This was the private exchange which went acknowledged, it was also addressed by other members of the collective in the staff server.
We wanted to take this opportunity to try explain why you have been removed from your position, but you are unwilling to have a respectful discourse
We will not be engaging further with someone who uses that language with a collective who welcomed you with open arms, only to be personally targeted through the platform we untrusted you with. On our end, the situation has been addressed & resolved.
The Open Ocean will be posted & you will be credited as editor, but you were removed from your position as social media manager due to your mistreatment of a member of the collective who tried to communicate with you directly, the attempts at which were ignored.
The rest of the ed-board was consulted, this was a unanimous decision. No you did not remove the piece from the website, but you deleted it from the Instagram. It has since been restored.
We have had to remove our social media manager from the Circus Troupe due to unprofessional behaviour ~ our approach to socials will return to the original vision for our brand, & any contributors affected by the change will be notified. Thank you for your patience while we patch up our tent 💙
We stand together or we all fall.
- NO AI audiobooks
- NO AI covers
- NO AI book trailers
- NO AI character drawings
- NO AI marketing copy
- NO AI “research”
- NO AI editors
- NO AI translation
- NO AI at all
Guys I’m going to say something difficult… fail them
Bury button down bottle up washed out upper lip petroglyph canonize old enough hollow eyes last rites hatchet deep faultline out of reach given name overlaid Excavate cutting loose shaking free moss green chipped tooth centrifuge naming weeds latent gene harvest moon incomplete fairy tale justify disagree golden age hindsight
once upon a time, RESURRECTION Magazine
published this microsonnet contrapuntal, "Bury/Excavate," in their t r a n s m i g r a t i o n issue
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the first in a series of collaborative poems with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, titled "light," is in this issue 👀
it's like a modified haibun, composed of nat's prose poem + my experimental tanka
while you wait buy a copy of "Dudes Rock: A Celebraion of Queer Masculinity in Speculative Fiction".
circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/dudes-rock/
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soon.
Who's have a Bluesky moment rn?
no this isn't everyone - those of us who aren't on bluesky can be followed here
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Give our masthead a follow!
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It's nice to see more of your writing!
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We have more collections stewing - in the meantime we would like to thank everyone who has contributed their writing and works to our collections.
God/Corpse: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/god-corpse/
Dudes Rock: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/dudes-rock/
CRINGE!: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/cringe/
Burn Book: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/burn-book/
Taboo: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/taboo/
@nollthere.bsky.social created a wonderful and important art prompt list.
I hope I can post more art regarding this subject later this year and I hope more people will join.
#sciart #kleinekunsklasse
Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.
Graphic in pink, blue, and violet reads: Pride Book Fair Itchio Bundles. Are you a participating author with works published on Itch.io? Sign up to be included in a Pride Book Fair Itchio Bundle! Submissions are open through May 25th. Follow the carrd link below for details and the submission form!
NEW FOR 2025: Pride Book Fair Itchio Bundles! ✨ If you're a participating author with works published on Itchio, consider submitting to our bundle(s)! Check out the link below for more details, including the submission form:
pridebookfair.carrd.co#itchio
#pridebookfair 🌈📚
Franklyn S Newton, published works including synthetic Sea, living ink, and Wolfsbane. Anthology features include dudes rock and Astrophobia. Check out franklynnewt.carrd.co
Updating my website to include my latest anthology feature!
#booksky🌈📚💜
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Reading
CRINGE!: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/cringe/
Burn Book: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/burn-book/
Taboo: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/taboo/
Dudes Rock: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/dudes-rock/
God/Corpse: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/god-corpse/
When the Nuremberg trials of our age are held, may every single person involved find the justice they deserve.
YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you
wow this blew up!
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Who's have a Bluesky moment rn?
It's official, #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on July 7-8, 2025 🌊
This time, it will be open to all unagented authors from the #WritingCommunity.
Check our website for more details ⬇️
Some of the best Warhammer players in the world are boycotting a championship in the U.S. over our embrace of fascism. One Belgian player cited specifically legal actions against trans people as one reason he will not participate.
Nice to see.
No matter how much he pays the world will not forget Palestine and how he specifically acted toward Netanyahu the electorate and protesting students. His actions woke up so many to the issue. Hopefully people never forget
40 Lit Mags that Nominate for Pushcart BULLSHIT LIT Sixth Finch DIAGRAM Grub Street Chaotic Merge Barrelhouse Willow Springs Identity Theory trampset The Paris Review Poetry A Public Space Sans. PRESS Wild Hunt Magazine Susurrus Foglifter Lost Balloon Indiana Review ANMLY beestung The Masters Review miniskirt magazine Lucky Jefferson A Velvet Giant One Story Witness Puerto del Sol The Twin Bill fractured literary Archetype fifth wheel press The Adroit Journal 32 Poems ANMLY beestung Brevity Radar Poetry Pithead Chapel Five South Blink-Ink
When a lit mag lands a piece in the pushcart anthology, it’s a big deal. It brings prestige, more readers, and attention.
Not just for the mag, but for the writer too 🖤