"Jones keeps the burners on high coming down the home stretch. He repeats the main theme a dozen times, takes a momentary break, and repeats it 21 times, each building on the last. Or maybe it’s 13 and 22." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/02/12/n...

“What lasts? To whom and by what means are our deepest commitments made? And why and to what end? And may that end just be beauty? And if all of our pain serves our art does that mean it was for the best?” With thanks to @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/02/03/s...

"I’m reminded, too, about all the discourse around slop, which mainly has to do with “A.I.” I know. But I’d argue there’s all kinds of language usage that constitutes slop. Even a few novels too." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/02/03/s...

"I smiled at my shadowy reflection in the window above the long blue bench. I read a little of my library book, feeling indulgent, since I’d taken the morning off work." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/02/01/s...

Eagle-eyed viewers will catch a cameo from my dog in this new preview of my illustrations for the great GODS OF PEGANA!

Happy to be publishing a preview of a new edition of a classic story by Lord Dunsany. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/28/a...

My latest interview for Volume One Brooklyn is with author Chelsea Sutton, whose novella “Krackle’s Last Movie” is a fast and fantastical read, pertinent to our times. Out now from Split Lip Press Find the entire interview here: tinyurl.com/4wxkx54p @crsutton.bsky.social @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social

"Early on, I had a list of monster tropes I wanted to include. My Frankenstein creature, for instance, wasn’t the traditional one, but more like a Las Vegas showgirl." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/27/k...

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Horrible memories of seedy student London. By my OH.

"The once enviable front garden lay entombed beneath an inexpertly poured concrete carpet." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/25/s...

We reviewed a Vernon Lee collection out now from @unnamedpress.bsky.social. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/23/t...

"The sorts of historical settings I create aren’t to explain history itself so much as to understand how people endure extreme hostility and still preserve their tenderness, dignity, and moral clarity—in other words, their basic humanity." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/21/t...

"She had seen him coax feral cats from Hav-a-Hart traps with liver treats, sitting cross-legged on the tile for an hour. The receptionist would have turned the contraption upside down and shook it after five minutes." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/18/s...

New interview on @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social. "Burch has managed to craft a deeply personal, open and honest story that deals with change, beauty and wonder, but also has wormholes, hidden doors, pirates, and a literal nostalgia trip through a shopping mall." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/15/a...

"I am often trying to push toward what feels most natural, what feels most like I’m just telling a story to friends. With this, I was really wanting to keep it as loose and fun as possible." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/15/a...

"Movies are magic, in a way. It takes so many people to build—but it also takes a singularity of vision that shouldn’t be flattened by too many perspectives. And the screenplay is just the foundational material." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/12/t...

"...but when the world’s ending and your buddy’s built a boat, well, you can rise above petty squabbles." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/11/s...

Having a slow Saturday morning? Want to read a story? I had a new one out with @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social

"Grace’s dictum was if you don’t like something in the world then go change it. That always is resonating in my inner ear." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/07/i...

Icymi, I have a new story in @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social it has nostalgia for childhood, sinister going ons, and places you can't return to

"I didn’t work over the summers, or didn’t work in one place, one of the few benefits of my adjunct teaching lifestyle, and so they wanted me to come help them move and to say goodbye to the house." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/04/s...

In our morning reading: talking writing with Lola Lafon, revisiting an Iain Sinclair book, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/01/02/m...

In our afternoon reading: thoughts on books by Antoine Volodine and Hiron Ennes, notable reads from 2025, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/30/a...

"John Brown in turn saved Thoreau and his fellow transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Sanborn, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore Parker, and others..." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/29/j...

In our morning reading: a playlist from Molly Gaudry, Thurston Moore on the year in music, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/29/m...

Posting has been slow this week due to an editor being afflicted by a particularly nasty cough. We're sorry. We're also trying to heal up. We have had so many cough drops by now.

A Dubious Interview with Gus Babineaux www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/17/a...

"The sound of spatula hitting kitchen tile. Unconscious. His body heavy. I heaved him onto my back and dragged him to the car. I sped to the hospital. I blew three red lights. No one cared." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/14/s...

"He jumped off the bars with ease, disturbing a flock of feral pigeons. They flew into the air, made a lopsided circle, and settled in a nearby tree." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/07/s...

In our weekend reading: thoughts on a Seefeel reissue, great small press books from 2025, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/06/w...

In our afternoon reading: exploring the comics of Fletcher Hanks, an interview with Dan Chaon, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/05/a...

"How to See in the Dark" by Kathe Koja at Vol.1 Brooklyn on the #DarkMatter #BlogTour. https://smpl.is/af4zd#DarkMatter#BlogTour#BunnyGraves #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #DarkTimes #DarkDreams #ImmersiveAF #KatheKoja @Kathe Koja @Vol. 1 Brooklyn

"I didn’t expect to be writing a third Dark Factory book—I’ve never seen a major character like Bunny Graves occur so late in a story! But there she was." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/02/h...

In our morning reading: traveling with Tété-Michel Kpomassie, an interview with Gabino Iglesias, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/12/02/m...

You can also read an excerpt of the beginning @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social: www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/04/24/p...

"I like having a challenge. It’s difficult to radically alter what people expect you to do, and to give yourself a narrative goal like sequestering the cast in a new location or telling the story backwards is to dare yourself to see it through." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...

"He had intensely stupid masculine resistance to letting me be the one with superior drug connections." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/23/s...

"Because the author’s voice is instantly recognizable to any Japanese person, and I do mean her actual voice, it was important to me that I try to capture it in English." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/21/y...

"You have to give yourself up, in a way, fracture your comfortable identity, to do anything worthwhile." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/21/k...

New Six Ridiculous Questions up today! My guest this time was Chloe N. Clark aka @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social. Thanks, as always, to @tobiascarroll.bsky.social and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social for hosting! Read, please... www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/s...

"I once spent an inordinate amount of time trying to name a new cupcake recipe, so I may be more attuned to this question than others. However, I believe there’s a sort of hopeless beauty in these extravagant names." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/18/s...

Had so much fun answering @kurtbaumeister.bsky.social Six ridiculous questions for @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social Managed to make one about Oreos as is my curse/gift

"I think of my music visually, imagining a horror scene for example with red and purple lights, and fog in the woods. Those are fun images to have in your mind when you are creating a song." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/17/p...

In our morning reading: thoughts on Natasha Stagg’s novel, new writing by Luke O’Neil, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/17/m...

Thrilled to have my story “Lace” hit tonight. Themes of #girlhood #growingupcatholic #comingofage www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/16/s... Thank you @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social Thank you for selecting “Lace” @tobiascarroll.bsky.social

"The pink tissue box served as the altar, and the narrow-figured, blue ceramic Virgin Mary stood in the center cut-out, over the Holy Communion cards. I could read most of the words. Dear. Bronagh. God. Bless. You. Love." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/16/s...

"Constraints are great and strangely freeing in the best ways." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/14/b...

We've got some November book recommendations, yes indeed. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/13/r...

Morning Bites: Jan Kerouac's Novel, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's Latest, Patrick Wensink's Playlist, and More www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/13/m...