Roger Vaillancourt
@rogerjva.bsky.social
Professional explicator and maker of soothing sounds. Author of "The Inaccessible Rail" (2026) and "Un-ruined" (2022) novels from Malarkey Books
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The cover (designed by @johnchrostek.com) for The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, out in October 2026—the preorder link, if you’d like a signed copy, is accessible now!
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I'm so excited to get this weird little book I love so much out into the world! It's a novel, but comes to you like tapas.
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
Remembering now, like the taste of madelines, the sound of cell phone interference on a polycom conference room phone
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Remembering now, like the taste of madelines, the sound of cell phone interference on a polycom conference room phone
People remember the wooden stake and the hammer, but forget the bin liner. It's a messy job, like a Gallagher show.
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 AM
People remember the wooden stake and the hammer, but forget the bin liner. It's a messy job, like a Gallagher show.
America has the opportunity to do a precisely appropriate thing on its 250th anniversary.
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
America has the opportunity to do a precisely appropriate thing on its 250th anniversary.
The Ten Mile River, though I have a special appreciation of the Kwenitkw
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The Ten Mile River, though I have a special appreciation of the Kwenitkw
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So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
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It has never been more important in most of our lifetimes than now to make art that deeply offends and concerns fascists.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It has never been more important in most of our lifetimes than now to make art that deeply offends and concerns fascists.
Grit Bins is my underworld pseudonym
Online backlash as cold snap bites sparks rethink from Dudley council leader on removing grit bins | LDRS Press Release
Dudley Council to review grit bin removal
Online backlash as cold snap bites sparks rethink from Dudley council leader on removing grit bins
centralbylines.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Grit Bins is my underworld pseudonym
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they’re calling it the strongest sunday scaries in recorded human history
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
they’re calling it the strongest sunday scaries in recorded human history
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We will close out 2026 with an unclassifiable novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, a magnificent writer who needs to be on more people’s radar!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
The Inaccessible Rail, by Roger Vaillancourt — Malarkey
Publishing in October 2026. Preorder for a signed copy. The Inaccessible Rail , a novel by Roger Vaillancourt, is a set of complete thoughts that aspires to render a pointillist portrait of this new...
malarkeybooks.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
We will close out 2026 with an unclassifiable novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, a magnificent writer who needs to be on more people’s radar!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
This is richly satisfying
it was literally drawn on the top of the three in my current rotation
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
This is richly satisfying
Babe wake up, new sickos meme just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Babe wake up, new sickos meme just dropped
Watching that classic Twilight Zone episode where the six-year-old boy terrorizes a community by wishing people off into the cornfield and that's just the 2025 experience in a nutshell
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Watching that classic Twilight Zone episode where the six-year-old boy terrorizes a community by wishing people off into the cornfield and that's just the 2025 experience in a nutshell
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
I so love this cover treatment by @johnchrostek.com !
Cover reveal: The Inaccessible Rail by @rogerjva.bsky.social. Cover design by @johnchrostek.com.
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Cover Reveal: The Inaccessible Rail by Roger Vaillancourt — Malarkey
Roger Vaillancourt, author of Un-ruined (Malarkey, 2022), has a new book coming out called The Inaccessible Rail . This is what the cover looks like:
malarkeybooks.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I so love this cover treatment by @johnchrostek.com !
The Fireproof Hyperobjects really tore it up at Boston Calling 2021
Update #9009 from NROL-111 (L CLEARANCE)
1. Cyclone Quarry
2. Fireproof Hyperobjects
3. Mithril Corral
1. Cyclone Quarry
2. Fireproof Hyperobjects
3. Mithril Corral
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Fireproof Hyperobjects really tore it up at Boston Calling 2021
I'm so excited to get this weird little book I love so much out into the world! It's a novel, but comes to you like tapas.
The cover (designed by @johnchrostek.com) for The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, out in October 2026—the preorder link, if you’d like a signed copy, is accessible now!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
December 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm so excited to get this weird little book I love so much out into the world! It's a novel, but comes to you like tapas.
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
The cover (designed by @johnchrostek.com) for The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, out in October 2026—the preorder link, if you’d like a signed copy, is accessible now!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The cover (designed by @johnchrostek.com) for The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, out in October 2026—the preorder link, if you’d like a signed copy, is accessible now!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
The "How do you solve a problem like Maria" number is really just an HR meeting
December 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The "How do you solve a problem like Maria" number is really just an HR meeting
This is such a fun cover. The slightly out-of-tune upright piano alongside the bright voices and nice harmonies all make it work.
Greenbank Senior Public School - Spinning Wheel [Canada, School, Psyche] (197-): This Canadian school band and choir nail a wonderful and joyful take on the Blood, Sweat & Tears classic. This has to be one of the most covered
https://redd.it/1elqaif
https://youtu.be/jI2iFG8sZjU
https://redd.it/1elqaif
https://youtu.be/jI2iFG8sZjU
Greenbank Senior Public School - Spinning Wheel [Canada, School, Psyche] (197-): This Canadian school band and choir nail a wonderful and joyful take on the Blood, Sweat & Tears classic. This has to be one of the most covered songs of all time but this version might be my favorite.
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is such a fun cover. The slightly out-of-tune upright piano alongside the bright voices and nice harmonies all make it work.
Carnivorous Christmas Muppet
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Carnivorous Christmas Muppet
🎵A child, a child shivers in the cold
Let us bring Him silver and gold🎶
How about a blanket instead?
Maybe a down comforter?
Let us bring Him silver and gold🎶
How about a blanket instead?
Maybe a down comforter?
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎵A child, a child shivers in the cold
Let us bring Him silver and gold🎶
How about a blanket instead?
Maybe a down comforter?
Let us bring Him silver and gold🎶
How about a blanket instead?
Maybe a down comforter?
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People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
"What if, hey guys, what if, what if, what if Hobbes actually meant shorting stock when he wrote 'nasty, brutish and short'?"
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"What if, hey guys, what if, what if, what if Hobbes actually meant shorting stock when he wrote 'nasty, brutish and short'?"