Matthew Zanoni Müller
@matthewzmuller.bsky.social
Writer, educator. First Aid for Choking Victims (Malarkey books). Writing in Denver Quarterly, Cottonwood, Southeast Review, and others.
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Coming at you in May 👀@tortoisebooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Coming at you in May 👀@tortoisebooks.bsky.social
My book came out a year ago today. I tried as best as I could to create a level of depth in the reader’s access to each character’s interior world. If you like that kind of narrative intimacy, give my book a try!
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
First Aid for Choking Victims, Stories by Matthew Zanoni Müller — Malarkey
This book publishes in November 2024. Preorders will be signed by the author. First Aid for Choking Victims is a collection of mostly longer short stories set in rural areas around Western Massachu...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My book came out a year ago today. I tried as best as I could to create a level of depth in the reader’s access to each character’s interior world. If you like that kind of narrative intimacy, give my book a try!
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
malarkeybooks.com/store/firstaid
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As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
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So many amazing small presses out there putting out interesting stuff you'll never find anywhere else. Four of my favorites are:
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
So many amazing small presses out there putting out interesting stuff you'll never find anywhere else. Four of my favorites are:
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@shotgunhoney.com
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Cornerstone Press
They've all put out great stuff this year, with more about to be released
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It has been a year since the publication of Sleep Decades (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social), my debut short story collection. Throughout the month, I will be sharing a couple of reviews and some notes on the stories.
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It has been a year since the publication of Sleep Decades (@malarkeybooks.bsky.social), my debut short story collection. Throughout the month, I will be sharing a couple of reviews and some notes on the stories.
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
malarkeybooks.com/sleep-decades
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Hey, you can now listen to me yap with the wonderful writer @ljabouttown.bsky.social about life’s strange journey, being a picky mfer about craft and much more! If this is half as much fun to listen to as it was to record, it should be a hoot
Better late than never, @ljabouttown.bsky.social’s conversation with Boxcutters/Feast of the Pale Leviathan author @johnchrostek.com
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In the Belly of the Beast
Podcast Episode · Malarkey Public Radio · 10/25/2025 · 54m
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October 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hey, you can now listen to me yap with the wonderful writer @ljabouttown.bsky.social about life’s strange journey, being a picky mfer about craft and much more! If this is half as much fun to listen to as it was to record, it should be a hoot
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Better late than never, @ljabouttown.bsky.social’s conversation with Boxcutters/Feast of the Pale Leviathan author @johnchrostek.com
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
In the Belly of the Beast
Podcast Episode · Malarkey Public Radio · 10/25/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Better late than never, @ljabouttown.bsky.social’s conversation with Boxcutters/Feast of the Pale Leviathan author @johnchrostek.com
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Twice-a-week therapy kinda place in my life.
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Twice-a-week therapy kinda place in my life.
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Finally got some Malarkey books in an NPR article!
Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts. n.pr/4nYSLHq
A book vending machine provides an outlet for D.C.-area authors after funding cuts
Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Finally got some Malarkey books in an NPR article!
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Hey, this is fun news! Mouth, my fifth book of poems, comes out in January, and I’m delighted to share the cover —
October 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hey, this is fun news! Mouth, my fifth book of poems, comes out in January, and I’m delighted to share the cover —
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Good morning. Here is the cover, designed by @johnchrostek.com, for @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming novel, The Walls Are Closing In On Us, which you can, which you should because it’s good, preorder now! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Good morning. Here is the cover, designed by @johnchrostek.com, for @trentbwrites.bsky.social’s forthcoming novel, The Walls Are Closing In On Us, which you can, which you should because it’s good, preorder now! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...
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Most of our books are available through Bookshop, and you can also support your local bookstore with your order! bookshop.org/shop/malarke...
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Most of our books are available through Bookshop, and you can also support your local bookstore with your order! bookshop.org/shop/malarke...
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Spooky season starts today, with The Barre Incidents!
Today, The Barre Incidents is officially released upon the world. A Horror book about grieving the “easy” parent (who is undead), falling for your best friend, learning cryptids are real, and banished, embittered gods. Happy born day TBI! You can order here! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Spooky season starts today, with The Barre Incidents!
My niece working at my typewriter and hitting the letter “a” over and over: “I’m writing a very long story and most of it is people screaming.”
September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My niece working at my typewriter and hitting the letter “a” over and over: “I’m writing a very long story and most of it is people screaming.”
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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BTW - Malarkey Books still has my book, Still Alive, on sale for $13 (!!!!), so if you've been on the fence about taking the plunge, now is the time to do it for cheap.
It was longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Awards and some folks say it's good. <3
malarkeybooks.com/store/stilla...
It was longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Awards and some folks say it's good. <3
malarkeybooks.com/store/stilla...
Still Alive, a novel by LJ Pemberton — Malarkey
****Longlisted for the DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD (2025).**** ****Named a MUST-READ book by the INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW (2024).**** ”Throughout, V’s desire is made palpable vi...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BTW - Malarkey Books still has my book, Still Alive, on sale for $13 (!!!!), so if you've been on the fence about taking the plunge, now is the time to do it for cheap.
It was longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Awards and some folks say it's good. <3
malarkeybooks.com/store/stilla...
It was longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Awards and some folks say it's good. <3
malarkeybooks.com/store/stilla...
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Major yn Englisshe:
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Major yn Englisshe:
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
• focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge
• research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even invented yet
• meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir
• it ys awesome
• books!
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As it was Adorno’s bday yesterday, a little note from Teddy on “the stupidity of cleverness,” addressed no doubt to recent authors of widely disseminated opinion columns in liberal newspapers
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As it was Adorno’s bday yesterday, a little note from Teddy on “the stupidity of cleverness,” addressed no doubt to recent authors of widely disseminated opinion columns in liberal newspapers
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Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
August 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sums up America in 2025 pretty well I’d say
I cut like three long paragraphs from my novel today that I really liked but that warped the story so please be proud of me because I am bad at cutting and good at including EVERYTHING.
August 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I cut like three long paragraphs from my novel today that I really liked but that warped the story so please be proud of me because I am bad at cutting and good at including EVERYTHING.
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
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Added My Ardent Love for the Pencil and @renbolger.bsky.social’s forthcoming (but copies now in our possession) novel The Barre Incidents to the t-shirt bundle. Barre won’t be signed but it is discounted in the bundle.
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Two Books and a T-Shirt — Malarkey
Use code POSTOFFICE to get free shipping. For $50 you get two books and a t-shirt. That’s $16.67 each with free shipping. We tried to price this bundle at $45 but we would have been clearing about $1 ...
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August 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Added My Ardent Love for the Pencil and @renbolger.bsky.social’s forthcoming (but copies now in our possession) novel The Barre Incidents to the t-shirt bundle. Barre won’t be signed but it is discounted in the bundle.
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
I’ve been listening to War and Peace and recently finished Anna Karrenina, and it has struck me how much narrative propulsion Tolstoy gets out of tracing biographical developments. Like, the drama is in how people change and grow and incorporate their life’s events into their sense of the world.
August 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’ve been listening to War and Peace and recently finished Anna Karrenina, and it has struck me how much narrative propulsion Tolstoy gets out of tracing biographical developments. Like, the drama is in how people change and grow and incorporate their life’s events into their sense of the world.
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perfect example of the potential and power in a short list poem today from Claire Nelson!
https://www.havehashad.com/zrafw
https://www.havehashad.com/zrafw
August 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
perfect example of the potential and power in a short list poem today from Claire Nelson!
https://www.havehashad.com/zrafw
https://www.havehashad.com/zrafw