Roger Vaillancourt
@rogerjva.bsky.social
Professional explicator and maker of soothing sounds. I'd rather make furniture than go to midnight mass. Author of "The Inaccessible Rail" (2026) (PREORDER! https://malarkeybooks.com/store/inaccessiblerail) and "Un-ruined" (2022) from Malarkey Books
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
Chris Nolan, it's time to adapt William T. Vollman's 3,000 page book on the CIA
~Tilda is short for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantilda Menace@hulcricket.bsky.social · 6d agobuild off of Tenet and make a biopic of Allen Dulles
Okay I am your book sommelier. Drop $10 ($5 for the zine, $5 for shipping, sorry) on King Ludd’s Rag No. 26, then tell me your favorite poem, book, song, etc., and I’ll pick out a book you might like and include it in your order for free. malarkeybooks.com/store/klr26
KLR 26 — Malarkey
King Ludd’s Rag No. 26 features stories by Kay Vaindal and Eli Sugerman.
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"Crosseyed and Gormless" is the new Talking Heads track we need as a civilization.
*bumper sticker on Robert Frost's car* THIS VEHICLE STOPS BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING
To open door, pound ineffectually on the yellow tape
- Guy named Monty playing spoons in front of barrel fire - Minor league baseball game on radio in room next door at flophouse, 1953 - Time
Tom Waits White Noise Sound Options
Rumble of freight trains at dusk Tuesday delivery at scrap metal yard Broom sweeping floor of bar in Sheboygan at closing time
buff.ly
Do not go gentle into that good night
In a closed-door meeting, Iran was put on a PIP
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4w ago"President Trump made his feelings very clear yesterday in no uncertain terms. Iran's attacks on these innocent vessels are acts of terrorism. The MOU is performance-based, and Iran's actions constitute failed performance at an unacceptable level", the U.S. official said.-Axios
I'm constantly urging friends and family to use their library services, even if it's just the libby app or whatever, because I'm noticing this weird thing where even people who read a lot see libraries as existing for someone who's not them.
I haven't been to Seattle in twenty years, but now I want to go see St. Rat.
charlie@spacehearts.bsky.social · last mo.my brother & his partner are telling me an insane story about this local deity called "st. rat" which is apparently a mosaic relief put up by some queers in seattle. the city kept trying to paint over it, but people would repeatedly just use acetone and remove the paint until the city gave up
Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC
It is officially time to start Jularkey! @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. May have to roll a dice to decide reading order. Boxcutters is first only because it is my short story a day collection, atm.
Teresa Ardrey (She/Her)@teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · last mo.Few more days to go, but I am making Jularkey a thing this year. Just going to try and catch up on my @malarkeybooks.bsky.social backlog.
Doing my best lapsed Catholic rubbernecking of the whole Society of Saint Pius X schism in real-time
Bill Hader as Keith Morrison Eating Popcorn
Alt: Bill Hader as Keith Morrison Eating Popcorn
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Preorders make the world go round, although truthfully by “world” one means “tiny press” and by “go round” one means “not go defunct,” which is considerably less catchy. Below are some books that are available or preorder, all signed by their respective authors.
Disclosure Day is classic Spielberg, and while I was on board with the greys and reading people's gestalts through their retinas, I could not suspend my disbelief when it came to those file transfer speeds.
As Amazon buries the world in deals this week, we are bringing back the two books and a t-shirt bundle, at a lower price. The shirts are comfy, made and printed in the U.S. The books, too, are comfy. malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
Two Books and a T-shirt — Malarkey
A comfy Gildan Softstyle t-shirt printed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by the nice folks at Mythic Press . Choose from three colors, galapagos blue, paragon red, and natural, which is an off-white. The shirt w...
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KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.
Thirty years on, I'm still in awe of the precise menace of "dry is good and wind is better"
Dad loved to listen to the Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio show on weekends while doing woodworking in the basement. Mom listened to The Moody Blues, Steely Dan, and Englebert Humperdinck
Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last mo.what's the music your parents played all the time when you were a kid? for me, it's a dead heat between Neil Diamond and Linda Ronstadt
I announced a new book yesterday. The 2nd novel in Stanchion Books history. Exciting times. Order @spencerfleury.bsky.social's The Shitbird now and save $4 off the cover price. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... Buy indie books from indie small presses. Please.
Sale's active as of this morning! It'll auto-apply on the website at checkout 🫡 Hope we can help you find a damn fine new summer read
Evening House Books@eveninghouse.bsky.social · last mo.We’re running an Anti-Prime Day sale tomorrow through Friday 🫡 10% off everything in-store and online! You can’t own the damn river Shop indie Read widely Live freely
Rereading this book as I make copy edits, want everyone to know that you’ll love it!
Will Musgrove@willmusgrove.bsky.social · 2mo agoCOVER 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...
