Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.)

I was picking brains about this last night at MPIBA in Denver, and I’ve come away thinking this: libraries now won’t have a distributor, and the existing distributors have no incentive to broaden their business to serve libraries since the benefits to them are so limited and the costs so great.

I listened to oral arguments today. It was interesting. To be clear: they wouldn’t be overturning bans on conversion therapy in general but on conversion talk therapy in particular. I can’t see the arguments I heard (1st amendment-grounded) holding water, though. We will see. I hope they reject em.

(This is why I don’t work in writing or editing after dark.)

God. Can you tell I wrote that after brain-function hours? Ugh.

Got to hang out with Torrey House Press tonight. They are an awesome Utah-based publisher and have contributed to a great education. I’ve gotten over the last few hours. I’m so glad that I came to this event. #MPIBA and a bunch of these bookstores seem really interested in #WhisperHousePress books!

Completed Silvia Mareno-Garcia's THE BEWITCHING—I highly recommend it to #readers interested in #witchy #folkhorror, #founddocuments #horror with #mystery and #historicalfiction as well as #supernatural elements. Very solid story, and I've been looking forward to it for a while! #bookreview #booksky

At a booksellers convention this week in Denver! Big goals. #whisperhousepress #horror #MPIBA #publisher #publishing #independentpublishing

Desert scene, about half blue sky with light clouds. Foreground is a low hill with some small vegetation.

The drive from Salt Lake to Denver is one of my favorites. Headed to the #MPIBA fallcon to meet #indiebookstore owners and fellow #publishers large and small. Yay! #whisperhousepress is on the move!

Here's the schedule for #UtahHorrorDay here in the #SaltLakeCity area on 10/25/2025. It's a big deal. You should come by! It's totally free (though we hope you'll support our local vendors and authors!).

#Horrorsky #Utah #Books #SaltLakeCityEvents #booksky

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I adore this film.

Really wanted to catch this at Sundance but missed out! Glad it’s making the rounds and hope I get a chance to see it.

I highly recommend Wehunt’s book, OCTOBER FILM HAUNT. I was lucky to get a shot at reading it early, and I reviewed it at www.whisperhousepress.com if you want to read my take on its strengths (spoiler: it’s got a lot of strengths!).

I wish we had access in Utah, but our government has made it tougher and tougher to get this vaccine. Thankfully I have insurance and the time to go to a doctor to get a prescription. Really wish these barriers weren’t in place to stop us from protecting one another.

One Battle After Another: just as good the second time. I’d see it a third time if I could justify it in the family budget.

(I think about this a lot. The movie plays in my head. I try to record it just as a see it. It never works perfectly—the translation is off—but the closer I get, the better I feel about the effort and product. I’ve heard other writers describe the process this way. I know it’s not original to me.)

Great analogous use. Seriously. Do you have a site set up for this project?

I spent many an hour reading about the fearsome gavagai. WV Quine and “indeterminacy of translation” was one of my all time favorite topics to learn about. I wrote at least one B- paper about it, too. Can’t remember if that counted as “passing” but in truth the meaning of that standard wasn’t clear.

Something about undisassembled rabbit parts?

@gavagai.com but can you describe a gavagai?

Really looking forward to meeting other publishers and bookstore proprietors at #mpiba conference in #denver!

“We just can’t stop… being American” is such a bizarre thing to tout right now.

This is one of the worst commercials I have ever seen.

That was my favorite horror movie last year! Maybe my favorite overall.

I keep thinking: when do I get to see “one battle after another” again?

October 2025 Featured Story: Ben Matthews’ “Mother Knows Best” Ben Matthews tells the tale of Mrs. Ellis and a local government functionary. She’ll persuade him to see issues of neighborhood safety her way, by hook or by crook.

This month's featured story comes from Ben Matthews, and it's creepy! Can a flash fiction be a slow burn? Ben is a great storyteller, and I'm proud to host his work on #WhisperHousePress 's website. Check it out.

#shortstory #fiction #reading #horror

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October 2025 Featured Story: Ben Matthews’ “Mother Knows Best” Ben Matthews tells the tale of Mrs. Ellis and a local government functionary. She’ll persuade him to see issues of neighborhood safety her way, by hook or by crook.

This month's featured story comes from Ben Matthews, and it's creepy! Can a flash fiction be a slow burn? Ben is a great storyteller, and I'm proud to host his work on #WhisperHousePress 's website. Check it out.

#shortstory #fiction #reading #horror

whisperhousepress.com/2025/10/01/o...

Our core values: Radical Transparency, Respect and Equity, and Backing the Upstart.

I've been giving a lot of thought to this since reading about @badhandbooks.bsky.social's core values a few weeks ago. These match my practices in our first 18 mos and seem to describe what I care most about.

Pushcart Prize nominations open today. Just a heads up. I'm going to be submitting (I think they allow up to six) stories from my press's awesome authors from this past year.

#publishing #writing

Our core values: Radical Transparency, Respect and Equity, and Backing the Upstart.

I've been giving a lot of thought to this since reading about @badhandbooks.bsky.social's core values a few weeks ago. These match my practices in our first 18 mos and seem to describe what I care most about.

Just left #OneBattleAfterAnother, and I need to see it again. Maybe tomorrow. Easily the best movie of the year. Maybe the best I’ve seen in multiple years. And I see a lot of movies.