Trent Brown
@trentbwrites.bsky.social
Best new book I’ve read in a while.
January 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Best new book I’ve read in a while.
Anybody want to publish an excerpt of this bad boy? First chapter perhaps??
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Anybody want to publish an excerpt of this bad boy? First chapter perhaps??
Also the like / dislike buttons for the cover art is legitimately crazy!!!
NetGalley is totally insane. I finished uploading my book 9 hours ago and have 14 requests for it
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Also the like / dislike buttons for the cover art is legitimately crazy!!!
NetGalley is totally insane. I finished uploading my book 9 hours ago and have 14 requests for it
January 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
NetGalley is totally insane. I finished uploading my book 9 hours ago and have 14 requests for it
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Preorders help small presses and authors tremendously but that’s not why they’re important on a soul level. Preorders matter because they’re acts of faith. You trust the order will come through, the book will be good, which means something in this low-trust society we’re trapped in.
January 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Hi friends, SALE TIME. Get 20% off when you preorder my book with code FAITH at checkout, through the end of the month.
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Here’s me reading from my book.
I don’t know how to market a book, but maybe this is it.
I don’t know how to market a book, but maybe this is it.
January 18, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Hi friends, SALE TIME. Get 20% off when you preorder my book with code FAITH at checkout, through the end of the month.
malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
Here’s me reading from my book.
I don’t know how to market a book, but maybe this is it.
I don’t know how to market a book, but maybe this is it.
January 17, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here’s me reading from my book.
I don’t know how to market a book, but maybe this is it.
I don’t know how to market a book, but maybe this is it.
I gave my mom an ARC of my novel and she liked it ❤️
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I gave my mom an ARC of my novel and she liked it ❤️
Are there any NC folks that would want to do a little reading night with me for my book launch?
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Are there any NC folks that would want to do a little reading night with me for my book launch?
Hey, do you like books? I’ve got one coming out.
January 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Hey, do you like books? I’ve got one coming out.
Woah!!!!
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 2:26 PM
Woah!!!!
First shipment of these are out the door. I’ve got 11 left — who wants one?
Book reviewers! Interviewers! Come one, come all! Let me send you a copy!
January 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM
First shipment of these are out the door. I’ve got 11 left — who wants one?
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The Walls Are Closing In on Us is @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s first novel and we’re lucky to publish it. It’s first and foremost a good yarn, after that it is an exploration of American identity, the way you are able to be whoever you want to be, except/until…
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The Walls Are Closing In On Us by Joshua Trent Brown — Malarkey
Preorder a signed copy. This book publishes on March 3, 2026 . In addition to the book, preorders will come with an issue of King Ludd’s Rag No. 20, featuring a short story by Joshua Trent Brown, ...
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January 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Walls Are Closing In on Us is @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s first novel and we’re lucky to publish it. It’s first and foremost a good yarn, after that it is an exploration of American identity, the way you are able to be whoever you want to be, except/until…
malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
Reposted by Trent Brown
Preorders help small presses and authors tremendously but that’s not why they’re important on a soul level. Preorders matter because they’re acts of faith. You trust the order will come through, the book will be good, which means something in this low-trust society we’re trapped in.
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Preorders help small presses and authors tremendously but that’s not why they’re important on a soul level. Preorders matter because they’re acts of faith. You trust the order will come through, the book will be good, which means something in this low-trust society we’re trapped in.
Join the malarkey book club right now and I’ll ship you an advanced copy of my book
We have dropped the monthly price for book club to $10/month. If you’re already a subscriber there’s nothing you need to do; the new rate should go into effect automatically. If you’re not a subscriber the only thing you need to do is sign up. It’s just $10/month!
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Malarkey Book Club — Malarkey
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January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Join the malarkey book club right now and I’ll ship you an advanced copy of my book
Reposted by Trent Brown
We have dropped the monthly price for book club to $10/month. If you’re already a subscriber there’s nothing you need to do; the new rate should go into effect automatically. If you’re not a subscriber the only thing you need to do is sign up. It’s just $10/month!
malarkeybooks.com/malarkey-boo...
malarkeybooks.com/malarkey-boo...
