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Barbara Genova (she/them) was the pen name of a writer active between 2021 and early 2024 - according to earlier lore, “she got stranded in Central Europe during the first Covid lockdown of many”.
She was a 2022 Best of the Net nominee for a story called “our lady of the utterly bodied”and a 2022 Pushcart Prize nominee for a poem titled “can’t negotiate with the devil (or, a devil)”.
As Barbara, she was the author of Dirt City, a monthly story column hosted by lit journal Bureau of Complaint.
Poetry, stories and essays written as Barbara have been featured on Hobart, Strange Horizons, SAND Journal, APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL, Expat Press, Francesca Lia Block’s Lit Angels, Misery Tourism, FERAL, 433, Last Estate, Return, Cold Signal Magazine, The Daily Drunk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Witch Craft Magazine, Sledgehammer Lit, Scissors and Spackle, surfaces.cx, 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, The Airgonaut, Hecate Magazine, Tropico Line, Don’t Submit! and the anthology “The Place Where Everyone’s Name Is Fear” (Anxiety Press / Outcast Press).
She could be found on most social media platforms (at) CallGenova .
longform essays:
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the rape corridor where everybody knows your name, IceFloe Press, New International Voices Series (April 22)
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a private screening of “the human contract”, Last Estate (May 22)
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Empire of Cursed, Return (August 22)
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Disappear Here, Return (September 2022)
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The Displaced, Return (October 2022)
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Para-Bonding, Return (November 2022)
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The Hyper-Vigilance Loop, Return (November 2022)
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Shattered Youth (Bret Easton Ellis’ The Shards), Return (January 2023)
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In a darker timeline I've become a mental health influencer (forthcoming)
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Ringmaster (forthcoming)
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Not here to make friends (TK, forthcoming)
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Dirt City:
haunt (your brain a lone house anyone can break in for fun), Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City”, February 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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executive assistants at the end of the world, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #3, April 22)
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our lady of the utterly bodied, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #4, May 22) Best of the Net nominee
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LA Girl, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #5, June 22)
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what’s wrong with Jessica, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #6, July 22)
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don’t fuck the police, Bureau of Complaint (“Dirt City” #7, August 22)
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buyer’s remorse, Bureau of Complaint (September 2022)
stories:
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I think you have a drug problem, Hobart (January 22)
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one take wonder, The Airgonaut (August 22)
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the motivation and the drive to commit identity theft, Misery Tourism (October 22)
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elevator you/I sequence start, Cold Signal Magazine, issue I (November 22)
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the good home is where/when you get comfortable, “The Place Where Everyone’s Name Is Fear”, Anxiety Press / Outcast Press, 2022
poetry:
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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)
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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)
after the Gazette shut down indefinitely, this work has been archived over at the Voidspace
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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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the mercury bible, scissors and spackle, issue 17 (January 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) Pushcart Prize nominee for 2022
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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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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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one year before the time jump, Strange Horizons (June 22)
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prime domain, Bear Creek Gazette (issue #10, July 22)
after the Gazette shut down indefinitely, this work has been archived over at the Voidspace
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let me show you the real paris, Witch Craft Mag, Issue 8 (“The Erotica Issue”), Fall 2022
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t-rex, Don’t Submit! (February 2023)
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hold the baby, Don’t Submit! (February 2023)
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after laughter come tears, Tropico Line Literary, Issue I (March 2023)
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he does self help for men, SAND Journal, Issue 25 (Spring 2023)
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night line, APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL (April 2023)
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mother of all that is stone, APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL (April 2023)
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ruin is my favorite answer, Lit Angels (Issue #9, June 2023)
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stalk and slash, Lit Angels (Issue #9, June 2023)
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mm, Lit Angels (Issue #16, “Ephemera”, January 2024)
scarelore: an introduction, Lit Angels (Issue #16, “Ephemera”, January 2024)
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slipstream / forget it ever happened / too weird to fit in any box:
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the food issue, A Thin Slice of Anxiety (May 22)
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