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Jo // J. A. Espersmyth
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🐉 Writer of fantasy feat. lesbian knights, witches, pirates, & knaves.
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Thank you to all our contributors for making this shine 💖

Moh Afdhaal
Hap Aziz
@aresjb.bsky.social
Chris Clemens
@awritingwren.bsky.social
@jaespersmyth.bsky.social
R. F. Hovis
Esther Lim
@avramargariti.bsky.social
Diem Okoye
Jillian Schedneck
Julia Sinclair
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July 31, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Paid subscribers can read our rat recommendation "How to Get a Peg Leg and a Broken Heart" by J. A. Espermyth at: ratbaglit.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
Or buy it in issue 1, digital or print: ko-fi.com/ratbaglit/shop
June 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Today's story is "Trials of a Village Bell-Ringer" by J. A. Espersmyth.

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Trials of a Village Bell-Ringer
By J. A. Espersmyth
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June 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Hear ye, hear ye! It's time to OFFICIALLY announce our Table of Contents for Issue 11. Releasing on July 31 (iykyk), it's a summer special with stories and poetry from new and old friends!
A view of Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island. The landscape is tinted purple with "Issue 11" in white text with a watercolour heart behind the first letter A pink flat background with watercolour flowers around the corners. The list of the contributors in Issue 11 is in white text. The list reads: Fiction, Moh Afdhaal, Hap Aziz, Ares J. Benoit, J. A. Espersmyth, Esther Lim, Avra Margariti, Jillian Schedneck, T.R. Steele. Poetry: Chris Clemens, Wren Douglas, R. F. Hovis, Diem Okoye, Julia Sinclair
June 30, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Woo hoo!! So thrilled to be included in this issue. I love this story and am so excited it found such a good home and alongside good company 😍
manyworlds.place manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · May 15
ISSUE 12 IS HERE!!!! Featuring writing, art, and audio/visual media by @carterhaugh.bsky.social, @jaespersmyth.bsky.social, and more!

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Issue 12 EK Krone Views of Diana Wenyi Closing Time Tamar Ashdot cataloguing care J.A. Espersmyth How to Sate the Writhing Eldritch Mass Inside You U.M. Agoawike Meat Gods & Metal Supplicants Amelia Chang THE CHRONICLES OF A SINNER Maze Raghavan Cohen My Liberation Work has been Damn Ableist Introduction Future Fish Guts Farmer yells at me for eating processed tortillas. Katy Bond Last Night in this Sweet and Lonely World Marina Crustacean Two Pieces Untitled When I First Came Out Claudia Leffie Forwarded Many Times River Vetter featherbound
May 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM