D.C. McNeill
@dcmcneill.bsky.social
Science Fantasy author // Media Crit // Editor-In-Chief zeroIndent.com // Founder underInk.Press // coriander hater.
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SHIVERS - A grey rain falls on Martinaise. The city soaks in it, cold and dripping. Waves hit the concrete breakers. The homeless huddle by the fires behind the fences. There, among the shacks, is your home. Stay. Have a drink. Forever.
February 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
SHIVERS - A grey rain falls on Martinaise. The city soaks in it, cold and dripping. Waves hit the concrete breakers. The homeless huddle by the fires behind the fences. There, among the shacks, is your home. Stay. Have a drink. Forever.
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Pssst, I have a new story out, if you have spare 2 bucks you can add to the "let's not starve as an indie publisher" fund underink.press/products/don
Don't Look Blues
A humid night in 2005. A concert. A drive-through. A blue Ford wagon. Good luck, Jack. Epub and PDF download available immediately. Short story: 2,437 words
underink.press
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Pssst, I have a new story out, if you have spare 2 bucks you can add to the "let's not starve as an indie publisher" fund underink.press/products/don
Pssst, I have a new story out, if you have spare 2 bucks you can add to the "let's not starve as an indie publisher" fund underink.press/products/don
Don't Look Blues
A humid night in 2005. A concert. A drive-through. A blue Ford wagon. Good luck, Jack. Epub and PDF download available immediately. Short story: 2,437 words
underink.press
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Pssst, I have a new story out, if you have spare 2 bucks you can add to the "let's not starve as an indie publisher" fund underink.press/products/don
Knocking back some lagers and browsing some old Uni assignments. Surprised how many produced unique and meaningful lessons. Except for the dreadful poetry classes, responsible for such gems as "she went to dance with her boyfriend Lance" - Plath go nothin' on me
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Knocking back some lagers and browsing some old Uni assignments. Surprised how many produced unique and meaningful lessons. Except for the dreadful poetry classes, responsible for such gems as "she went to dance with her boyfriend Lance" - Plath go nothin' on me
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This game is SO good actually. Really really enjoyed my first playthrough and have been meaning to do a second.
But despite this praise, the game has still not reached many people! Which is a damn shame!
If you want to help, you can spread the word to your friends, gift it for the winter holidays, and write a Steam review. Those really help visibility!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
If you want to help, you can spread the word to your friends, gift it for the winter holidays, and write a Steam review. Those really help visibility!
store.steampowered.com/app/2610880
Duskpunk on Steam
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution...
store.steampowered.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This game is SO good actually. Really really enjoyed my first playthrough and have been meaning to do a second.
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A tyrant always dies alone, Guildenstern. Surrounded by silver-tongued leeches, he is utterly alone. He sows sorrow and reaps death.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
A tyrant always dies alone, Guildenstern. Surrounded by silver-tongued leeches, he is utterly alone. He sows sorrow and reaps death.
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The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
Me as I kick flip out of the room: You sound like you get your politics from reality show alumni
You: sir this is a bank you can't ride that in here
You: sir this is a bank you can't ride that in here
January 30, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Me as I kick flip out of the room: You sound like you get your politics from reality show alumni
You: sir this is a bank you can't ride that in here
You: sir this is a bank you can't ride that in here
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Six years ago, sitting at a kitchen table, unemployed and frustrated w/ the state of media criticism in Australia, in particular the failure of genre studies to occupy any oxygen, I started ZeroIndent in opposition to disprove the notion that literary fiction is the only "art" in this country.
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Six years ago, sitting at a kitchen table, unemployed and frustrated w/ the state of media criticism in Australia, in particular the failure of genre studies to occupy any oxygen, I started ZeroIndent in opposition to disprove the notion that literary fiction is the only "art" in this country.
