A postcard with an illustration of colorful, flowering weeds from New Zealand.
Do you like postcards? I'll mail you one of my postcards for free. The postcards have beautiful stories and poems from fediverse writers, and color art on the front. The latest card has The Blessing of the Weeds by @asakiyume.bsky.social.
You may sign up at nantucketlit.com/postcards #NantucketLit
Cover of the illustrated edition of Repent Harlequin Said the Ticktockman, showing a drawing of a man with a large clock face on his chest.
New blog post: part two of my interview with writer @atgonzalez.bsky.social. In addition to his work on Galapagos Larvae and Overscan, AT and I run the #HarlanEllison Directory, cataloging the work of the Dark Prince of American Letters. #NantucketLit
nantucketlit.com/blog/2026/03...
A stylized painting of a red setting sun.
Tomorrow, I'll be publishing the next postcard for First-Class Fiction. The story for this card is Warmth by @atgonzalez.bsky.social. The art is Red Sun by Arthur Dove.
If you're interested in receiving this postcard in the mail for free, you may sign up at nantucketlit.com/postcards
#NantucketLit
A box of dinosaur-like eggs sitting on a nest of straw in a box. The text reads Galapagos Larvae
New blog post: The part of an interview with writer @atgonzalez, author of Galapagos Larvae. We talk about writing and some of his favorite authors. If you have enjoyed his work, here's your chance to learn more about him. #NantucketLit #Interview nantucketlit.com/blog/2026/03...
A box of dinosaur-like eggs sitting on a nest of straw in a box. The text reads Galapagos Larvae
A stylized drawing of a caterpillar-like larva with spikes growing out of its back.
A stylized drawing of a sea anemone-like creature with eyes all over its body.
A silhouette of a strange tortoise/dinosaur hybrid.
I am very excited to announce the latest book from #NantucketLit: Galapagos Larvae by @atgonzalez.bsky.social.
Learn more at nantucketlit.com/galapagos
This new chapbook edition features illustrations by the wonderfully-talented @vodkaslyme.bsky.social, and is signed by AT!
New blog post: Auto-parsing added to the #NantucketLit online editor. Thanks, @zeigert.com! nantucketlit.com/blog/2026/02...
@atgonzalez.bsky.social has written stories for #NantucketLit, including an upcoming postcard for First-Class Fiction. Here's his review of the popular SNES sports game Tecmo Super Bowl.
youtu.be/3N7-aec-Who #retrogaming
I'd like to point out that the URL has a word in it: "Who". Lucky!
nantucketlit.com/blog/2026/01... New blog post: There are new menu icons for #NantucketLit.
The new icons were designed by Micah Ilbery, and they're a big improvement.
You can access the menu on my ebooks at the bottom of the browser window, or with the 'ESC' key.
New blog post: I am very excited to announce two updates.
First, I have a script to parse Shanty markup files into Manuscript Format.
Second, I've made updated to the EPUB-generator script to improve compatibility. nantucketlit.com/blog/2026/01... #NantucketLit #Ebooks
New blog post: a new implementation of my analytics method: a cron job and 175 lines of Node. A reminder that self-education is, in the words of Professor Hinkle, "Messy, messy, messy!" nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/12... #NantucketLit
Drawing in an anime style of a young woman in hiking clothing looking around at mountain scenery.
A reminder that my latest book will start shipping on Wednesday, December 17. Through the Lens of Gratitude is a signed chapbook about the things we're grateful for.
Learn more and order at nantucketlit.com/gratitude Featuring cover art by @oponok.bsky.social #ArtForSale #NantucketLit
Two postcards, showing the front and back. The front shows an illustration of an owl in a moonlit graveyard. The back of the card has the text for Joker for a Wolf-Man by A.T. Gonzalez: 'In his cell, the Wolf-Man peered through the bars to see the courtyard. There was a lone, frilly jester juggling while balancing on a big red ball. Wolfie mumbled to himself, 'Does that guy think the circus is in town?'
This postcard's story is Joker for a Wolf-Man by @atgonzalez.bsky.social. You can expect more stories from him! Subscribe to First-Class Fiction at buy.stripe.com/6oUcN462cc7M... Reply with any questions or comments. #NantucketLit #FirstClassFiction
Two postcards, showing the front and back. The front shows an illustration of an owl in a moonlit graveyard. The back of the card has the text for Joker for a Wolf-Man by A.T. Gonzalez: 'In his cell, the Wolf-Man peered through the bars to see the courtyard. There was a lone, frilly jester juggling while balancing on a big red ball. Wolfie mumbled to himself, 'Does that guy think the circus is in town?'
<img style="width:66%;height:auto;" src="./assets/images/postcards_3.png" class="flip" alt="Two postcards, showing the front and back. The front shows an illustration of a stone troll holding up a bridge. The back of the card has the text for The Troll Bridge by Seth Patterson: 'Winds, floods, bridge buckes, / Troll held bridge 'til dawn. / Sun turned him to stone, / Saving orc and faun. / Wade 'neath the Troll Bridge / When the river's low, / Tell the Troll your cares. / Add them to his load. / Is he truly dead? / Does he merely sleep? / Underneath the granite / A fleshy heart may beat.'"
The trial for First-Class Fiction was a success! People loved the postcards that were sent out.
