Joey R. Poole
@joeyrpoole.bsky.social
Writer, dad, king of stupid preoccupations. Story collection I Have Always Been Here Before available from @CowboyJamboree Press.
One of the neighbors’ rabbits—it’s unclear whether they’re pets or meat—escaped and has been living in our backyard. I feel like Elmer Fudd out there every morning chasing it out of the garden and trying to catch it as it leisurely hops away, totally unbothered.
June 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One of the neighbors’ rabbits—it’s unclear whether they’re pets or meat—escaped and has been living in our backyard. I feel like Elmer Fudd out there every morning chasing it out of the garden and trying to catch it as it leisurely hops away, totally unbothered.
Time totally expands when a long fly ball is headed toward your kid in the outfield. That ball was in the air forever and my heart was in my throat. I’m happy to report he caught it.
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Time totally expands when a long fly ball is headed toward your kid in the outfield. That ball was in the air forever and my heart was in my throat. I’m happy to report he caught it.
Can’t wait to delve into this @ruadanbooks.bsky.social anthology of dark fiction inspired by the alternative era and featuring stories by @chrislterry.bsky.social and a host of others.
May 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Can’t wait to delve into this @ruadanbooks.bsky.social anthology of dark fiction inspired by the alternative era and featuring stories by @chrislterry.bsky.social and a host of others.
Last night at the ballpark, a visiting coach of a team of 11-12 year-olds lost his shit, got tossed out of the game and escorted from the site for arguing with an ump.
Story prompt: Write an all-dialog story about the conversation that happened when he got home and his wife asked how the game went.
Story prompt: Write an all-dialog story about the conversation that happened when he got home and his wife asked how the game went.
May 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Last night at the ballpark, a visiting coach of a team of 11-12 year-olds lost his shit, got tossed out of the game and escorted from the site for arguing with an ump.
Story prompt: Write an all-dialog story about the conversation that happened when he got home and his wife asked how the game went.
Story prompt: Write an all-dialog story about the conversation that happened when he got home and his wife asked how the game went.
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This Sheldon Birnie story is such a blast — some of the best voice I've read in a while. I picked up Where the Pavement Turns to Sand at AWP and it's so, so good.
You should pick it up & read it alongside me! And if you do, tell me, I'll gift ya an SSL subscription!
malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
You should pick it up & read it alongside me! And if you do, tell me, I'll gift ya an SSL subscription!
malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
"Not Dark Yet" by Sheldon Birnie
"Mitch stumbles into the pub that was attached to the motel, which doubled as the town gas station, late Friday afternoon, breathless and sweating despite the frigid cold..."
ashortstorylong.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This Sheldon Birnie story is such a blast — some of the best voice I've read in a while. I picked up Where the Pavement Turns to Sand at AWP and it's so, so good.
You should pick it up & read it alongside me! And if you do, tell me, I'll gift ya an SSL subscription!
malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
You should pick it up & read it alongside me! And if you do, tell me, I'll gift ya an SSL subscription!
malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
Watching my 12 year old play his first real baseball game was about the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve done.
March 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Watching my 12 year old play his first real baseball game was about the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve done.
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My flash fiction story, Inauguration Day, is up at @frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com/p/inaugurati...
www.frazzledlit.com/p/inaugurati...
Inauguration Day
Flash fiction by Yousef Allouzi
www.frazzledlit.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My flash fiction story, Inauguration Day, is up at @frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com/p/inaugurati...
www.frazzledlit.com/p/inaugurati...
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Listen to this.
Then check out CJ's tribute to Kinky's detective fiction from this past fall: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-101-a-...
Then check out CJ's tribute to Kinky's detective fiction from this past fall: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-101-a-...
March 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Listen to this.
Then check out CJ's tribute to Kinky's detective fiction from this past fall: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-101-a-...
Then check out CJ's tribute to Kinky's detective fiction from this past fall: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-101-a-...
I’m writing about the quest to read a book by a writer from every country in the world at my Bookmark Planet SubStack. Karina Sainz-Borgo’s It Would Be Night in Caracas was my Venezuelan pick: open.substack.com/pub/bookmark...
Let There Be Night
On Reading Karina Sainz-Borgo's It Would Be Night in Caracas
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m writing about the quest to read a book by a writer from every country in the world at my Bookmark Planet SubStack. Karina Sainz-Borgo’s It Would Be Night in Caracas was my Venezuelan pick: open.substack.com/pub/bookmark...
Surely there’s a band called Devour Feculence in the wake of Mr. Milchik’s moment by now, right?
March 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Surely there’s a band called Devour Feculence in the wake of Mr. Milchik’s moment by now, right?
I wrote about Nnedi Okorafor's Noor as part of the Bookmark Planet reading project. open.substack.com/pub/bookmark...
The Revolution Will Be Live-Streamed
On reading Nnedi Okorafor's Noor
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I wrote about Nnedi Okorafor's Noor as part of the Bookmark Planet reading project. open.substack.com/pub/bookmark...
"Yes, David Lee Roth is best understood as camp." It strikes me that one might spend a lifetime categorizing 80s hard rock artists by the degree to which they are best understood as camp.
On 3/6 we rewind to @levin.bsky.social's great essay on David Lee Roth and camp from March Badness. Let's read and talk about and celebrate this one again today (we love DLR here fwiw): marchxness.com/2xness-roth/
3/6: Elana Levin on David Lee Roth — March Second Chanceness
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March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Yes, David Lee Roth is best understood as camp." It strikes me that one might spend a lifetime categorizing 80s hard rock artists by the degree to which they are best understood as camp.
