<![CDATA[Marty Shambles]]>https://martyshambles.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!P8px!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fmartyshambles.substack.com%2Fimg%2Fsubstack.pngMarty Shambleshttps://martyshambles.substack.comSubstackThu, 03 Sep 2026 06:54:20 GMT<![CDATA[the airplane is a metaphor for my mental disorder]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/the-airplane-is-a-metaphor-for-myhttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/the-airplane-is-a-metaphor-for-mySun, 30 Aug 2026 12:48:29 GMTThanks for watching!

the airplane is a metaphor for my mental disorder

the view from the window is real

and i know what it feels like

to be an airplane,

so cocksure of my own inevitability,

a champion of weightless mass,

excommunicated from the ground,

clad in the space age materials,

optimized for cost-cutting.

air continues its conspiracy

with gravity to keep me aloft.

but how long can i defy god’s ground-bound

edicts before fire’s corrective hand?

people look small as microbes at cruising altitude

and i want there to be some perspective but

flight is binary.

you’re either up or down.

]]><![CDATA[Content]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/contenthttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/contentSun, 23 Aug 2026 20:24:34 GMTPatreon.com/martyshambles

]]><![CDATA[Omnishambles Vol. 2]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/omnishambles-vol-2https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/omnishambles-vol-2Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:53:28 GMTHey fam! I know it’s been a minute. I’m all over the place these day, and in a general fog. I’ve been writing and editing for Blood+Honey and that’s been a really great experience. The editor, David, is super supportive and lets me get away with publishing weird shit that most editors wouldn’t allow because it’s too off the rails.

I got a play produced …

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]]><![CDATA[Literary Vandals - Episode 2]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/literary-vandals-episode-2https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/literary-vandals-episode-2Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:58:37 GMTMarty Shambles, Joe B, and Michael chop it up.

Music by MOHAYNOW feat. Denver Williams

]]><![CDATA[Literary Vandals - Episode 1]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/literary-vandals-episode-1https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/literary-vandals-episode-1Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:13:29 GMTToday we share work by Immani Sheppard, Robert Frost, and Marty Shambles.

Music by MOHAYNOW feat. Denver Williams

]]><![CDATA[Writer-in-residence]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/writer-in-residence-af7https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/writer-in-residence-af7Sat, 24 May 2025 09:22:47 GMTHey! I’m writer-in-residence over at Blood+Honey Magazine and I’m super stoked about it! I’m putting out work every week, so check back if you have an inclination to do so.

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Hope you’re well,

-Marty

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]]><![CDATA[Writer-in-Residence]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/writer-in-residencehttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/writer-in-residenceMon, 24 Mar 2025 13:26:40 GMTI have great news! I am the new writer-in-residence for Blood+Honey Press. Work goes up May 1st. I am absolutely elated to take this new position and I hope you all will mosey on over there when the time comes. (I will remind you.)

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]]><![CDATA[MEAT THE MESSIAH s02e01]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/meat-the-messiah-s02e01https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/meat-the-messiah-s02e01Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:52:51 GMTSo I can't publish any more of American Zeros because I'm trying to get it published. So in 6 months when it's finally rejected, I'll publish the full manuscript. In the meantime I have written some silly visual novels on my itch account for you to enjoy.

All the best,

Marty

s02e01

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]]><![CDATA[american zeros 4-6]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/american-zeros-4-6https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/american-zeros-4-6Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:24:31 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[american zeros - 1-3]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/american-zeros-1-3https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/american-zeros-1-3Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:17:03 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[American Zeros - 0.]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/american-zeros-0https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/american-zeros-0Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:14:30 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[the autobiography of marty shambles]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/the-autobiography-of-marty-shambleshttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/the-autobiography-of-marty-shamblesSun, 19 Jan 2025 00:04:54 GMTi learned to fuck through a series of thrusting gyrations that made me the greatest fuck machine in the world, but that was before the medicine and the war with the moon; before the ketamine of the soul kept me in an aural k-hole, and before the sickened pale of the sky. everything i've eaten to this point can be measured in credit cards, as microplasti…

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]]><![CDATA[s01e06]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e06https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e06Sun, 05 Jan 2025 23:49:02 GMTMy New Website

s01e06 - the one with tyler durden

bukowski and elvis are in a bar, drinking turpentine. there is no laughter or small talk. there is only the sound of liquid swallows, the occasional belch, and the slow ooze of a languid jukebox.

the phone rings like a fire alarm and startles a few people who are alert enough to react.

bartender: hank? hank bukowski?

bukow…

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]]><![CDATA[s01e05 MEAT THE MESSIAH]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e05-meat-the-messiahhttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e05-meat-the-messiahSun, 29 Dec 2024 22:03:46 GMTThis first appeared in Horror Sleaze Trash. If you want to read episodes 6 go here.

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]]><![CDATA[s01e04 MEAT THE MESSIAH]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e04-meat-the-messiahhttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e04-meat-the-messiahSun, 22 Dec 2024 05:09:55 GMTThis first appeared in Horror Sleaze Trash. If you want to read episodes 5 and 6 go here.

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]]><![CDATA[s01e03 of MEAT THE MESSIAH]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e03-of-meat-the-messiahhttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e03-of-meat-the-messiahSun, 15 Dec 2024 05:52:14 GMTThis selection first appeared in Horror Sleaze Trash. Episode 3 is up there now!

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]]><![CDATA[s01e02 (submissions closed)]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e02-submissions-closedhttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/s01e02-submissions-closedMon, 09 Dec 2024 13:53:48 GMTSo I had a disagreement with the blogging platform I was using for The Marat and I shut it down. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Anyway, here’s s01e02 of MEAT THE MESSIAH.

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]]><![CDATA[the rest of s01e01]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/the-rest-of-s01e01https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/the-rest-of-s01e01Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:36:46 GMTI have great news! The publication Horror Sleaze Trash has agreed to serialize my MEAT THE MESSIAH story into weekly episodes. The next episode is up there now!!! I’m really stoked about this and I hope you enjoy this story.

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]]><![CDATA[MEAT THE MESSIAH ]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/meat-the-messiah-3cahttps://martyshambles.substack.com/p/meat-the-messiah-3caTue, 26 Nov 2024 01:08:51 GMTThis selection first appeared in Horror Sleaze Trash.

MEAT THE MESSIAH

by marty shambles

s01e01 - pilot

the road makes its own gravy. the sog of chew churns the juices through the masticated sludge. somehow the chief thrill is the swallow where the gut's dark alchemy makes the gravy to smother the world.

hulk hogan stands on the shoulder, farming out his pr…

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]]><![CDATA[fuck the sky part 2]]>https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/fuck-the-sky-part-2-379https://martyshambles.substack.com/p/fuck-the-sky-part-2-379Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:54:14 GMTNew book for sale! Here’s an excerpt.

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