Future Tense Books
banner
futuretensebooks.bsky.social
Future Tense Books
@futuretensebooks.bsky.social
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
Pinned
Hello friends. We're in the process of quitting the toxic landscape of tweets and Xs. Please follow us here so we can rebuild in a better social community. Much love, Kevin & Emma and the Future Tense family (which includes Susan, our very popular office manager, pictured below).
Your new favorite snack reading.
This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
new xmas story from the new collection:
My favorite story firm @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's new collection.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
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

xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...
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,...
xraylitmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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!
futuretensebooks.com/shop/
Shop | Future Tense Books
futuretensebooks.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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!
futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
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...
PRE-ORDER: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski | Future Tense Books
futuretensebooks.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
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.
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.
clereviewofbooks.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"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.
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 …
heavyfeatherreview.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We love seeing reviews and ratings of our books on Goodreads. For small presses, this is hugely important.
Hint hint. 😉
Easy Tiger
A dunce cap on a dog. The world’s largest sausage. A gi…
www.goodreads.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Wonderful event last night at Powell’s with @wendyortiz.com in conversation with @emillygprado.bsky.social

(Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tonight!! ✨
We’ve got cooler temperatures in LA than Portland rn 🤪 Hope to see you Wednesday!
July 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
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

@garybarwin.bsky.social
@vikshirley.bsky.social
@markleidner.bsky.social
@futuretensebooks.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Nice to see @parkeryoung.bsky.social on Aaron’s list. 🙌
was asked for "a list of 5-10 or so recent collections you want to vouch for" and so threw this together, and am counting it as my "writing" for the day
July 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
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!"

https://www.havehashad.com/tiaoz
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…
www.havehashad.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Rob McLennan on Evan Nicholls' Easy Tiger. 🐅
@robmclennan.bsky.social
Evan Nicholls, Easy Tiger
EASY TIGER The tiger makes it all so easy, the way it sweeps the woman’s house, packs a satsuma for her snack, accounts for the taxes. The...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
I'm hosting a super cool virtual reading at the end of the month to celebrate Evan's new book! Featuring some of my favorite writers on this planet

RSVP for free: bit.ly/easytigerlaunch

@markleidner.bsky.social / @vikshirley.bsky.social / @garybarwin.bsky.social / @futuretensebooks.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
July 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is going to be so fun to watch! 😍🤩😮
I'm hosting a super cool virtual reading at the end of the month to celebrate Evan's new book! Featuring some of my favorite writers on this planet

RSVP for free: bit.ly/easytigerlaunch

@markleidner.bsky.social / @vikshirley.bsky.social / @garybarwin.bsky.social / @futuretensebooks.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
At the wee one’s final weekly ukulele lesson of the season, moving through two very cool titles by Future Tense Books, by shane kowalski and Evan Nicholls, // @futuretensebooks.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Future Tense Books
just received a copy of EASY TIGER by evan nicholls from @futuretensebooks.bsky.social, what a treasure!

go pick up some books and get 35% off through the end of the month by using code WAREHOUSE!

futuretensebooks.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM