Brendan Gillen

AWPers, I'll be with @vineleavespress.bsky.social signing copies of STATIC at 3:30p on Friday, 3/6.

Come by, snag a copy, and I'll hook you up with a free record from my personal stash.

AWPers, I'll be with @vineleavespress.bsky.social signing copies of STATIC at 3:30p on Friday, 3/6.

Come by, snag a copy, and I'll hook you up with a free record from my personal stash.

Thanks for the support, Andy!

Thanks for giving me the space, Bruce. Appreciate the platform to talk about Hang Time, writing for clients vs. writing fiction, and how to make time for it all. Check it out! brucerosenstein.com/three-questi...

The Shortlist for January 9, 2026 - Turn & Work Fiction from Brendan Gillen, Sage Tyrtle, Shobasakthi, Madeleine Armstrong, and Omar El Akkad

The Shortlist for January 9, 2026:

Back after a hiatus with great short fiction from around the web.

Links to:
Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

(...cont'd)

#shortstories #flashfiction

Been having a lot of fun doing a low-key thing called 12 Days of Hang Time — sharing a story a day from the collection alongside custom artwork inspired by each piece + an excerpt. Couple of my favorites so far that originally appeared in
W&S Quarterly and @molotovlitzine.bsky.social

Q&A with Brendan Gillen Brendan Gillen is the author of the new story collection Hang Time . His other books include the novel Static . He ...

“I wanted to create a sense of flow, stacking shorter and longer pieces together to establish a rhythm of peaks and valleys.” – Brendan Gillen in his new @deborahkalb.bsky.social #book #author Q&A
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/q-wi...
@beegillen.bsky.social

Thanks so much for giving me the space to talk Hang Time, Deborah!

🏀🏀 Hang Time is officially out TODAY from .406Press. If you haven’t ordered one yet, I’ll throw in an unopened pack of 90s hoop cards. Will you get an MJ or a Shawn Bradley? WHO KNOWS. $20 shipped, DM me.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, there’s plenty to dig into✌️

🏀🏀 Hang Time is officially out TODAY from .406Press. If you haven’t ordered one yet, I’ll throw in an unopened pack of 90s hoop cards. Will you get an MJ or a Shawn Bradley? WHO KNOWS. $20 shipped, DM me.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, there’s plenty to dig into✌️

Silly goal for 2026: sell 300 copies a month. Small goal. Big action. Spread the word. We're going to create a little counter thingy to watch the goals in real time.

I've been a fan of John Brandon since he was writing about college football for Grantland (RIP!) so the fact that he was willing to not only read Hang Time, but lend his words, is pretty mind blowing! Thank you John.

Preorder Hang Time from .406Press: 406press.com/product/hang...

Please join us in celebrating Aquifer contributor, Brendan Gillen, for the forthcoming publication of his short story collection, HANG TIME. Releasing on 12/4 from .406 Press, HANG TIME includes the story, "In the Nude," which was previously published in Aquifer.

#flreview

“If I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.”

-- John Berryman

Thanks to @jmwwjournal.bsky.social for the love, and the editors for the smart, thoughtful attention you paid to this one!

Very Collected Poems Very Collected Poems By Ron Padgett Coffee House Press. 2025. Reviewed by Eric Bies Ron Padgett’s been busy. In the dozen years since the publication of his Collected Poems, America’s silliest livi…

"Real fans of poetry deserve such monuments – in this case, the work of a lengthy lifetime: decades of wondering and pondering, deadpan ironizing and making meaning in America, just the kind of work that must never have felt like work at all."
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Huge thanks to Eric Rasmussen at Sundog Lit for the incredibly generous words about Hang Time. Sundog is one of the most supportive lit communities out there—for writers and readers. Give them a read, send them your work, keep them in your orbit. 🏀📚

406press.com/product/hang...

in its heyday, Literary Twitter made me feel like I was walking into a giant exuberant snowglobe full of other writers, readers, & editors

Thanks so much, Ben!!

@tacobellquarterly.org, @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social, @coffinbell.bsky.social. Thank you to all the editors who have supported!

Preorder now:
406press.com/product/hang...

Early versions of some stories in Hang Time appeared in WASquarterly, @reckonreview.bsky.social, @underreviewlit.bsky.social, @thetwinbill.bsky.social, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social, New Delta Review...

And make sure you check out Emily's book!
asterismbooks.com/product/girl...

Hang Time: Stories - .406 Press Pre-order available now. Will ship around December 4.

@emilylauracosta.bsky.social's Girl on Girl is one of the best books I read this year, so I'm honored she was willing to lend her words to Hang Time!

Weird sports stories for people who don’t (necessarily) love sports. Preorder from
@406press.bsky.social if ya feel: 406press.com/product/hang...

Yo! Hang Time is coming 12/4 from @406press.bsky.social
Preorders avail now: 406press.com/product/hang...

Big thanks to @scottbolohan.bsky.social for believing in these nostalgia-laced stories about the weird poetry of sports.

If you're interested in a review copy, lemme know!

Yo! Hang Time is coming 12/4 from @406press.bsky.social
Preorders avail now: 406press.com/product/hang...

Big thanks to @scottbolohan.bsky.social for believing in these nostalgia-laced stories about the weird poetry of sports.

If you're interested in a review copy, lemme know!

Let’s make a list of presses who honor and uplift their authors.

TBQ8 Call: Bring Us Your Stacks of Pages My kids make books all the time for fun. Both of them want to be writers and artists when they grow up. I feel like this is my fault. I’ve made it look too fun. They bring me their stacks of pages,…

We open 420, here's the call
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Thanks to @hfr.bsky.social & @emilyannwebber.bsky.social for the kind review of STATIC. Appreciate y'all!

heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/03/19/s...

Bookstore — Malarkey You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.

We are running an anti-sale. No discount code to offer. Just cool books. malarkeybooks.com/store

The first paragraph to my latest issue of Gown Lawn.

I have a new flash in the latest issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social (worm moon). It's about graffiti and mall security. Check it out if you wanna, but make sure to read all the other amazing writers in the issue. 🪱 🌙

Link to story: gonelawn.net/journal/issu...