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Dave Housley

@housleydave.bsky.social
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Writer of The Other Ones, Looney, Howard & Charles at the Factory, This Darkness Got to Give, more. Editor @ Barrelhouse, primary organizer of the Barrelhouse conference in DC in the Spring. Web @ PSU. Goofy gentleman. He/him.

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 21h
I hate that AI has removed curiosity and rabbit holes for people. No don't ask that damn bot, instead spend four hours reading everything you can on a weird topic and getting lost in tangents like nature intends!
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Helpful shitty first draft notes for my future self to figure out.
note that says WILL HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE.
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Leslie Pietrzyk @lesliepwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My cute little (very little!) chapbook is officially out today! 5 flash fictions in 22 pocket-size pages. Thank you, @bullcitypress.com! Ordering info: bullcitypress.com/.../youre-a-...
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Michelle Kubitz (you can call me Shelley) @shelkubitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In @libbycudmore.bsky.social 's FOR PETE'S SAKE, a trio of misfits band together to take on a tech bro version of Goliath. Find Libby's dystopian tale in DAYDREAM BELIEVER, coming out on Sept. 29th from @shotgunhoney.com (Co-edited by @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com and I.)
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Remember, Seattleites, you can choose your price for this Saturday's #writingclass! A Little Weird Goes A Long Way: Finding Ideas for Speculative Fiction Sat. Sept 26 10:00 - 1:00 pm In-person at @hugohouse.bsky.social hugohouse.org/product/slid... (non-AI, by the way!)
Yellow text on red background: A LITTLE WEIRD GOES A LONG WAY:
FINDING IDEAS FOR SPECULATIVE FICTION
with TARA CAMPBELL IN PERSON / Intermediate; Advanced / 1 session
Sat. Sep 26 / 10 AM - 1 PM PT
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SO excited to feature this new @nickreesgardner.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today. It's my fave story I've read in a bit. "I’ve been working twelves since I finished clinicals and was hired full time, but my shift at MedMark’s dragged on over fifteen hours when the snakebite victims come in."
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“Believer” by Nick Rees Gardner
“It’s not like I’m calling this a miracle because the real miracle is not being bit.”
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're saying congratulations on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🙌 Contributor @lesliepwriter.bsky.social's "Hyenas" won @adroitjournal.bsky.social's 2026 Editor’s Prize in Fiction 🥳 buff.ly/nIrN0FZ
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Practicing what I preach (in my litmag presentation for the Chatham MFA folks) by checking out where @writesloud.bsky.social and @aaronburch.bsky.social published stories from their weird awesome recent books, to try to find a place for a new weird clown story, first one I've written in a long time.
Photo of the books Tacoma by Aaron Burch, and First Kicking Then Not, by Hannah Grieco.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Family Night the unboxing!!! Out with @masonjarpress.bsky.social who are so amazing. This is the queer, trans flash book of my dreams. I’m so fucking grateful to have it out in the world. youtube.com/shorts/RX4rj...
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Unboxing Family Night by Ani King (Masón Jar Press)
YouTube video by Ani King
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Super looking forward to this new @sheilasquill.bsky.social book, FLOR/ELEGY! With a beautiful cover by Sheila herself. Pre-orders are up! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Flor/elegy
A collection of poetry that confronts grief both personal and global as the speaker faces middle age. Flor/elegy confronts midlife grief and responsibility in a world shaped by loss, violence, and env...
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You take a job somewhere called “Reuters Legal” and you just never expect to have to write this sentence
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This used to be a cool country.
Screenshot of conspiracy theories, cults, and crimes podcast episode "did the CIA invent modern art?"
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/09/2026
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections. to.pbs.org/4yTjfzl
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WATCH: Trump leads RNC in pledge to 'cheat like hell' in November elections
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vo...
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
buy @libbycudmore.bsky.social's book! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Big Rewind: A Novel
Raymond Chandler meets Nick Hornby in this clever noir romp through hipster Brooklyn as a mysterious mix tape puts a young amateur sleuth on the hunt for a killer—and for the truths hidden within her ...
