Miguel O. Mitchell
@miguelmitchell.bsky.social
Speculative poet, Editor-in-Chief/Co-Founder of SpecPoVerse, SFF author, visual artist, Chemistry PhD, retired chemistry professor/research scientist, science editor, poetry anthology editor, cinemaphile, bibliophile, amateur baker and chef
@acadialogue.bsky.social So, how would I get a travel fellowship to visit you at your university, perhaps to co-facilitate a cross-cultural speculative poetry workshop or other interesting venture?
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@acadialogue.bsky.social So, how would I get a travel fellowship to visit you at your university, perhaps to co-facilitate a cross-cultural speculative poetry workshop or other interesting venture?
I received the wonderful news today that my scifaiku won Second Place in the 2025 Halloween Haiku Challenge.
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
Halloween Horror Haiku
A place for people who love Halloween, horror, and haiku.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I received the wonderful news today that my scifaiku won Second Place in the 2025 Halloween Haiku Challenge.
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
halloweenhorrorhaiku.com
Here it is:
the witching hour
spirits fly in spell-filled night
love that never dies
I am proud to announce that my science fiction novel-in-verse, Surrealia, won Second Place in the.2025 Elgin Awards for Best Full-Length Speculative Poetry Book!
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I am proud to announce that my science fiction novel-in-verse, Surrealia, won Second Place in the.2025 Elgin Awards for Best Full-Length Speculative Poetry Book!
SpecPoVerse has recordings of poets readings their poems from Vol. 1, Issues 1 and 2 (more coming for Issue 2).
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
September 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
SpecPoVerse has recordings of poets readings their poems from Vol. 1, Issues 1 and 2 (more coming for Issue 2).
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.
Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Tonight at midnight EST, SpecPoVerse Volume 1 Issue 2 will launch online! This issue contains amazing verse from poets around the world with themes from science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. As always, SpecPoVerse is free! I hope you enjoy it.
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
August 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tonight at midnight EST, SpecPoVerse Volume 1 Issue 2 will launch online! This issue contains amazing verse from poets around the world with themes from science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. As always, SpecPoVerse is free! I hope you enjoy it.
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
My poem "Sound healing" is being published in the Sauuti Terrors anthology, pre-orders available at $26.99 for 1/20/2026 launch. The Sauutiverse is an Africancentric cosmology with sound-based magic mixed with science in a solar system with five planets.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...
Sauu ti Terrors Short Stories|Hardcover
A powerful dark science fiction collection in a stunning edition, bringing back the revolutionary Afrocentric Sauútiverse.Co-editors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy bring us a p...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My poem "Sound healing" is being published in the Sauuti Terrors anthology, pre-orders available at $26.99 for 1/20/2026 launch. The Sauutiverse is an Africancentric cosmology with sound-based magic mixed with science in a solar system with five planets.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...
Selfie with SFPA Grandmaster poet Linda D. Addison who signed my copy of her spectacular poetry book "Everything Endless" (co-authored with the amazing Jamal Hodge)
August 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Selfie with SFPA Grandmaster poet Linda D. Addison who signed my copy of her spectacular poetry book "Everything Endless" (co-authored with the amazing Jamal Hodge)
September 1st is coming up fast! Get your speculative poems ready to submit to SpecPoVerse for Volume 1, Issue 3.
specpoverse.org/submission
specpoverse.org/submission
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
September 1st is coming up fast! Get your speculative poems ready to submit to SpecPoVerse for Volume 1, Issue 3.
specpoverse.org/submission
specpoverse.org/submission
Sold all my copies of Surrealia at Seattle Worldcon plus more with folks using the QR code on my T-shirt.
August 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sold all my copies of Surrealia at Seattle Worldcon plus more with folks using the QR code on my T-shirt.
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social Just so you know, I'm going to campaign hard to have you invited to Balticon 60 during Memorial Day weekend.
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
Balticon 59 | Baltimore's Science Fiction Convention
Whether you love science with your fiction or costumes with your books, at Balticon we do too! Join 1500+ fans of all backgrounds to celebrate Science Fiction and Fantasy with 300+ hours of diverse pr...
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August 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social Just so you know, I'm going to campaign hard to have you invited to Balticon 60 during Memorial Day weekend.
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
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You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@rachel-aaron.bsky.social
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1B3g...
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1B3g...
