You all saw “cool kids submit to Maudlin” and immediately filled our entire Submittable. We’re at cap until April 1. This is what happens when you keep Maudlin weird. 🤷‍♀️

A Review of Kevin Sampsell’s Baby in the Night by Ashley Yang-Thompson

How the Baristas Folded the Paper Packets and Why We Kept Them by Heather Emmanuel maudlinhouse.net/how-the-bari...

This list is such a vibe check. Send us the piece you almost talked yourself out of… maudlinhouse.submittable.com/submit

3rd Grade Demagogue by Ethan Brashear maudlinhouse.net/3rd-grade-de...

No One Has Spoken To You This Directly by Sean Ennis maudlinhouse.net/no-one-has-s...

Chuck Norris Meets Joe Black by Lina Buividavičiūtė maudlinhouse.net/chuck-norris...

Homecoming by Ian liptak maudlinhouse.net/homecoming

We’re way more interested in the piece you almost didn’t send than the one you know works.

March Madness by Frank Jackson maudlinhouse.net/march-madness

The Little Fish Dory Regains Her Memory by Lina Buividavičiūtė maudlinhouse.net/the-little-f...

Some days this press runs on instinct. Some days it runs on anxiety, caffeine, and stubbornness. Either way, the work gets out.

It's been a shitty day, but after scrolling a little I happened upon this gem (less than 100 words) which made me laugh out loud. If you need to be uplifted, read: 'Review of MDMA purchased from Etsy by a Zen Buddhist priest' @maudlinhouse.bsky.social maudlinhouse.net/review-of-md...

Vlad Mag: “Toxic Nostalgia,” edited by Tex Gresham and @wwwwkurtcom.bsky.social, is OUT NOW, featuring work by @jessamynviolet.bsky.social ( @maudlinhouse.bsky.social / @threeroomspress.bsky.social ) ☣️

The Shortlist for March 13, 2026: These are the real welcome distractions. Links to great fiction from: Yash Seyedbagheri in Turn & Work Robert John Miller in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social Maggie Russell @magpierussell.bsky.social in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social (...cont'd)

The Night Before Easter by Rosanne English maudlinhouse.net/the-night-be...

Does Howie Dream of Electric Sheep? by Joey Grossman maudlinhouse.net/does-howie-d...

The Editors by Anthony Cutolo maudlinhouse.net/the-editors

Small presses exist because some of us love books too much to leave publishing to corporations.

My Boss Who Laid Me Off Keeps Sending Me Memes by Brian Francis O’Dea maudlinhouse.net/my-boss-who-...

I get Chinese food at the mall to doodle on the receipt by Tessa McHattie maudlinhouse.net/i-get-chines...

Running a literary magazine means occasionally opening your email to something like this…

BEATING EACH OTHER TO DEATH WITH SHOVELS by Quinn Adikes maudlinhouse.net/beating-each...

Did you catch the clip of Jim Carrey receiving an honorary award yesterday in Paris? by Victoria Nordlund maudlinhouse.net/did-you-catc...

HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION. A short sci-fi/horror novel pitched as The Expanse meets Lovecraft Country. Set in a universe filled with werewolves, space pirates, vampires, faeries, and doomsday cults. Penny Dreadful in outer space. November '26 from @maudlinhouse.bsky.social.

THE BIG GREEN LIE by Sabine Mayor maudlinhouse.net/the-big-gree...

"The heart that gets drawn into the story is the same heart that knows right from wrong." Holy cow. Oof. Take a minute to read this story.

“The world is a hunter of the monsters of girls, bent on filing sharp edges and shattering teeth and silencing wants and stifling impulses.” @maudlinhouse.bsky.social maudlinhouse.net/when-we-haun...

“… I sleep a fevered sleep of nightmares, jaw clenched, muscles tight, skin slick, body tense against the horrors of my mind reflecting the days unfolding in front of me, without my approval, change barreling forward without stop.” @maudlinhouse.bsky.social maudlinhouse.net/i-start-my-d...

BAD HAIRCUT by Dalton Day maudlinhouse.net/bad-haircut

Just discovered that if you Google “how to shoplift,” the top result is Nathan Pensky’s short story on Maudlin House. The comments are people earnestly debating the morality of shoplifting. Literature is so back. maudlinhouse.net/how-to-shopl...

We return with two new pieces tomorrow, but before then, give a read to The Bulb Region writer Wilson Koewing's (@wilsonkoewing.bsky.social) gut-punch of a story, "The Deep End," published in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. maudlinhouse.net/the-deep-end/

Wade Harris knew exactly what he was doing with this one. maudlinhouse.net/public-relat...

Not everything survives the scroll. We keep an eye on what does.

I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY by Robert John Miller maudlinhouse.net/i-hope-youre...

Scream XXL by Joey Grossman maudlinhouse.net/scream-xxl/

The Algorithm Is Very Spiritual Today by Camellia Peebles maudlinhouse.net/the-algorith...

Maudlin House was built on the idea that the internet is a physical weight we carry. Emoji Death Mask understood the static and sadness of the 21st century better than most. It remains a cornerstone of what we do. We aren’t looking for content. We’re looking for the permanent.

The Shortlist, Feb 20: Five lights-out flash fiction stories. Lila-Rose Beckford in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social @amykdebellis.bsky.social in Root Smoke @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social‬ E Ce Miller in @hfr.bsky.social @cbwell.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social Links:

Photo Booth on Mars by Melissa Feuerstein maudlinhouse.net/photo-booth-...

Smoke Break by Jason Schwartz maudlinhouse.net/smoke-break/

Twenty Questions by Jayrold Trasporte maudlinhouse.net/twenty-quest...

Landscape with the Drowning of Jason Voorhees by John Sara maudlinhouse.net/landscape-wi...

Maudlin House exists for the weird, tender books that believe surviving the present is possible…

Spoke with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social about the pulsating novel Disco Murder City. Out now at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. Check the conversation at @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...

I Want to Be Tabitha Stephens by Susan Cossette maudlinhouse.net/i-want-to-be...

Maladaptive Daydreaming by Ian Liptak maudlinhouse.net/maladaptive-...

Valentine’s Day at Tangible Books talking about Winesburg, Ohio. Bleak Midwestern loneliness, but make it romantic…

Your Ex-Girlfriend by Wayne McMahon maudlinhouse.net/your-ex-girl...

Goth Parenting My Possum for Instagram Likes by Michael Anthony Ranfone maudlinhouse.net/goth-parenti...