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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 06/09/2026
And it's a very good book, too. We recommend it. bookshop.org/a/8189/97819...
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Random reminder that I wrote a book about 2 old men who, after the 2016 election, go sit outside their old factory and wait for their jobs to come back. It's called HOWARD AND CHARLES AT THE FACTORY. I hope soon it will be irrelevant but now is not that time. outpost19.square.site/product/howa...
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Howard and Charles at the Factory, a short novel, by Dave Housley | Outpost19
"A furious, darkly comic fable for this precise American moment.” — J. Robert LennonIn this darkly funny novella, two aging men arrive at their old factory to wait for their jobs to come back, bel...
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Six weeks to go til Family Night drops! I can’t wait to share the stories in here and I’m really grateful this is happening!
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thanks and congratulations to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social 2026 Best of the Net nominees @zachpowers.bsky.social, @graycious.bsky.social, @mariannelchan.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social!
Barrelhouse Best of the Net 2026 nominees Chris Cottom, Fren Levin, Zach Powers, and Marianne Chan.
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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm in Japan, but still, as they say, on my bullshit
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Throw Momma From the Train (1987, dir. Danny DeVito)
You probably think of this movie as a comedy, a farcical riff on Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train. And sure, there are lots of funny moments. When Danny DeVito hits Billy Crystal over the head with a ...
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Literally the only way I've ever tried to do this.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 01/09/2026
How I support myself as a writer is by not supporting myself as a writer and having an entirely different job and pretending this is a fun adventure I get to go on to make friends
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Really excited to see this one out in the world today, with such a great home at @doricliterary.bsky.social. Wrote the first draft of this a few years ago. Still feels like it’s one of the best stories I’ve written.
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Executives
I’d never heard the phrase before—nostalgia tour—but I knew what he meant. I’d been on a few myself.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rollerball got a lot right. Unfortunately.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Among the worst things about the steady stream of AI scam book emails is that if your book was on a small press, or didn't land the way you were hoping, this scammy bullshit is the most positive and probably the only thing you've heard about that book in years. This one is about Howard and Charles.
Screenshot of email from book scammer
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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I don't believe in God, but I might try to change my perspective in these moments. Not 'I can use this' but 'I understand better.' Dolly wouldn't say it but I'm sure she thought of her work too. A real writer writes to make people feel less alone across time & space. She was the real thing.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
putting a gang of profoundly ignorant and incurious mean and despotic bigoted dipshits in charge seems to not be working, yet again, hmmm what could be wrong with the formula
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Writer friends: what advice would you give MFA students about literary magazines (finding good fits, what to do and not do, benefits of engaging w this community, whatever else you've got)? I'm doing this at Chatham this week, and I have my ideas/practices, would love to hear yours. Thanks!
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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
SQ opened for submissions today -- send us something cool and weird storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
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StoryQuarterly Submission Manager
When to Submit:Our submission dates for Issue 59 (publication in 2027) are: Fiction general submissions: Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Sunday, November 22, 2026No-fee submissions (fiction and nonfiction...
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
General state of being, 2026.
Screenshot of the x files, "groaning weakly"
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wrote another short story today, the second this week, after maybe a year of not working on stories at all. Both written on trains, both about scary clowns. Was talking to @aaronburch.bsky.social at Writer Camp about how I missed having a weird writing project and maaaaaybe I just found it 🤡.
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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...
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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette
Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A beautiful match made at Barrelhouse Writer Camp! Really excited for this one (which I had nothing to do with, so thanks to @mikeingram.bsky.social and of course our own infamous Cooler from out of town who we thought would be bigger, @libbycudmore.bsky.social )!
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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Big news at Barrelhouse HQ this week!
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Started a new short story for the first time in years and it felt really good (to be unsure if the thing I'm writing is completely stupid or kind of good and to be doing it in a format that's much shorter than the novel I'm working on that may be totally stupid or kind of good)!
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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
rebooting all the classic slobs vs. snobs movies except this time the snobs win, thereby rebooting our entire culture and reversing three decades of decline
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You could read an AI summary of my novels but the joke would be on you because you would come away without experiencing a version of every single petty grudge I've held for the past 30 years.
