A Sardine on Vacation continues with Episode 87: “Read or Listen,” in which the Sardine refuses to acknowledge his rivalry with Pope Sixtus at unlikelystories.org/content/read... #smallpress #litmag

OG Unlikely compatriot Vernon Frazer is back, with two multi-page typographical poems in his signature visual style at unlikelystories.org/content/grou...

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 8PM! Get ready for a night of pro-democracy, anti-fascist poetry, music, and literature in support of the #FallofFreedom movement! There will be featured artists and a literary open mic, so come share your pro-democracy work! Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., New Orleans.

Yeah.... I'm going back to bed.

Meet newcomer Marianne Szlyk, who brings us two short stories of mother-and-daughter estrangement, leaving little boys, and fascism on the rise at unlikelystories.org/content/moth... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

If you've been seeing Fall of Freedom posts and wondering what you might do if you want to make something happen, falloffreedom.com has a list of ideas. That said, here are a few things I found that might make you think. Hey, I can do this, too! 🧵👇 1/10 #falloffreedom

Meet newcomer Arthur Davis, who brings us “The Last Few Years of Life,” a difficult short story on wordless communication, suicide, and soldiers on the horizon at www.unlikelystories.org/content/the-... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

Unlikely stalwart Joel Chace is back, with two poems on looking and eating, an embarrassment of witches, and what to do with scrawny necks at www.unlikelystories.org/content/a-fl... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

International oddball PD Lyons is back, with three poems on Buddha trees, creatures of air, and that which is forbidden at unlikelystories.org/content/ente... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer out now from C22 Open Editions! A recontextualization of language into an altogether unfamiliar form. Read the book for free! c22press.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/p...

I've been sending out personal invites to my book release party, via messenger. Looks like FB has gotten tired of this and shut my messenger down. Oh well. Come anyway. www.facebook.com/events/12195...

@booksonthepark.bsky.social is hosting an event in conjunction with the #falloffreedom call to action on Friday, Nov. 21. Be there! www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-of-fr...

Calling all artists, creatives, hobbiest, anyone looking to express themselves! Preparing my zine for #FallOfFreedom falloffreedom.com

Imagine dedicating your life to art—writing, painting, composing, whatever—and then you get online and some pro AI asshole is like, “If you hate AI you hate art.” Just…no. Shut the fuck up and go sit on a cactus.

Rest in poetry, Jack Foley.

I've got a few gigs here in New Orleans lined up. Dates and info at www.facebook.com/jonathan.pen...

Good morning, quirky poets! Did you miss yesterday's episode of Lit Balm: An Interactive Livestream Reading Series, with the poets of Puerto Rico? It's up on the YouTubes now at youtu.be/WR1SV5W9esc

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

Unlikely compatriot Mark Young is back, with three poems on listening to Miles, pseudo-codes from Jukka, and stinking corpse lilies at unlikelystories.org/content/lare... #poetry #smallpress #litmag

I've seen a lot of people mention these, but I've yet to see someone other than myself mention getting AI threats to flood my book with bad reviews if I didn't hire the AI farm to flood it with good reviews. Surely I'm not the only one?

David Moscovich is back, with three “Wrestling Matches:” poems pitting literary greats against arcade games at unlikelystories.org/content/thre... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

The full #AWP26 schedule is now available on our website, and it includes both in-person and virtual events. Go check it out!

Maga-fascism is entrenching deep into America. We have one last card. @Democrats.senate.gov don’t fund tRump’s abuse of power. Do not fund his authoritarian impulses, his kidnappers, his gulags. Do not fund his attacks on our democracy, allies, health, education, science or climate! #FallofFreedom

Welcome newcomer Sarah Padgett, who brings her short story “Who Else Follows You into The Night? No one.,” on late-night pursuits, lying to one’s loved ones, and decoding one’s father at unlikelystories.org/content/who-... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

Ben Shapiro honestly believed that being a straight while male would keep him safe.

