It's the crowd work that really makes a difference. Read Matt Pacelli's short story "Is Your Coworker Going to Kill You?" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/matt-pacelli...

No, I will not continue to hold! Read Minou Yullie's short story "The Phonecall" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/minou-yullie...

Seasonality is a myth. Read Zackary Ross Wiggs' poem "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/zackary-ross...

Work sucks, I know

When you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. Read Zackary Ross Wiggs' poem "Soft Hands" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/zackary-ross...

What's a little theft between consumer and corporation? Read Kinno's short story "Grand" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/kinno-grand/

Anyone else remember the Presidential fitness test? Yeah, neither do we. Read Anthony ILacqua's short story "The Buchanan Book of the Dead" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/anthony-ilac...

What lengths would you go to, to make sense of the here and now? Read Lori D'Angelo's short story "Tommy Come Back" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/lori-dangelo...

The grace we give ourselves is also the kindness we give to others. Read Claudia Wysocky's poem "Unfinished Exit" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/claudia-wyso...

It is a cathartic rage. A rage worth having. Read hannah rubin's poem "How Can You Not Rip Yourself to Shreds, Shedding the Truth of Each Day" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/hannah-rubin...

Affirmation is reality is dreaming is affirmation. Read hannah rubin's poem "I Am" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/hannah-rubin...

When a dozen just isn't enough. Read Zoë Davis' short story "Donut Zombies" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/zoe-davis-do...

It's said, pack hunters are most deadly at night. Read Theo Czajkowski's short story "Un asunto familiar" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/theo-czajkow...

Be careful where you shop. You never know who might be working there. Read Sarah R. New's short story "We Were Us" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/sarah-r-new-...

The quiet in the storm lets you know it will be ok. Read Lyz Pfister's poem "Sundays On Broadway" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/lyz-pfister-...

Is there anything scarier than small talk? midlvlmag.com/maddox-emory... #WritingCommunity

Brevity is the soul of wit, or whatever Shakespeare said... Read Maddox Emory Arnold's short story "Small Talk" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/maddox-emory...

The streets are hungry, and they need to eat. Read John Grochalski's poem "Incident on 49th Street (gig economy blues)" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/john-grochal...

aka "special customer" and they're always a problem. Read John Grochalski's poem "chinaksi" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/john-grochal...

Physician, heal thyself. Read Charles J. March III's flash CNF "A Bright Idea" in RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps, issue no.7 from MIDLVLMAG Out now at midlvlmag.com/charles-j-ma...

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RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps | October '25

RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps | October '25

Rising from the grave once again. RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps coming October '25 from MIDLVLMAG.

Not dead, just depressed.

WTF? WTF!

We are over halfway!

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Congratulations y'all!

Super excited to once again be gracing the pages of @midlvlmag.bsky.social - this time with a short story about the undead and fried dough products. I will always have a soft spot for the first ever lit mag to take on my work. It began right here two years ago, and still going strong 💪 ❤️

Thank you all for being so patient! We're starting to get responses out for submissions to RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps.

Nominate your favorites y'all!

Howdy Managers! EIC Tim here. I've been home for a little over a week now after a 10 day stay in the hospital. I have been dealing with the Miller-Fisher variant of Guillain-Barré.

Management: You've suffered a life altering medical event and there is no prognosis for how long your recovery will take. With that in mind, when can we expect you back in the office?

Welcome to all our new followers! Let's a MIDLVLMAG AMA going? How can we help you?

Not the best news, but we wanted to give an update. This has been our EICs room for the past week due to the sudden onset of an autoimmune syndrome. RH2: Retail Never Sleeps will be delayed while Tim gets back on his feet. Feel free to reach out with questions and we'll get to them as we're able.

Who's up for some writing?

Hello to all our new managers ✊🏻

Subs are CLOSED on Retail Hell Part 2: RETAIL NEVER SLEEPS! Thank you to everyone who submitted. You'll be hearing from the MIDLVLMAG team soon.

Subs close at midnight tonight, 12am PST! midlvlmag.com/submission-guidelines