Make an Electric Company shirt and I will buy that shit in bulk.

Max Wheeler’s short story “Abatement” explores the hazardous bond between a man and his weeds. Listen to him read an excerpt right here!

TLDR: Judge Immergut GRANTS a 2nd TRO blocking the Trump admin from sending ANY federalized troops from ANY state into Oregon/Portland. (Full hearing thread below)

I’m going to be teaching a craft workshop on world building with the good folks at @onestorymag.bsky.social ! If you know, uh, me, you’ll know that this won’t be a straightforward class of ticking boxes one-story.com/product/worl...

Friendly reminder: Please submit ONE submission per writer at a time. This means sticking to one genre and one submission for that genre. No multiple poems or flashes. Our small team appreciates it! 💕

My office is next to this restaurant but when describing our location to callers I keep saying "behind The Pig and the Pancake" like they're some romantic duo, à la The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.

Join the Fam as a flash or fiction reader! I started with the Split Lip team as a fiction reader and you won't find a more fun or supportive team. Hope to see you in the queue, nerding out with all the other smartypants ♥️

This would either ruin my hair appointment or make my hair appointment far easier to accomplish.

Nobody p-pushes it real good anymore and I can't stop crying.

I would be remiss not to post this on national dance day

I'm a big fan of a well-deployed first-person plural. Kim nails the voice here, and the timing couldn't feel more, well, "timely."

"He felt small, as though regarded by a cow." I'm so excited for folks to read Max Wheeler's delightful story "Abatement" in our September issue. To try to summarize would not do it justice. You just have to experience it in all its strange and heartwarming glory! splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0925...

Thisssss. 👇👇👇

If you want to learn about world building in fiction, Anya would be an amazing guide. She's the real deal.

It's only ten days until our SEPTEMBER ISSUE drops. 👀

Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

"How to Report ICE" zines are available for free printable download for these places: California Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area Florida Massachusetts NC Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Zine request form in folder. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

ICYMI: We love all the doubling, the escalating wrongdoing, in Amelia Valasek's "Mud Season." Check it out before our September issue drops, and it hits the archives! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social

Having lived through a decade of harrowing events as a child, I'll say it's *good* to imagine the day you'll move beyond the reach of a cruel person—even if that moment won't fix everything. They want to convince you of your powerlessness, but that's not how this story ends.

There's nothing my kidneys love more than just strolling around, whistling. Love my lazy, independent kidneys!

It was a privilege and a delight to chat with Ella Schweizer about reading, writing, teaching, and stepping into a new role as co-fiction editor at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. Thank you, Ella!

And who don’t love the Kool Aid Man?

What I'm looking for in the 2028 primary is someone who will put Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem in jail, and so far, that's Pritzker

Heroic.

If you’re afraid of the NYC subway you should not be mayor of NYC.

got to read a favorite poem to some adorable farm friends

Amazing how peak masculinity for a Republican is swearing that you’re too afraid to go outside

Slightly diminish a band: The Craisins

Slightly diminish a band: Prince and the Status Quo

Slightly diminish a band: Ew Order

Horrific.

The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler, The House of Dies Drear, The Egypt Game. Also seconding The Westing Game.

Happy birthday to Night of the Hunter, which inspired a story in which I imagine Mr. Peanut to be the embodiment of Robert Mitchum in this creepy, iconic role: barrenmagazine.com/application-...

Wait, what??

This piece hits just right for me. "That striver's stink" made me laugh out loud. Ouch and yes.

pub-lick health

My mother gave simple advice to all Do not grow up to become a baby —Mary Ruefle, from "Long White Cloud"

I’m going to be very honest and clear. I am fully preparing myself to die under this new American regime. That’s not to say that it’s the end of the world. It isn’t. But I am almost 50 years old. It will take so long to do anything with this mess that this is the new normal for *me*.

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green." Happy Lottery day to you and yours.

"You don't make up stories...you live your life." This interview is a treasure.

Oh hell yes.

Mamdani, would you please be my mayor?

Split Lip has meant so much to me as a reader and writer, and I appreciate the vote of confidence! I'm thrilled to step up in this new role and excited to keep working with Anna, our wonderful editorial team, and current and future SLM authors. ♥️

"Thank you for your attention to this matter.” ???? Did Clippy help write this?

I miss you every day, Dad.

A vulture is following the president. Sitting on the headboard when he sleeps. Perching on the sink when he's in the bath. It's playing the long game

AG Ellison staying at the No Kings rally despite being on the assassin’s hit list to tell the crowd to not be stopped, to keep marching is exactly what I needed in this moment.

For chrissakes, this guy uses a walker what the hell are they doing cuffing his hands behind his back? I can't watch this without reflexively waiting for a faceplant. 😱

Monstrous.

It's giving Burt Reynolds nude centerfold in Cosmo vibes