Inside you there are two cranes: Frasier, who feels the nickname Big Dumper is crass and silly, and Marty, who is very happy for the guy in the Dump Here T shirt.

Lyrically, "I Get Around" is basically late 80s rap.

It's a luxury to think politics aren't personal. The 'issues' affect us personally! So how do we write about them in more personal ways? Beyond anger or detached 'irony.' Beyond 'Good vs Evil.' We asked @aaronburch.bsky.social + @jeffchon.bsky.social and they shared some great thoughts...

Without Kirk's charisma, it's nothing but trolls now.

Wolverine lying in bed, staring at a framed photo of Darwin, the Luis Diaz song playing in his head.

Eyyyy....

Is Arizona's uniform supposed to look like the inside of a gas station toilet bowl?

I learned SAD GROWNUPS was removed from consideration for Kansas Notable Books (along w other books the deciders worried might endanger future federal funding). This isn't a bitter post. More sad that libraries feel compelled to make choices like these in these censor-y times.

Just very grateful to Aaron for seeing something he felt was worth sharing with everyone.

I enjoy Charles Davis. I feel he's what MNF thought Dennis Miller would be as an analyst.

Hark the herald

🎸 Who let The Dead Milkmen in here? Oh, that would be Zandra Renwick. You can thank her later. Enjoy this excerpt from her story "Extra Midnight"—yes, with a special shoutout to TDM's "Punk Rock Girl"—and grab a copy of the book from wherever books are sold. 🔗: links.ruadanbooks.com/120M #BookSky

New Yorkers: please come say hello tomorrow (Sunday, Sep. 20) at the Brooklyn Book Festival. We'll be at Booth 333 with books old, new and forthcoming, and we'll have a video giveaway: read an excerpt on camera, get a book. @bkbookfest.bsky.social

Hark the herald

If you like Malarkey we could use more book club subscribers. Helps us get books in the world and pay for creating them. malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...

as some of you may know, i really enjoy a restaurant. so when the great @supernaturalfeat.com sent me this, i almost thought he was fucking with me. it’s a story called ‘Come Eat at O’Houlihan’s Because of What We Have’ and it’s absolutely hilarious burialmagazine.neocities.org/comeeatatoho...

Kinda want to see that movie Him, which is short for Himothy.

Ever meet someone named Tadeo and fight the urge to say Oh cool I think I went to school with your brother Tomorrowo? Yeah man, we're like peas in a pod.

My novel "The Coast of Everything" will be published by Sagging Meniscus on Bloomsday, June 16th 2026. You can preorder now at https://www.thecoastofeverything.com

Will begin shipping copies of Hellarkey over the weekend. Order a copy and you get some spooky stories to read, help us recover some of the costs, and get a free zine in the bargain! malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...

Hey everyone. Tomorrow, I'll be having a little chat with the kind folks at @litmatchcollective.com about...well....

hoping to explore how to write topical issues without being preachy (and obvious) cuz i love how @jeffchon.bsky.social handles that in "Nothing Personal," a heartbreaking piece that is (and isn't) about the death of a healthcare CEO plus it's fun to hang ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/nothing-pe...

Still Alive is by a person (me), not AI. It was written to feel human and flawed, with a voice it took me over 15 years to learn how to write in. The characters make mistakes, hurt each other, get hurt, survive. They live ordinary, meaningful lives. malarkeybooks.com/store/stilla...

Very excited to hang. Let's do this.

@guillermostitch.bsky.social’s new book from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social is for genre whores and literary gadabouts—and I know I know more than a few of those! Preorder 📚 at thecoastofeverything.com. 🔥

NEXT WEEK: a LIVE Q&A with six authors from 120 Murders! Thursday, Sept. 11 at 9 PM ET. Register: links.ruadanbooks.com/120MQA Lineup: 🎤 @nmamatas.bsky.social 🎤 Selena Chambers 🎤 Michael Marano 🎤 @jayridler.bsky.social 🎤 @3over2.bsky.social 🎤 @mollytanzer.bsky.social 🎤 @chrislterry.bsky.social

The long-awaited second novel by Guillermo Stitch, coming this Bloomsday. Available now for preorder at  https://thecoastofeverything.com and https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything. "A timeless, extraordinary work.”—Nuala O’Connor

The sushi bar I was at played Bad Boy by Miami Sound Machine, and I honestly kind of enjoyed that.

AAAND THE ROCKETS RED GLAAARE

This image brought back memories of being too young to read Hellblazer. Used to get a nice sense of transgressive glee...except with this one, which even stupid kid me saw was no laughing matter.

How is that taunting?

Any time Reality TV is a category on Jeopardy, my answer is always Who is don't know don't care

Trailer for the astonishing new novel from Guillermo Stitch, THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming Bloomsday 2026! Preorders are live at https://thecoastofeverything.com and  https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything.

I gotta say I find a lot of the substack boys and their "shocking" new wave of fiction about lonely young men/school shooters/masturbators a little uh familiar. Link to a thirteen-year-old novel unrelated. openroadmedia.com/ebook/bullet...

#booksky #comingsoon #guillermostitch2026

Also, given that it is... *sigh* spooky season which will soon be followed by *embarrassed shiver* Noirvember these are the three months in which you'll especially want to read 120 MURDERS! *hopeful look!* ruadanbooks.com/product/120-...

I have a new story out today! Huge thanks to @kimmagowan.bsky.social & @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. And to you, for reading! (No thanks AT ALL to you if you don't read it 😤) pitheadchapel.com/the-bowling-...

Guy working counter at comic store looks like longhair JD Vance and rocks out to metal version of Sound of Silence. Dude was playing Magic the Gathering in Kounde jersey. This is why I like comic book stores. They understand society should be good.

Paul Finebaum's going to be hearing some very measured takes on Monday.

Over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social I interviewed @austinross.bsky.social about his truly awesome paranoid thriller of a novel, GLORIA PATRI, the process of writing the book over many years, how much querying agents sucks, January 6, and Patrick Swayze movies. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/an-inte...

Now at that age where I'm retiring the shell toes and Sambas for Hokas.

If I ever have a moment like Marc Maron, I, too, will flame some of my wack peers (not any of you, though, you're cool).

It's official: cats dig crimes. (Thanks to Nick Mamatas for the photo!) Get your hands on 120 Murders, an anthology of dark fiction inspired by the alternative era—order wherever books are sold, or directly from our site: links.ruadanbooks.com/120M #BookSky #TBR #crimefiction

A day late with the new Short Story, Long (life is busy!!) but it's a banger from Gwen Warner and I'm super excited to get to publish and share it! Featuring collages by @mcarphil.bsky.social!

Sunday funnies

Published today: Helen E. Mundler-Arantes's review of Charles Holdefer’s DON'T LOOK AT ME (Sagging Meniscus Press)! bigother.com/2025/08/18/l... Cc: @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social

Yesterday, presenter tried to skip YouTube ads but kept skipping into in a 7 ads about Wix. Everyone laughed. Then it finally played her 2 Big Bang Theory clips. It was my own personal Black Mirror.

Nous sommes une ligue de paysans and whatnot