Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 05/10/20261 bad festival is not your fault. 2? There may be something else. If you’re a new vendor to the public, observe the pricing, ask the organizer for tips, and be flexible hourly. Weather and location matters, too. Hate to see you quit before you have enough data to know a problem. 012
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 04/10/2026BTS from @collsbookfest TW chapbooks were the star of the show after a quiet summer. So many lovely patrons, vendors, & tons of books. Was good to be next to @stanchion.bsky.social, see old friends, & repeat readers.Thank you to the most literary town in New Jersey and see you next year. 152
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 04/10/2026One thing they don’t tell you about book festivals as a vendor is that you slowly morph into a bastion amongst hundreds, or even thousands, of people in a matter of hours and then you’re locked into your curated universe among many other pocket universes and that’s magic baby 041
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 02/10/2026Ever notice that we call them natural disasters but in the eyes of Earth it’s business as usual? 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 02/10/2026Only I hold the key to the quantity of boxes for Collingswood. 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026I have loved flash fiction for over a decade and these stories are great. 030
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026Congratulations! I’m once again happy to be part of your journey. 021
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026Everyone here is talented enough to be in their own anthology! 020
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 28/09/2026Give yrself a writing superpower but the next person gives u kryptonite 000
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 28/09/2026Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions are submitted. Names & titles TBA this week. 051
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 28/09/2026Writing another Death Metal Degenerate™️ story and a first-every book-length visual poem 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026This is a lot of money but guess what the authors’ are selling and they get paid! 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026Me and my kitty are synced to the max. I heard him trying to throw up overnight, I leapt out of bed, got him off the carpet, but then he was fine. Rubbed my leg and went back to bed. Amazing progression! 000
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026Studies show this song drastically improves the fast-twitch musculature of even novice combat fighters. Boxers can carve holes in a heavy bag. Jujitsu practitioners can bend steel. 020
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026Studies show that playing this song on repeat for ~15 minutes increased VO2 max in even the most undertrained runners. Treadmills were replaced once test subjects soared beyond 20MPH 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026Studies show that playing this song over 70dB increases your lifting and pushing output by 500% Toddlers have been observed lifting their parents as early as year 3 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 25/09/2026This video gave me lead, asbestos, and microplastic poisoning all in one. youtu.be/YwmJTP5X1c0?...youtu.beHow are people reading so many books?YouTube video by Hidden Rabbits 000
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 25/09/2026Wishing for 15 responses by Monday. You all are providing us some valuable feedback. forms.gle/5MqTSNCzmTak...forms.gleThirty West Publishing House 2026 SurveyWhether you're a long-time reader, or discovering Thirty West today, we want to hear from you. Some questions are required, yet all responses are anonymous. We thank you for your time and hope to use ... 052
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 25/09/2026Yesterday, I wrapped up my genre-bending, apocalyptic novel, MEAT DEPOT, and gave it a colophon. It took me just under 3 years to get here from literally nothing. Had a fat steak burrito to celebrate. It was also a nice anniversary. Happy 65th heavenly birthday, Mom. 020
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 23/09/2026A new book review in Afterimages! Shelli Rottschaefer reviews Ashley Howell Bunn's book, "burning breaking building". Some fantastic poetry and analyses here. Read it now and consider purchasing a copy. thirtywest.substack.com/p/book-revie...thirtywest.substack.comBook Review: burning breaking building by Ashley Howell Bunn’sBook review by Shelli Rottschafer. The poems collected in burning breaking building, written by Ashley Howell Bunn, address how we can reform, reframe, and be reborn. 021
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 22/09/202610 years ago, I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. My findings: 1. Always chew your food into mush. 2. It's really cold in Russia. 3. How to build a cmu wall. 4. Smuggling. 5. Never piss off the guy standing between you and your food. Just wait your turn. 020
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 22/09/2026Gouda Buddha: a giant smoked wheel of cheese filled with bacon and other goodies to make you fat and laughing like the namesake deity 020
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026I lost one of my black hubcaps driving home from AWP 2026 in Baltimore down some farm roads due north did anybody find it? 020
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026At some point, you must drive straight to a nature area after work and scream. Highly recommend. 010
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026HBD Stephen King, the Tony Iommi of horror. Reading The Stand in 10th grade simply because “oo big book must outshine classmates” totally changed my brain. 020
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 21/09/2026Not enough lit mags these days take into account the cheer-ability of their name. Try getting 20k ppl to chant Big Dumb Unserious Quarterly in unison. 041
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026🎸 HOOOOLD MEHHH NOWWW IF I GO CRAZY THEN WILL YOU STILL CALL ME SUPERMANNN NOW MAYAAAAYAAAABAYY I DID NOT MEAN TO TREAT YA BAAAD 110
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026Everyone’s gangster until a gravely-voiced white boy that looks like this drops a power chord circa 2001 000
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 20/09/20264 years ago, I brought Antcore to the extreme. Be a good ant and rate/review my novella, THE LIGHT TO NEVER BE SNUFFED. www.goodreads.com/book/show/62... 010
Reposted by Josh DaleThirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 19/09/2026Table-setting for tonight’s book launch 032
Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 18/09/2026Step outside my office and there are food trucks?? Am I in heaven? 000