Major 7th Magazine

Your life has a soundtrack. We're here to press play. Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape about the relationship between music + memory. We're open to all forms, as long as they're flash. ​ Ready to send us your jam? major7mag.com/submit #litmag #callforsubmissions

“Here’s something. It will take the edge off.” He tucks the pen into his coat pocket. “Mother’s Little Helper.” 💊 Erin Dawkins takes us into the exam room in "Mother's Little Helper" • The Rolling Stones. Read it in Vol. 26! major7mag.com/post/mother-s-…

someone told me Geese sounds like if The Sheepdogs went to art school and now I can't unhear it major7mag.com/post/friday-fi…

if you're waiting to hear back on a submission, I am aiming to get back to folks by next week thx for your patience xo

“It has always been there, that sense that things are off. That there were forces at play that I couldn’t quite grasp.” Get paranoid with Sheldon Birnie in "Ballad of a Thin Man" • Bob Dylan major7mag.com/post/ballad-of…

“I remember dancing my pants off and almost dancing off a beautiful stranger’s until she figured out I was lying about not speaking good English.” @martinezfjulian 's piece "Night Fever" • Bee Gees is sick. 🔥🤒 Check it out in Vol. 26! major7mag.com/post/night-fev…

playing greatest hits today xo major7mag.com/post/friday-fi…

“Drag pipes. No mistaking when Ray's in the neighborhood. The neighbors go inside.” @TheWadeHarris gives us a riot of a toxic friendship in "Twice as Hard" • The Black Crowes. Read it in Vol. 26. major7mag.com/post/twice-as-…

Rachel Turney gives us "Run, Run, Run" • Nico & The Velvet Underground via a single, quiet, perfect moment. on Side A of Volume 26. 🏃‍♀️ major7mag.com/post/run-run-r…

“when the volta comes / we are not ready” In "Fruit Fly" • Nada Surf, @invariablyso breaks our hearts. Read it in Vol. 26!! 🪰🪰🪰💔 major7mag.com/post/fruit-fly…

friday mixtape for ya! xo five albums, five stories, one fav major7mag.com/post/friday-fi…

“And I couldn’t have the blood and pain of a bite / ruin the show. I’d put faith in / our bodies—four tall boys to one small girl—to keep / time.” Visceral, multilayered storytelling from Riayn Spaero! Read “Barbarella” • Scott Weiland in Vol. 26. major7mag.com/post/barbarell…

@tylercdempsey oh man i fucking LOVE that album - @martinezfjulian recommended it

@Major7Mag Madvillian!!!!!

morning, folks! new friday five for ya five albums, five stories, one fav :) major7mag.com/post/friday-fi…

“When everything went dark I didn’t follow the light, I stayed behind.” Guy Cramer plays with how scary the attention economy can be in “Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man” • Concrete Blonde. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. In Vol. 26! major7mag.com/post/ghost-of-…

Volume 26 of Major 7th Magazine is out NOW! Words. Sounds. Defiant artmaking. 🔥 Spin it up right here: major7mag.com/post/literary-…

Hi folks - quick note We received a higher than average volume of submissions last call window If you are waiting on a response for a submission from last window, they're still in queue and being considered for next issue Thanks for your patience xo

“Fruit Fly” (the poem) is about a friendship ending. It’s got facts about fruit flies in it. Thank you @KeersteeMack for placing this one!

Harleys, trucks, bad decisions, and fucked up bank accounts. New story out today: major7mag.com/post/twice-as-… Check out the issue, and big thanks to: @Major7Mag Pictured in comments: Wade and Raymond circa 2020

Thank you Guy Cramer, Riayn Spaero, @invariablyso, Rachel Turney, @TheWadeHarris, Sheldon Birnie, @martinezfjulian, Erin Dawkins, Amy Laessle-Morgan, and @trblmkrfrstrtr for your work Their songs are added to our master playlist - give it a follow open.spotify.com/playlist/3kU7I…

volume 26 is live, folks ten writers for you to enjoy xo major7mag.com/post/literary-…