Malarkey Book Club — Malarkey
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January 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We have dropped the monthly price for book club to $10/month. If you’re already a subscriber there’s nothing you need to do; the new rate should go into effect automatically. If you’re not a subscriber the only thing you need to do is sign up. It’s just $10/month!
malarkeybooks.com/malarkey-boo...
malarkeybooks.com/malarkey-boo...
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Book reviewers! Interviewers! Come one, come all! Let me send you a copy!
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Book reviewers! Interviewers! Come one, come all! Let me send you a copy!
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Bookstore returns are lost revenue. Used to be something we counted against royalties, but now we just take them and resell them cheap. Currently have returned copies, in perfect condition, of books by @ljabouttown.bsky.social and @renbolger.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
Returns! — Malarkey
Sometimes we get books sent back to us. Historically, this has always been very unpleasant because it means lost money, that we would count against an author’s royalties. We’re taking a different appr...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Bookstore returns are lost revenue. Used to be something we counted against royalties, but now we just take them and resell them cheap. Currently have returned copies, in perfect condition, of books by @ljabouttown.bsky.social and @renbolger.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
Book reviewers! Interviewers! Come one, come all! Let me send you a copy!
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Book reviewers! Interviewers! Come one, come all! Let me send you a copy!
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Buy one story collection get one free. We’ll send a random one or you can email with a request.
Quick informal short stories BOGO sale: right now through 12/31 (or until we run out) if you order any of our in-stock story collections (Boxcutters, Sleep Decades, or First Aid for Choking Victims) we’ll throw in an extra story collection.
malarkeybooks.com/store
malarkeybooks.com/store
Bookstore — Malarkey
You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Buy one story collection get one free. We’ll send a random one or you can email with a request.
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2025 was a life changer. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES was published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and somehow, someway, was longlisted for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham prize. I got an acceptance I can’t talk about yet and published a story with the rad @stanchion.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2025 was a life changer. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES was published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and somehow, someway, was longlisted for the @penamerica.bsky.social Robert W. Bingham prize. I got an acceptance I can’t talk about yet and published a story with the rad @stanchion.bsky.social
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“Mournful, epic, revelatory: The Walls Are Closing in On Us tells the life of one man scaled against a world and time more richly drawn than any I've read in years... This has the wonder and sorrow of Denis Johnson's Train Dreams and the raw power of classic Southern fiction.”
-Kent Wascom
-Kent Wascom
The Walls Are Closing In On Us by Joshua Trent Brown — Malarkey
Preorder a signed copy. This book publishes on March 3, 2026 . In addition to the book, preorders will come with an issue of King Ludd’s Rag No. 20, featuring a short story by Joshua Trent Brown, ...
malarkeybooks.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Mournful, epic, revelatory: The Walls Are Closing in On Us tells the life of one man scaled against a world and time more richly drawn than any I've read in years... This has the wonder and sorrow of Denis Johnson's Train Dreams and the raw power of classic Southern fiction.”
-Kent Wascom
-Kent Wascom
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Ride and die for Malarkey. Was great fun making this cover for @rogerjva.bsky.social and also working with @trentbwrites.bsky.social for The Walls Are Closing In On Us.
Plan to re-open for cover designing later in 2026, but Cold Signal has been sidelined for too long and I got to tend that garden
Plan to re-open for cover designing later in 2026, but Cold Signal has been sidelined for too long and I got to tend that garden
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:
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December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ride and die for Malarkey. Was great fun making this cover for @rogerjva.bsky.social and also working with @trentbwrites.bsky.social for The Walls Are Closing In On Us.
Plan to re-open for cover designing later in 2026, but Cold Signal has been sidelined for too long and I got to tend that garden
Plan to re-open for cover designing later in 2026, but Cold Signal has been sidelined for too long and I got to tend that garden
Here’s me with my book
December 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here’s me with my book