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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm gonna just say it: I think this is a really good book for this time of year.

Book cover featuring an illustration of various animals: a crow, a dog, a deer, and an old house. The title, American Animism, is in the center, and the author's name, Jamey Gallagher, is at the bottom. The background is red and the illustration is in black and white.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm gonna just say it: I think this is a really good book for this time of year.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sometimes a piece of writing surprises you. This one surprised me. Maybe you'll like it? “I am thinking about people and birds and words and books and magic.” Thanks to Ed Simon and @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for publishing it. pghrev.com/words-birds-...

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Words/Birds – Essay/Poem - Pittsburgh Review of Books

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It's alive!! BODIES IN BAGS is out there in the world. With another kickass cover from @egallagher.bsky.social It's not going to be for everyone, but if you're into dark, gritty crime fiction, I hope you'll check it out. bookshop.org/p/books/bodi...

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Bodies in Bags: Stories

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes I wonder where I would be right now if that day when I was 13 and wore a half shirt and walked around Lawrence Mass playing a boombox on my shoulder was the day I found my true identity.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hope the increasing number of spam emails I am receiving as a writer is a sign of increased visibility. Haha.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes I wonder where I would be right now if that day when I was 13 and wore a half shirt and walked around Lawrence Mass playing a boombox on my shoulder was the day I found my true identity.

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remember it's never too late to write a review online of a book! Or to pitch an interview with an author! Or to post about a book online! Like this book for just one example off the top of my head:

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Every Galaxy a Circle

An Intriguing Journey through the Cosmos of Human ExperienceIn Every Galaxy a Circle, Chloe N. Clark masterfully intertwines memories, ghosts, and the future, presenting a collection that spans folklo...

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hope the increasing number of spam emails I am receiving as a writer is a sign of increased visibility. Haha.

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Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Someone broke into my car and left a bunch of prints and books in the rain! So anything I consider salvageable-but-not-sellable is going in these mystery studio ephemera mailers in my shop. Yay! evangelinegallagher.bigcartel.com/product/stud...

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Studio Cleanout Mystery Mailer

a 9 x 12" mailer of artwork odds and ends! You get what you get etc etc. May include: - slightly damaged prints - perfectly fine prints - sketches - patches - stickers - zines - ephemera I have lying ...

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wearing my @eldiagram.bsky.social shirt to the Baltimore Book Fest, like all the cool kids.

The author, Jamey Gallagher, in front of his three books. He wears a rooster shirt from Diagram lit mag and a big goofy grin on his bearded face.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wearing my @eldiagram.bsky.social shirt to the Baltimore Book Fest, like all the cool kids.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Words/Birds – Essay/Poem - Pittsburgh Review of Books

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tomorrow: something essayistic, something poetic, something birdy and something wordy.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tomorrow: something essayistic, something poetic, something birdy and something wordy.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I've read a couple Chester Himes novels. I was not prepared for this brutal piece of writing.

An image of a book on a green and white background. The book is Chester Himes' Plan B. Split black and white background, the word Plen B in a square in the center anove a bloodstain. The author's name above.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Has there ever been a Monday as Monday as this in the history of Mondays?

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Short stories: they're fucking cool.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today all my words are coming out left handed which makes them valuable in certain circumstances.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Low key freaking out. Classes start tomorrow. Meeting 80 new people. Building four temporary but hopefully powerful communities of people who will THINK and WRITE together.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Easy to feel like I'm getting nothing done, especially when rejections keep streaming in, but this summer I: Drafted 7 stories Revised and sent out a whole-ass novel That's not bad.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How many years do I have to teach before the anxiety dreams about teaching disappear? Horrible class! No one listened! Things were a mess! I forgot what I was saying! My Dean was observing me!

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It is good to wake up with a first line magically placed in your mind.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I went to a meeting today. After the meeting someone emailed a bunch of obviously AI-generated questions of the facilitator. The facilitator presented a bunch of AI-generated answers. Is this what we're doing now?

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Turning 55: no problem. My kid turning 30: wtaf?

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Turning 55: no problem. My kid turning 30: wtaf?

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm thinking having some corporate stooge praise the humanizing possibilities of AI to the entire faculty body at a community college is a BAD MOVE. It is not inevitable. It is not good. I'd rather not.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am feeling deeply apprehensive about teaching writing in this age of AI, but, thanks to hanging out with the best teacher I know, I'm also feeling a sliver of hope. I want to double down on things that can't be done by AI. Thinking, actually writing, reading, being with other people, connecting.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just got a royalty report from my press. I am about 3/4 of the way to my (totally made-up and pretty modest) goal for this book. Some day...

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just got a royalty report from my press. I am about 3/4 of the way to my (totally made-up and pretty modest) goal for this book. Some day...

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I have published books. After more than thirty years of trying, I did it. I don't want to ever take that feeling for granted. People have read them, one has won some awards. I am grateful.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Amazing to see this excerpt from I AM IDRIS ELBA in the Pittsburgh Review of Books. Thanks to Ed Simon for publishing something so weird. pghrev.com/i-am-maybe-i...

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I am (Maybe) Idris Elba - Pittsburgh Review of Books

I Am Idris Elba, published by Alien Buddha Press in April, 2026, is the chronicle of a man who may or may not, in fact, be Idris Elba. He lives in a quiet

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I despise AI, but I can't even imagine how much I would hate it if my name were Al.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It is. It really it my birthday. Which means I am begging you to do one of these things: 1. Buy one of my books. 2. Rate/review one of my books. 3. Request one of my books from your local library. jameyg0.wixsite.com/jameygallagher

A pink ribbon that says "it's my birthday" near a park in Baltimore, MD.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I don't know. I guess I'm just not big on quipping narrators. Too many quips and I'm out.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Wow. Finally saw a picture of Idris Elba being knighted. So cool that he was holding my book. (note: no AI was used to create this remarkably realistic picture.)

A picture of Idris Elba being knighted. A poorly inserted photo of the novel I Am Idris Elba appears to be in his hand.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Wow. Finally saw a picture of Idris Elba being knighted. So cool that he was holding my book. (note: no AI was used to create this remarkably realistic picture.)

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

So great to wake up to a positive review.

Five star review that reads:

Gallagher's latest collection, Bodies in Bags, is gritty, hardboiled and hard-edged. It's also upper-echelon literature, written by someone who knows the short story inside and out.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

So great to wake up to a positive review.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

May this good book find you.

A picture of the guilford st bridge in Baltimore in black and white, with a badly photoshopped copy of Bodies in Bags, Jamey Gallagher's collection of noir stories, slapped over a Bible.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Any email with the subject line "How AI can save faculty..." can fuck right off.

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Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

No expense has been spared in making these really ugly promotional posts about my three books. A simple buyer's guide: Want weird? Go with Idris Want magical realisim? Go with American Animism Want some crime? Go with Bodies in Bags

A very ugly visual post promoting the book I Am Idris Elba by Jamey Gallagher. A green background with the words Super Weird!!! Humorous? Rollicking! set in Baltimore and A Short Comic Novel Told by a Man who May or May Not be Idris Elba

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