I'm formally putting out my shingle as a freelance editor. See edits.metaphorosis.com for info and rates.

It's been a rough year personally (and brutal this week), but good on the writing front. I'm glad to close it out with something positive: a review of my last collection of stories. HAUNTING, HEARTFELT, AND IMAGINATIVE. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Why we loved this story: "1B" by B. Morris Allen is a touching love story. It's lovely that so much can be communicated without meeting face to face. Bio: @bmorrisallen.com Allen is a biochemist turned activist turned lawyer turned foreign aid consultant, and

Pedant alert (about the pedophile alert) Trump is FLOUTING the law and FLAUNTING lawlessness. But otherwise I give Rep. Massie credit. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Well, I'm in favor of the latest change in #SFWA's #Nebula rules, I'm concerned that the sudden change suggests a failed process the first time around. We want the rules to reflect community input and avoid knee-jerk, reactionary changes.

He had his hopes up high. RIP Joe Ely www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho91...

I'm sorry Lackington's didn't make it. My own story “When Dooryards First in the Lilac Bloomed” is available at lackingtons.com/2017/08/23/w...

A pretty in depth look at how much meat (and billionaires) are subsidized in the US. The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News share.google/qd2PIshCdPYn...

Now that it's _officially_ Nebula nominating time...

I didn't read a lot of #TomStoppard, but I did read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in high school, and it was incredibly funny. I went back to it several times (and much later saw the film) and always loved it. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...

Wondering what to #nominate? 1/4 As the year moves toward its end, and best of the year and awards consideration time moves closer, I'd like to ask that you consider my novelette "Cupernicity", published in February in The Future Fire for your nomination needs. futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...

Less than 24 hours left before the winter issue drops!! Magazine.Trollbreath.com

Whoever runs for US president, from whatever party, I want their platform to be: - Rebuild a bureaucracy of non-partisan career officials - Start to rebuild trust in government - Prosecution decisions made by career officials on objective criteria. Neither 'look forward' nor 'prosecute my enemies'

My entire life, I've heard that #SocialSecurity will run out exactly when I come eligible.* And we still haven't fixed it. It's amazing our political system could ignore such a big problem for so long. *I recognize that it's much more nuanced than this. www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...

Hegseth added “...Biden...preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing...people...to flood our communities with drugs and violence. "Trump is set to pardon a former Honduran president...sentenced...for drug trafficking" Maybe have lunch sometime, guys?

Watching many of the old Bond movies, and happened across (can't seem to get a screenshot) a JD Vance doppelganger at the start of You Only Live Twice. Surprise, surprise, Vance plays a Russian envoy.

Even better! Introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen: - Jesus Christ Superstar - Chess - The Book of Mormon - Hadestown - Aspects of Love - and, as a bonus, Jesus Christ Superstar (which can never be mentioned enough)

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: - Cat Stevens - Darden Smith - ДДТ - Carrie Newcomer - Deep Purple

Did I tell you about my latest story? It's short, on PodCastle, and about choices! Read or listen!

My latest story is up @podcastle.org ! You can read my flash story, "The Only Map is Memory" along with shorts by David McGuire and Courtney Floyd. podcastle.org/2025/11/25/p... This is, astoundingly, my 12th story published this year, far outstripping any previous year.

My latest story is up @podcastle.org ! You can read my flash story, "The Only Map is Memory" along with shorts by David McGuire and Courtney Floyd. podcastle.org/2025/11/25/p... This is, astoundingly, my 12th story published this year, far outstripping any previous year.

Stupid Canadians choosing health over weaponry all the time. What did that get them other than ... health? /s "balking at raising defense spending because of concerns over not short-changing Canada’s social safety net, which includes public health care." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

I am from the DOS (and pre-DOS) era. Yet it's been so long that I saw an article about DOS games and first thought 'denial of service'?

My latest rejector loved the title. Now, all I need to do is write a new story to go under it. :-}

#OregonCoast helicopter moved for ICE detention. Facility on hold, "But the longer response times from Coos County or Astoria to an ocean accident mean help will likely not arrive in time to help those stranded in our cold waters." Still, what's a couple of lives worth if you can also hurt others?

If you're reading for awards, please consider my novelette "Cupernicity". I'm really pleased with it, and it's free to read! futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...

Awards eligibility 2025 This was a banner year for me, publication-wise, substantially eclipsing any previous year. Almost a dozen of my stories were published, starting with one of my favorites, "Cupernicity". If you're thinking of awards, please start there, though of course I'd be happy for any…

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want. Susurrus opens with:

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want. Walking a Wounded Land opens with…

Democrats: Hello, Foot. You look great. Hold still while I get a bigger gun.

I live near a road (a loop) called Meda Loop. I've probably known the road for 40 years. It was only this year that it occurred to me that some cartographer or road builder drew it on the map and said "Hey, look at that. Made a loop!"

When will we in the US a) wake up to the fact that our health care system is severely broken? (Many do acknowledge this) and b) DO something about it? (Not a concept of a plan, not thoughts and prayers, but an actual, practical, feasible, useful plan.) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More countries are banning fur farms outright. From Norway to New Zealand, regions are saying no to an industry that cages wild animals for life and kills them for luxury.

The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope: He … night The … bloom Hilla … could All … gulls First … one Jak … won’t Stop … coming The … dawn When … me I … all I … Bravo Listen … Listen Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

When I was young, I had one okay eye and one bad eye. Now that I'm older, my eyes have decided to balance - one eye for close up, one eye for distance. #OpticalEquity

New follower and not sure where to start? www.bmorrisallen.com/published/ lists most of my published stories by year, with links. I recommend starting with “Cupernicity”, in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which is a story I'm pretty pleased with. futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...

Now, isn't this a lovely opening? I am very much enjoying the stories in this anthology: Hope - The Thing with Flowers edited by B. Morris Allen "the city that listened" by Jade Scardham 📚 #SF #Hope #ShortFiction #SpeculativeFiction

Swear her in.

Not only are Portlanders going to ride bicycles naked, they're (supposedly) doing it in a WAR ZONE. www.axios.com/local/portla...

An exciting summation of upcoming Democratic powers or a depressing list of broken laws and norms? You decide! www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...

The Coping Saw – Farthest Star If I recall correctly, I came up with the title first, and liked the idea of ambiguity in the use of 'coping'. While it started as a story focused on language, style, and metaphor, it turned into an adventure along the way, complete with mad scientist. It was…

The Water Dragons of Harney County – Trollbreath In mid-2024, I was looking through my idea file and found a dragon story. And another, and another. In the end, I wrote about a half-dozen dragon stories of very different kinds. This one, about farm irrigation, was inspired by driving cross-country…

A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press

Gods in Reduced Circumstances – Black Cat Weekly I was reading an H. G. Wells story - Mr. Britling Sees it Through - in which he said "And there is a book, I once looked into it at a man's room in London; I don't know the title, but it was by Richard Garnett, and it was all about gods who were in…

My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here! www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...

Fave short fiction read this week was The Water Dragons of Harney County by @bmorrisallen.com in Trollbreath. Whimsical, both modern and folkloric, and incredibly compelling magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...

There's nothing sustainable about non-Vegan pet food

If you dry a bunch of apples but then leave them overnight and then decide to finish them off in the oven and then forget them in the oven and then turn the oven on to preheat, burnt apple chips make a surprisingly decent cereal. Or so I assume. I would never do this.

Cooking pro tip: When a recipe calls for "1 clove of garlic", this is the one they mean.