Author: Nyx

Podcaster, baker, zine reviewer and maker.
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A Small Update

Hello, dear and wonderful friends!

As much as I had hoped to avoid these kinds of posts this year, it seems my wishes and reality don’t quite mesh together completely.

As I mentioned last week, I am in the midst of dealing with a flare up. Flare ups can mean a variety of different things to different people. And flares aren’t always the same…

I won’t go into too many details here, but I will say that I am sorry that I am just not up to posting Happy Mail Monday today. I do have some lovely mail to show to you, but people deserve better than me showing off their amazing creations while I’m tired and in pain.

So for now, I will thank everyone who has commented and sent messages wishing me well. It’s not yet been a year since my diagnosis, and I am still very much getting my mind around how my life has changed.

I’m going to set Happy Mail Monday for next week rather than trying to push through and make one tomorrow. I will say I’m crossing fingers for Episode 2 of Nyx Reads.

Thank you once again to everyone for all your wonderful understanding and patience with me. This is just one stumble, and I will be working hard to get Sea Green Zines to everything it can be. ❤

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Call for Submissions: Pegged Zine Issue 2

Be sure to check out Pegged Zine Instagram to keep up to date with all submission announcements.

Submission guidelines reminder:

*Submissions window opens 17th of December and has no set closing date. Keep an eye on social media for this;
*Full colour is fine;
*We will resize and reframe images and texts to fit in with the collaged presentation of the zine, see your copy of Pegged 1# for examples;
*Keep word counts humble, remember we are going for an A5 zine and we want the text size to be not too small for the sake of accessibility;
*Please let us know how you want to be credited, if at all. Otherwise you will become ANON;
*All proceeds from the zines will go to the next print. All contributors will get posted one free copy, with postage covered by the sales;
*Zines will also go to public archives and zine libraries.

*anything not covered or weird, we’ll be in touch x

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Flare Up

Hello, dear friends. This is just a little note to let you know that I’ve been dealing with a flare up this week. Things are feeling like they are improving slowly, so I should be back with you for Happy Mail Monday.

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Happy Mail Monday – Monday the 13th Edition

Hello dear friends, and welcome to another Happy Mail Monday starting a week I’m totally not prepared for. Haha. Thank goodness for awesome happy mail from awesome people. We have zine friends new and old with awesome zine goodness including a zine in a bottle as well as a copyleft zine.

Like what I do here? Consider supporting me and Sea Green Zines on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines

Thank you so much for watching.

Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*Attempted Not Known – https://www.attemptednotknown.com
**https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=8724804

*Dystatic – https://issuu.com/dystatic

*Ken Bausert – https://www.instagram.com/passcribe/

*Meditation Funnies – https://ko-fi.com/meditationfunnies
**https://www.instagram.com/meditationfunnies/

*Anna Gecko – https://oleandrsstudio.carrd.co

*Sonali – https://linktr.ee/sonaleeeeeee

*Nyx Reads Ep 1 – https://youtu.be/M7ECasuKSm8

My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com
https://seagreenzines.carrd.co

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Call for Submissions: Porch Beers Press Mix Issue 1

Find out more HERE

“Hey Porch Beer Drinkers! Since its inception, I have wanted to make Porch Beers Press something bigger than myself. One such project is going to come to fruition in 2023 (details in the upcoming months). However, I’d love to test the waters and see who all is out there that might be a good fit.

I came up with the idea of the Porch Beers Press Mix, inspired heavily by the Hello America seasonal compilations and the literary mags and underground newspapers I read in my youth. Without further ado…. the details:

Porch Beers Press Mix
Issue 1: The Art of Drowning

Take your inspiration from the Billy Collins poem “The Art of Drowning.” Take it from the title, or the concept, or a turn of phrase. Or hell, don’t take it at all, I’m not a cop.

Here are your limits:

Prose/nonfiction: 1000 words
Poetry: no more than three poems totaling 1000 words together
Artwork/photography/comics: able to fit 5.5′ X 8.5′ and 300 DPI (final product will be in black and white)
Anything else: email me for details

Please include a 2-3 sentence short bio as well with your piece.

Contributors will receive a physical copy of the final zine. Deadline for your contribution is April 1, 2023. Email any finished pieces or questions to porchbeerszine@gmail.com with the subject line “Issue 1 submission.”

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Nyx Reads Podcast | Ep 01: The F Word

Hello and welcome to the very first Nyx Reads, where I turn paper zines into audio so you can access zines in one more way in the world.

I’m starting off with one of my favourites written all the way back in 2013: The F Word.

I hope you enjoy.

Like what I do here? Consider supporting me and Sea Green Zines on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines

Thank you so much for listening.

Bibliography

Bella, Timothy (2013) The 7 Dirty Words Turn 40, but They’re Still Dirty, The Atlantic, viewed 19 May 2013, <http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/print/2012/05/the-7-dirty-words-turn-40-but-theyre-still-dirty/257374/>.

Erenkrantz, Justin (2010) George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words, Justin Erenkrantz, viewed 19 May 2013, <http://erenkrantz.com/Humor/SevenDirtyWords.shtml>.

Fairman, C (2009) Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties, 1st edn, Sphinx Publishing, Illinois.

Frederik Joelving (2009) Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief, Scientific American, viewed 13 June 2013, <http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-do-we-swear/>.

Fuck: A Documentary (2005) motion picture, THINKFilms, United States.

Lawson, Mark (2004) Has swearing lost its power to shock?, The Guardian, viewed 19 May 2013, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/feb/05/broadcasting.britishidentityandsociety/>.

McKenzie, M (2010) Australian Handbook for Writers and Editors, 4th edn, Woodslane Press, Australia.

Munier, A (2009) The Little Red Book of Very Dirty Words, 1st edn, Adams Media, United States.

Online Etymology Dictionary (2013) ‘fuck (v.)’, Online Etymology Dictionary, viewed 30 April, 2013, <http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fuck&searchmode=none/>.

Sheildlower, J (2009) The F-Word, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, United States.

Ted (2010) 100 Ways of Saying Fuck You, StandardMadness.com, viewed 19 May, 2013, <http://www.standardmadness.com/100-ways-of-saying-fuck-you/>.

The Word Fuck (unknown) audio recording, Archive.org, United States.

My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com
https://seagreenzines.carrd.co

Channel Art by Latibule: https://latibuleart.carrd.co

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Happy Mail Tuesday – ThankUBody Press Edition

I’ve learned a lot of patience when it comes to waiting to open happy mail, but sometime the patience is not with me… Check out some goodies from this new-to-me distro!

Like what I do here? Consider supporting me and Sea Green Zines on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines

Thank you so much for watching.

Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*ThankUBody Press – https://www.instagram.com/thankubody_/
**https://thankubody.au

My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com
https://seagreenzines.carrd.co

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Happy Mail Monday – Glitter & Vinyl Edition

Hello, zine friends! It’s a beautiful – though humid – day in the land of Oz, and I have some absolutely wonderful mail to share with you in my usual rambling fashion. Check out the awesome zines and gorgeous goodies that landed in the post over the past week.

Like what I do here? Consider supporting me and Sea Green Zines on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/seagreenzines

Thank you so much for watching.

Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*Warglitter Zines – https://linktr.ee/warglitter

*Vixxie Plans – https://campsite.to/vixxieplans

*InCoWriMo – https://incowrimo.org

My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com
https://seagreenzines.carrd.co

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Call for Submissions: Pegged Zine Issue 2

Be sure to check out Pegged Zine Instagram to keep up to date with all submission announcements.

Submission guidelines reminder:

*Submissions window opens 17th of December and has no set closing date. Keep an eye on social media for this;
*Full colour is fine;
*We will resize and reframe images and texts to fit in with the collaged presentation of the zine, see your copy of Pegged 1# for examples;
*Keep word counts humble, remember we are going for an A5 zine and we want the text size to be not too small for the sake of accessibility;
*Please let us know how you want to be credited, if at all. Otherwise you will become ANON;
*All proceeds from the zines will go to the next print. All contributors will get posted one free copy, with postage covered by the sales;
*Zines will also go to public archives and zine libraries.

*anything not covered or weird, we’ll be in touch x

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Call for Submissions: Porch Beers Press Mix Issue 1

Find out more HERE

“Hey Porch Beer Drinkers! Since its inception, I have wanted to make Porch Beers Press something bigger than myself. One such project is going to come to fruition in 2023 (details in the upcoming months). However, I’d love to test the waters and see who all is out there that might be a good fit.

I came up with the idea of the Porch Beers Press Mix, inspired heavily by the Hello America seasonal compilations and the literary mags and underground newspapers I read in my youth. Without further ado…. the details:

Porch Beers Press Mix
Issue 1: The Art of Drowning

Take your inspiration from the Billy Collins poem “The Art of Drowning.” Take it from the title, or the concept, or a turn of phrase. Or hell, don’t take it at all, I’m not a cop.

Here are your limits:

Prose/nonfiction: 1000 words
Poetry: no more than three poems totaling 1000 words together
Artwork/photography/comics: able to fit 5.5′ X 8.5′ and 300 DPI (final product will be in black and white)
Anything else: email me for details

Please include a 2-3 sentence short bio as well with your piece.

Contributors will receive a physical copy of the final zine. Deadline for your contribution is April 1, 2023. Email any finished pieces or questions to porchbeerszine@gmail.com with the subject line “Issue 1 submission.”