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CONIUM
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CONIUM is a small press. We publish innovative writing. Take risks. Get weird with it.

Website: http://coniumreview.com/

Edited by James R. Gapinski (🏳️‍🌈 they/them) @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social
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Find us at the Twin Cities Book Festival! Exhibit hall table 619 on Nov 8th at Union Depot in St. Paul, MN. Discounts on books all day long, and author signings too:
@jamesrgapinski.bsky.social at 1:00pm
@rebeccafishow.bsky.social at 2:00pm

Hope to see you there! twincitiesbookfestival.com
Decorative text over a white background reads "Find Conium Press at the Twin Cities Book Festival, table 619, November 8th, Union Depot in St. Paul, MN." Decorative text over a white background reads "Sale prices and book bundle offers! Plus author signings: 1:00pm, James R. Gapinski, author of The Museum of Future Mistakes; 2:00pm, Rebecca Fishow, author of How to Love a Black Hole. Table 619, November 8th, Union Depot in St. Paul, MN."
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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It’s publication day for “How to Love a Black Hole,” by @rebeccafishow.bsky.social

Get your copy today.

The author will be celebrating this book at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social in Chicago this Thursday! 🎉🎊

www.coniumpress.com/how-to-love-...

#books #reading #writing #authorevent #pubday
Graphic advertising “How to Love a Black Hole,” by Rebecca Fishow, available now from CONIUM Press. Text also mentions a launch event on October 9th, 2025 at 7:00pm at Madison Street Books in Chicago. The advertised book cover features a cockroach on a white circle.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Hey, Chicago! “How to Love a Black Hole” releases next week! Celebrate the launch at Madison Street Books with the author and special guest Anne Yoder! Thursday, October 9th at 7:00pm.

madstreetbooks.com/events/35069...

#books #reading #writing
Flyer advertising an event for How to Love a Black Hole, a new book by Rebecca Fishow. Event date is Oct 9th, 2025 at 7:00pm at Madison Street Books in Chicago, IL.
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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We’ve got ONE “We Are Still Here” and ONE “Girl & Flame” left! If you want either of these fantastic books, come get ‘em at #AWP25 table T937
Photo of two books: “We Are Still Here,” by Emily Koon and “Girl & Flame,” by Melissa Reddish.
March 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Final day at #awp25. Discounts on everything. Don’t make me carry these books back home! Table T937.
Photo of discounted book price list Photo of the CONIUM Press table at AWP 2025
March 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Congrats to CONIUM contributor Trista Hurley Waxali on last night’s reading and the launch of her debut short story collection (also featuring editor and professional microphone holder Chiwan Choi). Copies available at Writ Large (literally right next to our table).
Photo of Trista Hurley Waxali reading from her new book Trista Hurley Waxali’s book, A Smoke Stained Cab.
March 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Got $30? You could turn that into 3 books! Table T937 at #awp25
Photo of a sign that says “any 3 paperbacks for $30”
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Copies of the “How to Love a Black Hole” limited edition hardcover still available at our #awp25 table (T937).

We also still have a whopping THREE copies of the limited edition hardcover of “The Butter House” at the table (plus plenty of paperbacks, so take a deep breath if you miss the hardcover).
Photo of the book “How to Love a Black Hole” Photo of the book, “The Butter House”
March 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Also…my #awp25 hotel room had corner windows on the 56th floor. So know that if you don’t buy any CONIUM books at the bookfair, I will literally be looking down on you in judgement all night long.
Photo of the LA skyline at night
March 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Table “T937” at #awp25 is Los Angeles.

Come buy some books!
Photo of the CONIUM booth at the AWP bookfair
March 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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"How to Love a Black Hole," by @rebeccafishow.bsky.social is available now! Join the author for a reading at the Rare Nest Gallery in Chicago this weekend. Part of the Lovers Eye Press reading series. RSVPs required. More details here: www.loverseyepress.com/general-8
Flyer advertising The Lover's Eye Press Reading Series, with readings from Shirley Stephenson, Rebecca Fishow, and Margaret Hawkins. March 9th, 5:00 to 7:00pm at the Rare Nest Gallery in Chicago.
March 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The hardcover of @rebeccafishow.bsky.social's "How to Love a Black Hole" drops today! And if you're in Chicago, the author will be reading from the collection at Madison Street Books at 6:00pm tonight. 🎉🍾
Flyer for a reading on March 4th, 2025 at 6:00pm at Madison Street Books in Chicago, IL.
March 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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March 4th! Learn more and get a copy of @rebeccafishow.bsky.social’s “How to Love a Black Hole” here:
www.coniumpress.com/how-to-love-...
Photo of the short story collection, “How to Love a Black Hole,” by Rebecca Fishow
March 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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New year, new reading period! CONIUM is open through the end of Feb., 2025. Fiction only. We lean toward strange, unusual writing. Length is highly flexible, but we lean toward shorter works. Sliding scale reading fee (starting at zero dollars). Full guidelines here: www.coniumpress.com/guidelines
Text-based graphic reading "January 1st, 2025. Conium Press manuscript submissions are officially open."
January 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Pre-orders on sale now for the limited-edition hardcover of Rebecca Fishow's "How to Love a Black Hole." Reserve your copy at most major retailers:

bookshop.org/a/88673/9781...

www.amazon.com/dp/1942387229

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-lov...
Photograph of the book "How to Love a Black Hole," with text that reads "coming March 2025 from Conium Press"
December 20, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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Official release dates for "How to Love a Black Hole," by Rebecca Fishow, with two editions! Hardcover March 4th, 2025 with launch party at #AWP25. Paperback on October 7th, 2025.

Pre-orders for the limited-edition hardcover will be available soon!

www.coniumpress.com/how-to-love-...
Text-based graphic advertising release dates for Rebecca Fishow's "How to Love a Black Hole." March 4th, 2025 for the hardcover. October 7th, 2025 for the paperback.
November 3, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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In 2025, our first title will be "houses we die in," by Morghen Tidd. Three stories on grief and loss from the author of "girl thing" (Long Day Press, 2023). More details here: coniumpress.com/houses-we-di...
A series of open doorways, with text that reads: "houses we die in, by morghen tidd. Coming in early 2025 from Conium Press."
May 31, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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And that’s a wrap! See you all in LA next year for #awp25
Photo showing an empty table with a sign that reads “Conium Press”
February 10, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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Also, our books are really pretty. Just sayin’.
Photo showing Conium Press books at the AWP Conference.
February 10, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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Final hours of the #awp24 bookfair! All titles $10.00 each. Don’t make me carry all these books back home. Table T1637. Get ‘em while they’re hot.
Photo of a sign showing all Conium Press titles on sale for $10 each at the 2024 AWP conference.
February 10, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Two hours until Maria S. Picone signs copies of “This Tenuous Atmosphere.”

Come get yours and meet the author.

2:00pm today at #AWP24 table T1637.
Stack of Maria S Picone’s book, “This Tenuous Atmosphere.”
February 9, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Apparently, I don’t know what month it is. February? Yeah, sure. Sounds right.
Sign with corrected month: “February,” for the 2/8/24 author signing with Maria S. Picone.
February 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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Tomorrow! 2:00pm. Maria S. Picone signing copies of “This Tenuous Atmosphere.” AWP table T1637.
Photo advertising Maria S Picone’s author signing on 2/8/24 at the AWP bookfair.
February 8, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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All set up at AWP table T1637. Come say hello!
Photo of Conium’s AWP table.
February 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Big news! October 2024, we're publishing "How to Love a Black Hole," by Rebecca Fishow ( @rebeccafishow.bsky.social ).

These eighteen thematically weird and formally innovative pieces make all those books with "a tour de force" on their covers sound like a whisper. coniumreview.com/blog/fishow-...
Abstract representation of a black hole. Text reads: "Coming October 2024. How to Love a Black Hole: Stories, by Rebecca Fishow. Conium Press. http://coniunreview.com"
January 30, 2024 at 3:16 AM