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I have a new book on the way We reveal the title and cover art by the incisively talented Crystal Htay. Thanks as always to James Baker for his sharp interview skills, read it at your own mercy and leisure 👇
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
Maynard Trigg Four "opens the aperture": a preview with D.C. McNeill
With UnderInk Press slated to release the fourth Maynard Trigg novel late in 2026, we sat down with the author D.C. McNeill to reflect on the series so far, and look ahead to the fourth installment an...
underink.press
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I have a new book on the way We reveal the title and cover art by the incisively talented Crystal Htay. Thanks as always to James Baker for his sharp interview skills, read it at your own mercy and leisure 👇
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
I am gesturing here to the rhetoric at the heart of the issue of literary/elevated fiction being seawalled off as "serious" art "worthy of assessment", not to imply that a discursive community doesn't already exist dunking on how poorly written the novel is.
I do not think a novel like this is published and has significant air time in a functional critical environment of genre studies. I won't yuck anyone's yum, but Powerless is *the* reason we need to dispel the myth of elevated fiction and talk about speculative fiction as art worthy of thought.
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I am gesturing here to the rhetoric at the heart of the issue of literary/elevated fiction being seawalled off as "serious" art "worthy of assessment", not to imply that a discursive community doesn't already exist dunking on how poorly written the novel is.
Six years ago, sitting at a kitchen table, unemployed and frustrated w/ the state of media criticism in Australia, in particular the failure of genre studies to occupy any oxygen, I started ZeroIndent in opposition to disprove the notion that literary fiction is the only "art" in this country.
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Six years ago, sitting at a kitchen table, unemployed and frustrated w/ the state of media criticism in Australia, in particular the failure of genre studies to occupy any oxygen, I started ZeroIndent in opposition to disprove the notion that literary fiction is the only "art" in this country.
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When life closes a door, it opens a window. And if the fall is too steep, use the fire exit. Run to the roof -- you always have that airship on the dock. The most important thing is to keep moving. Keep dreaming.
January 27, 2026 at 2:30 AM
When life closes a door, it opens a window. And if the fall is too steep, use the fire exit. Run to the roof -- you always have that airship on the dock. The most important thing is to keep moving. Keep dreaming.
There's no term for performing a mutiny on a book club host but their ought to be. If your selection process is just googling the NYT best seller list of the previous month you're not really... curating discussion, are you?
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 AM
There's no term for performing a mutiny on a book club host but their ought to be. If your selection process is just googling the NYT best seller list of the previous month you're not really... curating discussion, are you?
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It would take a million years of evolution – or a total reversal in the condition of the world – for your pain to end.
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
It would take a million years of evolution – or a total reversal in the condition of the world – for your pain to end.
We're still figuring out the format - I'd love to do more direct-to-camera dialogue from out in the real world when it isn't hot as hell in Australia
I'm trying something new this year, trying to write more about the industry and how the internet has warped and divested writing of some core notions. What my editor described as a challenge to BookTok's regime of truth: youtu.be/NOiZ9s-tTnw
The Internet Doesn’t Understand Writing
YouTube video by UnderInk
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 12:14 PM
We're still figuring out the format - I'd love to do more direct-to-camera dialogue from out in the real world when it isn't hot as hell in Australia
I'm trying something new this year, trying to write more about the industry and how the internet has warped and divested writing of some core notions. What my editor described as a challenge to BookTok's regime of truth: youtu.be/NOiZ9s-tTnw
The Internet Doesn’t Understand Writing
YouTube video by UnderInk
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm trying something new this year, trying to write more about the industry and how the internet has warped and divested writing of some core notions. What my editor described as a challenge to BookTok's regime of truth: youtu.be/NOiZ9s-tTnw
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Living to witness the global disinvestment from human creativity by the capitalist class has been an absolutely depressing sight to behold.
Especially as someone who places art (yes, general 'art') among humanity's most divine aptitudes.
Especially as someone who places art (yes, general 'art') among humanity's most divine aptitudes.
Capcom is another studio embracing gen-ai sadly. Popular titles include: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Okami, Street Fighter, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, and Mega Man. -y
Sources: giznewsdaily.com/capcom-discu...
www.ign.com/articles/cap...
Sources: giznewsdaily.com/capcom-discu...
www.ign.com/articles/cap...
