Thinking of winter? ❄️ Best time to be well-read! Step into the Thirty West Publishing House where we have cozy sales for your conscience and wallet. Here are sample bundles literally whipped up from our shelves and ready to mail. 🌲 Good till Dec 17th thirtywestph.com/shop

Out of office. Favorite branded pen just ran out of ink. 10 year anniversary this month. Much to ponder.

1 of 2: #Philly #literary folk, mark your calendars now! The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work. #fiction #poetry #schmoozing

Thinking of winter? ❄️ Best time to be well-read! Step into the Thirty West Publishing House where we have cozy sales for your conscience and wallet. Here are sample bundles literally whipped up from our shelves and ready to mail. 🌲 Good till Dec 17th thirtywestph.com/shop

Happening soon!

Last feature for the Zoom 10 year anniversary is chapbook extraordinaire, @seanennis.bsky.social Tomorrow’s the day to see 7 Thirty West authors shine their brightest. Register now and see you tomorrow night! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thirty West is happy to welcome Ben Tanzer to the TW family. HUMAN NOISE, a literary short story collection, will see publication in the winter of 2027.

2026 chapbook project opening weekend 🎥 Out of 52 submissions… 🍿 -> 12 Fiction -> 35 poetry -> 4 nonfiction -> 1 hybrid Closes on 12/31/25!🚪 Full guidelines and details on our website. thirtywestph.com/submit

THE ONOMATOPOEIA OF A SPRING?

2026 chapbook project opening weekend 🎥 Out of 52 submissions… 🍿 -> 12 Fiction -> 35 poetry -> 4 nonfiction -> 1 hybrid Closes on 12/31/25!🚪 Full guidelines and details on our website. thirtywestph.com/submit

Looking forward to reading a few pieces from THIS IS HOW THEY MOURN at @thirtywestph.com's 10th Anniversary Zoom Reading this Wednesday (11/5). Come join the celebration! Registration link below.

In a couple of evenings, you’ll listen to @kristintenor.bsky.social read on Zoom, the author of all debut, award-winning chapbook that we’ve had the honor of publishing. See you Wednesday at 8pm. Sign up for free here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A new era of monochrome chapbooks are coming soon from Thirty West & we're ready to read. Submit your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction chapbooks from Halloween (10/31) until New Year's Eve (12/31). Together, we shall stop at nothing to escape the mundane in 2026. thirtywestph.com/submit

Before October gets too far gone, here’s a list of our October Book Birthdays! Many chapbooks in here, including a handful of Wavelengths Contest winners. Safe to say, it’s a very good month for us!

One of our newest Thirty West authors @agvalentine.bsky.social will be reading for you all this coming Wednesday from 8-10PM EST. Register now for this free event on Zoom. Hope to see you there! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happy Halloween 🎃 Undead wizard @joshdale.co has declared SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Chapbooks of poetry & prose, from now until New Year’s Eve. We’re dying to read 📚 🕯️

Happy Halloween! While the reading is next week, many literary treats from soon-to-be 2x TW author @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social will be at our 10 year anniversary Zoom reading. Come out on 11/5 from 8-10PM EST! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Imagine if we obtain 666 chapbook submissions on the spookiest day of the year?

Imagine if we obtain 666 chapbook submissions on the spookiest day of the year?

6 days until the 10-year reading. Come through and see JP Infante, a 2x published TW author, and more stellar writers, for one night only on Zoom. You can't miss this one! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

From @joshdale.co Ghosts, goblins, & goobers: this is the biggest Halloween treat. You: order a cool Thirty West book. Me: give at least 1 free chapbook from my library. Let me tell you, there’s like 100 others but these I’m willing to cast away. Be Spooky 👻 👹 💀 thirtywestph.com/shop

6 days until the 10-year reading. Come through and see JP Infante, a 2x published TW author, and more stellar writers, for one night only on Zoom. You can't miss this one! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

One week to go. Come through and listen to TW chapbook extraordinaire @sjoshuaprice.bsky.social! Register for free and celebrate a decade of indie literature. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

One week to go. Come through and listen to TW chapbook extraordinaire @sjoshuaprice.bsky.social! Register for free and celebrate a decade of indie literature. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Surprising fact: there are publishers that don’t fulfill orders for their authors.

