A turkey pardon but he only pardon the turkeys who are pedos or insurrectionists.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A turkey pardon but he only pardon the turkeys who are pedos or insurrectionists.
I was told to promote my book more. Promo being the reason I remain on social media. So here, use this link or DM me if you want a "first edition" copy of this book (with a signature and special prize sent to you because I can't just send my book alone): www.vincentfrancone.com/store/a-book...
A Book No One Wants — vincentfrancone
A book of failure. A book of irritation. A book of frustration, rumination, celebration, fumigation. A book that dares expose the worst instincts of the barely domesticated American writer treading th...
www.vincentfrancone.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I was told to promote my book more. Promo being the reason I remain on social media. So here, use this link or DM me if you want a "first edition" copy of this book (with a signature and special prize sent to you because I can't just send my book alone): www.vincentfrancone.com/store/a-book...
Nothing gold can stay, eh Pony Boy?
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Nothing gold can stay, eh Pony Boy?
Also, the appeal of this place was that I would not see anything I did not sign up to see, but lookhee here-- random posts by strangers and a small bit of salacious images that make me think this lib progressive safe space has succumbed to the algorithmic tendencies besetting other platforms.
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Also, the appeal of this place was that I would not see anything I did not sign up to see, but lookhee here-- random posts by strangers and a small bit of salacious images that make me think this lib progressive safe space has succumbed to the algorithmic tendencies besetting other platforms.
OrI could just shut the hell up.
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
OrI could just shut the hell up.
2/2 Which made me swear off ever writing on FB again (save for promo, which is maybe the sole reason I keep a FB page) so now I guess my big dumb mouth (er, fingers) will work its (their) stupid magic here. Stay tuned?
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
2/2 Which made me swear off ever writing on FB again (save for promo, which is maybe the sole reason I keep a FB page) so now I guess my big dumb mouth (er, fingers) will work its (their) stupid magic here. Stay tuned?
1/2 On Facebook, the lingering platform of contact for my scattered pals and wayward relatives, I wrote a few pieces about music I like and somehow offended Bruce Springsteen fans.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
1/2 On Facebook, the lingering platform of contact for my scattered pals and wayward relatives, I wrote a few pieces about music I like and somehow offended Bruce Springsteen fans.
Great chat with @chadwpost.bsky.social about this book and its author. And what to do with artists that do terrible things. And the time I conned my way into meeting Jeanette Winterson. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/the-ikon-m...
"The Ikon Maker" by Desmond Hogan
A deeply sad book about parenting and sexuality.
dalkeyarchive.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Great chat with @chadwpost.bsky.social about this book and its author. And what to do with artists that do terrible things. And the time I conned my way into meeting Jeanette Winterson. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/the-ikon-m...
I did another pod with Chad Post. Late to post about it, but you know... Anyway, it was a fun conversation about a book that I am happy is now repub'd. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/in-transit...
"In Transit" by Brigid Brophy
An explosive book way ahead of its time.
dalkeyarchive.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I did another pod with Chad Post. Late to post about it, but you know... Anyway, it was a fun conversation about a book that I am happy is now repub'd. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/in-transit...
Anyone who finds the idea behind Severance chilling has never had a heavy drinking habit.
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Anyone who finds the idea behind Severance chilling has never had a heavy drinking habit.
Robert Burkenhare strikes again. open.substack.com/pub/jabberli...
Absolutely - Robert Burkenhare
I saw a woman who looked sleepy in a very specific way and deduced she was a mother.
open.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Robert Burkenhare strikes again. open.substack.com/pub/jabberli...
Another chat with Chad Post, this one maybe is my favorite as we figure out what to do with books we sorta like, don't love, are not sure what to do with. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/transit-by...
"Transit" by Bernard Share
What to talk about when you're not sure you liked the book you're supposed to be talking about.
dalkeyarchive.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Another chat with Chad Post, this one maybe is my favorite as we figure out what to do with books we sorta like, don't love, are not sure what to do with. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/transit-by...
There's something about spending half of Quadrophenia and 3/4 The White Album preparing food that my wife and I eat in 5 minutes that feels like a metaphor for something.
September 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There's something about spending half of Quadrophenia and 3/4 The White Album preparing food that my wife and I eat in 5 minutes that feels like a metaphor for something.
