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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 3h

one trick management doesn't want you to know!

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 6h

The word is out. @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's THE PERIODIC FAMILY is a stellar collection. And it's out today from Cowboy Jamboree! Get yours: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-periodic...

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

do hawks have dibs when they start circling?

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HAD @havehashad.com · 12/10/2026

"Therapy has gotten too expensive or always was but there was a time I thought a professional’s advice or guidance was needed but now it’s not that I seek answers so much as someone to listen without judgment or..." today from @anniejowrites.bsky.social ! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

Oct 12, '26
Therapy in the Park
Anna Vangala Jones

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Therapy has gotten too expensive or always was but there was a time I thought a professional’s advice or guidance was needed but now it’s not that I seek answers so much as someone to listen without judgment or interruption so instead of taking the long bus ride to my old therapist’s office between the Chinese food takeout counter and the stationery store—isn’t it funny and lovely how we still sell and purchase letterhead, envelopes, and journals when so many have fallen out of practice at handwriting even their own names—I venture a few blocks past the giant fountain with birds chirping and children shrieking in the cold water to visit my favorite statue of the bronze couple on the bench, the man reading a book with the woman reading over his shoulder, and I sit beside them like they’re expecting me and tell them about my late rent, my mother’s anxious calls I haven’t yet returned about my father’s test results...

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

one of the first crops to be domesticated in africa, grows in sandy, hard places, spread all over the world and thrives in areas where people tend to have food insecurity and starving. got in the states by the most awful and inhumane way possible. know what it means when I'm out there.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"then why didnt you take a clearer picture?" "because I was picking goddamn peas and"

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

cowpeas are probably the most optimistic crop in history.

blurry picture of a purple cowpea flower growing in a peapatch

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

looking at every system, every organization, every fabric of society: yep, there's a lot of rot under there.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"nobody in real life would be this stupid" :::looks at real life::: people in stories arent stupid enough.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Good morning! I have two new poems in swamp pink! Here is “Present Tense”:

Present Tense

The flute is older than the wheel
and once was just
as everywhere: on your back
idling in some fescue meadow
or bent, picking over cobble
on a steel-gray shore or upright,
watching streams of wolves depart
a spent kill—you would hear it,
and it would carry you.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

this is why there's always rival spots for new food. i'm thinking if there is a shell of some sort and rotating high heat to melt cheese on both sides and quickly bake the whole thing then you can keep the structure as one. depends on the kind of crust you want and the style of pizza.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

rotisserie-style pizza sounds awesome

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

as a later-in-life bald man, I didnt realize hats were a thing for bald men, not for some sense of shame, but because the sun is a merciless machine of fire, regardless of the seasons. why must i keep relearning the lessons I ready knew as a pale ass white boy? your pfp has you wearing a hat, fool

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i always think this time of year about what still scares me because when you love horror from a young age, and you keep exposing yourself to new things, you can appreciate ideas of fear better than feel them.

michael meyers in halloween standing broad daglight behind shrubs

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

nala likes to shell her own peas.

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The final issue of Stanchion Magazine marks a full-circle return to the debut from over 6 years ago: It's a staple-bound, black & white, 36-page zine printed on elegantly thick uncoated paper, available only directly from Stanchion, and priced at a mere $5. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Look what's here!! A short story chapbook examining modern masculinity & what it means to be a human on the decline, told through the lens of superheroes & villians. A real genius piece of work by M. Kelleher. Available for just $11 on sale. Shipping next month.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

nothing more abrasive than reading the words gentile reminder while scrolling.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

in the future, nearly half of all thrift stores will be James Patterson / collaboration novels which is different than now which is just, you know, James Patterson novels.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

wonder how many times i'm going to see screenshots of that poor man being executed on here because thats how it goes.

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 08/10/2026

I’m out of town this week visiting my mom as she recovers from a stroke and Amanda is holding down the fort solo. We’d both love to get you books to read, so if you’ve been meaning to hunt down something new, we hope you find something in our shop! Want some recommendations? Lemme know!

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

you lost me at I enjoy some of Marilyn Manson's work. i'm just joshin' ya! we're on the internet!

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

that's fair. I just wanted to feel alive on the timeline.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

we got a zine ripe for the making.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

glazeless generation brings tears to my eyes.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I see now why some of you like muting over blocking you're passive aggressive.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

dollars to donuts exchange rate is in chaos because of candidate Nobis.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

some weird motherfucker says something online, not even sure it's real. the internet and your relatives: this represents a large swath of society. this is as true as the seasons. we must internalize this and make it part of generational trauma.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

why was Hardee's so fucking cool back then?

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A. Get yours! B. They're right, and my poem in this issue kind of thematically connects. There is always rebirth waiting in dreary downfall.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

things might be getting a little too Raph.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

if cover letters encouraged you to be obnoxious then I'd be so much better at them.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I guess in the context of the song, I should be so lucky. I just meant I finally heard it. in the wild.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I was just out minding my own business and Texas finally chose me in a 7-11.

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Terms & Conditions has arrived and is available in print from me or wherever you order books, and as an e-reader-friendly PDF. Get your copy of this important book today. Print: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... PDF: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/term...

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Terms & Conditions: A Memoir | Stanchion

**The terms & conditions you grew up with don't have to determine the rest of your life** When a 46-year-old hypervigilant anthropologist finds out she has a genetic mutation that means she is at ri...

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i think publishing is an art but also is a business and artist sometimes can find success in places that might not care about enriching them. i'm not always as interested in trying to assign value in whether art is good or bad, but if artist are still getting support in growing and having support.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

don't actually...write whatever you want. i don't give a fuck. I am hoping for the best result for your vision, whatever that is.

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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I will still argue now what I argued in a workshop then: I am not a fantasy writer, but I'd sacrifice trying to write in a pretend language I don't understand or use names that nobody can keep straight if it obscures telling a compelling story, now come fight me.

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