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bluevilla.orgKen Wuetcher - Uncle J - Blue VillaUncle J Ken Wuetcher “Hey Philpot, let it all hang out!” Uncle J stood in his leather penny loafers, no socks and Bermuda shorts. Shirtless with hirsute chest. His large round belly shook with laughte...

12 Sept

When you’re not here anymore, what nuances will stay behind in the people who loved you? 🕊️ Ken Wuetcher remembers Uncle J, live now on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

Throw your heart out in front of you and run ahead to catch it. - Benjamin Satterley RIP 🙏 🕊️

bluevilla.orgA Walk in the Woods - J. Fox Bedford - Blue VillaA Walk in the Woods J. Fox Bedford There are not one, but two, glass jars of potpourri on my desk. Dried rose petals from bouquets so beautiful I couldn’t bear to throw them away. After they faded red...

16 Sept

Breathe in the crisp autumn air and let the warmth of cinnamon fill your senses. Take a stroll through the heart of fall with A Walk in the Woods by J. Fox Bedford 🍂🍎

12 Sept

@onpoint.bsky.social thank you for including us in your starter pack! If there’s anything we can do to help support you feel free to reach out. Happy writing! 📖

bluevilla.orgAndrew Macleod - Spilt Wine - Blue VillaSpilt Wine Andrew Macleod The keys fell to the wooden landing with a clatter. Again. He cursed at their inert form, then confronted the ruby-red door before him. He reached for the black metal knocker...

9 Sept

Andrew Macleod opens the door into a deteriorating shared life in his latest story, Spilt Wine 🍷 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

bluevilla.orgNeža Harper Avbelj - plain sailing - Blue Villaplain sailing Neža Harper Avbelj you’ve said your part, now it’s my time to shine two years apart, i’d overstepped a line i’m curious, do you have more to say? no, never mind, it doesn’t matter anyway...

8 Sept

Neža Harper Avbelj brings us a sharp self-recking storm of tongue‑biting and boat‑rocking in her latest poem, plain sailing ⛵️ 🌊 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

bluevilla.orgCasey Autumn Woods - Last Tear - Blue VillaLast Tear Casey Autumn Woods I walk through a slim hall filled with darkness. The darkness consumes all around me. I see the dim light ahead, And start to feel helpless and afraid. Stepping forward, a...

7 Sept

Casey Autumn Woods walks the long halls of grief with her heart in her hands 💧 Last Tear is live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗 bluevilla.org/casey-autumn...

bluevilla.orgKen Wuetcher - Jimmy - Blue VillaJimmy Ken Wuetcher Jimmy was one of the cool kids: smoked Marlboro cigarettes, had one of those rad Zippo Brushed Chrome lighters, never had a problem getting beer and whiskey. Stories were told about...

5 Sept

Grade‑school legends, Marlboro breath, and the feeling of wanting to be tougher than you were 🎒 🚬 Jimmy by Ken Wuetcher is live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

bluevilla.orgCasey Woods - Hello Are You There - Blue VillaHello, are you there? Casey Autumn Woods Hello there. I feel you near. Your presence alone shows no fear I can’t see you, but I know you’re there. I feel you close and comfort fills the air I wonder w...

4 Sept

For anyone who’s ever felt watched over by a guardian angel they can’t name ✨ 🌫️ Hello, are you there? by Casey Autumn Woods is live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

bluevilla.orgKen Wuetcher - The Pup Tent - Blue VillaThe Pup Tent Ken Wuetcher Orange sides with gray top. Yellow ropes and orange stakes. Front flap with screen door. Smelled funny like pungent plastic. I lie on my sleeping bag after eating popcorn and...

3 Sept

Ken Wuetcher brings us a sweltering dose of reality in his latest poem, The Pup Tent ⛺️ Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

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bluevilla.orgSeptember Weeps - Jim Burns - Blue VillaSeptember Weeps Jim Burns A friend of mine died the week before his name came up on the heart transplant waiting list. He finally won the lottery but was too dead to celebrate, and as the emergency te...

2 Sept

When the days dwindle and the world tilts toward darker months, grief tilts with it in September Weeps, Jim Burns’s elegy for a friend and for September herself 🍂 🕯️

2 Sept

When the days dwindle and the world tilts toward darker months, grief tilts with it in September Weeps, Jim Burns’s elegy for a friend and for September herself 🍂 🕯️

1 Sept

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bluevilla.orgEthan McKnight - A Poet’s Journal Entry - Blue VillaA Poet’s Journal Entry Ethan McKnight I wonder if I can write about happiness. But most days, smiling is hard enough. If my poems made me feel good, The ink in my journal would be white. For now it’s ...

31 Aug

As we settle in this Sunday evening, reflect with Ethan McKnight on the complexities of creativity, self-expression, and the search for meaning in A Poet’s Journal Entry ⏳📜

30 Aug

What does peace look like for you? ☮️🌿 #BlueVillaAsks 💬

30 Aug

Night owls, what has you burning the midnight oil? 🌃 #BlueVillaAsks 💬

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Michael Moreth builds color like architecture in his latest gouache paintings 🎨 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

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needlepictures.comThe Horniest Lesbian in the World - Terminal Berkeley DenizenWhen conversations about genitals and bodily functions get too silly!

