“What’s happening now?” You know… in the underground? Find out what fall has in store for Baltimore in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE from @timkabara.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

A bazillion books horde fakewood shelves and I ain’t read a lick. CAESAR ON SKID ROW by Noah Cours www.bruisermag.com/cours_caesar

I smoke a pipe made from a doll’s plastic leg. I see you, I cast a spell on you. Don’t you know what I am, fool? Three poems by Kevin Chesser wwww.bruisermag.com/Chesser_ThreePoems

the debauched glamor and emotional intensity of early-70s Fassbinder... the sex comedies of Hal Hartley, who spent an entire year watching nothing but Marat/Sade @leeartr.bsky.social reviews Adult Film's reimagining of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard: www.bruisermag.com/ritchie_cher...

and whatever happened to the other other guy who was at that house show, actually i remember he used to eat the silica gel packets out of beef jerky and i feel bad i egged him on TALLY by @romyewing.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/ewing_tally

Somehow in all that spiritual seeking It never occurred to my ass that mayapples grow in May Enjoy this peek at @monkhoney.bsky.social’s SPREE, the newest BRUISER Zine title—preorders available now! www.bruisermag.com/herman_borna... Preorder SPREE: bruisermag.bigcartel.com/product/spree

Sending some prose out into the world? Here's some places that are super cool, fee free, and OPEN FOR SUBS!!! @xraylitmag.bsky.social @alocasiamag.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @fahmidangroup.bsky.social @bruisermag.com @trampset.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social

Somehow in all that spiritual seeking It never occurred to my ass that mayapples grow in May Enjoy this peek at @monkhoney.bsky.social’s SPREE, the newest BRUISER Zine title—preorders available now! www.bruisermag.com/herman_borna... Preorder SPREE: bruisermag.bigcartel.com/product/spree

and whatever happened to the other other guy who was at that house show, actually i remember he used to eat the silica gel packets out of beef jerky and i feel bad i egged him on TALLY by @romyewing.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/ewing_tally

the debauched glamor and emotional intensity of early-70s Fassbinder... the sex comedies of Hal Hartley, who spent an entire year watching nothing but Marat/Sade @leeartr.bsky.social reviews Adult Film's reimagining of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard: www.bruisermag.com/ritchie_cher...

I smoke a pipe made from a doll’s plastic leg. I see you, I cast a spell on you. Don’t you know what I am, fool? Three poems by Kevin Chesser wwww.bruisermag.com/Chesser_ThreePoems

A bazillion books horde fakewood shelves and I ain’t read a lick. CAESAR ON SKID ROW by Noah Cours www.bruisermag.com/cours_caesar

“What’s happening now?” You know… in the underground? Find out what fall has in store for Baltimore in this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE from @timkabara.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

Always stoked to be in @bruisermag.com! Thanks for running “The Bramble Dialectic,” “The Choir,” and “How Am I?” www.bruisermag.com/Ennis_ThreeS...

Cody should’ve run. He should’ve gone home. Should’ve gone anywhere. But he didn’t. He sat on the edge of an old, bald tire a few feet away, watching the lightless river slide past in the dark. The dog came over and lay beside him. UNDER THE ELMS by Cobra www.bruisermag.com/Cobra_Elms

It’s a fair question to ask why the Old Rats motorcycle gang is tolerated in Bramble. Official records clearly show their members have committed just about every crime. But the fact of the matter is that they drove out the skinheads. Three stories by Sean Ennis www.bruisermag.com/Ennis_ThreeS...

The dog and I often fought for the position of most sacrificial…so when the cougar attacked, I thought, Finally. This ought to be good. FIVE GOLD STARS by Caroline Fuller www.bruisermag.com/fuller_golds...

Fleeing the cops, they stumble upon a remote area of the game environment known as The Vinewood Bowl: an empty theater just waiting for a show. Elizabeth Lambert and Philip Gilreath on Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane's virtual, violent exploration in Shakespeare www.bruisermag.com/lambertgilre...

Just because I smile doesn’t mean I am happy. “All of life,” the Buddha said, “is sadness.” Five fresh prose poems from Howie Good www.bruisermag.com/good_prosepo...

After that first shot across the bow, things shift perceptibly, like when Harpo grabs his harp and Chico sits down at the piano. In this week’s ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE, @timkabara.bsky.social's back with a CD You May Have Missed—2003’s self-titled MORE DOGS. ↓ www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

I tell her I have intrusive thoughts about giving a blowjob with broken teeth. She laughs and rears her head back, becoming selkie-like. If your teeth are sharp and crooked in these thoughts, bite their dick off. THE BING by Betsy Studholme www.bruisermag.com/studholme_bing

BRUISER ZINE 008: Lily Herman's poetry collection SPREE. Celebrate with us at Normals on Sunday 9/28! SPREE is available for preorder now: bruisermag.bigcartel.com/product/spree

many thanks to @bruisermag.com for publishing this one. please enjoy the trainer I made in the midst of hammering it out. or not, if you don't enjoy Japanese men trying to kill each other

Please read this short story by me. It's about growing up neurodivergent in the Scottish Borders. And Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada, June 1994. www.bruisermag.com/mcpherson_ti...

