This ends tomorrow and there will be no extensions

Very glad to say that in my hand is the Ghost Parachute anthology, which includes my story, “Nature,” from their May 2021 issue. Grateful to be included!

KEXP streaming, coffee steaming, sweatpants, bare feet, time to do the writer thing and fail better.

All right you lovely weirdos, it's July, which means it's the @sarabandebooks.bsky.social Open Reading Period! Full-length collections of poetry, fiction, essays, translations, and hybrid works — get them in this month! sarabandebooks.submittable.com/submit

Ratings, reviews, shelvings (like "want to read") on mighty Goodreads are so helpful to indie writers like myself. If you'd consider adding Pepperleaf in some way, as a show of thanks I will cross my fingers for your current plight, whatever it might be. www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Tonight's movie: What...is your name? What...is your quest? What...is your favorite color?

Happy Friday! Seattle Magazine kindly did a piece on Pepperleaf for their print issue a month or so back, and it's now available online: seattlemag.com/arts/literat...

Stonefly Exoskeleton! Yakima River!

Love when curious readers build brand new bundles @saraheedmonds.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social

Pepperleaf is a month old! You can order through @thirtywestph.com or bookstores & online. “...the power of human connection outshines all obstacles, leaving the reader with a sense of hope—both for the novel’s characters and themselves.” -Seattle Magazine www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/peppe...

I could use 2 or 3 more volunteer submission readers. hmu if interested? ashortstorylong.substack.com

Just 3 spots left!

Happy National Arizona Day! 🌵🏜️🌵 Every year, June 21 celebrates Arizona’s places, history, people, and cultures, and I hope you'll support the work of wonderful Arizona writers (just to name a few)! Viva Arizona!

On the bestseller wall at Third Place Books!

shadowbird

Pepperleaf (three weeks old!) and me (46 and some change!)

PEPPERLEAF in the Independent Book Review! @thirtywestph.com

COVER REVEAL: I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. And thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for the amazing work he did designing the cover 💙 Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

Book mail is the best mail! Congratulations again to @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social and @thirtywestph.com on this truly spectacular novel!

"Ross McMeekin’s novel Pepperleaf offers sharp perspective on modern suburban life." Today I have an annotated playlist accompanying Pepperleaf in Largehearted Boy. Thanks to David Gutowski for having me! largeheartedboy.com/2026/06/05/r...

Only a couple signed copies in the first printing remain!

I cannot emphasize this enough. Buy this book!

Pepperleaf visits the big city.

My eleven-day-old novel Pepperleaf is going downtown today so I gotta find a carseat for the lil youngster.

🌲 TW is set up at the beautiful Rockwood Museaum in Wilmington, DE with many beautiful books and chaps. Some are signed just look for tags. Marquee first time for PEPPERLEAF and some of our chapbook cohort. Here from 12-3, maybe 4 or later. Come through!

We were beckoned to attend the best book fair in Dealware so of course we said yes! See Thirty West at Rockwood Park this Sunday from 1-3; 12 if you’re chill. Just look for our sign. Will have @anotherintro.bsky.social @saraheedmonds.bsky.social @joshdale.co @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social & more!

My favorite pic from last night’s book release party. It was a great night with friends, family, and folks I’d never met before. Thanks to all who came. I read a few excerpts, talked about my writing process, and we all laughed about how life can be.

Excited to have a new flash piece in BULL!

Getting decorations ready for the book release party tomorrow night at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park!

Hello good people, if anyone out there wants to add my new book to their Goodreads spread, I certainly won't stop them... www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Over the pass

Seattle and suburbs, my book release party is happening this Wednesday, May 27th at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. Come! Bring a friend! Buy them coffee across the way from Honey Bear Bakery! www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/ross-m...

The tower of PEPPERLEAF has arrived at Thirty West HQ, signed and ready to ship. Thank you for your patience as we celebrate this big yellow novel that is perfect for summertime reading. Congratulations @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social and bless the USPS for no hiccups.

At long last, my novel Pepperleaf is officially out! Applause to publisher/maestro @joshdale.co and @thirtywestph.com for championing this book. In honor of this occasion, below is a short personal essay in Literary Hub on how Pepperleaf got its start. lithub.com/i-hope-to-di...

On the eve of my book being released, there is nothing left to do but make dinner for everyone, listen to Nick Drake, and be grateful. See you tomorrow.

@lizkellebrew.com 's blurb for PEPPERLEAF. We loved it so much, it went on the front cover! Thank you again for being a great fan of @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social & upstanding literary citizen. The novel is out tomorrow. thirtywestph.com/shop/pepperleaf

Ok it's publication day for TERRESTRIAL! Grateful to Alan @malarkeybooks.bsky.social and to anyone who's read or reviewed or posted about or looked at my book. Asterism has copies: asterismbooks.com/product/terr...

Driftwood

Anca L. Szilágyi distills the spirit of PEPPERLEAF into a lovely little blurb. Thank you very much! Don’t worry about the wreck; it’s with intent 😉 @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social The awaited 2nd novel of @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social is drop/ on Friday. Preorders mailing. thirtywestph.com/shop/pepperleaf

Was very honored to blurb this wonderful novel by @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social Pre-order today!

One week until PEPPERLEAF drops. We’re happy to see @jonathanin2k.bsky.social ‘s thoughts on this magnificent novel (reading his stories now; highly recommended🌵) Ross McMeekin’s new novel, and second with TW, is out everywhere on 5/22 @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social thirtywestph.com/shop/pepperleaf

Mark your calendars. Thirty West is opening for book manuscripts on May 23 thirtywestph.com/submit

Don't miss PEPPERLEAF! (Isn't the title already a delight?) Here's what I said about it. “It’s a joy to spend time with the people of Pepperleaf with their taxidermy, their clowns, their late-night watching of Bob Ross. Then McMeekin slips in the knife. This book, so full of heart, will wreck you.”

Hello good people, it’s less than two weeks until my novel comes out! Yowza. It’s available for preorder from Thirty West's dfshop (below) and online retailers. Yes indeed, you can support small press lit and your pal Ross simultaneously. www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/peppe...

I've been reading @mattfiander.bsky.social's collection to blurb (incoming this week, Matt!) and the opening story, "Still Life at the Chambersburg Applebee's," has esp stuck with me since I read it. Not online tho :( Bit of a cheat but my other fave recent read was this @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social

I’m happy to share a new story, “The Ecstasy of Marv,” which just came out in Short Story, Long! Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social and Jessica Clare for giving such great editorial suggestions, and to Erin Dorney for the fabulous art. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Heyo, swell news over here…my novel Pepperleaf received some early press coverage from Seattle Magazine!

I had the chance to blurb this book and it is so, so good. Please consider pre-ordering if you have a chance.

Exactly one month from today, the book release party for my novel Pepperleaf will be held at mighty Third Place Books Lake Forest Park! May 27th at 7pm. You can RSVP below to join the fun (and get more info). www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/ross-m...

May starts Friday & Afterimages is trying something new: Sunday morning specials. The newsletter on PEPPERLEAF, essays, fiction, & a book review from new contributors & Thirty West authors. @alexmiller77.bsky.social @sara-rauch.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social