We have had to remove our social media manager from the Circus Troupe due to unprofessional behaviour ~ our approach to socials will return to the original vision for our brand, & any contributors affected by the change will be notified. Thank you for your patience while we patch up our tent 💙

We stand together or we all fall. - NO AI audiobooks - NO AI covers - NO AI book trailers - NO AI character drawings - NO AI marketing copy - NO AI “research” - NO AI editors - NO AI translation - NO AI at all

Guys I’m going to say something difficult… fail them

once upon a time, RESURRECTION Magazine published this microsonnet contrapuntal, "Bury/Excavate," in their t r a n s m i g r a t i o n issue resurrectionmag.com/t-r-a-n-s-m-...

the first in a series of collaborative poems with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, titled "light," is in this issue 👀 it's like a modified haibun, composed of nat's prose poem + my experimental tanka

soon.

Who's have a Bluesky moment rn?

Give our masthead a follow! bsky.app/profile/did:...

It's nice to see more of your writing! bookshop.org/p/books/dude...

God/Corpse: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/god-corpse/ Dudes Rock: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/dudes-rock/ CRINGE!: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/cringe/ Burn Book: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/burn-book/ Taboo: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/taboo/

@nollthere.bsky.social created a wonderful and important art prompt list. I hope I can post more art regarding this subject later this year and I hope more people will join. #sciart #kleinekunsklasse

Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.

NEW FOR 2025: Pride Book Fair Itchio Bundles! ✨ If you're a participating author with works published on Itchio, consider submitting to our bundle(s)! Check out the link below for more details, including the submission form: pridebookfair.carrd.co#itchio #pridebookfair 🌈📚

Updating my website to include my latest anthology feature! #booksky🌈📚💜 franklynnewt.carrd.co

Reading CRINGE!: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/cringe/ Burn Book: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/burn-book/ Taboo: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/taboo/ Dudes Rock: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/dudes-rock/ God/Corpse: circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/god-corpse/

When the Nuremberg trials of our age are held, may every single person involved find the justice they deserve.

YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you

Who's have a Bluesky moment rn?

It's official, #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on July 7-8, 2025 🌊 This time, it will be open to all unagented authors from the #WritingCommunity. Check our website for more details ⬇️

Some of the best Warhammer players in the world are boycotting a championship in the U.S. over our embrace of fascism. One Belgian player cited specifically legal actions against trans people as one reason he will not participate. Nice to see.

When a lit mag lands a piece in the pushcart anthology, it’s a big deal. It brings prestige, more readers, and attention. Not just for the mag, but for the writer too 🖤

Alaus oculatus, the eastern eyed click beetle. What's with the names? Well, I mean. Look at this guy. And he's looking straight back at you. Or at least, he'd probably like you to think that if you've got a taste for eating beetles. #SciArt #Art

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

if you take this moment to denigrate the "big indies" losing NEA funding, because of your perception that they publish identity over talent, it says a lot to me about your insecurity and self-centered view of publishing.

no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks

fascinating call for The New Material Ecopoetics: "experimental eco-poetry that engages with the possibilities of organic form. We welcome experiments with lyric, visual poetics, material poetries, and sound poetries." from @arcpoetry.bsky.social

💗 If you see this, quote it with your pink art! 🎀

CAMP DAMASCUS x SUMMER SONS Lonely trucker Beck knows pretty boys are trouble, so he can't be surprised when picking an amnesiac cult escapee off the side of the road drags him into a battle between vengeful angels and alien monsters over the fate of the world. #QuestPit #H #A

Feels like a good day for an excerpt from my review of THESE STRANGE BODIES by @courtludwick.bsky.social (ELJ Editions: 2024), published in @variantlit.bsky.social's Variety Pack section earlier this year variantlit.com/knowing-and-...

The radical right-wing legislature in Utah passed a bill that banned public schools and buildings from flying pride flags. But they are still allowed to fly city flags. So check out Salt Lake City’s newly adopted city flags.

heyyy agents this is finished and has gone through multiple rounds of revisions btw oooo u wanna request the manuscript so bad ooooo

Reposting a fave, since we're already halfway to Halloween and all. #Art

ALOCASIA is now accepting creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by queer writers. Our honorarium is $50 per contributor. Deadline: May 31. Shares appreciated! More details: alocasia.org/about-send-w...

Elon Musk performed one of the largest thefts of the American treasury and he did so in broad daylight, with everyone watching. I have no patience for the media, I have no patience for congress.

just found out a very important to me piece about my theatre school baggage was accepted today :,) “Ballerinas in Blue” oil pastel and ink bby

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

It’s called elevated horror, T. It’s when the dracula is actually that your mom died.

okay: if you are interested in participating in an *editorial* capacity, lmk via dm?

It's the last gasps of #indieapril but it's always time to read something queer and trans 💜📚🌈 #booksky franklynnewt.carrd.co

Well well well it looks like today is #circuscollectivethursday. circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/collections/...

Another month, another chance to submit! Lots of opportunities if you like to write dark things this time: www.chasej.xyz/2025/05/01/n...

if you are hypothetically interested in a queer anthology similar to best of the net/pushcart, but for queer writers and artists, show yourself

Itch is one of the most important resources on the web right now to get started as a games developer, if not _the_ most important resource. To see it struggling to provide its services because AI companies don't want to respect the boundaries of the internet makes me extremely angry.

HELLO CIRCUS COLLECTIVE FANS CHECK THIS OUT circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/submit/

for #indiepressday we have FOUR COLLECTIONS you can read FOR FREE and ONE COLLECTION that you can BUY IN PRINT. Links to Burn Book, CRINGE!, Dudes Rock, God/Corpse and Taboo can be found here circuscollectivelit.wordpress.com/collections/

ARTISTS ! passing this along from nottwitter - google doc by @rachelcartistry.bsky.social of 300 free commercial use fonts x.com/rachelcartis... direct link to the doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Have some more old bunnies for the occasion. #Art