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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
icymi I am the new editor of @storyquarterly.bsky.social; we're opening for submissions in a couple weeks. SQ stories in recent years have been in BASS, Best American Debut Stories, Pushcart anthology, and more. This page will be updated w/ correct dates v soon storyquarterly.submittable.com/submit
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StoryQuarterly Submission Manager
When to Submit:Our submission dates for Issue 58 (publication in 2026) are: Fiction: Saturday, August 23 – Sunday, November 23, 2025Nonfiction: Saturday, August 23 – Sunday, December 13, 2025Fiction c...
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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I find myself burning with incandescent rage at the way all the civics and constitutional rules and laws I learned my whole life are actually just suggestions if the ppl in congress have a deficiency in courage "A gentleman's agreement only works if the ppl involved are gentlemen "
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This one stings. Thanks to Jeff/Stanchion for putting out so much great weird beautiful writing, and supporting writers and books/magazines. This is how it goes in our weird little world. It's a bummer but also time to say thanks and celebrate all Jeff and Stanchion accomplished.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Editor badges ready for our 20th (!!!) @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp. See you good weirdos soon, @aaronburch.bsky.social, @livesinpages.bsky.social, @mikeingram.bsky.social, @danbrady82.bsky.social, @embfitz.bsky.social, @beckybarnard.bsky.social, @cdcurtiss.bsky.social.
Barrelhouse Writer Camp editor badges.
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Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Who amongst us hasn’t shredded the Library of Alexandria in order to build a more perfect revenge-porn generator the size of 12 football fields?
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SF Layzell @sflayzell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's me! I wrote an essay for @barrelhouse.bsky.social about my Gma's unconditional love and how Peppermint Patty and Maria Callas made me gay 🌈📚
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hello and reminder that the free @barrelhouse.bsky.social newsletter has a new, original, newsletter-only essay on pop culture obsessions every month, like this most recent essay by SF Layzell about Peppermint Patty (so great). You can sign up here: www.barrelhousemag.com/contact-barr...
Screen capture of the Barrelhouse newsletter, She’s a Good Skate
by SF Layzell.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Very likely the thing that happens the day after this story. monkeybicycle.net/coyote/
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Coyote |
This story from Dave Housley looks at a classic game of cat and mouse—or, coyote and roadrunner—from a single perspective.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Since A Second Sight came out I've received about 2-3 of these scam emails a week. They are not only profoundly annoying but obviously prey on author's passions and attachment to their work. In some cases they impersonate real people at legit organizations.
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That Personalized Email About Loving and Marketing Your Book Is a Scam - Electric Literature
Taking advantage of aspiring authors is a rich tradition, and now published authors are being scammed too
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EPOCH @epochliterary.com · 16/07/2026
73.2 is at the printer, and 74.1 opens for submissions in two weeks! Please note we have a new AI policy that you can read on our submission page (TL;DR: we don't want AI-generated text), and a blog post from our editor on the subject, linked below.
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On AI, in EPOCH and Elsewhere — EPOCH
Human beings are made to be moved. We respond to patterns. AI generates patterns. When there is nothing of substance there, we use our imagination to fill in whatever will give us what we need. It’s n...
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17/07/2026
Trump is a dirty fascist liar. Don't believe or spread his bullshit. Wanna protect your vote? Make sure you're registered RIGHT FUCKEN NOW and share the link with everyone you know. vote.org
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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Bittersweet when rich famous people whose work you really admire wind up working on exactly the same writing project you've been working on for years, and really not getting rich and famous doing it. Anyway, great interview with Danny McBride in The Ringer, about his new book of short stories.
With a lot of the characters that I’ve written about, I think their morals and their values and how they see themselves [are questionable]. But I also think their biggest advocates are themselves. They have some sort of understanding of who they think they are that doesn’t usually align with the way others see them. There’s always this constant sort of need to prove oneself or to step over the line of what’s decent in order to get you to where you need to be.
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