Mike McHone

a man is sitting at a table with his head down and a sign that says get off my lawn . ALT: a man is sitting at a table with his head down and a sign that says get off my lawn .

Lol

I'm with you. That group (as large as it is) gets annoying after you reach a certain age.

When I'm asked to say grace...

Thanks Frank 😀

As 2025 winds down, how about we look back on the highlights of some of my shit? 19 pieces published (12 new stories, 2 reprints, 1 soon to be published, and 4 poems), 2 award nominations, and 1 Derringer Award win. Hot damn and joy to the world. Holla!

C.W. Blackwell's Published Stories 2025 "The Golden Age Fallacy" Dark Yonder Issue 9 "The Kings of Ghost City" Reckon Review "A Dark and Writhing Sea" In the Eyes of the Hungry "Making Up For Lost Time" Midnight Schemers and Daydream Believers "The High Priest of Low Men" Myopic Duplicity "Poison Is the Wind That Blows" On Fire and Under Water

I’ve been busy promoting my short story collection this year, but I also had a few short stories published in anthologies as well.

Here they are in case you missed them!

Tuckered out after a long day of doing Jack shit #dogs

You should watch this for a spot-on critique of our current culture (or lack there of). A complete sociology lesson in 2 minutes and change.

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Halloween is a close second.

Jesus... Best of the Net. Not Beat

Thanks Casey!

pushcart prize nominations

We may be the new kids on the block, but we still get to do some cool stuff, like nominate stories for Pushcart Prizes.
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.

#fiction #pushcartprize

Wekk = week. Sorry. Bourbon.

So for those keeping score this wekk (probably none of you) I've been nominated for a Beat of the Net award and, now, the Pushcart Prize. Thanks to @literarygarage.bsky.social

"Instead of sitting in my mother’s living room, 31, drunk, & jobless, I would be twenty-one, sober, & doing something responsible and worthwhile & American, like fighting in a war somewhere, & everything would look like a 1940s comic book." @mikemchone.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Well, shit fire. A poem of mine is up for Best of the Net courtesy of Revolution John.

That's a Wrap! Nails in the Coffin Vote for your favorite lines in this call!

Democracy dies in darkness. So, vote today.

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A movie that takes place where you're from.

"A Palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman." - Gandalf the Grey

Schrodinger's Garfield

Death Waits for No One Sam Mathers stood on his front porch, as quiet as his wife’s headstone, and stared at the rosebush. It was in full bloom now and wealthy with gorgeous red petals. The beauty snagged him like a fishhoo...

New story up at Hawkeye. Check it

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Aye

Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social

Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===

I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.

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Most underrated Robin Williams movie period.

This is the way

Thanks Regan. Glad you liked it