Love for the Pencil
Today is the official release of My Ardent Love for the Pencil, a collection of poems, with photos, by Vi Khi Nao, a marvelous poet with books out from...
Vi Khi Nao's Book Release Reading with OF Cieri and Kat Giordano
Greetings Malarkey fans! This is just to say—Vi Khi Nao is going to be reading from her new poetry collection, My Ardent Love for the Pencil, for the book...
Zines Zines Zines
I’ve been going hard all summer, trying to get the press in a decent place before the school year consumes me. I’ll never be all the way caught up, but I...
Horror and Poetry
Summer’s not over but it feels like it’s over, because here in Missouri the weather was nice for three days in a row (a record) and school is just a couple...
The Sealey Challenge and Other Wonderful Items
The Sealey Challenge starts on Friday. I like the idea of this challenge because I like the idea of anything that encourages people to read, especially...
The Bean Vault, a short story by Jeff Goldberg
With coffee, quality depended on bean origin, the roasting of those beans, the manner of grinding, and one’s methodological approach to the final brew....
My Ardent Love for My Ardent Love for the Pencil
Sometimes I look forward to a short book, especially if I’ve been working on a longer project, or running behind, or, more frequently, both. Finally, a...
Mothman and Superman: Lauren Bolger on making horror out of reality
By Lauren Bolger Last week I went to see Superman. I thought it was a lot of fun, genuinely funny with some great action scenes, and it felt like it had its...
Mental Whiplash
This is an email celebrating a book called Boxcutters, which is a collection of short stories, a varied collection of short stories, by John Chrostek. I want...
41% off Anti-Prame Flash Sale
There is no way to be pure in this world. In fact there’s a saying, right? “There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.” I think they did an episode...
Malarkey Over Everything
It is probably really nice to be proud of a place, like Chicago. If I was from Chicago I would think it’s the greatest city in the world. When I heard the...
Book Dreams/Dream Books
Last night I dreamed I was at work, but in the gym, and I was supposed to be chasing after students, making sure they were where they were supposed to be and...
Sell Out
Five months on, nearly six, I’ve about sent out all the rewards from our Kickstarter. If you’re waiting on yours, it’s because the book you requested hasn’t...
Mealarkey
Today on the website we have something new on offer: Mealarkey, an array of new writing on or about or connected to food. There are stories. There are poems....
Cover Reveal: My Ardent Love for the Pencil by Vi Khi Nao
We are pleased to reveal the cover for Vi Khi Nao’s poetry collection, My Ardent Love for the Pencil, which will be released in September. David...
Bye for Now, a short story by Caitlin Brady
Editor’s note: We just moved this newsletter from Substack to Buttondown. We’ll skip the explanation, as plenty of people have written about their issues...
Detective Novel
The story of this book and a look at the final cover
Eating to Live
I started writing this yesterday, toward evening, and because it is about food I began to think about dinner, and the fact that I needed to make something...
On Going For It
Hello! John here. I’m writing this post for Malarkey’s newsletter because Boxcutters, my short story collection, is coming out today. It’s also my birthday....
Car Dealership
a short story by Lucas Restivo