Michele H. Porter
@michelehporter.bsky.social
Writer: horror & fantasy. Stories: Blood & Bourbon Mag, Bloodletter Mag, Grey Coven's Tarot anthology. Forthcoming: Kaleidotrope, 100 Word Story, more. Existence: rural southern Illinois, ADHD, always cold. She/her. michelehporter.com
My latest micro fiction is out today! Vibe: Gatsby in the apocalypse. 100wordstory.org/acts-of-inte...
Acts of Intercession - 100Words
We gather on rooftops, slosh gin and champagne down our throats. We haul chandeliers up six flights, throw them over, laugh when praying crowds flee thousands of glass shards shattering across Michiga...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My latest micro fiction is out today! Vibe: Gatsby in the apocalypse. 100wordstory.org/acts-of-inte...
My ghost story of a music urban legend and a woman hungry for family secrets is out now in Issue 16 of Blood & Bourbon Magazine! Read "A Broken Spoke" here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYLQ7ZKX #writing #litmags #horror #spookyread
Blood & Bourbon #16: Appetite
Blood & Bourbon #16: Appetite - Kindle edition by Morrison, Raya, Mejico, Jona, Parr, Shannon, Ramkaran, Rachel, Wells, Nick. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Blood & Bourbon #16: Appetite.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My ghost story of a music urban legend and a woman hungry for family secrets is out now in Issue 16 of Blood & Bourbon Magazine! Read "A Broken Spoke" here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYLQ7ZKX #writing #litmags #horror #spookyread
At long last, my review of Writing Workshops' The Modern Gothic led by @ambersparks.bsky.social: She is a TREASURE. I basked in her joy & knowledge, came away with my imposter syndrome subdued and my hungry mind full. Please buy/borrow her new novel, take her classes, read everything she writes
October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At long last, my review of Writing Workshops' The Modern Gothic led by @ambersparks.bsky.social: She is a TREASURE. I basked in her joy & knowledge, came away with my imposter syndrome subdued and my hungry mind full. Please buy/borrow her new novel, take her classes, read everything she writes
I just backed Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I just backed Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
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We need more subs for The Urge from women! ALL women!
September 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We need more subs for The Urge from women! ALL women!
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We need your support in the next 3 days, before the fall of eternal night. Help us breathe new stories that keep us alive, each word and phrase building the monster’s body, the one who rends and tears and protects us from darkness. kck.st/4mIkEm1
September 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We need your support in the next 3 days, before the fall of eternal night. Help us breathe new stories that keep us alive, each word and phrase building the monster’s body, the one who rends and tears and protects us from darkness. kck.st/4mIkEm1
This captures the vibe I felt at the #OasisLive25 concert in Chicago: a respite from the machine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
Oasis Just Glitched the Algorithm
Unruly, undigital, and fiercely communal — the Gallagher Bros.' U.S. swing is everything our techno-entertainment world isn't. Which is exactly why we need them.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This captures the vibe I felt at the #OasisLive25 concert in Chicago: a respite from the machine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
This is environmental cruelty that serves no purpose but will lead to irreversible damage, higher costs, and lives lost. The Roadless Rule has widespread support that this administration is deliberately ignoring. Case in point: they cut the comment period to Sept 19.
earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
Trump Administration Attempt to Repeal Roadless Rule Met With Widespread Opposition
Agriculture Department initiates process targeting bedrock conservation policy that protects 45 million acres of national forests
earthjustice.org
August 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is environmental cruelty that serves no purpose but will lead to irreversible damage, higher costs, and lives lost. The Roadless Rule has widespread support that this administration is deliberately ignoring. Case in point: they cut the comment period to Sept 19.
earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
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No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
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I encourage you to write today! Also, working on an essay about depression and writing, bringing back Show Me Your Shelves, and starting to put together a 10-part series of weird nonfiction. Sign up! Tell a friend!
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I encourage you to write today
I do.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I encourage you to write today! Also, working on an essay about depression and writing, bringing back Show Me Your Shelves, and starting to put together a 10-part series of weird nonfiction. Sign up! Tell a friend!
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/i-encourag...
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In summary:
1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.
wapo.st/4kY7C2k
1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.
wapo.st/4kY7C2k
The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity
Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In summary:
1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.
wapo.st/4kY7C2k
1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.
wapo.st/4kY7C2k
So many open calls for submission this month, and finally I have enough finished work to find the best fits. Because my Midwestern tendency of "ope, sorry, don't want to be a bother" extends to litmag readers and editors
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So many open calls for submission this month, and finally I have enough finished work to find the best fits. Because my Midwestern tendency of "ope, sorry, don't want to be a bother" extends to litmag readers and editors
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Writers! If your publisher works with audible, don’t let them use AI narration or translation for your audiobooks. Human narrators and translators do it better, we’re your creative cousins — and undermining our survival as professionals puts you next in line.
www.thebookseller.com/news/audible...
www.thebookseller.com/news/audible...
Audible to use AI technology to produce audiobooks
Audible is set to offer "end-to-end" AI production technology - including translation and narration - for audiobooks.
www.thebookseller.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Writers! If your publisher works with audible, don’t let them use AI narration or translation for your audiobooks. Human narrators and translators do it better, we’re your creative cousins — and undermining our survival as professionals puts you next in line.
www.thebookseller.com/news/audible...
www.thebookseller.com/news/audible...
Frogs are chirping in the marsh behind the house as the sun sets. I’m on the deck, drinking an elderflower gin & tonic, listening to the new OK Go album. The sky is clear and smells Iike fresh soil. That is all.
May 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Frogs are chirping in the marsh behind the house as the sun sets. I’m on the deck, drinking an elderflower gin & tonic, listening to the new OK Go album. The sky is clear and smells Iike fresh soil. That is all.
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“They’ve given us plans for the Death Star,” Ketcher said. “And when when somebody gives you the plans for Death Star, you know what to do.” #TeslaShowrooms could be shutter: missouriindependent.com/2025/03/28/e...
Elon Musk’s DOGE role draws effort to force Tesla to close Missouri dealerships • Missouri Independent
An initiative effort by a well-known Missouri Democrat would, if passed by voters, force Tesla to close its showrooms in the state.
missouriindependent.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“They’ve given us plans for the Death Star,” Ketcher said. “And when when somebody gives you the plans for Death Star, you know what to do.” #TeslaShowrooms could be shutter: missouriindependent.com/2025/03/28/e...
I have a short story out today in Bloodletter Magazine about a ghost, being haunted, and being hungry. Haunting illustrations by the talented @katyhoran.bsky.social
#bloodlettermag
#bloodlettermag
To Feed a Hungry Spirit
I hear Zoey wake up at midnight wailing about a ghost by her bed. From behind her elephant plushie, she says she felt two hands on her head and something wet like a puppy dog’s nose on her forehead.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I have a short story out today in Bloodletter Magazine about a ghost, being haunted, and being hungry. Haunting illustrations by the talented @katyhoran.bsky.social
#bloodlettermag
#bloodlettermag
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Tonight should have reinforced to every single person living in an area w. a tornado warning that Trump’s major cuts to NOAA are a terrible and dangerous policy. #stlwx
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As NOAA braces for more cuts, scientists say public safety is at risk
As severe weather season kicks off for large portions of the country, climate scientists warn cuts at NOAA and NWS could put public safety in jeopardy.
www.pbs.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Tonight should have reinforced to every single person living in an area w. a tornado warning that Trump’s major cuts to NOAA are a terrible and dangerous policy. #stlwx
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www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
My witchy, moon-inspired flash fiction/prose poem hybrid is out now! Page 108 in Grey Coven Publishing's winter anthology. www.greycovenpublishing.com/books/shadow...
Shadow Work v2 : Tarot — Grey Coven Publishing
www.greycovenpublishing.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My witchy, moon-inspired flash fiction/prose poem hybrid is out now! Page 108 in Grey Coven Publishing's winter anthology. www.greycovenpublishing.com/books/shadow...
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This map shows how much NIH funding goes to your state. I used the info on my state when I called officials to ask them to push back against the freeze. And if I can do it when my senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville...well, I mean...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This map shows how much NIH funding goes to your state. I used the info on my state when I called officials to ask them to push back against the freeze. And if I can do it when my senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville...well, I mean...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
I’m at the point where I look at a document with a date from 2024 on it and I’m like, “2024? When was that? Three years ago?”
January 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’m at the point where I look at a document with a date from 2024 on it and I’m like, “2024? When was that? Three years ago?”
From the artist's statement, which feels so true right now: "Bobbie Russon's paintings speak to the quiet, contemplative and solitary place in all of us"
Here’s some Bobbie Russon art to make your Friday a little better.
January 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
From the artist's statement, which feels so true right now: "Bobbie Russon's paintings speak to the quiet, contemplative and solitary place in all of us"
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Here’s some Bobbie Russon art to make your Friday a little better.
January 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Here’s some Bobbie Russon art to make your Friday a little better.
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Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. Please take a moment to learn the risks and symptoms.
Join me in celebrating getting through chemo this year with good results by joining or supporting Team Not Null for PurpleStride 2025!
#pancreaticcancerawareness
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Join me in celebrating getting through chemo this year with good results by joining or supporting Team Not Null for PurpleStride 2025!
#pancreaticcancerawareness
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Let's take steps together at PurpleStride!
PurpleStride is the ultimate event to end pancreatic cancer. Register for free and start fundraising today!
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November 22, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. Please take a moment to learn the risks and symptoms.
Join me in celebrating getting through chemo this year with good results by joining or supporting Team Not Null for PurpleStride 2025!
#pancreaticcancerawareness
secure.pancan.org/site/TR/Purp...
Join me in celebrating getting through chemo this year with good results by joining or supporting Team Not Null for PurpleStride 2025!
#pancreaticcancerawareness
secure.pancan.org/site/TR/Purp...
No coincidence that I plugged in my electric blanket on the same day I read this gorgeous piece by @marofthebooks.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social
“Cold as Bones” by Mar Vincent
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November 10, 2024 at 4:42 AM
No coincidence that I plugged in my electric blanket on the same day I read this gorgeous piece by @marofthebooks.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social