Textual Healing with Mallory Smart

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

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. 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

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 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

Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His published works include the dark fiction collection Pre-Approved for Haunting, the novellas Gargantuana’s Ghost and Turn, as well as the novelette Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare. His forthcoming works include the themed short-story collection The Children's Horror and the sci-fi/horror novel Abducted. Visit him at http://patrickbarb.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 Joshua Bohnsack‘s work has appeared in The Rumpus, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Salt Hill, AGNI, SAND, Lit Hub, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Essay Daily, and others. He is the founding editor of Long Day Press, a hand-bound chapbook publisher, faculty advisor of Oyez Review, and teaches at Roosevelt University’s MFA in creative writing program. He received an MFA in creative writing at Northwestern University and a BA at the University of Iowa. Previously he served as the managing editor for TriQuarterly, editorial assistant at Dalkey Archive Press, and managing editor of Curbside Splendor Publishing. He grew up on a farm and ran an ice cream shop in rural Illinois until he moved to Chicago. In addition to writing & publishing, he is a printmaker and makes music, currently with the Iowa country band Gold Dust. 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 Brian Allen Carr is an American writer. He is the author of the short story collection Short Bus and was the winner of the inaugural Texas Observer Story Prize as judged by Larry McMurtry in 2011. Carr was also a finalist for the 2011 Texas Institute of Letters Steven Turner Award for First Fiction. His latest book, Bad Foundations, just came out from CLASH books. It’s a comedic absurdist novel about a home foundation inspector whose own home life is falling apart. S.A. Cosby described the novel as “a raw and ferocious journey into the heart of the working class.” It’s dedicated to Taylor Swift… For Taylor Swift My kids will probably spend my royalties on your merch, so I might as well dedicate the whole book to you. 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 Malotke is a writer based in the PNW. 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. Her most recent horror work can be found in Dark Town, Lost Souls, _and _The Nottingham Horror Collective. She has horrifying poems and short stories in the anthologies Beautiful Tragedies 2 and 3, The Dire Circle, Out of Time, Their Ghoulish Reputation, Holiday Leftovers, and Under Her Skin. In August 2023, her debut horror poetry collection, Fashion Trends, Deadly Ends, was released by Green Avenue Books. Her romance novella series, Sugar & Steam, will have its third book released February 2024 and is written under the pen name of “Tori Fields.” During 2023 she was a “Writer in Residence” at the Chateau d’Orquevaux in France. For more malotkewrites.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 Kyler Bingham Is a writer, educator, and proud dog dad. He lives in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake Dirt is a literary and film zine, podcast & radio show hosted by Kyler Bingham. Salt Lake Dirt airs on KPCR 92.9FM every Monday at 6:00pm PST in Los Gatos, CA. You can listen to the show on all podcast platforms and follow the instagram: @saltlakedirt 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