David Erik Nelson

@tachyonpub.bsky.social is celebrating their 30th year by giving away books. The latest is "The New Voices of Science Fiction," which includes one of my stories.

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#SF #sciencefiction #FreeReads

This sycamore tussock moth caterpillar joined me for coffee

On a coffee date with this guy:

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Oy! I gotta believe that the precedent that AI might be held 33% liable for the harm people do by trusting AI must be cinching up a fair number of lawyer sphincters right now.

Offered without further commentary: #aadl #bragging

This answer leaves me with more questions than when I started:

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What Makes This Work is Everything They’ve Left Out www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/ind... #BlackSabbath #metal #music #OfBlessedMemory #OzzyOsbourne

Mushrooms have a lot of character 🍄 🍄‍🟫 (Sketches of the Week for Week 30 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/ind... #art #drawing #mushrooms #NationalParks #nature #newsD #newsF #sketch #sketching

Today’s inbox included both a rejection and a request for a full. Fortunately, the player wins all ties #progress #w ritting #UnwarrantedOptomism

This amazing kid is demonstrating an astounding amount of courage as he’s facing a fear. My now 25 year old autistic son had such a hard time with bloodwork when he was younger. Now he has this same level of energy when he needs bloodwork. He hypes himself up and counts to 5. Flip the camera over to me and many other overwhelmed, and exhausted parents and we need this level of energy just to roll out of bed in the morning. 🤣 #parenting #autism #theautismdad #Parentinghumor #bravekids. YouTube

This kid has the 100% appropriate response to this world: www.youtube.com/shorts/mNPGj...

Just caught air (and landed it) at the skatepark for the first time. It may have been the barest cm of air, but it was air. I am 48 years old. 🤷‍♀️#skateboarding #EvenTheSmallestVictoryIsAVictory 🛹

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A picture of a package of “momofuku sweet & spicy noodles”

My brain keeps wanting to read this as “mamafuckyou” brand noodles. It ain’t exactly wrong, right?

Today my inbox included two rejections and a piece of fan mail about a story that I basically thought no one ever read. Honestly, still feels like I finished dollars ahead for the day. #WritingLife #ArtShit #EvenTheSmallestVictory

“Don’t hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself” ♬♫♪ (Sketches of the Week for Week 24 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p...

shoppers have been going g crazy about the quality of my flesh golems

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I feel like we’re gonna see this project pitched on the Torment Nexus™ Shark Tank: youtube.com/shorts/_7LUs... #necrobotics

Heads-up #annarbor: just saw a guy with a Hammerskins neo-Nazi tattoo leaving Trader Joe’s on Washtenaw.

watching Lego Ninjago Dragon with small people: does it set up realistic expectations for children for a character to be BOTH a ninja of ancient power AND to come second in the carnival baking contest? I mean choose one.

Your introduction to the Crypto-Jews of the American Southwest – Snip, Burn, Solder Blog

A little explainer and some recommended reading for “Nölmyna” readers: Your introduction to the Crypto-Jews of the American Southwest www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... @reactorsff.bsky.social @annvandermeer.bsky.social

Ooof. Are there fires in Quebec already? We’ve got that weird brass sunrise light in #AnnArbor this AM

Pencil sketch of a Latina woman staring down the viewer

Full length pencil sketch of a strong, shrouded queen gracefully walking away.

New week, new sketches, new thoughts about sketching: www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p...

A yellow desert plate with three forks resting on it in a disturbing triangular pattern. Is this a trap for Central European demons?

Why…why does my adult son need this many forks to eat a single salmon patty? What the hell is going on here‽

The Nölmyna - Reactor The star skeptic from a haunted house reality show finds herself in a jam when she discovers her cousin’s nondescript Swedish superstore chair is anything but ordinary…

In case you missed it: my latest story, “The Nölmyna,“ is now free to read on Reactor magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social . If you’ve always been a little suspicious of mass produced Swedish minimalist furniture… well, this story will do nothing to ease your mind:

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An advertisement run weekly in an Ann Arbor, MI newspaper in the mid-1800s. The ad headline is “Opposition to Jews!”

May is Jewish American Heritage Month! Here’s an essay I wrote for our local library about Michigan’s first Jewish cemetery, which happens to be in our small college town. If you’re wondering how smoothly that went, I’ve included an ad from a local paper at that time:

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If you've read and enjoyed "The Nölmyna," David Erik Nelson talks a bit more about the inspiration for this story here–as well as why it doesn't mention a specific store by name...

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Throwing shade (Sketches of the Week for Week 19 of 2025) www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p... #architecture #art #DeepSeaDivers #drawing #lips #newsD #newsF #sketch #sketching #TheConceptOfAWoman

cover art for the story "The Nolmyna" by David Erik Nelson, now available to read online: https://reactormag.com/the-nolmyra-david-erik-nelson/ The art shows a pair of eyes and an unassuming--yet potentially deadly--chair. The background is a vivid and disturbing swirl of colors.

To be clear: I am in no way suggesting that IKEA may pose an existential threat to the fabric of reality: www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.p...

Big thanks to @annvandermeer.bsky.social and the folks at @reactorsff.bsky.social

Delighted to share this story by @dave0com.bsky.social
with you this morning.
Enjoy!
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