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I used to say "dream publications" don't exist. Then Aaron brought Short Story Long into the world. This is a big deal for me.
have been antsy and excited to get to share this @jeffchon.bsky.social story, since the moment I accepted it! and couldn't be more stoked with the accompanying art from @philmcandrew.bsky.social!
"Nothing Personal" by Jeff Chon
"You wouldn’t believe the way he’s captured everyone’s attention. The police are calling him a terrorist, but people can’t seem to wrap their head around it. It doesn’t pass the smell test."
ashortstorylong.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I used to say "dream publications" don't exist. Then Aaron brought Short Story Long into the world. This is a big deal for me.
You’d have to pay me a lot of money to listen to that cheese grater voice blow his own horn and blatantly lie to the to the American people, so we finally started Severance last night instead of watching the State of the Union. Both are chilling in different ways.
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
You’d have to pay me a lot of money to listen to that cheese grater voice blow his own horn and blatantly lie to the to the American people, so we finally started Severance last night instead of watching the State of the Union. Both are chilling in different ways.
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New Malarkey Public Radio episode: @ljabouttown.bsky.social talks with Itoro Bassey about writing and living, and who came before you, and who you come back to…
open.substack.com/pub/malarkey...
open.substack.com/pub/malarkey...
Episode 7: Itoro Bassey
LJ talks with Itoro Bassey about her book, Faith, and what writers she returns to again and again, and how she balances journalism, and what they’re inspired by, and why Malarkey is great, and being f...
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March 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New Malarkey Public Radio episode: @ljabouttown.bsky.social talks with Itoro Bassey about writing and living, and who came before you, and who you come back to…
open.substack.com/pub/malarkey...
open.substack.com/pub/malarkey...
It's been a while since I wrote anything for the Bookmark Planet read-the-world project. Here's the entry for South Korea, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, which touched an unexpected nerve for me. bookmarkplanet.substack.com/p/by-bread-a...
By Bread Alone
On reading Han Kang's The Vegetarian, the pick for South Korea
bookmarkplanet.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's been a while since I wrote anything for the Bookmark Planet read-the-world project. Here's the entry for South Korea, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, which touched an unexpected nerve for me. bookmarkplanet.substack.com/p/by-bread-a...
Started a rewatch of my favorite popcorn franchise with the fam last night with the first Jurassic Park. I always cheer gleefully when Wayne Knight as Nedry gets eaten by the Dilophosaurus and can't help but yelling Hello Newman when the thing first pops up in front of him.
March 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Started a rewatch of my favorite popcorn franchise with the fam last night with the first Jurassic Park. I always cheer gleefully when Wayne Knight as Nedry gets eaten by the Dilophosaurus and can't help but yelling Hello Newman when the thing first pops up in front of him.
I'm halfway through Han Kang's The Vegetarian. It's good, but the first two sections so far are written from the most frustrating POVs possible given the story. It's a choice that works, but also one I'm sure a lot of readers found it off-putting. I'm trying to think of other books that do this.
February 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm halfway through Han Kang's The Vegetarian. It's good, but the first two sections so far are written from the most frustrating POVs possible given the story. It's a choice that works, but also one I'm sure a lot of readers found it off-putting. I'm trying to think of other books that do this.
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I have a new short story out! It's a working class comedy about a box jockey trying to go straight
The story was taken a while back before I took on the column & interview series I'm doing for them. In case you are wondering why all the Frank Bull stuff of late.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
The story was taken a while back before I took on the column & interview series I'm doing for them. In case you are wondering why all the Frank Bull stuff of late.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
February 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have a new short story out! It's a working class comedy about a box jockey trying to go straight
The story was taken a while back before I took on the column & interview series I'm doing for them. In case you are wondering why all the Frank Bull stuff of late.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
The story was taken a while back before I took on the column & interview series I'm doing for them. In case you are wondering why all the Frank Bull stuff of late.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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February 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There must be no OSHA regulations in the Star Wars universe. All the architecture has skinny-ass catwalks with no handrails running out over empty spaces with thousand-foot drops.
February 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There must be no OSHA regulations in the Star Wars universe. All the architecture has skinny-ass catwalks with no handrails running out over empty spaces with thousand-foot drops.
Why are cave diver memes everywhere right now? Did something happen or do they just resonate because we’re all feeling a bit trapped?
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Why are cave diver memes everywhere right now? Did something happen or do they just resonate because we’re all feeling a bit trapped?
I'm reading Han Kang's The Vegetarian for my read-around-the-world Bookmark Planet project, and I'm finding it maddening in a way I can't quite put my finger on yet.
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm reading Han Kang's The Vegetarian for my read-around-the-world Bookmark Planet project, and I'm finding it maddening in a way I can't quite put my finger on yet.
I haven’t quite closed it down in the other place yet, but it’s coming.
February 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I haven’t quite closed it down in the other place yet, but it’s coming.
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Beyond thrilled and honored to have my next book coming out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social next year. It’s the most creative yet restrained writing I’ve done and I’m excited for folks to read it. Many thanks @patricktrotti.bsky.social 🙏✊🖤
December 11, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Beyond thrilled and honored to have my next book coming out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social next year. It’s the most creative yet restrained writing I’ve done and I’m excited for folks to read it. Many thanks @patricktrotti.bsky.social 🙏✊🖤