Justin Bryant
@justinwriter.bsky.social
‘Thunder From A Clear Blue Sky’ Malarkey Books 2023. Short fiction/flash here and there.
Marketplace (which I need for car stuff) is suddenly full of people selling Tr*mp stuff. Am I only just now seeing this, is it a new thing, or are people wanting to get rid of this stuff ahead of the Epstein files?
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Marketplace (which I need for car stuff) is suddenly full of people selling Tr*mp stuff. Am I only just now seeing this, is it a new thing, or are people wanting to get rid of this stuff ahead of the Epstein files?
I’m teaching a 25-year class about how to finish your novel in 17 years.
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I’m teaching a 25-year class about how to finish your novel in 17 years.
What’s the best band that is full of shit? Gotta be Creedence. Great band. From California.
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What’s the best band that is full of shit? Gotta be Creedence. Great band. From California.
Remember when the Winkelvoss twins were the villains of The Social Network?
Don’t get me wrong, they’re still dicks. They’ve just been surpassed.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re still dicks. They’ve just been surpassed.
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Remember when the Winkelvoss twins were the villains of The Social Network?
Don’t get me wrong, they’re still dicks. They’ve just been surpassed.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re still dicks. They’ve just been surpassed.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen.
Your parents: can they dunk?
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Your parents: can they dunk?
One time I swabbed my ears and some of my brain came out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
One time I swabbed my ears and some of my brain came out.
Spending the day mad at Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Spending the day mad at Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Today was a big day in project world.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today was a big day in project world.
[Gilbert Gottfried voice] 🎶 “Nessun dorma”
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
[Gilbert Gottfried voice] 🎶 “Nessun dorma”
Do you have a household nemesis? I hate that garbage can. Every time I change the bag, the flippy top falls apart and I have to reassemble it. EVERY TIME.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Do you have a household nemesis? I hate that garbage can. Every time I change the bag, the flippy top falls apart and I have to reassemble it. EVERY TIME.
I know death, I’m one of his old employees. He’s overrated, believe me.
-Director Behrens, The Magic Mountain
-Director Behrens, The Magic Mountain
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I know death, I’m one of his old employees. He’s overrated, believe me.
-Director Behrens, The Magic Mountain
-Director Behrens, The Magic Mountain
The trick is, don’t make it too common. John Smith. Yawn. John Smoth. Now you’re talking.
Picking names for characters is one of the hardest parts of the writing process, so listen: Keep a list of names you like. You hear a name that sparks something in you, add it to the list. It'll save you so much time when you need to name your characters!
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The trick is, don’t make it too common. John Smith. Yawn. John Smoth. Now you’re talking.
The Martian 2: Shit We Left Another Guy Up There
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Martian 2: Shit We Left Another Guy Up There
I worry the Kars 4 Kids Band has peaked creatively.
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I worry the Kars 4 Kids Band has peaked creatively.
‘As long as we are, death is not; and when death is, we are not’
—Thomas Mann, ‘The Magic Mountain’
—Thomas Mann, ‘The Magic Mountain’
October 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
‘As long as we are, death is not; and when death is, we are not’
—Thomas Mann, ‘The Magic Mountain’
—Thomas Mann, ‘The Magic Mountain’
1960s garage rockers report: My Baby Been Untrue
October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
1960s garage rockers report: My Baby Been Untrue
Reposted by Justin Bryant
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October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Support out mission to spread Malarkey and get quarterly book mail in return with the Malarkey Book Club. $120. Four signed books. Eight new zines.
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
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The Hughes Corporation, best known for their 1974 hit “Rock the Boat,” today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The joke here is that I’m pretending they’re a real corporation. I can make a chart for anyone not following.
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Hughes Corporation, best known for their 1974 hit “Rock the Boat,” today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The joke here is that I’m pretending they’re a real corporation. I can make a chart for anyone not following.
I know you’re not supposed to reply to scam texts but every now and then I say fuck it
October 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know you’re not supposed to reply to scam texts but every now and then I say fuck it
I’ve discovered how to keep sneezes from crawling back up, ensuring you never get stuck in that purgatory of needing to sneeze but not being able to. All you have to do is oh no my battery is dying.
October 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve discovered how to keep sneezes from crawling back up, ensuring you never get stuck in that purgatory of needing to sneeze but not being able to. All you have to do is oh no my battery is dying.
Reposted by Justin Bryant
Here’s a book you can buy
Good morning. Here is the cover, designed by @johnchrostek.com, for @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming novel, The Walls Are Closing In On Us, which you can, which you should because it’s good, preorder now! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here’s a book you can buy
I’m still really impressed with the yellow first down line
October 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I’m still really impressed with the yellow first down line