Kyle Isamu Weik @kyleisamu
just a queer dude and his pen | @SmokeLong Fellow 2025 | @flashfroglitmag @GhostParachute @VariantLit @VestalReview @EmergeJournal Los Angeles, CA Joined June 2024-
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Feeling so lucky to have a new story up in @EmergeJournal, alongside some incredible writers. Show the new issue some love y’all! emergeliteraryjournal.com/signs-of-life/
Current Issue | Issue 33 | 34 – Emerge Literary Journal. Check it out! It’s big & it’s beautiful. Much love to @DianeGotAuthor & @alishaescobedo_ for putting together a phenomenal combined issue! emergeliteraryjournal.com/current-issue-…
“Bringing feelings to a threesome is like doing cheap cocaine: every emotion is heightened, each sensation a revelation, until it’s over and dawn’s dirty fingers part the curtains…” Alluring and beautifully written. Read Alison Morretta’s winning story!
“Bringing feelings to a threesome is like doing cheap cocaine: every emotion is heightened, each sensation a revelation, until it’s over and dawn’s dirty fingers part the curtains…” Alluring and beautifully written. Read Alison Morretta’s winning story!
An absolute stunner by Ani King, read it now y’all!
An absolute stunner by Ani King, read it now y’all!
Some gorgeous writing in here y’all, check it out!
Some gorgeous writing in here y’all, check it out!
“He paused to catch his breath, a tube in his nose and IVs in his arms, administering God-knows-what to cure God-knows-what despite none of us believing in God at all.” Read this winning piece from @MBarrettWriter!
“He paused to catch his breath, a tube in his nose and IVs in his arms, administering God-knows-what to cure God-knows-what despite none of us believing in God at all.” Read this winning piece from @MBarrettWriter!
I have a new flash in the latest issue of @gonelawn (worm moon). It's about graffiti and mall security. Check it out if you wanna, but make sure to read all the other amazing writers in the issue. 🪱 🌙 Link to story: gonelawn.net/journal/issue5…
“Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers. Diner cheap. This new boyfriend, Chad, is eating Frosted Flakes raw. I butter toast and silence scrapes by.” @kyleisamu | @GhostParachute ghostparachute.com/issue/march-20…
Read "Chad" written by @kyleisamu and illustrated by @brettjbarr666. tinyurl.com/mvkc5skr
ICYMI - check out my micro with art from @amybookwhisper1 in @GhostParachute
ICYMI - check out my micro with art from @amybookwhisper1 in @GhostParachute
“I’d describe the way my brother’s friend, Mark, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, pulling him close to his chest as my father said, Don’t…” A beautiful example of how a story can be told. Go read @MBarrettWriter in @forge_litmag
“I’d describe the way my brother’s friend, Mark, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, pulling him close to his chest as my father said, Don’t…” A beautiful example of how a story can be told. Go read @MBarrettWriter in @forge_litmag
I forget there are 15 volcanoes surrounding me, five of them active, one of which destroyed my cousin’s home. Auntie Mel blamed Pele. I told her the gods have better things to do. Damn! Read these amazing micros from @kyleisamu in @VariantLit! So good!!
I forget there are 15 volcanoes surrounding me, five of them active, one of which destroyed my cousin’s home. Auntie Mel blamed Pele. I told her the gods have better things to do. Damn! Read these amazing micros from @kyleisamu in @VariantLit! So good!!
Join us and Tara Campbell to draft some weird Microfiction! smokelong.com/product/lets-g…
It Smells Like Dead Girls in Here @hexliterary hexliterary.com/?p=2579
My story, "T4.N1" is up at @VariantLit with new work from @sfreligh @WriterLeeFlatt @diaz_james @SuzanneCMartin3 @AuthorJmcm @ParkerLogan13 @kyleisamu @mccaelaa @PatrickBao1 and more! variantlit.com/t4-n1/
Every one of these is a stunner.
Thank you @VariantLit for including my three micros in this gorgeous new issue! And this lineup of writers goes crazyyy, check it out y’all! variantlit.com/the-ways-we-or…
We are frenzied miners, Blue Raspberry Frost vibrating through our veins, hoping our fingernails strike gold. I’m going to spend it on a new phone and call my dad. Chad tells me he never talked to his dad, even when he was alive... @kyleisamu in @GhostParachute
We are frenzied miners, Blue Raspberry Frost vibrating through our veins, hoping our fingernails strike gold. I’m going to spend it on a new phone and call my dad. Chad tells me he never talked to his dad, even when he was alive... @kyleisamu in @GhostParachute
"Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers." Love this! Read @kyleisamu in @GhostParachute
"Mom’s new boyfriend is breakfast. Coffee breath, ketchup face, sausage fingers." Love this! Read @kyleisamu in @GhostParachute
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