Michael J Patrick
@michaeljpatrick.bsky.social
He/Him.
Creator of the dark fairytale podcast ABirdforaHeart.blogspot.com and the Weird fiction/horror podcast Nothingiswrong.net
Urban fantasy webcomic Rookcomic.tumblr.com
and Many D&D and other TTRPG things https://linktr.ee/MichaelJPatrick
Creator of the dark fairytale podcast ABirdforaHeart.blogspot.com and the Weird fiction/horror podcast Nothingiswrong.net
Urban fantasy webcomic Rookcomic.tumblr.com
and Many D&D and other TTRPG things https://linktr.ee/MichaelJPatrick
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There is a playlist where you can watch all of the Metrolina Superhero Saga episodes! There are three teams, but I've only drawn two so far.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5U... #actualplay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5U... #actualplay
You can now watch the entire 8 episode Metrolina Saga. Twelve messy superheroes in desperate need of therapy do their best to face off against an evil corporation, demons, elementals, a kaiju, the undead, and a really nasty ex-wife.
#actualplay
#actualplay
December 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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As we enter the timeless stretch between Xmas and the new year, a period in which days blur and hours linger, just remember: it could happen at any time and maybe we’ll ring in the new year with extreme cheer.
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As we enter the timeless stretch between Xmas and the new year, a period in which days blur and hours linger, just remember: it could happen at any time and maybe we’ll ring in the new year with extreme cheer.
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attention new bluesky users:
pick up that can
pick up that can
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
attention new bluesky users:
pick up that can
pick up that can
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Reposted by Michael J Patrick
Happy Boxing Day
December 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Happy Boxing Day
Finally saw del Toro's Frankenstein.
It's beautiful, but I still have yet to see an adaptation by anyone who has read the book.
It's beautiful, but I still have yet to see an adaptation by anyone who has read the book.
December 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Finally saw del Toro's Frankenstein.
It's beautiful, but I still have yet to see an adaptation by anyone who has read the book.
It's beautiful, but I still have yet to see an adaptation by anyone who has read the book.
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Reposted by Michael J Patrick
The most wonderful time of the year is the week between Christmas and New Year's that wanders around baffled and without any corporate identity, like someone bonked a hundred dollar bill on the head too hard with an acoustic guitar
December 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The most wonderful time of the year is the week between Christmas and New Year's that wanders around baffled and without any corporate identity, like someone bonked a hundred dollar bill on the head too hard with an acoustic guitar
I just learned that the mean old lady in Gremlins was 47 at the time.
December 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I just learned that the mean old lady in Gremlins was 47 at the time.
Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy Holidays!
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SEASON'S GREASONS
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SEASON'S GREASONS
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Tiny Tim, who DID NOT die, was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
Tiny Tim, who DID NOT die, fled through the desert while the gunslinger followed.
December 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Tiny Tim, who DID NOT die, was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
As a kid I read lots of books on myth and superstition. One of them said if you don't take down your Christmas tree before Three Kings Day, the little people will break into your house and smash your good dishes.
I informed my mother who told me not to worry because we didn't have any good dishes.
I informed my mother who told me not to worry because we didn't have any good dishes.
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As a kid I read lots of books on myth and superstition. One of them said if you don't take down your Christmas tree before Three Kings Day, the little people will break into your house and smash your good dishes.
I informed my mother who told me not to worry because we didn't have any good dishes.
I informed my mother who told me not to worry because we didn't have any good dishes.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, went on to crush his enemies, to see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, stood by himself against the hills, holding darkness within; he had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, went on to crush his enemies, to see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
What have I become?
December 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What have I become?
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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Reposted by Michael J Patrick
#WriterShareWednesday!
If you wish your magical girl stories hit harder and were gayer, I made The Plight of the Last Paladin for you!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
If you wish your magical girl stories hit harder and were gayer, I made The Plight of the Last Paladin for you!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#WriterShareWednesday!
