Michael Haynes
@michaelhaynes.bsky.social
Ardent short story reader and writer. Debut short fiction collection, AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOVE AND DEATH, out now! Codex, SFWA, MWA. Enjoys photography, cooking, and travel.
http://michaelhaynes.info/
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Michael Haynes
@michaelhaynes.bsky.social
· Nov 16
At the Intersection of Love and Death
20% OFF sale going on now! My debut collection is available for purchase now! If you'd like to own a signed copy, you can order one direct...
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My debut collection is available in softcover, hardcover, and eBook.
“loaded with heart with some chills mixed in for good measure.”
[Alt text for cover art: A vaguely-seen figure, as if behind frosted glass, holds up a hand toward the viewer.]
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“loaded with heart with some chills mixed in for good measure.”
[Alt text for cover art: A vaguely-seen figure, as if behind frosted glass, holds up a hand toward the viewer.]
michael-haynes.blogspot.com/p/at-interse...
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And we're LIVE with Fran Wilde, y'all!
Come join us as we talk about A Philosophy of Thieves!
Bring friends!
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Come join us as we talk about A Philosophy of Thieves!
Bring friends!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
And we're LIVE with Fran Wilde, y'all!
Come join us as we talk about A Philosophy of Thieves!
Bring friends!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Come join us as we talk about A Philosophy of Thieves!
Bring friends!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
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You know you are the villains when you are fighting to starve people.
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
Oh, this is wild.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
You know you are the villains when you are fighting to starve people.
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One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides.
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
Just going to be an incredible decision if SCOTUS says they needed to make an emergency intervention because of the risk that poor people might get food they are legally entitled to
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides.
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
I've updated my blog with a post covering many writing and publishing updates from the past several months, including my recent appearance at #MileHiCon where I won the "Flash Fiction Chopped" competition. michael-haynes.blogspot.com/2025/11/rece...
Recent Publications and Appearances
It's been a while since I put an update out here. I'm intending to work at being at least a bit more consistent about this, rather than savi...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I've updated my blog with a post covering many writing and publishing updates from the past several months, including my recent appearance at #MileHiCon where I won the "Flash Fiction Chopped" competition. michael-haynes.blogspot.com/2025/11/rece...
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This week, two elusive favorites return to Story Hour! Natasha Calder reads her uncomfortably-near-future SF "hotBooley," and Michael Haynes reads the gentler, guitar-fueled hopefulness of "Carolina." You can still watch! @michaelhaynes.bsky.social youtu.be/dq0aWfJbbv0
November 5, 2025 Story Hour: Natasha Calder and Michael Haynes
YouTube video by Story Hour
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November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This week, two elusive favorites return to Story Hour! Natasha Calder reads her uncomfortably-near-future SF "hotBooley," and Michael Haynes reads the gentler, guitar-fueled hopefulness of "Carolina." You can still watch! @michaelhaynes.bsky.social youtu.be/dq0aWfJbbv0
Only thirty minutes until StoryHour starts. I hope to see you there!
One magical spring evening in 2023, Natasha Calder and @michaelhaynes.bsky.social read for Story Hour. That video is now lost, but now Natasha and Michael return! They won’t weave the exact same spell, but rather will enchant us anew. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Only thirty minutes until StoryHour starts. I hope to see you there!
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One magical spring evening in 2023, Natasha Calder and @michaelhaynes.bsky.social read for Story Hour. That video is now lost, but now Natasha and Michael return! They won’t weave the exact same spell, but rather will enchant us anew. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
One magical spring evening in 2023, Natasha Calder and @michaelhaynes.bsky.social read for Story Hour. That video is now lost, but now Natasha and Michael return! They won’t weave the exact same spell, but rather will enchant us anew. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! #Booksky www.storyhour2020.com
If you’re at #MileHiCon, I’m signing both my collections right now (1-2 PM Saturday outside Aurora III). I’ll also be on two programs Sunday and doing a reading Sunday at 2:30 PM on the second floor. Hope to see you there!
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you’re at #MileHiCon, I’m signing both my collections right now (1-2 PM Saturday outside Aurora III). I’ll also be on two programs Sunday and doing a reading Sunday at 2:30 PM on the second floor. Hope to see you there!
