Zach Kocanda
@zacharykocanda.bsky.social
Illinois’s favorite son.
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Zach Kocanda
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· May 22
"Cal suggested that his children should meet a 'true American hero,' and maybe John Hinckley Jr. would gift them a guitar pick they could bring to show-and-tell." - Zachary Kocanda mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
New fiction in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today! I’ve been a fan of the journal for years, so it’s an honor to have a story here. Adlai the Last returns for a new gig—with a special guest?
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On this last day of 2025 you can take 25% off any order with code 2025 at checkout.
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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 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On this last day of 2025 you can take 25% off any order with code 2025 at checkout.
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malarkeybooks.com/store
The only countdown that matters.
King Ludd’s Rag will be open for submissions (fiction 4,000 words and up) the first two weeks of January for our 2026 zines! You’ll be able to submit on the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Oleada page: oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The only countdown that matters.
I had my first nonfiction publication this year in Bending Genres! I also received another Barnes & Noble gift card for Christmas this year, making this relevant again.
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Untitled (Night Moves)
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December 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I had my first nonfiction publication this year in Bending Genres! I also received another Barnes & Noble gift card for Christmas this year, making this relevant again.
bendinggenres.com/untitled-nig...
bendinggenres.com/untitled-nig...
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Get ready!
King Ludd’s Rag will be open for submissions (fiction 4,000 words and up) the first two weeks of January for our 2026 zines! You’ll be able to submit on the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Oleada page: oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
oleada.io
December 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Get ready!
3️⃣ days!
King Ludd’s Rag will be open for submissions (fiction 4,000 words and up) the first two weeks of January for our 2026 zines! You’ll be able to submit on the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Oleada page: oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
oleada.io
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
3️⃣ days!
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San Francisco publication dissing Chicago, 1886
December 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
San Francisco publication dissing Chicago, 1886
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Moore Good Times
Virginia, IL
Virginia, IL
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Moore Good Times
Virginia, IL
Virginia, IL
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Printing and stapling two copies of every issue of King Ludd’s Rag today for some folks who ordered the Compleat Luddite. Kind of tedious, and time-consuming, but also fun to revisit the back issues.
December 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Printing and stapling two copies of every issue of King Ludd’s Rag today for some folks who ordered the Compleat Luddite. Kind of tedious, and time-consuming, but also fun to revisit the back issues.
I have a story that’s set two days before Christmas but I forgot to share it yesterday. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2022/03/13/s...
Sunday Stories: “Listening Party”
Listening Party by Zachary Kocanda I only remember the exact day this happened because it was after the last Adlai the Last show at Lincoln Hall two days before Christmas in 2014. I had seen the ba…
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December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have a story that’s set two days before Christmas but I forgot to share it yesterday. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2022/03/13/s...
King Ludd’s Rag will be open for submissions (fiction 4,000 words and up) the first two weeks of January for our 2026 zines! You’ll be able to submit on the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Oleada page: oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
oleada.io
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
King Ludd’s Rag will be open for submissions (fiction 4,000 words and up) the first two weeks of January for our 2026 zines! You’ll be able to submit on the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Oleada page: oleada.io/publication/...
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Our books don’t fit neatly into any category, genre, or scene, but they fit just fine into your mailbox!
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.
malarkeybooks.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Our books don’t fit neatly into any category, genre, or scene, but they fit just fine into your mailbox!
malarkeybooks.com/store
malarkeybooks.com/store
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If you’re in Chicago Dec 23rd, come cozy up at this reading!
General Readings Tickets | Free | 23 Dec @ Sleeping Village, Chicago | DICE
Main Bar - Free Event | 21+
Dedicated to the written word spoken, General Readings is as it needs to be. It contains with discretion: open mics, featured re...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you’re in Chicago Dec 23rd, come cozy up at this reading!
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ok used car sign, hinckley, illinois, 1987
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ok used car sign, hinckley, illinois, 1987
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The cool dudes at Third Person Limited asked me to talk about my recent piece in @havehashad.com. Check it out. Loved talking writing with these guys.
In this episode, Joey Hedger (@joeyhedger.bsky.social) brings us a tale of cancer and terrible liqueur... www.havehashad.com/hadposts/her...
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The cool dudes at Third Person Limited asked me to talk about my recent piece in @havehashad.com. Check it out. Loved talking writing with these guys.
Tonight!
Doors 👉 6
Words 👉 6:30
Jazz 👉 9
Doors 👉 6
Words 👉 6:30
Jazz 👉 9
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tonight!
Doors 👉 6
Words 👉 6:30
Jazz 👉 9
Doors 👉 6
Words 👉 6:30
Jazz 👉 9
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ICYMI, The Barre Incidents is nominated for a Cummie, and voting is open through the end of December!! If you want to try and help me earn a gorgeous, colorful dick sculpture, this is your *one* chance.
The Cummies Final Ballot has been announced! This is the greatest literary prize in horror, because we said so. Please vote through December on the winner here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Cummies Award Final Ballot
Born from the bowels of your favorite irreverent horror writing podcast, the Dead Languages crew is proud to present the first annual Cummies Award!
After a month long round of nominations, we've no...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ICYMI, The Barre Incidents is nominated for a Cummie, and voting is open through the end of December!! If you want to try and help me earn a gorgeous, colorful dick sculpture, this is your *one* chance.
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Really touched + honored to see BOXCUTTERS on Independent Book Review's "Best Books We Read in 2025" list! It's running up alongside some true bangers, so I can't recommend checking out the whole list enough.
🤘 @malarkeybooks.bsky.social forever🤘
🤘 @malarkeybooks.bsky.social forever🤘
The Best Books We Read in 2025 - Independent Book Review
Publication dates don't matter. Read dates do. Here are Independent Book Review's picks for the best books we read in 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Really touched + honored to see BOXCUTTERS on Independent Book Review's "Best Books We Read in 2025" list! It's running up alongside some true bangers, so I can't recommend checking out the whole list enough.
🤘 @malarkeybooks.bsky.social forever🤘
🤘 @malarkeybooks.bsky.social forever🤘
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i have a new piece in @exactingclam.bsky.social for their special dada issue
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i have a new piece in @exactingclam.bsky.social for their special dada issue
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
it’s one of my favorite things i’ve written recently
have a look and SUBSCRIBE to this fabulous publication as a gift to yourself this holiday season
www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
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The definitive career trajectory
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The definitive career trajectory
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| Literary Feature |
"The impulse to create as much noise as possible" // An Interview with Poet Adrian Sobol
www.neonpajamas.com/blog/adrian-...
@yoadrianididit.bsky.social / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
"The impulse to create as much noise as possible" // An Interview with Poet Adrian Sobol
www.neonpajamas.com/blog/adrian-...
@yoadrianididit.bsky.social / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
| Literary Feature |
"The impulse to create as much noise as possible" // An Interview with Poet Adrian Sobol
www.neonpajamas.com/blog/adrian-...
@yoadrianididit.bsky.social / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
"The impulse to create as much noise as possible" // An Interview with Poet Adrian Sobol
www.neonpajamas.com/blog/adrian-...
@yoadrianididit.bsky.social / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
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Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...