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Josh Dale

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Writing, publishing, cats, nature, metal. Read good books by Thirty West. Order RAGE: thirtywestph.com/shop/rage

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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 05/10/2026
1 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.
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 04/10/2026
BTS 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.
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 04/10/2026
One 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
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 04/10/2026
Avoiding sleep against all odds
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 03/10/2026
Great day
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 02/10/2026
Ever notice that we call them natural disasters but in the eyes of Earth it’s business as usual?
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 02/10/2026
A good book for historians and futurists alike
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 02/10/2026
Same here. Great times
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 02/10/2026
Only I hold the key to the quantity of boxes for Collingswood.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 01/10/2026
Let’s get spooky
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026
I have loved flash fiction for over a decade and these stories are great.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026
Congratulations! I’m once again happy to be part of your journey.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026
Everyone here is talented enough to be in their own anthology!
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026
Congrats everyone! I’m happy to be part of your journey.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026
Tom Brady somehow in 2045
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 29/09/2026
Cleatus
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 28/09/2026
Give yrself a writing superpower but the next person gives u kryptonite
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 28/09/2026
Best of the Net & Best Small Fictions are submitted. Names & titles TBA this week.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 28/09/2026
Writing another Death Metal Degenerate™️ story and a first-every book-length visual poem
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026
This is a lot of money but guess what the authors’ are selling and they get paid!
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026
Same but with Phillies hat
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026
Me 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!
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026
Studies 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.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026
Studies 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
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 27/09/2026
Studies 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
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 25/09/2026
This video gave me lead, asbestos, and microplastic poisoning all in one. youtu.be/YwmJTP5X1c0?...
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How are people reading so many books?
YouTube video by Hidden Rabbits
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 25/09/2026
Wishing for 15 responses by Monday. You all are providing us some valuable feedback. forms.gle/5MqTSNCzmTak...
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Thirty West Publishing House 2026 Survey
Whether 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 ...
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 25/09/2026
Yesterday, 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.
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Larry Mitchell @drlarrymitchell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 24/09/2026
Widows: wrangle your orphans Orphans: search for your widows
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 24/09/2026
Big week for cover designs and editing (done by me)
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 23/09/2026
Let’s go
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 23/09/2026
A 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...
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Book Review: burning breaking building by Ashley Howell Bunn’s
Book 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.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 22/09/2026
10 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.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 22/09/2026
Gouda Buddha: a giant smoked wheel of cheese filled with bacon and other goodies to make you fat and laughing like the namesake deity
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 22/09/2026
Lazy Susan implies the existence of Ambitious Mildred
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026
I lost one of my black hubcaps driving home from AWP 2026 in Baltimore down some farm roads due north did anybody find it?
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026
At some point, you must drive straight to a nature area after work and scream. Highly recommend.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026
HBD 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.
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 21/09/2026
Not 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.
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026
DARE never brought up the dangers of 1 butt rock sniff
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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
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026
Everyone’s gangster until a gravely-voiced white boy that looks like this drops a power chord circa 2001
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 21/09/2026
Welcome Jennifer!
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 20/09/2026
4 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...
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 20/09/2026
Hell yeah
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 20/09/2026
Great time everyone!
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 19/09/2026
Table-setting for tonight’s book launch
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 19/09/2026
lol great quote
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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 18/09/2026
Step outside my office and there are food trucks?? Am I in heaven?
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