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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I interviewed the great @dieddisappointed.bsky.social over on Zona Motel! zonamotel.substack.com/p/conversati... @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

Shane Kowalski in conversation with Ben Niespodziany graphic

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Kevin Sampsell reading in Dallas on Saturday at this amazing event!

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Julián Martinez @martinezfjulian.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

new work in @bulbregion.bsky.social this week! 1,00 word excerpt from a long, long story (novella territory) called Moon Deluxe. it’s very new, and it’s different for me, shoutout @futuretensebooks.bsky.social, shoutout Frederick Barthelme! bulbregion.com/Moon-Deluxe-...

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Moon Deluxe, by Julián Martínez — The Bulb Region

Moon Deluxe — Julián Martínez an excerpt from the novella Moon Deluxe THERE IS...

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Kevin’s new novel comes out tomorrow (3/17)! Reading Wednesday at Powell’s!

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Future Tense publisher Kevin Sampsell celebrates his new novel with @impellerpress.com. Readings in Philly, NY, Boise, Dallas, and more. The Portland release reading with Kimberly will be a highlight.

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

If you’re in Philly at the end of the month, this is going to be incredible. @dieddisappointed.bsky.social

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Great interview with poet and collage artist Evan Nicholls, author of Easy Tiger.

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Harper’s Magazine @harpers.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

“I never get to know the heads’ names, nor do I see the heads attached to actual bodies. For all I know, they are floating heads passing by Frank’s old office.” From Are People Out There, by Shane Kowalski, which was published by @futuretensebooks.bsky.social.

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To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Shane Kowalski's short stories are like extended prose poems. Funny, perverse, quirky, and unique. Picture Diane Williams dancing the tango with Russell Edson. Highly recommended. @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

the book cover for Shane Kowalski's Are People Out There

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

BREAKING NEWS! Shane Kowalski has a story in Harper's Magazine. 🪇🎉 This is from @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's spanking new collection, Are People Out There. Check it out here, or read it at your grocery store soon...

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To Be Frank, by Shane Kowalski

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

From Kevin Sampsell’s Xmas stories zine!

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Surely everyone knows a Christmas banana? 🍌🥂

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J. Robert Lennon @jrobertlennon.com · 05/11/2025

This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company

NIGHT PIE
Both of us are still up. Why can't we go to sleep? Who knows. But somebody made pie! Did you make the pie? Well, I didn't make the pie. I guess it's true what they say. Sometimes the night makes the pie.

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

seen a buncha people posting @dieddisappointed.bsky.social's book and wanted to join. only a few stories in, but it is (expectedly) great. here's probably my fave paragraph so far:

"Samuel, as a baby, seems, for now, happy. He doesn't worry much about anything, least of all concepts like the future. Which makes him somehow less human to me. He is full of uncanny absences like that. He knows no poverty or regret yet. He doesn't cycle endlessly through an embarrassing moment from earlier in the day, or from years earlier for that matter. To him, there is barely any concept of "day." He sits and poses in almost all the pictures with the same content feebleness that borders on regal."

small paperback on hardwood floor: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Imagine the tears of joy when you give someone the gift of @dieddisappointed.bsky.social 🎁 futuretensebooks.com

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shane kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

new xmas story from the new collection:

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X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

we have a story by Shane Kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social ! in the story Murphy – a professional in the city whose life makes him feel so confused that at times he wonders if he’s had a stroke – visits his friend Malone. a great story ! & a great ending xraylitmag.com/beckettian-b...

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BECKETTIAN by Shane Kowalski

Murphy was visiting Malone. It had been a while since they had seen each other. Murphy being busy in the city, while Malone had lingered in the countryside. Murphy remembered those dark country roads,...

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Mid-September in Portland and it's finally raining for real real. And after we tidied up the Future Tense inventory closet, we decided to mark some stuff down. It's a good day to order some books! futuretensebooks.com/shop/

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

We can't wait to publish the new Shane Kowalski {@dieddisappointed.bsky.social} collection, Are People Out There. You can claim your October copy now! futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...

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shane kowalski @dieddisappointed.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

You can now pre-order my new collection of stories, Are People Out There. It drops 10.31.25 via @futuretensebooks.bsky.social: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...

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PRE-ORDER: Are People Out There by Shane Kowalski | Future Tense Books

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

We love seeing reviews and ratings of our books on Goodreads. For small presses, this is hugely important. Hint hint. 😉

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Easy Tiger

A dunce cap on a dog. The world’s largest sausage. A gi…

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Wonderful event last night at Powell’s with @wendyortiz.com in conversation with @emillygprado.bsky.social (Wendy, Emilly, and Kevin)

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Did you miss the Easy Tiger virtual launch on Sunday? You can rest easy now, because the full reading is up on YouTube! 🐅🐅🐅 youtu.be/HymLeGr6zVs @garybarwin.bsky.social @vikshirley.bsky.social @markleidner.bsky.social @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

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HAD @havehashad.com · 21/07/2025

a wonderful, wonderfully odd, and kinda perfectly "Kowalski-y" story today from Shane Kowalski! "I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock!" www.havehashad.com/tiaoz

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Typical by Shane Kowalski

I read a book review that ended with the reviewer explaining how he was going to kill himself when this review was published. It certainly was a shock! For most of the previous 1,500 words, the…

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I'm hosting a super cool virtual reading at the end of the month to celebrate Evan's new book! Featuring some of my favorite writers on this planet RSVP for free: bit.ly/easytigerlaunch @markleidner.bsky.social / @vikshirley.bsky.social / @garybarwin.bsky.social / @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

EASY TIGER: a virtual reading, Evan Nicholls reading from his new book, Easy Tiger, July 27 at 4pm ET, with readings from Mark Leidner, Vik Shirley, Gary Barwin, and Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This is going to be so fun to watch! 😍🤩😮

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

At the wee one’s final weekly ukulele lesson of the season, moving through two very cool titles by Future Tense Books, by shane kowalski and Evan Nicholls, // @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Pssst. If you type the word Warehouse in the discount code, you'll get 35% off of everything (until the end of June). Including the newest by Evan Nicholls. And other classics from @parkeryoung.bsky.social @dieddisappointed.bsky.social @gkhudson.bsky.social @tatianaryckman.bsky.social & more. 🔥

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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 17/06/2025

just received a copy of EASY TIGER by evan nicholls from @futuretensebooks.bsky.social, what a treasure! go pick up some books and get 35% off through the end of the month by using code WAREHOUSE! futuretensebooks.com

the cover of EASY TIGER by evan nicholls, published by future tense books — the design is largely black with white knockout text and a small strip at the top showing a portion of a collage

a hand with the interior of the book, showing a collage and a poem titled “married to the job”

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

That feeling when you have another @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book coming out later this year.

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thanks, Hope! Today is the 2-year birthday of this amazing book by @parkeryoung.bsky.social, btw. 💫💛💛💫

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Future Tense Books @futuretensebooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

To celebrate the birthday of Portland literary legend @monicadrake33.bsky.social, her classic book of short stories is on sale for the rest of the week. futuretensebooks.com/product/the-...

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The Folly of Loving Life by Monica Drake | Future Tense Books

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