If you wish your magical girl stories hit harder and were gayer, I made The Plight of the Last Paladin for you!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
If you wish your magical girl stories hit harder and were gayer, I made The Plight of the Last Paladin for you!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Looking for something to do during the liminal week? You can always watch the Metrolina Superhero Saga, an #actualplay of the Outgunned TTRPG superhero supplement.
It's around THIRTY HOURS of entertainment for the price of FREE!
It's around THIRTY HOURS of entertainment for the price of FREE!
You can now watch the entire 8 episode Metrolina Saga. Twelve messy superheroes in desperate need of therapy do their best to face off against an evil corporation, demons, elementals, a kaiju, the undead, and a really nasty ex-wife.
#actualplay
#actualplay
There is a playlist where you can watch all of the Metrolina Superhero Saga episodes! There are three teams, but I've only drawn two so far.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5U... #actualplay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5U... #actualplay
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Looking for something to do during the liminal week? You can always watch the Metrolina Superhero Saga, an #actualplay of the Outgunned TTRPG superhero supplement.
It's around THIRTY HOURS of entertainment for the price of FREE!
It's around THIRTY HOURS of entertainment for the price of FREE!
This image gives me joy.
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This image gives me joy.
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Good morning! Let’s do a #WriterShareWednesday!
Share a project you’ve published OR a pitch for your current WIP with the hashtag #WriterShareWednesday and we’ll give it a boost! (Please use alt text for images + share other folks' projects too!)
Share a project you’ve published OR a pitch for your current WIP with the hashtag #WriterShareWednesday and we’ll give it a boost! (Please use alt text for images + share other folks' projects too!)
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good morning! Let’s do a #WriterShareWednesday!
Share a project you’ve published OR a pitch for your current WIP with the hashtag #WriterShareWednesday and we’ll give it a boost! (Please use alt text for images + share other folks' projects too!)
Share a project you’ve published OR a pitch for your current WIP with the hashtag #WriterShareWednesday and we’ll give it a boost! (Please use alt text for images + share other folks' projects too!)
I have so many projects cooking, but my dark fairy tale podcast, A Bird for a Heart is one I wish more people knew about.
#writersharewednesday
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#writersharewednesday
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A Bird for a Heart
Science Fiction Podcast · Biweekly Series · As the world unravels under the weight of an immortal sorcerer’s despair, Tula must confront the man who quite literally stole her heart. Along with a cunni...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I have so many projects cooking, but my dark fairy tale podcast, A Bird for a Heart is one I wish more people knew about.
#writersharewednesday
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
#writersharewednesday
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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AI is a direct threat to our livelihoods as well as the future of our professions, not because AI is capable of doing any of the work, but because our industries will use the threat of AI to make us all increasingly precarious. Uncertain futures and worse working conditions.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
AI is a direct threat to our livelihoods as well as the future of our professions, not because AI is capable of doing any of the work, but because our industries will use the threat of AI to make us all increasingly precarious. Uncertain futures and worse working conditions.
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I stopped using StartPlaying after finishing my recent campaign there.
Partly because I'm running a campaign at my LGS, and partly for the reasons mentioned here vvv
Partly because I'm running a campaign at my LGS, and partly for the reasons mentioned here vvv
In the new year, I'm ditching StartPlaying and running games with a PWYW Tip Jar model instead.
Times are getting tough, StartPlaying doesn't prevent AI Slop being slapped all over their website, and they take way too big of a cut for what they are offering to help GMs on the site (not much).
Times are getting tough, StartPlaying doesn't prevent AI Slop being slapped all over their website, and they take way too big of a cut for what they are offering to help GMs on the site (not much).
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I stopped using StartPlaying after finishing my recent campaign there.
Partly because I'm running a campaign at my LGS, and partly for the reasons mentioned here vvv
Partly because I'm running a campaign at my LGS, and partly for the reasons mentioned here vvv