David had seen the theatrics of American wrestling. Misawa had none. Misawa had pain. TIGER DRIVER NINETY-ONE by @suplexicon.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/mcpherson_ti...

any body who persists in advertently big ups-ing the British Empire, still can politely go and fuck right off THREE POEMS I HEARD ABOUT A.C. CHATTERJEE by Aniket Sanyal www.bruisermag.com/sanyal_chatt...

“Bursts, as if a handful of flash grenades are being thrown or a firefight is being had inside. Static green lights halo the top two windows.” @littlebirdliv.bsky.social on the latest film from Zac Farley and cult novelist Dennis Cooper

“When I get to the back of the plane,   the flight attendant says there is no row 28   but I can help serve the soft drinks and pretzels.” Two poems by Charlie Bailey www.bruisermag.com/bailey_twopo...

Perhaps this style of music is back because so many need to scream, to yawp, to let it all out. This week's Anything for a Weird Life from @timkabara.bsky.social - SCREAMO: A LOOK BACK www.bruisermag.com/kabara_weird...

“Hearts enflamed in the forgotten rituals of night loosen upon the day their blood-red crimes.” SINGLE TOOTHED PRIEST by David Hay www.bruisermag.com/hay_priest

She told him to start thinking about the things he wanted to do in life beginning right now. She told him what it feels like to cut a psychiatric hospital bracelet off of your wrist at seventeen. THREE BLEACHED PLAYPENS - Myles Zavelo www.bruisermag.com/zavelo_playp...

“His melancholy made her crazy. She wanted to bite him, to rip off his sad face and eat it.” LUCKY by Tom Ianelli www.bruisermag.com/ianelli_lucky

French New Wave is alive! @alexlei.bsky.social found it in New York Film dispatch from a Luc Moullet retrospective and the launch of the ultra-cinephilic magazine Narrow Margin

“The Quaker Oats guy vomited into my hands and what came out was not oatmeal, but tens of pounds of the purest cocaine this side of the Hudson River.” Three Poems byTheodore Heil www.bruisermag.com/heil_threepo...

BRUISER ZINES SERIES 2: SPREE - Lily Herman FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY - Arumandhira LEONARD! - John Crawford PIECES OF WAS - Owen Paul Edwards ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU - @johnwaddy.bsky.social

“Here I am, in bed, my hand down my pants, and Hank has the best view in the room.” THE SPIDER I’VE NAMED HANK IN THE CORNER OF MY ROOM IS WATCHING ME MASTURBATE by Hope K Martin www.bruisermag.com/martin_spider

Summer break is over and @timkabara.bsky.social is back! If you're not familiar with Tim's excellent column ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE... PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

“I catch back up to the Cybertruck to ask the guy, What the actual? Are you a fuck? But his windows are tinted so I can’t tell if he’s learned a lesson or if he’s having sex.” BULLY by Sam Berman www.bruisermag.com/berman_bully

“His melancholy made her crazy. She wanted to bite him, to rip off his sad face and eat it.” LUCKY by Tom Ianelli www.bruisermag.com/ianelli_lucky

French New Wave is alive! @alexlei.bsky.social found it in New York Film dispatch from a Luc Moullet retrospective and the launch of the ultra-cinephilic magazine Narrow Margin

“The Quaker Oats guy vomited into my hands and what came out was not oatmeal, but tens of pounds of the purest cocaine this side of the Hudson River.” Three Poems byTheodore Heil www.bruisermag.com/heil_threepo...

BRUISER ZINES SERIES 2: SPREE - Lily Herman FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY - Arumandhira LEONARD! - John Crawford PIECES OF WAS - Owen Paul Edwards ELECTROCUTION IS A PORTMANTEAU - @johnwaddy.bsky.social

“Here I am, in bed, my hand down my pants, and Hank has the best view in the room.” THE SPIDER I’VE NAMED HANK IN THE CORNER OF MY ROOM IS WATCHING ME MASTURBATE by Hope K Martin www.bruisermag.com/martin_spider

Summer break is over and @timkabara.bsky.social is back! If you're not familiar with Tim's excellent column ANYTHING FOR A WEIRD LIFE... PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

“I catch back up to the Cybertruck to ask the guy, What the actual? Are you a fuck? But his windows are tinted so I can’t tell if he’s learned a lesson or if he’s having sex.” BULLY by Sam Berman www.bruisermag.com/berman_bully

Someone please help, the book festival’s schedule is TOO STACKED

dad, what will you do when your heart gives out with your right hand on the wheel Three poems by @whoastanderson.bsky.social www.bruisermag.com/anderson_thr...

what’s after this? an invitation to the blank white bride and her know-nothing groom’s wedding? Two poems by Guy Cramer www.bruisermag.com/cramer_twopo...

When you feel lonely, ask the following: Are you hungry? Are you rested? Do you need some air? Two poems by Gabrielle Woolley www.bruisermag.com/woolley_twop...

BRUISER x NORMALS READING ALERT SATURDAY & SUNDAY 9/13-14 at the BALTIMORE BOOK FESTIVAL SEE YOU THERE