Capcom Experimenting With Generative AI to Create 'Hundreds of Thousands of Unique Ideas' Needed to Build In-Game Environments - IGN
Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to create the "hundreds of thousands of unique ideas" needed to build in-game environments.
www.ign.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Living to witness the global disinvestment from human creativity by the capitalist class has been an absolutely depressing sight to behold.
Especially as someone who places art (yes, general 'art') among humanity's most divine aptitudes.
Especially as someone who places art (yes, general 'art') among humanity's most divine aptitudes.
Harper nails it once again. This is *the* prevailing issue with the franchise industrial complexes we see dominating media. No writer I've ever worked with, taught or critiqued, wants to write to satiate "fans" or, indeed, the tides of mass capital.
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Harper nails it once again. This is *the* prevailing issue with the franchise industrial complexes we see dominating media. No writer I've ever worked with, taught or critiqued, wants to write to satiate "fans" or, indeed, the tides of mass capital.
Things I learned to do today: cut my own hair, install a TV mount.
If you think there's a mysterious connection between these, turns to page 105.
If you think this is a red herring and wanted to know about the giant ape standing in the background, turn to page 315.
If you think there's a mysterious connection between these, turns to page 105.
If you think this is a red herring and wanted to know about the giant ape standing in the background, turn to page 315.
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Things I learned to do today: cut my own hair, install a TV mount.
If you think there's a mysterious connection between these, turns to page 105.
If you think this is a red herring and wanted to know about the giant ape standing in the background, turn to page 315.
If you think there's a mysterious connection between these, turns to page 105.
If you think this is a red herring and wanted to know about the giant ape standing in the background, turn to page 315.
I have a new book on the way We reveal the title and cover art by the incisively talented Crystal Htay. Thanks as always to James Baker for his sharp interview skills, read it at your own mercy and leisure 👇
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
Maynard Trigg Four "opens the aperture": a preview with D.C. McNeill
With UnderInk Press slated to release the fourth Maynard Trigg novel late in 2026, we sat down with the author D.C. McNeill to reflect on the series so far, and look ahead to the fourth installment an...
underink.press
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I have a new book on the way We reveal the title and cover art by the incisively talented Crystal Htay. Thanks as always to James Baker for his sharp interview skills, read it at your own mercy and leisure 👇
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
underink.press/blogs/news/m...
Australia fact of the day: people very confidently go out in public without shoes and are rarely refused service. Does this make sense? No. Is it charming? You decide.
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Australia fact of the day: people very confidently go out in public without shoes and are rarely refused service. Does this make sense? No. Is it charming? You decide.
Shelved By Genre is fantastic. I pounce on new eps like... a cat... that enjoys pounding. The podcast ushering me through my thesis. Lovely to close the laptop after reading the 27th bizarre ass letter by Lewis Carrol only to learn about Tolkien being the biggest airplane hater. Top shelf stuff.
Today is my birthday and all I’m asking for is for you to support and/or talk about your favorite Ranged Touch show or project!
Patreon.com/rangedtouch
Patreon.com/rangedtouch
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Shelved By Genre is fantastic. I pounce on new eps like... a cat... that enjoys pounding. The podcast ushering me through my thesis. Lovely to close the laptop after reading the 27th bizarre ass letter by Lewis Carrol only to learn about Tolkien being the biggest airplane hater. Top shelf stuff.
it's that time of the month where i tell you, hey, my steampunk/apocalypse series is the best thing i've ever done and you should tell someone you know to check it out underink.press/pages/maynar...
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
it's that time of the month where i tell you, hey, my steampunk/apocalypse series is the best thing i've ever done and you should tell someone you know to check it out underink.press/pages/maynar...
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And then you see it. As it strangles and beats your friends to death... the sweetest most courageous people in the world. You see the fear and power in its eyes. Then you *know*. That the bourgeois are not human.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
And then you see it. As it strangles and beats your friends to death... the sweetest most courageous people in the world. You see the fear and power in its eyes. Then you *know*. That the bourgeois are not human.