R.L. Meza
@rlmeza.bsky.social
Author of OUR LOVE WILL DEVOUR US. Spec fic in Clarkesworld, Nightmare, Cosmic Horror Monthly. Artist. Gamer. Beach scavenger. 4 cats in a trench coat. Vegan. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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NO A I
rlmeza.com
he,him
NO A I
rlmeza.com
Pinned
Grab single issues of CHM #67 here: https://bit.ly/4q5dz0P
FIRST ISSUE OF THE YEAR IS HERE
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Some stuff we can never refuse, like the laws of physics. But for everything else, we always have the power of NO.
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Some stuff we can never refuse, like the laws of physics. But for everything else, we always have the power of NO.
truth
"I need AI to write my story!!!"
Then you don't have a story. You have an idea. A beast without bones or meat or a heartbeat. You have smoke with no desire to build the fire underneath. And unless you're willing to put in the effort, that's all it will ever be.
Then you don't have a story. You have an idea. A beast without bones or meat or a heartbeat. You have smoke with no desire to build the fire underneath. And unless you're willing to put in the effort, that's all it will ever be.
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
truth
get in there
This is our last day of open submissions! Closes midnight whatever-your-local-time is.
https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA
https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
get in there
love it when the research rabbit hole for a story is HOLE
January 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
love it when the research rabbit hole for a story is HOLE
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Anyone care to share micro/flash/<2.5k stories of seemingly mundane things/settings with a spec twist, as discussion material for an intro level workshop I may get to host in-person? Something like @lchanwrites.bsky.social's "A House is Not A Home". clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_04_21/
A House Is Not A Home by L Chan
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Anyone care to share micro/flash/<2.5k stories of seemingly mundane things/settings with a spec twist, as discussion material for an intro level workshop I may get to host in-person? Something like @lchanwrites.bsky.social's "A House is Not A Home". clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_04_21/
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nooooo, my son! do not dunk, do not dunk, remember the way of the skeeeet!!!!! *fades into time vortex*
November 26, 2024 at 10:57 PM
nooooo, my son! do not dunk, do not dunk, remember the way of the skeeeet!!!!! *fades into time vortex*
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Hungry eyes
January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Hungry eyes
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god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
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FIRST ISSUE OF THE YEAR IS HERE
Grab single issues of CHM #67 here: https://bit.ly/4q5dz0P
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
FIRST ISSUE OF THE YEAR IS HERE
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"New year, new me," I whisper as I claw my way out of my old skin to the horror of onlookers.
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"New year, new me," I whisper as I claw my way out of my old skin to the horror of onlookers.
FIRST ISSUE OF THE YEAR IS HERE
Grab single issues of CHM #67 here: https://bit.ly/4q5dz0P
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
FIRST ISSUE OF THE YEAR IS HERE
I KNEW IT
Road Spider ! An original cryptid I designed for a challenge on @rj-palmer.com discord in 2021.
This monster lurks by the side of the road and can mimic a stop sign at night to stop cars and attack them.
#3D #art
This monster lurks by the side of the road and can mimic a stop sign at night to stop cars and attack them.
#3D #art
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I KNEW IT
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probably bc it looked sick as hell
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
probably bc it looked sick as hell
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nothing is beyond your abilities if you’re okay with fucking up a lot
October 2, 2024 at 2:41 AM
nothing is beyond your abilities if you’re okay with fucking up a lot
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"something's gotten into the animals"
happy year of the horse
happy year of the horse
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"something's gotten into the animals"
happy year of the horse
happy year of the horse
I really need to do this.
I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
Have needle. Have thread. Have scraps of paper. Have free will. Have made a notebook.
January 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I really need to do this.
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I’ve never seen this reliquary from this angle, and it only looks worse :)))
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I’ve never seen this reliquary from this angle, and it only looks worse :)))
I need a really dark/scary audiobook to read, preferably a new release HELP
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I need a really dark/scary audiobook to read, preferably a new release HELP
I have yet to receive a single treat as reward for updating my website, who is the boss of me, this is unacceptable
January 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I have yet to receive a single treat as reward for updating my website, who is the boss of me, this is unacceptable
they dooooo
*tap the mic* Re-reads should count towards your annual book goals.
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
they dooooo
kicking my butt with a workout. anxiety be gone
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
kicking my butt with a workout. anxiety be gone
highly recommend eating your foes in your fiction today, lovelies, take a break from the news and FLEX those jaws
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
highly recommend eating your foes in your fiction today, lovelies, take a break from the news and FLEX those jaws