Marie B

The first 5 issues of THE BOULDER are in print! A serialized story about Darwin and Jeff — gig economy, platform capitalism, fake ads, & a tower made of blocks. Pulp aesthetics, absurdist tragedy. $5 per issue or grab all 5 for $25. Next 5 issues coming soon. #zinefiction #indiezine #literaryzine

Darwin’s year in review. Times fired: 59. Times hired: 59. Mountains climbed: 0. The Boulder Series is complete. mbismonte.itch.io

She started as your Emotional Labor Automaton™. She glitched, buffered, crashed, and came back with fewer features and more feelings. Ten issues. One question she kept asking that no one else did. Betty AI™: available nowhere you can afford, but somehow always there. mbismonte.itch.io

When your boss uses the work cloud storage for her personal use and your AI has something to say about it. Filing under: you can’t make this up. #amwriting #serialfiction #literaryfiction #indiewriter #zineserial

Jeff thinks Sisyphus lacked entrepreneurial spirit. #literaryzine #zineserial #indiewriter #sisyphus #literaryfiction #litfiction #gigeconomy

Some things collapse so you can see what the foundation looks like. The Boulder Issue 7: Error 404 drops Friday on mbismonte.itch.io #TheBoulderZine #SteadyStacks #SerialFiction #LiteraryZine #GigEconomy #literaryfiction

Lo siento, Señor Darwin. Issue 6: PYRAMIDS drops on 3/13. mbismonte.itch.io #TheBoulder #SerialFiction #IndieZine #LiteraryZine #GigEconomy #IndieWriter #rentisalwaysdue

Issue 5: The Raven. Tomorrow. #amwriting #serialfiction #literaryfiction #indiewriter #zineserial

2/27 not 2/28 #amwriting #serialfiction #literaryfiction #indiewriter #writersofbsky

Autocorrect, probably. #amwriting #serialfiction #literaryfiction #indiewriter #writersofinstagram

How are you, Darwin? #amwriting #serialfiction #literaryfiction #indiewriter #writersofbluesky

Surfaces that survived. Texture as record of endurance. Terror and tenderness.

She’s seen every angle of every relationship, every argument, every reconciliation, every breakup. Both sides, literally. And what does she know? That people are the same from every angle. Still confused. Still needy. Still routing their mess through her. Betty’s tired. #platformcapitalism

The universe conspires when you're underwater on invoices and a green dot appears. Issue 4 of THE BOULDER drops Saturday 2/15. Animated reel set to Ned's Atomic Dustbin's "Happy" because nothing about the gig economy is. Read Issues 1-3: mbismonte.itch.io #digitalzine #litfiction #contemporarylit

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The Boulder's Issue 2 is out. Darwin's feet go viral on OnlyFans. He still can't make rent. Free download: mbismonte.itch.io/the-boulder-... #indiezine #litfiction #serializedfiction #absurdcomedy #darkhumor #pulpfiction #fakeads #gigeconomy #freelancelife #satire

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The Boulder Issue #2 drops on Saturday, 1/3, on mbismonte.itch.io!

The Boulder’s Issue No. 2–“Climbing the Content Summit”—is coming out on Saturday, 1/3/26! All issues (and my other works in digital format) can be found on mbismonte.itch.io. Link in bio! #litfiction #serializedfiction #zinester #freelancelife #gigeconomy

CIPRIANI — new #zine Two women meet at Grand Central, still trying to make sense of Susan's story. Still unable to escape her orbit. A story about the economics of intimacy and what it means to remain entangled in a narrative that was never really yours. $10. mbismonte@gmail.com

Final zine in displacement trilogy: call center agents forced to scam elderly Americans to survive. Based on real experiences. Angel sees too clearly what others have learned to blur. The system always wins. Hand-bound, limited edition. #literaryzine #displacement #migrationstories #callcenteragents

Meet me at the end of the world 🎶🎵: Ný Batterí by Sigur Ros

The first copy of my new zine “NYC is Big, My Dreams are Bigger” is almost done. I’ve printed & divided the work into five signatures. The last step is French stitch binding. #zine #literaryfiction #handmade #smallpress #indieauthor #storytelling #filipinoamerican #zinemaker #handcrafted

⭐️NEW ZINE ALERT⭐️ “A Study in Cartography: Fragments & Patterns” — prose poetry exploring consciousness, migration, and survival through a gaming lens. Hand-sewn, 3-booklet format. Limited edition, 25 copies. #Zine #ProsePoetry #LimitedEdition #HandMade #ImmigrantStories #Gaming #WritingCommunity

Heading back home to NYC —25 mins to JFK —but first this and the birds.

Timeline cleanse. Buenos dias!

Buenos dias!

Greetings from Isla Mujeres where I’m choosing to suspend reality for a few days. Buenos dias! ☀️

One day, I’m gonna move to a coastal town, own a little bookstore, and live above it.