B. Morris Allen
@bmorrisallen.com
Writer, editor, and publisher @metaphorosis.com, long-time vegan, based in Oregon.
Tofu-eating woke-rista.
Tofu-eating woke-rista.
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B. Morris Allen
@bmorrisallen.com
· Nov 14
Updated links!
For newcomers: I'm a #sciencefiction and #fantasy
#writer - mostly short stories, but also a dark SF novella (The Speed of Winter) and a dark fantasy novel (Susurrus). I'm behind @metaphorosis.com - anthologies and magazine.
I'm also a long-time #vegan living on the #OregonCoast.
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For newcomers: I'm a #sciencefiction and #fantasy
#writer - mostly short stories, but also a dark SF novella (The Speed of Winter) and a dark fantasy novel (Susurrus). I'm behind @metaphorosis.com - anthologies and magazine.
I'm also a long-time #vegan living on the #OregonCoast.
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Susurrus opens with:
Susurrus opens with:
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Susurrus opens with:
Susurrus opens with:
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
Walking a Wounded Land opens with…
Democrats: Hello, Foot. You look great. Hold still while I get a bigger gun.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Democrats: Hello, Foot. You look great. Hold still while I get a bigger gun.
I live near a road (a loop) called Meda Loop. I've probably known the road for 40 years.
It was only this year that it occurred to me that some cartographer or road builder drew it on the map and said "Hey, look at that. Made a loop!"
It was only this year that it occurred to me that some cartographer or road builder drew it on the map and said "Hey, look at that. Made a loop!"
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I live near a road (a loop) called Meda Loop. I've probably known the road for 40 years.
It was only this year that it occurred to me that some cartographer or road builder drew it on the map and said "Hey, look at that. Made a loop!"
It was only this year that it occurred to me that some cartographer or road builder drew it on the map and said "Hey, look at that. Made a loop!"
When will we in the US
a) wake up to the fact that our health care system is severely broken? (Many do acknowledge this)
and
b) DO something about it? (Not a concept of a plan, not thoughts and prayers, but an actual, practical, feasible, useful plan.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
a) wake up to the fact that our health care system is severely broken? (Many do acknowledge this)
and
b) DO something about it? (Not a concept of a plan, not thoughts and prayers, but an actual, practical, feasible, useful plan.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country
The new prices make it official: Americans will need to pay more for insurance next year if extra subsidies are allowed to expire.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
When will we in the US
a) wake up to the fact that our health care system is severely broken? (Many do acknowledge this)
and
b) DO something about it? (Not a concept of a plan, not thoughts and prayers, but an actual, practical, feasible, useful plan.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
a) wake up to the fact that our health care system is severely broken? (Many do acknowledge this)
and
b) DO something about it? (Not a concept of a plan, not thoughts and prayers, but an actual, practical, feasible, useful plan.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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More countries are banning fur farms outright. From Norway to New Zealand, regions are saying no to an industry that cages wild animals for life and kills them for luxury.
Fur Is Falling Apart – But It’s Not Falling Fast Enough
Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
More countries are banning fur farms outright. From Norway to New Zealand, regions are saying no to an industry that cages wild animals for life and kills them for luxury.
Reposted by B. Morris Allen
The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope:
He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen
Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net
He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen
Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The first and last word of each story in the new Autumn issue of Kaleidotrope:
He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen
Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net
He … night
The … bloom
Hilla … could
All … gulls
First … one
Jak … won’t
Stop … coming
The … dawn
When … me
I … all
I … Bravo
Listen … Listen
Find out what lies in between at www.kaleidotrope.net
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
When I was young, I had one okay eye and one bad eye. Now that I'm older, my eyes have decided to balance - one eye for close up, one eye for distance.
#OpticalEquity
#OpticalEquity
October 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When I was young, I had one okay eye and one bad eye. Now that I'm older, my eyes have decided to balance - one eye for close up, one eye for distance.
#OpticalEquity
#OpticalEquity
New follower and not sure where to start?
www.bmorrisallen.com/published/
lists most of my published stories by year, with links. I recommend starting with “Cupernicity”, in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which is a story I'm pretty pleased with.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
www.bmorrisallen.com/published/
lists most of my published stories by year, with links. I recommend starting with “Cupernicity”, in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which is a story I'm pretty pleased with.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
Published
Short fiction Forthcoming “In the Thick of Time”, TBC, TBD, (1,896 words) “The Only Map is Memory”, TBC, TBD, (973 words) 2025 “The Coping Saw”, Farthest Star Publishing, 18 Sep 2025, (13,480 words…
www.bmorrisallen.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New follower and not sure where to start?
www.bmorrisallen.com/published/
lists most of my published stories by year, with links. I recommend starting with “Cupernicity”, in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which is a story I'm pretty pleased with.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
www.bmorrisallen.com/published/
lists most of my published stories by year, with links. I recommend starting with “Cupernicity”, in @thefuturefire.bsky.social, which is a story I'm pretty pleased with.
futurefire.net/2025.72/fict...
Reposted by B. Morris Allen
Now, isn't this a lovely opening?
I am very much enjoying the stories in this anthology: Hope - The Thing with Flowers edited by B. Morris Allen
"the city that listened" by Jade Scardham
📚 #SF #Hope #ShortFiction #SpeculativeFiction
I am very much enjoying the stories in this anthology: Hope - The Thing with Flowers edited by B. Morris Allen
"the city that listened" by Jade Scardham
📚 #SF #Hope #ShortFiction #SpeculativeFiction
August 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Now, isn't this a lovely opening?
I am very much enjoying the stories in this anthology: Hope - The Thing with Flowers edited by B. Morris Allen
"the city that listened" by Jade Scardham
📚 #SF #Hope #ShortFiction #SpeculativeFiction
I am very much enjoying the stories in this anthology: Hope - The Thing with Flowers edited by B. Morris Allen
"the city that listened" by Jade Scardham
📚 #SF #Hope #ShortFiction #SpeculativeFiction
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Swear her in.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Swear her in.
Not only are Portlanders going to ride bicycles naked, they're (supposedly) doing it in a WAR ZONE.
www.axios.com/local/portla...
www.axios.com/local/portla...
Naked bike protest planned as troops loom
Portlanders are planning a nude bike ride to protest the National Guard's expected arrival.
www.axios.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Not only are Portlanders going to ride bicycles naked, they're (supposedly) doing it in a WAR ZONE.
www.axios.com/local/portla...
www.axios.com/local/portla...
An exciting summation of upcoming Democratic powers or a depressing list of broken laws and norms? You decide!
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
Behind the Curtain: Trump and the most unprecedented presidency in 250 years
Trump has veered, often suddenly, proudly and loudly, into unprecedented territory in at least 15 different areas.
www.axios.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An exciting summation of upcoming Democratic powers or a depressing list of broken laws and norms? You decide!
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
The Coping Saw – Farthest Star
If I recall correctly, I came up with the title first, and liked the idea of ambiguity in the use of 'coping'. While it started as a story focused on language, style, and metaphor, it turned into an adventure along the way, complete with mad scientist. It was…
If I recall correctly, I came up with the title first, and liked the idea of ambiguity in the use of 'coping'. While it started as a story focused on language, style, and metaphor, it turned into an adventure along the way, complete with mad scientist. It was…
The Coping Saw – Farthest Star
If I recall correctly, I came up with the title first, and liked the idea of ambiguity in the use of 'coping'. While it started as a story focused on language, style, and metaphor, it turned into an adventure along the way, complete with mad scientist. It was published by Farthest Star on 18 Sep. 2025.
www.bmorrisallen.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Coping Saw – Farthest Star
If I recall correctly, I came up with the title first, and liked the idea of ambiguity in the use of 'coping'. While it started as a story focused on language, style, and metaphor, it turned into an adventure along the way, complete with mad scientist. It was…
If I recall correctly, I came up with the title first, and liked the idea of ambiguity in the use of 'coping'. While it started as a story focused on language, style, and metaphor, it turned into an adventure along the way, complete with mad scientist. It was…
The Water Dragons of Harney County – Trollbreath
In mid-2024, I was looking through my idea file and found a dragon story. And another, and another. In the end, I wrote about a half-dozen dragon stories of very different kinds. This one, about farm irrigation, was inspired by driving cross-country…
In mid-2024, I was looking through my idea file and found a dragon story. And another, and another. In the end, I wrote about a half-dozen dragon stories of very different kinds. This one, about farm irrigation, was inspired by driving cross-country…
The Water Dragons of Harney County – Trollbreath
In mid-2024, I was looking through my idea file and found a dragon story. And another, and another. In the end, I wrote about a half-dozen dragon stories of very different kinds. This one, about farm irrigation, was inspired by driving cross-country and seeing a type of vaguely dragon-shaped irrigator that to my delight is actually branded Dragon-Line. This story brings out the true dragon nature associated with that dragon form. It published in Trollbreath on 1 September 2025.
