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Joey Hedger
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Author, Deliver Thy Pigs (Malarkey Books) | stories in HAD, Bull, Islandia Journal, and more | he/him

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You should performatively read this one
Cover of Deliver thy Pigs by Joey Hedger. It’s bright, colorful, there’s a pig on the cover. Hand-painted.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Damn.
Screenshot from the Lowdown, where Ethan Hawk is slamming his hand on the table, saying “You won’t make any money. I promise you. Short stories do not sell.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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A fitting day to start @gracedalyauthor.bsky.social‘s Illinois-based horror novel, The Scald Crow!! 🐦‍⬛ Already the first chapter is starting strong (and spooky) and includes the Fox River!!
Cover of Grace Daly’s novel, The Scald Crow, which depicts a cat biting into the neck of a crow. The title and author name are in a bold red color.
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Had an idea for a last-minute Halloween costume. Is this anything? #SoRandomHouse
A costume of the Penguin Random House penguin wearing a Malarkey t-shirt with a Penguin Random House penguin wearing a Malarkey t-shirt
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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She saw me break her treat in half, I think
Shih tzu looking expectantly, possibly a little annoyed
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Got here eventually
Photo of an intercoastal waterway with huge clouds overhead
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Finally found the tree frogs at Huntley Meadows!
A tree frog napping on a leaf
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Some of my favorite bird pics cause why not
September 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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All gathered to worship the turtle-rider!!
Little turtle on a big snapping turtle in the water with a gathering of fish forming a circle around it
September 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Very happy to get “Being Seen” by @suzyeynon.bsky.social in the mail today! Gorgeous design and production by @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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"All right," I said, at last. So it can come again, All right." He smiled, but the smile was sorrowful. "I had to try to tell you," he said "Yes," I said. "I understand that." "You're my brother," he said, looking straight at me, and not smiling at all. "Yes," I repeated, "yes. I understand that." He turned back to the window, looking out. "All that hatred down there," he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart." From James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man
August 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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All my early horror was simply evangelical entertainment lol
Ax guy jumping out at the window of a car in black and white Carman singing in a purple suit
August 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Making friends in some Maryland marshes
August 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Oh geez
In the margin of a page, someone wrote “unimportant” and connected it to the phrase “small beer” in the text
August 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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To the person who owned this book before me, yes, that is a comma, and no, you will not see quotation marks in this Saramago novel lol
August 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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On a rickety pier
A rickety pier with a nice sunset over the ocean
August 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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lol at google docs correctly suggesting that sad hotels is redundant
Suggestion in Google docs to change "Her job sends her to sad hotels in..." to "Her job sends to her hotels"
August 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Considering making this my new author photo
A frazzled looking great blue heron
August 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Great blue heron looking suspiciously at the camera while wading in shallow water DANGER! STAY OFF TRESTLE FOR YOUR SAFETY! NO TRESPASSING VIOLATORS SUBJECT TO ARREST Train with white background
August 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Saw someone share an old Bill Watterson interview. He was talking about hiring an assistant, but in the context of AI, there’s some good stuff in there. “If cartoonists would look at this more as an art than as a part time job or a get-rich-quick scheme, I think comics overall would be better.”
Christie: Well, you know, a lot of the very good ones used assistants. Watterson: Yeah, Pogo did. Schulz has a good comment on that: "It's like Arnold Palmer having someone to hit his chip shots." I spent five years trying to get this stupid job and now that I have it I'm not going to hire it out to somebody else. The whole pleasure for me is having the opportunity to do a comic strip for a living, and now that I've finally got that I'm not going to give it away. It also gives me complete creative control. Any time somebody else has their hand in the ink it's changing the product, andi enjoy the responsibility for this product. I'm willing to take the blame if the strip goes down the drain, and I want the credit if it succeeds. So long as it has my name on it, I want it to be mine. I don't know, if you don't have that kind of investment in it...I guess that's the difference between looking at it as an art and looking at it as a job. I'm not interested in setting up an assembly line to produce this thing more efficiently. There are certainly people who could letter the strip better than I do; I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me. If cartoonists would look at this more as an art than as a part time job or a get-rich-quick scheme, I think comics overall would be better. I think there's a tremendous potential to be tapped.
July 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Got that dawg
A dawg looking into camera with lower teeth sticking out in friendly snarl
July 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I’ve got a perfect novel for those who find the idea of two ladies attacking a slaughterhouse enchanting
Interview with Joy Williams. THE PARIS REVIEW = EDITORS Do you think of yourself as a writer interested in social class? WILLIAMS The thought of two upper-class ladies attacking a slaughterhouse enchanted me.
July 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Your ground beef hack inspired me so I tried an impossible beef and vegetable broth to see if there’s a meatless comp … it’s decent, not great though. The long-cooked beef makes a big difference haha
July 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Well, I’ll be! ☠️
Email from Submittable on behalf of HAD that reads, “Hi Joey, Yes! Love this!!”
July 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Cheers
A Pacifico beer in the booth of a country-style restaurant
July 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM