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2023.10.31 -
"Lucid Interval” published in Qualia Nous vol. 2 from Written Backwards. Available in hardcover, softcover, and ebook formats.

2023.10.31 -
"What's Left of the Sun” published in Put Out the Lights and Cry from Outcast Press. Available in softcover and ebook formats.

2022.01.01 -
“Observance” published in Coffin Bell‘s vol. 5 issue 1 to finish out 2021 with a bang. Available for free.

2021.10.01 -
“Adopt Now” published in Coffin Bell‘s vol. 4 issue 4, "Technophobia", alongside a boatload of other great work. Available for free.

2014.06.19 -
"Love, Posey" appears in Solarcidal Tendencies (paperback from CreateSpace/Amazon.com $10).

2014.05.27 -
"Cradlesong" appears in Despumation vol. 1 (paperback issue from CreateSpace/Amazon $6.99, $3.99 for Kindle).

2014.05.18 -
"Casa de Perros" appeared in Pantheon Magazine's anthology Gaia: Shadow & Breath (paperbacks from $10-$13 at CreateSpace/Amazon, ebooks for $2.99).

2013.12 -
"Dog Training" and "As Simple as Teacups" featured in the Fall 2013 issue of Sheepshead Review (print only - $5, shipping included, here).

2013.10.12 -
Come Death featured on deviantART.com.

2013.09.21 -
The Pursuit of Love and Labor published in Deimos eZine, vol. 2, issue 3.

2013.01.06 -
"Snow Angels" published in Downer Magazine (defunct).

2012.12.12 -
"Love, Posey" published at Solarcide.com. Eventually removed to be published in a future Solarcide anthology.

2012.04.26 -
because I still don't get e. e. cummings featured at myhero.com for National Poetry Month.

2011.11.15 -
blue sluice featured on deviantART.com.

2011.02.07 -
Featured in deviantART.com's The A,B,C's of Literature: Q by the-photographicpoet.

2011.01.10 -
a poem from a well bottom featured on deviantART.com.

2008.12 -
"poet show" was published in UNC Charlotte's Sanskrit, vol. 39, pg. 19.

2008 -
Poem "profanity" was published by Black Book Press.
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Michael J. Riser Fiction Qualia Nous 2 Lucid Interval

Qualia Nous 2 & Lucid Interval

2023-08-30
quemaqua
Books, Publishing, Writing

I’ll be appearing in the upcoming anthology Qualia Nous 2 from Written Backwards and Michael Bailey. This is a dream come true, not only to work with Michael (who you may already know from the popular Chiral Mad anthologies), but to appear alongside such illustrious company as Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, and Gabino Iglesias, to name but a few. The full table of contents is loaded with talent, and I’m honored to be included.

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Long Overdue Grist For The Mill

Long Overdue Grist For The Mill

2022-09-03
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Publishing, Writing

So. Hi and hello. It has been… <checks watch> well, it’s been a minute. The last months have been eventful. To be honest, I don’t…

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The Great Scrivener Debate, part 1

The Great Scrivener Debate, part 1

2020-10-20
quemaqua
Publishing, Writing

I had used other methods of storage before, some of which had existing file structures associated with them that I had backed up, and then I also had various pieces I had labored over at work (sorry, not sorry) which ended up getting stored in several work backups and then a massive dump of all that stuff after I left my job. Needless to say, what I ended up with was a working structure of mostly current stuff, backups of that stuff, then backups and dumps of several other platforms and things that I had never fully gotten around to integrating into whatever newer systems I came up with. As someone who was at least attempting to be a professional writer, writing itself was the main thing. All of that busywork and maintenance was stuff I knew I needed to get around to, but at the same time it never mattered enough in the grand scheme of things (unless I needed to dip back to find an older document or some such) to truly hold my attention.

Then it all got worse: I met Scrivener for the first time.

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Live from Slackerville

Live from Slackerville

2014-11-10
quemaqua
Education, Japanese, Life, Publishing, Rants, Writing

So it’s been a good while since I’ve made an update, and I apologize for that. In the last few months, school has gone from…

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Two From the Vault

Two From the Vault

2014-05-28
quemaqua
Publishing

Amid the flurry of life-related craziness, school worries, and language study, I have somehow still managed to find time for two things: videogames and publishing…

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Solarcidal Tendencies

Solarcidal Tendencies

2014-04-19
quemaqua
Publishing, Writing

So there’s this monstrosity happening, which is looking like a fantastically wicked awesome anthology, and I’ll be closing out the table of contents with “Love,…

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Update-o-tron 5000

Update-o-tron 5000

2014-04-09
quemaqua
Life, Publishing, Writing

Okay, maybe I lied. Maybe this is a lesser model than the 5000. But it’s an update nonetheless, so let’s not split hairs. It’s been…

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Crowdfunding: Because Your Manuscript Sucks

Crowdfunding: Because Your Manuscript Sucks

2014-01-31
quemaqua
Publishing, Reading, Writing

Before starting this, I’d just like to say that I’m not against crowdfunding, self-publishing, or any of the interesting alternative models we’ve come up with…

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NEWSLETTER:




LIVE FEEDING (Bluesky)

👻Michael J. Riser𖤐
19.5.2025 @ 15:52

Can say Doom: The Dark Ages is a great game now I'm done, but my least favorite of the modern trilogy. Feels slick but the more repetitive nature of the parry-heavy combat simply can't be as compelling as Eternal or 2016. Subpar music, amazing setpieces, you can use 1 gun the whole time if you want.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐
18.5.2025 @ 23:52

I keep going up and down on Doom: The Dark Ages. The Cosmic Realm maps are stellar. I'm hoping to finish my initial run tonight. Seems to start strong after a slowish ramp-up, slump a bit in the middle, then rev up approaching the end. Fingers crossed it sticks the landing!

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐
19.5.2025 @ 14:52

Sure wish someone would stop them and accuse them accurately of all the war crimes they've been committing.

Marisa Kabas
19.5.2025 @ 14:43

"The bare minimum will reach the population - simply so the world doesn't stop us and accuse us of war crimes."

www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐
18.5.2025 @ 23:52

I keep going up and down on Doom: The Dark Ages. The Cosmic Realm maps are stellar. I'm hoping to finish my initial run tonight. Seems to start strong after a slowish ramp-up, slump a bit in the middle, then rev up approaching the end. Fingers crossed it sticks the landing!

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐
18.5.2025 @ 01:06

Once again I'm driving home from doing things for #horrorwatch, and I was hoping to finally watch The Descent. Bleh! Hope it's a good one, y'all.

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RETALIATION
  1. X23Ceaph on Read MJR2024-06-24

    Hey people!!!!! Good mood and good luck to everyone!!!!!

  2. Ashlee M on Embers, Fissures, and the Blue-Blossoming Snake2023-09-09

    This was great to reead

  3. Gia Waters on At the End of that Blind Alley2023-01-18

    Grateful for shariing this

  4. Michael J. Riser on Moby-Dick Is A Cosmic Horror Novel & I’m Unemployed2022-11-08

    Thanks, Chris! Gonna buckle down and get er done this year if it kills me.

  5. Christopher J. Teuton (Buy A THIEF'S QUEST now!) (@ChrisTeuton) on Moby-Dick Is A Cosmic Horror Novel & I’m Unemployed2022-11-02

    Looking forward to reading the book when it's ready!

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