oh my god they actually did it lmao

#Booksky Are TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social, THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES by @heatherrosejones.bsky.social, LITTLE NOTHING by @deeholloway.bsky.social and POINT OF KNIVES by @blueterraplane.bsky.social are your TBR for #Novellavember? @greeniezona.bsky.social has great taste!

The corpse of Halloween isn't even cold yet, and Thanksgiving hasn't had a chance to put on its boots, and Macy's is hitting me with a fucking Christmas commercial.

It has now been nearly a month since I wrote anything on the Weird West Pony Express story. In that time, I've done a bunch of outlining and brainstorming on the story. I can see the shape of the thing in my head, but I can't seem to get the actual words to come. 1/2

My mother's ashes have been buried between her mother and father, and her stone has been set out at the little country cemetery in Albert/Oney, Oklahoma. My brother Brian Myers handled this part. He did a great job. Also, the vase with her flower glows in the dark. Just perfect for spooky season.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Anyone can hop in an inflatable suit and protest. Can't make it to an "official protest"? Find a freeway overpass or an intersection nearby. Hang out with your friends. Wave signs about ending fascism, or saving democracy. Everyone has their thing. My mom? No swears. My husband? Guillotines. 😂🤷‍♀️

Baseball Post: What I'm loving about this American League Championship Series is that I'm old enough to remember when these two teams (Seattle and Toronto) came into the league together as expansion teams.

Did some thinking and pre-writing work on the next section of the Pony Express Weird Western. I'm close to being ready to start writing on this draft again.

Wrote a new poem today, so that's something.

Congratulations, Michael! 🎉🎉🎉

#Booksky Big congratulatory 👍🏻 to author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social! He is a finalist for the Starpath Creatives contest, a semi-finalist for the Small Spec Book Awards and he’ll be selling books at @creamandamber.bsky.social’s Fall Mini Market 10/11! queenofswordspress.com/authors/mich...

Them: "How are you doing?" Me:" I'm most driven by caffeine, ramen noodles, and spite these days."

It's me! Congrats to all the finalists.

#Booksky Upcoming book table! Author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social will be at @creamandamber.bsky.social‘s Fall Mini Mart in Hopkins, MN this Saturday from 10/2 with our books and his. Go say hi! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...

Reminder: I'll be at the Cream and Amber Mini-Market on Saturday, October 11th, selling my indie books and representing Queen of Swords Press with their full line of titles. Come out for books, coffee, beer, and early holiday shopping! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...

Makes me proud to be a Merriam (Webster's should all be proud as well).

Welp. I guess I'm an official enemy of the state. Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

From the WiP: "The sorcerer in the flat-brimmed hat slipped through the sideways maelstrom into the world between worlds. Frankie and Aida turned their ponies' heads and pursued."

Just a reminder that if you enjoy a book, please leave a quick review on Amazon or Bookshop dot org, or wherever. Even if it's only a sentence, it really, really helps get the word out to other readers.

Reminder: I'll be at the Cream and Amber Mini-Market on Saturday, October 11th, selling my indie books and representing Queen of Swords Press with their full line of titles. Come out for books, coffee, beer, and early holiday shopping! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...

TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE (@qospress.bsky.social) by @mmerriam.bsky.social is a semifinalist for the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2025

#Booksky Check out @mmerriam.bsky.social’s LAST CAR TO ANNWN STATION for some fun urban fantasy that incorporates the old Minnespolis streetcar lines!

I will be vending at this event, where I will be selling my books and representing Queen of Swords Press, selling their titles alongside mine. Come on out, get some coffee, and get ahead of your holiday shopping. www.facebook.com/events/67852...

Finished the first act of the Pont Express. Weird Western. I'm about 15K words in. It's progressing slowly due to my day job and all the challenges that come with getting older, but it's still moving forward.

The big lie at the center of Reactionary Centrism is this: "If liberals cede ground on a few of these social issues that we all agree are a little much, then the fascists will stop being so mean and we can all go back to normal." Won't work. Never has, never will.

Man, I never thought so many of my fellow USA citizens would be so ready to bend the knee and lick the boot. I guess I underestimated the allure of being able to wear your racism, ableism, homophobia, white supremacy, and Christofascist nationalism out in the open.

"Still punk AF," he says to himself as he swallows a handful of prescription meds and gets ready for bed at 8 pm.

#Booksky Look for us tomorrow 9/6 at Twin Cities Pagan Pride at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis from 10-6PM! We’ll be in our usual spot near the kid’s programming, next to Iridescent Care Collaborative. Author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social will be joining us! tcpaganpride.org/ffvendorlist/

Look, it's my book! Happy and honored to be a semi-finalist in the Horror category.

#Booksky Next event! Look for us next Saturday 9/6 at Twin Cities Pagan Pride at Minnehaha Falls from 10-6PM! We’ll be in our usual spot near the kid’s programming, next to Iridescent Care Collaborative. Author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social will be joining us! tcpaganpride.org/ffvendorlist/

Ordered a heating pad for my office chair. I am entirely too excited about this.

What. The. Absolute. Fuck.

My heritage is Waffle House; the people upset about this are fucking snowflakes; release the Epstein files.

Home from Seattle Worldcon and train ride home. Unpacked. Animals loved on. Exhausted. More later.

Terror at Tierra de Cobre by @mmerriam.bsky.social takes #Western #Horror to a new feminist height. #SapphicBooks #SSBA #BookSky 💙📚 @specawards.bsky.social @qospress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I will be attending @seattlein2025.org next week, but I am not on any programming, so if you want to say hello, you'll need to find me wandering the convention space. I'm the large blind man wielding a white mobility cane and wearing loud shirts.

I feel like the Minnesota Twins are a pretty solid AAA baseball team.

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People seem to think that being an artist of any kind means you have to be a little bit mad, and maybe that is so, but every artist, every creative person, knows that not creating—whether not writing, not drawing, not playing music, etc —is to flirt with true madness and count insanity.

Another 400 words on the Pony Express Weird Western this morning, and now I'm heading into the middle act of the story. I need to go back and reread everything, tighten it up a bit, and plant the seeds of some elements that are happening in the story over the last couple of thousand words.

Wrote about 400 words on the Pony Express, weird western. I'm moving forward. I'm moving forward slowly, but I'm moving forward.

First story sale of the year. More information once the contract is signed.

#Booksky Nice shoutout for TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social at @armedwithabook.bsky.social! These are some fun write ups of the horror nominees for the @specawards.bsky.social! armedwithabook.com/horror-nomin...

I might have bought a shirt with raccoons dressed as cowboys, doing things like playing guitar, sitting around the campfire, and riding a dinosaur while wielding a mythical Colt Buntline Special.

Chop wood. Carry water. Punch a Nazi. Refresh. Reload. Resist.

Hit 10K words on the Weird West Pony Express story tonight. I'm about one-third through. So definitely a novella.

I've lost my keys and garage door opener. I suspect they are somewhere in the house or garage, but I can't find them.