The way the last several minutes of this game have gone I was sure the Avs were going to fumble the puck into their own net on the delayed penalty. #GoAvsGo
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The way the last several minutes of this game have gone I was sure the Avs were going to fumble the puck into their own net on the delayed penalty. #GoAvsGo
Hey, it’s a new podcast with a story of mine! This is a story where I’d written the first draft and then sat on it for close to a decade before revising it and getting it sent out. The original printing was in an anthology so glad to have this one freely available now!
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“A Drink from the Doubtless Sea” by Michael Haynes @michaelhaynes.bsky.social
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Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #podcastfiction #narratedfiction
#fantasyfiction
“A Drink from the Doubtless Sea” by Michael Haynes @michaelhaynes.bsky.social
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Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #podcastfiction #narratedfiction
#fantasyfiction
September 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hey, it’s a new podcast with a story of mine! This is a story where I’d written the first draft and then sat on it for close to a decade before revising it and getting it sent out. The original printing was in an anthology so glad to have this one freely available now!
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want to keep motivated writing in *waves hands*?!
reminder that i'll be speaking with @stephengrahamking.com and @magicariot.com NEXT SUNDAY about how to do this exactly!!!!
info in QP!!!
reminder that i'll be speaking with @stephengrahamking.com and @magicariot.com NEXT SUNDAY about how to do this exactly!!!!
info in QP!!!
Tickets are AVAILABLE NOW for our next deep-dive, Writing With Hope: Staying Motivated to Write When the World Is On Fire! Head over to weeknightwriters.com/2025/08/19/w... or read this thread to find out more about this event & how you can attend - and get a 50% discount on your ticket 1/7
Writing With Hope: Staying Motivated When the World Is On Fire - Weeknight Writers
Thinking about participating in First Draft Fall? Trying to figure out how you’re going to get yourself writing when everything is falling apart around you? This is the panel for you! Writing With Hop...
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September 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
want to keep motivated writing in *waves hands*?!
reminder that i'll be speaking with @stephengrahamking.com and @magicariot.com NEXT SUNDAY about how to do this exactly!!!!
info in QP!!!
reminder that i'll be speaking with @stephengrahamking.com and @magicariot.com NEXT SUNDAY about how to do this exactly!!!!
info in QP!!!
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We won’t get any funds if we don’t reach our goal in the next 4 days. For the love of speculative fiction, horror stories, weird fiction, dark fantasy, magical realism, fantastique, slipstream, science fiction, alltopias, everypunk—back us so we can bring you more stories in 2026! kck.st/4mIkEm1
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We won’t get any funds if we don’t reach our goal in the next 4 days. For the love of speculative fiction, horror stories, weird fiction, dark fantasy, magical realism, fantastique, slipstream, science fiction, alltopias, everypunk—back us so we can bring you more stories in 2026! kck.st/4mIkEm1
The launch party for my new collection THREE THINGS CAMERON COULDN’T TELL YOU is still going! We are in 2502 of the Sheraton here at Worldcon. Stop by and have some cake and say hi! #worldcon
August 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The launch party for my new collection THREE THINGS CAMERON COULDN’T TELL YOU is still going! We are in 2502 of the Sheraton here at Worldcon. Stop by and have some cake and say hi! #worldcon
Check out this amazing cake that we will have in Sheraton 2502 at the Worldcon launch party starting at 4:30 PM. The party celebrates new books by myself, @randeedawn.com, and @richardsparks.bsky.social! I hope to see you there! #worldcon
August 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Check out this amazing cake that we will have in Sheraton 2502 at the Worldcon launch party starting at 4:30 PM. The party celebrates new books by myself, @randeedawn.com, and @richardsparks.bsky.social! I hope to see you there! #worldcon
Come join us starting at 4:30 PM in Sheraton Room 2502 for a joint book launch party for myself, @randeedawn.com, and @richardsparks.bsky.social who each have new books being launched this weekend at Worldcon! Cake and ice cream will be served starting at 5:30 PM. #worldcon
August 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Come join us starting at 4:30 PM in Sheraton Room 2502 for a joint book launch party for myself, @randeedawn.com, and @richardsparks.bsky.social who each have new books being launched this weekend at Worldcon! Cake and ice cream will be served starting at 5:30 PM. #worldcon
I can second this recommendation though I was too busy enjoying my pappardelle to photograph it!
