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Mallory Smart

@mallorysmart.bsky.social
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Neurotic Chicago-based writer, editor-in-chief of Maudlin House, podcaster, and doer of many odd things. mallorysmart.com

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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just finished recording Method and Madness. We talked Book of David, the Midwest, David Koresh, parking lot hangouts, basement cousins, and criminally underrated books. The recording platform had some notes on my lighting aesthetic…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Saturday…🎧
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every copy needs its mark. Sigil stamping Book of David preorders…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The lit world I entered in my 20s doesn’t exist anymore. People left. Publications disappeared. The internet changed. But we’re still finding each other. I wrote about Printers Row, the scenes we lose, and what it means to build another one. zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-p...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sunday ritual: signing and sigil stamping Book of David preorders before they head out into the world. If you missed the author-signed + sigil-stamped copies, you can still preorder through Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/book...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Talked Midwest folklore, grief, dead malls, and turning Dave into mythology. Book of David is out October 7 from House of Vlad… www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/09/24/m...
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Mallory Smart on Exploring the Midwestern Gothic
Mallory Smart is an author, editor, publisher, and podcaster. She has had a prolific year with multiple stories published and a chapbook, We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes, from Thirty West Publishi…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wild timing. I just talked about the Chicago Tylenol murders with Kyler Bingham on Salt Lake Dirt while getting into local lore and Book of David. Now, days later, there’s a possible new lead in a case unsolved since 1982… abc7chicago.com/post/idaho-c...
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Cross-country cold case leads detectives to Chicago-area Tylenol murders
A solved cross-country cold case led detectives to take a closer look at the infamous Chicago-area Tylenol murders.
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A little bit of folklore about the price of leaving. I talked with Kyler Bingham on Salt Lake Dirt about where my weird came from, who David actually is, and what makes the Midwest such fertile ground for horror. Book of David is out October 7... open.spotify.com/episode/1k6D...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chai at one of my favorite St. Charles coffee shops on an aggressively perfect fall day…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every time a cat shows up in a horror movie, Starbuck appears like she’s been called in to consult…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
68 degrees and gloomy. Finally acceptable weather to begin my completely reasonable plan of watching one horror movie a day until Halloween...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tried to kick off spooky season by being seasonally useless and watching bad Ryan Murphy TV. Instead: insurance, sibling drama, book tour shit. I’m just a girl trying to watch my semi- true crime. Anyway, preorder Book of David… asterismbooks.com/product/book...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lizzie Borden: Murder is wrong Stepmother: Kills her doves Lizzie: Actually you know what fuck both of them…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today at The Midnight Realm…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Somewhere in the Book of David canon, this is absolutely how a prophet picks up their prescriptions…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aug Stone said I had to check this out so it’s now playing at The Midnight Realm…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Printers Row: over. Vegan mint chocolate chip milkshakes: acquired.
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Waiting out the rain in the Small Press Tent with Aug Stone. We’re still at it, Printers Row…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Devils in the White City is a wrap. Year two of our Printers Row offsites is in the books. So happy Meghan Lamb + Joshua Bohnsack joined us this year, with Scott Laudati + Ben Niespodziany hanging around till the end…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not saying my Printers Row offsite had this energy, but I’m also not not saying it…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The gospel has arrived at Printers Row. I have a very limited number of advance copies of BOOK OF DAVID from House of Vlad, out October 7, plus free David prayer cards while they last. Find me at the Maudlin House table in the Small Press Tent…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Birthday night one at Printers Row: read from Book of David, packed into The Whistler with a bunch of writers, then capped the night with Practical Magic 2. Honestly, a pretty ideal way to turn 36…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Apparently turning 36 means my Better Call Saul-induced Moscow mule era finally gets the correct vessel…
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Tadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great article about tonight and tomorrow's Printers Row offsites, featuring @alwayscoffee.bsky.social / @maudlinhouse.bsky.social / Long Day Press / @neonpajamas.bsky.social & many others...
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Adam Kovac @boondock60mm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Bookmarks for Haunted Space: Paradise for Extinction arrived just in time for Printer's Row weekend. Stop by tonight's reading at The Whistler or the small-press tent Saturday afternoon and snag one for yourself. Because bookmarks are cool. cc: @maudlinhouse.bsky.social, @neonpajamas.bsky.social
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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Recent article for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social that came out rather well. The first event is tonight, hosted by @neonpajamas.bsky.social at The Whistler. Second event tomorrow night, hosted by @mallorysmart.bsky.social of @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/09/...
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Event: Beyond Dearborn—Building an Offsite Lit Community During Printers Row Lit Fest | Third Coast Review
For years, the Printers Row Lit Fest has made a temporary home of South Dearborn Street, snugly tucked between Polk and Ida B. Wells. Local writer and publisher Mallory Smart wants […]
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
36. Husband understood the assignment…
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ThirdCoastReview.com @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Event: Beyond Dearborn: Building an Offsite Lit Community During Printers Row Lit Fest. @mrdankelly.bsky.social interviews @mallorysmart.bsky.social of @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/09/...
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Event: Beyond Dearborn: Building an Offsite Lit Community During Printers Row Lit Fest | Third Coast Review
For years, the Printers Row Lit Fest has made a temporary home of South Dearborn Street, snugly tucked between between Polk and Ida B. Wells. Local writer and publisher Mallory Smart […]
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Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Printers Row offsites kick off tomorrow at The Whistler with Ben Niespodziany, then continue Saturday at Elastic Arts. Third Coast Review has the story on how this weird little ecosystem started.
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“My goal isn’t to have the biggest Printers Row party. My goal is for Printers Row to have an offsite culture.” Kava. Aug Stone. Scott Laudati. Ben Niespodziany. A Beetlejuice bar. New presses. Third Coast Review on how this weird offsite thing started. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/09/...
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Event: Beyond Dearborn: Building an Offsite Lit Community During Printers Row Lit Fest | Third Coast Review
For years, the Printers Row Lit Fest has made a temporary home of South Dearborn Street, snugly tucked between between Polk and Ida B. Wells. Local writer and publisher Mallory Smart […]
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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I wrote an article about @mallorysmart.bsky.social's efforts to build an offsite community/program of lit events during #printersrowlitfest. Looks like fun. thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/09/...
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Event: Beyond Dearborn: Building an Offsite Lit Community During Printers Row Lit Fest | Third Coast Review
For years, the Printers Row Lit Fest has made a temporary home of South Dearborn Street, snugly tucked between between Polk and Ida B. Wells. Local writer and publisher Mallory Smart […]
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nothing like landing back in America, getting into an Uber, and being driven home to Usher’s greatest hits. Anyway, a lot has changed since 2004…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Somehow ran into Mike Nagel in Sofia, Bulgaria. Got Bulgarian food. Gave him Book of David. What are the odds?
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Putting together lit events is mostly just discovering how many different definitions of “collaboration” there are…
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
one day later, we'll be at Elastic Arts for a multimedia extravaganza @robertkloss.bsky.social / @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social / @maudlinhouse.bsky.social / @alwayscrashing.bsky.social / @timothymoore.bsky.social / @augstone.bsky.social / @mallorysmart.bsky.social
Saturday, September 12 at Elastic Arts (3429 W. Diversey Ave. #208), Doors at 7p, Readings at 8p
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One week from today! A reading marathon for the ages Arrive early. Last year was PACKED. We start right at 6:15pm.
Printers Row Lit Fest Offsite Reading Marathon, Friday, September 11 at The Whistler (2421 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Doors at 6p, readings from 6:15p-8:00p)
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Turns out history is significantly larger in person…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Alyosha, the Soviet Army monument overlooking Plovdiv. Some things outlive the country that built them…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy birthday to my fellow Virgo, my publisher, and one of my absolute favorite people in the lit world, Brian Alan Ellis. Very grateful our particular brands of insanity crossed paths…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Plovdiv has been incredibly patient with me…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Found a witch bar in Bulgaria where you order by zodiac sign. Very on brand…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Apparently Book of David is one of Our Culture’s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2026. Sam Franzini called it “a Midwest horror showstopper.” I’ll take it. October 7 from House of Vlad ourculturemag.com/2026/09/02/f...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Apparently going to Bulgaria turned into a writing residency against my will. “She’s Made of Iron, Sir” is up at A Thin Slice of Anxiety. Written in Bulgaria, naturally… www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2026/09/fict...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New fiction at A Thin Slice of Anxiety. The Titanic, an espresso, a cigarette, and a family history with a questionable relationship to probability... "SHE'S MADE OF IRON, SIR" Written in Bulgaria. www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2026/09/fict...
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Fiction: She's Made Of Iron, Sir
Because Life is too Short to Read Bullshit
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Storm of biblical proportions rolling through the mountains in Bansko tonight. Very cool for folklore atmosphere. Less cool for sleeping...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Look at my little offsite making the Lit Top 5
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bulgaria inspired me to write a story about how people in the Balkans handle catastrophes like the Titanic. Just submitted it to a bunch of places. I’d ask you to wish me luck, but Bulgarians don’t ask for luck. They ration it…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It’s giving ready to die taking a selfie at a Balkan fortress…
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My bday is in 2 weeks, so I’m asking for one thing early: make the terrible financial decision of buying my book. It’s the LAST night to preorder Book of David and get your copy signed + stamped with the custom sigil. After midnight, the ritual ends. houseofvlad.bigcartel.com/product/book...
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Mallory Smart @mallorysmart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And the opening is without end for David remains… houseofvlad.bigcartel.com/product/book...
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