Stephen Fishbach
@stephenfishbach.bsky.social
2x Survivor loser. Pushcart Prize-winning writer. Host of the Paraphrase Podcast.
Novel forthcoming in January 2026.
Your reskeets of me are endorsements.
Novel forthcoming in January 2026.
Your reskeets of me are endorsements.
do any naturalists out there know how to pronounce the taraw palm? Wrote it in my novel and now the audiobook folks are looking to find a fully accurate way to pronounce it!
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
do any naturalists out there know how to pronounce the taraw palm? Wrote it in my novel and now the audiobook folks are looking to find a fully accurate way to pronounce it!
not sure what it means that everyone on Bluesky says 'man' and everyone on X says "yawn" (but also objects to my saying 'yawn' instead of 'John)
Settlers of Catan -- Catan (rhymes with man) or Catahn (rhymes with yawn)?
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
not sure what it means that everyone on Bluesky says 'man' and everyone on X says "yawn" (but also objects to my saying 'yawn' instead of 'John)
Settlers of Catan -- Catan (rhymes with man) or Catahn (rhymes with yawn)?
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Settlers of Catan -- Catan (rhymes with man) or Catahn (rhymes with yawn)?
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I am in the middle of this book and it is really good. Go see Stephen!
FRIENDS please come out to my book launch events in Jan!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am in the middle of this book and it is really good. Go see Stephen!
FRIENDS please come out to my book launch events in Jan!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
FRIENDS please come out to my book launch events in Jan!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
Jan 27: Washington DC @Politics & Prose - no tix required
Jan 29: Austin @t Book People with @rickdevens.bsky.social - free tix!
Jan 30: NYC at the Strand with @emilynussbaum.bsky.social !!
TIX AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE's EVENTS PAGE!!
question for those with a TV production background, would remote cams store on a microSD card or standard SD card?
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
question for those with a TV production background, would remote cams store on a microSD card or standard SD card?
what is AWP and should I go? Baltimore is like an hour drive for me.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
what is AWP and should I go? Baltimore is like an hour drive for me.
DC friends I will be at Politics & Prose on January 27 @ 7 pm to launch my novel Escape!!* Please come by to say hello and get your copy signed! If it's already signed I will sign it a second time!
*one exclamation point a part of the title, the second added for emphasis
*one exclamation point a part of the title, the second added for emphasis
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
DC friends I will be at Politics & Prose on January 27 @ 7 pm to launch my novel Escape!!* Please come by to say hello and get your copy signed! If it's already signed I will sign it a second time!
*one exclamation point a part of the title, the second added for emphasis
*one exclamation point a part of the title, the second added for emphasis
still can't believe I got blurbed by Jonathan Safran Foer
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
still can't believe I got blurbed by Jonathan Safran Foer
AUSTIN! Come join me January 29th at Book People, where I'll be talking about my novel with another has-been reality contestant Rick Devens!!!
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
AUSTIN! Come join me January 29th at Book People, where I'll be talking about my novel with another has-been reality contestant Rick Devens!!!
the LEGEND @benjaminpercy.bsky.social gave me the blurb I dreamed i'd one day get ....
Thrill Me was my guide while writing my novel; my cork board is covered in its advice.
And Dead Lands sits over my shoulder at my writing desk reminding me what good fiction can do.
I'm so deeply honored.
Thrill Me was my guide while writing my novel; my cork board is covered in its advice.
And Dead Lands sits over my shoulder at my writing desk reminding me what good fiction can do.
I'm so deeply honored.
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
the LEGEND @benjaminpercy.bsky.social gave me the blurb I dreamed i'd one day get ....
Thrill Me was my guide while writing my novel; my cork board is covered in its advice.
And Dead Lands sits over my shoulder at my writing desk reminding me what good fiction can do.
I'm so deeply honored.
Thrill Me was my guide while writing my novel; my cork board is covered in its advice.
And Dead Lands sits over my shoulder at my writing desk reminding me what good fiction can do.
I'm so deeply honored.
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@stephenfishbach.bsky.social Only on page 16, and I'm already completely enthralled. Do you mean I get to enjoy another 300+ pages of this? Wonderful.
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@stephenfishbach.bsky.social Only on page 16, and I'm already completely enthralled. Do you mean I get to enjoy another 300+ pages of this? Wonderful.
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In the chaos, one trader profited ~$150 million from well-timed shorts. With an offshore trading platform, potentially offshore trader, and no regulators apparently interested in crypto enforcement, the possibility that someone was trading on White House inside info will likely go unexamined.
![Insider trading allegations
In the aftermath, analysts noticed a wallet that had deposited millions into the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange before the crash, taking a heavily leveraged short position on bitcoin and ether. When the market plummeted, they profited to the tune of more than $150 million. The remarkable timing led some researchers and institutions to question whether the trader had inside information from the White House about upcoming tariff announcements, and the blockchain analytics company Arkham labeled the wallet “Trump insider whale” on their platform.10
Some researchers suggested that the wallet might belong to Garrett Jin, the former CEO of BitForex, a Hong Kong-based exchange that shut down in early 2024 amid exit-scam allegations [W3IGG]. Without initially addressing whether he controlled the wallet, Jin posted to Twitter that “I have no connection with the Trump family or Donald Trump Jr. — this isn’t insider trading”, but then later deleted the tweet. Other crypto sleuths have questioned whether Jin really controlled the wallet or is merely connected to the person who does.11 Jin later tweeted, “The fund isn’t mine — it’s my clients’.”12](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreie4ryw56nkzmgyy6xtrfx2wyjh665ij5wkizl3udphs4sp3msbxry@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the chaos, one trader profited ~$150 million from well-timed shorts. With an offshore trading platform, potentially offshore trader, and no regulators apparently interested in crypto enforcement, the possibility that someone was trading on White House inside info will likely go unexamined.
When I first had the idea for Escape! I wanted it to be a ‘literary thriller,’ to have depth and humanity but also be fast-paced and fun. I worked so hard to create that propulsion, so I was honored—and relieved!—when Janelle Brown of all people gave me this incredible blurb!
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When I first had the idea for Escape! I wanted it to be a ‘literary thriller,’ to have depth and humanity but also be fast-paced and fun. I worked so hard to create that propulsion, so I was honored—and relieved!—when Janelle Brown of all people gave me this incredible blurb!
I will never cease being amazed at how many utensils my household can go through in a day.
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I will never cease being amazed at how many utensils my household can go through in a day.
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If you ever wonder if all the promo and reminders to preorder are effective, I will tell you that *this* reminder was the one that got through! I've been hearing you talk about preordering for months and kept thinking "I'll get to it". Well today I actually did! Very excited to read Escape!
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you ever wonder if all the promo and reminders to preorder are effective, I will tell you that *this* reminder was the one that got through! I've been hearing you talk about preordering for months and kept thinking "I'll get to it". Well today I actually did! Very excited to read Escape!
very exciting, for a limited time Hudson Booksellers has 30% off online pre-orders --- IN CASE YOU WANT TO PRE-ORDER ANY BOOKS.
October 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
very exciting, for a limited time Hudson Booksellers has 30% off online pre-orders --- IN CASE YOU WANT TO PRE-ORDER ANY BOOKS.
100%. these ideas are so boring and trite, everyone thinks they’re a visionary liberated by ai but it’s mostly hackneyed tedium with a glossy tech sheen.
Assuming its validity: This is not funny because it’s awful, but I am amazed by the idea that it would be great to interact with a 10-foot AI Martin Luther King and *ask him what he had for breakfast*. And ask him how his day is going! WHAT IN THE BORING-ASS DYSTOPIA ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
This seems fake but it's completely real: Audio of Seattle's current Mayor dreaming of a giant computer-simulated Martin Luther King, something the King family has explicitly asked people not to do.
Big thanks to Erica Barnett for being the only reporter in town covering these events so closely!
Big thanks to Erica Barnett for being the only reporter in town covering these events so closely!
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
100%. these ideas are so boring and trite, everyone thinks they’re a visionary liberated by ai but it’s mostly hackneyed tedium with a glossy tech sheen.
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A preview of what your bookshelf can look like in a couple months. #BB27 #Survivor #RHAP
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October 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A preview of what your bookshelf can look like in a couple months. #BB27 #Survivor #RHAP
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October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mysterium Kids or Zombie Kidz Evolution for a five year old?
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mysterium Kids or Zombie Kidz Evolution for a five year old?
I'm so excited that @text_publishing has agreed to publish Escape! in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK! LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS COVER!!!!
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm so excited that @text_publishing has agreed to publish Escape! in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK! LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS COVER!!!!
I think I’m on a trajectory to be one of those people who brings a small bottle of hot sauce everywhere
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I think I’m on a trajectory to be one of those people who brings a small bottle of hot sauce everywhere
Nathan Hill is one of my favorite authors. His books are vast and emotionally complex, but also hilarious and antic, wrestling with major social themes even as they delight in their comic characters.
Having him blurb my novel is such a profound honor, and hopefully speaks to Escape!’s DNA.
Having him blurb my novel is such a profound honor, and hopefully speaks to Escape!’s DNA.
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nathan Hill is one of my favorite authors. His books are vast and emotionally complex, but also hilarious and antic, wrestling with major social themes even as they delight in their comic characters.
Having him blurb my novel is such a profound honor, and hopefully speaks to Escape!’s DNA.
Having him blurb my novel is such a profound honor, and hopefully speaks to Escape!’s DNA.
Padding his resume to try and replace Hegseth
October 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Padding his resume to try and replace Hegseth