Roger Vaillancourt
@rogerjva.bsky.social
Professional explicator and maker of soothing sounds. I'd rather make furniture than go to midnight mass.
Author of "The Inaccessible Rail" (2026)
(PREORDER! https://malarkeybooks.com/store/inaccessiblerail)
and "Un-ruined" (2022) from Malarkey Books
Author of "The Inaccessible Rail" (2026)
(PREORDER! https://malarkeybooks.com/store/inaccessiblerail)
and "Un-ruined" (2022) from Malarkey Books
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Roger Vaillancourt
@rogerjva.bsky.social
· Dec 27
The cover (designed by @johnchrostek.com) for The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, out in October 2026—the preorder link, if you’d like a signed copy, is accessible now!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
I'm so excited to get this weird little book I love so much out into the world! It's a novel, but comes to you like tapas.
*visiting a park built on landfill*
"The tumuli of our culture are filled with garbage"
"The tumuli of our culture are filled with garbage"
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
*visiting a park built on landfill*
"The tumuli of our culture are filled with garbage"
"The tumuli of our culture are filled with garbage"
"Used to be a Cop" by Drive-by Truckers came up on shuffle and I realized that in 2026, the narrator would absolutely be in ICE/CBP
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Used to be a Cop" by Drive-by Truckers came up on shuffle and I realized that in 2026, the narrator would absolutely be in ICE/CBP
A stock Mamet character recognizing an AI agent as the easiest mark ever
I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny
February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
A stock Mamet character recognizing an AI agent as the easiest mark ever
The devil's strongest tool is the desire to purify
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The devil's strongest tool is the desire to purify
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Standby for third amendment deniers in 3, 2...
There's actually two different hotels doing this. And its brilliant for another reason. Not only do they get to kick ICE out, but they don't have to book rooms for federal troops, either. If enough MN hotels do this, then Trump's goons will have nowhere to stay.
January 18, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Standby for third amendment deniers in 3, 2...
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
Remembering now, like the taste of madelines, the sound of cell phone interference on a polycom conference room phone
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Remembering now, like the taste of madelines, the sound of cell phone interference on a polycom conference room phone
People remember the wooden stake and the hammer, but forget the bin liner. It's a messy job, like a Gallagher show.
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 AM
People remember the wooden stake and the hammer, but forget the bin liner. It's a messy job, like a Gallagher show.
America has the opportunity to do a precisely appropriate thing on its 250th anniversary.
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
America has the opportunity to do a precisely appropriate thing on its 250th anniversary.
The Ten Mile River, though I have a special appreciation of the Kwenitkw
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The Ten Mile River, though I have a special appreciation of the Kwenitkw
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
So happy to share the cover for @suzyeynon.bsky.social’s forthcoming novella, Terrestrial (May 2026, preorders open now and copies will be signed by the author). As ever, @angeelio.bsky.social gave us something special.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
It has never been more important in most of our lifetimes than now to make art that deeply offends and concerns fascists.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It has never been more important in most of our lifetimes than now to make art that deeply offends and concerns fascists.
Grit Bins is my underworld pseudonym
Online backlash as cold snap bites sparks rethink from Dudley council leader on removing grit bins | LDRS Press Release
Dudley Council to review grit bin removal
Online backlash as cold snap bites sparks rethink from Dudley council leader on removing grit bins
centralbylines.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Grit Bins is my underworld pseudonym
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
they’re calling it the strongest sunday scaries in recorded human history
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
they’re calling it the strongest sunday scaries in recorded human history
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
We will close out 2026 with an unclassifiable novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, a magnificent writer who needs to be on more people’s radar!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
The Inaccessible Rail, by Roger Vaillancourt — Malarkey
Publishing in October 2026. Preorder for a signed copy. The Inaccessible Rail , a novel by Roger Vaillancourt, is a set of complete thoughts that aspires to render a pointillist portrait of this new...
malarkeybooks.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
We will close out 2026 with an unclassifiable novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, a magnificent writer who needs to be on more people’s radar!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
This is richly satisfying
it was literally drawn on the top of the three in my current rotation
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
This is richly satisfying
Babe wake up, new sickos meme just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Babe wake up, new sickos meme just dropped
Watching that classic Twilight Zone episode where the six-year-old boy terrorizes a community by wishing people off into the cornfield and that's just the 2025 experience in a nutshell
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Watching that classic Twilight Zone episode where the six-year-old boy terrorizes a community by wishing people off into the cornfield and that's just the 2025 experience in a nutshell
Reposted by Roger Vaillancourt
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
I so love this cover treatment by @johnchrostek.com !
Cover reveal: The Inaccessible Rail by @rogerjva.bsky.social. Cover design by @johnchrostek.com.
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Cover Reveal: The Inaccessible Rail by Roger Vaillancourt — Malarkey
Roger Vaillancourt, author of Un-ruined (Malarkey, 2022), has a new book coming out called The Inaccessible Rail . This is what the cover looks like:
malarkeybooks.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I so love this cover treatment by @johnchrostek.com !
The Fireproof Hyperobjects really tore it up at Boston Calling 2021
Update #9009 from NROL-111 (L CLEARANCE)
1. Cyclone Quarry
2. Fireproof Hyperobjects
3. Mithril Corral
1. Cyclone Quarry
2. Fireproof Hyperobjects
3. Mithril Corral
December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Fireproof Hyperobjects really tore it up at Boston Calling 2021
I'm so excited to get this weird little book I love so much out into the world! It's a novel, but comes to you like tapas.
The cover (designed by @johnchrostek.com) for The Inaccessible Rail, a novel by @rogerjva.bsky.social, out in October 2026—the preorder link, if you’d like a signed copy, is accessible now!
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
malarkeybooks.com/store/inacce...
December 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm so excited to get this weird little book I love so much out into the world! It's a novel, but comes to you like tapas.