All I know to do when things are Very Bad is make art with more artists. I hope my little lit mag @zinemachine.bsky.social (launched today!), brings you what it’s brought me—an insistence that there’s so much brilliance, cleverness, humor, & beauty. That it’s never far away.🩷 zinemachine.com/the-mag

Rounding out our launch issue, it’s ✨LA Marks!✨ LA is a professional typewriter poet of 14 years + counting, a student of ancestral poetics, creative capacity builder, entrepreneur + artist + activist. She is the founder and Chief Poetic Officer of Ars Poetica. Read her zine, NOW at zinemachine.com✨

✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Erin Dorney lives in Western New York and has authored a book of epistolary poems addressed to Yoga with Adriene, a book of Shia LaBeouf erasures, & many zines. Follow her at @erindorney.bsky.social & don’t miss her zine, “Artist Residencies I Wish Existed,” dropping TOMORROW!

✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Larry Law is an artist and the Executive Director of GLIBA booksellers assoc. With a passion for art, literature & community, he champions independent bookstores across the Midwest. Follow @larrylaw.bsky.social and don’t miss his zine, “Skulls Are Friends,” dropping TOMORROW! 🙌

✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Minda Honey is the author of The Heartbreak Years. She writes a newsletter about being mid(life) on Substack. Follow her at @mindahoney.bsky.social and don’t miss her zine, “Thoughts Liberated from My Notes* App,” in the Summer ‘25 Edit, dropping this week!

We did it @tacobellquarterly.org, we started a lit mag 🔥🔥🔥

✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Miriam Calleja is an award-winning poet, writer, editor, workshop leader, and translator. Follow her at @miriamcalleja.bsky.social and don’t miss her zine, “Moth Against Light,” in our Summer ‘25 Edit, dropping next week!

I’m super psyched for this new publication that is an online mag AND a literal vending machine that dispenses awesome zines made by real artists. If you’re in the Indianapolis area, you can visit one of the actual zine machines at Tomorrow Bookstore. (I really wish I lived closer 😭)

✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Lindsay Lusby is a poet, editor, writing coach, letterpress printer, and graphic designer who loves to experiment with all forms of art at the intersection of text and image. Don’t miss her zine, “A Brief History of Perfect Happiness,” in our Summer ‘25 Edit!

Hi, hello, happy weekend! We’re celebrating with the first ✨zine artist reveal.✨ Kris Kalinowski (they/them) creates original analog artwork under the name artsnfartsnkris. Check out their zine, “To Be Me,” in the Summer ‘25 Edit, dropping next week!

It’s still summer in our hearts! Get excited for the Zine Machine Summer ‘25 Edit, dropping one week from tomorrow, & stay tuned for artist reveals!! 😎☀️⚡️

…now witness the power of this fully operational battle station 🔥

According to @chillsubs.bsky.social, we’re one of the “15 Lit Mags That Are About to Change Everything” 💖

Hi, we’re new but we’re about to do something really cool—