"What Eynon offers here is a quiet Arizona, one that exists outside its expected performance, where place is experienced through daily life, and where meaning accumulates in small, nearly invisible ways."

This week's Elegant Variation is a gorgeous book review of a gorgeous book, @suzyeynon.bsky.social's Terrestrial (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social), by @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. www.stanchionzine.com/post/best-ne...

My review of @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s wonderful novella TERRESTRIAL from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social, is up now at Elegant Variation from @stanchion.bsky.social I hope you’ll check it and Suzy‘s book out today!

Rearranging some bookshelves and just wanted to let you know these are two wonderfully weird collections of short fiction @joeyrpoole.bsky.social @geoliminal.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

very weird, very funny short fiction by Western New York's favorite son

Dark auguries speak the fell truth...HELLARKEY 5 is again open for submissions! Send @renbolger.bsky.social, @ossuary.bsky.social, and yer's truly your best, weirdest, scariest stories for the single most important horror publication in the history of the written word docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Proud to announce we are not partnering with Google or open ai for any shitty AI shit.

The people who just read PLAYBOY for the articles ended up encountering some of the finest American writers of the 20th century. Now, thanks to Nora Shaalan and the Post45 Data Collective, we have a record of the more than 1,000 stories published by PLAYBOY from 1953 to 2020!

Big news! thrum is going to be republished with @malarkeybooks.bsky.social this November! Some gentle changes have been made to the text, and here's a first look at the new cover, remixed by the original designer Very glad this book will have a second chance at life, and with some distribution!

It is my birthday in exactly one week and unfortunately I will never be one of the mythical, well-fed 5 under 35 writers You can lessen this deep ache by reading either of my two books or, if you already have one or hell, both, writing a review and/or telling your friends (if you enjoyed yourself)

the good people of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social asked me to review Vi Khi Nao’s new book, and while I should have done it sooner, I couldn’t be happier that I got to: www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162658428

I was lucky to talk with Megan Nichols from @variantlit.bsky.social about aliens, the 90s, and communication in Terrestrial @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Elegant Variations is back! Catch up with what's been published & get stoked for what's still to come this month. Up next: a review of @suzyeynon.bsky.social's Terrestrial (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social) by @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. New writing every Monday at StanchionZine.com/elegantvariations

We have actually just two or three copies of the first edition still available: malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...

@rogerjva.bsky.social just sent me the loveliest note about this piece I'm so grateful for the writer community I've found through @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Preorders of Terrestrial from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social are shipping this week!

Malarkey at Kramers!

Join Kramers in DC tonight at 7 p.m. for "A Night of Malarkey!" It's our Spotlight Event! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-n... @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @joshuatrentbrown.com @joeyhedger.bsky.social @austinross.bsky.social #booksky

Hey, you! There's a free book event at Kramers in DC on Friday, featuring three of the coolest dude in indie lit and one big old dork (but I'm not giving away who's who unless you show up). Come to A Night of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social! www.kramers.com/events/48718...

ICYMI — last week @ minor lits ... — An Interview with Maud Bougerol and Léon Pradeau ( @monalisavitti.bsky.social ) minorliteratures.com/2026/04/28/t... — an extract from The Walls Are Closing In On Us by @joshuatrentbrown.com ( @malarkeybooks.bsky.social ) minorliteratures.com/2026/04/30/t...

In possibly the first bilingual review of a Malarkey title, Marie Gazeau compares @vikhinao.bsky.social’s My Ardent Love for the Pencil to a Ferrari: open.substack.com/pub/mariegaz...

You should read this book. It’s available from all the usual suspects but we are down to 24 copies of the first edition, with Asterism being the only place to get them: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

In addition to the best in new fiction & poetry, Elegant Variations will be the home of book reviews, something I know is needed more of in our lit world, starting later this month w/ a beauty about @suzyeynon.bsky.social's Terrestrial (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social) by @jonathanin2k.bsky.social. 2/2

may i direct you to malarkeybooks.com/store/returns

And these books are bangers, every last one of ‘em. Get you some!

Extract from my book in minor lits today 🙂

"George woke to a touch on his thigh, a gentle caress ... when he lifted his head off the top of the chair and lowered his gaze, he couldn’t believe what he was looking at ..." The Walls Are Closing In On Us — @joshuatrentbrown.com @malarkeybooks.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/30/t...

The Walls Are Closing In On Us — @joshuatrentbrown.com ( @malarkeybooks.bsky.social ) minorliteratures.com/2026/04/30/t...

"Nehemiah’s mother was a short lady, wearing the fat of the rich along with all the jewelry too ..." The Walls Are Closing In On Us — @joshuatrentbrown.com @malarkeybooks.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2026/04/30/t...

it’s a magical tuesday indeed, when this much @malarkeybooks.bsky.social is in one room big fun with @alexmiller77.bsky.social and shelly in denver tonight!

been a lot of discourse out there about what is and isn't weird fiction, all very confusing, so i guess it's time to step in and end the discussion. the ONLY true weird fiction is TOADSTONES asterismbooks.com/product/toad...

does really feel like a vibe shift when the media is like “so the shooter said you’re a pedophile rapist, thoughts? did he have a point?”

Here’s a good deal: $13 gets you a bookstore return of your choice (12!titles to choose from) plus TWO free poetry zines (until we run out of Sick Sad Queer): malarkeybooks.com/store/returns

and coming up this week ... — an interview with Maud Bougerol and Léon Pradeau of Revue Transat' — an extract from a new novel by @joshuatrentbrown.com / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

1st blurb for The Shitbird by @spencerfleury.bsky.social came in a few days ago. It's brilliant. Can't wait to share it & the cover & the pre-order link with you. Until then, get yourself a copy of Spencer's stellar short story collection I Blame Myself But Also You from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social.

I’m at the combination Comedy Central Roast of Adolf Hitler / Reichstag Fire

TEN (10) COPIES SOLD

Hey! DC people! Lovers of all things @malarkeybooks.bsky.social! Reminder to come see me, @joeyhedger.bsky.social, @austinross.bsky.social, and Benjamin Warner at Kramers on May 8 for A Night of Malarkey!

Finally starting Hope and Wild Panic by @seanennis.bsky.social and I can already tell that @malarkeybooks.bsky.social published another banger (they all are, no matter when you get to them).

My brother turned the opening poem from HAIR SHIRT into a poster that was one of 50 selected to be displayed in a poster exhibition in Greece.

Drift, a novel by @abasketofcraig.bsky.social published under our Death of Print imprint, has won the Dactyl Award! dactylreview.com/2026/04/14/d...

Having a beer with the author @joshuatrentbrown.com

Drift, a novel by @abasketofcraig.bsky.social published under our Death of Print imprint, has won the Dactyl Award! dactylreview.com/2026/04/14/d...

Two bad newses this week, followed by a really good news. We’ll take it.

ANNOUNCEMENT: new cover for the upcoming second printing of my book @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

Terrestrial will be out next month from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social! Grateful to Joey Hedger, Emily Costa, and Drew Buxton for the generous blurbs, and to early reviewers and readers 🛸🌵 malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...

Strange thing happens, when we don’t post about books for a while we don’t sell many books, so this is a post about books and fingers crossed it will help us sell some! malarkeybooks.com/store

12 or 20 (second series) questions with LJ Pemberton / @ljabouttown.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/12-o...

“George might be dying, but he’ll live with me for a long time.” Very kind review from one of my favorite fellow @malarkeybooks.bsky.social authors. (Not that I’m picking favorites. Unless that’s okay)

#NationalPoetryMonth reads: THUMBSUCKER from Kat Giordano & @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. boy I loved this uncomfortable, gutsy, often-gorgeous collection. an excerpt from "To the Rust Belt, With Love" (esp. for @lookuplookup.bsky.social ):