Japheth

Mononymity On mononyms, pen names, and my silly wiring. Unpacking "By Japheth."

How do you separate your author identity from your day-job self? I've settled on an unconventional approach, for now.

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#writingcommunity #amwriting #writersofbluesky

Perfection Murder Club Murder your perfectionist inner editor one story at a time.

I have the social reach of a T. rex embryo in utero, so it’s no surprise my hashtag concept has been a total nothingburger. On the upside, I’ve shared short fiction four Fridays in a row. I’ll take it.

#PerfectionMurderClub #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Love this vibe!

A book cover for "Clockwise" with a black and white photo of a clock on a shelf. The subtitle reads "Precog Medicine is here for you."

Time is running out. My new flash fiction story "Clockwise" is live on pewpewhuzzah.com.

#writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortstory #darkfiction #mortality #perfectionmurderclub

GenieCon 2025 Announcement: parking lot full.

A Mother's Love cover: black and white with a photo of a praying mantis.

Janie & The Gray cover: black and white with a photo of a factory interior.

Brown Sugar cover: black and white with a photo of a net.

I've started creating covers for my short stories when sharing on Instagram. Me likey. I think I'll keep doing this.

#writingcommunity #coverart

A black and white photo of an empty bar with walls covered in stickers and graffiti.

Although closed and empty, this bar in Old San Juan wouldn’t stop talking. From the street, you could almost hear the stories pouring out. Taken earlier this year and rediscovered on my phone moments ago, I thought I’d park it here for some #worldbuilding inspiration.

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Cyberpunk session 2 tonight!

Sidenote: pulling together in-person games with real-life netrunners, rockerboys, and corpos is tricky.

#cyberpunkRED #ttrpg

Janie and The Gray - Part 1 Janie's story. My first double-drabble installment of a sci-fi serial.

The first 200 words of a dystopian sci-fi serial have landed on my blog.

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#PerfectionMurderClub #writingcommunity #scifi

Ghost is the bee’s knees and/or cat’s pajamas. It gets the big stuff right — core features are thoughtfully implemented. It’s a stellar option if your focus is content.

I’m running the self-hosted version today and have also used their paid service. (I like the self-hosted price tag better.)

Perfection Murder Club Murdering my perfectionist inner-editor, one story at a time. Join me?

🔪 The Perfection Murder Club 🔪

Perfectionism dies here. One story every Friday. Join the #PerfectionMurderClub.

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#writingcommunity #fiction

I give up. Adulting sucks.

Mac #writer folks: did you know that Option (⌥) + Shift (⇧) + hyphen (-) makes an em dash? Because I didn’t.

Brown Sugar He thought it was just a little taste. She knew it could cost them everything.

I just posted a new flash fiction story on my blog. "Brown Sugar" is a 3-minute read about love, lies, and temptation.

#writingcommunity #flashfiction #story

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Thanks! I need it. And to you as well!

Wait, what? 🤯 Fascinating. This is not a hack I've ever heard of or attempted, but I'll definitely take it for a spin.

Definitely the darkest and most disturbing story in my draft lineup. I've never written horror, but this bad-ass mother lodged herself in my beardy grape and wouldn’t let go.

Next up: a light and fun palate cleanser.

#writing #shortstories #genreconfusion

A late night bowl of Breyer’s Natural Vanilla Ice Cream and the “Altered Carbon” audiobook by Richard K. Morgan.

#booksky #pooreatinghabits #pairing

Thanks! That is very much appreciated.

Never posted a short story online? Here's the process in 4 easy steps:

1. Spend a ridiculous amount of time proofreading your story.
2. Announce your story on Bluesky.
3. Click the post link to make sure it works and see many errors that were previously invisible.
4. Weep.

#writing #publishing

A Mother's Love Don't mess with mama. A sci-fi horror story about how far a mother will go to protect her child.

Just posted the first of many original short stories to my blog. Read “A Mother’s Love” — a sci-fi horror story about how far a mother will go to protect her child.

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#sff #horror #shortstory

Excited that Invasion season 3 on Apple TV+ is out. Episode 1 here we go!

#Invasion #ScifiTV #AppleTV

Twenty-Sided Tavern stage before the show.

I-95 did its best to stop us but we made it.

#dnd #twentysidedtavern #kennedycenter

Taking my wifey and 12yo son to the Kennedy Center tonight for Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Psyched!

#dnd #twentysidedtavern #kennedycenter

Same! Apparently I have Chronic Early For Everything Syndrome.

This morning, after weeks of overthink, I yanked a major flashback storyline from my fantasy novel manuscript to make it a prequel novella. Instant clarity. Unclogged brain. Momentum.

#wip #writing #writingcommunity

1. First #TTRPG played: Top Secret
2. First ever ran: D&D Basic Rules (Red Box)
3. Played most: D&D 5e (Top Secret as a kid)
4. Run most: D&D 5e (BECMI D&D as a kid)
5. Favourite: Cyberpunk RED
6. Most recently played: D&D 5e
7. Most recently run: Cyberpunk RED

Staring contest. Go!

Nuts and bolts aside, it was a great story. Probably a much more accurate portrayal of what an alien invasion would be like.

#booksky

Our road trip audiobook, “The 5th Wave” by Rick Yancey, made the 12-hour drive fly by. YA dystopian SFF with believable characters, tight pacing, and seamless shifts in time. Pretty sure we’ll listen to book two of the trilogy on our drive home.

#booksky