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Future Tense publisher Kevin Sampsell celebrates his new novel with @impellerpress.com. Readings in Philly, NY, Boise, Dallas, and more. The Portland release reading with Kimberly will be a highlight.

If you’re in Philly at the end of the month, this is going to be incredible.
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Great interview with poet and collage artist Evan Nicholls, author of Easy Tiger.

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To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski We've recently updated our website to make signing in easier and more secure

“I never get to know the heads’ names, nor do I see the heads attached to actual bodies. For all I know, they are floating heads passing by Frank’s old office.”

From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.

the book cover for Shane Kowalski's Are People Out There

Shane Kowalski's short stories are like extended prose poems. Funny, perverse, quirky, and unique. Picture Diane Williams dancing the tango with Russell Edson. Highly recommended.

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To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski

BREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉
This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...

From Kevin Sampsell’s Xmas stories zine!

Surely everyone knows a Christmas banana? 🍌🥂

NIGHT PIE Both of us are still up. Why can't we go to sleep? Who knows. But somebody made pie! Did you make the pie? Well, I didn't make the pie. I guess it's true what they say. Sometimes the night makes the pie.

This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company

"Samuel, as a baby, seems, for now, happy. He doesn't worry much about anything, least of all concepts like the future. Which makes him somehow less human to me. He is full of uncanny absences like that. He knows no poverty or regret yet. He doesn't cycle endlessly through an embarrassing moment from earlier in the day, or from years earlier for that matter. To him, there is barely any concept of "day." He sits and poses in almost all the pictures with the same content feebleness that borders on regal."

small paperback on hardwood floor: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski

seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great.

here's probably my fave paragraph so far:

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Imagine the tears of joy when you give someone the gift of @dieddisappointed.bsky.social 🎁
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Re: taking risks on books large publishers wouldn’t. My book Excavation was rejected by ~30 traditional publishing editors before a small press (@futuretensebooks.bsky.social) picked it up. It went on to sell about 10k copies before I sold it to @nupress.bsky.social.

Your new favorite snack reading.

new xmas story from the new collection:

BECKETTIAN by Shane Kowalski Murphy was visiting Malone. It had been a while since they had seen each other. Murphy being busy in the city, while Malone had lingered in the countryside. Murphy remembered those dark country roads,...

we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social !

in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone.

a great story ! & a great ending

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SCAM LIKELY There’s never a bruise like childhood… The years go by like a single car driving down the road with its headlights off. All those calls and texts asking you if you’re you. No, sorry, haven’t been for a long time…

Shane Kowalski

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Mid-September in Portland and it's finally raining for real real. And after we tidied up the Future Tense inventory closet, we decided to mark some stuff down. It's a good day to order some books!
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We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
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You can now pre-order my new collection of stories, Are People Out There. It drops 10.31.25 via @futuretensebooks.bsky.social: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...

Are People Out There - Cleveland Review of Books I decided to become my friend’s baby. My friend is someone I know from high school. We’ve been friends for years. Now she is married to a man, a CPA or MBA or CEO, and they have a baby.

i have a story up at Cleveland Review of Books. it's the title story of my forthcoming collection with @futuretensebooks.bsky.social. the story is about a baby.

Fiction Review: Tara Van De Mark Reads Diana Oropeza’s Debut Collection An Incomplete Catalog of Disappearance An Incomplete Catalog of Disappearance by Diana Oropeza arrived by mail, slipped out of the envelope, through my hands, and onto the hallway floor. The size of a passport, it landed next to a …

"The result is an insatiable discomfort coupled with the determination to just keep reading and un-fuzz the whole thing."
We love this review of Diana Orepeza's amazing book.

Easy Tiger A dunce cap on a dog. The world’s largest sausage. A gi…

We love seeing reviews and ratings of our books on Goodreads. For small presses, this is hugely important.
Hint hint. 😉

Wonderful event last night at Powell’s with @wendyortiz.com in conversation with @emillygprado.bsky.social

(Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)

Tonight!! ✨

hell yeah brother

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Did you miss the Easy Tiger virtual launch on Sunday? You can rest easy now, because the full reading is up on YouTube!

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youtu.be/HymLeGr6zVs

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Nice to see @parkeryoung.bsky.social on Aaron’s list. 🙌

Typical by Shane Kowalski I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock! For most of the previous 1,500 words, the…

a wonderful, wonderfully odd, and kinda perfectly "Kowalski-y" story today from Shane Kowalski!

"I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!"

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