Michael Teasdale
@mteasdalewriter.bsky.social
Writer of (mostly) short fiction. SFWA. BSFA award longlisted. Cat Dad.
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Happy to announce that I've had a story translated into another language for the first time.
'Frank Peterson Comes Home' first published by @shoreinf.bsky.social can be found in the German anthology 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' by A7L Books.
'Frank Peterson Comes Home' first published by @shoreinf.bsky.social can be found in the German anthology 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' by A7L Books.
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"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Not content with stealing my work to train its AI, Meta's AI has now randomly suspended my 15 year old Facebook account for unclear/nonsensical reasons, with the appeal process seemingly also left to AI.
This is frustrating and depressing for a number of reasons... (continued)
This is frustrating and depressing for a number of reasons... (continued)
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Not content with stealing my work to train its AI, Meta's AI has now randomly suspended my 15 year old Facebook account for unclear/nonsensical reasons, with the appeal process seemingly also left to AI.
This is frustrating and depressing for a number of reasons... (continued)
This is frustrating and depressing for a number of reasons... (continued)
I'm proud to be in 8 of these and looking forward to number 9!
9 years of working with www.mybookprinter.com.
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm proud to be in 8 of these and looking forward to number 9!
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Hey, Look: I’m Translated into German!
Exciting news! I am officially an "internationally known" author! One of my stories - "Brood Parasitism" - has been included in Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten , which, if my German is correct, translates to Her…
Exciting news! I am officially an "internationally known" author! One of my stories - "Brood Parasitism" - has been included in Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten , which, if my German is correct, translates to Her…
Hey, Look: I’m Translated into German!
Exciting news! I am officially an "internationally known" author! One of my stories - "Brood Parasitism" - has been included in Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten , which, if my German is correct, translates to Her Body, the Ship: The Best International Science Fiction Stories. This is super cool! I've never been translated into another language before, and it's really an honor to be included.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hey, Look: I’m Translated into German!
Exciting news! I am officially an "internationally known" author! One of my stories - "Brood Parasitism" - has been included in Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten , which, if my German is correct, translates to Her…
Exciting news! I am officially an "internationally known" author! One of my stories - "Brood Parasitism" - has been included in Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten , which, if my German is correct, translates to Her…
If any translators/international reprint anthologies would like to jump on this request, I'm game and have a decent back catalogue available. :)
Can I also just take a moment to note how nice it is when someone writes a message like this. If you like a story, tell an author. It really helps! :)
Can I also just take a moment to note how nice it is when someone writes a message like this. If you like a story, tell an author. It really helps! :)
Just finished your story in "Ihr Körper, das Schiff" and so far it's my favorite one of the book. Straight forward (I like that SO much), nice sci-fi background, good ending.
Will check out your other writing too and hope someone will translate more of it.
Will check out your other writing too and hope someone will translate more of it.
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If any translators/international reprint anthologies would like to jump on this request, I'm game and have a decent back catalogue available. :)
Can I also just take a moment to note how nice it is when someone writes a message like this. If you like a story, tell an author. It really helps! :)
Can I also just take a moment to note how nice it is when someone writes a message like this. If you like a story, tell an author. It really helps! :)
Late night editing commences. This one is now on its second sweep after a good rest.
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Late night editing commences. This one is now on its second sweep after a good rest.
Happy to announce that I've had a story translated into another language for the first time.
'Frank Peterson Comes Home' first published by @shoreinf.bsky.social can be found in the German anthology 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' by A7L Books.
'Frank Peterson Comes Home' first published by @shoreinf.bsky.social can be found in the German anthology 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' by A7L Books.
September 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Happy to announce that I've had a story translated into another language for the first time.
'Frank Peterson Comes Home' first published by @shoreinf.bsky.social can be found in the German anthology 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' by A7L Books.
'Frank Peterson Comes Home' first published by @shoreinf.bsky.social can be found in the German anthology 'Ihr Körper, das Schiff: Die besten internationalen Science-Fiction-Geschichten' by A7L Books.
Thrilled to be a part of this. Please check out @aanpress.bsky.social's excellent back catalogue of books in the meantime.
www.aanpress.com
www.aanpress.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thrilled to be a part of this. Please check out @aanpress.bsky.social's excellent back catalogue of books in the meantime.
www.aanpress.com
www.aanpress.com
Check out this collection by my favourite anthology buddy and author of so many captivating short stories @singingtotigers.bsky.social
Incredibly excited (and still a bit stunned to be honest 🙀) to announce that the collection of my #solarpunk short stories "Futures to Live By" by NewCon Press is now available for pre-order in paperback or a signed limited edition hardback:
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Futures to Live By, Ana Sun - Books - Futures to Live By
NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror.
www.newconpress.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Check out this collection by my favourite anthology buddy and author of so many captivating short stories @singingtotigers.bsky.social
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All set up & selling books!
August 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
All set up & selling books!
Encouraging news regarding the unauthorised theft of our work.
August 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Encouraging news regarding the unauthorised theft of our work.
Kitten update: Momo tested negative for FiV and is now approved to mingle with the other cats. He has selected the science fiction section of the bookshelf as his favourite place with a preference for Zamyatin and Philip K Dick among others. I am a proud father.
August 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Kitten update: Momo tested negative for FiV and is now approved to mingle with the other cats. He has selected the science fiction section of the bookshelf as his favourite place with a preference for Zamyatin and Philip K Dick among others. I am a proud father.
Abandoned kitten update. Back from the vets. Dewormed and ear mites dealt with. FIV test will be next week. He's a happy little guy.
August 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Abandoned kitten update. Back from the vets. Dewormed and ear mites dealt with. FIV test will be next week. He's a happy little guy.
Found this little guy abandoned in a supermarket carpark this morning. 😭 He's safe in my garden now at least. I'll take him to the vet tomorrow.
August 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Found this little guy abandoned in a supermarket carpark this morning. 😭 He's safe in my garden now at least. I'll take him to the vet tomorrow.
Picked up some Latvian Space Disco this morning at the local market. This afternoon's task is seeing how many words I can trim from a near 8000 word story since nobody seems to want tales of this length anymore.
July 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Picked up some Latvian Space Disco this morning at the local market. This afternoon's task is seeing how many words I can trim from a near 8000 word story since nobody seems to want tales of this length anymore.
Interesting bubble library I came across while out hiking yesterday. I didn't see The Librarian but I wouldn't have been surprised. 📚
July 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Interesting bubble library I came across while out hiking yesterday. I didn't see The Librarian but I wouldn't have been surprised. 📚
In almost all cases, this is what those pushing "the future" are missing.
2/3 To my mind, an artist is not merely interested in "the end product". They are interested in the journey to get there, the process of reshaping an idea, the way in which that process changes you.
Removing that process leaves you only with the end product, and not the benefits of the journey.
Removing that process leaves you only with the end product, and not the benefits of the journey.
July 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In almost all cases, this is what those pushing "the future" are missing.
I've been lucky, this year, to have the support of my partner while I took a sabbatical to craft some promising short stories into something larger.
Both the card and the models were a gift from her on the novel's completion. Both birds are important symbols within the #book.
#writing #novel #birds
Both the card and the models were a gift from her on the novel's completion. Both birds are important symbols within the #book.
#writing #novel #birds
July 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
3 hours to go and @aanpress.bsky.social are close to hitting their second stretch goal to add more authors to this intriguing anthology of memory manipulation stories.
Make a pledge and support #indiepublishing and new writers, if you can.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Make a pledge and support #indiepublishing and new writers, if you can.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Mmeory: A genre spanning anthology of memory manipulation
An anthology of memory manipulation stories: magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone wrong.
www.kickstarter.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
3 hours to go and @aanpress.bsky.social are close to hitting their second stretch goal to add more authors to this intriguing anthology of memory manipulation stories.
Make a pledge and support #indiepublishing and new writers, if you can.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Make a pledge and support #indiepublishing and new writers, if you can.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Just under 48 hours left to go for the latest anthology from the always excellent @aanpress.bsky.social.
Help them reach their stretch goals and add more authors here while supporting a great indie press.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Help them reach their stretch goals and add more authors here while supporting a great indie press.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Update 5: 72 Hours To Go, First Stretch Goal Unlocked · Mmeory: A genre spanning anthology of memory manipulation
Thanks to everyone for unlocking the first stretch goal and enabling me to add an additional 2 to 3 authors to the book. We have around 72 hours to go in the campaign and the second $7300 stretch goal...
www.kickstarter.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just under 48 hours left to go for the latest anthology from the always excellent @aanpress.bsky.social.
Help them reach their stretch goals and add more authors here while supporting a great indie press.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
Help them reach their stretch goals and add more authors here while supporting a great indie press.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...
I came on here ready to mumble something about having just finished the first draft of the novel I've been writing. Now I feel I should mumble slightly louder about it being based on my short story from this anthology...because look: Another award nomination for The Utopia of Us! Congrats to all! 🎉
Thrilled to share the news that THE UTOPIA OF US has been shortlisted for the The International Rubery Book Award! Many congratulations to all the authors who, collectively, made this such a fantastic anthology, and huge thanks to editor Teika Marija Smits for bringing them all together!
2025 Winners
FICTION About Charlie by JM Langan Bruise by Adrian Markle Hope Never Knew Horizon by Douglas Bruton Kitten Heels by Maureen Cullen The Manhattan Deception by Simon Leighton-Porter The Thickness of...
www.ruberybookaward.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I came on here ready to mumble something about having just finished the first draft of the novel I've been writing. Now I feel I should mumble slightly louder about it being based on my short story from this anthology...because look: Another award nomination for The Utopia of Us! Congrats to all! 🎉
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With 13 days left, moving strongly towards our KS campaign stretch goals for extra authors (92% for SG1, 87% for SG2). Meeting the stretch goals means another 6-8 authors for the anthology - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky
Mmeory: A genre spanning anthology of memory manipulation
An anthology of memory manipulation stories: magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone wrong.
www.kickstarter.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I've hit the 100'000 word mark in my almost completed sci-fi novel about art and time and love. The last two planned chapters have ended up dividing into 4 but after nine months, this baby is almost ready to be born! Tentative target for completion is this weekend! 😳
#writing #novel #scifi #art
#writing #novel #scifi #art
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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We are now 100% Base Goal funded thanks to backer #129 and all our backers in the last two weeks! We now move on to stretch goals for extra authors - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky
Mmeory: A genre spanning anthology of memory manipulation
An anthology of memory manipulation stories: magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone wrong.
www.kickstarter.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM