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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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Bookrupt

Bookrupt

2013-12-02
quemaqua
Life, Writing

TFMA is dead. Long live Bookruptcy. Having exhausted my resources trying to bail out the boat in which TFMA had gradually been sinking (apparently a…

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Words and No Pictures

Words and No Pictures

2011-08-18
quemaqua
Life, Writing

I’ve had a blog in the works for a while now that requires more time and attention than I am currently willing to give it,…

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The Meritocracy of Tiny Tower

The Meritocracy of Tiny Tower

2011-07-16
quemaqua
Life, Rants

All right; I know I haven’t posted anything in a short while, even after acknowledging my inconsistency in the last post. This can be attributed…

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New House, Old House

New House, Old House

2011-06-16
quemaqua
Life

For those few who may have been concerned about my near-complete absence from the blog, rest assured that I have not fallen off the face…

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eBooks and the Ownership Machine

eBooks and the Ownership Machine

2011-05-02
quemaqua
Rants, Reading

Over the last few years I have found myself debating whether or not I have any use for or trust in the concept of eBooks….

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Texas and the Collective Vehicular Deathwish

Texas and the Collective Vehicular Deathwish

2011-03-24
quemaqua
Life, Rants

Finally, I’m south. After much travel, aggravation, inspiration, and diner food consumption, the move is officially over. I’m now a resident of Arlington, Texas, and…

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The Unsimple Responsibility of Parenthood

The Unsimple Responsibility of Parenthood

2011-03-11
quemaqua
Rants

I read this article last night, and though I’ve been meaning to post a blog about the end of my trip to Texas, I wanted…

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Driving: Sometimes Painful

Driving: Sometimes Painful

2011-02-28
quemaqua
Life

I haven’t updated TFMA in some time now, and for that I sincerely apologize. It hasn’t been due to a lack of desire on my…

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History and Deviation

History and Deviation

2011-01-13
quemaqua
Life, Writing

It’s past midnight, I’ve had far too much Chinese food, far too many cigarettes, and am nearly comatose after watching The Jacket. I’m still in…

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New Things

New Things

2011-01-02
quemaqua
Life, Reading

2010 is over. I don’t know what exactly to say about it, now that it has passed us by, but I’ll say this: it was…

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NEWSLETTER:




LIVE FEEDING (Bluesky)

👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
16.7.2025 @ 15:30

Everything is terrible, so I'm gonna stick my arms deep into computer guts for the rest of the morning and pretend it's 1998.

a girl in a white dress is standing in a room with a teddy bear sitting on the window sill
Alt: Lain from anime Serial Experiments Lain in a gif. She wears a nightshirt and walks from a mass of tangled cables next to a desk in a dark room lit by twilight and old CRT computer monitors, with numerous wires and haphazardly stacked computing equipment strewn around the space.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
16.7.2025 @ 15:30

Everything is terrible, so I'm gonna stick my arms deep into computer guts for the rest of the morning and pretend it's 1998.

a girl in a white dress is standing in a room with a teddy bear sitting on the window sill
Alt: Lain from anime Serial Experiments Lain in a gif. She wears a nightshirt and walks from a mass of tangled cables next to a desk in a dark room lit by twilight and old CRT computer monitors, with numerous wires and haphazardly stacked computing equipment strewn around the space.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
16.7.2025 @ 15:10

I did bake a cake, plus made frosting from scratch. It turned out fairly average but was therapeutic. Recommended.

👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
16.7.2025 @ 00:50

Everything is too gross, I'm going to go put on a show and bake a cake or something.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
16.7.2025 @ 04:19

*looks at library of literally multiple thousands of games*

man there's just nothing to play

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
16.7.2025 @ 04:11

Posted this once, but it deserves another. Really excellent and insightful interview that's worth a read.

Michael Cisco
15.7.2025 @ 17:45

here's the interview i did with sylvia bishop of fivebooks.com about weird fiction ...
fivebooks.com/best-books/w...

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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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