Textual Healing

Jack Skelley is the author of The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker (on Semiotexte), Myth Lab (Far West Press), Interstellar Theme Park (BlazeVox press), Monsters (Little Caesar Press) and Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson (Fred & Barney Press). Jack is also songwriter and guitarist for psychedelic surf band Lawndale which is on SST Records.

Jack Skelley is the author of The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker (on Semiotexte), Myth Lab (Far West Press), Interstellar Theme Park (BlazeVox press), Monsters (Little Caesar Press) and Dennis Wilson and Charlie Manson (Fred & Barney Press). Jack is also songwriter and guitarist for psychedelic surf band Lawndale which is on SST Records.

S. R. Schulz lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, three sons, and two dogs. He's been traveling to visit family in Croatia since 2010. He currently works as a family physician just outside Portland, Oregon, and is a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. His writing has been published online and in print, including McSweeney's, HAD, Rejection Letters, Maudlin House, Autofocus, and others. Supersymmetry is his first novel. Find him at srschulzwriting.com or at @authorseanschulz on instagram

S. R. Schulz lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, three sons, and two dogs. He's been traveling to visit family in Croatia since 2010. He currently works as a family physician just outside Portland, Oregon, and is a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. His writing has been published online and in print, including McSweeney's, HAD, Rejection Letters, Maudlin House, Autofocus, and others. Supersymmetry is his first novel.  Find him at srschulzwriting.com or at @authorseanschulz on instagram 

Diana Oropesa is a writer and performer based in Portland. Her debut book, An Incomplete Catalog of Disappearance (Future Tense Books), is a hybrid collection of flash fiction and poetic nonfiction that explores the quiet, strange ways people fade from our lives. She's a member of Yelling Choir and holds an MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. ➡️ Buy An Incomplete Catalog of Disappearance from Future Tense Books

Nick Rees Gardner is the author of Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts (Madrona Books), a gritty, poetic collection of linked stories about addiction, recovery, and resilience in the fictional town of Westinghouse, Ohio. Grab a copy from Madrona Books or Amazon. He's also the author of Hurricane Trinity (Unsolicited Press), the poetry collection So Marvelously Far (Crisis Chronicles Press), and the chapbook Decomposed (Cabin Floor Esoterica). His work has appeared in Epiphany, Reckon Review, Atticus Review, and more. He lives between Ohio and Washington, DC, and is nine years into recovery. Find him at nickreesgardner.com

Nick Rees Gardner is the author of Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts (Madrona Books), a gritty, poetic collection of linked stories about addiction, recovery, and resilience in the fictional town of Westinghouse, Ohio. Grab a copy from Madrona Books or Amazon. He's also the author of Hurricane Trinity (Unsolicited Press), the poetry collection So Marvelously Far (Crisis Chronicles Press), and the chapbook Decomposed (Cabin Floor Esoterica). His work has appeared in Epiphany, Reckon Review, Atticus Review, and more. He lives between Ohio and Washington, DC, and is nine years into recovery. Find him at nickreesgardner.com

Kristen Arnett is a queer fiction writer, essayist, and former librarian based in Orlando, Florida. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Mostly Dead Things, as well as With Teeth and Stop Me If You've Heard This One. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, The Cut, Vogue, and more. You can find her online at kristenarnettwriter.com. Her latest novel, Stop Me If You've Heard This One, is available now wherever books are sold. Rate Textual Healing on Spotify OR Apple Podcasts Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan

Kristen Arnett is a queer fiction writer, essayist, and former librarian based in Orlando, Florida. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Mostly Dead Things, as well as With Teeth and Stop Me If You've Heard This One. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, The Cut, Vogue, and more. You can find her online at kristenarnettwriter.com. Her latest novel, Stop Me If You've Heard This One, is available now wherever books are sold. Rate Textual Healing on Spotify OR Apple Podcasts Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan

Victoria Brooks is a queer nonbinary author living in London, UK, and parent to an octopod (2 year old identical twins)—an identity-shifting experience they recently wrote about for  W0rms. Their first queer sci-fi novel, Silicone God, was published by MOIST Books in the UK, and was recently published in the US (House of Vlad Press). They have also published various essays on writing trauma and trauma-writing, time-travel and ethics, as well as short fiction, usually relating to trans-dimensional and futuristic sexuality. They are working on their next novel which is A Clockwork Orange meets Judith Butler. Their portfolio can be found here. Grab a copy of Silicone God  on Asterism or Bookshop.org. Rate Textual Healing on Spotify OR Apple Podcasts Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan

Victoria Brooks is a queer nonbinary author living in London, UK, and parent to an octopod (2 year old identical twins)—an identity-shifting experience they recently wrote about for W0rms. Their first queer sci-fi novel, Silicone God, was published by MOIST Books in the UK, and was recently published in the US (House of Vlad Press). They have also published various essays on writing trauma and trauma-writing, time-travel and ethics, as well as short fiction, usually relating to trans-dimensional and futuristic sexuality. They are working on their next novel which is A Clockwork Orange meets Judith Butler. Their portfolio can be found here.  Grab a copy of Silicone God on Asterism or Bookshop.org. Rate Textual Healing on Spotify OR Apple Podcasts Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan

Jaydra Johnson (b. 1988 Springfield, Oregon) is a writer, visual artist, and educator who splits her time between Portland, OR and NYC. Her book Low: Notes on Art and Trash ](http:)[was selected for publication by Maggie Nelson and is out now with Fonograf Editions. Johnson is also the author of Refuse Report, a monthly newsletter exploring the tension between high and low art, currently hosted on Substack, and a Cliff Notes columnist for Variable West. You can find out more (or get in touch

Jaydra Johnson (b. 1988 Springfield, Oregon) is a writer, visual artist, and educator who splits her time between Portland, OR and NYC. Her book Low: Notes on Art and Trash ](http:)[was selected for publication by Maggie Nelson and is out now with Fonograf Editions. Johnson is also the author of Refuse Report, a monthly newsletter exploring the tension between high and low art, currently hosted on Substack, and a Cliff Notes columnist for Variable West. You can find out more (or get in touch

Emily Laura Costa is a writer from Waterbury, Connecticut. She is the author of Girl on Girl (Rejection Letters) and Until It Feels Right (Autofocus). She received her MFA in fiction from Southern Connecticut State University, and is the CNF editor for Farewell Transmission. She is currently working on a novel about her father's video store. Follow her @emilylauracosta or read more at emilylauracosta.com. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan

Emily Laura Costa is a writer from Waterbury, Connecticut. She is the author of Girl on Girl (Rejection Letters) and Until It Feels Right (Autofocus). She received her MFA in fiction from Southern Connecticut State University, and is the CNF editor for Farewell Transmission. She is currently working on a novel about her father's video store. Follow her @emilylauracosta or read more at emilylauracosta.com. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: ⁠https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan Find out more at https://textual-healing.pinecast.co

John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker.    His short fiction has been published in The Black Dreams, The BHF Book of Horror Stories, Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror and Weird Horror. He is working on a short fiction collection called No Light in the Trees.  _ _ _ His debut novel, Fine, was published by _Sagging Meniscus Press _in November 2024, and the same company published his memoir, _Teeth: An Oral History, in April 2024. A semi-sequel to Teeth, Spine, will be published in June 2025. He aims to catalogue each of his failing body parts as they happen.    He lives in Belfast, goes for long walks in the rain, and sings in the post rock band, _Ebbing House. _ _ _ Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wO60jFp7qv0FqbZQDELvL?si=a4f8016d783d404a Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ** https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠** Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan Find out more at https://textual-healing.pinecast.co

John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker.    His short fiction has been published in The Black Dreams, The BHF Book of Horror Stories, Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror and Weird Horror. He is working on a short fiction collection called No Light in the Trees.  _ _ _ His debut novel, Fine, was published by _Sagging Meniscus Press _in November 2024, and the same company published his memoir, _Teeth: An Oral History, in April 2024. A semi-sequel to Teeth, Spine, will be published in June 2025. He aims to catalogue each of his failing body parts as they happen.    He lives in Belfast, goes for long walks in the rain, and sings in the post rock band, _Ebbing House. _ _ _ Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wO60jFp7qv0FqbZQDELvL?si=a4f8016d783d404a Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ** https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠** Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by God'Aryan Find out more at https://textual-healing.pinecast.co

Joshua Chaplinsky is the author of ‘Letters to the Purple Satin Killer', ‘The Paradox Twins', ‘Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape', and ‘Kanye West—Reanimator.' His short fiction has been published by Vice, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Thuglit, Severed Press, PMMP, Expat Press, and Broken River Books. He was the Managing Editor of LitReactor.com (2011-2023). Follow him on Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok at @jaceycockrobin. More info at joshuachaplinsky.com. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wO60jFp7qv0FqbZQDELvL?si=a4f8016d783d404a Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: ⁠https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan Find out more at https://textual-healing.pinecast.co

Joshua Chaplinsky is the author of ‘Letters to the Purple Satin Killer', ‘The Paradox Twins', ‘Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape', and ‘Kanye West—Reanimator.'  His short fiction has been published by Vice, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Thuglit, Severed Press, PMMP, Expat Press, and Broken River Books. He was the Managing Editor of LitReactor.com (2011-2023). Follow him on Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok at @jaceycockrobin. More info at joshuachaplinsky.com. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wO60jFp7qv0FqbZQDELvL?si=a4f8016d783d404a Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: ⁠https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan Find out more at https://textual-healing.pinecast.co

Steve's Playlist: Steve's Albums of the Year, 1987-2024 Mallory's Playlist: A Totally Unbiased Collection Of Questionable Bangers Steve Gergley is the author of two novels and two short story collections. His most recent novel, Episode 3328: Ian Sharp, will be published on January 27th, 2025, by Translucent Eyes Press. His other books include The Great Atlantic Highway & Other Stories (Malarkey Books '24), Skyscraper (West Vine Press '23), and A Quick Primer on Wallowing in Despair (Leftover Books '22). His short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Wigleaf, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Maudlin House, Passages North, Always Crashing, and others. He tweets @GergleySteve. His fiction can be found at: https://stevegergleyauthor.wordpress.com/. In addition to his own writing, he is also the editor of scaffold literary magazine. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wO60jFp7qv0FqbZQDELvL?si=011957cf712f4545 Rate us on Apple Podcasts:⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan The website we discuss in the beginning that lets you see all kinds of different listening stats for your account on Spotify: https://statsforspotify.com Find out more at https://textual-healing.pinecast.co

Steve Gergley is the author of two novels and two short story collections. His most recent novel, Episode 3328: Ian Sharp, will be published on January 25th, 2025, by Translucent Eyes Press. His other books include The Great Atlantic Highway & Other Stories (Malarkey Books '24), Skyscraper (West Vine Press '23), and A Quick Primer on Wallowing in Despair (Leftover Books '22). His short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Wigleaf, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Maudlin House, Passages North, Always Crashing, and others. He tweets @GergleySteve. His fiction can be found at: https://stevegergleyauthor.wordpress.com/. In addition to his own writing, he is also the editor of scaffold literary magazine. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan

Kevin Maloney is the author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, Cult of Loretta, and the forthcoming story collection Horse Girl Fever. His writing has appeared in FENCE, HAD, Forever Magazine, and a number of other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan

Kevin Maloney is the author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, Cult of Loretta, _and the forthcoming story collection Horse Girl Fever. His writing has appeared in _FENCE, HAD, Forever Magazine, and a number of other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: ⁠https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan

Rick Claypool (he/him) is the author of SKULL SLIME TENTACLE WITCH WAR (Anxiety Press, 2024), TENTACLE HEAD (Bear Creek Press, 2022), THE MOLD FARMER (Six Gallery Press, 2020), LEECH GIRL LIVES (Spaceboy Books, 2017), and short stories that appear here and there online, including Maudlin House, HAD, and Back Patio Press. He grew up in the industrial outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pa., and lives in Rhode Island. Subscribe to Rick's Absurdist Horror email newsletter here https://absurdisthorror.substack.com/ Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: ⁠https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan

Rick Claypool (he/him) is the author of SKULL SLIME TENTACLE WITCH WAR (Anxiety Press, 2024), TENTACLE HEAD (Bear Creek Press, 2022), THE MOLD FARMER (Six Gallery Press, 2020), LEECH GIRL LIVES (Spaceboy Books, 2017), and short stories that appear here and there online, including Maudlin House, HAD, and Back Patio Press. He grew up in the industrial outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pa., and lives in Rhode Island. Subscribe to Rick's Absurdist Horror email newsletter here https://absurdisthorror.substack.com/ Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: ⁠https://textualpodcast.com/⁠ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844⁠ Follow us on Twitter: ⁠@PodHealing⁠ Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: ⁠https://mallorysmart.com/⁠ beats by ⁠God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing C.J. Spataro is an award-winning short fiction writer whose work has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies including Taboos & Transgressions, Iron Horse Literary Review, december, Sequestrum, and Exacting Clam. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Publishing programs at Rosemont College and was a founding partner of Philadelphia Stories. Her debut novel,  MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE  (Sagging Meniscus Press) was recently named to Reactor's Can't Miss Indie Speculative Books for Spring. Twitter: @cjspataro Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing C.J. Spataro is an award-winning short fiction writer whose work has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies including Taboos & Transgressions, Iron Horse Literary Review, december, Sequestrum, and Exacting Clam. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Publishing programs at Rosemont College and was a founding partner of Philadelphia Stories. Her debut novel, MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE (Sagging Meniscus Press) was recently named to Reactor's Can't Miss Indie Speculative Books for Spring. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Cash Compson's first book, PEOPLE SCARE ME, was published in February 2024 by House of Vlad Press. He lives in New England with his wife and their dog, and he's currently at work on new writing. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Cash Compson's first book, PEOPLE SCARE ME, was published in February 2024 by House of Vlad Press. He lives in New England with his wife and their dog, and he's currently at work on new writing. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Anoushka Warden  is a writer for stage and screen and has recently had her first novel published. Her first play, My Mum's A Twt, was staged at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre. Her second play My Dad's a Cnt won the Platform Presents Playwright's Prize . Her debut novel, I'm F*cking Amazing was released in the US with Doubleday Books and is available now online and in book stores. She is currently developing a film and TV scripts with BFI/Erebus Pictures/Fifth Season/The Bond Group. Anoushka is currently an Associate Artist at Pentabus Theatre. Anoushka is on instagram @made_by_noush and on Twitter @AnoushkaWarden Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Anoushka Warden is a writer of theatre, TV, Film and now novels. Her debut novel, I'm F*cking Amazing was released in the US with Doubleday Books and is available now online and in book stores. Anoushka is on instagram @made_by_noush Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Mariah Stovall has written fiction for the anthology Black Punk Now, and for Ninth Letter, Vol 1. Brooklyn, Hobart, the Minola Review, and Joyland; and nonfiction for The Los Angeles Review of Books, Full Stop, Hanif Abdurraqib's 68to05, The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, and LitHub. I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both is her first novel and 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is her favorite Jawbreaker album. She lives in Newark, New Jersey. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website:https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing David Winner is a senior editor at StatOrec magazine, the fiction editor of The American, a magazine based in Rome, and a regular contributor to The Brooklyn Rail. He just released the novel, Master Lovers, from Outpost19. Check out his website: https://david-winner.com/ Follow him on Twitter: @dqw16391 Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website:https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing David Winner is a senior editor at StatOrec magazine, the fiction editor of The American, a magazine based in Rome, and a regular contributor to The Brooklyn Rail. He just released the nove, Master Lovers, from Outpost19. Check out his website: https://david-winner.com/ Follow him on Twitter: @dqw16391 Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website:https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Scott Mitchel May is the author of the novels Awful People and Breakneck. His short fiction and essays have appeared in HAD, Maudlin House, Trampset, and The  Maryland Literary Review, among others. He tweets @smitchelmay Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website:https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Jeff Alessandrelli is most recently the author of the novel  And Yet (Future Tense Books, 2024). His work has previously been published in The American Poetry Review, Fence, New American Writing, Lit Hub, BOMB, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. In addition to his writing, he also directs and co-edits the nonprofit book press/record label Fonograf Editions. He's at  https://jeffalessandrelli.net/ Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Steve Gergley is the author of The Great Atlantic Highway & Other Stories (Malarkey Books '24), There Are Some Floors Missing (Bullshit Lit '24), Skyscraper (West Vine Press '23), and A Quick Primer on Wallowing in Despair (Leftover Books '22). His short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Pithead Chapel, Maudlin House, Passages North, Hobart, Always Crashing, and others. He tweets @GergleySteve. His fiction can