Future Tense Books
@futuretensebooks.bsky.social
30+ years of fine books and endless love in Portland, Oregon. We publish daring literary books by writers you should get to know. Editors: Kevin Sampsell (PDX) and Emma Alden (Philadelphia).
Visit us at www.futuretensebooks.com
Visit us at www.futuretensebooks.com
We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
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September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now!
futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...
Wonderful event last night at Powell’s with @wendyortiz.com in conversation with @emillygprado.bsky.social
(Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)
(Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wonderful event last night at Powell’s with @wendyortiz.com in conversation with @emillygprado.bsky.social
(Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)
(Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)
Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥
That feeling when you have another @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book coming out later this year.
June 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
That feeling when you have another @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book coming out later this year.
Evan Nicholls' magical, stupendous book of lil' poems and goofball collages, Easy Tiger, is coming out on June 6th, but if you pre-order the book, you'll get it much sooner. We're sending pre-orders out today and tomorrow.
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
May 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Evan Nicholls' magical, stupendous book of lil' poems and goofball collages, Easy Tiger, is coming out on June 6th, but if you pre-order the book, you'll get it much sooner. We're sending pre-orders out today and tomorrow.
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
Let's go---->
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
It’s almost here. Don’t miss this poetry/collage journey from Evan Nicholls.
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
May 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s almost here. Don’t miss this poetry/collage journey from Evan Nicholls.
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
futuretensebooks.com/product/easy...
Super excited to announce that we're publishing this super dazzling collab novel by Nate Lippens and @matthewkinlin.bsky.social next year.
While you're waiting, you can check out Matthew's new book, fresh from the hands of @filthyloot.bsky.social
While you're waiting, you can check out Matthew's new book, fresh from the hands of @filthyloot.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Super excited to announce that we're publishing this super dazzling collab novel by Nate Lippens and @matthewkinlin.bsky.social next year.
While you're waiting, you can check out Matthew's new book, fresh from the hands of @filthyloot.bsky.social
While you're waiting, you can check out Matthew's new book, fresh from the hands of @filthyloot.bsky.social
Cover reveal for the amazing upcoming book by Evan Nicholls! Design by Angelo Maneage.
Pre-order page ready next week. 😘🐯
Pre-order page ready next week. 😘🐯
April 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Cover reveal for the amazing upcoming book by Evan Nicholls! Design by Angelo Maneage.
Pre-order page ready next week. 😘🐯
Pre-order page ready next week. 😘🐯
Happy one year birthday to Jeff Alessandrelli’s And Yet!
It’s only $13 on the website for the rest of the month.
It’s only $13 on the website for the rest of the month.
April 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Happy one year birthday to Jeff Alessandrelli’s And Yet!
It’s only $13 on the website for the rest of the month.
It’s only $13 on the website for the rest of the month.
This Saturday in Portland at the new Mother Foucault’s (715 SE Grand). Diana’s first reading since November! With Jay Ponteri & Stephanie Adams-Santos!
April 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This Saturday in Portland at the new Mother Foucault’s (715 SE Grand). Diana’s first reading since November! With Jay Ponteri & Stephanie Adams-Santos!
Good luck to our fantastic intern, Hazel Byers, as they move across the country to work at @parisreview.bsky.social 🍎🚚🎉
February 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Good luck to our fantastic intern, Hazel Byers, as they move across the country to work at @parisreview.bsky.social 🍎🚚🎉
January 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Real life 🐩 vs Other life in this important new story by Shane Kowalski aka @dieddisappointed.bsky.social in the new Iowa Review.
December 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Real life 🐩 vs Other life in this important new story by Shane Kowalski aka @dieddisappointed.bsky.social in the new Iowa Review.
We had a great time at the 2024 Publication Fair this weekend. Introduced Hazel, our new intern to a bunch of our Portland publishing pals and sold a bunch of books. #literarycommunity #smallpress #Portland
December 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
We had a great time at the 2024 Publication Fair this weekend. Introduced Hazel, our new intern to a bunch of our Portland publishing pals and sold a bunch of books. #literarycommunity #smallpress #Portland
What if you went to Fly Awake Tea House in Portland and you were served by an employee named Diana Oropeza and then you bought her new book there and she signed it? 😀
Well, that would surely be exciting for all involved.
*909 North Beech Street
Well, that would surely be exciting for all involved.
*909 North Beech Street
December 4, 2024 at 7:31 PM
What if you went to Fly Awake Tea House in Portland and you were served by an employee named Diana Oropeza and then you bought her new book there and she signed it? 😀
Well, that would surely be exciting for all involved.
*909 North Beech Street
Well, that would surely be exciting for all involved.
*909 North Beech Street
We let our P.O. Box expire today. It served us well for thirty years but we have to cut costs and the post office takes way too much from us already. 🫥
December 3, 2024 at 1:31 AM
We let our P.O. Box expire today. It served us well for thirty years but we have to cut costs and the post office takes way too much from us already. 🫥
Who is your favorite flash fiction writer? Ours is this gentleman…
@dieddisappointed.bsky.social
@dieddisappointed.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Who is your favorite flash fiction writer? Ours is this gentleman…
@dieddisappointed.bsky.social
@dieddisappointed.bsky.social
Speaking of blue skies, here are two good ones:
The poetry collab, OK, Goodnight by Emily Kendal Frey and Zachary Schomburg (that we published in 2010) alongside Kevin Sampsell's illustrated story collab with Emma Jon-Michael Frank, Sean the Stick (2024). 💫
The poetry collab, OK, Goodnight by Emily Kendal Frey and Zachary Schomburg (that we published in 2010) alongside Kevin Sampsell's illustrated story collab with Emma Jon-Michael Frank, Sean the Stick (2024). 💫
November 23, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Speaking of blue skies, here are two good ones:
The poetry collab, OK, Goodnight by Emily Kendal Frey and Zachary Schomburg (that we published in 2010) alongside Kevin Sampsell's illustrated story collab with Emma Jon-Michael Frank, Sean the Stick (2024). 💫
The poetry collab, OK, Goodnight by Emily Kendal Frey and Zachary Schomburg (that we published in 2010) alongside Kevin Sampsell's illustrated story collab with Emma Jon-Michael Frank, Sean the Stick (2024). 💫
Sending an email newsletter soon and pretending like it hasn’t been over four years since the last one.
(*if you’re interested, you can sign up on the website—there will be discount codes)
(*if you’re interested, you can sign up on the website—there will be discount codes)
November 22, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Sending an email newsletter soon and pretending like it hasn’t been over four years since the last one.
(*if you’re interested, you can sign up on the website—there will be discount codes)
(*if you’re interested, you can sign up on the website—there will be discount codes)
Very nice to see Diana Oropeza and @fonograf author Jaydra Johnson get some attention in Shelf Awareness. Both books are 🔥
November 20, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Very nice to see Diana Oropeza and @fonograf author Jaydra Johnson get some attention in Shelf Awareness. Both books are 🔥
Hello friends. We're in the process of quitting the toxic landscape of tweets and Xs. Please follow us here so we can rebuild in a better social community. Much love, Kevin & Emma and the Future Tense family (which includes Susan, our very popular office manager, pictured below).
November 12, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Hello friends. We're in the process of quitting the toxic landscape of tweets and Xs. Please follow us here so we can rebuild in a better social community. Much love, Kevin & Emma and the Future Tense family (which includes Susan, our very popular office manager, pictured below).