Saturday, noon, Printers Row, me hosting a panel. printersrowlitfest.org/event/vincen...
Vincent Francone - Printers Row Lit Fest
Saturday, September 6th 12pm CT – Center Stage Vincent Francone (he/him) is the author of Like a Dog, The Soft Lunacy, and A Book No One Wants. He edited Open ... Read more
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September 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Saturday, noon, Printers Row, me hosting a panel. printersrowlitfest.org/event/vincen...
Only seven copies left! jabberliterary.substack.com/p/unreality-...
Unreality and Other Plays | Special Edition Book Launch
Playwright Caleb Roitz's new collection is now available
jabberliterary.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Only seven copies left! jabberliterary.substack.com/p/unreality-...
On this day of not laboring, I wrote a lazy blogpost without edits that seeks justification for my dark worldview. Thanks. www.vincentfrancone.com/dig/2025/9/1...
Too Much Joy — vincentfrancone
Last week, I had the pleasure (note that word—it will come up again) of reading from my latest book to a group of people gathered at a literary event. I do this from time-to-time because i...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
On this day of not laboring, I wrote a lazy blogpost without edits that seeks justification for my dark worldview. Thanks. www.vincentfrancone.com/dig/2025/9/1...
Jabber's third book is it's prettiest. And like the previous two, this is a short run special edition. Perfect for that fan of absurdist drama in your life! jabberliterary.substack.com/p/unreality-...
Unreality and Other Plays | Special Edition Book Launch
Playwright Caleb Roitz's new collection is now available
jabberliterary.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Jabber's third book is it's prettiest. And like the previous two, this is a short run special edition. Perfect for that fan of absurdist drama in your life! jabberliterary.substack.com/p/unreality-...
Reposted
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
Interview with Christine Sneed who wrote the funniest book of the last many years. jabberpublishing.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Christine Sneed
"I’ll always take a guy slipping on a banana peel over a story about a tornado wiping out half a town’s population in a matter of minutes."
jabberpublishing.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Interview with Christine Sneed who wrote the funniest book of the last many years. jabberpublishing.substack.com/p/interview-...
I thought of more promo opportunities, but this place is pretty much me talking to myself. The worst parts of Facebook are the same things that makes it an effective promotion tool. Which makes this place less evil and less useful. But hey, something needs to fill the void, so I guess I'll stay.
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I thought of more promo opportunities, but this place is pretty much me talking to myself. The worst parts of Facebook are the same things that makes it an effective promotion tool. Which makes this place less evil and less useful. But hey, something needs to fill the void, so I guess I'll stay.
Promo promo promo. August 23rd I'm reading in Evanston at this event with these nice people:
August 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Promo promo promo. August 23rd I'm reading in Evanston at this event with these nice people:
Jabber (well, me) interviews the great Robert Burkenhare. jabberpublishing.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Robert Burkenhare
"...we only see what we want to see."
jabberpublishing.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Jabber (well, me) interviews the great Robert Burkenhare. jabberpublishing.substack.com/p/interview-...
This month's Irish Dalkey book is Aidan Higgins' Langrishe, Go Down, but the real treat of this pod episode is the inside Dalkey stories. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/langrishe-...
"Langrishe, Go Down" by Aidan Higgins
"A Surly Fellow of Advanced Years" would be another great title for this post.
dalkeyarchive.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This month's Irish Dalkey book is Aidan Higgins' Langrishe, Go Down, but the real treat of this pod episode is the inside Dalkey stories. dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/langrishe-...
Rejected memoir titles: My Life as a Fuck Up. Product of Catholicism. Pessimist Prime. Whiskey: a Love Story. Showing Off to No One. Yes I Can't. Eating Crow and Drinking Tears. Drowning in the Supercilious. Pre-Post-Modernist Screeds and Love Songs. Spanking the Inner Child.
July 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Rejected memoir titles: My Life as a Fuck Up. Product of Catholicism. Pessimist Prime. Whiskey: a Love Story. Showing Off to No One. Yes I Can't. Eating Crow and Drinking Tears. Drowning in the Supercilious. Pre-Post-Modernist Screeds and Love Songs. Spanking the Inner Child.