What does a Varmit say when approached by a Facebook sex bot? Idk something like this. Thanks Gorko Gazette for running it. thegorkogazette.com/2026/06/06/v...

Thinking of gifting hot wheels to ppl

Method acting but it’s me genuinely enjoying a job I’m good at

King Buffalo Pelican Baroness Isis Corrosion of Conformity Pandora making me chill tf out today 🙏

Just can’t get the new guy outta my head 🪨 backroadsdrivingwindowsdown.substack.com/p/new-guy-ju...

One month until my birthday. If we start now, I can be a bestseller if all yall got RAGE once within 30 days. thirtywestph.com/shop/rage

One month until my birthday. If we start now, I can be a bestseller if all yall got RAGE once within 30 days. thirtywestph.com/shop/rage

The answer is simple. Half of the giant cookie in the giant cookie microwave and the other half in the giant cookie fridge

Returns are the bad for any publisher, but when you start seeing the overstock lift off to new readers at book fairs, the good trickles back.

Say Happy 7th Gotcha Day to Grey the best cat in the universe. First pic is him today and 2nd pic is when I first met at the foster.

RAGE

Just got paid for a short story that’ll go live soon + a silly, mildly horny experimental piece going live Friday.

Just got paid for a short story that’ll go live soon + a silly, mildly horny experimental piece going live Friday.

Genuine question: what’s the appeal of new books, particularly horror/speculative fiction, recreating the weathered look of a 1970s mass market paperback? I’m kind of adamant to it but it seems trendy…but also very hard to mimic, so there’s that.

My library has jokes

My vocabulary was more augmented by heavy metal than novels in my formative years

Fun panel coming up for free thanks to Blue Stoop and other establishments. It’s free and there will be some cool publishers and industry professionals in attendance. It’s a privilege to be part of Philadelphia’s marquee literary scene. It’ll be amazing. @thirtywestph.com

“We work hard and play harder” Means you better get into drinking and spending unpaid time at company events

Burntout IT Manager dangles company laptop over mezzanine, threatens destruction of company secrets if vacation denied @theonion.com

If I enjoyed what I did, I wouldn’t have been here at all. Would go so hard in a resignation letter

🌲 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!

Fresh Catalogs Coming Soon

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!

I've had days where I wrote 10 pages I've had days where I wrote 10 words I've had days where I wrote some of the best lines I've ever written I've had days where I wrote absolute shit that I erased the next day There's a reason it's called the writing PROCESS. You just gotta start. #Scriptsky

June Afterimages schedule is up. Fiction-heavy, just as we like it. Rumor has it one of these awesome writers has their first publication EVER with us. The newsletter contains SO MUCH happening. You’re not seeing double, just quality literature! @swethaamit.bsky.social @mg-allan.bsky.social

RAGE in its 3rd printing. Black and white cover. 8 stories of suburban angst, crimes, kids having wild moments, and more $1 per unit matched and donated to cat rescues. Read it by going to @thirtywestph.com

Locked in some speaking arrangements in June. Details coming soon. I’m excited!

Old poem. Summer camp. Hot. Heat. Hurt. open.substack.com/pub/backroad...

The first 2 days of our general manuscripts call yielded 56 submissions. The summation of fiction is in high supply, with poetry and CNF to follow. These numbers have increased since, so get in early for a swifter response. Thank you for considering Thirty West! thirtywestph.com/submit

RAGE in its 3rd printing. Black and white cover. 8 stories of suburban angst, crimes, kids having wild moments, and more $1 per unit matched and donated to cat rescues. Read it by going to @thirtywestph.com

Just took some top-tier photos for RAGE.

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.

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: Black Sabbath Metallica Slayer Gwar Clutch Monolord Slipknot Deftones Gojira CKY

Hell yeah triptych

We should invent a small press book launch calendar so that concerted and genuine efforts can keep the parties going for the authors and presses instead of being lost in digital voids after 1-2 business days.

Early preview of the Thirty West General Book Submission guidelines, opening Saturday at midnight

@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

Indie publishing is toiling for years with theoretically limitless potential all to convince 1 person on a random Tuesday that it is worth it.

Shame on all yall for not saying hi little guy

Yooo new guy just dropped (Was looking at his booty earlier)

A strange totem has appeared

Listening to moist critical berate Pokemon scalpers on the internet makes me really appreciate being employed

Getting closer. What kind of books are we going to read?

Poem acceptance & story acceptance

The most rotund clementine

One of my pet peeves in fiction/prose: “half-noun” No, it’s not a half-laugh or half-smile. It’s a chuckle and a smirk.

8 days until the flood gates burst

Recently, I wrote about hosting & attending A Writers Party, Philly’s DIY alternative to the “Big One” Many good times were had courtesy of dozens of poets and creatives. I implore you to visit next year since we are growing and scaling up! On Zona Motel now. open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

“Smishing” has 2010 Jersey Shore innuendo energy

“90s baby!!!!” *jumps up; throws out back*