poetry by Edylan Liu Edylan (they/them) is a queer migrant poet and theatre-maker exploiting the capitalist system by writing during their day job.

"You should be nominated for Cannes or the Oscars this year; no one has ever died as realistically as you did. The way you screamed, the way you played your part, the way you died and were torn apart... " #prose #poetry by Zar Mohseni existotherwise.com/a-requiem-fo...

I'm doing a #fundraiser bundle for my friend and we're only at 13% of our goal...so now I've decided that if you donate, i'll give you a free PDF of one of my #books 👀 and you'l also get a bunch of #queer / #trans #zines & #games! itch.io/b/3720/fundr... @fairshare.help @mutualaidvoid.bsky.social

A week ago, we lost our beloved Stella. Here is a short video tribute I made for her: youtu.be/0F989lYcgUk?...

Thanks Lachlan!

VOIDGAZING, my @whittlemicropress.bsky.social release, is in Kings River Life (edited by @mysteryrat.bsky.social) today ❤️‍🔥 kingsriverlife.com/06/13/i-came...

"My mother then, she called me queer (the strange one, not the dyke). Yet I was there and saw it clear the ways she got me right..." #poetry by @mosquitochaser.bsky.social existotherwise.com/autobiograph...

"I have given freely of my soul (prostituted her would be a better word). Nevertheless, I love you with her virgin force. But the soul has taken the name of love in vain so often that now she’s ashamed and is hiding..." #ClaudeCahun #quotes 1/2

"How Does War Affect the Stock Market?" is #DigitalArt by Cleomé Morra in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal existotherwise.com/how-does-war...

#ExperimentalEssay by Jessica Bao "Before you chastise me for thinking that strangers care about what I am writing in a co-working cafe, I know it is possible for I was always doing it...

Click through to see the #photograph, "Earth Cradle," by Coriander Focus it tells quite a story (or three or four) existotherwise.com/earth-cradle/

#Submissions were supposed to close last night, but I've been so busy the last week that I haven't sent out the usual reminder to get your last minute submissions in. I'll keep the submission form live until midnight on Wednesday. existotherwise.com/submit/

Why Bother? is a photograph by #DeannaFaye in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal... This is not it. To see the photograph, click through. As a disabled artist who struggles with mental health issues, art is her way of navigating both the joy and despair of the human condition. Deanna is on instagram.

Have you had work published in our journal, #ExistOtherwise? If so, please reply or tag us. We're putting together a bsky List of contributors...

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trust me, you want to read "Plastic, Prism, Void," a fantasy novel that combines delightful romp, postmodern literary mystery, and genuinely hot romance to wonderful effect. don't miss this one!!

i'm doing a live #reading at REDROSETHORNS coming up, just in case reading poetry is scary but listening to it is fun (respect) or you just want to be in community with some cool #trans people. www.redrosethorns.com/event-detail...

#poetry by Adam K. Bechtold “Oh star of Bethlehem or Manhattan or San Francisco, take my hand and lead me home…” existotherwise.com/angel/

ah shit, sorry for boosting a slop video. i was duped for a moment

"what fantastical masculinities could i muster with breasts?" gender is a scam is a poem by Ari Cottingham

existotherwise.com/villain/ art by #MikeDressel in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal #CaudeCahun used masks often in her art and writing

lurvable candidates self-defeating nihilism appeasing cis people #haiQu #senryu

"You should be nominated for Cannes or the Oscars this year; no one has ever died as realistically as you did. The way you screamed, the way you played your part, the way you died and were torn apart..." prose poetry by Zar Mohseni

"The Human Animal hates watching other human animals fight.. A bad human animal ran a red light at an intersection... This happened because she loves you all so much..." poetry by Susan L. Lin existotherwise.com/not-was-this/

"Revolutionary love is, as Christ insisted, a threat to the established order. To rebuild love in the future, it might be necessary to save love now..." www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/apo...

'Love was an alchemical reagent that transformed pessimism into revolutionary action, Georges Bataille concluded in a 1938 essay, “L’Apprenti sorcier”: you can’t start a revolution without it....' www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/apo...

"Césaire’s claim... that Hitlerism was colonialism boomeranged home is much celebrated, but it did not come out of nowhere. It crowned a twenty-five-year effort by Surrealists to theorize the psychodynamics of fascist imperialism..." www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/apo...

Hey! I am able to access your website for the first time in months!! What a happy day. :)

yes, we have artwork in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal this painting is by #SeaniceLenay existotherwise.com/gluttony/

poetry by @mosquitochaser.bsky.social "Lacking friends, I didn’t care, I solaced in the knowing that insects would be everywhere, all while I was growing. My mother then, she called me queer (the strange one, not the dyke)..." existotherwise.com/autobiograph...

it's sad how many #LitJournals have a #SubmissionFee makes me think of #LotteryTickets

bookmarked for reading later

this keeps happening: i see the name "claude" in a post and immediately think of #ClaudeCahun only to find out they're talking about an AI bot #BooHiss

Chocolate Olive Lime Orange Rose vertical #OneLine #poem #prompt #color @epistemiclit.bsky.social #acrostic #poetry #PoetryPrompt #PoetrySky #NationalPoetryMonth

i never really through of EO as a flash publisher, but i guess we are. many people consider #flash to be under 1,000, and we now have a 500 word limit speaking of flash, here's a brilliant short work by Azalea Withrow existotherwise.com/my-girlfrien...

Issue 18 of #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal officially publishes tomorrow, but here is the link for our social #WritingCommunity

just discovered what looks like an excellent journal of #trans and #GenderExpansive nonprofit #poetry press i was looking for online journals, not print, but this looks fantastic and i've ordered three issues newwordspress.com

i am looking for #LitJournal s that publish on #Ghost, but also any other non-substack platform such as #beehiv or #ButtonDown

here's an essay i've been working on. it needs polishing, but i'm posting it less as #writing and more as one #MaleSurvivor speaking to another for anyone interested in submitting to #ExistOtherwise, this is also an example of one kind of writing i like to publish menhealing.blog/will-little-...

not gonna delete this account immediately, but its days are numbered

moving back to #Mastodon

almost done responding to submissions for issue 18. still waiting to hear from 3 who have not yet accepted their acceptance. the challenge this presents is that we're holding a few other works that we may or may not have room for reading submissions is a delight. responding to them is a lot of work

responded to 100 submissions yesterday #ouch working through the final 90 or so today and tomorrow #MyEyesHurt hardest part? far too many wonderful works that we have to turn down just because of space

Blue Wings digital collage by me #gayart #gayartist #gaycollage #queerart #collage

bsky.social/about/blog/0... enshittification is underway. i keep threatening to move to mastodon, and it continues to seem like a good idea

Dear friends - I'm a bit nervous sharing this piece. It's about another writer and his behavior towards me. I hesitated writing about it for a few years, but decided to put it out both as a reminder to myself and to others who share their work with the world. ❤ brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/w...

#art by Carolina Guttfreund existotherwise.com/who-do-you-w...