be found at: https://stevegergleyauthor.wordpress.com/. In addition to his own writing, he is also the editor of scaffold literary magazine. Twitter: @GergleySteve Author Website: https://stevegergleyauthor.wordpress.com/ Link to Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1UAxnpUOjTEYQk0sohhSBS?si=7eae822e226840b6 Links to New Short Story Collection: https://malarkeybooks.com/store/greatatlantichighway https://asterismbooks.com/product/the-great-atlantic-highway-and-other-stories https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-atlantic-highway-other-stories-steve-gergley/21330040?ean=9798990324091 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-atlantic-highway-other-stories-steve-gergley/1145095340?ean=9798990324091 https://www.amazon.com/Great-Atlantic-Highway-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B0CY43F4NH/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mPoN8F1L6RPzLLX9G_9pA5HLGmZy9i8LhINj1Jl2FRjGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.EqW-2HNp8whueZVFDFqpPv8PH39hYG6-y_HDrRvFnUc&qid=1712318340&sr=1-2 Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing The Whistler: 2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 Emily Capers (1:10): Emily Capers is a Midwestern mixed girl, who writes to begin conversations around identity by experimenting with form and genre. In Between My Bodies (Long Day Press) is her first chapbook. She currently lives in Chicago with her beautiful partner and dog, Millie. Dmitry Samarov (5:54): Dmitry Samarov paints and writes in Chicago. He is the author and illustrator of six books. He sends out a newsletter every Monday. An absurd amount of his work is collected at his website, which is seventeen years old now. Mallory Smart (14:14): Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Maudlin House. Some people even call her The Only Living Girl In Chicago. Mallory is also the host of Textual Healing and cohost of That Horrorcast. Her latest book, I Keep My Visions To Myself, is out now from With an X Books. Kyle François (17:38): Kyle François is a writer, musician, and educator in Chicago. He was raised in rural Iowa. He plays in the band Gold Dust and wrote the foreword to the 2024 edition of Arno E. Schmidt's The Accomplished Muskrat Trapper. Joshua Bohnsack (25:47): Joshua Bohnsack's work has appeared in AGNI, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and others. He is the publisher of Long Day Press. He grew up on a farm and moved to Chicago. God'Aryan (32:30): God'Aryan is a producer; singer, songwriter and music artist based in Chicago. Inspired by artists like Frank ocean, paramore, and Charli xcx they make pop, hip hop, and alternative music. There music focuses on themes of vulnerability, relationships, and the struggles of being an artist in our current age. Aug Stone (38:56): Aug Stone is a writer, musician, & comedian. His 2023 novel, T_he Ballad Of Buttery Cake Ass, was one of Vulture's Best Comedy Books Of The Year. Aug is also author of the memoir Nick Cave's Bar and the comedy novel Off-License To Kill_, and his journalism has appeared in The Quietus, The Comics Journal, Under The Radar, and many more sites and magazines. Aug was a founding member of H Bird and The Soft Close-Ups, and has played in countless other bands. He performs comedy as absurdist stream-of-consciousness raconteur, Young Southpaw. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Jeff Alessandrelli is most recently the author of the novel And Yet (Future Tense Books, 2024). His work has previously been published in The American Poetry Review, Fence, New American Writing, Lit Hub, BOMB, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. In addition to his writing, he also directs and co-edits the nonprofit book press/record label Fonograf Editions. He's at https://jeffalessandrelli.net/. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Sam Berman is a short story writer who lives in Chicago and works at LakeFront Medical with Nancy, Andrew, and Patrick. All terrific coworkers. He has had work published in Forever Magazine, Joyland, Expat Press, Maudlin House, the Northwest Review, The Masters Review, Vlad Mag, HAD, Hobart, CRAFT, Dream Boy Book Club, and Rejection Letters. He was selected as the runner-up in The Kenyon Review's 2022 Nonfiction Competition as well as a finalist for the 2022 & 2023 Halifax Ranch Prize. This year he has nominations pending for the Pushcart Prize and a Best American Short Story nomination. He has forthcoming work in Back Patio Press, X-Ray and The Idaho Review, among many others. In addition to his writing, Sam is also the Director of Storyfort, a literary festival held during Treefort Music Fest every March in Boise, Idaho. Website: www.sam-berman.com Twitter: @Taylorbabe411 Instagram: @sugarcainberman Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Sam Berman is a short story writer who lives in Chicago and works at LakeFront Medical with Nancy, Andrew, and Patrick. All terrific coworkers. He has had work published in Forever Magazine, Joyland, Expat Press, Maudlin House, the Northwest Review, The Masters Review, Vlad Mag, HAD, Hobart, CRAFT, Dream Boy Book Club, and Rejection Letters. He was selected as the runner-up in The Kenyon Review's 2022 Nonfiction Competition as well as a finalist for the 2022 & 2023 Halifax Ranch Prize. This year he has nominations pending for the Pushcart Prize and a Best American Short Story nomination. He has forthcoming work in Back Patio Press, X-Ray and The Idaho Review, among many others. In addition to his writing, Sam is also the Director of Storyfort, a literary festival held during Treefort Music Fest every March in Boise, Idaho. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Jillian Luft is a writer and Florida apologist. Her debut novel, Scumbag Summer, is set for publication on June 20th via House of Vlad Press. You can read more of her work at **jillianluft.com. ** Twitter: @JillianLuft Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Jillian Luft is a writer and Florida apologist. Her debut novel, Scumbag Summer, is set for publication on June 20th via House of Vlad Press. You can read more of her work at jillianluft.com. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by ** God'Aryan**

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Maudlin House. She is the host of the literary/music podcast Textual Healing and cohost of the horror movie podcast That Horrorcast. Her latest book, I Keep My Visions To Myself, just came out from With an X Books.  Find her on Twitter: @malsmart Kirsti MacKenzie has published in HAD, trampset, Identity Theory, and Rejection Letters. She studied creative writing at Humber College and Memorial University but learned the most from bathroom graffiti in dive bars. Kirsti is also the EIC of Major 7th Magazine. Her book, Better to Beg, came out earlier this year. She lives in Ottawa and can be found perpetually on her bullshit @KeersteeMack Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by ** God'Aryan**

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing John Patrick Higgins is a writer of long and short stories, screenplays and plays. He has had bad teeth for as long as he can remember and you might expect him, being English, not to notice. But he has noticed, and he's doing something about it. His new book, Teeth, recounts his journey from a mouthful of moist gravel to a pristine, pacific smile, with the Pole-star wattage of a Hollywood A-lister. Get it now from Sagging Meniscus Press and read about John's musings on his blog. He's also on Twitter: @JohnnyMuggins Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Brianna is a writer based in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to being a member and on the social media team for the Horror Writers Association, she's also co-chair of the Seattle Chapter. She has work in Beautiful Tragedies 2 and 3, The Dire Circle, The Nottingham Horror Collective, Under Her Skin, _and HorrorScope: A Zodiac Anthology Volumes 1 and 4_. In fall of 2023 her debut horror poetry collection, Fashion Trends, Deadly Ends, was released and she was a “Writer in Residence” at the Chateau d'Orquevaux in France. Malotke's next collection, Lost Cherry, will be published with January Ember Press fall of 2024. She also has a romance novella series, Sugar & Steam, written under the pen name of Tori Fields. Website: https://brimalotke.wixsite.com/malotkewrites IG: @briannamalotke TikTok: @briannamalotke Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

