The Broken River Writers' Collective
J David Osborne, radicaledwardThoughts on Writing and Selling Books
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If you’re receiving this email, it means you either found us through Substack, or signed up at one of the various book fairs we have done over the past few months. Welcome!
We are Broken River Books, a collective of six writers who write s...
AWP 2026
The Broken River crew descended upon Baltimore at the beginning of the month to table up, sell some books, and perform at the readings that dominate the AWP nightlife.
Some of you reading this now met us there, so I needn’t get too much in...
Broken River Collective November Updates
So the entire collective has been busy in a multitude of ways…
Kelby Losack
Kelby has completed his first big book, the neo western noir, TEXAS TEA. Word on the street, it’s around 500 pages. You can still order a physical copy here.
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Welcome to Broken River Radio
For more than a decade, I’ve been obsessed with how stories work. Not the bullshit “where do you get your ideas” surface-level talk, but the deeper stuff: structure, rhythm, why certain choices work and others don’t.
That obsession birthed...
Low Down Death Right Easy
I’m not sure why I kept it out of print for so long in the first place. Low Down Death Right Easy holds a special place in my heart. It’s minimalist, bleak, funny, and surreal crime fiction where everybody is doomed and there’s nothing they...
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Author of Gods Fare No Better, Black Gum, Low Down Death Right Easy, and other books with long titles. My latest is called Berserker Club.
Personal essays masquerading as reviews about games, books, movies, and whatever strikes my fancy. Also, serialized fiction and short stories.
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