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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Aug 19

'American Air' by Mike Topp @MikeTopp is now available for purchase !! 55 new pieces by Mike Topp + 11 drawings by William Wegman ! cover art by Aram Saroyan ! "The book people will be talking about as long as things go wrong." buy it here ! xraylitmag.com/shop/american-…

xraylitmag's tweet image. 'American Air' by Mike Topp @MikeTopp is now available for purchase !! 55 new pieces by Mike Topp + 11 drawings by William Wegman ! cover art by Aram Saroyan !

"The book people will be talking about as long as things go wrong."

buy it here !
xraylitmag.com/shop/american-…

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 23

if ur making a list of the best 21st century books & what's missing is: the sluts by dennis cooper the sarah book by scott mcclanahan 300,000,000 by blake butler u just lost a great amount of sauce. scraping the bottom of the sauce container. a nearly sauceless take

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KKUURRTT@wwwkurtcom · Jul 21

saturday. san diego. seven pm.

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · 13 h

we have a story by Spencer Lee ! ‘Forever’ is about a mother out at her backyard pool with her kids, recuperating from plastic surgery. a lot of very funny, dark humor here takes aim at the sort of upperclass bullshit that eats yr soul. read it ! xraylitmag.com/forever-by-spe…

xraylitmag's tweet card. I’m sitting at the pool with the boys, listening to the gardener trim the hedges. The world right now is loud and whirring. When the gauze comes off, everything will be graceful and good. My surgeo...

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RYyyyyyuuuaaaaan@niceDragonShirt · Jul 24

A friend of mine is convinced I invented a fictional author “Oli Johns” for this so-called anti-interview. Read and decide for yourself. (Or just check out his blog.) Thanks again to @rlgransden & @xraylitmag for publishing a weird one. xraylitmag.com/buried-patholo…

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Billy Bookcase@adamsoldofsky · Jul 24

Big thank you to the folks @xraylitmag for featuring my roundup of new novellas on the site, and for allowing this little primer on the form. Take a gander! xraylitmag.com/adam-soldofksy…

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nope@truhtnac · Jul 24

I didn't plan on spending part of my lunch break reading about bull semen, but I'm very glad I did. SWIMMERS by Tobi Pledger @xraylitmag has a beautiful sincerity that moved me, and an understated wit. It's a very gracious story. xraylitmag.com/swimmers-by-to…

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 24

‘Swimmers’ by Tobi Pledger is about an ex-con who works for a farm veterinarian do u know how farmers collect bull semen? this story tells u. ultimately, ‘Swimmers’ is a sweet & wholesome story about second chances. read it ! xraylitmag.com/swimmers-by-to…

xraylitmag's tweet card. Doc Raeford lifted the tail and stepped back to avoid the torrent of steaming bull shit. After the last wink of the bull’s anus, he leaned forward and pushed the electroejaculator probe into the...

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 23

the mighty Beach Sloth @Beach_Sloth said some very kind things about X-R-A-Y !! thank u Beach Sloth !! #TYBS <3 <3 <3 beachsloth.substack.com/p/x-ray-mag

xraylitmag's tweet image. the mighty Beach Sloth @Beach_Sloth said some very kind things about X-R-A-Y !!

thank u Beach Sloth !! #TYBS &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 23

we have some great novella recommendations by Adam Soldofsky @adamsoldofsky ! check out what Adam has to say about novellas by Sebastian Castillo @bartlebytaco, Tom Comitta @TomComitta, & Cora Lewis @cora xraylitmag.com/adam-soldofksy…

xraylitmag's tweet card. The novella is famously “pocket-sized,” and marketed as such, in the relatively rare case when a publisher feels whimsical enough to produce one. Crassly, it is a work of fiction which achieves that...

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 22

we have a 300 word story by Kiddo Cunningham !! this micro combines the fates of an alcoholic during an intervention & a person dangling from a hot air balloon as it lifts off. such a beautiful & powerful piece <3 xraylitmag.com/the-balloon-by…

xraylitmag's tweet card. During my dissertation on the history of traveling theatrical acts, I came across a grainy old black-and-white piece of footage from a fair. In the silent reel, too few people hold the ropes of a hot...

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 21

wrote about the roast beef

ZZ.H.@BurialMagazine · Jul 21

‘the roast beef’ by zac smith @zacsmithtweeto burialmagazine.neocities.org/theroastbeef

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 21

"Francis ignored Amelia-Rose’s message, but clicked the Follow Back! button. And so they were mutuals. A disclosure of degeneracy: I know you, yes, but you know me too." This is stone cold, and brilliant.

XX-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 21

read this fantastic story by Caroline Porter ! ‘Mutual’ is about two high school girls who get to know each other through their shared obsession with the Columbine killers this is such a well written story !! xraylitmag.com/mutual-by-caro…

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 21

xraylitmag's tweet card. Amelia-Rose followed first. She even had the audacity to message Francis afterwards, as if following real life acquaintances on Tumblr was normal. Hi Francis! It’s nice to see someone else who is as...

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 20

“Because so much money creeps into my sack, the whole world climbs into my hole” from 'Flemish Proverbs' by Jan Wierix, 1568

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HAD@havehadhavehad · Jul 20

Yooooo! Next call: this Tuesday! July 22. 9pm ET (8pm JMT (Julián Martinez Time). Open for 150 subs. "Tell Me @martinezfjulian a Bedtime Story" sub call language in alt text and replies.

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 20

"Reporters should never become part of the story" I loved this when I first read it a couple of months back, and it is every bit as good - no, even better than I remember. CITY DESK by @mpmcsweeney @xraylitmag

XX-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · May 14

a great story by Michael McSweeney @mpmcsweeney !! 'City Desk' is about a reporter who gets paid to write about dreams. after getting carjacked, fired, & having a bunch of strange conversations, dream & reality start to feel like they're blending. xraylitmag.com/city-desk-by-m…

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Scott Laudati@ScottLaudati · Jul 20

Stuff Your Face w/ Scott Laudati will now have a video component to complement the column on @xraylitmag (which you can read from the link in my bio), so why not start with the luxurious "Gucci" of grocery stores - @erewhon - here in Santa Monica? $8 a slice? Is that insane? Yes!

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Tyler Dempsey@tylercdempsey · Jul 19

Episode with @copcoat becomes the 10th to hit 200 downloads. More people should listen, more people should read their book, it's the best thing I've read all year. open.spotify.com/episode/2Auw4D…

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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 19

I went through with it and you should too

XX-R-A-Y@xraylitmag · Jul 7

we have an A+++ story by Zac Smith @zacsmithtweeto ! 'The Consultation' is a dialogue by a doctor advising their patient about a vasectomy – then the story drifts into the existential realm such an entertaining story -- read this now !! don’t be a fool xraylitmag.com/the-consultati…

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Lo🌈Fi🌈 Lit@lofipod · Jul 19

New episode is out with @dt_robbins ! Lots of cool shit in this show. I'll leave it at that. Check it out his new short Pocket Universe over at xraylitmag now. Check out the show here ; open.spotify.com/episode/2ZkrT0…

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