If you’re in Seattle for #Worldcon (or any other reason!), I highly recommend The Cheese Room. Cheese-focused menu w/ delicious food. This ravioli lobster bisque is the stuff of happy dreams. Open at supper only!
August 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can second this recommendation though I was too busy enjoying my pappardelle to photograph it!
I only just now realized that my reading today (9 AM in Room 428 of the Convention Center) will be my FIRST solo Worldcon reading. When I read at Chicon it was part of a group reading. Hoping to see friendly faces there! #worldcon
August 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I only just now realized that my reading today (9 AM in Room 428 of the Convention Center) will be my FIRST solo Worldcon reading. When I read at Chicon it was part of a group reading. Hoping to see friendly faces there! #worldcon
Saturday morning at Worldcon (9 AM in Room 428) I’ll be reading stories from my new short fiction collection Three Things Cameron Couldn’t Tell You. It’d be great to see you there! #worldcon
August 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Saturday morning at Worldcon (9 AM in Room 428) I’ll be reading stories from my new short fiction collection Three Things Cameron Couldn’t Tell You. It’d be great to see you there! #worldcon
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PARTY TOMORROW: 8/16 at @seattlein2025.org!
Ice cream? Cake? Snacks? Books? YES! Join me and my fellow authors @richardsparks.bsky.social & @michaelhaynes.bsky.social starting at 4:30 (QR code in flyer will have room no. on Sat.) -- we'll even scan you upstairs!
Let's get our sweet on! 🍰📚🍨
Ice cream? Cake? Snacks? Books? YES! Join me and my fellow authors @richardsparks.bsky.social & @michaelhaynes.bsky.social starting at 4:30 (QR code in flyer will have room no. on Sat.) -- we'll even scan you upstairs!
Let's get our sweet on! 🍰📚🍨
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
PARTY TOMORROW: 8/16 at @seattlein2025.org!
Ice cream? Cake? Snacks? Books? YES! Join me and my fellow authors @richardsparks.bsky.social & @michaelhaynes.bsky.social starting at 4:30 (QR code in flyer will have room no. on Sat.) -- we'll even scan you upstairs!
Let's get our sweet on! 🍰📚🍨
Ice cream? Cake? Snacks? Books? YES! Join me and my fellow authors @richardsparks.bsky.social & @michaelhaynes.bsky.social starting at 4:30 (QR code in flyer will have room no. on Sat.) -- we'll even scan you upstairs!
Let's get our sweet on! 🍰📚🍨
I absolutely love the cover for my new short story collection! Thanks to @ailustrar.bsky.social for doing such an amazing job on it! Book launch coming next month at Worldcon!
July 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I absolutely love the cover for my new short story collection! Thanks to @ailustrar.bsky.social for doing such an amazing job on it! Book launch coming next month at Worldcon!
@joeposnanski.com @kentremendous.bsky.social So did you all know that in addition to Scoragami there’s Weathergami?
May 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@joeposnanski.com @kentremendous.bsky.social So did you all know that in addition to Scoragami there’s Weathergami?
Coming later this year…
April 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Coming later this year…
movie you've watched more than six times. use gifs.
("hard mode:" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
("hard mode:" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
movie you've watched more than six times. use gifs.
("hard mode:" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
("hard mode:" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
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oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
us.macmillan.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
oh my next book is up for preorder
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan
✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi
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Our friends over at the Watermelon Grant announced the 2025 recipients. Congratulations to Ibtisam Barakat ابتسام بركات for poetry and Monir Mtoor (Nissan) for prose 🎉
This Watermelon Grant is for Palestinian speculative arts creators. Learn more at www.ldlewiswrites.co...
This Watermelon Grant is for Palestinian speculative arts creators. Learn more at www.ldlewiswrites.co...
April 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our friends over at the Watermelon Grant announced the 2025 recipients. Congratulations to Ibtisam Barakat ابتسام بركات for poetry and Monir Mtoor (Nissan) for prose 🎉
This Watermelon Grant is for Palestinian speculative arts creators. Learn more at www.ldlewiswrites.co...
This Watermelon Grant is for Palestinian speculative arts creators. Learn more at www.ldlewiswrites.co...