Zach Kocanda
@zacharykocanda.bsky.social
Illinois’s favorite son.
zacharykocanda.com
zacharykocanda.com
Pinned
Zach Kocanda
@zacharykocanda.bsky.social
· May 22
"Cal suggested that his children should meet a 'true American hero,' and maybe John Hinckley Jr. would gift them a guitar pick they could bring to show-and-tell." - Zachary Kocanda mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
New fiction in @mrbullbull.bsky.social today! I’ve been a fan of the journal for years, so it’s an honor to have a story here. Adlai the Last returns for a new gig—with a special guest?
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
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!
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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!
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Zombie miners 🧟
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Dark Fantasy 🐉
X-Files vibes 👽
Romance 🌹
Sometimes you can have all four of those. Not always, but sometimes.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Snoopy
Hooppole, IL
Hooppole, IL
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Snoopy
Hooppole, IL
Hooppole, IL
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Post Office
Beaverville, IL
Beaverville, IL
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Post Office
Beaverville, IL
Beaverville, IL
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
I want to see Bovino perp walked out of the courtroom to the Sufjan Stevens song
Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I want to see Bovino perp walked out of the courtroom to the Sufjan Stevens song
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
I wrote about Weapons and all the stuff it brought up for me about active shooter trainings. Link, as they say, below 👇
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I wrote about Weapons and all the stuff it brought up for me about active shooter trainings. Link, as they say, below 👇
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
TONIGHT!
bring a candle, bring a poem
bring a candle, bring a poem
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
TONIGHT!
bring a candle, bring a poem
bring a candle, bring a poem
Kangaroo performing as Neutral Milk Hotel at the Whistler for CHIRP Radio Night!
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Kangaroo performing as Neutral Milk Hotel at the Whistler for CHIRP Radio Night!
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Crappy’s East
Wataga, IL
Wataga, IL
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Crappy’s East
Wataga, IL
Wataga, IL
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Metal awning
Alexis, IL
Alexis, IL
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Metal awning
Alexis, IL
Alexis, IL
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Joy receptacle
Joy, IL
Joy, IL
October 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Joy receptacle
Joy, IL
Joy, IL
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Celebrate the Blue Jays with @emilyjoythomas.bsky.social’s story “Blue Jays in Cottage Country” from KLR 4, which also features a great one by @chrisstevenson.bsky.social. Buy it for $4 or, while the Series is going, get it free with any book order.
malarkeybooks.com/store/king-l...
malarkeybooks.com/store/king-l...
King Ludd's Rag No. 4 — Malarkey
Issue 4 of King Ludd’s Rag, our zine of long-form fiction, features stories by Emily Thomas Mani and Christopher Stevenson. KLR is printed on regular computer paper and folded and stapled by hand. 14...
malarkeybooks.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Celebrate the Blue Jays with @emilyjoythomas.bsky.social’s story “Blue Jays in Cottage Country” from KLR 4, which also features a great one by @chrisstevenson.bsky.social. Buy it for $4 or, while the Series is going, get it free with any book order.
malarkeybooks.com/store/king-l...
malarkeybooks.com/store/king-l...
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
The Dan Ryan Expressway, by Wesley Willis
American, 1963-2003
1986
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/204579
American, 1963-2003
1986
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/204579
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Dan Ryan Expressway, by Wesley Willis
American, 1963-2003
1986
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/204579
American, 1963-2003
1986
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/204579
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
At Evening House, here in downtown Buffalo, our mission is to connect readers with great literature from small presses, from writers around the world, to cut through the algorithmic noise and get you the books that will electrify + inspire.
Come visit us in-person or online at
eveninghousebooks.com
Come visit us in-person or online at
eveninghousebooks.com
Evening House Books
Buffalo's downtown bookstore, a parlor-style cove for deep cut indie literature and bold, diverse, voices.
eveninghousebooks.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
At Evening House, here in downtown Buffalo, our mission is to connect readers with great literature from small presses, from writers around the world, to cut through the algorithmic noise and get you the books that will electrify + inspire.
Come visit us in-person or online at
eveninghousebooks.com
Come visit us in-person or online at
eveninghousebooks.com
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Also, another friendly reminder: if you're an indie author and want to do a book signing/book talk here in Buffalo, NY, we're building out our events calendar for the next few months and would be happy to chat with you about hosting! Our events have been really lovely so far
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Also, another friendly reminder: if you're an indie author and want to do a book signing/book talk here in Buffalo, NY, we're building out our events calendar for the next few months and would be happy to chat with you about hosting! Our events have been really lovely so far
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Honor boxes
Moscow, IA
Moscow, IA
October 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Honor boxes
Moscow, IA
Moscow, IA
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Now updated to include link to work on Art Institute of Chicago page info. Also now posting hourly. Thanks!
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Now updated to include link to work on Art Institute of Chicago page info. Also now posting hourly. Thanks!
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
another satisfied customer...that's the Eric Williams Promise™
Okkkkk so last night I finished Toadstones by @geoliminal.bsky.social, which @malarkeybooks.bsky.social put out, and pls believe me when I see this is now one of my top favourite short story collections of all time for me. Eric is really in his bag when he goes historical, but every story here cuts!
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
another satisfied customer...that's the Eric Williams Promise™
I read new shit.
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I read new shit.
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
Finally got some Malarkey books in an NPR article!
Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts. n.pr/4nYSLHq
A book vending machine provides an outlet for D.C.-area authors after funding cuts
Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Finally got some Malarkey books in an NPR article!
Tonight!
🌀 The Mill, variety show/open mic 🌀
📍 The Burlington
⏱️ Doors @ 6:30, show @ 7
🌀 The Mill, variety show/open mic 🌀
📍 The Burlington
⏱️ Doors @ 6:30, show @ 7
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tonight!
🌀 The Mill, variety show/open mic 🌀
📍 The Burlington
⏱️ Doors @ 6:30, show @ 7
🌀 The Mill, variety show/open mic 🌀
📍 The Burlington
⏱️ Doors @ 6:30, show @ 7
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
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 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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...
Reposted by Zach Kocanda
brick motel, marshall, illinois, 1980
October 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
brick motel, marshall, illinois, 1980