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
Sound Cloud Anime Washroom
A short story by Xavier Garcia
We’re Reading
Don’t send your book. I can’t read it. It’s boring really good. I will probably forgot to reply to your email with “Sorry, we’re not looking at books right...
Failure
I wanted to say something funny about failure. I had a sentence typed out, but it felt empty, superficial. Failure is serious, not like we can’t joke about...
Happy Poetry Month
which coincides nicely with this National Hair Shirt Day
AWP Sale
To celebrate the last day of this year’s AWP bookfair, everything in the Malarkey store is 25% off. The code is AWP25. 25% off everything with code AWP25 I’m...
Spring Break Anti-Sale
I should be on my way to Los Angeles. If I was an idle rich, as the Lord intended, I would be there now, just waking up, enjoying a nice cup of coffee...
Bodily Pain and Poetry
Hair Shirt, by Adrian Sobol
Episode 7: Itoro Bassey
LJ talks with Itoro Bassey about her book, Faith, and what writers she returns to again and again, and how she balances journalism, and what they’re inspired...