Been having a lot of fun doing a low-key thing called 12 Days of Hang Time — sharing a story a day from the collection alongside custom artwork inspired by each piece + an excerpt. Couple of my favorites so far that originally appeared in W&S Quarterly and @molotovlitzine.bsky.social

“I wanted to create a sense of flow, stacking shorter and longer pieces together to establish a rhythm of peaks and valleys.” – Brendan Gillen in his new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #book #author Q&A deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/q-wi... @beegillen.bsky.social

Thanks so much for giving me the space to talk Hang Time, Deborah!

🏀🏀 Hang Time is officially out TODAY from .406Press. If you haven’t ordered one yet, I’ll throw in an unopened pack of 90s hoop cards. Will you get an MJ or a Shawn Bradley? WHO KNOWS. $20 shipped, DM me. Even if you’re not a sports fan, there’s plenty to dig into✌️

🏀🏀 Hang Time is officially out TODAY from .406Press. If you haven’t ordered one yet, I’ll throw in an unopened pack of 90s hoop cards. Will you get an MJ or a Shawn Bradley? WHO KNOWS. $20 shipped, DM me. Even if you’re not a sports fan, there’s plenty to dig into✌️

Silly goal for 2026: sell 300 copies a month. Small goal. Big action. Spread the word. We're going to create a little counter thingy to watch the goals in real time.

I've been a fan of John Brandon since he was writing about college football for Grantland (RIP!) so the fact that he was willing to not only read Hang Time, but lend his words, is pretty mind blowing! Thank you John. Preorder Hang Time from .406Press: 406press.com/product/hang...

Please join us in celebrating Aquifer contributor, Brendan Gillen, for the forthcoming publication of his short story collection, HANG TIME. Releasing on 12/4 from .406 Press, HANG TIME includes the story, "In the Nude," which was previously published in Aquifer. #flreview

“If I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.” -- John Berryman

Thanks to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social for the love, and the editors for the smart, thoughtful attention you paid to this one!

"Real fans of poetry deserve such monuments – in this case, the work of a lengthy lifetime: decades of wondering and pondering, deadpan ironizing and making meaning in America, just the kind of work that must never have felt like work at all." ocreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/25/r...

Huge thanks to Eric Rasmussen at Sundog Lit for the incredibly generous words about Hang Time. Sundog is one of the most supportive lit communities out there—for writers and readers. Give them a read, send them your work, keep them in your orbit. 🏀📚 406press.com/product/hang...

in its heyday, Literary Twitter made me feel like I was walking into a giant exuberant snowglobe full of other writers, readers, & editors

Early versions of some stories in Hang Time appeared in WASquarterly, @reckonreview.bsky.social, @underreviewlit.bsky.social, @thetwinbill.bsky.social, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social, New Delta Review...

@emilylauracosta.bsky.social's Girl on Girl is one of the best books I read this year, so I'm honored she was willing to lend her words to Hang Time! Weird sports stories for people who don’t (necessarily) love sports. Preorder from @406press.bsky.social if ya feel: 406press.com/product/hang...

Yo! Hang Time is coming 12/4 from @406press.bsky.social Preorders avail now: 406press.com/product/hang... Big thanks to @scottbolohan.bsky.social for believing in these nostalgia-laced stories about the weird poetry of sports. If you're interested in a review copy, lemme know!

Yo! Hang Time is coming 12/4 from @406press.bsky.social Preorders avail now: 406press.com/product/hang... Big thanks to @scottbolohan.bsky.social for believing in these nostalgia-laced stories about the weird poetry of sports. If you're interested in a review copy, lemme know!

Let’s make a list of presses who honor and uplift their authors.

We open 420, here's the call tacobellquarterly.org/tbq8-call-br...

Thanks to @hfr.bsky.social & @emilyannwebber.bsky.social for the kind review of STATIC. Appreciate y'all! heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/03/19/s...

We are running an anti-sale. No discount code to offer. Just cool books. malarkeybooks.com/store

I have a new flash in the latest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social (worm moon). It's about graffiti and mall security. Check it out if you wanna, but make sure to read all the other amazing writers in the issue. 🪱 🌙 Link to story: gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Submissions for our summer flash fiction series close on Friday, so if there's a story you plan to send us, keep an eye on the clock!

Make a hoot! Tell your friends! We've opened submissions for visual art. Your photography, your illustrations, your collages — if it's eco, send it our way. Submit visual art, poetry, translation, fiction, and creative nonfiction at thedodge.submittable.com/submit

Put the word out that we're back. Think of us. We open 4/20 for a short window for a print issue in the fall. We want poems, prose, art, comics & beyond. Free to submit, free to read online always, we now pay $150 + comp copies + eternal literary infamy. More prestigious than the Paris Review.

We're open in all categories. Take a look at our most recent issue to see what we've loved in the past!

Courageous and essential. Thanks for this @emilylauracosta.bsky.social. Cheers from a fellow former white-knuckler. 👊

I'm open on Friday afternoon for your submitting pleasure. That's make a beautiful magazine together.

I have no agent and no MFA and no massive online following and all of my small successes thus far have come solely from the fact that I can't stop writing (and I think I keep getting better), and I still dream about possible futures like someone in their teens. Also rejection doesn't stop me.

Keep putting yourself and your work out there.

We are so excited to introduce our new Art Editor, Karie Luidens, and announce that ART SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!! To submit your art, please visit the link in our bio!

I heard a rumor that we're going to open for book submissions in the spring. (You can spread the rumor). I have no other information right now. I am possibly an unreliable source and am not available for comment. But I said what I said.

Did u know that @jmwwjournal.bsky.social is open for flash fiction submissions until Saturday, February 15 at 11pm? And that if you send in a story under 1500 words, I will read it? jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/

NONFICTION WRITERS: a dear friend reminded me of this doc where we compiled a list of venues that welcome flash CNF | prose poetry | micro truths—perhaps it’s time to update it once again; please drop venues/links/updates in my replies + i’ll do my best 🖤: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks so much to @theflreview.bsky.social and congrats to the nominees 👊

hot damn wow does this Brendan Gillen story capture those wild west early-Internet years & vibes. "Yeah, that was the year Mikey from those LIFE cereal commercials died because he ate Pop Rocks and Coke and his stomach exploded..." https://www.havehashad.com/llz4j

Today’s recommendation is “Tree Food,” a nonfiction piece written by Brendan Gillen and featured in our Summer 2024 Issue! Read the rest here: thedodgemag.com/brendangillen1

Nice little heartbreaker for you this morning from Brendan Gillen. reckonreview.com/if-youre-not...

In research notes, Brendan Gillen writes about STATIC from Vine Leaves Press

Whiplash Friday with a flash piece that takes you from ‘in the moment’ to family history to obsession and back again! Read “Dust to Dust” by @beegillen.bsky.social in Hard Core 64. Get on the ride, right now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/dust-to...

Congrats to this year's Best Small Fictions nominees, including @willmusgrove.bsky.social & @beegillen.bsky.social

Thank you @stanchion.bsky.social, this means a lot. My first Best Small Fictions nom. Congrats to all nominees.