Meg Elison
@megelison.bsky.social
Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty. Rep: Arley Sorg at KT Literary.
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Meg Elison
@megelison.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Coming summer 2026: it's Hamilton x The Boys from Brazil. Foundling Fathers, Tachyon Publications. Happy birthday, America. It's the satire you deserve.
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dont read The Bad Thing Part Three, read @hels.bsky.social on turkey carcasses, you'll be much happier www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All
The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
dont read The Bad Thing Part Three, read @hels.bsky.social on turkey carcasses, you'll be much happier www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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This is a mother’s plea from Gaza
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a mother’s plea from Gaza
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is fading from hunger, her cries breaking my heart. We have no food, and no way to ease her pain
Your compassion could bring her a meal or medicine she desperately needs. Please, help my girl survive
👇👇👇
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you like a writer's work, tell them! Email, LinkedIn message, DM, even in person at an event. It can make a huge difference in their lives, especially right now with declining freelance budgets, layoffs, stagnant salaries, the threat of AI, and dwindling book advances.
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Not me bursting into tears because the guy at the grocery store is buying 40 cans of Fancy Feast turkey and gravy for his feral cat rescue Thanksgiving dinner 🥹
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not me bursting into tears because the guy at the grocery store is buying 40 cans of Fancy Feast turkey and gravy for his feral cat rescue Thanksgiving dinner 🥹
mise en place because it looks cool
vs
mise en place because otherwise I will fucking forget something that’s supposed to be in this
vs
mise en place because otherwise I will fucking forget something that’s supposed to be in this
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
mise en place because it looks cool
vs
mise en place because otherwise I will fucking forget something that’s supposed to be in this
vs
mise en place because otherwise I will fucking forget something that’s supposed to be in this
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
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Reposted by Meg Elison
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
Do the kids still say "wannabe?"
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Do the kids still say "wannabe?"
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TONIGHT TONIGHT
LAUNCH EVENT! Join me at the Strand as we usher into the world my gothic horror child, with one of my horror idols @claymcleod.bsky.social (Jsyk, his delicious new book Acquired Taste pairs well with mine, so go pick it up).
More book tour stops coming soon but if you’re in NY, grab your tix now ⬇️
More book tour stops coming soon but if you’re in NY, grab your tix now ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
TONIGHT TONIGHT
the bird goes in the fridge
the bird goes in the fridge
hey ho it's Monday-o
the bird goes in the fridge
the bird goes in the fridge
hey ho it's Monday-o
the bird goes in the fridge
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the bird goes in the fridge
the bird goes in the fridge
hey ho it's Monday-o
the bird goes in the fridge
the bird goes in the fridge
hey ho it's Monday-o
the bird goes in the fridge
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Elder millennials, they upped the age limit to 45 so you can get yours still. I did recently!
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavi.org
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
www.gavi.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Elder millennials, they upped the age limit to 45 so you can get yours still. I did recently!
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
The age limit is only there because they assume you have HPV. But then STI isn't the only kind this vax protects against.
So, I got the limited edition sparkly Black Honey lipstick. And inside the box there was a translation error so fundamental that I wasn't sure what I was seeing at first.
"Tear" in English: verb, to rip
"Lacrymal" in French: adjective, pertaining to tears as in tear ducts/lachrymal ducts
"Tear" in English: verb, to rip
"Lacrymal" in French: adjective, pertaining to tears as in tear ducts/lachrymal ducts
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So, I got the limited edition sparkly Black Honey lipstick. And inside the box there was a translation error so fundamental that I wasn't sure what I was seeing at first.
"Tear" in English: verb, to rip
"Lacrymal" in French: adjective, pertaining to tears as in tear ducts/lachrymal ducts
"Tear" in English: verb, to rip
"Lacrymal" in French: adjective, pertaining to tears as in tear ducts/lachrymal ducts
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Three destinations
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19472
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19472
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Three destinations
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19472
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19472
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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New story day!!!!!
I really enjoyed this week's @morningtransport.bsky.social story from @jrdawson.bsky.social , a lovely take on the Persephone story: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/flower-and...
Flower and Root
J.R. Dawson brings us this week a bouquet of mythical proportions.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New story day!!!!!