Mike McHone
@mikemchone.bsky.social
Award winning writer in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Mag, Playboy, AV Club etc.
https://linktr.ee/mikemchone
https://linktr.ee/mikemchone
Reposted by Mike McHone
"If we’re going to collapse as a civilization, the least that could happen is the end of 9-5 employment. But nah... I somehow have to pretend to pay attention to some pointless banalities for eight hours a day while knowing our collective survival is imperiled."
r/collapse
r/collapse
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"If we’re going to collapse as a civilization, the least that could happen is the end of 9-5 employment. But nah... I somehow have to pretend to pay attention to some pointless banalities for eight hours a day while knowing our collective survival is imperiled."
r/collapse
r/collapse
Reposted by Mike McHone
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X
MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Reposted by Mike McHone
Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X
MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X
MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X
MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
A new story up at @literarygarage.bsky.social This one probably has the best ending I've written, in my not so humble opinion.
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
I Stand At The Door | Literary Garage
literarygarage.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A new story up at @literarygarage.bsky.social This one probably has the best ending I've written, in my not so humble opinion.
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
Meatloaf by Mike McHone
from Nails in the Coffin: a Pistol Jim Press series
pistoljimpress.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Holds up perfectly, and it's probably more relevant today than it was a decade ago.
Ten years ago I wrote this essay about social class. Hope it still holds up.
oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
Trash Food
oxfordamerican.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Holds up perfectly, and it's probably more relevant today than it was a decade ago.
@caseystegman.com has been a long time booster for many folks in the crime writing community, myself included, and it's nice to see one of the good guys, and one of the great writers, score a win. I'm proud of him. Congratulations, Casey. If anyone deserves it, it's you.
Y’all!
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@caseystegman.com has been a long time booster for many folks in the crime writing community, myself included, and it's nice to see one of the good guys, and one of the great writers, score a win. I'm proud of him. Congratulations, Casey. If anyone deserves it, it's you.
Not sure who did this, but I dig it. Too bad Curtis Mayfield wasn't around to score the new movie.
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not sure who did this, but I dig it. Too bad Curtis Mayfield wasn't around to score the new movie.
Define your music taste in 8 artists
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
Define your music taste in 8 artists:
1. Nina Simone
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. The Zombies
5. Parliament-Funkadelic
6. Harvey Danger
7. Le Tigre
8. Carly Rae Jepsen
1. Nina Simone
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. The Zombies
5. Parliament-Funkadelic
6. Harvey Danger
7. Le Tigre
8. Carly Rae Jepsen
Define your music taste in 8 artists:
1 R.E.M.
2 John Williams
3. Nirvana
4 Lemonheads
5 Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü/Sugar)
6 Neutral Milk Hotel
7 Nine Inch Nails
8 Jason Isbell
1 R.E.M.
2 John Williams
3. Nirvana
4 Lemonheads
5 Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü/Sugar)
6 Neutral Milk Hotel
7 Nine Inch Nails
8 Jason Isbell
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Define your music taste in 8 artists
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
Need some noir in your life? @cwblackwell.bsky.social has you covered. Hard Mountain Clay from @shotgunhoney.com is a brutal novella, River Street Rhapsody is an amazing collection of poems, and WKTP from @rhppress.bsky.social puts society under a microscope. Pick up CWs stuff. You won't regret it.
October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Need some noir in your life? @cwblackwell.bsky.social has you covered. Hard Mountain Clay from @shotgunhoney.com is a brutal novella, River Street Rhapsody is an amazing collection of poems, and WKTP from @rhppress.bsky.social puts society under a microscope. Pick up CWs stuff. You won't regret it.
New bullshit coming soon to a PC, laptop, tablet, phone, whateverthehell near you. @mrbullbull.bsky.social @literarygarage.bsky.social @witchingmetal66.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New bullshit coming soon to a PC, laptop, tablet, phone, whateverthehell near you. @mrbullbull.bsky.social @literarygarage.bsky.social @witchingmetal66.bsky.social
Psst. Wanna check out my first published short story? *crickets* Thought so. Anyhoo, the horror mag Blood Moon Rising gave me chance 21 years ago this month. Here's a link to a PDF (and, yes, it looks like a jumbled mess of bullshit). Not great, but not bad either. Keep on reading on. Peace.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Psst. Wanna check out my first published short story? *crickets* Thought so. Anyhoo, the horror mag Blood Moon Rising gave me chance 21 years ago this month. Here's a link to a PDF (and, yes, it looks like a jumbled mess of bullshit). Not great, but not bad either. Keep on reading on. Peace.
Sums up my taste in, and stern judgement of music and movies almost to a tee
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Sums up my taste in, and stern judgement of music and movies almost to a tee
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
Done.
Done.
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
Done.
Done.
"How's your head?"
September 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"How's your head?"
Reposted by Mike McHone
Congratulations to @mikemchone.bsky.social on his Derringer Award for Kargin the Necromancer!!
September 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Congratulations to @mikemchone.bsky.social on his Derringer Award for Kargin the Necromancer!!
@cwblackwell.bsky.social is a helluva writer and kind enough to accept this in my place. Can't thank him enough 🙂
Congratulations to @mikemchone.bsky.social on his Derringer Award for Kargin the Necromancer!!
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@cwblackwell.bsky.social is a helluva writer and kind enough to accept this in my place. Can't thank him enough 🙂
Reposted by Mike McHone
The hits keep coming with @mikemchone.bsky.social’s “By the Heaven That Bends Above Us,” which is about a bank robbery at the surface level, but offers so much depth with a family’s history peppered throughout. Heartbreaking passages in this one.
September 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The hits keep coming with @mikemchone.bsky.social’s “By the Heaven That Bends Above Us,” which is about a bank robbery at the surface level, but offers so much depth with a family’s history peppered throughout. Heartbreaking passages in this one.
Thanks for reading @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social and thanks to @rhppress.bsky.social for running the piece.
The hits keep coming with @mikemchone.bsky.social’s “By the Heaven That Bends Above Us,” which is about a bank robbery at the surface level, but offers so much depth with a family’s history peppered throughout. Heartbreaking passages in this one.
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thanks for reading @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social and thanks to @rhppress.bsky.social for running the piece.
35 years ago today we lost this guy. Here he is playing a song from a guy we lost 55 years go next month. And in case you're wondering, no, mainstream music hasn't been this good in quite some time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ9...
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Child | Live at The Capitol Theatre (1985)
YouTube video by Live & Loud
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August 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
35 years ago today we lost this guy. Here he is playing a song from a guy we lost 55 years go next month. And in case you're wondering, no, mainstream music hasn't been this good in quite some time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ9...