Taylor M. Smith
@tmsauthor.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of fantasy and horror fiction, and amateur game designer.
Write me at taylorsmith1051@gmail.com
Write me at taylorsmith1051@gmail.com
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Taylor M. Smith
@tmsauthor.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I'm a writer, primarily of fantasy and horror fiction. I also dabble in game design, and work as a public librarian.
You can order my book on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Collecting-D...
Or buy individual stories (many of them not published elsewhere) in PDF form on Gumroad: tmsauthor.gumroad.com
You can order my book on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Collecting-D...
Or buy individual stories (many of them not published elsewhere) in PDF form on Gumroad: tmsauthor.gumroad.com
Listening to that song by Chicago that's essentially about a jerkwad who refuses to tell anyone what time it is.
September 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Listening to that song by Chicago that's essentially about a jerkwad who refuses to tell anyone what time it is.
Well, another Rapture has come and gone, and once again, nobody made the cut.
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Well, another Rapture has come and gone, and once again, nobody made the cut.
This year, April showers bring May showers.
a person in a blue shirt is standing in front of a car in the rain .
Alt: a person in a blue shirt is standing in front of a car in the rain .
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May 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This year, April showers bring May showers.
Rearranged my bookshelves last night , mostly just organizing the non-fiction books by topic instead of title. It was an impromptu system, so we’ll see if I regret it.
a shelf full of books including one that says ' i love you '
Alt: A guy stacking up a wall of books.
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May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Rearranged my bookshelves last night , mostly just organizing the non-fiction books by topic instead of title. It was an impromptu system, so we’ll see if I regret it.
You know, legend is full of famous swords and spears with cool names, but there’s a distinct lack of famous battle axes. Maybe they aren’t “regal” enough? Or maybe they’re out there in mythologies I’m less familiar with?
a pixelated axe with a red background and a yellow handle
Alt: Spinning 3D model of an axe
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May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
You know, legend is full of famous swords and spears with cool names, but there’s a distinct lack of famous battle axes. Maybe they aren’t “regal” enough? Or maybe they’re out there in mythologies I’m less familiar with?
It's neat how H. P. Lovecraft's "Cthulhu Mythos" has wormed itself into so much of pop culture nowadays. You wouldn't expect to find it in a cutesy franchise like Cardcaptor Sakura, but...
April 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It's neat how H. P. Lovecraft's "Cthulhu Mythos" has wormed itself into so much of pop culture nowadays. You wouldn't expect to find it in a cutesy franchise like Cardcaptor Sakura, but...
Had a dream the other night about a large teddy bear being kept in a closet. It seemed like a normal stuffed animal, but I knew that it was actually sentient, and capable of motion, and biding its time...
April 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Had a dream the other night about a large teddy bear being kept in a closet. It seemed like a normal stuffed animal, but I knew that it was actually sentient, and capable of motion, and biding its time...
Wrote a little prose poetry piece tonight. I've written some in the past, but expect to start turning more towards prose poems & vignettes in future. They're good for putting images in words that I don't have a whole plot to go along with, and as palate cleansers when I get tired of longer forms.
March 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Wrote a little prose poetry piece tonight. I've written some in the past, but expect to start turning more towards prose poems & vignettes in future. They're good for putting images in words that I don't have a whole plot to go along with, and as palate cleansers when I get tired of longer forms.
I guess now that I’m a writer of both fiction and a TTRPG, I can always turn a short story idea into an RPG scenario if I’m not sure where I want things to go. Leave the plotting up to the players.
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I guess now that I’m a writer of both fiction and a TTRPG, I can always turn a short story idea into an RPG scenario if I’m not sure where I want things to go. Leave the plotting up to the players.
"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." - Ray Bradbury
February 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." - Ray Bradbury
You know how in some stories Conan Doyle mentions unnamed characters who might be Holmes or Moriarty? I read Sax Rohmer's story "The Blue Monkey" lately, and I'm wondering if its narrator and the pseudonymous "Mr. East" are actually Dr. Petrie and Nayland Smith from the Fu Manchu novels. #booksky
February 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
You know how in some stories Conan Doyle mentions unnamed characters who might be Holmes or Moriarty? I read Sax Rohmer's story "The Blue Monkey" lately, and I'm wondering if its narrator and the pseudonymous "Mr. East" are actually Dr. Petrie and Nayland Smith from the Fu Manchu novels. #booksky
I turned off my Mario Kart Tour notifications today. Sorry, Luigi, but it’s time I moved on.
a cartoon character named luigi is driving a toy car on a race track
Alt: Luigi on a go-kart giving us a mean look.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I turned off my Mario Kart Tour notifications today. Sorry, Luigi, but it’s time I moved on.
