Defenestration Magazine

"How to Prepare for the Despair of Your Upcoming Medical Appointment." New #fakenonfiction by Maggie Russell on Defenestration: bit.ly/40vfh0u #DefenestrationMagazine

"Spinach Around the Cyst: You’re Going to Want My Bad Ass Invention." New #fakenonfiction by Ayoung Kim on Defenestration: bit.ly/4l4UWbG #DefenestrationMagazine

"Rumors of the Humanities’ Demise Have Been Greatly Misoverestimated." New #fakenonfiction by Matthew Smith on Defenestration: bit.ly/4aWtZCz #DefenestrationMagazine

@januaryhouselit.bsky.social @defenestrationmag.bsky.social, two of the mags listed in my bio are on BlueSky and worth checking out!

"Three Radical New Strategies to Beat Burnout—Without Quitting Your Job." New #fakenonfiction by C.J. Kelly on Defenstration: bit.ly/46bcbC7 #DefenestrationMagazine

"The Fountain." New #nonfiction by Marissa Phillips on Defenestration: bit.ly/4quNW99 #DefenestrationMagazine

"Stop Fingering Cinnamon Buns: Bring Your Dopamine Levels Back to Baseline." New #fakenonfiction by Jackson Mattocks on Defenestration: bit.ly/3M47Fyv #DefenestrationMagazine

"How [Not] to Visit a Japanese Hot Spring." New #nonfiction by Kat Joplin on Defenestration: bit.ly/4rdh6KK #DefenestrationMagazine

"Not All Llama Urine Supplements Are the Same!" New #fakenonfiction by Robert Philen on Defenestration: bit.ly/4bgAYbn #DefenestrationMagazine

"McRueful's - Where Every Night is Ladies' Night!" New #fakenonfiction by L. L. Babb on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pHEUFE #DefenestrationMagazine

"Flamingos." New #comic by Mason Whitfield on Defenestration: bit.ly/4bzDedA #DefenestrationMagazine

"Rejection Blues." New #fakenonfiction by Michael Pauchet on Defenestration: bit.ly/4swKqxd #DefenestrationMagazine

"Loopholes to maintaining ethical consumption under capitalism." New #nonfiction by Julia Kopstein on Defenestration: bit.ly/4qcsTsw #DefenestrationMagazine

We don't have anything new for you this Wednesday, but if you want something to get you into the holiday spirit, check out Sean Cahill's "That Special Time of Year" from the December 2025 issue of Defenestration: bit.ly/4s4g0SO

Fresh nonfiction and fake nonfiction will start up again next week!

One last reminder before I drift off to sleep: the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is available as of this morning. Free humorous fiction and poetry to tickle your eyeballs. Not literally because that would be awful. Check it out: bit.ly/4rYqRh4

Read the issue that, were it turned into a film, would absolutely count as a Christmas movie. The December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here, and nine out of ten little drummer boys give it a resounding pa-rum-pa-pum-pum: bit.ly/4rYqRh4

Also, with the arrival of the new issue, Defenestration is once again open to short story and poetry submissions. The reading window lasts until April 5th: bit.ly/105Enuu

This is your lunchtime reminder that the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here to fulfill all of your holiday wishes. Yes, even those really weird ones, Steve. Check it out here: bit.ly/4rYqRh4

Good morning, everyone! Today's the day: the December 2025 issue of Defenestration is here! This month we've filled your stocking with 12 humorous short stories and 6 poems. Check everything out here: bit.ly/4rYqRh4 #DefenestrationMagazine

"Please Just Let Me, A Rapidly Expiring Banana, Get Baked." New #fakenonfiction by Diane Durant on Defenestration: bit.ly/4j2dZT3 #DefenestrationMagazine

Here's what's appearing in this month's issue of Defenestration: bit.ly/48D7BOz

"What Was That Loud Sound? - A 'Your Neighbors' Discussion Board," by Kate Maxlow Doris Abernathy Springland 2 hr ago I just heard a really loud noise like a banging does anyone know what it was?

Ok, but what would your mom post on Next Door as the world is ending? Is she a Doris? An Edie? A Shirley? Find out now with new fiction from @defenestrationmag.bsky.social : www.defenestrationmag.net/2025/12/what...

For anyone concerned my recent fiction is leaning too highbrow:

"Charlie the Tuna Just Wants to Die." New #fakenonfiction by Ken Pisani on Defenestration: bit.ly/4pzI6nt #DefenestrationMagazine

The contents for the December 2025 issue of Defenestration have been chosen! Many thanks to everyone who sent us stuff this reading period; we held on to a lot of stories and poems this time so it was hard to choose!

We'll post a table of contents soon.

The Defenestration inbox is now closed to short story and poetry submissions. Well prep for the next issue, then reopen on December 20th.

If you submitted to us but haven't heard anything yet, you will soon.

"What Was That Loud Sound? – A ‘Your Neighbors’ Discussion Board." New #fakenonfiction by Kate Maxlow on Defenestration: bit.ly/4oyfsBM #DefenestrationMagazine

"This is Not About Your Hunchback." New #fakenonfiction by Billy D on Defenestration: bit.ly/4io6mGl #DefenestrationMagazine

"Why 'Masticate' Isn’t the Same Thing as 'Chew.'" New #fakenonfiction by Rick Kast on Defenestration: bit.ly/481IjIj #DefenestrationMagazine

"Eau de Whole." New #fakenonfiction by Susan S. Levine on Defenestration: bit.ly/3XcKDrf #DefenestrationMagazine