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THE PRESENT IS PAST - 2023 Unsolicited Press CHANCE TO FADE & OTHER STORIES - 2025 Running Wild Press ESTUARY - 2026 Unsolicited Press linktr.ee/joshrank

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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
DNF’d a book so I could hop into something more fun. @housleydave.bsky.social
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This subject line/first sentence from a porn spam email is better than any poem I could ever write.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today’s the day. Five years after first brainstorming a little story, Estuary is officially released. I’m very proud of how it turned out, both inside and out. Eternal gratitude to @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social for bringing it to life. Grab your copy: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/estua...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
One week until Estuary officially hits the streets. Unofficially, it’s already appearing in mailboxes so there no reason not to smash that order button and join the club: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/estua...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Nature finds a way. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Sorry but now I’m unstoppable. @mdbell79.bsky.social
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
fuck all the way off with this
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Goddamn I love that cover
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Writing is wild. It's like there are thoughts hiding in your head all day and you can just decide to finally let them out. No clue what's in there. Then once it comes out, you read it back and realize, "Oh shit, that's what I've been thinking this whole time?" Does this make any sense?
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
End of the month means a newsletter is going out tomorrow. A woman that tried to convince her family she transformed into a snake! Book suggestions! Denying free will! All kinds of good stuff. Sign up here: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/127547...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Let's say a phantom journal told you an ex had your kid without telling you. Let's also say the it'd been right about this stuff before. Do you track down the kid? That's where this bad boy starts off. Ghosts! Death! Crippling depression! All the good stuff. www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/estuary
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ESTUARY — Unsolicited Press
A grief-driven literary novel where loss bends reality, secrets surface, and a child refuses to stay gone. ESTUARY opens in the disorienting aftermath of loss: Megan Mostly nearly collapses wh...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Happy new Converge/Mariachi el Bronx album day to all who celebrate.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
👀
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My awesome publisher being awesome
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
About 12 years ago I got stoned and went to a psychic. She told me my aura was black and the universe is mad at me. I’m still confused.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
My new novel is up for preorder! It follows a man with a diary that writes its own entries. Through this, he learns of an ex that had a son she never told him about. This sets off a series of events that include ghosts, the police, and of course, my dog. www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/estua...
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ESTUARY — Unsolicited Press
A grief-driven literary novel where loss bends reality, secrets surface, and a child refuses to stay gone. ESTUARY opens in the disorienting aftermath of loss: Megan Mostly nearly collapses wh...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A great, simple joy in life is when you remember an artist you love but haven't thought about for a while. Then you can be like "Oh yeah, Jose Gonzalez!" and blast through the entire discography.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Some thoughts on “First Kicking, Then Not” by @writesloud.bsky.social . cc: @stanchion.bsky.social
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I hate to be one of those "wake up" people, but this is nuts. They're creating an evil straw man to justify an otherwise unjustifiable crackdown. The response to this shooting from the administration has been unfathomably disgusting, but this is something different. This is dangerous.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I don't talk about it much on here (I don't talk about much on here, in general), but I had a book come out this year of short stories and a novella that I think is fun. If you're into fun things, maybe you could get into this fun thing: bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
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Chance to Fade & Other Stories
Check out Chance to Fade & Other Stories - This collection explores the lives of individuals pushed to the brink of what they think is possible, blending literary and magical realist styles. A man win...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Oh, is this what we're doing?
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I've read more books in 2025 than I ever have in a single year. The lesson I've learned? Fiction is a much better way to spend your time than checking the news every five minutes and reading comments on comments on social media.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I've ordered 5 small press books in the last two weeks. I will continue to buy many more very soon. 2026 is the year of gobbling up as many small press books as possible. What should I read? Which presses are currently killing it?
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A coworker referred to the em dash as "the GPT double-hyphen" and it's just such a bummer how a useful punctuation mark has been corrupted by robots.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I got that signed-a-fresh-publishing-contract skip in my step. Cool week for book stuff.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It's release day! Chance to Fade & Other Stories is officially out in the world. 14 short stories and a novella covering a range of topics from collecting teeth, drawings that come to life, and finding love. bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
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Chance to Fade & Other Stories
Check out Chance to Fade & Other Stories - This collection explores the lives of individuals pushed to the brink of what they think is possible, blending literary and magical realist styles. A man win...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Once more for the night crowd.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Feels like we're stumbling into something dark. www.joshrank.com/blog/2025/9/...
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Words Aren't Scary — ...
There’s an assault on free speech going on right now. The cancelling of Jimmy Kimmel Live is the reason I started thinking about this today, but it goes beyond that. Earlier this week, the vice pres...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Pretty tough to write my little book when the internet constantly firehoses a stream of horrors directly into my face.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Enter! Gamble! Win!
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Tonight, deciding to write, setting up the computer, staring at a blank page for five minutes, and turning off the computer counts as writing.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Kirkus Reviews had some nice things to say about my next book (coming out in October). Read the full review if you’re so inclined (then preorder yourself a copy!): www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Popped an early copy of the new book into the free library outside my high school. Felt kinda neat. Hoping some piece of shit kid throws it on the roof.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Great time to let everyone know my collection/novella is available for preorder 🫠 joshrank.squarespace.com/chance-to-fade
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Chance to Fade — ...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Can we stop with the documentary mini series, please? I’d like to learn about a topic for two hours, not ten. I can’t make that level of commitment to anything besides my dogs.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I remember the worst day for crime in Washington D.C.'s history and whose fault it was.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Book reviews! Funny articles! Random bullshit! Pictures of dogs! Sign up for my newsletter and become my very best friend. dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/127547... #booksky
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I want everyone to be aware that Brad Mehldau is releasing an Elliott Smith cover album and the singles that have come out so far have been beautiful. This is a public service announcement and a recommendation to go listen right now because I love it. www.stereogum.com/2309862/brad...
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Brad Mehldau Announces New Elliott Smith Covers Album Featuring Daniel Rossen: Hear Two Tracks
The late Elliott Smith’s songs moved a whole lot of people, and they continue to pop up in unexpected places. This summer, we’ll get an album of Smith covers from the Florida-born pianist and composer...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
evening plans
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Unsolicited Press @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Buy any of our books from Bookshop.org this month, send us a screenshot of your receipt (DM, email, carrier pigeon—we're flexible), and we’ll send you a code for a free audiobook download. Start browsing: bookshop.org/lists/full-c... #books #deals #ebooks #publishing
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Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Bumping this for completely selfish reasons (so I can easily find it later when I have time to read it from top to bottom)
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The reviews of this book are all over the place and I can totally see why, but I loved it. Weird, beautiful, and confusing. What more could you want? #booksky
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 08/07/2025
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Unfortunately this meme gets more and more appropriate as the year goes on. But...yeah...I have a collection available for preorder. Half stories/half novella. Ghosts. Sky bursting into flames. Stuff like that. Order it anywhere but @bookshop.org is best: bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Ahh yes that post-writing glow where you have your words in for the day and can push back the ever-nearing dread and worthlessness for a few hours until you start to feel like a lazy piece of shit again. Writing’s fun!
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Boxcutters by @johnchrostek.com fuckin slaps. @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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a computer generated image of a cartoon character with a logo for a video game called robot samurai
ALT: a computer generated image of a cartoon character with a logo for a video game called robot samurai
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Did that fun thing where you force yourself to write saying “just do 50 words just do something come on” then you realize you wrote 2,000. Does this mean things will happen if you try? Not sure how I feel about that.
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Josh Rank @joshrank.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Can’t pass this deal up
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