The Aralez is a winged dog spirit in Armenian mythology that would resurrect dead heroes by licking their wounds. What a good boy!
January 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The Aralez is a winged dog spirit in Armenian mythology that would resurrect dead heroes by licking their wounds. What a good boy!
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Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
January 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
Had a creepy experience after midnight a few nights back. Sounded like something was walking on my front porch. I didn’t see anything, though. Don’t know what it was, or if I just mistook another sound for footfalls. Have to include that in a story sometime.
January 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Had a creepy experience after midnight a few nights back. Sounded like something was walking on my front porch. I didn’t see anything, though. Don’t know what it was, or if I just mistook another sound for footfalls. Have to include that in a story sometime.
Finally getting around to editing my latest completed story draft, "The Desk." Been a long time coming, considering I started drafting the story before I even started grad school (the latter being why I first put it on hold for so long).
January 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Finally getting around to editing my latest completed story draft, "The Desk." Been a long time coming, considering I started drafting the story before I even started grad school (the latter being why I first put it on hold for so long).
"There are breaches in the walls that you could throw a cat through." Ambrose Bierce always had such a fun turn of phrase.
a cat is laying on a couch with a white blanket on it .
Alt: GIF of a cat lying on a couch that is dragged quickly off screen.
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January 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"There are breaches in the walls that you could throw a cat through." Ambrose Bierce always had such a fun turn of phrase.
I'm chewing 5 Gum for the first time, and feel it's my duty to report that it feels nothing like what the commercials said it would.
a close up of a cartoon character with a big mouth and eyes .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with a big mouth and eyes .
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January 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm chewing 5 Gum for the first time, and feel it's my duty to report that it feels nothing like what the commercials said it would.
I think I'm going to have to give up journaling in manuscript. I don't know if I'm getting arthritis or what, but I just can't write like I used to. Makes me sad.
January 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I think I'm going to have to give up journaling in manuscript. I don't know if I'm getting arthritis or what, but I just can't write like I used to. Makes me sad.
For my RPG Maker project I’m hoping to rely mostly on the default resources, since it’ll be my first video game, but I’m having a hard time deciding just how I want to use them.
December 30, 2024 at 8:48 PM
For my RPG Maker project I’m hoping to rely mostly on the default resources, since it’ll be my first video game, but I’m having a hard time deciding just how I want to use them.
I feel like I'm one of the few people who on average spends more time looking at posts without pictures than with pictures. "A thousand words" takes longer to digest, I guess. A lot of people skip them, but I'm afraid of missing out.
December 29, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I feel like I'm one of the few people who on average spends more time looking at posts without pictures than with pictures. "A thousand words" takes longer to digest, I guess. A lot of people skip them, but I'm afraid of missing out.
Partway through what is apparently the 1st published collection of letters by famous ghost story author M. R. James. Nothing too interesting yet; most of the letters are very brief and technical. But I haven't yet gotten to the period where he was writing fiction, so maybe it'll pick up. #booksky
December 27, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Partway through what is apparently the 1st published collection of letters by famous ghost story author M. R. James. Nothing too interesting yet; most of the letters are very brief and technical. But I haven't yet gotten to the period where he was writing fiction, so maybe it'll pick up. #booksky
Started reading the expanded collection of R. H. Barlow's work that I got for Christmas last night. Really cool to return to his world of Loth. There's even at least one direct reference to the "Cthulhu Mythos" in there ("Zotog-Ua" and Cykranosh). #booksky
December 26, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Started reading the expanded collection of R. H. Barlow's work that I got for Christmas last night. Really cool to return to his world of Loth. There's even at least one direct reference to the "Cthulhu Mythos" in there ("Zotog-Ua" and Cykranosh). #booksky