Once more for the night crowd.

Feels like we're stumbling into something dark. www.joshrank.com/blog/2025/9/...

Pretty tough to write my little book when the internet constantly firehoses a stream of horrors directly into my face.

Enter! Gamble! Win!

Tonight, deciding to write, setting up the computer, staring at a blank page for five minutes, and turning off the computer counts as writing.

Kirkus Reviews had some nice things to say about my next book (coming out in October). Read the full review if you’re so inclined (then preorder yourself a copy!): www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Popped an early copy of the new book into the free library outside my high school. Felt kinda neat. Hoping some piece of shit kid throws it on the roof.

Great time to let everyone know my collection/novella is available for preorder 🫠 joshrank.squarespace.com/chance-to-fade

Can we stop with the documentary mini series, please? I’d like to learn about a topic for two hours, not ten. I can’t make that level of commitment to anything besides my dogs.

I remember the worst day for crime in Washington D.C.'s history and whose fault it was.

Book reviews! Funny articles! Random bullshit! Pictures of dogs! Sign up for my newsletter and become my very best friend. dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/127547... #booksky

I want everyone to be aware that Brad Mehldau is releasing an Elliott Smith cover album and the singles that have come out so far have been beautiful. This is a public service announcement and a recommendation to go listen right now because I love it. www.stereogum.com/2309862/brad...

evening plans

Buy any of our books from Bookshop.org this month, send us a screenshot of your receipt (DM, email, carrier pigeon—we're flexible), and we’ll send you a code for a free audiobook download. Start browsing: bookshop.org/lists/full-c... #books #deals #ebooks #publishing

Bumping this for completely selfish reasons (so I can easily find it later when I have time to read it from top to bottom)

The reviews of this book are all over the place and I can totally see why, but I loved it. Weird, beautiful, and confusing. What more could you want? #booksky

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Unfortunately this meme gets more and more appropriate as the year goes on. But...yeah...I have a collection available for preorder. Half stories/half novella. Ghosts. Sky bursting into flames. Stuff like that. Order it anywhere but @bookshop.org is best: bookshop.org/p/books/chan...

Ahh yes that post-writing glow where you have your words in for the day and can push back the ever-nearing dread and worthlessness for a few hours until you start to feel like a lazy piece of shit again. Writing’s fun!

Boxcutters by @johnchrostek.com fuckin slaps. @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Did that fun thing where you force yourself to write saying “just do 50 words just do something come on” then you realize you wrote 2,000. Does this mean things will happen if you try? Not sure how I feel about that.

Can’t pass this deal up

Heyooo copies of the new book showed up today. Gonna have to kickoff the preorder bullshit soon but for now…man I like that cover.

Jee-zus Christ @stephenking.bsky.social

Coworkers

Fuck Amazon

Here's a little Friday fiction for ya. Tiny little story published today with @ghostcitypress.bsky.social: ghostcitypress.com/prose-83/202...

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As far as short stories go, one of the most fun things is when you get an acceptance for a story you don't even remember submitting. New story coming your way next month!

Want to feel schizophrenic? I'm hopping between reading a book, listening to an audiobook, writing a book, and editing a different book. I don't know who I am anymore!

Making it all the way through dry January this year is going to really feel like an accomplishment holy fucking shit

In an effort to heal my heart’s disposition toward my fellow man, I’ve been trying to verbally say one friendly thing to any stranger who somehow irritates me in public (usually without their knowing, of course), and honestly, this will either save my soul or finally derange me the rest of the way.

I lost my mind and started a monthly newsletter. Books, writing, stuff like that. Oh also I promise to include at least one picture of my dogs. Follow along if you want some bullshit sent directly to your inbox every so often: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/127547... #writingcommunity #booksky

Seeing the whole "factcheckers are biased" thing going on over at Meta makes me: A) Grateful this place is just full of book dorks that want to talk about adverbs and dogs B) Deeply jealous of those who don't feel the need to connect with strangers to share publications and find kick ass book recs

I’ve got the snow day infrastructure.

It’s officially hibernate-with-blanket-and-a-book season. #booksky #writingcommunity

Going from Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” directly into “The Road” feels like walking out of a spa and into a haunted house. #booksky

Pro tip: if you’re dumb like me you can reread books after you wait a while and it’s like you accidentally stumbled across your favorite thing! #booksky #amreading #litsky

(2/2) Also short fiction by faves Carmen Maria Machado in @literaryhub.bsky.social and @kplumhoff.bsky.social (always) in Bull, plus @andreabishop.bsky.social in Masters Review and @joshrank.bsky.social in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

Stevie Nicks is to women what Ozzie Osbourne is to men.

Heyyyyy new short story at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. Get your weekend started right with a weird little story. maudlinhouse.net/this-didnt-h... #writingcommunity #booksky

How about some books to help you escape the harsh reality of everyday life? #writingcommunity #booksky #bookrecommendations

In other news do you listen to Hawaiian albums? This shit fucking rules.

I started a TikTok account a few months ago and have been posting bookish videos fairly frequently. And hey don’t work harder work smarter so I’m probably just gonna start crossposting those here if y’all are cool with that. #writingcommunty #booksky

Sometimes I'll put a block of writing into ChatGPT and ask it if it was written by AI for shits and giggles. Generally, if the passage makes sense, it'll say it was written by AI. Stuff like this makes me leery of publications that say they scan for AI-generated content because...

Hey #writingcommunity do you write every day? I go through periods of extreme productivity and balance it with periods of not doing shit but reading. Just curious if I should flog myself for inactivity lmk

Very admirable amount of chill in this little guy.

Happy New Murakami Day to all who celebrate

Forrest Gump is a perfect movie and if you don’t agree with me then I’m sorry but we’re in a fight.