Dave Housley
@housleydave.bsky.social
Writer of The Other Ones, Looney, Howard & Charles at the Factory, This Darkness Got to Give, more. Editor @ Barrelhouse, primary organizer of the Barrelhouse conference in DC in the Spring. Web @ PSU. Goofy gentleman. He/him.
Our featured fiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is, um, my book ALIENS ATTACK! about an alien invasion and regular old quiet desperation, published by the mighty @masonjarpress.bsky.social! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our featured fiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is, um, my book ALIENS ATTACK! about an alien invasion and regular old quiet desperation, published by the mighty @masonjarpress.bsky.social! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Our featured nonfiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is FRONTIER: a memoir and a ghost story, by @ericarstern.bsky.social, published by your pals at Barrelhouse Books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our featured nonfiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is FRONTIER: a memoir and a ghost story, by @ericarstern.bsky.social, published by your pals at Barrelhouse Books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Our featured poetry book for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is BLUE OPENING by Chet'la Sebree, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our featured poetry book for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is BLUE OPENING by Chet'la Sebree, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
This seems fun. 10 books I love and either return to frequently or without having them cross my path at some point I might be writing much different (more normal) stuff now (not sure if that's the assignment here but that's what I did).
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This seems fun. 10 books I love and either return to frequently or without having them cross my path at some point I might be writing much different (more normal) stuff now (not sure if that's the assignment here but that's what I did).
Wow. What a strange, unwanted, chaotic way to demonstrate that you don't understand the internet or nonprofits, @gofundme.com.
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wow. What a strange, unwanted, chaotic way to demonstrate that you don't understand the internet or nonprofits, @gofundme.com.
Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is open for submissions for THE DIRTY ISSUE, an online issue being produced by @mikeingram.bsky.social's Writers at Work class at Temple University. Send us/them your dirty (not in that way) lil stories poems essays! www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is open for submissions for THE DIRTY ISSUE, an online issue being produced by @mikeingram.bsky.social's Writers at Work class at Temple University. Send us/them your dirty (not in that way) lil stories poems essays! www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
My X-Files rewatch is maybe coinciding a little too much with Spooky Month
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My X-Files rewatch is maybe coinciding a little too much with Spooky Month
The brilliant writing ideas always come late at night.
October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The brilliant writing ideas always come late at night.
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Yo writer types save the date! The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference, CONVERSATIONS & CONNECTIONS: PRACTICAL ADVICE ON WRITING, is coming back to American University in Washington DC on April 18, 2026! Registration will open soon. Hope you'll join us for a fun, positive, productive day!
October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Yo writer types save the date! The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference, CONVERSATIONS & CONNECTIONS: PRACTICAL ADVICE ON WRITING, is coming back to American University in Washington DC on April 18, 2026! Registration will open soon. Hope you'll join us for a fun, positive, productive day!
Physical objects!
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Physical objects!
Have no choice but to agree, Ethan Hawke on The Lowdown.
September 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Have no choice but to agree, Ethan Hawke on The Lowdown.
I'm not saying it was ALIENS ATTACK! but it was ALIENS ATTACK! Here's the cover of my new book, coming in April 2026 from @masonjarpress.bsky.social! If you've been to @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp you'll recognize that barn. I love it, excited to share, hope you'll check it out in April!
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I'm not saying it was ALIENS ATTACK! but it was ALIENS ATTACK! Here's the cover of my new book, coming in April 2026 from @masonjarpress.bsky.social! If you've been to @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp you'll recognize that barn. I love it, excited to share, hope you'll check it out in April!
Fuck you, RFK Junior.
September 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Fuck you, RFK Junior.
Always love this stage of publication, when your book starts looking like a book! Coming in April 2026 from @masonjarpress.bsky.social!
September 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Always love this stage of publication, when your book starts looking like a book! Coming in April 2026 from @masonjarpress.bsky.social!
Giving myself the smart edits to figure out later.
September 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Giving myself the smart edits to figure out later.
Aw, cute. My car still thinks these are two different places.
August 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Aw, cute. My car still thinks these are two different places.
Maybe not so much.
August 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Maybe not so much.
Book mail! Can't wait to dig into this one. Super congratulations @mossyair.bsky.social!
August 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Book mail! Can't wait to dig into this one. Super congratulations @mossyair.bsky.social!
Book mail! Really looking forward to digging in to FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT by @writesloud.bsky.social from @stanchion.bsky.social!
July 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Book mail! Really looking forward to digging in to FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT by @writesloud.bsky.social from @stanchion.bsky.social!
Fair assessment of @barrelhouse.bsky.social or The Lone Gunmen.
July 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Fair assessment of @barrelhouse.bsky.social or The Lone Gunmen.
Me and my book project
July 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Me and my book project
