Delighted to share that my poem “Toward a Cladistic Analysis of Hauntings,” from my collection TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, has been nominated for the Rhysling Award long list! This is my first ever Rhysling nom. Best of luck to all nominees!

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

I am a simple woman. I see Lae’zel, I repost

Art with Lae'zel that I drew some time ago. I really want to keep developing this dragon theme. Can I get a couple extra dozen hours in a day, please?🥲 #dnd #bg3 #baldursgate3 #laezel

Please listen for all the times I whisper “oh my god” in horror when listening to Ash’s writing process

other fiction-related michael-isms: “the situation is actually very bad in animal farm" "a lot of the things patrick bateman did, I think, were not good"

It was the girl reading this

people are being very nice to iris the do-not-perceive-me cyberpunk assassin!! she will probably not appreciate it but i do

Among literally hundreds of other good things in this, you can get my little one-shot generator where drunk girls* in the tavern bathroom get together to help someone *"girls" here used for trope recognition, characters of any gender can play here! sarahloch.itch.io/solidarity-d...

Be part of the first-ever book exploring transness in cyberpunk Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship What’s more punk than that? Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together! 🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

1 month in to my year long reading challenge - go check out all the amazing stories I've read so far! Today, Day 32! I read Wine-Dark Eyes by @junewhitewrites.bsky.social published in @undertow.bsky.social Weird Horror Magazine. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/s...

the problem with the neopets ttrpg is that it’s the wrong kind of grimdark. my single neopet is eternally starving within an account I haven’t been able to find since I was nine years old, trapped in a half-life, unable to find succor. a rich vein of cosmic horror, ignored

just read this and im going insane. multiple moments in here that made me react out loud. this story capitalizes on its premise in every way possible (especially the ones that explore the traumas and complexes and existential fears of it all, inescapable emotion)

canonical neopets homophobia

The Neopets TRPG is going great

If this is too ambitious I also accept your CATS

IT IS MY BIRTHDAY, as a present plz deposit your favorite space opera short fiction!

First post of 2026 - The Ravine ✨

The latest issue of Clarkesworld is out. Wow, I'm blown away by 'Remember Me in the Meat' by @sarahpauling.bsky.social! Incredible. Absolutely incredible!

recently and beautifully reissued!!!

It's issue 10's cover! Illustrated by @smuggerby.bsky.social 💀TIMEWORN TERRA🌏️ is our special issue of tales set in futures so far they feel ancient, where magic & technology blur together, and Earth's days are short yet still we lust & laugh! Learn more here👉️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

woodshrimp. gouache painting on paper

last repost i promise!! come meet a woman who’s been erased from the memory of all mankind for the purpose of doing cult murders in cyberpunk seattle

rly excited to put mother mansrot, crotchety fairy tale-escaper, in front of more people. lest that descriptor accidentally imply a comedy: she is murderously serious about getting out of this fairy tale

best michael-isms happen when i am describing books to him. "this one is about hiking the pacific crest trail, and somehow always running into this person, with many miles of forest between your meetings, and falling love with them like that" michael, softly, as though to himself: sasquatch

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what's up, my story "remember me in the meat" is a queer cyberpunk revenge story set in the PNW (and also in a cult). i think we should store all of our memories in the cloud without a backup, btw. i think that would go really well

great news on my birthday week: my story "mother mansrot in the glass mountain" will be in the first issue (!!) of @othersidespec.bsky.social!! this piece first appeared in "aseptic and faintly sadistic" by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social, an anthology whose proceeds went to the chicago abortion fund

when I read this in the submissions pile I lost my entire shit. It’s very good and you should read it

The Matrix (1999) Dirs: Lana and Lilly Wachowski #oneperfectshot 📽️

This story will absolutely fuck you up (complementary)

Wanna read an excellent story? @sarahpauling.bsky.social's new story is out in Clarkesworld: it's about universal cloud memory in every brain, memory cultists, and an assassin who can go underneath it all. I was lucky enough to beta-read it and haven't stopped thinking about it.

y'all are not ready for how good and amazingly queer and fucked up (complimentary) this table of contents is going to be!!! I'VE HAD SO MANY EMOTIONS ABOUT IT TODAYYYYYY 😭💜

what's up, my story "remember me in the meat" is a queer cyberpunk revenge story set in the PNW (and also in a cult). i think we should store all of our memories in the cloud without a backup, btw. i think that would go really well

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

A 1971 greeting card from Marvel comics

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

"The Metabolism of Grief" by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska explores emotion in a surprisingly physical and visceral way. Warnings for infant death and cannibalism. We recommend sitting with this one, letting the cathartic beauty of its images sweep you away.

I have a reprint out today with the wonderful folks at Small Wonders! Heed the warning, and don't read it out loud.

Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.

Day 11! Gracie and Leelanau Save the Worst Boy at Camp One-Pine by @sarahpauling.bsky.social published in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social. A girl and her snake save an arsehole from unplanned parenthood. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/s...

Art by • Philippe Druillet

If you're in North America, check this out! It's an incredible lineup:

this story was technically born over a decade ago, when i was a counselor at what we lovingly called "hippie camp." the Back 80 is about the same, though i don't THINK wasps ever kidnapped a child

I’m going to help a friend with the narrative elements for a card-based ttrpg! so far this has been a good excuse to sit around reading games. anybody have any recs for core books or modules of any size that are well-written from the narrative (or ~*ludonarrative*~) side?

if I had a nickel for every solo-creator indie ttrpg based on “over the garden wall” sitting on my bookshelf—

Since we opened to submissions, we've reached over 260 patrons! As a thank you, we're doing a Patreon subscription giveaway! This includes access to our community Discord, behind-the-scenes newsletters, and more! To enter, like and repost this post. We'll draw a winner on Monday, January 12th!