James R. Gapinski
@jamesrgapinski.bsky.social
New book, "The Museum of Future Mistakes," Fall 2025 from BOA Editions. Author of "The Last Dinosaurs of Portland," "Fruit Rot," "Edge of the Known Bus Line" & "Messiah Tortoise." Editor at @conium.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 they/them. https://bio.site/jamesrgapinski
Tonight! Join me a novelist Zach Powers for a free virtual craft chat about my new book, “The Museum of Future Mistakes.”
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Hosted by The Writer’s Center.
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Hosted by The Writer’s Center.
Virtual Craft Chat on Fiction w/ James R. Gapinski - The Writer's Center
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by author James R. Gapinski for a discussion of their award-winning debut story collection, The Museum of Futu...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Tonight! Join me a novelist Zach Powers for a free virtual craft chat about my new book, “The Museum of Future Mistakes.”
writer.org/event/james-...
Hosted by The Writer’s Center.
writer.org/event/james-...
Hosted by The Writer’s Center.
In about an hour, you can catch me virtually with Writers & Books! I'll be joined in conversation by Peter Conners, publisher of BOA Editions, to discuss my new book: "The Museum of Future Mistakes."
Register for the author talk here: wab.org/event/james-...
Register for the author talk here: wab.org/event/james-...
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In about an hour, you can catch me virtually with Writers & Books! I'll be joined in conversation by Peter Conners, publisher of BOA Editions, to discuss my new book: "The Museum of Future Mistakes."
Register for the author talk here: wab.org/event/james-...
Register for the author talk here: wab.org/event/james-...
Heading back to the Midwest for my book tour in November. Catch me at Dual Citizen in St Paul for a Twin Cities Book Festival after party with a kickass lineup of readers. Hosted by @paranoidxtree.bsky.social and @conium.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Heading back to the Midwest for my book tour in November. Catch me at Dual Citizen in St Paul for a Twin Cities Book Festival after party with a kickass lineup of readers. Hosted by @paranoidxtree.bsky.social and @conium.bsky.social
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Don't miss out on these tour dates for James R. Gapinski, author of "The Museum of Future Mistakes" and winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize! Purchase a copy on the Boa website (link in bio) and come to a tour date near you to dive into the macabre mind that brought us this stunning collection.
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Don't miss out on these tour dates for James R. Gapinski, author of "The Museum of Future Mistakes" and winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize! Purchase a copy on the Boa website (link in bio) and come to a tour date near you to dive into the macabre mind that brought us this stunning collection.
Friday and Saturday, come see me in Wisconsin! I'll be at Lion's Tooth (@lionstoothmke.com) in Milwaukee on October 24th at 5:00pm. And I'm at WordHaven BookHouse in Sheboygan on October 25th at 11:00am.
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Friday and Saturday, come see me in Wisconsin! I'll be at Lion's Tooth (@lionstoothmke.com) in Milwaukee on October 24th at 5:00pm. And I'm at WordHaven BookHouse in Sheboygan on October 25th at 11:00am.
I was on TV today to promote my book (and my upcoming Wisconsin book tour stops). I haven't watched the playback yet because it's always so weird watching a recording of oneself! www.tmj4.com/shows/the-mo...
A Collection of Stories of Love, Loss, and Everything Between
Author James R. Gapinski joins us on The Morning Blend to discuss The Museum of Future Mistakes. The stories combine strange circumstances and familiar experiences that everyone can connect with.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I was on TV today to promote my book (and my upcoming Wisconsin book tour stops). I haven't watched the playback yet because it's always so weird watching a recording of oneself! www.tmj4.com/shows/the-mo...
Want to read my book but don’t want to part with your hard earned cash?
You could win a free copy at @thestorygraph.com
Enter the giveaway here for a chance to win:
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You could win a free copy at @thestorygraph.com
Enter the giveaway here for a chance to win:
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October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Want to read my book but don’t want to part with your hard earned cash?
You could win a free copy at @thestorygraph.com
Enter the giveaway here for a chance to win:
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/97...
You could win a free copy at @thestorygraph.com
Enter the giveaway here for a chance to win:
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/97...
Chicago! I’ll see you tomorrow at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social. 7pm.
Celebrating my new book. In conversation with @mallorysmart.bsky.social, author and editor at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Be there. It’s gonna be rad.
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
Celebrating my new book. In conversation with @mallorysmart.bsky.social, author and editor at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Be there. It’s gonna be rad.
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
Author Event with James R. Gapinski | Madison Street Books
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October 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Chicago! I’ll see you tomorrow at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social. 7pm.
Celebrating my new book. In conversation with @mallorysmart.bsky.social, author and editor at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Be there. It’s gonna be rad.
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
Celebrating my new book. In conversation with @mallorysmart.bsky.social, author and editor at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Be there. It’s gonna be rad.
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
Seattle! Celebrate “The Museum of Future Mistakes” with me at Elliott Bay Book Company. 7pm. In conversation with Carolyn Abram.
www.elliottbaybook.com/events/48264
www.elliottbaybook.com/events/48264
October 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Seattle! Celebrate “The Museum of Future Mistakes” with me at Elliott Bay Book Company. 7pm. In conversation with Carolyn Abram.
www.elliottbaybook.com/events/48264
www.elliottbaybook.com/events/48264
New review from @ansonjtong.com at @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social.
Great timing for this review. My book tour swings through Chicago next week! Oct. 21st at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social
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Great timing for this review. My book tour swings through Chicago next week! Oct. 21st at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
October 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New review from @ansonjtong.com at @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social.
Great timing for this review. My book tour swings through Chicago next week! Oct. 21st at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
Great timing for this review. My book tour swings through Chicago next week! Oct. 21st at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social
madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
The cat is unamused with the new book. He says the story about the egg laying cat is stupid. Look at that side eye!
October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The cat is unamused with the new book. He says the story about the egg laying cat is stupid. Look at that side eye!
Launch day! I hope you love these weird little stories as much as I do. Learn more about the book here: jamesrgapinski.com/the-museum-o...
Come celebrate with me on the book tour this month and next: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books #writing #reading #author #smallpress #fiction #shortstories
Come celebrate with me on the book tour this month and next: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books #writing #reading #author #smallpress #fiction #shortstories
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Launch day! I hope you love these weird little stories as much as I do. Learn more about the book here: jamesrgapinski.com/the-museum-o...
Come celebrate with me on the book tour this month and next: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books #writing #reading #author #smallpress #fiction #shortstories
Come celebrate with me on the book tour this month and next: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books #writing #reading #author #smallpress #fiction #shortstories
My book, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, releases today!
Friendly reminder:
If your local independent bookstore doesn't already carry this title, 9 times out of 10 they can order it for you! This is a much better option than whipping out your phone and buying online.
Friendly reminder:
If your local independent bookstore doesn't already carry this title, 9 times out of 10 they can order it for you! This is a much better option than whipping out your phone and buying online.
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My book, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, releases today!
Friendly reminder:
If your local independent bookstore doesn't already carry this title, 9 times out of 10 they can order it for you! This is a much better option than whipping out your phone and buying online.
Friendly reminder:
If your local independent bookstore doesn't already carry this title, 9 times out of 10 they can order it for you! This is a much better option than whipping out your phone and buying online.
My book exists! You can actually hold this thing in your hands now. Get a copy from BOA's website or your local independent bookstore.
📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣
James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖
#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories
James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖
#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories
October 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My book exists! You can actually hold this thing in your hands now. Get a copy from BOA's website or your local independent bookstore.
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📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣
James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖
#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories
James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖
#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣
James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖
#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories
James R. Gapinski's new collection of short stories, THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, is out now! Visit our online store at boaeditions.org to purchase your copy today. 🛍📖
#PubDay #BoaEditions #NewBook #ShortStories
Comes out tomorrow! If you purchase today, it’s still a technically pre-order and say you were ahead of the curve.
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The Museum of Future Mistakes
Gruesome scenarios take a tender turn; beautiful moments become sources of derision. Winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize, The Museum of Future Mistakes is packed with inventive narrative choices and...
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October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Comes out tomorrow! If you purchase today, it’s still a technically pre-order and say you were ahead of the curve.
www.boaeditions.org/collections/...
@boa-editions.bsky.social #books #reading #writing #shortstories #author
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@boa-editions.bsky.social #books #reading #writing #shortstories #author
Come out and celebrate THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES with me! 🎉Launches next week from
@boa-editions.bsky.social. Nine events (seven in-person and two virtual). I'm looking at you Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New York! More info here: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books
@boa-editions.bsky.social. Nine events (seven in-person and two virtual). I'm looking at you Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New York! More info here: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books
October 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Come out and celebrate THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES with me! 🎉Launches next week from
@boa-editions.bsky.social. Nine events (seven in-person and two virtual). I'm looking at you Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New York! More info here: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books
@boa-editions.bsky.social. Nine events (seven in-person and two virtual). I'm looking at you Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New York! More info here: jamesrgapinski.com/events
#books
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Embrace the macabre with James R. Gapinski at Powell's Books on Hawthorne (Portland, OR) on Oct. 9th! The Boa Short Fiction Prize winner will be promoting THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, his upcoming short fiction collection, coming out October 7th. Preorder your copy today on our website!
October 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Embrace the macabre with James R. Gapinski at Powell's Books on Hawthorne (Portland, OR) on Oct. 9th! The Boa Short Fiction Prize winner will be promoting THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES, his upcoming short fiction collection, coming out October 7th. Preorder your copy today on our website!
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New from The Variety Pack! In conversation with Variant Editor @williamjcagle.bsky.social,
@jamesrgapinski.bsky.social discusses the strange possibilities of fiction from their forthcoming collection The Museum of Future Mistakes from @boa-editions.bsky.social
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@jamesrgapinski.bsky.social discusses the strange possibilities of fiction from their forthcoming collection The Museum of Future Mistakes from @boa-editions.bsky.social
variantlit.com/the-museum-o...
The Museum of Future Mistakes: An Interview with James R. Gapinski
James R. Gapinski is the author of the novella Edge of the Known Bus Line, as well as the forthcoming short story collection, The Museum of Future Mistakes, which won the 2024 BOA Short Fiction Pri…
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September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New from The Variety Pack! In conversation with Variant Editor @williamjcagle.bsky.social,
@jamesrgapinski.bsky.social discusses the strange possibilities of fiction from their forthcoming collection The Museum of Future Mistakes from @boa-editions.bsky.social
variantlit.com/the-museum-o...
@jamesrgapinski.bsky.social discusses the strange possibilities of fiction from their forthcoming collection The Museum of Future Mistakes from @boa-editions.bsky.social
variantlit.com/the-museum-o...
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Issue 3 of @blacklilyzine is everything we need right now. It is beauty and rage, tender and brutal, and it’s coming for you late summer! And since I can’t do anything right the 1st time, please share this version of the flyer. ✨🔥✨
July 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Issue 3 of @blacklilyzine is everything we need right now. It is beauty and rage, tender and brutal, and it’s coming for you late summer! And since I can’t do anything right the 1st time, please share this version of the flyer. ✨🔥✨
Tour for “The Museum of Future Mistakes” stops at Madison Street Books in Chicago on Oct. 21st. In conversation with author and Maudlin House editor Mallory Smart.
More info here: madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
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@mallorysmart.bsky.social
@boa-editions.bsky.social
More info here: madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
@madstreetbooks.bsky.social
@mallorysmart.bsky.social
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September 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Tour for “The Museum of Future Mistakes” stops at Madison Street Books in Chicago on Oct. 21st. In conversation with author and Maudlin House editor Mallory Smart.
More info here: madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
@madstreetbooks.bsky.social
@mallorysmart.bsky.social
@boa-editions.bsky.social
More info here: madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...
@madstreetbooks.bsky.social
@mallorysmart.bsky.social
@boa-editions.bsky.social
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📢 Attention PNW readers: Join James R. Gapinski in conversation with Alissa Hattman at Powell's Books on Hawthorne in Portland, OR on October 9th! Come prepared by pre-ordering a copy of THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES on our website today.
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📢 Attention PNW readers: Join James R. Gapinski in conversation with Alissa Hattman at Powell's Books on Hawthorne in Portland, OR on October 9th! Come prepared by pre-ordering a copy of THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES on our website today.
My book, "The Museum of Future Mistakes," is listed among Tobias Carroll's "Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for September and October 2025" at Reactor Magazine!
Check out the full list here: reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...
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Check out the full list here: reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...
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Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for September and October 2025 - Reactor
This season's new titles include parallel worlds, interstellar voyages, and strange magic...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My book, "The Museum of Future Mistakes," is listed among Tobias Carroll's "Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for September and October 2025" at Reactor Magazine!
Check out the full list here: reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social
#books
Check out the full list here: reactormag.com/cant-miss-in...
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#books
Pre-order THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES from @boa-editions.bsky.social today! www.boaeditions.org/products/the...
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pre-order THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES from @boa-editions.bsky.social today! www.boaeditions.org/products/the...
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
Kind words from @gwenekirby.bsky.social about my new book! Pre-order your copy today from @boa-editions.bsky.social:
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September 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Kind words from @gwenekirby.bsky.social about my new book! Pre-order your copy today from @boa-editions.bsky.social:
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#reading #books #smallpress #shortstories #fiction
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