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No, it's not clickbait. It's serious literature! (Okay, maybe silly literature. But not gratuitous!) An excerpt from my novel What The Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? needlepictures.com/tbd/2020/07/... #Books #Fiction #Punks

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Michael Moreth builds color like architecture in his latest gouache paintings 🎨 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

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youtube.comDAYONE. - YouTube"If memories become content, who are you without the screen?" DAYONE. A solo animated short film and research study of Shane Magtoto for EMC Capstone 01 - 02...

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DAYONE: Teaser 01 Stay tuned for the animated short film. --- #DAYONE #indieanimation #indiefilm

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sites.google.comShane Magtotocascading paintings and airborne thoughts

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Hi! Cheyn here! [For Hire/Commissions Open] Site: sites.google.com/view/shane-m... Portfolio: cara.app/kcheyn Vids: youtube.com/@keycheyn Music: youtube.com/@kcheyn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/shane-rus... Support: ko-fi.com/shanemagtoto Alt Support: ko-fi.com/keycheyn Commissions: vgen.co/kcheyn

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getinkspired.comInkspired - Deserts of KaradTF Green is sent on a two-week contract to protect the wealthy businessman, Mr. Dortmuff. They experience hostile people and the struggle to stay alive for two weeks.

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Deserts of Karad (Inkspired) new from Kim Johnson! Desi goes to a desert planet and deals with a close protection detail for a few months getinkspired.com/en/story/560... Follow @kimjohnson562.bsky.social for more!

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bluevilla.orgBrie Radis - Instructions for Staying - Blue VillaInstructions for Staying Brie Radis Listen, I was left twice by the people, who were supposed to be the soil. First my mother, who taught me early that a door can quietly stop being a door. Then my wi...

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Brie Radis brings you breakfast, ferns and complicated relationships in her latest poem, Instructions for Staying 🍳 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

Brie Radis brings you breakfast, ferns and complicated relationships in her latest poem, Instructions for Staying 🍳 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

bluevilla.orgCynthia Pitman - Pretty Little Flowers - Blue VillaPretty Little Flowers Cynthia Pitman Before they took her away, I used to stand by my window and watch my mother work in her flower garden. I can see her now, on her knees, crouched down, spade in han...

27 Aug

Some moments you can’t bury, no matter how much dirt you lay over them. Cynthia Pitman’s Pretty Little Flowers is live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

26 Aug

How many tabs do you have open right now? 🗂️ #BlueVillaAsks 💬

bluevilla.orgUte Carson - Coming Full Circle - Blue VillaComing Full Circle Ute Carson There was a young man and a young woman unaware what life might have in store. Being in love was enough to believe in the future. How did they weather conflicts? Was it p...

26 Aug

Ute Carson brings us a lasting look at devotion across a lifetime 🩵 Coming Full Circle is live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

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21 Aug

It’s chilly outside here today, & our grocery store just put up a pumpkin‑flavored‑everything display in the bakery. Are you ready for Fall? 🍂🍎 #BlueVillaAsks 💬

21 Aug

It’s chilly outside here today, & our grocery store just put up a pumpkin‑flavored‑everything display in the bakery. Are you ready for Fall? 🍂🍎 #BlueVillaAsks 💬

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19 Aug

Midweek check in 👀 Writers, are you thriving, surviving, or just coasting through this week? #BlueVillaAsks 💬

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Midweek check in 👀 Writers, are you thriving, surviving, or just coasting through this week? #BlueVillaAsks 💬

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What’s your creative momentum right now: slow burn, steady climb, or full sprint? #BlueVillaAsks 💬

6 Aug

Pub schedule comes out at midnight 🥳

25 June

We are not thinking machines that feel, we are feeling machines that think. - António Damásio 🌫️ 🌑

17 June

Night owls, what’s got you burning the midnight oil? 🌃 🦉 #BlueVillaAsks 💬

3 May

What gives you purpose in life? What’s keeping you going? #BlueVillaAsks 💬

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bluevilla.orgKat Neal - Self Portrait as Grocery Store - Blue VillaSelf-Portrait as Grocery Store Kat Neal All of my thoughts are buy-one-get-one- free, a cart piled with ten tubs of pancake mix and I don’t eat breakfast most of the time. Check-out lanes clogged up t...

3 Apr

Kat Neal walks us through the aisles of a body who’s everything all at once in her latest poem, Self‑Portrait as Grocery Store 🛒 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗

bluevilla.orgKat Neal - The River Loves Martha - Blue VillaThe River Loves Martha Kat Neal Down the Blue Springs River, a person may smell fresh buttered popcorn wafting in from gator-guarded shores. If the person is lucky enough to have Martha, the tenured g...

27 Mar

Kat Neal lets the clementine-colored strangeness of the river bloom in The River Loves Martha 🍊🌊 Live now, on Blue Villa Mag 🔗