Barbara Genova (she/they) is the pen name of an actress/writer who got stranded in Central Europe during the first Covid lockdown of many. She just became the author of Dirt City, a monthly column hosted by Bureau of Complaint, and she’s gonna be pretty excited about it all through 2022.
Poetry and stories written as Barbara have been featured / are forthcoming on Hobart, Strange Horizons, Expat Press, Misery Tourism, FERAL, 433, Last Estate, The Daily Drunk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Sledgehammer Lit, Scissors and Spackle, surfaces.cx, Witch Craft Mag, The Final Girl Bulletin Board, Fahmidan Journal, The Hallowzine (2021), The Bear Creek Gazette, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, Roi Fainéant Press, Discretionary Love, Poetry Super Highway, Gutslut Press, the New International Voices Series at IceFloe Press, and the Hecate Magazine anthology issue #2 (DECAY, winter 2021).
She can be found on Twitter @CallGenova (almost never) and on Instagram @thebarbaragenova (way more often), and you can, in fact, contact her directly - name dot surname at protonmail dot com
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latest:
the mercury bible, scissors and spackle, issue 17 (January 22)
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I think you have a drug problem, Hobart (January 22)
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haunt (your brain a lone house anyone can break in for fun), Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City”, February 22)
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break room, surfaces.cx (February 22)
christie graves, years active: 1979 - 1983, surfaces.cx. (February 22)
you’re in love with electra, surfaces.cx (February 22)
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can’t negotiate with the devil (or, a devil), Gutslut Press (March 22)
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in training, scissors and spackle (issue 18, March 22)
in the unlikely event of my survival, scissors and spackle (issue 18, March 22)
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come say hi to the decline (aka That Francis guy), Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #2 , March 22)
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adp (actor director producer), 433 (March 22)
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prosperity gospel, FERAL - a journal of poetry and art (The Time Issue, March 22)
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executive assistants at the end of the world, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #3, April 22)
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the rape corridor where everybody knows your name, IceFloe Press, New International Voices Series (April 22)
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the food issue, A Thin Slice of Anxiety (May 22)
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our lady of the utterly bodied, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #4, May 22)
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a private screening of “the human contract”, Last Estate (May 22)
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next:
one year before the time jump, Strange Horizons
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let me show you the real paris, Witch Craft Mag
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2021:
ladies , the daily drunk mag (summer 21)
finish him , the daily drunk mag (summer 21)
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my boyfriend kills people in different area codes, anti-heroin chic (october 21)
the fallen women of classical studies, anti-heroin chic (october 21)
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private collection, the daily drunk mag (october 21)
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brindisi (in spite of those who wish us ill), fahmidan journal (october 21)
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version (was: bliss theme london untitled), discretionary love (october 21)
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demons enter the picture from the right, the final girl bulletin board. (october 21)
blonde walks into a time machine (take two), the final girl bulletin board (october 21)
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crawl, the hallowzine 2021
creation, the hallowzine 2021
it’s a living, the hallowzine 2021
reverse wishmaster, the hallowzine 2021
ghost draft revisited, the hallowzine 2021
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device, Roi Fainéant Press (october 21)
i will build you a blood house, Roi Fainéant Press (october 21)
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the wife (aka colby jane rail), hecate magazine, DECAY, anthology issue #2 (winter 2021)
reposted over here with Hecate’s blessing.
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shield, misery tourism (november 21)
marinas, misery tourism (november 21)
financial advice for beautiful women, misery tourism (november 21)
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prowl, bear creek gazette (issue 6, november 21)
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philosophy majors should be tossed into a volcano, sledgehammer lit (november 21)
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my cousin brings a gun home, a thin slice of anxiety (november 21)
livelihood, a thin slice of anxiety (november 21)
can i talk to you a minute hey cowboy you’re so tall, a thin slice of anxiety (november 21)
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here's the future of currency: you're gonna get fucked in ways you can't fathom, expat press (november 21)
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gusher, poetry super highway (december 21)
body count, poetry super highway (december 21)
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