I won't be able to attend #awp26 in person, so they're letting me zoom my presentation in! I'll be "joining" Jessie Askinazi, Michael Ian Black, Hannah Cohen, and Kenning JP García on THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 10:35am to present "More than Memory: The Art of Jewish Storytelling in Creative Nonfiction!"

Awful.

After a long absence, Tony Van Witsen is back, with his essay “The Full Monty” on natural chance, human-made randomization, and the way economic classes divide at unlikelystories.org/content/the-... #cnf #creativenonfiction #smallpress #litmag

Bar Redux and Unlikely Stories present a night of pro-democracy, anti-fascist art supporting the Fall of Freedom movement! Presenting music, poetry, and other writings, a silent procession for free speech, and a literary open mic. Tues, Nov 25, 8pm in New Orleans! www.facebook.com/events/13470...

For November's visual art presentation, Unlikely Stories Six brings the digital imagery of Edward Michael Supranowicz! Check out his six images at unlikelystories.org/content/six-...

The Athletic | In this Louisiana shrimp shack, Landry still means Tom. But they do know this: The LSU athletic department should be run by the governor, and the Tigers' next head football coach should be Donald J. Trump.

Good morning, those of you who got extra sleep and those who did not! Did you miss yesterday's episode of Lit Balm: An Interactive Livestream Reading Series? It's up on the YouTubes now at youtu.be/jFIYboZqvQA

I hope this email finds you too anxious to read the rest of this email

Check out “Do You See What I See,” a novella by newcomer Keith Buzzard on military men, shifting identities, and why you should go to a different bank with every transaction at unlikelystories.org/content/do-y... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

Please welcome Maris Catherine Tiller, who brings her short story “Pauline” on mysterious doppelgangers, paper gowns, and trying to get fresh flowers home at unlikelystories.org/content/paul... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is

Oh my god, it's an unboxing video! Come check out "A Limited Number of Miracles: a walk through the New Orleans Sculpture Garden" by Jonathan Penton (Lavender Ink, 2025)! Pre-orders are going out now! youtu.be/Z3x1sTVucTk

James Steck is back, with three poems on being a million miles old, dancing too much, and grinding out inhuman sentences at www.unlikelystories.org/content/les-... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

"Blue city" is understating the case. Landry hates New Orleans, specifically and openly, and everything it represents. His first excursions into politics in Lafayette were based entirely on anti-LGBTQ sentiment. When that failed, he expanded to racism and successfully ran for state office.

Welcome back Peycho Kanev, who brings us two poems on heavy sighs, shameful losses, and ill-lit places full of white hope at unlikelystories.org/content/days... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

Check out “East vs. West,” a short story by newcomer David August on deteriorating treaties, open warfare, and not knowing what country you're in at unlikelystories.org/content/east... #fiction #litmag #smallpress

Regina Rheda is back, with her short story “Gold for the Good,” on fascist propaganda, communist slogans, and six-year-olds who need to pee at www.unlikelystories.org/content/gold... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

It's time to celebrate Jonathan Penton's new book, "A Limited Number of Miracles: a walk through the New Orleans Sculpture Garden" from Lavender Ink! Come to Bar Redux on Tuesday, November 18 at 8pm and hear poetry from Skye Jackson, Carolyn Hembree, Laura Mattingly, and Jonathan Penton!

Give a warm welcome to mk zariel, who brings three poems on love under fascism, transitioning like ripened fruit, and checking the Signal chat at unlikelystories.org/content/flow... #poetry #smallpress #litmag

Welcome back Dennis Formento, who brings us two poems on mind dictation and how the sword that kills you is also the sword that saves at unlikelystories.org/content/the-... #poetry #litmag #smallpress

the forced self-censorship gibberish we all have to do on social media now is having a devastating effect on the way people communicate with each other. nobody in a healthy society is saying "unalived"