“The hose was wrapped in circles. He untangled it by whipping it around. It stretched to where he could wet the flowers.” Fiction by Niles Baldwin. thefanzine.com/in-the-rows-in…

Check into the Rat’s Nest for everything you need to know about July, courtesy of FZ’s resident astrologer, Never Angeline North. @ratdaughtr thefanzine.com/rats-nest-astr…

“As the cheese melts, the rain stops. What just happened between being outside with Alice and the bathtub with Alice?” Bask in an excerpt from Shane Jones’ latest novel, Vincent & Alice & Alice, dropping July 8th from Tyrant. @hishanejones Giancarlo DiTrapano thefanzine.com/vincent-and-al…

For the 4th, four form-shattering poems by Ava Hofmann. ava september hofmann thefanzine.com/from-that-i-wa…

today i have some writing published in the fanzine! instead of celebrating a bloodstained imperialist holiday, maybe check out these gay communist poems

an excerpt of sarah rose etter's THE BOOK OF X is up at Guernica today. This book will be published in twelve days and is explosive and beautiful and unforgettable guernicamag.com/the-book-of-x/

Congratulations to ava september hofmann! You can also find more of her work in Anomaly #28's Transtastic Tomorrows folio, edited by @deyblxk. anmly.org/ap28/transtast…

I promise this is the most poetic thing you will see during #kawhiwatch up at the thefanzine

“Out of his sinewy throat – or perhaps, from the earth – roars a bristly emotion, smelling of anguish and love & blood & tears.” From the heart of Andalucía, Erica Goodkind’s fierce appraisal of Flamenco. thefanzine.com/in-search-of-d…

Intertwining the visceral w/ the uncanny, Sarah Rose Etter’s gorgeous debut novel, The Book of X, turns an outsider’s coming-of-age narrative into a struggle for survival vs. the everyday. Nate Logan reviews. sarah rose etter Two Dollar Radio air bud tournament of barks thefanzine.com/the-book-of-x/

The 13th installment of Jeff T. Johnson’s Book Album Book looks at the fantastic states of synesthesia found in albums like Shana Cleveland’s Night of the Worm Moon and Ex Hex’s It’s Real. Ryan Ong thefanzine.com/book-album-boo…

Incredibly happy to announce my translation of Helena Österlund's WORDS is now available to pre-order in a 4-book package from OOMPH! Press. For more details visit: oomphpress.com/words-from-wor…

happy pub day to sarah rose etter's THE BOOK OF X. i freaking loved this book. surreal and delicious and heartbreaking in all the right ways. indiebound.org/book/978193751…

For more on the joys of being torn to shreds by the Castle Freak, read Mike Kleine's tell-all on thefanzine. "I only slept because my body was telling me to sleep... I would stand there and literally stare at the screen... and do nothing." thefanzine.com/art-by-subtrac…

“In the bleachers, a preteen sat by herself reading a woman’s magazine while her mother dilly-dallied with the whales.” Three stories by Joanna Fuhrman. Joanna Fuhrman thefanzine.com/three-stories-…

“It’s not Lonesome George who does not know he is dead. It’s we who refuse to accept extinction.” Jennifer Calkins on her encounter with the taxidermied corpse of the last known Pinta Island tortoise. thefanzine.com/endling/

"City of Pearls explores loss and grief through the experience of a Muslim Indian woman whose sense of home is further lost following the death of her father.” Gina Myers in conversation with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem. sham-e-ali 🪬 @ginamyers thefanzine.com/from-grit-to-p…

Jeff Alessandrelli spoke with Hajara Quinn about community, awe, inspiration, and her award-winning debut poetry collection, Coolth. Big Lucks @HajaraQuinnifer thefanzine.com/maybe-the-book…

Never Angeline North’s Rat’s Nest Astrology checks in to open September with all you need to know about your present fate! @ratdaughtr thefanzine.com/rats-nest-astr…

Peter Valente dives deep into the occult and mystical aspects of Ariana Reines’ A Sand Book. thefanzine.com/notes-on-the-o…