Hello. Our final contributor to Afterimages in 2025 is also the writer’s first published story! Izaak Gokey’s “Jittery” is a rave with a dingy undercurrent. Read it now and watch for the coppers! open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Just over a week to go. Come through and listen to TW chapbook extraordinaire, @chelseastickle.bsky.social ! Register for free and celebrate a decade of indie literature. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Recent weekend escapism 🍄 🦅 🏝️ 🪨

This is how you close down October and (more than likely) our festival year! Thank you Tianna & Natural Lands for the magic 🍄 🧙‍♂️ Remember folks: escape the mundane as often as possible!

Hard to believe that THIS IS HOW THEY MOURN is a year old today. So grateful for all the support this little chapbook has received. Thank you, @thirtywestph.com & to all those who've connected with these stories. My heart is full.

FYI, when this goes live in a week, on the day the dead arise from the grave, just know it’ll cost $0 to submit. We would appreciate a small tip or for you to sink your teeth into a Thirty West book with optional book purchases. See you in the morgue!

The final Thirty West book of 2025 is out now! Happy pub day to indie sensation Adrian S. Potter’s 3rd book, THE BLUES HANDBOOK! 🎶 We can’t wait to see this stunning book on our (and your) shelf soon. Available on the Thirty West website, your favorite online retailer, or indie bookstore.

FYI, when this goes live in a week, on the day the dead arise from the grave, just know it’ll cost $0 to submit. We would appreciate a small tip or for you to sink your teeth into a Thirty West book with optional book purchases. See you in the morgue!

A new era of monochrome chapbooks are coming soon from Thirty West & we're ready to read. Submit your best poetry, fiction, and nonfiction chapbooks from Halloween (10/31) until New Year's Eve (12/31). Together, we shall stop at nothing to escape the mundane in 2026. thirtywestph.com/submit

The penultimate October Afterimages goes to Sunny Florida where sea turtles and memories float. Read Kirby Michael Wright’s memoir “Fort Lauderdale” now with a pina colada (or non-alcoholic variant) 🐢 open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

“Place” from TOSKA by Alina Pleskova

Let’s make some magic!

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Starting tomorrow you can only read in 1 typeface for the rest of your life. Select your destiny:

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Thirty West wants to host classes, workshops, panels, and other events online with low fees to the general public, free for Westies Book Club members, and payments to the organizers. Is that model appealing? Would you sign up to lead or attend one?

Wizard-in-Chief @joshdale.co teleported to West Chester. Books galore at the Stroud Preserve. 🧙‍♂️

Wizard-in-Chief @joshdale.co teleported to West Chester. Books galore at the Stroud Preserve. 🧙‍♂️

Publisher confession: once hosted a big reading in 2019 at a university. A notable, semi-famous author opened with the paraphrase: “I’m here to read for you and I’ll never see you all again,” to the audience. Regardless if that was spoken in jest, it was a true statement.

Thank you Britain Powers from Maverick Reviews on THE BLUES HANDBOOK blurb. 🎶 this book is music to our ears and drops on 10/24! Preorder now: thirtywestph.com/shop/theblueshandbook

Thank you Britain Powers from Maverick Reviews on THE BLUES HANDBOOK blurb. 🎶 this book is music to our ears and drops on 10/24! Preorder now: thirtywestph.com/shop/theblueshandbook

Mid-month book review. @tomsnarsky.bsky.social on Kate Colby’s new book PARADOXX out now from @essaypress.bsky.social Read Afterimages today; snag a copy tomorrow 📖 open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

very grateful to @thirtywestph.com for running my review of Kate Colby’s incredible new book Paradoxx, out now from @essaypress.bsky.social!

New bookmail, direct from @thirtywestph.com headquarters. A novella, The Apoptotic Era, by A.G. Valentine. LOVE the cover.