Latest book is Melanie Index, out now from Erratum. Editor of @thenewmonuments.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mrvdoupzqc2gI taught Ottessa Moshfegh's story, "Brom," in a fiction workshop at New College of Florida about a month before my NTT contract expired. I wasn't joking when I told my students that I waited until then because it was too late to fire me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvdoupzqc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3monxh3cq6227“The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument which he offers to the reader to enable him to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have perceived in himself. And the recognition by the reader in his own self of what the book says is the proof of its veracity.” -Proust19 Jun 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3monxh3cq6227https://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3ml7d5g5i5c2pMelanie Index is out in the world. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7d5g5i5c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mi34iubjrs2n27 Mar 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi34iubjrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mhxu5gk2qk2lMelanie Index is now available for pre-order through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Melanie-Index-Eric-Blix/dp/1916541232/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2CYWMV4SY87S6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qkjEbR1qwQz7E6B5s_whNOe8Y8G9L5Noz-hkazpJb63XpubjUxXN-rEyVR7-svsC.pJ22GHlgWrrZuNDUjYsqdGpvdI6q4KSuOCo6YYxcYyA&dib_tag=se&keywords=eric+blix&qid=1774536633&sprefix=eric+blix%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-226 Mar 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxu5gk2qk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mhqx4kns4c2bProust, The Fugitve23 Mar 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqx4kns4c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mhq7qpbjrs22Melanie Index. Out April 30 from @erratumpress.bsky.social www.erratumpress.com/melanie-index23 Mar 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq7qpbjrs22https://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mhq7qpbjrs22Melanie Index. Out April 30 from @erratumpress.bsky.social www.erratumpress.com/melanie-index23 Mar 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq7qpbjrs22https://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mhdrg6jdts2mMy new book, Melanie Index, is out next month. Let me know if you’d be interested in a review copy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdrg6jdts2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mhbyrgp5yc2cI have a new short story out. The first I’ve published since (I think) 2019.17 Mar 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbyrgp5yc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mgxssj5zmc27Cosmo Bansky https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/13 Mar 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxssj5zmc27https://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mgt4qfo5yc2gNow reading12 Mar 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt4qfo5yc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ericblix.bsky.social/post/3mgayim42ak2y“Why aren’t men reading literary fiction?” is a question you only ask if you’re spending 18 hours on social media every day.04 Mar 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:eeixxafq6wjmmnir7frante5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgayim42ak2y