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Was this like dipping her toes into the Sea of Japan? Was this golden taste of yesteryear something she was…missing? WHAT WE’VE BECOME Amy Lynn Hardy Issue 10 https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/varietypackissuex Amy Lynn Hardy lives in Buffalo, NY. Her work has appeared in Insider, Elephant Journal and Buffalo Rising. Read more of her writing at amylynnhardyauthorsite.com

While my sister and I would...lie on the grass making puppet #shows of the clouds—gunshots would echo across the hills, as common as a #dog barking. MOMMY, WHAT IS A GUN? Bethany #Jarmul Issue 10 https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/varietypackissuex Bethany Jarmul is the #author of two chapbooks—This Strange and Wonderful Existence (Bottlecap #Press, 2023) and Take Me Home (Belle Point Press, #2025). Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature 2023, nominated for Best of the #Net and Wigleaf Top 50, and published in more than 70 magazines. She earned first place in Women on #Writing’s 2023 essay contest. She lives near #Pittsburgh. Connect with her at bethanyjarmul.com or on social media: @BethanyJarmul.

our small and fragile and beautiful blue globe, the only #home we have Megan Waring Denial is a #House we Built for Ourselves https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/minipack_january2024 Megan Waring is a poet, #playwright and fiber artist. She holds an MFA in #poetry from University of Massachusetts Boston, where she teaches. An honored #recipient of the 2020 St. Botolph’s Emerging #Artist Award, her work has been published or is forthcoming in Rattle, #Salamander, Nailed, and Pulp Literature, among others. More #information at meganmwaring.wixsite.com/my-site.

disco dancing, jade adored, bareback on the #hospital roof— northern lights above the ward #Future Shock Linda Ann #Strang https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/minipack_january2024 Linda Ann Stang’s published #poetry collections are Star Reverse and Wedding #Underwear for Mermaids. Her poems and stories have appeared in many #journals, including Portland #Review, the Malahat Review, Hunger Mountain, Reflex #Press, Stand, Hollins Critic, and Gone #Lawn. Linda is editor-in-chief of Hotazel Review, an international journal of #literature and art. She lives in South Africa.

God #Particle Restored to Former Glory How Sci Fi Gold Became a Black Hole Cool Kickers for #Turkey Earthquake Future Shock Linda Ann #Strang https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/minipack_january2024 Linda Ann Stang’s published #poetry collections are Star Reverse and #Wedding Underwear for Mermaids. Her poems and #stories have appeared in many journals, including Portland #Review, the #Malahat Review, Hunger Mountain, #Reflex Press, Stand, Hollins #Critic, and Gone Lawn. Linda is editor-in-chief of Hotazel Review, an international journal of literature and art. She lives in South #Africa.

Beautiful girls in a #tragedy Greek with electric eels and doves. The mystic of the #pathway is Mars’ darkling beetle. Future #Shock Linda Ann Strang https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/minipack_january2024 Linda Ann #Stang’s published poetry #collections are Star Reverse and Wedding Underwear for #Mermaids. Her poems and stories have appeared in many journals, including #Portland Review, the Malahat Review, #Hunger Mountain, Reflex Press, #Stand, Hollins Critic, and Gone Lawn. Linda is editor-in-chief of #Hotazel Review, an international journal of literature and #art. She lives in South Africa.

Never explain about an out of place, #comma it’s merely a pause for breath (and don’t we all need to breathe?) But pay #attention to each slash and exclamation mark like #scythes gliding through a field of daisies leaving a bloody path! They #love you / not / Read in the hope you will be read in a #bed or in a bower (see above) in the night—quiet and full of its own self importance or in the #classroom simmering with bleached away blood Things to Consider when Writing a #Poem Adele #Evershed https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/minipack_january2024 Adele Evershed was born in Wales and has lived in #Hong Kong and Singapore before settling in Connecticut. Her #prose and #poetry have been published in over a hundred journals and anthologies, such as Every Day #Fiction, Reflex Fiction, Grey Sparrow #Journal, and Anti Heroin Chic. Adele has been nominated for the Pushcart #Prize and Best of the Net for poetry. Finishing Line #Press will publish Adele’s first poetry chapbook, Turbulence in Small #Places, later this year. Bottlecap Press published her second poetry collection, The Brink of Silence, in #June. Her novella in flash, Wannabe, was also published this year by #Alien Buddha Press. Find her at thelithag.com and @AdLibby1 on Twitter.

