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weird press that publishes weird books
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We donât follow genre, we follow obsession. If it lingers in the mind, it belongs at Maudlin House...
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Nothing Special Happened by Patrick G. Roland
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I still canât tell if what we publish is brave or just unhinged
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I still canât tell if what we publish is brave or just unhinged
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Thank you
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My Career Has Croaked: Oversaturation in the Anthropomorphic Frog Fiction Market
All the best anthropomorphic frog stories have already been written, yet I carry on. My favorite was the one about the would-be Olympic decathlete who unsuccessfully petitioned the IOC to recognize th...
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My Career Has Croaked: Oversaturation in the Anthropomorphic Frog Fiction Market by Chris Dolan
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Ending the year grateful for the strange, stubborn readers who keep showing up. You know who you are.
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Sean Dowie
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I have a story out today titled Corporations!. It's my favorite thing I've had published this year. Thanks to
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for finding a home for it. I like nothing more than a story that's funny and has a dramatic core that's depressing as fuck. Enjoy!
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Corporations!
I love corporations. When I play video games, I imagine my character as a badass CEO. Heâs wearing a suit, mowing down enemies without remorse, sweating from his hard-earned victory. Most people are t...
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Corporations! by Sean Dowie
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Ten ways space wants to kill you by Anthony Verdi
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The Tarot Of Organ Removal by Jacquie Velasco
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Arthur Mandal
7 days ago
Iâm going to thank all the editors and venues who accepted my work in 2025 â which looks generous, but is really just a way of telling you where I got published this year: Catamaran,
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,Los Angeles Review,
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, Marrow, Oyster River Pages and Euphony.
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Amy Stuber
8 days ago
My younger kid has some new poems up
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Ben Patterson - âPoems About Nebraskaâ
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Poems About Nebraska
I. Nebraska is Never Anything Iowa passed in a series of collapsing, unrelated images. out of the fog, out of the fog, they said. Cropped grasses and winded bodies of trees seemed to repeat every mile...
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Someday I Will Eat Dirt by Ian Liptak
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If you grew up somewhere you couldnât wait to escape, Winesburg, Ohio will recognize you immediately.
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There are always more books than time. The year ending just makes it obvious.
10 days ago
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Ode To The RedBull by Karina Ten
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11 days ago
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Somewhere today someone is opening a book they didnât ask for and itâs about to change their whole personality. Merry Christmas.
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Chicago Sun-Times spotlighted Dmitry Samarovâs exhibit, including illustrations for Winesburg, Ohio, coming from Maudlin House in February. If you are in Chicago, go see the work in person.
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Home Alone at the End of the Year by Sammi LaBue
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Mr. Gruesome by Jacob Vaus
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Mr. Gruesome
They call me Gruesome, and I goad them on. âYes,â I say. âFantastic,â I say. âCall me Mister Gruesome.â Have you seen me? It was an ad they had me inâa Dunkinâ Donuts promo. I made $450 for the shoot ...
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Straight From The Tigerâs Mouth by Shayla Frandsen
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Kirsti MacKenzie
14 days ago
This story is so fucking good. Iâm mad I didnât write it. Not often a story gives you a lol irl but this one did multiple times
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Singing Warren Zevon Feeling My Bones Mutate Into Asshole Bones by Travis Shosa
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In Defense Of Popup Ads by Nicole Shepherd
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Arthur Mandal
16 days ago
This week a short fiction of mine came out with Maudlin House
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â itâs called âFish Tank Peopleâ.
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Fish Tank People
My father loves me very much. I want to start with that because itâs the most important thing in the story. We live in a cynical world, where people take your words and pull them in all kinds of diffe...
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Every time we take on a book, it feels a little irresponsible. Thatâs usually how we know itâs right.
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I Tried To Obey Every Self Help Video In My Feed For One Day by Daniel O. Bailey
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19 days ago
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Guitar Hero by Vanessa Meyer
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Poems About Nebraska by Benjamin Patterson
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Fish Tank People by Arthur Mandal
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21 days ago
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Winesburg, Ohio is the original Midwest rot, and Kevin Maloneyâs new intro makes it clear why moral ambiguity suddenly makes people nervous again. If that matters to you, preorder this bookâŠ
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21 days ago
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Until We Feel The Night by Jonathan Daniel Gardner
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Maudlin House is a taste-driven press. We publish books that commit fully to what they are. Genre isnât the point.
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24 days ago
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21 Pilots (Yes, I Know Itâs Styled âTwenty Oneâ) by Damien Farley
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21 Pilots (yes, I know itâs styled âTwenty Oneâ)
Listening party line long Paralleling the main drag In this Bound Brook but not really Standing in for some other unknown Early autumn in âCentralâ Jersey Word games â challenges â Are played and join...
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25 days ago
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JIMMY CARTER SAW A UFO by Lauren Milici
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26 days ago
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LKF by Kobi
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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper
27 days ago
4. Queerbait by Sean Dowie in
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in which catching mermen requires queer media - which is banned
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Queerbait
Fisherman Peter caught the gay merman with queerbait. Explicit gay content was illegal on land, even in pursuit of mermen flesh. Luckily, fishermen learned how to produce eye-catching bait without get...
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame is promoting Dmitry Samarovâs launch event for his new edition of Winesburg, Ohio. Tangible Books. February 14, 2026. Feels like people are paying attention.
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Winesburg, Ohio (New Edition) Release
Saturday, February 14, 2026 â Sherwood Anderson's <em>Winesburg, Ohio</em>, originally published in 1919, is widely considered one of the quintessential story collections of the past century-plus. Now...
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John Chrostek
28 days ago
hell yeah
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Something Weirder by Naomi Leigh
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Chris Grebe đ
28 days ago
This looks awesome. Also, theyâve got
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Publishing books for people whose sleep schedules are just vibes.
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Satan of The Airwaves by Wade Harris
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Satan of The Airwaves
On break, fucking finally. Light another one of godâs cigarettesâCamel Turkish Royal. See some fuckinâ walkie talkie looking thing in the maintenance breakroom. Try to ignore it. It keeps bothering me...
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Pithecanthropus Erectus by Alina Stefanescu
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Pithecanthropus Erectus
You see things differently when youâre in love. â Anna Wiener, âFalling Hardâ Â Â Â Â Â They were in love and then they werenât. It felt like standing on a wild quotation. Like a balcony happening to ...
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Enlightened Howie by Joey Grossman
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We donât chase the canon. We replace it.
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Dmitry Samarov revived the original Midwest rot. Winesburg, Ohio is back with an intro by Kevin Maloney. Preorder now. đ€
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Tender, Defiant by Zuzanna SierosĆawska
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about 1 month ago
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Eleven by Daniel Krieger
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