Meg Elison
@megelison.bsky.social
Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty. Rep: Arley Sorg at KT Literary.
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Meg Elison
@megelison.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Foundling Fathers, by Meg Elison
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
Hamilton meets The Boys from Brazil
1776 meets Clone High
All the Presidents' Heads meets Jurassic Park
6.23.2026
It's the satire America deserves for her 250th. tachyonpublications.com/product/foun...
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Recently @megelison.bsky.social described my writing as "very Shirley Jacksonville" and that's the compliment of a lifetime. Arsenic Tongue and The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth are very much in that particular accent; they're literally close to home for me. This list was a beautiful moment.
January 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Recently @megelison.bsky.social described my writing as "very Shirley Jacksonville" and that's the compliment of a lifetime. Arsenic Tongue and The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth are very much in that particular accent; they're literally close to home for me. This list was a beautiful moment.
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Pals, I am so hype to have TWO stories on Ellen Datlow’s complete recommendation list for Best Horror - and also to be have the list be Stephen King and then me thanks to how the alphabet works. 😆
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth, by Marianne Kirby
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January 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Pals, I am so hype to have TWO stories on Ellen Datlow’s complete recommendation list for Best Horror - and also to be have the list be Stephen King and then me thanks to how the alphabet works. 😆
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
If you read either/both of these stories, I hope you love it/them.
My old apt building in Brooklyn (where we lived most of last winter without heat or hot water) once again has no heat or hot water. I'm still in the old group-chat-that-almost-became-a-tenants-union.
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
My old apt building in Brooklyn (where we lived most of last winter without heat or hot water) once again has no heat or hot water. I'm still in the old group-chat-that-almost-became-a-tenants-union.
My newsletter all this year will be monthly odes to things that I love. January is an ode to ice water. It's free!
Odes: Ice Water
The heavenly white marble lobby of the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco sits at the top of a breathless hill. The film junket is waiting in another room. The...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
My newsletter all this year will be monthly odes to things that I love. January is an ode to ice water. It's free!
Love an online writing date where everyone is wearing the same scowl.
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Love an online writing date where everyone is wearing the same scowl.
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The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
January 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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Never not funny
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Never not funny
At a gallery show in western Mass playing a game called Count the Doc Martens and I’m winning.
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
At a gallery show in western Mass playing a game called Count the Doc Martens and I’m winning.
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The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
TIL the entire state of Vermont has one (1) area code.
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
TIL the entire state of Vermont has one (1) area code.
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Recently finished an ARC of Samantha Mills's short story collection RABBIT TEST, and YES, you need this in your life. 💗 Coming in April from Tachyon: tachyonpublications.com/product/rabb...
Rabbit Test and Other Stories - Tachyon Publications
“In Rabbit Test and Other Stories, Mills examines the human spirit with a sharp eye and a gentle heart.” —Eugenia Triantafyllou This subversive debut short-fiction collection comes from one of the…
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January 3, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Recently finished an ARC of Samantha Mills's short story collection RABBIT TEST, and YES, you need this in your life. 💗 Coming in April from Tachyon: tachyonpublications.com/product/rabb...
Under a sliver of new moon and the sound of church bells, the town Witch was sat in the corner of the café with her tarot cards spread out, ready to read for the people of this small Berkshires town on the long night of the winter solstice.
Reading Tarot for the Winter Solstice - Living, Paganism, Perspectives, Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - "Under a sliver of new moon and the sound of church bells," writes Meg Elison, "the town Witch was sat in the corner of the café with her tarot cards spread out, ready to rea...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Under a sliver of new moon and the sound of church bells, the town Witch was sat in the corner of the café with her tarot cards spread out, ready to read for the people of this small Berkshires town on the long night of the winter solstice.
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
They've never built a closet rod that I can't kill.
January 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
They've never built a closet rod that I can't kill.
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let 2026 be the year y'all figure out that substack is for making nazis money. do not.
Imagine launching a substack on the cusp of 2026. I swear to god, y'all.
January 1, 2026 at 9:22 PM
let 2026 be the year y'all figure out that substack is for making nazis money. do not.
Fuck bein' good, I'm a bad bitch (Ah)
I'm sick of motherfuckers tryna tell me how to live (Fuck y'all)
=
I do not find worthiness a virtue
I no longer try to be good
It didn't keep me safe
Like you told me that it would
and they're both right
I'm sick of motherfuckers tryna tell me how to live (Fuck y'all)
=
I do not find worthiness a virtue
I no longer try to be good
It didn't keep me safe
Like you told me that it would
and they're both right
January 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Fuck bein' good, I'm a bad bitch (Ah)
I'm sick of motherfuckers tryna tell me how to live (Fuck y'all)
=
I do not find worthiness a virtue
I no longer try to be good
It didn't keep me safe
Like you told me that it would
and they're both right
I'm sick of motherfuckers tryna tell me how to live (Fuck y'all)
=
I do not find worthiness a virtue
I no longer try to be good
It didn't keep me safe
Like you told me that it would
and they're both right
New year new dress, that’s the rule.
January 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
New year new dress, that’s the rule.
Time for one of my favorite poems, even tho I am not hungover today.
Hangover 1.1.2019 – ZYZZYVA
Like a hammer swung into antique champagne flutes / Like a family heirloom traded for a Twix / Like a red dictionary dropped from a replica famous bridge / Like a robe made out of skin that, turns out...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Time for one of my favorite poems, even tho I am not hungover today.
In 2024 I bought a charger bank for all the phones in the house that lives in the living room. My phone sleeps there and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
a good new year's resolution is charging your phone away from your bedroom and taking magnesium glycinate before bed
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 AM
In 2024 I bought a charger bank for all the phones in the house that lives in the living room. My phone sleeps there and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
The moral of Stranger Things is that you have to kill your father. But then, you have to do in your old dad. After that, you must slay your sire. Once that’s done, you murder the male parent. Very important that you ki
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The moral of Stranger Things is that you have to kill your father. But then, you have to do in your old dad. After that, you must slay your sire. Once that’s done, you murder the male parent. Very important that you ki
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T’was the night before New Year’s and all through the town not a creature was stirring and especially not a graphic designer.
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
T’was the night before New Year’s and all through the town not a creature was stirring and especially not a graphic designer.
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For a New Year’s Eve, a reading:
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
For a New Year’s Eve, a reading: