Marc Criley
@marcc.bsky.social
I write short SFF stories & drabbles (https://kickin-the-darkness.com) and am a member of Codex and SFWA. Follow me for SF, Alabama (esp Huntsville), and democracy.
BTW, AI slop is gross and "an insult to humanity."
https://nobodywantsyouraislop.com
BTW, AI slop is gross and "an insult to humanity."
https://nobodywantsyouraislop.com
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The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…
February 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
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These monsters won’t be satisfied until they’ve annihilated the social contract
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
These monsters won’t be satisfied until they’ve annihilated the social contract
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
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This collection includes my capitalist dystopia drabble "Carrots and Sticks" alongside so many other super cool dark SF drabbles and micros. Snag your copy!
🚨Out Today!🚨
Anomaly: Year One collects the first year of dark, disruptive micro science fiction stories! Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
Anomaly: Year One collects the first year of dark, disruptive micro science fiction stories! Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books)
Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books) - Kindle edition by Fomley, Eric. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books).
www.amazon.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This collection includes my capitalist dystopia drabble "Carrots and Sticks" alongside so many other super cool dark SF drabbles and micros. Snag your copy!
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Out today and just 99 cents. Includes my micro fiction "The Perfect Man" and many more stories by fantastic authors.
🚨Out Today!🚨
Anomaly: Year One collects the first year of dark, disruptive micro science fiction stories! Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
Anomaly: Year One collects the first year of dark, disruptive micro science fiction stories! Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books)
Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books) - Kindle edition by Fomley, Eric. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books).
www.amazon.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Out today and just 99 cents. Includes my micro fiction "The Perfect Man" and many more stories by fantastic authors.
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The best way to start your day would be to check out a micro or two with your daily coffee/tea/beverage 👀
🚨Out Today!🚨
Anomaly: Year One collects the first year of dark, disruptive micro science fiction stories! Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
Anomaly: Year One collects the first year of dark, disruptive micro science fiction stories! Check it out!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G59YKK61
Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books)
Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books) - Kindle edition by Fomley, Eric. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Anomaly: Year One (Shacklebound Books).
www.amazon.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The best way to start your day would be to check out a micro or two with your daily coffee/tea/beverage 👀
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Telling the kids this was Thelma and Louise.
February 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Telling the kids this was Thelma and Louise.
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A little romantic #drabble for Valentine's Day that's out of this world. Literally.
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
Falling In Love At Verona Rupes by Marc A. Criley
The minister leaps, then the groom. The wedding party plummets after them, tuxedo-tailed and pastel-trimmed vacuum suits all inertially aflutter. At cliff’s edge, two suited figures hesitate. “Read…
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A little romantic #drabble for Valentine's Day that's out of this world. Literally.
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Cocaine is better
With a small bit of poo
Violets are blue
Cocaine is better
With a small bit of poo
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Cocaine is better
With a small bit of poo
Violets are blue
Cocaine is better
With a small bit of poo
A little romantic #drabble for Valentine's Day that's out of this world. Literally.
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
Falling In Love At Verona Rupes by Marc A. Criley
The minister leaps, then the groom. The wedding party plummets after them, tuxedo-tailed and pastel-trimmed vacuum suits all inertially aflutter. At cliff’s edge, two suited figures hesitate. “Read…
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A little romantic #drabble for Valentine's Day that's out of this world. Literally.
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
"Falling In Love At Verona Rupes"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...
My mother-in-law passed away seven years ago today.
Here's she is after voting in 2016 at age 97.
When she was born women were not allowed to vote. She always insisted on voting in person, never by mail.
RIP Helen
Here's she is after voting in 2016 at age 97.
When she was born women were not allowed to vote. She always insisted on voting in person, never by mail.
RIP Helen
February 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
My mother-in-law passed away seven years ago today.
Here's she is after voting in 2016 at age 97.
When she was born women were not allowed to vote. She always insisted on voting in person, never by mail.
RIP Helen
Here's she is after voting in 2016 at age 97.
When she was born women were not allowed to vote. She always insisted on voting in person, never by mail.
RIP Helen
The hills are aflame!
North Alabama...
North Alabama...
February 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The hills are aflame!
North Alabama...
North Alabama...
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The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
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Issue 4 is now available on our website!
Scroll to the bottom of the pages for Issue 4: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
And, Issues 1 and 2 are free to read online at the same link!
Scroll to the bottom of the pages for Issue 4: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
And, Issues 1 and 2 are free to read online at the same link!
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Issue 4 is now available on our website!
Scroll to the bottom of the pages for Issue 4: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
And, Issues 1 and 2 are free to read online at the same link!
Scroll to the bottom of the pages for Issue 4: plotthoundmag.com/issues/
And, Issues 1 and 2 are free to read online at the same link!
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weird how snorting cocaine off a toilet seat made neither me nor anyone else who was in that stall at the time an expert on public health
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
weird how snorting cocaine off a toilet seat made neither me nor anyone else who was in that stall at the time an expert on public health
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On her birthday, remembering Susan Oliver, who played Vina in the first Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" (which aired during the show's first season as part of "The Menagerie"). She was also a pilot, and the fourth woman to fly a single-engine aircraft solo across the Atlantic.
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
On her birthday, remembering Susan Oliver, who played Vina in the first Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" (which aired during the show's first season as part of "The Menagerie"). She was also a pilot, and the fourth woman to fly a single-engine aircraft solo across the Atlantic.
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That exposed the heart of those with wealth and power: the suffering of their victims fades under the warm glow of more money and power.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
That exposed the heart of those with wealth and power: the suffering of their victims fades under the warm glow of more money and power.
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Proteles!
Daylight Surprise! Aardwolf Spotted Drinking
YouTube video by Africam
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Proteles!
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Wait for it
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Wait for it
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I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...