Brad Barkley
@bradbarkley.bsky.social
Novels, short story collections, and YA fiction published by Norton, St. Martin’s, and Penguin/Dutton. New work forthcoming from Regal House. NEA Fellowship. Repped by @jennaschmenna.bsky.social Bradbarkley.com
🚨 Cover reveal! The Reel Life of Zara Kegg, coming June 2026 from Regal House.
““Brilliant, funny, moving, unputdownable….I wish I had a zillion adjectives to describe this knockout of a book...” —Lesléa Newman
Preorder information coming soon! @regalhouse.bsky.social @jennaschmenna.bsky.social
““Brilliant, funny, moving, unputdownable….I wish I had a zillion adjectives to describe this knockout of a book...” —Lesléa Newman
Preorder information coming soon! @regalhouse.bsky.social @jennaschmenna.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🚨 Cover reveal! The Reel Life of Zara Kegg, coming June 2026 from Regal House.
““Brilliant, funny, moving, unputdownable….I wish I had a zillion adjectives to describe this knockout of a book...” —Lesléa Newman
Preorder information coming soon! @regalhouse.bsky.social @jennaschmenna.bsky.social
““Brilliant, funny, moving, unputdownable….I wish I had a zillion adjectives to describe this knockout of a book...” —Lesléa Newman
Preorder information coming soon! @regalhouse.bsky.social @jennaschmenna.bsky.social
Teaser Trailer for THE REEL LIFE OF ZARA KEGG, coming June, 2026! Cover art reveal later this summer!
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Teaser Trailer for THE REEL LIFE OF ZARA KEGG, coming June, 2026! Cover art reveal later this summer!
“In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending. So for much of the period in which I’m writing, I’m waiting to understand what’s going to happen next, and how and where it’s going to happen.”
-Don DeLillo
-Don DeLillo
March 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending. So for much of the period in which I’m writing, I’m waiting to understand what’s going to happen next, and how and where it’s going to happen.”
-Don DeLillo
-Don DeLillo
New novel release date announced! @regalhouse.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New novel release date announced! @regalhouse.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Me trying to find a home for my 27 page short story in a lit-mag world that mostly favors flash fiction. #writingcommunity
February 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Me trying to find a home for my 27 page short story in a lit-mag world that mostly favors flash fiction. #writingcommunity
If you need a story prompt, it doesn’t get much better than this. #WritingCommunity
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 AM
If you need a story prompt, it doesn’t get much better than this. #WritingCommunity