Never explain about an out of place, #comma it’s merely a pause for breath (and don’t we all need to breathe?) But pay #attention to each slash and exclamation mark like #scythes gliding through a field of daisies leaving a bloody path! They #love you / not / Read in the hope you will be read in a #bed or in a bower (see above) in the night—quiet and full of its own self importance or in the #classroom simmering with bleached away blood Things to Consider when Writing a #Poem (So People Know it’s Not Generated by ChatGPT) Adele Evershed https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/minipack_january2024 Adele Evershed was born in #Wales and has lived in Hong Kong and Singapore before settling in #Connecticut. Her prose and #poetry have been published in over a hundred journals and #anthologies, such as Every Day Fiction, Reflex Fiction, Grey #Sparrow Journal, and Anti Heroin Chic. Adele has been nominated for the #Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net for poetry. Finishing Line #Press will publish Adele’s first poetry chapbook, Turbulence in Small #Places, later this year. Bottlecap Press published her second poetry collection, The Brink of Silence, in #June. Her novella in flash, Wannabe, was also published this #year by Alien Buddha Press. Find her at thelithag.com and @AdLibby1 on #Twitter.

"People were growing coffee...on secret farms or even in their #gardens" THE CHOICE OF THE FUTURE Lana #Nizhehorodova Issue 10 https://varietypack.net/issue-x-futurisms/

“Some #nights, she still wakes from her nightmares of the fire” HANG ON TO HOPE IN THE POST-APOCALYPSE Toshiya #Kamei Issue 10 https://varietypack.net/issue-x-futurisms/

In a #land where knowledge should flourish, the Palestinian conflict has swept away the #pillars of education. Diez Issue 11 https://varietypack.net/issue-x-futurisms/

#Friends of the Night People A local organization in the #heart of the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, that has served as a true beacon to #homeless lives across the City of Buffalo, and anyone in need. Their efforts range from providing #food, resources for various shelters, basic #essentials/supplies, spaces to do both laundry and #shower. https://friendsofnightpeople.com/ways-to-give/

"Once we left your home #state, the scrub brush, dead #hills, and religious billboards persisted, but in a green #field deer graze like slender #cattle." TODAY I MISREAD CARBON COUNTY AS CARRION #COUNTRY by Rebecca #Martin Issue 9 https://issuu.com/varietypackzine/docs/varietypackissuenine Rebecca Martin (she/they) creates poetry that centers embodied queer femme #experience through the personal, familial, and political, simultaneously in #conversation with and troubled by the parameters of history, archive, and #myth. Their work has most recently appeared or will appear in Peach Mag, #Good Luck Have Fun #Press, Muzzle Magazine, DATABLEED, #Cotton Xenomorph, Dream #Pop Press, Birdcoat Quarterly, Pretty #Owl Poetry, and others, and received an Honorable Mention in the 2022 #Gulf Coast Poetry Prize. They are a recent #graduate of Oregon State University's #MFA program, where they were awarded the Graduate Creative #Writing Award in Poetry and served as poetry #editor for literary magazine 45th Parallel and #department steward for their graduate employee #union. She currently teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

If you're a short #story or #novellette writer, we want to publish you! When we speak of futurisms we want to see new worlds, new sights, new #technologies, and characters that reflect this world, characters who even in a hundred #years or more, will be able to deliver a level of emotional resonance that will go beyond the sands of #time. Short Fiction/Novellette – Between 1,001 and 9,000 #words should be sent to [email protected]. The preferred format is Times New #Roman, double-spaced, 12-point font. Please see https://varietypack.net/themed-submissions-2/ for more information.

Send us your #creative non-fiction (CNF), and essays. #Perspectives of how you see the future, how does this present connect? Send up to 3 #NF pieces, a maximum of 5,000 #words to [email protected]. Please do not exceed 1,500 words per piece unless solicited by editor. Please include word count in the #body of your email. https://varietypack.net/themed-submissions-2/