Alban Fischer

Thank you to @casualoptimist.bsky.social for selecting two of my covers for January’s roundup. Once again, a bit late in posting. Thank you to Spine Magazine, too, for selecting The Aquatics for theirs.

V cool, super excited to see what @incastellated.bsky.social does with it!

A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.

It’s not a divide when one side is peddling a TOTAL FICTION.

This was cool, but kinda wish it had said Quiet, piggy

At the grocery store I overheard an elderly woman say “all flexi-bendy” and I immediately absorbed it into my personal lexicon.

13 of the Best Book Covers for December 2025 – PRINT Magazine Our favorite book cover designs of the month include an arresting painting by Darwinian artist Minna Leunig for Olga Tokarczuk's 'House of Day, House of Night,' and a whimsical cover by Jaya Miceli fo...

A pleasant surprise to see my cover for Osvald Lewat’s The Aquatics (from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social) included in @printmag.bsky.social’s December roundup! Many thanks.

Notable Book Covers of 2025 Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar; illustration by Stephen Smith; art direction by Suzanne Dean (Vintage Classics / August 2025) Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar by Julio Cortázar; illust…

Another late share. A big thanks to @casualoptimist.bsky.social for including two of my designs in this year’s roundup!

The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025 Per Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 52 designers to share their fa…

A little late in sharing, but it was a privilege to take part for third time in honoring the year’s best cover designs. Always very difficult but fun.

These were my favorite things this year.

My contributor copy of either/or arrived. It’s gorgeous and full of incredible work. I feel honored to be included.

Thanks, Steve!

I have new chapbook coming out with Greying Ghost. I can’t tell you how excited I am. I’m a longtime admirer of everything they do.

🚨Cover reveal alert!🚨 “Book of Exemplary Women” by Diana Xin is coming from @yesyesbooks.bsky.social on December 1st, 2025. Read more about the book, and how the cover, designed by Alban Fischer (@alban-fischer.bsky.social), came to be on our website.

Issue 1 — either/or magazine Contributors: Lauren Groff, Sheila Heti, Claire Vaye Watkins, Hermione Hoby, Greg Jackson, Becca Rothfeld, Mary Miller, Kathleen Alcott, Yuko Sakata, Michael Carlson, Caryl Pagel, Christopher Mohar, C...

I have a new poem in here. www.eitherormagazine.com/store-1/p/is...

Woke to some exciting news this morning. How am I supposed to work with crossed fingers?

😆 now that I can do

Same. +✋

This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.

A group of men who would not identify themselves and who were working for the local Republican Party have dragged someone out of a political meeting, her speech considered grounds for arrest. What’s next? And who will stand in their way

Iowa Becomes the First State to Repeal Civil Rights Protections for Trans People GOP lawmakers said that they couldn’t enforce bathroom bans with the civil rights protections on the books.

Truly repugnant

Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange The president and vice president each had harsh words for the Ukrainian president.

JD Vance is a repulsive little sycophant.

Oh cool! Yeah, it’s kind of wild. I think you’ll like it.

Three Methods of Control How an unpopular government will protect its power.

Just a matter of time. See you there everybody.

Thank you to @casualoptimist.bsky.social for selecting my cover for Max Besora’s The Fake Muse (from @openletterbooks.bsky.social) for their February roundup.

Conservatives push to overturn same-sex marriage: "Just a matter of when" Some Christian conservatives are working to overturn the Supreme Court ruling that enshrines same-sex marriage.

Saw this coming, but still fills me with rage

How bout can The 11th Hour instead which is legit garbage

US Coup Gains Speed Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now

Just in case you need it spelled out again.