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House of Malarkey
September 9, 2024
A lot of people know this: Malarkey is run out my house, a house that was built by me and my wife, with some help from my dad, who was very helpful with...
Some of the Time It’s Transcendental:
August 21, 2024
TBQ and Malarkey Books talk indie publishing
O-O-O, or interviews with the dead
August 19, 2024
a short story by Duncan White
Deadball
August 12, 2024
a story by Charles Holdefer
Answers to Imaginary Questions
August 10, 2024
by the author of Hope and Wild Panic
Something bright blue, potentially cancerous, and delicious
August 5, 2024
A reflection on Sean Ennis' new collection, Hope and Wild Panic
Malarkey Public Radio: The Long and Short of It
July 31, 2024
A panel on short stories
Field Guide to Mediocre Men
July 29, 2024
A short story by Alex Miller
Returns of the Living Dead
July 24, 2024
The dark, bloody heart of American lunacy
The Incident at Scruggs Flats
July 22, 2024
A short story by Madison McSweeney
An Anti-Amazon Buy One/Get One Sale
July 18, 2024
In high school a couple of my friends worked at Macy’s in the mall. Actually it might have been called something else at the time, and then Macy’s bought it....
Cover Reveal!
July 17, 2024
Boxcutters, stories by John Chrostek
Cash Cab, but It's Uber and There Is No Money
July 15, 2024
Fiction by Michael Bettendorf
A Bunch of Malarkey
July 9, 2024
Some updates and some info and some pretty good deals
County Fair
July 8, 2024
new fiction by Justin Carter
I Blame Myself But Also You
July 1, 2024
It’s July now—does not seem possible. We’re drawing ever closer to the dreaded back-to-school, and I cannot stay on top of books. We have a new one coming...
Hope and Wild Panic Cover Reveal
June 25, 2024
and a reading in Chicago
Screaming, Crying, Throwing Up: Poetry
June 19, 2024
LJ Pemberton, Adrian Sobol, and Kat Giordano wax poetic for Malarkey Public Radio
Big Ol Summer Sale
June 17, 2024
Hi there, It’s summer and we’re having a summer sale. Type in BEACHREADS at malarkeybooks.com and whatever you’re ordering will be 25% off. If you forget the...
Tube Man
June 10, 2024
by Spencer Fleury
A Sunday poem from Leigh Chadwick
June 9, 2024
“My Love Language is Leigh Chadwick” I stepped on a centipede this morning.The cat threw up on the rug. It’s Sunday, so God is taking an afternoon nap. It’s...
Overstatement and Melodrama
June 1, 2024
A note from Steve Gergley
Malarkey Summer
May 28, 2024
Books for/on sale
Marketing Is an Inescapable Hell
May 15, 2024
The triumphant return of Malarkey Public Radio
The Girl Who Was a Doorway
April 29, 2024
by Steve Gergley
Your Favorite Poet
April 16, 2024
Catch Leigh Chadwick reading on Thursday night alongside Bob Hicok
The Grift
April 15, 2024
There’s an old joke in the writing game. Goes like this: “Money flows to the writer.” Lol. It will always be funny. If you’re a writer and you’re not Stephen...
Thumbsucker
March 31, 2024
A new poetry collection from Kat Giordano
A piquant coming-of-age novel for late-blooming romantics
March 18, 2024
Still Alive, LJ Pemberton
Iceman
March 11, 2024
A short story by Eric Williams
"Submission Guidelines"
March 4, 2024
a poem by Kat Giordano, selected from Thumbsucker, publishing 4/1/24
Some Words About Awful People
March 1, 2024
A little note from Axel Kolcow
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February 29, 2024
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