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Today is the publication date of my first novel. What an honor to work with the amazing @stanchion.bsky.social. Please consider ordering a copy and, if you’re in San Diego, come celebrate with me this Sat! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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San Diego friends: new bookstore! Local authors! Come say hi Sunday. throughthefold.com/event/2026-0...

2nd “America at 250” post. Join me in being angry. substack.com/@franoisbere...

A lazy Sat afternoon is a good time to remind that I had a novel published this year. People have read it, people have praised it. Thank you @alexfirst2017.bsky.social! First book club next month! Get it @stanchion.bsky.social (buy 2 get 1 free deal!). www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

« Guessed I’d booked it sometime in the past, which was also my future. » So much fun while also bleak. Kudos Will!

Collection for the ages @sabrinahicks.bsky.social from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. The prose and stories hit every sense. Straight 🔥, get your copy.

Connected with a new bookstore in San Diego (OB) today. Honored that they’ll feature my work. Support indie stores, support indie presses, support indie authors! @stanchion.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Want to read great books that you may not find otherwise? Simple. Join @stanchion.bsky.social bookclub. Best deal indie lit! Not my typical genre but loved this one.

Preordered!

Extraordinary novel @ericscottryon.bsky.social. LA folks, catch us Sat night.

Drinking a Belgian beer, reading some incredible poetry @moette.bsky.social, and thinking about my dad who I hope is having a drink with hers. Fabulous collection, get it @stanchion.bsky.social

Lots of AI talk here. This event will have music, wine, and possibly unreliable narrators & silly authors but zero AI. If you’re in the LA area join @ericscottryon.bsky.social and me at the wonderful Pop Hop on May 30.

Gonna be a blast!

Great deal alert. Go for it!

Your work, like the book, is stunning. Thank you for bringing to Australia. ❤️🔥❤️

“a Brownian motion of hormones bouncing off the walls” Fantastic. And no, you never … 😀

Don’t like this tweet. Buy 2 books and get 3rd free.

Hey, check it out, look like I’m here too. Maybe I’m Aaron’s spotter, I heard it gets pretty wild at Small Press Night.

What a line up! @barbarabyar.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social @russellthayer10.bsky.social @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

This weekend celebrated independent book stores which was awesome. Let’s celebrate indie presses. @stanchion.bsky.social gets 1000 submissions and not nearly enough sales. You can change that. Buy a book or magazine copy, right here! www.stanchionzine.com/shop

San Diego peeps! Sat is Book Crawl and Chicano Park Day! I’ll be at the gorgeous Libélula bookshop hanging with my friend and muralist, Roberto. Plenty of copies of Murals (his work on cover and inside) to share as well as my books. Come say hi!

I’m proud of and delighted with Murals. Amazing effort @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Writing and art from around the world in a gorgeous coffee table format. In San Diego, find it at a local bookshop. Otherwise, order from the wonderful Press Pause. www.presspausepress.org/buystuff/mur...

« He wielded it with the pride of the Navy man he once was, with Popeye tattoos fading on his upper arms. » Damn, Amy. 🔥👏🔥

Your work is so powerful and the book as a whole is gorgeous. Give it a thought friends!

« It wasn’t even his fault; he was only a little bit drunk when the car slammed his motorbike into a brick wall. » Great story alert! Love complex relationship Linda.

In a world so violent and grim, there are moments I struggle to be a positive dad or partner or teacher, much less write, but I am heartened by beauty whether a gift from nature or from the creative mind of a kind editor @stanchion.bsky.social.

I love Philadelphia. Tonight I’m reading from A Question of Family @stanchion.bsky.social at Head House Books. If you’re in the area, join me! headhousebooks.com/event/2026-0...

Protest today, book tour starts tomorrow! See you in Denver, Baltimore, Milburn (NJ), Philly, & Beverly (MA). Details on my site. www.francoisbereaud.com

Book tour next week! I’m taking A Question of Family @stanchion.bsky.social the road. First stop, Denver. If you’re near, find me at Fiction Brewery this Sunday! fictionbeer.com/events/2026/...

Just my two books hanging out in the local author section of the wonderful San Diego Library Foundation store. Support libraries! Support indie lit! @stanchion.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Getting positive feedback on my work is amazing and even more so when it comes from a writer I so admire. Take Keith’s word here. My novel is available @stanchion.bsky.social. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

Finished my first AWP read. This collection is masterful. In each story, @keithlesmeister.bsky.social brings us a kind of stillness and appreciation for the Midwest while his characters experience the full range of human emotions. Highly recommend. eastoverpress.com/book/we-coul...

To be read with such care and thought is a gift that hits square in this writer’s heart. So much gratitude @angelajoynes.bsky.social If you’d like to check out the novel, it’s available here from the amazing @stanchion.bsky.social stanchionzine.com/product-page/a…

Well, #awp26 is here. Amazing reading group in a beautiful space with @stanchion.bsky.social family last night. I’ll be signing books tomorrow at 2, Stanchion booth 434, and today and tomorrow at 11 with the lovely team from @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social , booth 547, come say hi!

Last minute, but, if you’re in San Diego and need something to do tonight, come to SDSU. Can’t vouch for “acclaimed” but honored to share some writing and stories at my alma mater. Blurb by the great @gabino.bsky.social

“A good rain this time of year brings out the yellow flowers on my trail which never fail to lift my spirits when I’m feeling low.”

“I think of olives bobbing in V-shaped glasses, red kisses on the rims.” So good, always. Magic here.

Yes, please. Reviews are 5 star and several folks told me it made them cry - in a good way!

It’s a rainy day in San Diego, great to cozy up with a book. I’m close to a publishing goal and would love for you to consider picking up my first novel @stanchion.bsky.social. Bookstores carrying it, reviews are strong, give it a try! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

“Neighbors gather while I gargle mineral oil and let the metal bits slide down my throat. Ella appears unmoved.” So much fun! Love this Kristi.

Amazing feeling to see this beauty in The Book Catapult, my amazing local store. If you can’t get to San Diego, order it here @stanchion.bsky.social. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

“so we can touch hands and pretend it is an accident of fate” Tangled web here, so good Anna!

“but it’s her body’s melody she’s worried about” Sparkling with originality. Fantastique Delphine.

Writing the novel was tough, launching the novel was joyous, now selling the novel is the truly hard part. Please consider ordering A Question of Family @stanchion.bsky.social. I’m close to a big goal! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

Book launch / dramatic reading right here in my beloved neighborhood last night. So much gratitude for the love and support of family & friends. Also @stanchion.bsky.social for making it possible & for making the journey here. Amazing publisher and human. ❤️❤️❤️ More events coming, books available!

Tonight! thebookcatapult.com/event/2026-0...

This close read is a true gift. Thank you Tracie. 🙏❤️

Grab these!

It’s hit the world!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Please consider ordering. ❤️