Ligeia’s own Ashley Wagner has some new poems in here!

"In a way, I position myself more like the book’s antagonist . . . I don’t expect readers to always sympathize with me." —Matt Lee, in conversation with richard scott larson in this week's double interview: full-stop.net/2024/06/04/int… U of Wisconsin Press Northwestern University Press

A mountain could not be skinned, deboned. A mountain was not warm-blooded, drinkable. Summit in Decline by Kyle Coma-Thompson ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/su…

But I felt a need for change. It didn’t suit me any longer to write my auto-fiction, to go on complaining, to exploit the life around me. Preface to Creation by Christopher Zeischegg ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/pr…

Die Closer to Me -- my novella-in-stories about a planet built for the sick and disabled -- has been out for 1 year today. There are at least 200 copies out and about in the world. Genuine thanks Here's a fantastic review of the book from Matt Lee: ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/di…

✨COVER REVEAL!!! ✨ Check out the stunning cover for my debut chapbook releasing with Nine Syllables Press! I'm so excited to share my poems with all of you in October! I'll be reading at Smith College on Octobwr 8, 2024! ✨ Pre-orders will be available later this summer!

Fear. Disgust. Pity. The cripple evokes our basest human emotions—as does the monster.🧌 Matt Lee, author of the Backwards Hand is on Wake Island tonight🏝️🌛 ⁦Matt Lee⁩ & ⁦⁦Northwestern University Press⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wak…

The convoy of my dead passes by while I waltz among the trees to stay warm. Encounter with the Dead by Agnieszka Tworek ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/en…

She sang about a man, and he appeared in the audience. Light flowed like stiff skirts through the stained-glass windows, so beautiful it made her feel she’d sinned. Little Musgrave by Ivy Grimes ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/li…

From our current issue—Dandelion Wine by Ash Ferlito

Ligeia contributor Rebecca Gransden interviews our co-editor Matt Lee about his new book!

MAITONAUT, my 3rd book, is published by new_sinews TODAY 🌌 you can buy it online: newnewsinews.com/books/maitonaut + in select real-world shops including Good Press Gallery & The Common Press Bookshop there will be a little (london) launch party at Housmans Bookshop tomorrow, hopefully see you there<3

Splashing in the pool behind my house. Tapping my small fingers on piano keys. Writing single chapters of novels that plagiarized my favorite shows. Untraceable by Gracie Jordan ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/un…

I could fill you with jam and sew you back up—little stitches like what he pulled from my wrist late that morning. 2 Poems by Kelly R. Samuels ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/2-…

He made himself a bed from the dreams of his old lovers, their nightmares a glue between every two nights. Wise Men Fish Here by Sarp Sozdinler ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/wi…

🚨🚨 FRIGHT NIGHT II 🚨🚨 feat. Charlene Elsby Olivia Cronk David Kuhnlein itsmichaelok @caromacon steve barbaro Gwekalog Robert Kloss j e m fahoome Timothy Moore Jessica Anne Chicago, Oct 26 @ 6 pm [secret venue] hosted by yrs truly 🍭

I never liked The Hardy Boys, fucking dorks. Read our interview with ? ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/ch…

I am the little monkey inside the glass eyeball of the automaton. The Automaton by Andy Lee ligeiamagazine.com/winter-2024/th…

After nearly five years, Ligeia Magazine will be returning to the tomb for a permanent vacation. Thank you to our contributors and readers for an incredible run. Full statement from the editors below.