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Kirsti MacKenzie

@keersteemack.bsky.social
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writer • editor Major 7th Mag • BETTER TO BEG out with House of Vlad

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X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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...
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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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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
hey i really really liked it
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🚲 “Eat the Saddle Last” by Kirsti MacKenzie / @keersteemack.bsky.social bulbregion.com/Eat-the-Sadd...
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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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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
hey this is v v nice
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
thank you Thad!
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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
volume 28 is live, folks. happy sunday ♥️ next volume is our last, get in my inbox! major7mag@gmail.com www.major7mag.com
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Major 7th Magazine | literary mixtape
Major 7th Magazine: Your literary mixtape. Curated weekly.
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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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.
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
thanks folks!
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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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...
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Literary Mixtape Volume 27
On folding.
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Too Many Jobs: The Kirsti MacKenzie Story
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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
friday five for ya. new volume coming end of the month! www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...
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Friday Five: April 10, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
big xo pal
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
chaque vendredi est le vendredi saint quand on est un mauvais catholique 😘
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
yes hi hello!
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
also so, so on board with the band's response to the streaming spike, i believe this shit firmly: "I’ve always had the philosophy that once you record a song and release it into the world, you let it do its thing. It’s interesting to watch. I’m not going to try to control anything.”
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Indie Rocker 'Surprised' By Song Going Viral 20 Years Later Thanks To 'Heated Rivalry'
'The premise of a sexy, gay hockey show sounds fun.'
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
that pan to disappointed chalamet was for me personally
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
oscars dearly beloved montage but for writers/editors/mags that have been cancelled this year
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
hundo p. loved, or loving
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
i've been writing a lot about how it healed me from some shit. an impulse decision to apply and it changed my life
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I REALLY DO, BARLOW 🥲
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
returned to bartending (late to shift, naturally), and half the bar burst into applause so my ego is now big as the moon
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hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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 😈
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Future
Guidelines hex publishes flash literary fiction and prose poetry with speculative elements. We welcome the surreal, the weird, and the uncanny. Scare us, surprise us, take us to space. Show us how ...
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
that came out way saltier than intended ily xo
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
recent favs if you even care
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
just finished Rishi's episode. more stressful than Seven Fishes ep of The Bear. why do i do this to my nervous system
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I CAN'T TAKE ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN'S HAIR RIGHT NOW
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Graeme the reffing, my god
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“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...
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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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Major 7th Magazine @major7mag.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
friday mixtape for ya! five albums, five stories, one fav (snuck three in there oop) www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...
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Friday Five: February 20, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thank you!
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
oooh gotcha.
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
leaving my house, finger guns to the sun
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
i too will carry a baseball bat in my place of employment
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
oH oops i thought this was a response to Dan's poem! and yes it's sort of like hbo said what if succession was more like euphoria
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
you've got a good eye, as ever
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
same! i am blowing through it
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
it took me a minute to get into it but i think i'm hooked now!
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
i just started and only onto szn 2. having flashbacks to my time in investment banking lolol. if i remember correct Amber is in banking - how does she find it tracks?
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
came for the exclamation pts stayed for the banging verse 😤
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
luv 2 b called a n*zi 50 times before my morning coffee
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
okay who on my feed is watching Industry and how far in are you
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Adam I don't know how people find me on here
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
lol. lmao, even
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
incredible work in the comments here
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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
thank you for the shout out!
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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...
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Better to Beg | Asterism Books
The bloody Deserters—the band that belongs nowhere. To no one. With raw musical talent and wild sexual chemistry, early aughts NYC rock duo The Deserters, comprised of ambitious midwestern feminist V...
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