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Everything is embarrassing anyways so just submit your writing somewhere people can maybe see it. This is my little horror vignette about a demonic possession in a Connecticut gas station! It's not at all perfect in my eyes, but it's also one of my favorite things I've done because it lives in the world and not just in a draft. And as a bonus I get to enjoy the design a cool editor invented to accompany my story and see it through their eyes on the page.
I love zines!!! Share your art with your community and scene, be a part of the world!!!
Dec 18, 2024
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Dec 28, 2024
One of my short stories from a collection I recently wrote just got accepted to a really cool journal at Illinois State University!
First time seeing that green āAcceptedā label on Submittable :)
Iām ecstatic šš linked the story to this recc if anyone wants to read it before it comes out!!
Apr 24, 2025
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Entropy is a small magazine I created. For the first volume, I focused on the transition from teenage years to early 20s. It featured 20 contributors who submitted work reflecting on said topic, sharing their perspectives and the navigation of self during this crucial period of discovery. Here's a short blurb more about the theme:
Entropy: Lack of Order. Displacement, losing, finding, learning, thinking, claiming, creating, coming into your own, still finding it, give me a moment, better yet, a few years, or erase the few before now. It all seemed to blend together.
Processing the now, this moment right now, can be compared to the sporadic cycle of R.E.M. We fall under its spell each night, and the visions we produce influence, evoke, and seek out the manifestations that follow in our waking world. It's quiet again in my mind because I carefully extracted my inner workings and hand-painted them onto the pages of this book. Mustering up the words together to express adolescence - a beautiful and tormenting phenomenon.from an array of youth creatives. The 20 contributors submitted work reflecting on said topic, sharing their perspectives and the navigation of self during this crucial period of discovery.
Now, I'm starting on volume 2 of Entropy and want to focus on balance.
How do you balance your 20s? Over-indulgence and consumption is all we are exposed to, especially in the city. I'm looking for new faces to be featured, interviewed, and involved! Feedback during this time is also very appreciated. Thank you for reading and please reach out via my website (email on homepage): jennaferayo.com
Sep 18, 2024
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Iām sick of feeling powerless so my new coping strategy is to not let a stupid system bully me into quiet despair. Iām learning how to use my stateās General Assemblyās online bill tracker and Iām subscribing to email updates for the agendas and the public hearings of the legislative committees Iām most concerned about. Iām memorizing all my legislatorsā names and emailing and calling regularly.
Also: Check to see if your stateās Legislative Library has Libguides that explain in laymanās terms what bills are passing in your state and other educational/legislative resources you have freely available to you!!!
Nov 20, 2024
Apr 16, 2025
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Iām up in my bank account every week writing every transaction out in a spreadsheet and Iāve never been better with money in my whole life. Also helped me notice asap when a whole mess of fraudulent transactions slipped in while I was occupied moving and otherwise wouldnāt have seen them for a while. Itās absolutely more effective than a Mint budget tracker because you have to confront EVERY purchase and contemplate what actually has value to you.
Jan 6, 2025