Whiskey Tit Press
Whiskey Tit makes delicious books and believes, sincerely, that great literature will keep us alive and fighting and (hopefully) free from brainworms.
- Best first chapter review. www.instagram.com/p/DT0u4RaElM...
- "Compelling and written with both a twist-the-knife pain and compress-the-wound empathy."
- Man, super happy to see MORE HELL in such good company on this Electric Lit list, including alongside @lumchanmfa.bsky.social’s BITTER OVER SWEET! electricliterature.com/15-small-pre... @whiskeytit.com @sfwp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressMy favorite reads of 2025.
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressPretty stoked to see MORE HELL on the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social Best Short Story Collections of 2025 list, and next to @sfwp.bsky.social’s Bitter Over Sweet by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social. Big, big shoutout to the phenomenal Rachel León! @whiskeytit.com chireviewofbooks.com/2025/12/18/t...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressGood luck to @whiskeytit.com !
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressI am honored that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Long List alongside so many writers I admire. Congratulations to all! Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social and Deesha Philyaw! To see the full list, please visit: www.sfwp.com/2025-awards-...
- Preorders are closing soon so if you're looking for a little biblical bloodshed this season, take Ben's advice.
- Over at my Substack, I take a look at David Scott Hay's dark re-telling of the Gospel, forthcoming from @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressI’ve got a new short story up at Whiskey Tit Journal, first one in a while. Part Looney Tunes, part murder ballad. whiskeytit.com/article/the-... @whiskeytit.com
- Nebraska, look at us.
- Dave Fitzgerald repping @whiskeytit.com at N.COB table 19! Come dig, buy books, and look at this handsome bastard!
- Truth!
- My (short) short story, The Ballad of Miss Mouse, has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming issue (first one in over a year!) of Whiskey Tit Journal. It's kind of a cross between Looney Tunes and a murder ballad. @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressNew Book Review! Associate Editor Cecilia Combs looks at Jesi Bender's, "Child of Light" from @whiskeytit.com Read the full review on our website: rowanglassworks.org/book-reviews/r… #BookReview #JesiBender #ChildOfLight #AmReading
- We're coming back...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressSo touched by this piece about my book over at TriYou, which also has the most captivating review opening I may have ever read. To “Midwest, pessimistic, Buddhism” in all its hellacious forms—and better hotel soap! triyou.com/f/more-hell-... @whiskeytit.com
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- Dream: have booked an appointment for "shoulder slice," a new body mod exactly what it sounds like, only to realize that I'm Prince reincarnated, and as Prince, I'm too cool for such frivolity. But I've already talked it up and don't want to be perceived a big pussy, then remember I'm Prince.
- "You're supposed to sit in the proverbial shitty pants that our main character is sitting in." Cannot believe I missed this ace review on Goodreads of @dfitzgerraldo.bsky.social's TROLL. Get it and sit in it: whiskeytit.com/product/troll
- Excellent new review of THE ASTRONOMER by @brianbiswas.bsky.social . whiskeytit.com/product/the-...
- Oh hey what's this??? Just @asterismbooks.bsky.social shining a little on CHILD OF LIGHT by JESI BENDER. asterismbooks.com/blog/post/re...
- Coming soon, again. whiskeytit.com/product/the-...
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- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressLA Squimbop launch next Tues with @specktor.bsky.social and Chris Zeischegg -- RSVP here! @southwestreview.bsky.social @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @wakeisland.bsky.social partiful.com/e/C9AkXDbFpP...
- Accepting sponsorship offers.
- Hey @whiskeytit.com — can we do a vanilla air freshener-scented limited edition of In the Sight next year? You could read it OR hang it from your rear-view mirror for long road trips...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressSharing again for my #booksky friends! Check out Jesi Bender's luminous novel CHILD OF LIGHT. Set in 1896 and obsessed with love and electricity, it provides an important perspective: Technological progress doesn’t make us any less human. 📚💙 from @whiskeytit.com kateblackwood.com/2025/08/love...
- Super, super stoked to be back in Mineral Point to read from MORE HELL and chat about what small/indie presses are all about! Thanks to @republicofletters.bsky.social and Shake Rag Alley! Come hang! @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressJust when y'all thought we were done w/ the hype 😅 In addition to our spooky af horror issue, we're hooking you up w/ some new Squimbop lore from the homie @raviddice.bsky.social 🔥 Preorder below... southwestreview.com/subscribe/
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressUpdate: there's now a new page for my book on Kill List on @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's website! www.bloomsbury.com/us/kill-list...
- Turn up, Milton, you adorable genius
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressIn the mad abundance of my recent good fortunes—and those of my book, MORE HELL (@whiskeytit.com)—I’ve hardly had time to stop and thank some of the people who’ve made so many wonderful things happen. So a photo dump with some unendingly grateful shoutouts to
- Get yourself to a Milton near you:
- Sunday - Goodrich Square Books & Brew Fair in MILTON!, WI where I’ll be hanging with the amazing @mazebooks.bsky.social, @inkcapbooks.bsky.social, @inkwellbooks.bsky.social , and Elmside Goods; repping @sfwp.bsky.social and @whiskeytit.com, and getting to know some local authors! 10AM-4PM
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- David Leo Rice at Black Spring Books, Brooklyn reading from “The Sqimbop Condition.” @1111press.bsky.social @raviddice.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressThomas Kendall at Black Spring Books, Brooklyn reading from “How I Killed the Universal Man.” @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressFantastic reading of THE BERLIN WALL in terms of the permanent dream-state we've all entered: @whiskeytit.com substack.com/home/post/p-...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressRaising MORE HELL in the Quad Cities tonight thanks to @atlascollectiveqc.bsky.social, The Midwest Writing Center, and exceptional local writers Ava Miller and Esther Windt. Come hang with us! Come speak with us! Come get weird, because we can! @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressTONIGHT at 6:30pm CDT, @adamalsirgany.bsky.social will be reading and signing from his debut collection, MORE HELL (@whiskeytit.com), with special guests Ava Miller, and Esther Windt at The Atlas Collective - Brews & Books! RSVP here: buff.ly/HCtbLO6
- 240 6th Street in Gowanus with some of the sharpest literary minds .
- Tomorrow, I'll be reading in Gowanus with some fellow @whiskeytit.com authors! Details here... www.instagram.com/p/DOwtjrojIdQ/
- You should come out tonight and celebrate the good things.
- Tomorrow, I'll be reading in Gowanus with some fellow @whiskeytit.com authors! Details here... www.instagram.com/p/DOwtjrojIdQ/
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressI'll also be signing copies of IN THE SIGHT at @whiskeytit.com's table — booth 621/622 — at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday at 3:00 pm.
- @jbradleyamore.bsky.social is coming to Philly— baby's all grown up. Go see!
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressIf you live in Moline, IL, make sure to stop by The Atlas Collective - Brews & Books this Saturday at 6:30pm CDT for a reading and signing of MORE HELL by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social, with special guests Ava Miller, and Esther Windt! buff.ly/HCtbLO6 @whiskeytit.com
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- The newest Episode of Writing The Rapids is out now! I talked to @raviddice.bsky.social about his new book The Squimbop Condition ( @1111press.bsky.social ), and all that wild ride of a book entails. Take a listen.
- What makes midwestern cheeses radioactive orange anyway?
- Thursday! Thursday! Thursday! Gettin stoked for Stoughton! Gonna read weird stuff... Maybe gonna film myself eating Limburger on rye while I flip the bird in the general direction of Vermont over their inferior cheeses... @inkcapbooks.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressThursday! Thursday! Thursday! Gettin stoked for Stoughton! Gonna read weird stuff... Maybe gonna film myself eating Limburger on rye while I flip the bird in the general direction of Vermont over their inferior cheeses... @inkcapbooks.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com
- "An ode to language and memory, Child of Light is ... nominally about the arrival, in the nineteenth century, of widespread electrification in the United States but is also, and more deeply, about the competing claims of science and spirituality as ways of understanding reality."
- CHILD OF LIGHT by Jesi Bender (@whiskeytit.com). Reviewed by @emilyannwebber.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/chil...
- One of a few new horizons for the Tit:
- Chatted with fellow @whiskeytit.com author David Scott Hay about his next novel, horror imprints, and more. www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/12/d...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressRecently acquired books from @bitterkarella.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @kaijupoet.bsky.social @davidscotthay.bsky.social
- Best part of Printer’s Row is being in the orbit of such talented local writing. We love our bizarro friends!
- Printers Row went really well this year! Only two books left. The first one to message me can get both signed and sent for only $15. Thank you @michaelallenrose.bsky.social, Sauda Namir, @renbolger.bsky.social, @tusitalabruni.bsky.social and everyone at @whiskeytit.com and @deadskypub.bsky.social
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit Press12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jesi Bender / @whiskeytit.com ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/12-o...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressHey, #LFK, get Friday night's Rock and Roll Reading on your calendar: 6 p.m. at the Replay. @bradleymckellip.bsky.social will blow our minds on guitar, and @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, among 10 others, will share stories and poems of rock and roll for three minutes or less.
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressMore MORE HELL: A Partial September Events List for Midwestern Enthusiasts of Character-Driven Short Fiction
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressGetting stoked about returning to some old stomping grounds to sign books at the phenomenal @rubberrosebooks.bsky.social! @whiskeytit.com
- What you’ve heard is true— see you in Chicago!
