Kyle Smith-Laird

I’m proud to have two essays included in the collection below.

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After many hours of very unglamorous study of grammar and syntax and vocabulary, I have at last reached 1800 days of consecutive study!! Dreji kirine iksan, raqirossas nuhis!!

Red Rain on Steam Survive a decimated yet beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape as Allie, a competent survivalist and mother raising her daughter against the backdrop of a broken world.

Survive a decimated yet beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape while raising your young daughter in RED RAIN, the latest #PixelArt RPG from Small Loan Studios!

Wishlist on Steam today! store.steampowered.com/app/4087210/... 🩸

Available on Mac and PC in early 2026. #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev

Aug 31 free on Steam!

The Tūn-Gāst of Oakshaw on Steam The Tūn-Gāst of Oakshaw is a top-down 2D pixel art adventure that casts you as the Faceless, a monster hunter drawn to a string of horrific deaths in a rural town. Set in 1744, against the backdrop of...

I’m proud to announce that our game, The Tūn-Gāst of Oakshaw, is available for wishlist now on Steam. I’m equally delighted my dialogue was chosen for the trailer.

Available for FREE on 8/31.

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Attention all couches in L.A.! This is not test of the emergency broadcouch service. A suspected predator has arrived in our city. Please take every precaution to keep your couch safe and dry. Repeat: this is not a test

Go away

“Enveloped by a warm breeze rustling and impatient to flee nearby fields, I breathed in the April air, fragrant with lavender and wildflowers and a heady hint of love.”

The remainder of the quote from Ch 1.

“We stood for a moment, relishing the sudden silence, broken first by the soft frou-frou of sunflowers rubbing and rustling and waving a cheery welcome to no one in particular, joined then by the gentle burble of the Rhodanus river.”

From Chapter 1 of my novel, Gloomy in Arelate.
Happy Friday!

I’m just trying to fill the void that is my life until the next episode of The White Lotus #thewhitelotus

Join me and my dog, Lucy, tomorrow at the protest march in Culver City!
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Are you being rhetorical? ;)

Why Warren Buffett suggests reading a 19th century poem when stocks are falling — CNBC Warren Buffett has seen his share of market downturns. His message to investors: Keep your cool.

Happy Poetry Month!

I read this article today by Warren Buffett about a poem, If, whose relevance is timely.

In fourth grade, we had to memorize the last stanza of If, by Rudyard Kipling. Its words still echo in my mind to this day.

Such is the power of poetry.

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I stepped down yesterday as Co-Chair of the California Junior Classical League after 25 years of service. The State Chair deliver a lovely speech about my experience, contributions, and my love for the JCL, the US’s second largest youth organization and run almost exclusively by Latin teachers.

"It’s called You-Topia, as in utopia, but spelled y-o-u. Its entire purpose is you,” said Doctor Luciano through his accent and meticulously groomed beard. “Doesn’t that sound smashing, Margo?”

Find out what Margo thinks by reading the rest of my short story, You-Topia, on April 22 by JOURN-E!

My Sister’s Pink Mustache • Your Impossible Voice By Kyle Smith-Laird — "She’s not this cancer-ridden husk; in my memory Sara lives."

Today we've got a 53-word doozy to share courtesy of @kylesmithlaird.bsky.social! Don't miss "My Sister's Pink Mustache." #flashfiction #author #writingcommunity #literarycommunity

I am proud and honored that my micro-fiction piece, My Sister’s Pink Mustache, was chosen by Your Impossible Voice for publication in their next issue.

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Bluesky, we support DEI and uplifting those in underrepresented communities.

No matter how bad things may get, keep going.

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The oligarch, Marcus Junius Brutus, contrary to the principles he espoused as a Stoic, was personally arrogant, and he was grasping and cruel in his dealings with those he considered his inferiors, including provincials and the kings of client states. #knowledgeispower

Verres, the Roman oligarch famous for his extortion of Sicily, used the 3rd Servile war to make money. He accused slaves of wealthy Romans of joining Spartacus, only to ransom them back for a hefty bribe. #knowledgeispower

The Roman oligarch, Coriolanus, proposed withholding a grain shipment to starving citizens in exchange for reversing political reforms protecting them. An outraged Senate held a trial he refused to attend, instead joining the Voscians, whom he’d defeated and they attacked Rome. #knowledgeispower

Crassus, the wealthiest oligarch in Rome, sent agents to buy burning buildings from their desperate owners on the cheap. Then Crassus’ firefighters would extinguish the flames, Crassus would rebuild, and make bank renting them. #knowledgeispower

Narrative News: Winter Game Showcase + Brand New 2025 Opportunities! A festive celebration of the talent in our community (and some manifesting for the next year).

I was thrilled to be mentioned by name in a review for The Ouroboros Express as a writer, even if they might have meant a different Kyle: @kylescarselli.bsky.social Still proud of our work 🤩
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I’m honored to announce that my short story, Hutteger’s Demise, was accepted by Macrame Literary Journal for their winter 2025 edition (it’s not up as of today). www.macramelit.com

I’m thrilled to announce that one of my short stories was included in an anthology of horror stories called Dancer, and it is now for sale in ebook and print (in color!). All proceeds benefit Ukrainian children. welcome.czykmate.com/dancer-print...

Women are not property. Being gay is not a mental illness. I chose to leave the playgrounds where those ideas can now be bandied about. I can’t change the world, but I can choose change over complacency. #choosebetter

Make sure to follow the fantastic creatives on The Ouroboros Express’s QA team! @asaraviapt.bsky.social @ceertee.bsky.social @dday95.bsky.social @kylesmithlaird.bsky.social @najmahsalam.bsky.social @soruya.bsky.social Rafael Campbell, Dylan Sands, Jonathan Rhee, and Rachel Lee!

Narrative News: Winter Game Showcase + Brand New 2025 Opportunities! A festive celebration of the talent in our community (and some manifesting for the next year).

I’m deeply honored to have been mentioned in this glowing review of our game. narrativenews.substack.com/p/narrative-...