I'm opening up a subscription for one year and 25 postcards! Each postcard will have a story or poem by a writer.
Learn more and sign up here: nantucketlit.com/postcards.html #nantucketLit
![A cartoon depiction of an arching black cat, the symbol of the Wobbly movement. The text reads NOVEMBER IN AMERICA, Thanksgiving, Wobblies, Vampires, and the Coal Strike of 1927. A Novel. [by] Nicholas Bernhard](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccevssyyronnctmizd7afsym/bafkreigz4lmxijrpo33fnw4inwac6wobz3mknialj2xsexosnpb6cycl7y)
A cartoon depiction of an arching black cat, the symbol of the Wobbly movement. The text reads NOVEMBER IN AMERICA, Thanksgiving, Wobblies, Vampires, and the Coal Strike of 1927. A Novel. [by] Nicholas Bernhard
Just published today: November in the America tells the story of Colorado's largest labor strike. In November 1927, 12,000 coal miners went on strike for better pay, and their freedom and dignity. Read it now at nantucketlit.com/novemberbook #nantucketLit
Three 2007 MacBooks sitting on a covered pool table. The two on the outside are white, and the one in the middle is black.
Nantucket Lit is a free-software project. Libreboot lets me use a computer that is secure from top-to-bottom by replacing the proprietary BIOS.
Here are three Macbooks running the latest Libreboot BIOS. #nantucketlit #libreboot
A vector-art depiction of a pinball machine on a purple background.
Calling all #pinball and #arcade fans! Please enjoy a new issue of Quarter Up, the free online pinball magazine.
nantucketlit.com/quarterup-8
#nantucketlit #quarterup
Cover for the Nantucket E-Book edition of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. The art is from the Henri Rousseau painting Tiger in a Tropical Storm, showing a tiger stalking through the rainforest, lit by a flash of lightning. Cover by Nicholas Bernhard, public domain.
Now on NantucketLit: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
nantucketlit.com/books/pd/mos...
In one of the most famous short stories of all time, a big-game hunter is shipwrecked on a mysterious island where humans are hunted for sport.
Let's. Get. Dangerous.
#freeculture #nantucketlit
On October 24, I will be publishing a new edition of Ebony and Crystal by Clark Ashton Smith, the #Lovecraft of Poetry. Here's the first poem from the book, Arabesque. #nantucketlit #poems #physicalmedia
Order your copy at nantucketlit.com/ebony
New blog post: For those who care, I have shared an update to my #bookbinding process. In essence, the thickness of your books spine must account for the thin layer of glue inside, not just the total thickness of the interior pages. nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/10... #nantucketlit #physicalmedia
nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/09... New blog post: you can now subscribe to learn about new books from Nantucket Lit. My site supports #feeds in #rss, #atom, and #jsonFeed. You can also subscribe per-author. #nantucketLit
New blog post: updates to my server's #gopher hole. Gopher is an internet protocol that was an early competitor to the World Wide Web. I also talk about how one teensy bit of trailing whitespace can whack two hours off your evening. nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/09... #nantucketlit
New blog post: One more protocol for this week. I have created a #Gopher hole! You can now find me in Gopher-space at gopher://nantucketlit.com
Plain-text! Menus! Folder hierarchies! I'm laying my bricks to help build the #smallweb!
nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/09... #nantucketlit
nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/09... New blog post: I've added #IRC back onto my site. I explain why I chose UnrealIRCd as my server software: the documentation makes it easy to set up, and they make it easy to be secure through SSL and Port 6697. #nantucketlit #freesoftware #smallweb #decentralize
archive.is/50LoM Writer Benjamin Hollon contributed the science fiction story Those Who Breathe Easy to my anthology Overscan. He was recently interviewed by the Bryan Eagle about it. #nantucketlit #freeculture #overscan
Calling all Colorado residents! This Saturday at 12 Noon, come meet me at the Blair Caldwell Library in Denver for a writer’s workshop. We’ll be writing stories prompted by the paintings of Darrell Anderson. You’ll have one hour, and you can’t use AI. #NantucketLit #DefyAI
New blog post: a transcription of my talk at @init-hello.org on July 27, including the Q&A. nantucketlit.com/blog/2025/08... I discuss the Apple II floppy disk edition of my new anthology Overscan, and how I worked with @dinchenix.bsky.social on the cover art. #nantucketlit #freeculture #inithello
A stack of books with the excess paper yet to be trimmed from the sides. The book is Overscan: Stories From Beyond the Screen's Edge. A legal pad with notes on it sits in the foreground.
Printing Overscan. Six for the authors, and the rest will be for the pre-orders. There's still time to get them out on Saturday! Pre-order at buy.stripe.com/fZu5kCfCMc7M... #physicalmedia #freeculture #nantucketlit @atgonzalez.bsky.social @dinchenix.bsky.social
I don’t use any AI in my writing. #nantucketLit #NoAI
A paperback book titled OVERSCAN resting in a person’s right palm.
Lookin’ good! Overscan will be published Friday, August 9. Featuring a story by @atgonzalez.bsky.social, and #pixelart by @dinchenix.bsky.social. Pre-order at nantucketlit.com/overscan #physicalmedia #nantucketlit #freeculture @kari.bsky.social
