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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

True power is carrying your own life without turning it against others.

Joseph Fasano’s The Teacher📖
Coming December from Maudlin House.

Preorder now: shop.maudlinhouse.net#the-teacher

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 1d

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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social in Citron Review
Jen Shepherd in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Erin Somers @somers.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social
JS Apsley in @necessaryfiction.com
Alice Ashe in CRAFT

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The Shortlist for October 10 - Turn & Work

Nonfiction by Christopher Stevenson, and fiction from Ashton Russell, Alice Ashe, Chris Scott, Erin Somers, Michael Czyzniejewski, Karen Crawford, Jen Shepherd, and JS Apsley.

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 1d

“At Trader Joe’s, the fluorescent lights spark a transformation inside us. We are werewolves meeting the moonlight. We break off into parallel tornados in pursuit of snacks and frozen dumplings…”

@livesinpages.bsky.social | @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Meeting in Aisle One by Hannah Wyatt

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Meeting in Aisle One

She watches the movie from bed. It’s modern. It’s in technicolor, the way they used to be, and it’s one about a man who loves jazz and a woman who longs to be an actress. Everything seems to glitter, ...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

The Knight and I by Brian Rawlins

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The Knight and I

As soon as I hold the sword in my hands, I feel stronger than the jacked up Ford F150 that that dickhead Jasper parks up on his lawn, so strong that I swing the huge ass blade around in the pawn shop ...

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Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It by Christopher Gonzalez

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It by Christopher Gonzalez

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 3d

Making S’mores In a Parking Lot by T.S. Carney

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Is it just us? Or is the line between editing and exorcism getting thinner every season?

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 4d

The Dancing Werewolf (An Appreciation) by Chad Poovey

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 4d

The Verizon Guy by Jen Shepherd

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 5d

Once upon a time in Rocktober by David Colodney

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 8d

Running a press is basically 50% book hype, 50% fighting with InDesign.

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David Williamson @williamsonism.bsky.social · 8d

You only read glitchy nonsense fiction? Maybe you’ll read this barn burner from @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

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Toll Babies

I was stopped short at a tollbooth at an indiscriminate distance between where I was fleeing and where I was going. The man in the stall slid the glass open sideways and alerted me to a fare. He launc...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 8d

Aldo shows Solé that grief doesn’t strike once, it reshapes us slowly from within.

Joseph Fasano’s The Teacher 📖
Coming December from Maudlin House.

Preorder today: shop.maudlinhouse.net#the-teacher

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 8d

Things Thought In Some Particular Order by Zane Glick

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 9d

The Administrator by R.K. Muir

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 10d

Indie Lit: friendships, secrets, and cults for people who never outgrew staring into the void for fun…

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 10d

Guy Marries the Moon by Michael Anthony Ranfone

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 10d

Reborn On The Bayou by Wade Harris

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Reborn On The Bayou

Wake up. Mosquitoes fucking everywhere. Goddamnit. Fucking got drunk and left the window with no fucking screen open again. Walk over to the fridge. My house boat rocking gently in the blackwater. Hea...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 11d

Moon in Scorpio by Ian Liptak

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Moon in Scorpio

Once over, and once over the moon.Your memory lingers; I’m afraidof knowing how to beor be still; the latter is misnomer. Someday the moon will be tide-lockedand I will look upat a tide-locked moon,as...

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 11d

I Just Wanted to Watch a Movie by Patrick Malka

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 12d

🪩✨ Murder on the dance floor never looked this glam.

Caleb Bethea’s Disco Murder City (September 2025).

Cover design by Matthew Revert.

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 12d

An Introduction to Astrology in Italy by Lina Buividavičiūtė

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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 12d

A More Radiant Glow by Rick White

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