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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
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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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A promotional image for horror author Michael J. Riser, featuring two ghosts with fingers and hands merged into their skull-like faces.

Moby-Dick Is A Cosmic Horror Novel & I’m Unemployed

2022-11-02
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Books, Life, Writing

Horror author Michael J. Riser updates with a blog, new horror art throughout Bookruptcy, and some news on his editorial position at Screen Rant.

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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 2

The Great Scrivener Debate, Part 2

2021-04-13
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Writing

What have I done?! I could hear myself screaming internally as I looked at the sea of files in my Google Drive. I have so much shit that I’ve written, and so much of it consists only of half-finished ideas, a few sentences about a character or setting or plot. Realizing that I was going to have to convert this stuff was a nightmare realization. And when I started actually doing the conversions, that only got worse, because I realized that this was a clean install of Scrivener.

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The Great Scrivener Debate, part 1

The Great Scrivener Debate, part 1

2020-10-20
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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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Writing, Quarantine, and the Other

Writing, Quarantine, and the Other

2020-08-28
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Life, Writing

All I want to do is write. Okay, so I know that I haven’t gotten around to finishing writing about my experiences in Japan. Frankly,…

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Writing About Games

Writing About Games

2016-04-04
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Games, Life, Reviews, Writing

So I’ve been a bit busy lately, as you may have gathered. In the last few months I’ve had a lot of personal stuff going…

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Black and White

Black and White

2015-07-15
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Chess, Education, Games, Life

For the curious, my long absence has come largely from the fact that I did indeed finish my classes, after which I relocated back home…

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No Road Without a Scene

No Road Without a Scene

2014-03-02
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Life, Poetry, Reading

Hello, Stress. I haven’t missed you, because you never go away long enough to be missed. Thankfully, my heart is still feeling well, despite complications…

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Bookruptcy Development Progresses (Stagnates?)

Bookruptcy Development Progresses (Stagnates?)

2013-12-07
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Writing

Well, while it may not be perfect (I’m working on it), Bookruptcy is about as good as I can get it for the time being….

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NEWSLETTER:




LIVE FEEDING (Bluesky)

👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
8.7.2025 @ 20:10

Updated the Horror Podcast Starter Pack for the first time in a while, so sharing for folks who haven't seen it since following me. Great place to start for #horror podcasts and podcasters on Bluesky. #horrorsky

go.bsky.app/2xfJWxc

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
8.7.2025 @ 01:47

omfg yes please sweet jesus fuck who do I vote for yell at or push off a building to get this

Social media fans hail Green Party leader who invites California to join Canada
Who wants to be a state? taunts Elizabeth May after Trump’s 51st state dig. Canada offers free health care, safe streets and abortion rights, she boasts

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
29.6.2025 @ 23:04

me by the end of every news day

bender from futurama is standing next to fry who is holding a chainsaw
Alt: Bender and Fry from Futurama standing inside a suicide booth while various saws and drills and bladed implements are pointed menacingly at them.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
7.7.2025 @ 18:48

Anyone got anything bad to say about Deezer? Wife and I have had it morally with Spotify for a long time now. Trying a Deezer trial sub, seems to have comparable music selection but pays artists (a little) better. They aren't in bed with Joe Rogan. I dunno anything about their executives, though.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑
7.7.2025 @ 18:52

And you can do this, because as any writer will tell you, the likelihood of most of your friends and family reading anything you write is next to zero. (Those few who do will be very special people indeed, and almost certainly not your parents.)

C. Robert Cargill
7.7.2025 @ 18:44

Don't be afraid to be you on the page. The barest you, the most naked, exposed, and self-deprecating. Write like your parents will never read it. That's the person readers are dying to get to know. Deep down in those depths is where you will find that elusive "voice" for your stories.

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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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