Orion's Belt magazine

@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social

We publish experimental literary speculative fiction, poetry, reviews & translations. Read us at http://orions-belt.net. Support us at http://patreon.com/orionsbeltmag. EiC: @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social

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My latest free to read story was released last week, inspired by a RIP shirt and a candle. One night a year, with a special candle, you can communicate with those who have passed on. What would you say? I'll write up my writing process soon.

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"he wants to be good / at something other than being noticed" ... "he wants to try a jet ski wants a birth certificate with two signatures" Kyra paints this portrait of Orion beautifully. Lets the reader pick up that he seeks excitement/adventure & family/legacy. Oof, how that desire comes through

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"in april orion hangs up his belt like / unpinning a name, & slips off-stage / into a buckshot of foreign bodies / into a glass-bottomed boat" I'm invested right from this gorgeous opening, and it only blossoms from there. This is literary x speculative at its finest.

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"in april orion hangs up his belt like" by Kyra Jee in @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social Summer 2026

First of all, what a wonderfully appropriate poem for Orion's Belt! But what draws me in: it's playful, lyrical, delightfully visual, full of desire. Read it for a taste of what a constellation wants.

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"the night / is waiting for me outside & i’m / ready to collide with darkness again" "a quiet dream where i can tame / the rebellion of my grief into repose" Like many of Gospel's other works, this poem is urgent & mesmerizing & breathtaking. It hits you with tragic beauty and doesn't let up.

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As promised, I'm sharing my feelings on @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social's Summer 2026 poems.

"Moonlit Memories" by Gospel Chinedu
I've long been a fan of Gospel's poetry. Here, I feel I'm lost in the dark, chased by this fox-grandfather, taken on a surreal journey of personal and familial history.

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"To the Android I Saw Get Pushed onto the Tracks at the Archives Metro Station" is FREE TO READ today in Orion's Belt! This story made my critique partners lose their collective shit, and it will make you lose yours too!

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