Joel M. Smith
@joel-m-smith.bsky.social
Sci-fi/fantasy writer and author at:
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Liberal, anti-Trump, pro-vax, pro-science. Middle aged and married. Originated from Oregon, living in Missouri.
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Liberal, anti-Trump, pro-vax, pro-science. Middle aged and married. Originated from Oregon, living in Missouri.
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Joel M. Smith
@joel-m-smith.bsky.social
· Dec 16
OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
I have revised Kansem 2: OUTSIDER, making the beginning chapters more engaging, smoothing out some awkward language, and adding some fun tidbits throughout the book. The first version had too much inf...
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The vision wasn’t expected. Hell, there’d been no indication visions were even a thing. So it was understandably upsetting when the vision unceremoniously added itself to the growing mental list of SHIT JAKE DOESN’T KNOW.
OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
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Just had a random thought and had to make a meme. What if the galaxy far far away had Facebook?
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Just had a random thought and had to make a meme. What if the galaxy far far away had Facebook?
In honor of the upcoming rapture on the 23rd, reposting my short story
FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR
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FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR
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For You Do Not Know What Hour
The alarm on my phone went off at 4am. “Good morning! It’s time to wake up. It is June 15th, and the time is 4am. Sunrise today will be at 5:52am. The weather today will be partly cloudy, with a high ...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In honor of the upcoming rapture on the 23rd, reposting my short story
FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR
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FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR
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America likes to call itself a melting pot, but it's realistically more of a charcuterie board. You have all these unique, wonderful flavors, but then you keep making it worse by adding too many crackers.
- David Nihill
- David Nihill
September 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
America likes to call itself a melting pot, but it's realistically more of a charcuterie board. You have all these unique, wonderful flavors, but then you keep making it worse by adding too many crackers.
- David Nihill
- David Nihill
They say the machines of the future will be as smart as people.
Ok, but WHICH people? Because it kinda matters quite a bit.
Ok, but WHICH people? Because it kinda matters quite a bit.
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
They say the machines of the future will be as smart as people.
Ok, but WHICH people? Because it kinda matters quite a bit.
Ok, but WHICH people? Because it kinda matters quite a bit.
Sometimes my most important achievement for the whole day is keeping my mouth shut and not losing my shit on some poor person who just had the misfortune of being the annoying straw that broke the camel's back.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Sometimes my most important achievement for the whole day is keeping my mouth shut and not losing my shit on some poor person who just had the misfortune of being the annoying straw that broke the camel's back.
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Thoughts for your consideration.
The show Happy Days was made in the 70s about life in the 50s. If it was made today, it would about life in the year 2000.
The baby from Three Men and a Baby is 37 years old now.
The show Happy Days was made in the 70s about life in the 50s. If it was made today, it would about life in the year 2000.
The baby from Three Men and a Baby is 37 years old now.
April 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thoughts for your consideration.
The show Happy Days was made in the 70s about life in the 50s. If it was made today, it would about life in the year 2000.
The baby from Three Men and a Baby is 37 years old now.
The show Happy Days was made in the 70s about life in the 50s. If it was made today, it would about life in the year 2000.
The baby from Three Men and a Baby is 37 years old now.
Orange Hilter, Musk, and Putin's polyamorous throuple would be adorable if they weren't all so thoroughly corrupt and evil.
February 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Orange Hilter, Musk, and Putin's polyamorous throuple would be adorable if they weren't all so thoroughly corrupt and evil.
"This is the stuff we learned in grade school!"
--People That Never Learned Anything After Grade School
--People That Never Learned Anything After Grade School
February 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"This is the stuff we learned in grade school!"
--People That Never Learned Anything After Grade School
--People That Never Learned Anything After Grade School
This is just to remind you that the French acronym for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is TDAH, which stands for Trouble déficit de l'attention/hyperactivité.
So when ADHD strikes again, just do a pose and go "T'DAH!"
So when ADHD strikes again, just do a pose and go "T'DAH!"
January 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is just to remind you that the French acronym for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is TDAH, which stands for Trouble déficit de l'attention/hyperactivité.
So when ADHD strikes again, just do a pose and go "T'DAH!"
So when ADHD strikes again, just do a pose and go "T'DAH!"
Reposted by Joel M. Smith
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
The vision wasn’t expected. Hell, there’d been no indication visions were even a thing. So it was understandably upsetting when the vision unceremoniously added itself to the growing mental list of SHIT JAKE DOESN’T KNOW.
OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
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OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
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OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
I have revised Kansem 2: OUTSIDER, making the beginning chapters more engaging, smoothing out some awkward language, and adding some fun tidbits throughout the book. The first version had too much inf...
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December 16, 2024 at 5:07 AM
The vision wasn’t expected. Hell, there’d been no indication visions were even a thing. So it was understandably upsetting when the vision unceremoniously added itself to the growing mental list of SHIT JAKE DOESN’T KNOW.
OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
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OUTSIDER - Chapter 1
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It took 100 generations for humankind to plumb the depths of space. It was another 50 generations before we could travel in time. But then only 20 generations before we were able to seek out our makers.
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Proper Care and Feeding
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Proper Care and Feeding
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Proper Care and Feeding
Far in the future, we meet the ancients that started humanity on Earth.
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December 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM
It took 100 generations for humankind to plumb the depths of space. It was another 50 generations before we could travel in time. But then only 20 generations before we were able to seek out our makers.
#writing #sci-fi
Proper Care and Feeding
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Proper Care and Feeding
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“Hey! Stop fartin’ around!”
Sensei's voice brings me up short. I lower my foot from the last crescent kick I'd been doing, just inches from the new guy’s face.
“I'm just showing him the technique,” I say, my face innocent.
#writing #sci-fi
Hidden Master
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Sensei's voice brings me up short. I lower my foot from the last crescent kick I'd been doing, just inches from the new guy’s face.
“I'm just showing him the technique,” I say, my face innocent.
#writing #sci-fi
Hidden Master
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Hidden Master
“Hey! Stop fartin’ around!” The voice brings me up short. I lower my foot from the last crescent kick that I'd been doing, just inches from the new guy’s face. “I was just showing him the technique,...
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December 13, 2024 at 5:23 AM
“Hey! Stop fartin’ around!”
Sensei's voice brings me up short. I lower my foot from the last crescent kick I'd been doing, just inches from the new guy’s face.
“I'm just showing him the technique,” I say, my face innocent.
#writing #sci-fi
Hidden Master
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Sensei's voice brings me up short. I lower my foot from the last crescent kick I'd been doing, just inches from the new guy’s face.
“I'm just showing him the technique,” I say, my face innocent.
#writing #sci-fi
Hidden Master
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The alarm went off. “Good morning! The time is 4am. Sunrise will be at 5:52am.”
I considered going back to sleep, but one thought got me moving.
"Life. Precious life. And it’s up to me to preserve it."
#writing #sci-fi
For You Do Not Know What Hour
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I considered going back to sleep, but one thought got me moving.
"Life. Precious life. And it’s up to me to preserve it."
#writing #sci-fi
For You Do Not Know What Hour
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For You Do Not Know What Hour
The alarm on my phone went off at 4am. “Good morning! It’s time to wake up. It is June 15th, and the time is 4am. Sunrise today will be at 5:52am. The weather today will be partly cloudy, with a high of 95 degrees.” I really hate summers. The summer solstice is my most prized holy day. The summer solstice is when the days stop getting longer and start getting shorter again. Shorter days means later sunrise. Later sunrise means I get to sleep later. But maybe I’m getting ahead of myself.
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December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The alarm went off. “Good morning! The time is 4am. Sunrise will be at 5:52am.”
I considered going back to sleep, but one thought got me moving.
"Life. Precious life. And it’s up to me to preserve it."
#writing #sci-fi
For You Do Not Know What Hour
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I considered going back to sleep, but one thought got me moving.
"Life. Precious life. And it’s up to me to preserve it."
#writing #sci-fi
For You Do Not Know What Hour
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Do you remember where you were when you heard about the asteroid? Do you remember what you were doing when you heard the Earth was going to die?
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The Impending Disaster
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The Impending Disaster
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The Impending Disaster
Do you remember what you were doing when you heard the Earth was going to die?
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December 12, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Do you remember where you were when you heard about the asteroid? Do you remember what you were doing when you heard the Earth was going to die?
#writing #sci-fi
The Impending Disaster
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The Impending Disaster
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3 million years ago, the first humans came to Earth. They had seeded many plants and animals they liked, adding to the ones already here. They did this over thousands of our years, and now the time was right for colonization.
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The Human Wars
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The Human Wars
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The Human Wars
3 million years ago, the first humans came to Earth. They had seeded the Earth with many plants and animals they liked, adding to the ones already here. They did this over thousands of our years, and ...
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December 12, 2024 at 5:30 AM
3 million years ago, the first humans came to Earth. They had seeded many plants and animals they liked, adding to the ones already here. They did this over thousands of our years, and now the time was right for colonization.
#writing #sci-fi
The Human Wars
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The Human Wars
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“Boss, we have a problem!” The big man came through the office door without knocking. He dropped a folder on the old man’s cluttered desk.
“When do we not, Michael?”
“I’m serious, sir! Earth is literally going to come to an end!"
CRISIS #DE5T1NY
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“When do we not, Michael?”
“I’m serious, sir! Earth is literally going to come to an end!"
CRISIS #DE5T1NY
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CRISIS #DE5T1NY
The fate of the world depends on the most unlikely people.
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December 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
“Boss, we have a problem!” The big man came through the office door without knocking. He dropped a folder on the old man’s cluttered desk.
“When do we not, Michael?”
“I’m serious, sir! Earth is literally going to come to an end!"
CRISIS #DE5T1NY
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“When do we not, Michael?”
“I’m serious, sir! Earth is literally going to come to an end!"
CRISIS #DE5T1NY
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I might modify that to, if you disagree with scientists about science IN THEIR FIELD OF STUDY, you are wrong. It might be ok to disgree with Dr Oz on physics or with Neil deGrasse Tyson on heart surgery.
December 7, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I might modify that to, if you disagree with scientists about science IN THEIR FIELD OF STUDY, you are wrong. It might be ok to disgree with Dr Oz on physics or with Neil deGrasse Tyson on heart surgery.