Will Musgrove
@willmusgrove.bsky.social
Writer, jazz enthusiast, bibliophile, plant dad, and cartoon aficionado. Website: williammusgrove.com
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My story "What Is Missing" appears in the Cincinnati Review today. www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/what-...
What Is Missing - The Cincinnati Review
Web and Media Editor Bess Winter Kosinec: In the grand tradition of Modernist fiction, British upstairs-downstairs dramas or the single-shot wonder
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Lincoln in the Sharknado, a shark novel by George Saunders
We have quite a few cool books, and a good way to introduce yourself to them, or build your Malarkey collection, is with the bag of books: 5 books (selected based on your favorite book), 5 zines, and a tote bag for $50. We just have a few left. malarkeybooks.com/store/bag
bag of books — Malarkey
A tote bag, two zines, and a selection of zines from Malarkey Books.
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Honored to have a new poem, “An Evening Discussion” in Poem-a-Day. This one’s about homophobia, societal and internalized, and different methods of responding. Also, pimples & Planet Fitness. Also, tenderness. Read without swiping + hear me read it: poets.org/poem/evening...
$5 off Hair Shirt by @yoadrianididit.bsky.social with code SEALEY. You’ll get a couple bonus poetry zines too. malarkeybooks.com/store/hairsh...
Hair Shirt, poems by Adrian Sobol — Malarkey
Published April 1, 2025 Get a free sample here HAIR SHIRT, Adrian Sobol’s second full-length poetry collection, continues his particular take on poetry. Filled with trademark black humor and...
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I'm still stressing about getting book blurbs but having fun thinking of gag ways to ask people. For example: You hear something coming from outside. You look out the window, and it's me John Cusack-style holding up a boombox playing an audio version of my book.
"Your mom let me know there’d be televisions looping your favorite sitcoms, so I skipped the memorial. 'A series finale,' she called it." A moving and utterly original micro by @willmusgrove.bsky.social
The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 3d ago👇👇👇 Listen to Will reading his story: www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/micro...
Before tomorrow's new edition, make sure to read our beloved contributor Will Musgrove's (@willmusgrove.bsky.social) wonderful micro, "Laugh Track," in The Cincinnati Review. 🔗👇
Use code SEALEY for $5 off poetry titles. Given that our ebooks are $5 this means you can download the digital versions for free. *Hair Shirt *The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You’re the Last One Around *Thumbsucker *My Ardent Love for the Pencil *Your Favorite Poet *Sophomore Slump
Thrilled to have two stories in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social. Read about a six inch cheerleader-- and another story about what the stars want. Thank you Camille Griep and team for giving these stories a lovely home. www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/clau...
Claudia Monpere — Does It Have Pockets
Give Me a Push | What the Stars Want
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August Submissions Open Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.
August Submissions Open
Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.
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I got a few books on sale. You can too 💙
Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 4d agoEverything 50% today. Books. Bundles. Book club. Code is AFTERLASTCALL
Everything 50% today. Books. Bundles. Book club. Code is AFTERLASTCALL
Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 5d agoWill’s book comes out in April and it is beautiful. As it’s our first book of strictly flash fiction we are offering a flash sale. Code AFTERLASTCALL gets 50% off anything in our store today only (8/1/26). Great day to preorder Will’s book but the code will also work on all of our other titles!
The August 2026 issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/2tvd9bay
August 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Early am walk, noticing my shadow-- truly gigantic. Delighted that @soflopojo.bsky.social took the story that sprang from that event. Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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I have a story up in the latest issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social sharing space with some very talented writers. Thank you, editor @francinewitte.bsky.social 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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Our August issue is live! JH Lucas Dodge Zelko @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Jacob Schrodt Jeffrey-Michael Kane @liquid-chicken.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social Matthew Trumbull Kinga Varga-Dobai Andrew Christoforakis @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social Kaylan McCann pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
Volume 15, Issue 8
COVER ART BY JH LUCAS FICTION ACTS OF GUILE, ACTS OF GRACE BY DODGE ZELKO ORPHANS BY SARP SOZDINLER BEARS BY JACOB SCHRODT THE KEEPING BY JEFFREY-MICHAEL KANE NONFICTION Unknown Calle…
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« Guessed I’d booked it sometime in the past, which was also my future. » So much fun while also bleak. Kudos Will!
The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 5d ago"I was living life backwards. A rewinding tape. Today was yesterday, yesterday the day before that, and so on." The brilliant Will Musgrove (@willmusgrove.bsky.social) Musgrove is back in The Bulb Region today with a fun, mind-bending story. 🔗👇
I have a new story in the awesome @bulbregion.bsky.social about a career counselor. Give it a read! Thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for giving this piece such an amazing home 💙
The Bulb Region@bulbregion.bsky.social · 5d ago"I was living life backwards. A rewinding tape. Today was yesterday, yesterday the day before that, and so on." The brilliant Will Musgrove (@willmusgrove.bsky.social) Musgrove is back in The Bulb Region today with a fun, mind-bending story. 🔗👇
"I was living life backwards. A rewinding tape. Today was yesterday, yesterday the day before that, and so on." The brilliant Will Musgrove (@willmusgrove.bsky.social) Musgrove is back in The Bulb Region today with a fun, mind-bending story. 🔗👇
Our 1st issue back after break is 🔥. Featuring @mitchkates.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social Ben Starr @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Jason Davidson, Claire Lee, Pravin Vemuri, Lorrie Ness @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social! www.trampset.org
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trampset is an online literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and diverse voices. Read new work and explore featured writers.
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Thrilled to bring "Meat-Flavored Water" to the masses. Thanks @trampset.bsky.social
trampset@trampset.bsky.social · 6d ago"An Internet search pulls an AI overview that says it is a subsidiary of a conglomerate and holding company with support from angel investors and a top private equity firm" @thaddevassie.bsky.social's "Meat-Flavored Water" www.trampset.org/post/meat-fl...
"if anyone accuses you of being a liar, astral-kick the shit out of them, then deny anything happened." @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's "Which Starseed Are You?" www.trampset.org/post/which-s...
Which Starseed Are You? | trampset
by Sarp Sozdinler...First: remove all the mirrors in your home. Hide them in the crawl space, bury them in your landlord’s garden, shove them in the backseat of a stranger’s car.
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It'd mean everything to me if you preorder my book. But definitely pick up some other Malarkey titles. They're all amazing reads 💙💙💙
Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 5d agoWill’s book comes out in April and it is beautiful. As it’s our first book of strictly flash fiction we are offering a flash sale. Code AFTERLASTCALL gets 50% off anything in our store today only (8/1/26). Great day to preorder Will’s book but the code will also work on all of our other titles!
Will’s book comes out in April and it is beautiful. As it’s our first book of strictly flash fiction we are offering a flash sale. Code AFTERLASTCALL gets 50% off anything in our store today only (8/1/26). Great day to preorder Will’s book but the code will also work on all of our other titles!
Will Musgrove@willmusgrove.bsky.social · last wk.Fun fact: You can pre-order my book, After Last Call, using this link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl... 💙 youtu.be/aDTwO0TlwOU?...
It's raining outside, so I thought, You know, I should wear a blazer with the sleeves rolled up. 💙🍻
Hello, everyone should try this!
Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 2w agoOkay 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
Fun fact: You can pre-order my book, After Last Call, using this link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl... 💙 youtu.be/aDTwO0TlwOU?...
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