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Michael Kiggins

@michaelkiggins.bsky.social

Just a writer (he/him) in Nashville. My debut novel AND THE TRAIN KEPT MOVING from @RunWildBooks was released on 9/1/2023. https://linktr.ee/michaelkiggins

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In the spirit of @gabino.bsky.social, here’s your afternoon mood.

20.02.2026 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Some very Miskatonic bumperstickers. Unpronounceable by humans, feared by nine of ten dark lords. But don’t listen to that tenth dark lord. Dude uses hotel shampoo, I mean.

Some very Miskatonic bumperstickers. Unpronounceable by humans, feared by nine of ten dark lords. But don’t listen to that tenth dark lord. Dude uses hotel shampoo, I mean.

If your rideshare shows up with these bumper stickers, do not get into that car

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Now that’s an awkwardly phrased relative clause.

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centuries pass and still it sings. what a gift it is, how time flattens under the weight of a practiced voice. how irreplaceable

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Sounds about right.

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Today the first and perhaps the only duty of the philosopher is to defend man against himself: to defend man against that extraordinary temptation toward inhumanity to which
-almost without being aware of it-so many human beings today have yielded.
GABRIEL MARCEL

Today the first and perhaps the only duty of the philosopher is to defend man against himself: to defend man against that extraordinary temptation toward inhumanity to which -almost without being aware of it-so many human beings today have yielded. GABRIEL MARCEL

27.01.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m pretty sure I’m not the Thing.

27.01.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She’ll keep digging alright, all the way to hell.

27.01.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 28799    πŸ” 10735    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 982

Stay safe, Jordan.

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Same. I’m about to move a car and maybe drag tree limbs to the street.

25.01.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

24.01.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 27640    πŸ” 9944    πŸ’¬ 246    πŸ“Œ 210

Happy birthday, Ian! You’re looking hot.

21.01.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry for the bad news, Donny.

20.01.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope your rib gets better and you can see it soon. I like it more than 28 Years Later. The way DiCosta balances the tonally different plot threads until those meet is really well done.

19.01.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This movie is soooo good and I hope it will pick up some steam.

18.01.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A few of my friends are in the same boat. Take care of yourself.

07.01.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
This is a cover my novel And the Train Kept Moving. It features the silhouette of a man in a pea walking across a steel truss bridge.

This is a cover my novel And the Train Kept Moving. It features the silhouette of a man in a pea walking across a steel truss bridge.

Thanks for these, Gabino. Here’s my debut novel, And the Train Kept Moving.

www.ipgbook.com/and-the-trai...

www.amazon.com/Train-Kept-M...

20.12.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it because I've been up since 4:30 a.m. and grading final papers all day or the wintry dark outside the kitchen window that made me think it's too late to cook dinner? Have I lost hope because I have so much left to grade or because *checks time* it's not even 8 p.m.? God, I need some pasta.

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Don’t know if you’ve see this one, @meakoopa.bsky.social

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God, that’s a good one.

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Leonard Koscianski, American (1952- ), Birds of a Feather, 2024, oil on canvas, 42 x 26 in, private collection

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a man in a striped tank top says dying dying in front of a mannequin Alt: a man in a striped tank top says dying dying in front of a mannequin
11.11.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That and/or they heard from their mega donors.

10.11.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tried to like this for the second time today.

31.10.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So… this is not good.

29.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope you’re doing as well as can be expected.

29.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me, I’m a revision pig.

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The whole cast is amazing.

09.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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