Josh Dale
@joshdale.co
Writing, publishing, cats, nature, metal.
Read good books by Thirty West. You have my seal of approval
Read good books by Thirty West. You have my seal of approval
The Meat Man takes on Textual Healing. Listen now. 🥩 Thanks @mallorysmart.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/6BcE...
open.spotify.com/episode/6BcE...
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Meat Man takes on Textual Healing. Listen now. 🥩 Thanks @mallorysmart.bsky.social!
open.spotify.com/episode/6BcE...
open.spotify.com/episode/6BcE...
Gandalf the Undead for Halloween 2025
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Gandalf the Undead for Halloween 2025
Hypothetical book festival
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Hypothetical book festival
666 words written today 🤘
October 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
666 words written today 🤘
Vacation next month and realistically may only be able to read 2 of the following 5 books. Which 2 are you choosing for ~10 days?
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Vacation next month and realistically may only be able to read 2 of the following 5 books. Which 2 are you choosing for ~10 days?
Good morning. Did you have The Meat Man visit you yet? "Meat Depot, LLC." A zombified meat delivery service story is live on the Textual Healing podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/0u5U...
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good morning. Did you have The Meat Man visit you yet? "Meat Depot, LLC." A zombified meat delivery service story is live on the Textual Healing podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/0u5U...
Good evening. I had a strange encounter with a single hornet today and wrote an obituary.
open.substack.com/pub/backroad...
open.substack.com/pub/backroad...
October 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Good evening. I had a strange encounter with a single hornet today and wrote an obituary.
open.substack.com/pub/backroad...
open.substack.com/pub/backroad...
Good day. Less than a month until this banger of a reading: Troublemaker Firestarter
Listen to some of the best poets and fiction writers around and yours truly the night before I fly off to a different country for vacation.
November 6th, 7PM eastern. Zoom link in my bio.
luma.com/z6tj5s4k
Listen to some of the best poets and fiction writers around and yours truly the night before I fly off to a different country for vacation.
November 6th, 7PM eastern. Zoom link in my bio.
luma.com/z6tj5s4k
October 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good day. Less than a month until this banger of a reading: Troublemaker Firestarter
Listen to some of the best poets and fiction writers around and yours truly the night before I fly off to a different country for vacation.
November 6th, 7PM eastern. Zoom link in my bio.
luma.com/z6tj5s4k
Listen to some of the best poets and fiction writers around and yours truly the night before I fly off to a different country for vacation.
November 6th, 7PM eastern. Zoom link in my bio.
luma.com/z6tj5s4k
I have a lot of reading to do this fall
October 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I have a lot of reading to do this fall
Wow a very nice 2nd #bestofthenet nomination through Nobody Thoughts magazine
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wow a very nice 2nd #bestofthenet nomination through Nobody Thoughts magazine
What a nice September for my writing, culminating into my first #bestofthenet nomination. Thank you
@hootreview.bsky.social and best of luck everyone!
@hootreview.bsky.social and best of luck everyone!
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What a nice September for my writing, culminating into my first #bestofthenet nomination. Thank you
@hootreview.bsky.social and best of luck everyone!
@hootreview.bsky.social and best of luck everyone!
Before Best of the Net closes
Does anyone admit they have a nomination for me?
Does anyone admit they have a nomination for me?
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Before Best of the Net closes
Does anyone admit they have a nomination for me?
Does anyone admit they have a nomination for me?
Featured 3 years ago in @shortstorytoday.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Featured 3 years ago in @shortstorytoday.bsky.social
RIP Henry VIII you would’ve loved McDonalds apple pie
September 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
RIP Henry VIII you would’ve loved McDonalds apple pie
Hehehe nice try butterfly. I see u. Thankfully, I’m not hungry
September 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hehehe nice try butterfly. I see u. Thankfully, I’m not hungry
The day I start a job where I never have to open AutoCAD again
September 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The day I start a job where I never have to open AutoCAD again
My foraging style is not finding one peculiar mushroom deep in the woods, it’s more like finding absolute units randomly during my mundane routines
September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My foraging style is not finding one peculiar mushroom deep in the woods, it’s more like finding absolute units randomly during my mundane routines
“Good Day! Can I bum tree fiddy for some beef jerky?”
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Good Day! Can I bum tree fiddy for some beef jerky?”
My return to Fergie’s on Wednesday at 7. Moonstone’s special prose reading with @anotherintro.bsky.social and 2 cool writers I’ve never met before. It’ll be a good time. Open mic after, too? Hope to see you.
September 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My return to Fergie’s on Wednesday at 7. Moonstone’s special prose reading with @anotherintro.bsky.social and 2 cool writers I’ve never met before. It’ll be a good time. Open mic after, too? Hope to see you.
RIP Abigail Williams. You would’ve loved the black metal band, Abigail Williams
September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
RIP Abigail Williams. You would’ve loved the black metal band, Abigail Williams
Better poetry than some of you
September 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Better poetry than some of you
Big Publishing would never touch a fiveskin
September 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Big Publishing would never touch a fiveskin
Made a hiking stick. Reinforced steel, purple grip tape and a special gem. I am a forest Druid
August 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Made a hiking stick. Reinforced steel, purple grip tape and a special gem. I am a forest Druid