www.bmorrisallen.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Water Dragons of Harney County – Trollbreath
In mid-2024, I was looking through my idea file and found a dragon story. And another, and another. In the end, I wrote about a half-dozen dragon stories of very different kinds. This one, about farm irrigation, was inspired by driving cross-country…
In mid-2024, I was looking through my idea file and found a dragon story. And another, and another. In the end, I wrote about a half-dozen dragon stories of very different kinds. This one, about farm irrigation, was inspired by driving cross-country…
A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
A Bird Afraid of Feathers – Plant Based Press
Years ago, I ran across a fractal image that looked just like feathers. I loved it immediately, and resolved to use it as a book cover (with appropriate licensing and attribution, of course). That eventually resulted in the anthology HOPE: The Thing With Feathers, published on 2 Aug 2025. It's an anthology of hopeful, feather-related SFF stories. I wrote my own contribution early on - "A Bird Afraid of Feathers" - and included it as the last story in the book.
www.bmorrisallen.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
Gods in Reduced Circumstances – Black Cat Weekly
I was reading an H. G. Wells story - Mr. Britling Sees it Through - in which he said "And there is a book, I once looked into it at a man's room in London; I don't know the title, but it was by Richard Garnett, and it was all about gods who were in…
I was reading an H. G. Wells story - Mr. Britling Sees it Through - in which he said "And there is a book, I once looked into it at a man's room in London; I don't know the title, but it was by Richard Garnett, and it was all about gods who were in…
Gods in Reduced Circumstances – Black Cat Weekly
I was reading an H. G. Wells story - Mr. Britling Sees it Through - in which he said "And there is a book, I once looked into it at a man's room in London; I don't know the title, but it was by Richard Garnett, and it was all about gods who were in reduced circumstances but amidst sunny picturesque scenery." The line about gods in reduced circumstances intrigued me, so I looked up Garnett's story,
www.bmorrisallen.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Gods in Reduced Circumstances – Black Cat Weekly
I was reading an H. G. Wells story - Mr. Britling Sees it Through - in which he said "And there is a book, I once looked into it at a man's room in London; I don't know the title, but it was by Richard Garnett, and it was all about gods who were in…
I was reading an H. G. Wells story - Mr. Britling Sees it Through - in which he said "And there is a book, I once looked into it at a man's room in London; I don't know the title, but it was by Richard Garnett, and it was all about gods who were in…
My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
The Coping Saw
The Coping Saw - Kindle edition by Allen, B. Morris, Publishing, Farthest Star. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Coping Saw.
www.amazon.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
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Fave short fiction read this week was The Water Dragons of Harney County by @bmorrisallen.com in Trollbreath. Whimsical, both modern and folkloric, and incredibly compelling
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
September 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Fave short fiction read this week was The Water Dragons of Harney County by @bmorrisallen.com in Trollbreath. Whimsical, both modern and folkloric, and incredibly compelling
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
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There's nothing sustainable about non-Vegan pet food
Feeding one large dog meat-based food has a bigger carbon footprint than the average Japanese person.
The Pawprint Problem
Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There's nothing sustainable about non-Vegan pet food
If you dry a bunch of apples but then leave them overnight and then decide to finish them off in the oven and then forget them in the oven and then turn the oven on to preheat, burnt apple chips make a surprisingly decent cereal.
Or so I assume. I would never do this.
Or so I assume. I would never do this.
September 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If you dry a bunch of apples but then leave them overnight and then decide to finish them off in the oven and then forget them in the oven and then turn the oven on to preheat, burnt apple chips make a surprisingly decent cereal.
Or so I assume. I would never do this.
Or so I assume. I would never do this.
Cooking pro tip:
When a recipe calls for "1 clove of garlic",
this is the one they mean.
When a recipe calls for "1 clove of garlic",
this is the one they mean.
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Cooking pro tip:
When a recipe calls for "1 clove of garlic",
this is the one they mean.
When a recipe calls for "1 clove of garlic",
this is the one they mean.
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My latest story is out in the latest @trollbreathmag.bsky.social today!
"The Water Dragons of Harney County" is about magic (and irrigation) on an Oregon farm.
"The Water Dragons of Harney County" is about magic (and irrigation) on an Oregon farm.
September 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My latest story is out in the latest @trollbreathmag.bsky.social today!
"The Water Dragons of Harney County" is about magic (and irrigation) on an Oregon farm.
"The Water Dragons of Harney County" is about magic (and irrigation) on an Oregon farm.
Reposted by B. Morris Allen
It’s Free Fiction Friday!! Today, join a farm girl as she gets a little help from unlikely friends
@bmorrisallen.com
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
@bmorrisallen.com
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
September 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It’s Free Fiction Friday!! Today, join a farm girl as she gets a little help from unlikely friends
@bmorrisallen.com
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
@bmorrisallen.com
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...