Marc Criley
@marcc.bsky.social
I write short stories & drabbles, am a member of Codex and SFWA, carry on about Alabama (especially Huntsville), Fossils, metal detecting, some ill-mannered feline co-residents, and genealogy from my perch on #CedarGapMtn.
https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
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The New American Gothic - Criselda Vasquez, 2017
Oil on Canvas
72″ x 48″
Oil on Canvas
72″ x 48″
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The New American Gothic - Criselda Vasquez, 2017
Oil on Canvas
72″ x 48″
Oil on Canvas
72″ x 48″
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I worked out the solution in the same notebook that houses my Heaven's Vault dictionary. Still a few blank pages in this one, so full of illustrations, text, lists from so many puzzle games. Accidentally creating a Voynich manuscript.
Holiday coma leaving you sluggish?
Why not try to figure out the release date for our next game by joining things up with bits of red string.
www.inklestudios.com/tr-49/pinboa...
Why not try to figure out the release date for our next game by joining things up with bits of red string.
www.inklestudios.com/tr-49/pinboa...
TR-49 Pinboard
www.inklestudios.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I worked out the solution in the same notebook that houses my Heaven's Vault dictionary. Still a few blank pages in this one, so full of illustrations, text, lists from so many puzzle games. Accidentally creating a Voynich manuscript.
PSA: The US Postal Service provides the Informed Delivery service which will send you an email with the images of the letters your're slated to received that day, an email notification once your mail has been delivered, and will text/email about the progress of packages headed your way.
Informed Delivery® - Mail & Package Notifications | USPS
Informed Delivery is a free service from USPS that shows you preview images of incoming mail, plus status updates about your incoming and outbound packages. Get notifications in a morning Daily Digest...
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December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
PSA: The US Postal Service provides the Informed Delivery service which will send you an email with the images of the letters your're slated to received that day, an email notification once your mail has been delivered, and will text/email about the progress of packages headed your way.
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
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My flash “The Space Between Us” is now free-to-read at @lightspeedmagazine.com! Get it in print or audio (with not one, but TWO amazing narrators). And Happy Holidays to all!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Space Between Us - Lightspeed Magazine
Xylina The first date had that delicious awkwardness that makes you self-conscious in the moment, but in retrospect seems endearing and makes you nostalgic for a more innocent and hopeful time. Adis ...
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December 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
My flash “The Space Between Us” is now free-to-read at @lightspeedmagazine.com! Get it in print or audio (with not one, but TWO amazing narrators). And Happy Holidays to all!
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
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The week between Christmas and New Years is the calendar’s perineum.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The week between Christmas and New Years is the calendar’s perineum.
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This video says it all! Watch it! Dogs are a woman’s best friend! They have tremendous self control!
December 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This video says it all! Watch it! Dogs are a woman’s best friend! They have tremendous self control!
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Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
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I'm convinced there's a very effective coven operating in Brazil and I want them to come here and do me a favor
Brazil's former President Bolsonaro has surgery to treat hiccups, wife says reut.rs/3L4JYFO
Brazil's former President Bolsonaro has surgery to treat hiccups, wife says
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro underwent "a phrenic nerve block procedure" on Saturday to treat his persistent hiccups, wife Michelle Bolsonaro said on social media.
reut.rs
December 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I'm convinced there's a very effective coven operating in Brazil and I want them to come here and do me a favor
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
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My dog and two cats love to throw up on the floor and they represent 60% of the household. As a leader I can't just ignore public opinion so I also throw up on the floor sometimes to stay popular
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My dog and two cats love to throw up on the floor and they represent 60% of the household. As a leader I can't just ignore public opinion so I also throw up on the floor sometimes to stay popular
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
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someone without small seeds
someone you need
someone you need
December 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
someone without small seeds
someone you need
someone you need
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If CBS had any balls they'd announce at the start of the year that they'd reversed course and negotiated a 5-year contract with "pathetic trainwreck, no talent" @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If CBS had any balls they'd announce at the start of the year that they'd reversed course and negotiated a 5-year contract with "pathetic trainwreck, no talent" @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.
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Please make this movie! We need it so badly.
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Please make this movie! We need it so badly.
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"When AREN'T fossils on your mind?"
Hell yeah brother
Hell yeah brother
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"When AREN'T fossils on your mind?"
Hell yeah brother
Hell yeah brother
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I'm tired of being surprised by news, so I just went ahead and predicted the publishing news for the next year, month by month.
1/13
1/13
December 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm tired of being surprised by news, so I just went ahead and predicted the publishing news for the next year, month by month.
1/13
1/13
If CBS had any balls they'd announce at the start of the year that they'd reversed course and negotiated a 5-year contract with "pathetic trainwreck, no talent" @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If CBS had any balls they'd announce at the start of the year that they'd reversed course and negotiated a 5-year contract with "pathetic trainwreck, no talent" @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.
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My column this week. Tommy Tuberville has repeatedly shown contempt for vast swathes of the state he wants to govern. And Alabama voters can’t dismiss his recent threats against Muslims as performative. Making him governor will allow him to harass innocent people over the way they worship God.
Don't ignore the threat that is Tommy Tuberville | Alabama Reflector
Don't dismiss the senator's escalating attacks on Muslims as performative. Tuberville has already shown contempt for vast swathes of Alabama.
alabamareflector.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My column this week. Tommy Tuberville has repeatedly shown contempt for vast swathes of the state he wants to govern. And Alabama voters can’t dismiss his recent threats against Muslims as performative. Making him governor will allow him to harass innocent people over the way they worship God.
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"*Anything* a godly man does is--by definition--godly."
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"*Anything* a godly man does is--by definition--godly."
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This is the dumbest thing I've see all day.
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is the dumbest thing I've see all day.
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Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.