mer
merrybug.bsky.social
mer
@merrybug.bsky.social
weird writer | they/any

https://merrybug.straw.page
Pinned
some things that i loved this year. all of them made me feel equal parts dread and comfort, which is the best way a piece of art can make me feel. reviews/feelings in alt text.
Reposted by mer
some misc drawings from a project i chip away at from time to time - Closer Xeno is the name and it's a project that i use to explore feelings of isolation and distance. focuses on a human in an exclusion zone interacting with aliens for the first time even though they've been around for years
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted by mer
My Mechsploitation short story is now live!! I hope yall enjoy it :)

Good Hounds Don't Need Themselves

"A hound has a mental breakdown after remembering what was taken from it, and all it has left. Luckily, She is never far away from helping Her favorite dog."

archiveofourown.org/works/76000956
Mystery Work | Archive of Our Own
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reposted by mer
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposted by mer
the fact that fibromyalgia is so under-researched is actually crazy to me, weird mystery pain disorder (family) where ppl have rheumatic pain that is unobservable from the outside but definitely real?? that sounds like the most interesting medical thing to research ever
July 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Reposted by mer
I just witnessed two dragonflies having sex while flying over a busy street, their flight path dropping and ascending, narrowly missing the speeding cars as they clung to each other in ecstasy. Man. They know how to live.
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reposted by mer
I've made an effort this year to remove myself from the irl social circles where I felt like a doormat and prioritize people that are actually excited about seeing me and it's done wonders for my mental health!
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by mer
"3D Workers Island", a short horror story about a screensaver: yes-thread.com/3dwiscr

Also on Itch: mryes.itch.io/3dwiscr
October 26, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Reposted by mer
Fan art of the game Clinical Trial by Homie.
Text are lyrics from the song "Wild Branch Of Rose" by Argyle Goolsby.
May 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
man, i should use this account more...
May 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Reposted by mer
It's Part 3 of the Great Bookmark Clearout! This one is entirely about fonts, scripts, and conscripts. Come read about some cool stuff I found on the internet.

🔖 evegwood.com/blog/posts/2...
May 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by mer
@everyone.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by mer
Vivian Wilson reveals on 2025-03-09 that she was sex-selected prenatally by Elon Musk: "My assigned sex at birth was a commodity that was bought and paid for. So when I was feminine as a child and then turned out to be transgender, I was going against the product that was sold." archive.ph/yyKda
March 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by mer
ai art is like being a runner and youre excited for a marathon and youre training and then someone comes up and says 'why not use this new 'car tech' it can drive you to the finish line and youll have run the marathon without that pesky running'. then theyre confused when you say no and run instead
March 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by mer
Body Horror + Splatterpunk = BodyPunk.

Featuring @horrorsong.blog, @maxtannerrestaino.bsky.social, @xaviergarcia.bsky.social, @charleneelsby.bsky.social, and @sammytotep.bsky.social. This is an anthology intended to muddy the waters for subgenre purists the world over. YW ❤️
February 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by mer
just found out about this body horror anthology through tumblr!

they've met $1k in 12 hours, and it has a name i recognize from slake house.
February 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by mer
Station break: time to pay the bills.

If you would like a science fiction narrative set in a hopeful far-future aftermath to tech bros and religious nuts taking off for space and leaving a blasted Earth behind to pick up the pieces, may I recommend my Jacob's Ladder and White Space books?
February 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by mer
I think its fine to have art content you dont enjoy, approve of or want to see, and establishing a personal boundary is healthy

But as anti-porn and anti-art fascism continues to ramp up i think you need to weigh how publicly calling people freaks, degens, weirdos etc is feeding these attitudes
February 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reposted by mer
cnc microfic call that noncontent
February 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
something happened recently that forced me to reevaluate myself and realize that, maybe, i'm a good writer. i think i can exist in the world now. :)
February 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by mer
"Have we... made contact?"

#AC6
February 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i've been living on an island for nearly ten years and finally felt my first earthquake... slept through all the other ones
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
coworker & i discussing where the concept of hellfire comes from while customers browse peacefully... creating a strange setting today
February 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
sayaka murata my beloved...
January 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
dispelling questions about my age by playing pokemon leafgreen on a gameboy advance sp while waiting for my wife at the dentist
January 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
so pendulum's immersion is about dissociation, right?
January 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM