John Chrostek
@johnchrostek.com
FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN, novel: https://shorturl.at/7A4bA
BOXCUTTERS, short stories: https://malarkeybooks.com/store/boxcutters
(IBR's "TOP BOOKS WE READ IN 2025")
Co-owner @eveninghouse.bsky.social
EIC @cold-signal.com
Buffalo, NY
johnchrostek.com
BOXCUTTERS, short stories: https://malarkeybooks.com/store/boxcutters
(IBR's "TOP BOOKS WE READ IN 2025")
Co-owner @eveninghouse.bsky.social
EIC @cold-signal.com
Buffalo, NY
johnchrostek.com
Some great recent reads:
1. Greek gods wager on the happy deaths of fifteen dogs given human intelligence and capacity for language. Heartbreaking, beautiful.
2. Schitzo Columbo solves a murder and falls down the rabbit hole. Raw heart and style, 100mph the whole way through
1. Greek gods wager on the happy deaths of fifteen dogs given human intelligence and capacity for language. Heartbreaking, beautiful.
2. Schitzo Columbo solves a murder and falls down the rabbit hole. Raw heart and style, 100mph the whole way through
January 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Some great recent reads:
1. Greek gods wager on the happy deaths of fifteen dogs given human intelligence and capacity for language. Heartbreaking, beautiful.
2. Schitzo Columbo solves a murder and falls down the rabbit hole. Raw heart and style, 100mph the whole way through
1. Greek gods wager on the happy deaths of fifteen dogs given human intelligence and capacity for language. Heartbreaking, beautiful.
2. Schitzo Columbo solves a murder and falls down the rabbit hole. Raw heart and style, 100mph the whole way through
been gazing at gazonga gazebos, bro
January 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
been gazing at gazonga gazebos, bro
Some new testimonial graphics for my books because I put my heart + soul into them, readers enjoy 'em + they're out with small presses so I need to bang the gong twice as loud
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Some new testimonial graphics for my books because I put my heart + soul into them, readers enjoy 'em + they're out with small presses so I need to bang the gong twice as loud
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
Anti-fascist, genre-agnostic stories about regular folks + myths, demons, freaks, fools + lovers
Links at johnchrostek.com
Enjoyed the listen, especially where Shannon mentioned a book's stat build, which led me to make this. It's time to abandon the 1-5 stars metric and get multifaceted with it. Stand on business
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Enjoyed the listen, especially where Shannon mentioned a book's stat build, which led me to make this. It's time to abandon the 1-5 stars metric and get multifaceted with it. Stand on business
What a gorgeous book
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
What a gorgeous book
NEW YEAR’S BLIZZARDDDDD
January 1, 2026 at 1:27 AM
NEW YEAR’S BLIZZARDDDDD
Well, I don’t think I’ll ever forget this movie
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Well, I don’t think I’ll ever forget this movie
If you’re looking for a good read this holiday season, why not read the novel about people devoured at sea by a kaiju whale-man titan who survive inside its guts until they can escape to the astral sea and wage war on the cultists using the beast for their own nefarious ends?
Real Christmas vibes!
Real Christmas vibes!
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you’re looking for a good read this holiday season, why not read the novel about people devoured at sea by a kaiju whale-man titan who survive inside its guts until they can escape to the astral sea and wage war on the cultists using the beast for their own nefarious ends?
Real Christmas vibes!
Real Christmas vibes!
It's almost the final Friday of 2025. Wild year, bad and good.
One personal good: becoming an author.
Boxcutters is a collection spanning genres, styles, eras. Oddball lit, weird horror, sci-fi + more.
Feast is a novel, a deep sea body horror kaiju adventure in the belly of Hobbes' Leviathan.
One personal good: becoming an author.
Boxcutters is a collection spanning genres, styles, eras. Oddball lit, weird horror, sci-fi + more.
Feast is a novel, a deep sea body horror kaiju adventure in the belly of Hobbes' Leviathan.
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's almost the final Friday of 2025. Wild year, bad and good.
One personal good: becoming an author.
Boxcutters is a collection spanning genres, styles, eras. Oddball lit, weird horror, sci-fi + more.
Feast is a novel, a deep sea body horror kaiju adventure in the belly of Hobbes' Leviathan.
One personal good: becoming an author.
Boxcutters is a collection spanning genres, styles, eras. Oddball lit, weird horror, sci-fi + more.
Feast is a novel, a deep sea body horror kaiju adventure in the belly of Hobbes' Leviathan.
...genuinely forgot you could turn that off
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
...genuinely forgot you could turn that off
A friendly reminder to check out the book that readers are describing as:
"A fascinating and addictive page-turner."
"feels like a lost classic from the height of the New Weird era."
"Brimming with heart, adventure, and imagination"
"lots of great ideas, possibly too many to give enough time to"
"A fascinating and addictive page-turner."
"feels like a lost classic from the height of the New Weird era."
"Brimming with heart, adventure, and imagination"
"lots of great ideas, possibly too many to give enough time to"
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A friendly reminder to check out the book that readers are describing as:
"A fascinating and addictive page-turner."
"feels like a lost classic from the height of the New Weird era."
"Brimming with heart, adventure, and imagination"
"lots of great ideas, possibly too many to give enough time to"
"A fascinating and addictive page-turner."
"feels like a lost classic from the height of the New Weird era."
"Brimming with heart, adventure, and imagination"
"lots of great ideas, possibly too many to give enough time to"
here is the list of fellow nominees:
@rpmirabella.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2727 <<
@whitneycollins.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2893 <<
@barickme.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2546 <<
@shiweizhou.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2490 <<
Give them a read!
@rpmirabella.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2727 <<
@whitneycollins.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2893 <<
@barickme.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2546 <<
@shiweizhou.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2490 <<
Give them a read!
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
here is the list of fellow nominees:
@rpmirabella.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2727 <<
@whitneycollins.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2893 <<
@barickme.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2546 <<
@shiweizhou.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2490 <<
Give them a read!
@rpmirabella.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2727 <<
@whitneycollins.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2893 <<
@barickme.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2546 <<
@shiweizhou.bsky.social
>> hexliterary.com?p=2490 <<
Give them a read!
ICYMI: the lovely souls @hexliterary.bsky.social nominated "Inclement Weather" alongside several other fantastic stories for Best Small Fictions. Hex is a feast hall of short, irreal fiction. I love them.
If you'd like to read the tale of tiny jackets, here's the link:
hexliterary.com/?p=2870
If you'd like to read the tale of tiny jackets, here's the link:
hexliterary.com/?p=2870
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
ICYMI: the lovely souls @hexliterary.bsky.social nominated "Inclement Weather" alongside several other fantastic stories for Best Small Fictions. Hex is a feast hall of short, irreal fiction. I love them.
If you'd like to read the tale of tiny jackets, here's the link:
hexliterary.com/?p=2870
If you'd like to read the tale of tiny jackets, here's the link:
hexliterary.com/?p=2870
feeling worn down today, but trying to take a second and sit with a sense of accomplishment about this wild raw nerve of a year
December 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
feeling worn down today, but trying to take a second and sit with a sense of accomplishment about this wild raw nerve of a year
Manning the storefront today while Amanda runs a pop-up 🤘💀🤘
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Manning the storefront today while Amanda runs a pop-up 🤘💀🤘
Educating myself on this now and read something that did real damage to my heart
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Educating myself on this now and read something that did real damage to my heart
I often revisit my mass market copy of Cat’s Cradle for emotional guidance because this is how you hype up an oddball
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I often revisit my mass market copy of Cat’s Cradle for emotional guidance because this is how you hype up an oddball
Napoleon in the Wilderness, 1941. Max Ernst. The badass sorcerer in the front is his partner at the time, the great Leonora Carrington.
Shit's so Final Fantasy and Tarsem Singh's The Fall. Would love to write something this operatic some day
Shit's so Final Fantasy and Tarsem Singh's The Fall. Would love to write something this operatic some day
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Napoleon in the Wilderness, 1941. Max Ernst. The badass sorcerer in the front is his partner at the time, the great Leonora Carrington.
Shit's so Final Fantasy and Tarsem Singh's The Fall. Would love to write something this operatic some day
Shit's so Final Fantasy and Tarsem Singh's The Fall. Would love to write something this operatic some day
A Monday reminder I put out two small press books of fiction this year: a dark fantasy adventure about escaping the guts of Hobbes’ Leviathan and destroying Atlantis
&
a short story collection with memory drugs, a werewolf hell house, small town fight club, theme park wax mannequins & more
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a short story collection with memory drugs, a werewolf hell house, small town fight club, theme park wax mannequins & more
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A Monday reminder I put out two small press books of fiction this year: a dark fantasy adventure about escaping the guts of Hobbes’ Leviathan and destroying Atlantis
&
a short story collection with memory drugs, a werewolf hell house, small town fight club, theme park wax mannequins & more
&
a short story collection with memory drugs, a werewolf hell house, small town fight club, theme park wax mannequins & more