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Book (Hardcover) - Full Year

$150.00

Two Birds One Stone is a memoir by Maggie O’Brien, written in lyric essay and released serially in smaller books/zines over the course of a year through an experimental project and mail club called “Bird Mail.”

What you get:

  • You’ll receive 5’ x 7’ 10-page zines (12 total) designed, written, stamped, and labeled by Maggie O’Brien, with illustrations by Carolina Porras-Monroy. There will also be occasional surprises in the envelope: little notes, bookmarks, and poetic treasures.

  • You also have the option of buying a hardcover book sleeve, made and bound by myself. The idea is that you can slot in each zine into the interior elastic bands as you receive them—and by the end of the year, you’ll have a complete book (see photos).

  • If you don’t choose the hardcover, you’ll just receive the individual zines with a 5’ × 7’ print of the cover art.

How it works:

  • Choose your subscription: Full Year or Monthly

  • Choose your cover:

    • Hardcover (a handbound cover designed to “hold” each zine you receive, so by the end you have a complete book)

    • No Cover (you’ll just receive the individual zines + a print of the cover art)

  • Order by August 15th to receive the first zine in September. After that, order by the 15th of the month to receive the following month’s zine.

  • You will be mailed one zine monthly (12 total) from September 2026 through August 2027.

  • Although the zines can be standalone pieces, they are meant to be read sequentially as an entire set as they’re released.

Two Birds One Stone is a memoir by Maggie O’Brien, written in lyric essay and released serially in smaller books/zines over the course of a year through an experimental project and mail club called “Bird Mail.”

What you get:

  • You’ll receive 5’ x 7’ 10-page zines (12 total) designed, written, stamped, and labeled by Maggie O’Brien, with illustrations by Carolina Porras-Monroy. There will also be occasional surprises in the envelope: little notes, bookmarks, and poetic treasures.

  • You also have the option of buying a hardcover book sleeve, made and bound by myself. The idea is that you can slot in each zine into the interior elastic bands as you receive them—and by the end of the year, you’ll have a complete book (see photos).

  • If you don’t choose the hardcover, you’ll just receive the individual zines with a 5’ × 7’ print of the cover art.

How it works:

  • Choose your subscription: Full Year or Monthly

  • Choose your cover:

    • Hardcover (a handbound cover designed to “hold” each zine you receive, so by the end you have a complete book)

    • No Cover (you’ll just receive the individual zines + a print of the cover art)

  • Order by August 15th to receive the first zine in September. After that, order by the 15th of the month to receive the following month’s zine.

  • You will be mailed one zine monthly (12 total) from September 2026 through August 2027.

  • Although the zines can be standalone pieces, they are meant to be read sequentially as an entire set as they’re released.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • By purchasing the “full year,” you’ll pay in full for all 12 volumes—but you’ll still receive the zines monthly.

  • Yes! You must sign up by the 15th of the month to receive the following month’s zine (i.e. sign up by December 15th to receive the newest zine in January).

    If you purchase the full year after the project has already started, you’ll be mailed all previous zines in your first order, and will then resume with the mail-out schedule.

  • I get it! Ghosts aren’t for everyone. You can sign into your account and cancel anytime. If you paid for the Full Year, you won’t be given a refund. If you paid monthly, you’ll stop receiving monthly charges.

  • Zines ship out by the first week of each month and should arrive in 1-6 weeks, depending on if you’re in the U.S. or located internationally.

  • Shipments are not tracked and sent through USPS mail. Mishaps happen! If you’ve waited 6 weeks and still haven’t received one, you can email themagpieobrien@gmail.com and I’ll send you another.

  • The book is made using paper made from the miscanthus plant, as well as FSC certified paper, in an effort to choose more sustainable options. Our packaging is recyclable. Not everything is perfect, but it’s one of my main priorities.

  • The cover is made to “hold” all twelve volumes of Two Birds One Stone. Scroll down the page to watch a tutorial on how to insert each zine!

“Mysterious. prismatic. unsettling, but in a good way. Two Birds One Stone is the closest you’ll get to an answer about what it means to be alive.”

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Book Cover Tutorial

If you’ve bought a hardcover copy of Two Birds One Stone, watch this video to see how each zine gets slotted into the elastic bands along the spine. There are twelve bands grouped in sets of two—so just make sure you only use one band per zine. By the end, you’ll have a completely bound book.