Michele H. Porter

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My ghost story of a music urban legend and a woman hungry for family secrets is out now in Issue 16 of Blood & Bourbon Magazine! Read "A Broken Spoke" here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYLQ7ZKX #writing #litmags #horror #spookyread

That was AMAZING and beautiful. Thank you for writing it!

At long last, my review of Writing Workshops' The Modern Gothic led by @ambersparks.bsky.social: She is a TREASURE. I basked in her joy & knowledge, came away with my imposter syndrome subdued and my hungry mind full. Please buy/borrow her new novel, take her classes, read everything she writes

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

I just backed Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

Does the book come with hot dish or should I bake my own and apologize for not bringing enough for everyone

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Congratulations! I got mine this week too. I’m in a state where it’s accessible if you have one of the qualifying conditions. But I was surprised at how nervous I was until I saw the needle go in my shoulder

We need more subs for The Urge from women! ALL women!

A strange creature lurks upright in the colorful darkness, along with the 3LBE icon and cover artwork.

We need your support in the next 3 days, before the fall of eternal night. Help us breathe new stories that keep us alive, each word and phrase building the monster’s body, the one who rends and tears and protects us from darkness. kck.st/4mIkEm1

Oasis Just Glitched the Algorithm Unruly, undigital, and fiercely communal — the Gallagher Bros.' U.S. swing is everything our techno-entertainment world isn't. Which is exactly why we need them.

This captures the vibe I felt at the #OasisLive25 concert in Chicago: a respite from the machine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

Trump Administration Attempt to Repeal Roadless Rule Met With Widespread Opposition Agriculture Department initiates process targeting bedrock conservation policy that protects 45 million acres of national forests

This is environmental cruelty that serves no purpose but will lead to irreversible damage, higher costs, and lives lost. The Roadless Rule has widespread support that this administration is deliberately ignoring. Case in point: they cut the comment period to Sept 19.
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Oh god this memory. Now I have to calm myself down with the "Beet, Beet, Sugar Beet" song

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

AI was developed by bros who hate everyone and everything

I encourage you to write today I do.

I encourage you to write today! Also, working on an essay about depression and writing, bringing back Show Me Your Shelves, and starting to put together a 10-part series of weird nonfiction. Sign up! Tell a friend!
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I admire your success and the incredible work you’ve added to the world. When I returned to fiction writing after many years away, it was Lore that helped me re-learn the craft of storytelling. (And how anyone *doesn’t* self-censor is beyond me)

The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.

In summary:

1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.

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I certainly hope they do still say it! Thanks!

So many open calls for submission this month, and finally I have enough finished work to find the best fits. Because my Midwestern tendency of "ope, sorry, don't want to be a bother" extends to litmag readers and editors

Writers! If your publisher works with audible, don’t let them use AI narration or translation for your audiobooks. Human narrators and translators do it better, we’re your creative cousins — and undermining our survival as professionals puts you next in line.
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Frogs are chirping in the marsh behind the house as the sun sets. I’m on the deck, drinking an elderflower gin & tonic, listening to the new OK Go album. The sky is clear and smells Iike fresh soil. That is all.

My gym teacher was also my history teacher. I would've preferred 30 percent more Bermuda Triangle over the 30 percent more Presidential Fitness we got instead

Elon Musk’s DOGE role draws effort to force Tesla to close Missouri dealerships • Missouri Independent An initiative effort by a well-known Missouri Democrat would, if passed by voters, force Tesla to close its showrooms in the state.

“They’ve given us plans for the Death Star,” Ketcher said. “And when when somebody gives you the plans for Death Star, you know what to do.” #TeslaShowrooms could be shutter: missouriindependent.com/2025/03/28/e...

This story was gorgeous🔥And I have a story forthcoming in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social that is in the same vein, just set about 500 years earlier. This kind of tale never fades.

I love when these moments happen for writers. Congrats to you both!

So: yes to CR Black, yes to slightly askew worlds. Pair both with a good vermouth (I choose Dolin Rouge) and one ridiculously expensive cherry. Love it! Thanks!

I came here for the acceptance tips, but as a fellow Manhattan drinker, I'm now here for info like choice of rye and how many Luxardo cherries are too many

To Feed a Hungry Spirit I hear Zoey wake up at midnight wailing about a ghost by her bed. From behind her elephant plushie, she says she felt two hands on her head and something wet like a puppy dog’s nose on her forehead.

I have a short story out today in Bloodletter Magazine about a ghost, being haunted, and being hungry. Haunting illustrations by the talented @katyhoran.bsky.social
#bloodlettermag

As NOAA braces for more cuts, scientists say public safety is at risk As severe weather season kicks off for large portions of the country, climate scientists warn cuts at NOAA and NWS could put public safety in jeopardy.

Tonight should have reinforced to every single person living in an area w. a tornado warning that Trump’s major cuts to NOAA are a terrible and dangerous policy. #stlwx

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I invented a cult for mine and then was like, oh shit, I invented a cult 😕