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30+ years of fine books and endless love in Portland, Oregon. We publish daring literary books by writers you should get to know. Editors: Kevin Sampsell (PDX) and Emma Alden (Philadelphia). Visit us at www.futuretensebooks.com
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.
Love you back
“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.
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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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? 🍌🥂
This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
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:
💜✂️💜
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:
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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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...
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.
"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.
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!
🐅🐅🐅
youtu.be/HymLeGr6zVs
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Nice to see @parkeryoung.bsky.social on Aaron’s list. 🙌
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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