Mike Piero 🏳️🌈
@mikepiero.org
Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Writing in J Journal, Midway Journal, Rain Taxi, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, & Trash Cat Lit. *Views are my own.* Monarch and Best Short Fictions noms. More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. 🩷💜💙
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Mike Piero 🏳️🌈
@mikepiero.org
· Apr 29
So honored to receive this glowing endorsement from author, doctor, lawyer, and all-around amazing human being Jacob M. Appel of my debut novel, Rogue Burnout! #grateful
Read more (including his full endorsement) and sign up for updates here: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
#booksky #fiction #writer
Read more (including his full endorsement) and sign up for updates here: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
#booksky #fiction #writer
Happy new year! Wishing everyone a healthy 2026! May it be infinitely better than 2025z
#cats #cat #catsofsky
#cats #cat #catsofsky
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Happy new year! Wishing everyone a healthy 2026! May it be infinitely better than 2025z
#cats #cat #catsofsky
#cats #cat #catsofsky
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In lieu of a newsletter, our Ed has done an end of year roundup and teased our Spring sub calls. Please give it a read.
trashcatlit.com/2025/12/31/t...
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing, reading, subbing and loving. We appreciate you 🦝💜
New issue launches 2nd Jan - it's all about cats.
trashcatlit.com/2025/12/31/t...
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing, reading, subbing and loving. We appreciate you 🦝💜
New issue launches 2nd Jan - it's all about cats.
The Last Bin of the Year
A Letter from the Editor It seems no time at all since I was announcing Trash Cat Lit was 1yr old – back in May – yet here we are, about to cross into a new year. This year has been ama…
trashcatlit.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In lieu of a newsletter, our Ed has done an end of year roundup and teased our Spring sub calls. Please give it a read.
trashcatlit.com/2025/12/31/t...
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing, reading, subbing and loving. We appreciate you 🦝💜
New issue launches 2nd Jan - it's all about cats.
trashcatlit.com/2025/12/31/t...
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing, reading, subbing and loving. We appreciate you 🦝💜
New issue launches 2nd Jan - it's all about cats.
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Ok, @trashcatlit.bsky.social its here! You’re the first read for 2026! 🥂
I can see: @iridescentwords.bsky.social
@lozzawriting.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @lucimcummings.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social
I can see: @iridescentwords.bsky.social
@lozzawriting.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @lucimcummings.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ok, @trashcatlit.bsky.social its here! You’re the first read for 2026! 🥂
I can see: @iridescentwords.bsky.social
@lozzawriting.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @lucimcummings.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social
I can see: @iridescentwords.bsky.social
@lozzawriting.bsky.social
@joycebingham.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @lucimcummings.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social
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Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
"This story is a glittering shard of dark urban magic from the king of creepy-trippy-cool. Come scream into the void; you know you want to…"
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@matgost.bsky.social
Just finished drafting a short book review of Simon Stålenhag's most recent fictional artwork, Sunset at Zero Point. What a life-affirming read. Thank you for writing it, Simon.
#queerfiction #scifi
Check it out here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sunset...
#queerfiction #scifi
Check it out here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sunset...
Sunset at Zero Point
From the renowned creator of The Electric State and Tales from the Loop, Stålenhag returns with his long-awaited new work of retro-futuristic dysto...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just finished drafting a short book review of Simon Stålenhag's most recent fictional artwork, Sunset at Zero Point. What a life-affirming read. Thank you for writing it, Simon.
#queerfiction #scifi
Check it out here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sunset...
#queerfiction #scifi
Check it out here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sunset...
When your fire shines too brightly…
Sigh.
Sigh.
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When your fire shines too brightly…
Sigh.
Sigh.
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Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"The Memory of Water is an elegy for a dying pond. Memories of fishing, damp leaves, otters and ducks. Now the farmer poisons the pond with slurry. Little is left but memories. But a small hope remains."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
"The Memory of Water is an elegy for a dying pond. Memories of fishing, damp leaves, otters and ducks. Now the farmer poisons the pond with slurry. Little is left but memories. But a small hope remains."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
December 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Our charity anthology authors share the love!
"The Memory of Water is an elegy for a dying pond. Memories of fishing, damp leaves, otters and ducks. Now the farmer poisons the pond with slurry. Little is left but memories. But a small hope remains."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
"The Memory of Water is an elegy for a dying pond. Memories of fishing, damp leaves, otters and ducks. Now the farmer poisons the pond with slurry. Little is left but memories. But a small hope remains."
Paperback £7.50: mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
1/2
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This new iPhone update really takes me back to the release of Windows Vista. Similar experience.
Sigh.
#iphone #nostalgia
Sigh.
#iphone #nostalgia
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This new iPhone update really takes me back to the release of Windows Vista. Similar experience.
Sigh.
#iphone #nostalgia
Sigh.
#iphone #nostalgia
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Our December pop-up submissions are OPEN 🦝
Get your feline flashes out the litter box, polished and ready for the 14th.
Please make sure to read the guidelines before you sub - our guest judges are the judgiest.
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
Get your feline flashes out the litter box, polished and ready for the 14th.
Please make sure to read the guidelines before you sub - our guest judges are the judgiest.
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Our December pop-up submissions are OPEN 🦝
Get your feline flashes out the litter box, polished and ready for the 14th.
Please make sure to read the guidelines before you sub - our guest judges are the judgiest.
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
Get your feline flashes out the litter box, polished and ready for the 14th.
Please make sure to read the guidelines before you sub - our guest judges are the judgiest.
trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
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Just one more sleep until the felines declare ownership of the bin and demand your treasures 😺
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a window with the words `` see ya tomorrow '' .
ALT: a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a window with the words `` see ya tomorrow '' .
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November 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Just one more sleep until the felines declare ownership of the bin and demand your treasures 😺
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
They want your cat flash between 100 and 1000 words, any genre by 14th December.
Full details: trashcatlit.com/call-for-cat...
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🚨 Woop woop 🚨. Pleased this is out in the world - thanks to fine folk at @literarygarage.bsky.social !!!
Today's flash is a dark, gritty and stylishly voiced story from
@youcanandyouwill.bsky.social . It takes a bit of neo-noir, combines it with sweaty Southern gothic & a bit of pulp violence.
Head over to the Garage to check it out:
literarygarage.com/hot-and-cold...
🎸📚
@youcanandyouwill.bsky.social . It takes a bit of neo-noir, combines it with sweaty Southern gothic & a bit of pulp violence.
Head over to the Garage to check it out:
literarygarage.com/hot-and-cold...
🎸📚
Hot and Cold on a Long Taut Road | Literary Garage
literarygarage.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨 Woop woop 🚨. Pleased this is out in the world - thanks to fine folk at @literarygarage.bsky.social !!!
Chuffed to bits that my story, “Latibule,” was nominated by Midway Journal for inclusion in the 2026 Best Small Fictions Anthology! Couldn’t be more honored and grateful. 😊
Check out “Latibule” here: midwayjournal.com/latibule/
#fiction #shortstory #writersofsky #literature #authorsofsky
Check out “Latibule” here: midwayjournal.com/latibule/
#fiction #shortstory #writersofsky #literature #authorsofsky
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Chuffed to bits that my story, “Latibule,” was nominated by Midway Journal for inclusion in the 2026 Best Small Fictions Anthology! Couldn’t be more honored and grateful. 😊
Check out “Latibule” here: midwayjournal.com/latibule/
#fiction #shortstory #writersofsky #literature #authorsofsky
Check out “Latibule” here: midwayjournal.com/latibule/
#fiction #shortstory #writersofsky #literature #authorsofsky
Super thrilled to have helped lead the launch of Cuyahoga Community College's Esports Team, serving as Head Coach. Looking forward to NJCAAE Div. III play this Spring with more Div. I & II competition next academic year!
We're also in the process of creating our Tri-C Esports Center!
#esports
We're also in the process of creating our Tri-C Esports Center!
#esports
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Super thrilled to have helped lead the launch of Cuyahoga Community College's Esports Team, serving as Head Coach. Looking forward to NJCAAE Div. III play this Spring with more Div. I & II competition next academic year!
We're also in the process of creating our Tri-C Esports Center!
#esports
We're also in the process of creating our Tri-C Esports Center!
#esports
Define #love:
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Define #love:
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
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This has been a project long in the making, and evolving from several years of conversations with good friends and colleagues. I'm beyond proud to have worked with everyone to help bring these to life.
Genre is inherently political. It captures the sensibilities of contemporary life and strategies for responding to the present that cultivate different futures
Updated/Final covers for a passion-project w/ @joshcall.bsky.social, @profmatthew.bsky.social, and @betsybrey.bsky.social
Out Jan 2026!
Updated/Final covers for a passion-project w/ @joshcall.bsky.social, @profmatthew.bsky.social, and @betsybrey.bsky.social
Out Jan 2026!
September 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This has been a project long in the making, and evolving from several years of conversations with good friends and colleagues. I'm beyond proud to have worked with everyone to help bring these to life.
Excited about some new writing I've begun. More soon.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Excited about some new writing I've begun. More soon.
This was me this week. LOVE higher ed politics. 🙃 Need to get out of meetings and back to my writing.
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This was me this week. LOVE higher ed politics. 🙃 Need to get out of meetings and back to my writing.
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
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If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Just submitted my nominations for the 3rd Annual Chill Subs Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards. Nominations are due by Dec 5 and winners will be announced on Dec 15.
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just submitted my nominations for the 3rd Annual Chill Subs Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards. Nominations are due by Dec 5 and winners will be announced on Dec 15.
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
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Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Haven’t posted #cat pics in a while—here’s a festive one for our favorite holiday! Lyra doesn’t mind the body costume but isn’t a big fan of the hat. 🎃👻💀
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
October 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Haven’t posted #cat pics in a while—here’s a festive one for our favorite holiday! Lyra doesn’t mind the body costume but isn’t a big fan of the hat. 🎃👻💀
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends