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Barrelhouse
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
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Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · Feb 26
Cover reveal! Our newest book, FRONTIER, by Erica Stern, is both a memoir and a Wild West ghost story. Read more about it and pre-order here

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Cover of Erica Stern's book, FRONTIER, which i think looks pretty cool but don't feel my description would do it much justice
barrelhouse.bsky.social
Another good tip is to get good at lying to Sam, specifically
samuelashworth.bsky.social Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 6h
Conversely you all have three weeks to read my book
barrelhouse.bsky.social Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 6h
one of our big AWP tips is to not corner acquaintances into telling you whether they've read your book or not: either you're going to hate the answer or they're going to resent being forced to talk about it. Let them bring it up. Or not.
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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It's best to go through life assuming friends and family have never read a single thing you've written and never will, any more than you have engaged with what they do for a living
barrelhouse.bsky.social Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 6h
one of our big AWP tips is to not corner acquaintances into telling you whether they've read your book or not: either you're going to hate the answer or they're going to resent being forced to talk about it. Let them bring it up. Or not.
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
barrelhouse.bsky.social
one of our big AWP tips is to not corner acquaintances into telling you whether they've read your book or not: either you're going to hate the answer or they're going to resent being forced to talk about it. Let them bring it up. Or not.
February 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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marketingcjr.bsky.social
I wish I had followers so I could tell people to read @graycious.bsky.social poem.

She’s so talented!
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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libbycudmore.bsky.social
This story, like ALL my best stories, was a @barrelhouse.bsky.social #WriterCamp story, polished in an editorial meeting with @embfitz.bsky.social.
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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andrewbertaina.bsky.social
804 lit salon

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February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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graycious.bsky.social
I wrote a poem about sitting in pee on the subway and it’s featured in here!!!! Thank you @barrelhouse.bsky.social!
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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mikeingram.bsky.social
It’s here! The online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social edited by my students at Temple, who chose all these pieces, and the accompanying art. And the theme (The Dirty Issue)

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The Dirty Issue — Barrelhouse
For this special online issue, we asked for your dirtiest work: scandalous rivalries, dirty jobs, meditations on the muck and mire of everyday life, plain old sediment, and musings on humanity’s more ...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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davidwrites1.bsky.social
Very grateful to have my poem “Our Survey of Western Dirt” be a part of the latest issue of Barrelhouse. Many thanks to Mike Ingram and his students at Temple (see next post for their names) for including it. www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/o...

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February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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andreaavery.bsky.social
Day 2 of cookbook lookbook: Vegetables Julienne with Red Pepper Coulis
On the right side of the image is some cauliflower, snap peas, carrots, asparagus and broccoli, garnished with red pepper coulis, beautifully plated on a mottled gray plate. On the left stands a white woman wearing an outfit meant to interpret the dish as fashion: green wide leg pants, orange shoes and bag, an orange and green neckerchief and a muted gray blouse.
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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libbycudmore.bsky.social
You'd be a fool to miss this Dirty Work issue of BARRELHOUSE
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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barrelhouse.bsky.social
The DC conference always sells out by early March, so now is the time, if you're thinking about it
housleydave.bsky.social Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 6d
Writers! The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is open for registration, our final schedule is just about set, we're about half sold out already, for $95 you get the full conference, 1 book, 1 one-on-one editor workshop, more lit stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
barrelhouse.bsky.social
We have a new online issue! Selected and edited by students at Temple University, under the guidance of @mikeingram.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
The Dirty Issue — Barrelhouse
For this special online issue, we asked for your dirtiest work: scandalous rivalries, dirty jobs, meditations on the muck and mire of everyday life, plain old sediment, and musings on humanity’s more ...
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
barrelhouse.bsky.social
The DC conference always sells out by early March, so now is the time, if you're thinking about it
housleydave.bsky.social Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 6d
Writers! The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is open for registration, our final schedule is just about set, we're about half sold out already, for $95 you get the full conference, 1 book, 1 one-on-one editor workshop, more lit stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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housleydave.bsky.social
I do love that TRIPPY is the vibe we've settled on for Olympic opening ceremonies and airport walkways.
February 7, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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alwayscrashing.bsky.social
New email edition, featuring hexes, Seiu Ito, an Invitation to Baltimore, work by Ellie Chou, and updates on @kennethmc.bsky.social, @tetmancallis.bsky.social, @klooky.bsky.social, @barrelhouse.bsky.social, & @meeklingpress.bsky.social
"Nostalgic for the safety of objects"
featuring marvelous grossness, Seiu Ito, opaque ciphers, Continental kisses, the state vs. everything, and an Invitation to Visit Beautiful Baltimore
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February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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housleydave.bsky.social
Beginning to look a lot like @barrelhouse.bsky.social AWP prep around these parts...
Email confirmation: "Shipped, 50 Patrick Swayze million dollar bills."
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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reneeknicholson.bsky.social
Come out to @barrelhouse.bsky.social C&C and write some poems with me!
housleydave.bsky.social Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · Jan 9
We're starting to fill the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference program for 4/18! Thrilled to be bringing back crowd faves @wendywimmer.bsky.social and @reneeknicholson.bsky.social, and @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social is bringing Dolly Parton poetry! More soon. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Barrelhouse conference sessions so far: Take Me Back: A Dolly Parton Poetry Workshop (Craft workshop with Dustin Brookshire) The Magic Pill for Writer’s Block: How to get words on the page when you’re not really feeling it (Craft Workshop with Wendy Wimmer) Your Poetic Universe (Craft Workshop with Renee Nicholson)
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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erikhane.bsky.social
Punxsutawny Phil, in The Emails somehow: hello Jeffrey my resplendent co-conspirator

Jeff Vacation: helo grndhog
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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aaronburch.bsky.social
I'm short story crazy and buying art & supporting good ppl doing good shit is one of the primary reasons to make money, so I just went to this link bought 4 books that grabbed my attention.

I'll send a copy of my book TACOMA to the next 3 people who order something from Evening House and tell me.
February 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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tmcallister.bsky.social
I wrote about Dan
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Goodbye to Dan McQuade
The absolute Best of Philly
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January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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mikeingram.bsky.social
I didn't know Dan McQuade (@dhm.bsky.social) as well as a lot of you, but for the last several months we'd been getting together to talk about a book he was working on for @barrelhouse.bsky.social, about malls and mall culture, and man I was really looking forward to that book existing in the world
January 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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joannemerriam.bsky.social
10/11 - #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @europaeditions.bsky.social @elsewhen.press @anvilpress.bsky.social @barrelhouse.bsky.social @ericarstern.bsky.social 💙📚 #DSPBposts #BookSky #bookstagram #booktok
Book cover for Frontier: A Memoir & A Ghost Story by Erica Stern (Barrelhouse Books): Hybrid featured in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 (https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/): "a researched history of birth’s industrialization and a second, fictional birth story set in the Wild West that asks: What if there had been no doctors?" Book cover for The Old Man by the Sea by Domenico Starnone, trans. by Oonagh Stransky (Europa Editions): Literature in translation featured in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 (https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/): "Caught up in the intrigues of small-town life south of Rome, Nicola ponders and conflates the memory of his unconventional mother and her influence and the town’s cabalistic doings, only to strike out on his own in a dangerous adventure." https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9798889661313/the-old-man-by-the-sea Book cover for So We Blush Less When the Phone Rings by Mark Wagstaff (Anvil Press): Literary fiction. Winner of the 45th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest. In a future hotter than today, people meet their needs through tailored forms of intelligence. From the cyborg security at the food mart to the ever-learning, ever-loving forms that can effectively — and acceptably — be a life partner. The processing nous of an AI spouse is all the more valuable in a world where everything’s a game. An actual game. And even a respectable, happy married couple, once they step outside the game, find themselves talking to bullets. https://www.anvilpress.com/books/so-we-blush-less-when-the-phone-rings Book cover for Canaries by Alex Makepeace (Elsewhen Press): Science fiction/fantasy. Bryan and Philip are living a comfortable life with their adopted children in London and barely give a thought to how the change of government might affect them. But little by little the family and their friends - gay and straight - begin to discover their way of life is under threat. When the family are forced to go on the run from the authorities, they are faced with impossible choices, and soon find out who their true friends really are. https://elsewhen.press/index.php/catalogue/title/canaries/
February 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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aaronburch.bsky.social
Yooooo! Idk how many of you this could apply to, but I'll be doing an event at Literati in Ann Arbor for the release of TACOMA in a couple weeks! Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:30 pm. I'm excited!

literatibookstore.com/event/2026-0...
Fiction at Literati: Aaron Burch
An independent bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Staff picks, curated displays, author events, book clubs, book subscriptions, and more.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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joannemerriam.bsky.social
🧵 4/5 ... Frontier: A Memoir & A Ghost Story by @ericarstern.bsky.social (@barrelhouse.bsky.social) & So We Blush Less When the Phone Rings by Mark Wagstaff (@anvilpress.bsky.social). See alt-text!

#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #SmallPress #books #bookish #BooksWorthReading #readingcommunity #booktok
Book cover for Frontier: A Memoir & A Ghost Story by Erica Stern (Barrelhouse Books): Hybrid featured in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 (https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/): "a researched history of birth’s industrialization and a second, fictional birth story set in the Wild West that asks: What if there had been no doctors?" Book cover for So We Blush Less When the Phone Rings by Mark Wagstaff (Anvil Press): Literary fiction. Winner of the 45th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest. In a future hotter than today, people meet their needs through tailored forms of intelligence. From the cyborg security at the food mart to the ever-learning, ever-loving forms that can effectively — and acceptably — be a life partner. The processing nous of an AI spouse is all the more valuable in a world where everything’s a game. An actual game. And even a respectable, happy married couple, once they step outside the game, find themselves talking to bullets. https://www.anvilpress.com/books/so-we-blush-less-when-the-phone-rings
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM