Christopher Stevenson
@chrisstevenson.bsky.social
Born in TX, raised in FL and PA. Splits time between DC and WV.
Librarian. PT old man. FT Struggling Writer.
Part toddler, part cowboy. Baba Yaga fan boy.
https://linktr.ee/christopherstevenson
Librarian. PT old man. FT Struggling Writer.
Part toddler, part cowboy. Baba Yaga fan boy.
https://linktr.ee/christopherstevenson
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We’re turning lemons into steeply discounted books. Moving forward, we’ll resell returned copies for $13 flat, allowing us to recoup costs without counting returns against royalties.
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
Returns! — Malarkey
Sometimes we get books sent back to us. Historically, this has always been very unpleasant because it means lost money, that we would count against an author’s royalties. We’re taking a different appr...
malarkeybooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We’re turning lemons into steeply discounted books. Moving forward, we’ll resell returned copies for $13 flat, allowing us to recoup costs without counting returns against royalties.
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
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Everything seemed to line up perfectly in layout, but not quite. Last minute decision to redo the poetry analysis layout has expanded this issue from 28 pages to 32, making room now for an explainer on turning off AI in Gmail and a reprint of Shelly’s “The Masque of Anarchy.”
King Ludd’s Rag No. 25 is now available. Edited by @zacharykocanda.bsky.social, this one features new fiction from Jacob Stovall and T.L. Xue.
malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25
malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25
King Ludd's Rag No. 25 — Malarkey
The twenty-fifth issue of King Ludd’s Rag features stories by Jacob Stovall and T. L. Xue. The cover will print in black and white.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Everything seemed to line up perfectly in layout, but not quite. Last minute decision to redo the poetry analysis layout has expanded this issue from 28 pages to 32, making room now for an explainer on turning off AI in Gmail and a reprint of Shelly’s “The Masque of Anarchy.”
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I beg to differ. It is Home for the Holidays.
a woman says it 'll be okay if we just stuff ourselves " til we can 't even think anymore "
ALT: a woman says it 'll be okay if we just stuff ourselves " til we can 't even think anymore "
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I beg to differ. It is Home for the Holidays.
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King Ludd’s Rag No. 25 is now available. Edited by @zacharykocanda.bsky.social, this one features new fiction from Jacob Stovall and T.L. Xue.
malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25
malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25
King Ludd's Rag No. 25 — Malarkey
The twenty-fifth issue of King Ludd’s Rag features stories by Jacob Stovall and T. L. Xue. The cover will print in black and white.
malarkeybooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
King Ludd’s Rag No. 25 is now available. Edited by @zacharykocanda.bsky.social, this one features new fiction from Jacob Stovall and T.L. Xue.
malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25
malarkeybooks.com/store/klr25
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The Ice Storm is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
a woman in a striped shirt and pearl necklace is holding a bowl
ALT: a woman in a striped shirt and pearl necklace is holding a bowl
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Ice Storm is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
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King Ludd’s Rag No. 25 comes out on Friday. That’s five years of this thing!
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
King Ludd’s Rag No. 25 comes out on Friday. That’s five years of this thing!
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Pieces of April is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pieces of April is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
The Ice Storm is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
a woman in a striped shirt and pearl necklace is holding a bowl
ALT: a woman in a striped shirt and pearl necklace is holding a bowl
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Ice Storm is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
Yesterday in workshop, we were talking about submitting and someone said, "You always submit novels to agents."
And I was like, "I'm too old for this."
And I was like, "I'm too old for this."
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yesterday in workshop, we were talking about submitting and someone said, "You always submit novels to agents."
And I was like, "I'm too old for this."
And I was like, "I'm too old for this."
I feel like the book piracy discussion is usually a bunch of randos who just want digital collections they will likely never use vs. a bunch of well-meaning writers whose books may be in that unread pirated collection.
I hope one day I can be popular enough to complain abt ppl stealing my book.
I hope one day I can be popular enough to complain abt ppl stealing my book.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I feel like the book piracy discussion is usually a bunch of randos who just want digital collections they will likely never use vs. a bunch of well-meaning writers whose books may be in that unread pirated collection.
I hope one day I can be popular enough to complain abt ppl stealing my book.
I hope one day I can be popular enough to complain abt ppl stealing my book.
In an ideal world, sure. But no they don't. They do not have unlimited copies and you might have to wait in line.
The issue that everyone is missing is *need.* If people *need* your book, they are going to get any way they can. If they don't *need* it, they weren't going to pay for it anyway.
The issue that everyone is missing is *need.* If people *need* your book, they are going to get any way they can. If they don't *need* it, they weren't going to pay for it anyway.
LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In an ideal world, sure. But no they don't. They do not have unlimited copies and you might have to wait in line.
The issue that everyone is missing is *need.* If people *need* your book, they are going to get any way they can. If they don't *need* it, they weren't going to pay for it anyway.
The issue that everyone is missing is *need.* If people *need* your book, they are going to get any way they can. If they don't *need* it, they weren't going to pay for it anyway.
Patron: Can you show me how to convert this png to pdf.
Me: Sure! (looks at image) You realize this book cover is cut off on the edges
Patron: ChatGPT says it isn't, that it only looks like that.
Me: (squints) If you say so... (converts png to pdf).
Patron: (minutes later) IT IS CUT OFF!
Me: Sure! (looks at image) You realize this book cover is cut off on the edges
Patron: ChatGPT says it isn't, that it only looks like that.
Me: (squints) If you say so... (converts png to pdf).
Patron: (minutes later) IT IS CUT OFF!
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Patron: Can you show me how to convert this png to pdf.
Me: Sure! (looks at image) You realize this book cover is cut off on the edges
Patron: ChatGPT says it isn't, that it only looks like that.
Me: (squints) If you say so... (converts png to pdf).
Patron: (minutes later) IT IS CUT OFF!
Me: Sure! (looks at image) You realize this book cover is cut off on the edges
Patron: ChatGPT says it isn't, that it only looks like that.
Me: (squints) If you say so... (converts png to pdf).
Patron: (minutes later) IT IS CUT OFF!
Yes. Every librarian and literacy expert will likely say yes. Now shut up.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yes. Every librarian and literacy expert will likely say yes. Now shut up.
I have a longish satire in this, about a cop who finds his purpose in his world. You should check it out, (and then point out my typos in my DMs).
Holiday season is lean times for us so time to lean in to the grift! malarkeybooks.com/store/grift2
The Grift: Volume 2 — Malarkey
The Grift, the greatest and most important literary magazine in history, is back, this time with work from Jacquelyn Bengfort, Zachary Kocanda, Christopher Stevenson, Neil Willcox , Dereck Heckman, Cr...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have a longish satire in this, about a cop who finds his purpose in his world. You should check it out, (and then point out my typos in my DMs).
IDK, dudes. I work in a majority black space where 9/10 times I'm the only white guy for miles and spend most of my free time in WV. I understand the idea that white men are being discriminated against in academia or the lit world, it's just very hard for me to take it seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
IDK, dudes. I work in a majority black space where 9/10 times I'm the only white guy for miles and spend most of my free time in WV. I understand the idea that white men are being discriminated against in academia or the lit world, it's just very hard for me to take it seriously.
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Holiday season is lean times for us so time to lean in to the grift! malarkeybooks.com/store/grift2
The Grift: Volume 2 — Malarkey
The Grift, the greatest and most important literary magazine in history, is back, this time with work from Jacquelyn Bengfort, Zachary Kocanda, Christopher Stevenson, Neil Willcox , Dereck Heckman, Cr...
malarkeybooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Holiday season is lean times for us so time to lean in to the grift! malarkeybooks.com/store/grift2
Patron: You went to University of Maryland?
Me: Yes!
Patron: Oh, I went a long time ago. You would've been a little boy. 2001.
Me: I was 23.
Patron: What?
Me: That's the year I turned 24.
Patron: So, you're older than me?
Me: I guess.
Me: Yes!
Patron: Oh, I went a long time ago. You would've been a little boy. 2001.
Me: I was 23.
Patron: What?
Me: That's the year I turned 24.
Patron: So, you're older than me?
Me: I guess.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Patron: You went to University of Maryland?
Me: Yes!
Patron: Oh, I went a long time ago. You would've been a little boy. 2001.
Me: I was 23.
Patron: What?
Me: That's the year I turned 24.
Patron: So, you're older than me?
Me: I guess.
Me: Yes!
Patron: Oh, I went a long time ago. You would've been a little boy. 2001.
Me: I was 23.
Patron: What?
Me: That's the year I turned 24.
Patron: So, you're older than me?
Me: I guess.
She keeps me around for the high parts
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
She keeps me around for the high parts
Librarian here: so, in the past I have illegally downloaded books when I was poor in college or bc I didn't have access to it any other way.
Once, I used Internet Archive to secure a copy of a Somali-English dictionary for patron applying for a job.
The answer is need. It will always be need.
Once, I used Internet Archive to secure a copy of a Somali-English dictionary for patron applying for a job.
The answer is need. It will always be need.
Why pirate books when libraries *exist*
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Librarian here: so, in the past I have illegally downloaded books when I was poor in college or bc I didn't have access to it any other way.
Once, I used Internet Archive to secure a copy of a Somali-English dictionary for patron applying for a job.
The answer is need. It will always be need.
Once, I used Internet Archive to secure a copy of a Somali-English dictionary for patron applying for a job.
The answer is need. It will always be need.
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✨ICYMI✨
“In crafting Daisy, Eynon skillfully straddles the line between fiction and nonfiction. (And really, where does that line fall?)”
www.claudineliterary.net/beingseen
“In crafting Daisy, Eynon skillfully straddles the line between fiction and nonfiction. (And really, where does that line fall?)”
www.claudineliterary.net/beingseen
Being Seen by Suzy Eynon | A Review
www.claudineliterary.net
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
✨ICYMI✨
“In crafting Daisy, Eynon skillfully straddles the line between fiction and nonfiction. (And really, where does that line fall?)”
www.claudineliterary.net/beingseen
“In crafting Daisy, Eynon skillfully straddles the line between fiction and nonfiction. (And really, where does that line fall?)”
www.claudineliterary.net/beingseen
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Chatted with the amazing @ivygrimes.bsky.social about writing, riddles, and why I will always love Chris Van Allsburg
I never write anything without a very clear idea of what it means to me. Which isn’t the same thing as saying “There’s a definitive answer embedded here that everyone should be on the same page about.” I’m not writing math equations.
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
Interview with Chris Scott
storytelling, fatherhood, mystery
ivygrimes.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Chatted with the amazing @ivygrimes.bsky.social about writing, riddles, and why I will always love Chris Van Allsburg
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You will look so cool with one of these. Also someone ordered just a tote and it felt weird to only put a tote in a box to mail out so we threw in a free book.
We have about five tote bags left, don’t know that we’ll ever get more. Snag one while you can!
malarkeybooks.com/store/bag
malarkeybooks.com/store/bag
Tote Bag — Malarkey
A tote bag designed by Adrian Sobol, author of Hair Shirt and The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You’re the Last One Around . Fill it with books! These totes will be printed in Tulsa, O...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You will look so cool with one of these. Also someone ordered just a tote and it felt weird to only put a tote in a box to mail out so we threw in a free book.