John Patrick Higgins is a writer of long and short stories, screenplays and plays. He has had bad teeth for as long as he can remember and you might expect him, being English, not to notice. But he has noticed, and he's doing something about it. His new book, Teeth, recounts his journey from a mouthful of moist gravel to a pristine, pacific smile, with the Pole-star wattage of a Hollywood A-lister. Get it now from Sagging Meniscus Press and read about John's musings on his blog. He's also on Twitter: @JohnnyMuggins

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Maudlin House. She is the host of the literary/music podcast Textual Healing and cohost of the horror movie podcast That Horrorcast. Her latest book, I Keep My Visions To Myself, just came out from With an X Books.  Find her on Twitter or Instagram: @malsmart Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by ** God'Aryan**

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Ari Gold is a film director, poet, musician, & founder/president of Grack Films. His movies have screened at Sundance, Telluride, Karlovy-Vary, & hundreds of other festivals, & he has won over fifty prizes, including best film at SXSW (twice), the Student Oscar, and Best Director at the American Cinematheque / ARPA.  Ari is currently in post-production on his third & fourth feature films. Helicopter expands on his student-Oscar-winning short film about his mother's death, & features legendary director Alejandro Jodorowsky. Brother Verses Brother, a musical odyssey from the streets of San Francisco, is a companion to Ari's first book of poetry (Father Verses Sons, Rare Bird Lit, 2024). Previously, he directed a romantic drama called The Song of Sway Lake which played 52 international film festivals, winning Best Feature at over a dozen of these. It features Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan (Umbrella Academy), & Mary Beth Peil. His first feature film, air-drum cult comedy Adventures of Power, was called "One of the funniest films in recent years" by NY Magazine, and features Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Nick Kroll, and Adrian Grenier. Ari has a dozen other film & TV projects in various stages of development, and also hosts a podcast about drumming called HotSticks, featuring some of the biggest rock stars on the planet. Ari's most unusual distinctions include a High Times Magazine "Stoner of the Year" award (for his performance as a drug dealer in the rave film Groove), and a Guinness World Record for commanding the largest air-drum ensemble on earth. And yes, his name was “borrowed” by a TV show. Follow @AriGold on Instagram Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer's acclaimed work includes the short story collection UPSTATE, the science fiction novel Orphans and the essay collections Lost in Space and Be Cool. Ben is a storySouth and Pushcart nominee, a finalist for the Annual National Indie Excellence and Eric Hoffer Book Awards, a winner of the Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival Nonfiction Prose Award and a Midwest Book Award. He also received an Honorable Mention at the Chicago Writers Association Book Awards for Traditional Non-Fiction and a Bronze Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. He's written for Hemispheres, Punk Planet, Men's Health, and The Arrow, AARP's GenX newsletter. His forthcoming novel The Missing will be released in Spring 2024 by 7.13 Books. He lives in Chicago with his family. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Beatriz Seelaender is a Brazilian writer from São Paulo, Brazil. Traces of her writing can be found all over the internet, especially if you follow her on Twitter (biaseelaender) or instagram (slanderdawg). Her award-winning novella, "All According to Norm", will be out later this year and can be pre-ordered on the Black Spring Press website. Recent poetry: https://www.litmoralitmag.com/beatriz-seelaender-three-pieces Fiction about music: https://www.google.com.br/amp/s/cagibilit.com/music-for-the-people-in-the-shadows/amp/ https://www.google.com.br/amp/s/cagibilit.com/i-hate-you-more-than-i-love-you/amp/ Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan