Issue 22 is officially here! We'll share highlights from these prose pieces and poems in the coming days. Check out the whole issue here: variantlit.com/issue-twenty...

God bless the people of Minneapolis, who are showing more courage and patriotism in the face of state violence than the fascists shooting at them could ever know. We should all show the same guts when our own turn comes around.

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New from The Variety Pack! In conversation with Variant Editor @williamjcagle.bsky.social, @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social discusses the strange possibilities of fiction from their forthcoming collection The Museum of Future Mistakes from @boa-editions.bsky.social variantlit.com/the-museum-o...

Perhaps you need a little prose today? Read "Glass Eyes" by J.M. Vesper from issue 21 variantlit.com/glass-eyes/

“Do you know the feeling? In a dark room, when your attention is elsewhere? Preoccupation wanes for a moment, and there he is. In the corner of your eye—the silhouette of a man.” Uncanny chills abound here, from Nathaniel Mumau: variantlit.com/the-man-in-t...

“The things you say to me now are only for now. If you teach the bird, she will continue to say them for years to come.” All the ways love endures in this story by Thom Hawkins: variantlit.com/a-legacy-of-...

@variantlit.bsky.social is open for submissions! We want to read your poems, stories, and micros! We're open until April 5th - We pay a $10 honorarium - We reply within 2 months (if not sooner) - We are excited to read your work! Submit: variantlit.com/submit/

Keep the submissions coming! We've received 214 submissions since we opened. This makes our weird hearts happy. #openforsubmissions #callsforwork

In addition to the 10 free ebooks Haymarket is offering because "books are crucial tools in struggles against racism, imperialism, and capitalism," there are several others available for free and the rest are just $2 — and one is 30¢. I'll add some more links. www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...