- Next weekend, I'll be at the Printer's Row Lit Fest with the Chicago Bizarro Writers Association and @whiskeytit.com. I'll have signed copies of several of my titles for sale. Come by and pick up books or just to say hi.
- The SIGNED COPY sticker is music.
- If you find yourself in Durham, North Carolina … *signed* copies of my novel The Astronomer are available at the New Hope Commons Barnes and Noble. Shortlisted for Publishers Weekly BookLife Priza (General Fiction, 2024). #books #booksky #fiction #writingcommunity
- I'll be out of mobile service this weekend with paper books, recharging for a busy month of book festivals. Help me come back to find many new orders to ship on Tuesday AM:
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressFinished [NSFW] and went straight into the forthcoming Butcher of Nazareth and was immediately struck by what a versatile writer David Scott Hay is. Two totally different novels, each one captivating in its own way. @davidscotthay.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressThey featured Liminal in a Reel on instagram. (unsure how the link will work here...) #whiskeytit @whiskeytit.com
- One of the coolest nights (and days) of my life—thanks to @mazebooks.bsky.social Rachel León Jess Bowers Don Heneghan Jerry Wayne Longmire @whiskeytit.com And the many other amazing folks who turned up to celebrate my book release and the work of some real amazing authors I’m blessed to know.
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressCHILD OF LIGHT by Jesi Bender is a gorgeous experimental novel out now from @whiskeytit.com www.jesibender.com/child-of-lig...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressStop by @mazebooks.bsky.social TONIGHT at 6:30pm CDT to celebrate the launch of @adamalsirgany.bsky.social's debut collection, MORE HELL, from @whiskeytit.com, with readings by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social, Jenna Goldsmith, Don Heneghan, Rachel León, and Dave Pedersen! buff.ly/ZK0fVyQ
- It's time to quote this again. We need (your) (anticorporate) literature now. Listen to Dan.
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit Press"I want to live in a way that feels meaningful, that’ll never pay out in the rewards of fame or fortune." @adamalsirgany.bsky.social's interview with @rachellayown.bsky.social his new book "More Hell" (@whiskeytit.com) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/19/r...
- Who wore it better, Adam or the book?
- First look at my book 😃 🌽🔥🌽 @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressA beautiful review by @katenblackwood.bsky.social of the stunning new novel out this week by Jesi Bender, from @whiskeytit.com! I agree 💯 with Kate that it's marvelous. Get yourself a copy and support this independent press! kateblackwood.com/2025/08/love...
- "Jesi Bender describes CHILD OF LIGHT as experimental. “Experiment” in this book does not make it difficult. It makes it playful."
- A beautiful review by @katenblackwood.bsky.social of the stunning new novel out this week by Jesi Bender, from @whiskeytit.com! I agree 💯 with Kate that it's marvelous. Get yourself a copy and support this independent press! kateblackwood.com/2025/08/love...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressThe party for @adamalsirgany.bsky.social's book launch will be happening next Friday at 6:30pm CDT at @mazebooks.bsky.social, with readings performed by @prettyminotaur.bsky.social, Jenna Goldsmith, Don Heneghan, Rachel León, and Dave Pedersen! buff.ly/ZK0fVyQ @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressThanks to The Galena Gazette’s Murphy Obershaw for this really amazing home county coverage of MORE HELL’s release. 🌽 💙 🔥 www.galenagazette.com/news/stockto... @whiskeytit.com
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressI understand the feeling of hopelessness, but the book is not a product. It’s art, and the making of art is meaningful and human and an act of subversion in an inhumane world. We need books more than ever.
- hell yes it did!
- MORE HELL made The IBR’s Anticipated New Releases of August 2025 list, next to some killer releases from Feminist Press, Milkweed & Tin House. So that’s pretty rad. #IndieBooks4Life bookshop.org/lists/antici... Bonus, all 6 of those books are 20% off. So take that inflation! @whiskeytit.com
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressYesterday was my 36th birthday. Which means I’ve lived my childhood twice. Or as I prefer to think of it, the beginning of my Walt Whitman era. Hare some places you can buy yourself something that would make me smile. Dig a book from my distributor Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/more...
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressGood morning #5amWritersClub. I'm cleaning up an interview with Jesi Bender about her incredible forthcoming novel CHILD OF LIGHT. I can't wait for you to read this stunning book! Coming August 12 from @whiskeytit.com!
- Reposted by Whiskey Tit PressThere are just 3 WEEKS until the launch party of @adamalsirgany.bsky.social's upcoming collection, MORE HELL, from @whiskeytit.com at @mazebooks.bsky.social starting at 6:30pm CDT! buff.ly/ZK0fVyQ
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