I'm proud that my scifi novel-in-verse, Surrealia, was nominated for the 2025 Elgin Award! #elgin #SFPA
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Science Fiction Poetry Association
Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
www.sfpoetry.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm proud that my scifi novel-in-verse, Surrealia, was nominated for the 2025 Elgin Award! #elgin #SFPA
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!
www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html
Book recommendation if you like subversive takes on myths:
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
July 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Book recommendation if you like subversive takes on myths:
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.
SpecPoVerse received 196 poetry submissions for Volume 1, Issue 2, coming out 8/31/2025. Check out the wonderful verse in Volume 1, Issue 1:
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
SpecPoVerse received 196 poetry submissions for Volume 1, Issue 2, coming out 8/31/2025. Check out the wonderful verse in Volume 1, Issue 1:
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...
Cyberhaunt
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
July 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Cyberhaunt
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
Nanowraith drifting
Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls
Ghost of dead AI
Glides through misty Scottish moor
Maker’s spirit never found
Listen to the fragrances
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
June 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Listen to the fragrances
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet
My mom offers me dream play
While I lie still in my egg
Telepathic teaching tickles
We romp with astral fondness
Then the bioclock strikes time
Emergence exultation
Flesh shield ruptured
I give savage sentiment
Crawling out my first meal
I look at the cooling corpse and think, "Thanks, Dad!"
While I lie still in my egg
Telepathic teaching tickles
We romp with astral fondness
Then the bioclock strikes time
Emergence exultation
Flesh shield ruptured
I give savage sentiment
Crawling out my first meal
I look at the cooling corpse and think, "Thanks, Dad!"
June 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My mom offers me dream play
While I lie still in my egg
Telepathic teaching tickles
We romp with astral fondness
Then the bioclock strikes time
Emergence exultation
Flesh shield ruptured
I give savage sentiment
Crawling out my first meal
I look at the cooling corpse and think, "Thanks, Dad!"
While I lie still in my egg
Telepathic teaching tickles
We romp with astral fondness
Then the bioclock strikes time
Emergence exultation
Flesh shield ruptured
I give savage sentiment
Crawling out my first meal
I look at the cooling corpse and think, "Thanks, Dad!"
A scifaiku:
Cosmos nears its end
Sentients almost god-like
Hard drive gets refreshed
Cosmos nears its end
Sentients almost god-like
Hard drive gets refreshed
June 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A scifaiku:
Cosmos nears its end
Sentients almost god-like
Hard drive gets refreshed
Cosmos nears its end
Sentients almost god-like
Hard drive gets refreshed
@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Great talking to you at #Balticon59 ! I will see your lovely fierceness at #Worldcon ! Keep being your authentic stab-em-with-words self.
May 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Great talking to you at #Balticon59 ! I will see your lovely fierceness at #Worldcon ! Keep being your authentic stab-em-with-words self.
May 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sang my own song for the first time at Friday FILK (sci-fi/fantasy songs) at Balticon 59. My heart didn't explode. My friend Tavair Tapp #sagacioustraveler joined me on chorus. Singing again tonight at 10 pm.
May 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sang my own song for the first time at Friday FILK (sci-fi/fantasy songs) at Balticon 59. My heart didn't explode. My friend Tavair Tapp #sagacioustraveler joined me on chorus. Singing again tonight at 10 pm.
Had a great time at #GBF ,
The 16th Gaithersburg Book Festival! Sold 11 books, including 7 signed #Surrealia books.
The 16th Gaithersburg Book Festival! Sold 11 books, including 7 signed #Surrealia books.
May 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Had a great time at #GBF ,
The 16th Gaithersburg Book Festival! Sold 11 books, including 7 signed #Surrealia books.
The 16th Gaithersburg Book Festival! Sold 11 books, including 7 signed #Surrealia books.
Our first poetry reading at SpecPoVerse!
specpoverse.org/readings
specpoverse.org/readings
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
May 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Our first poetry reading at SpecPoVerse!
specpoverse.org/readings
specpoverse.org/readings
Call for speculative poetry submissions to SpecPoVerse, Volume 1, Issue 2!
Submit up to three total poems between May 1 and June 30, 2025.
specpoverse.org/submission
Submit up to three total poems between May 1 and June 30, 2025.
specpoverse.org/submission
Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
specpoverse.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Call for speculative poetry submissions to SpecPoVerse, Volume 1, Issue 2!
Submit up to three total poems between May 1 and June 30, 2025.
specpoverse.org/submission
Submit up to three total poems between May 1 and June 30, 2025.
specpoverse.org/submission