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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 10h

He truly was!

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Adam Van Winkle @vanwinkle.bsky.social · 17h

Born on this day in 1922: the great Kurt Vonnegut.

My 11th grade English teacher threw me a Vonnegut book and said "YOU-read this ONE." He's my first literary love and he's why I wanted to be a writer.

The postcard Vonnegut sent me when I wrote him to ask a bunch of questions:

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 10h

“You asked for an autobiography but I’m too pooped to write one” is a pretty iconic quote! Such a cool thing to have!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 1d

Got high marks on my allergy test today. Unclear if that means I passed or failed. One thing's for sure, though: ya boy's allergic to everything!!

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John Chrostek (Please Support #TheCandler) @johnchrostek.com · 1d

okay my grumpy ass has finally settled on a 2025 year in review/eligibility graphic. I have been a furious little literary badger this year desperately clawing at art from all angles. Any interest/support/awards consideration for this work (mine + Cold Signal contributors) is so appreciated

john chrostek 2025 year review

debut novel-
feast of the pale leviathan
(nautical horror/dark fantasy/weird adventure)

Collection-
Boxcutters
(satire, absurdism, lit fic, horror and fantastika)

Editor-
Cold Signal, Issue three: Underworld
(the weird, the beautiful, the mad and the free)

Short Fiction:
"The Great Dark" -Twin Pies Literary
"Inclement Weather" - Hex Literary
"The Wall-Hole" - Self Published

Thank you for your consideration!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 1d

You should performatively read this one

Cover of Deliver thy Pigs by Joey Hedger. It’s bright, colorful, there’s a pig on the cover. Hand-painted.

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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 2d

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 2d

As we look toward 2026, we need more book club members. Join up now for a year of book mail and, while we have them, a free t-shirt.

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2026 Book Club — Malarkey

Buy a year’s worth of books and zines with the Malarkey Book Club. In 2026 you’ll get copies of: The Walls Are Closing In On Us , a novel by Joshua Trent Brown Terrestrial , a novella by Suzy...

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 4d

This would be an amazing book cover.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 4d

I do agree that "good" flash is poetry, bad flash is just a short story that's really really short. Your point is well made that people just don't want to be branded as poets though!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 4d

Just listened to your Malarkey Radio interview, and I’m here for this lol

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Damn.

Screenshot from the Lowdown, where Ethan Hawk is slamming his hand on the table, saying “You won’t make any money. I promise you. Short stories do not sell.”

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone's talking about how Spanberger is ex-cia. Glad we finally have a governor in Virginia who represents the literary community.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Also, I've read all the books, so I'm your guy if you need a recommendation!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

Okay, I'm gonna be at the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social table at AWP in Baltimore, so y'all need to find me, hang out, buy books, and make me look cool so Alan doesn't regret sending me!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

At least, folks in my conservative upbringing LOVED antiauthoritarian books like 1984, because they're about governments taking away their rights. Just a misunderstanding of power dynamics to think the Christianity and conservatism are the true underdogs in America lol

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 5d

I do think a lot of the justification conservatives give to trump's actions are a result of being convinced that the left is going to do exactly that to them if they lose. Cheat at elections? Ideologize education? Round up "unwanteds"? For many, it's either we do it or they do

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

Gonna think fondly of NYC now when I ride my little free buses in Alexandria

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

That’s amazing! Pelicans are the best

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 6d

You had pelicans in Illinois??

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 7d

You're always welcome here. Virginia is for voting (fraud) lovers.

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 8d

I loved reading this one. You should grab a copy as a gift for someone (or yourself), especially (but not exclusively) if you love animals, the Alleghenies, and short stories with a strong voice!!

William Burtch @williamburtch.bsky.social · 8d

Free holiday shipping from my publisher www.sunburypress.com! Pick up my debut collection Otherwise Wretched and many other great titles!

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 8d

Probably why I keep coming back to Florida in my stories

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Joey Hedger @joeyhedger.bsky.social · 8d

I can only write about a place if I have as much antipathy as I do love for it.

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