalamet was for me personally

oscars dearly beloved montage but for writers/editors/mags that have been cancelled this year

returned to bartending (late to shift, naturally), and half the bar burst into applause so my ego is now big as the moon

Peeps, social media is fickle and volatile. hex is steadfast. Click here, and sign up for our email list to stay apprised of future openings. Speaking of which... Mark your calendars for March, 20th at noon. See you then 😈

recent favs if you even care

Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · 7mo ago

playing greatest hits today xo www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...

less of a plant mom and more of a plant step mom, they are hostile to my presence and wish me dead because i do not know how to care for them properly

just finished Rishi's episode. more stressful than Seven Fishes ep of The Bear. why do i do this to my nervous system

Kirsti MacKenzie@keersteemack.bsky.social · 8mo ago

okay who on my feed is watching Industry and how far in are you

“There is no talking me out of Ella. Maybe she will marry me, maybe she won’t. But she knows …” @keersteemack.bsky.social in @bulbregion.bsky.social bulbregion.com/Eat-the-Sadd...

Eat the Saddle Last, by Kirsti MacKenzie — The Bulb Region

Eat the Saddle Last — Kirsti MacKenzie ELLA TELLS ME I HAVE TO eat a bicycle if I...

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friday mixtape for ya! five albums, five stories, one fav (snuck three in there oop) www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...

Friday Five: February 20, 2026

Five stories, five albums, one fave.

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In about two weeks, we open for general submissions for the first time. It will go live on March 1...and remain that day for only a single day (through midnight EST)! Save the date and spread the word. Looking forward to reading all the great work. bulbregion.com/Submissions

came for the exclamation pts stayed for the banging verse 😤

Daniel Miller@danielmiller.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A little nervy to share my FIRST EVER published verse poem! I feel so honored and lucky that @burialmagazine.bsky.social thought it decent enough to feature it! This one was inspired by a @toddedillard.bsky.social post! Todd is a phenom poet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THX 4 LOOKING! <3

okay who on my feed is watching Industry and how far in are you

incredible work in the comments here

Kirsti MacKenzie@keersteemack.bsky.social · 8mo ago

i'm sorry guys i have to stay on the platform x bc no one is shitposting their way through Olympic hockey over here

The brilliant Kirsti MacKenzie (@keersteemack.bsky.social) has recently gotten her debut novel "Better to Beg" published by Sweet Trash Press (@sweettrashpress.bsky.social) and House of Vlad Press (@houseofvladpress.bsky.social). Make sure to buy a copy! asterismbooks.com/product/bett...

i'm sorry guys i have to stay on the platform x bc no one is shitposting their way through Olympic hockey over here

the cut to the Jian Ghomeshi poster in nirvana the band the show the movie is such a perfect joke and i'm going to be laughing about it forever

“When I am done eating the bicycle I eat the saddle last. Chew the leather and it tastes like dessert, like victory.” Read Kirsti MacKenzie’s (@keersteemack.bsky.social) wonderful short story, “Eat the Saddle Last,” in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/Eat-the-Sadd...

Eat the Saddle Last, by Kirsti MacKenzie — The Bulb Region

Eat the Saddle Last — Kirsti MacKenzie ELLA TELLS ME I HAVE TO eat a bicycle if I...

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