Travis Dahlke
@travisdahlke.bsky.social
stories in Joyland, HAD, Pithead Chapel, Juked, hex. Author of MILKSHAKE (Long Day Press) + GREEN BEARS coming 2027 (Malarky Books)
really good song
Hear the London band deathcrash's majestic new slowcore single "Triumph"
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November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
really good song
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A small press is really a black hole. We made this PDF-only zine because no matter how many books we sell there’s never enough money.
You’ve been waiting. Too long you’ve been waiting. But it’s here, finally. The Grift is back! 11 writers. 65 pages.$5. A much-needed fundraiser for the press; a nice little magazine for you (if you have Adobe, select booklet when you print). Happy reading!
malarkeybooks.com/store/grift2
malarkeybooks.com/store/grift2
The Grift: Volume 2 — Malarkey
The Grift, the greatest and most important literary magazine in history, is back, this time with work from Jacquelyn Bengfort, Zachary Kocanda, Christopher Stevenson, Neil Willcox , Dereck Heckman, Cr...
malarkeybooks.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A small press is really a black hole. We made this PDF-only zine because no matter how many books we sell there’s never enough money.
I'm thrilled to share my graphic narrative "Drone Metal," which moves between divorce attorney offices, Subarus parked by lakes, and the insides of whales.
Up today in @electricliterature.com
Up today in @electricliterature.com
A graphic narrative by Travis Dahlke about remembering the good times while going through a painful divorce.
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July 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm thrilled to share my graphic narrative "Drone Metal," which moves between divorce attorney offices, Subarus parked by lakes, and the insides of whales.
Up today in @electricliterature.com
Up today in @electricliterature.com
If you like beach community werewolf content then today you are in luck
WEED BEACH by Travis Dahlke (@travisdahlke.bsky.social) is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...
July 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you like beach community werewolf content then today you are in luck
Stoked for @malarkeybooks.bsky.social to be publishing my spooky bigfoot church nature documentary book in 2027!
In 2027:
After Last Call, stories by @willmusgrove.bsky.social
More Strange Visions, stories by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
Green Bears, a novella by @travisdahlke.bsky.social
Francis Top’s Profound Vanity, stories by @abasketofcraig.bsky.social
After Last Call, stories by @willmusgrove.bsky.social
More Strange Visions, stories by @badguybirnie.bsky.social
Green Bears, a novella by @travisdahlke.bsky.social
Francis Top’s Profound Vanity, stories by @abasketofcraig.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Stoked for @malarkeybooks.bsky.social to be publishing my spooky bigfoot church nature documentary book in 2027!
I happened upon a couple having sex in the woods while hiking last week, and today I almost stepped on this copperhead. They don’t call it Crazy Connecticut for nothing
June 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I happened upon a couple having sex in the woods while hiking last week, and today I almost stepped on this copperhead. They don’t call it Crazy Connecticut for nothing
My dog Banjo just found out that Kathryn Hahn also has a dog named Banjo
April 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My dog Banjo just found out that Kathryn Hahn also has a dog named Banjo
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love the attention to detail in this one & the perverse affection it shows for dead end towns. it gives the vibe of grime stains ringing a sink in a kitschy, pointedly decorated bathroom. no one will escape the orbit they're in (or be honest about trying) but that's alright
"I held every kind of art in these hands and lived a comfortable life because of it, he says. Jenifer made a million dollars alone off an exhibit of death bed photography."
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
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Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
April 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
love the attention to detail in this one & the perverse affection it shows for dead end towns. it gives the vibe of grime stains ringing a sink in a kitschy, pointedly decorated bathroom. no one will escape the orbit they're in (or be honest about trying) but that's alright
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"Make yourself look like you’re the mass killer in a courtroom, and the family’s all watching you, my stylist says. My family or the victim’s family? I ask. Uh, she says, either one."
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April 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Make yourself look like you’re the mass killer in a courtroom, and the family’s all watching you, my stylist says. My family or the victim’s family? I ask. Uh, she says, either one."
@travisdahlke.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
@travisdahlke.bsky.social
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this genre of book cover aesthetic is the best one
April 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
this genre of book cover aesthetic is the best one
I have a story in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today about Choose Your Own Adventure novels and uncontrollable wildflowers.
"Make yourself look like you’re the mass killer in a courtroom, and the family’s all watching you, my stylist says. My family or the victim’s family? I ask. Uh, she says, either one."
@travisdahlke.bsky.social
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
@travisdahlke.bsky.social
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April 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I have a story in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today about Choose Your Own Adventure novels and uncontrollable wildflowers.
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"Everyone in the ICU is watching Jake Tapper. I make small talk with the nurse about how Benadryl doesn’t taste like it used to...I’d kill for some, I say. Even if it’s expired. "
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
April 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Everyone in the ICU is watching Jake Tapper. I make small talk with the nurse about how Benadryl doesn’t taste like it used to...I’d kill for some, I say. Even if it’s expired. "
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
I have a story up today in @ergot.bsky.social called "Heiress Country" that deals in calf implants, Hibachi and ancient artifacts.
"I held every kind of art in these hands and lived a comfortable life because of it, he says. Jenifer made a million dollars alone off an exhibit of death bed photography."
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
Today on ergot.: 'Heiress County' by Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Trav...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
April 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I have a story up today in @ergot.bsky.social called "Heiress Country" that deals in calf implants, Hibachi and ancient artifacts.
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Tomorrow on ergot.: trolling for treasure at steakhouse bars and other stagnant waterways with Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tomorrow on ergot.: trolling for treasure at steakhouse bars and other stagnant waterways with Travis Dahlke @travisdahlke.bsky.social
where do I buy merch for Rao’s pasta sauce
March 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
where do I buy merch for Rao’s pasta sauce
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If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
March 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
absolutely dragged through the Kohl’s
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
absolutely dragged through the Kohl’s
Spacehog - In the Meantime (slowed and reverbed x1000000000000)
March 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Spacehog - In the Meantime (slowed and reverbed x1000000000000)
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March 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
when the lead guitar comes in on the dirty verses, as Martha Stewart would say: it's a good thing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTXM...
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Modern Color - Pale
YouTube video by Other People Records
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March 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
when the lead guitar comes in on the dirty verses, as Martha Stewart would say: it's a good thing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTXM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTXM...
new PUP hell yea
February 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
new PUP hell yea
Putting out a collection of short graphic narratives soon, with illustrations by John Shields. This is the rad cover proof!
February 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Putting out a collection of short graphic narratives soon, with illustrations by John Shields. This is the rad cover proof!
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"This place is like a boomerang. Shoots you out into the world, but you get slung right on back."
@katywrites.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
@katywrites.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
February 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"This place is like a boomerang. Shoots you out into the world, but you get slung right on back."
@katywrites.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
@katywrites.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
Robert, she thought suddenly. Because one needed friends to be a Bobby or a Bob.
February 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Robert, she thought suddenly. Because one needed friends to be a Bobby or a Bob.