Miriam Seidel
@miriamseidel.bsky.social
Writing weird stuff as Mir Seidel. TESLA'S OPERA (Fomite Press, September 2025), THE SPEED OF CLOUDS (New Door Books), stories/essays in Bourbon Penn, Into the Ruins, NYRSF. SFWA associate, Codex, more at linktr.ee/miriamseidel
Thank you @steampunk-explorer.com for your coverage of the new book Tesla's Opera, and the opera about Nikola Tesla that inspired it! Thanks also to steampunk author @efdeal.bsky.social—we agree that Tesla is a steampunk icon!
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thank you @steampunk-explorer.com for your coverage of the new book Tesla's Opera, and the opera about Nikola Tesla that inspired it! Thanks also to steampunk author @efdeal.bsky.social—we agree that Tesla is a steampunk icon!
steampunk-explorer.com/news/new-boo...
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Here's my Philcon schedule for this weekend—hope to see you there! philcon.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here's my Philcon schedule for this weekend—hope to see you there! philcon.org
NYC peeps: Join us for a book party for TESLA'S OPERA, Tuesday 10/28 7-9 pm at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery! I'll be there with contributors @andreicodrescu.bsky.social, Terry O'Reilly, and Mick Rossi! www.eventbrite.com/e/teslas-ope...
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NYC peeps: Join us for a book party for TESLA'S OPERA, Tuesday 10/28 7-9 pm at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery! I'll be there with contributors @andreicodrescu.bsky.social, Terry O'Reilly, and Mick Rossi! www.eventbrite.com/e/teslas-ope...
What a great night at the launch of TESLA'S OPERA last week! Loved the Tesla/steampunk atmosphere at Philly's Fringe Bar. TESLA'S OPERA is now out, order online or from your fav indy bookstore!
September 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What a great night at the launch of TESLA'S OPERA last week! Loved the Tesla/steampunk atmosphere at Philly's Fringe Bar. TESLA'S OPERA is now out, order online or from your fav indy bookstore!
Happy Book Birthday to TESLA'S OPERA, coming out into the world today! 🎉🎉 Fun fact: on this date in 1897, Nikola Tesla filed his basic radio patents, predating Marconi's transatlantic message by 4 years. Get it now at bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, or that other place.
September 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy Book Birthday to TESLA'S OPERA, coming out into the world today! 🎉🎉 Fun fact: on this date in 1897, Nikola Tesla filed his basic radio patents, predating Marconi's transatlantic message by 4 years. Get it now at bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, or that other place.
If you're in the area, please join us for the launch party for Tesla's Opera! Tuesday Sept 2, 6-8 pm at Fringe Bar, 140 N. Columbus Blvd at Race Street in Philly. I'll be there along with contributors @merilynjj.bsky.social and Terry O'Reilly!
August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you're in the area, please join us for the launch party for Tesla's Opera! Tuesday Sept 2, 6-8 pm at Fringe Bar, 140 N. Columbus Blvd at Race Street in Philly. I'll be there along with contributors @merilynjj.bsky.social and Terry O'Reilly!
So grateful to Marc Seifer, author of the major Tesla biography Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla, for this generous advance praise for TESLA'S OPERA! It's coming out on September 2, but you can preorder it now from your favorite bookstore or online bookseller.
August 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So grateful to Marc Seifer, author of the major Tesla biography Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla, for this generous advance praise for TESLA'S OPERA! It's coming out on September 2, but you can preorder it now from your favorite bookstore or online bookseller.
Thanks for the mention! There's a lot to be said about disability in science fiction and SFF fandom, and I'm glad for THE SPEED OF CLOUDS to be a small part of that conversation. miriamseidel.com/reviews-the-...
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thanks for the mention! There's a lot to be said about disability in science fiction and SFF fandom, and I'm glad for THE SPEED OF CLOUDS to be a small part of that conversation. miriamseidel.com/reviews-the-...
TESLA'S OPERA is available for preorders! You can preorder now from Amazon, B&N, or bookshop.org. Coming September 2! #NikolaTesla #TeslasOpera
July 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
TESLA'S OPERA is available for preorders! You can preorder now from Amazon, B&N, or bookshop.org. Coming September 2! #NikolaTesla #TeslasOpera
I met so many great people at @readercon.bsky.social! Thanks to the wonderful folks who organized the @psfs.bsky.social / @boskone.bsky.social dessert party, for letting me hop in with my little pre-pub book event for Tesla's Opera! It's coming out September 2 - www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...
July 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I met so many great people at @readercon.bsky.social! Thanks to the wonderful folks who organized the @psfs.bsky.social / @boskone.bsky.social dessert party, for letting me hop in with my little pre-pub book event for Tesla's Opera! It's coming out September 2 - www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...
Today is Nikola Tesla's birthday!! And I've just received the first copies of Tesla's Opera, the new book I've been working on that comes out in September! So I'm celebrating by opening the box of books... Happy Tesla's Birthday, everybody! #NikolaTesla #TeslasOpera
July 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today is Nikola Tesla's birthday!! And I've just received the first copies of Tesla's Opera, the new book I've been working on that comes out in September! So I'm celebrating by opening the box of books... Happy Tesla's Birthday, everybody! #NikolaTesla #TeslasOpera
Update on TESLA'S OPERA, the book I've been working on: new pub date is 9/2/25! We're close to getting it up for preorders, and we've got ARCs if anyone's interested in reviewing! www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...
#NikolaTesla #realnikolatesla #teslasopera
#NikolaTesla #realnikolatesla #teslasopera
July 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Update on TESLA'S OPERA, the book I've been working on: new pub date is 9/2/25! We're close to getting it up for preorders, and we've got ARCs if anyone's interested in reviewing! www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...
#NikolaTesla #realnikolatesla #teslasopera
#NikolaTesla #realnikolatesla #teslasopera
Wow, what a memorable talk with Grandmaster @nicolaz.bsky.social and @kelleyeskridge.bsky.social at the #Nebulas2025! Nicola Griffith is a lion of SFF!
June 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Wow, what a memorable talk with Grandmaster @nicolaz.bsky.social and @kelleyeskridge.bsky.social at the #Nebulas2025! Nicola Griffith is a lion of SFF!
Book news! Thrilled to say I'm editing a new book, TESLA: THE OPERA, about the opera Violet Fire. It will include my libretto about Tesla, score excerpts, commentary by collaborators, and stunning performance photos. Coming from Fomiite Press, July 2025. More here: miriamseidel.com/2025/02/12/c...
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Book news! Thrilled to say I'm editing a new book, TESLA: THE OPERA, about the opera Violet Fire. It will include my libretto about Tesla, score excerpts, commentary by collaborators, and stunning performance photos. Coming from Fomiite Press, July 2025. More here: miriamseidel.com/2025/02/12/c...
Hey Apple, did you just hand over your weather app to AI? No way has it been anywhere near 50 today. Same bizarre highs in the other locations I keep track of on my phone.
February 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey Apple, did you just hand over your weather app to AI? No way has it been anywhere near 50 today. Same bizarre highs in the other locations I keep track of on my phone.
This is where I post from.
January 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is where I post from.
Great review of @gregfrost.bsky.social's new collection, Beyond here be monsters! seattlebookreview.com/product/beyo...
January 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Great review of @gregfrost.bsky.social's new collection, Beyond here be monsters! seattlebookreview.com/product/beyo...
Best New Year wishes to everyone! Let's do this.
December 31, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Best New Year wishes to everyone! Let's do this.
It was a real delight to interview Special Guest @nghivo.bsky.social at Philcon, and to see her World Fantasy Award delivered by Catelynn Cunningham!
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 AM
It was a real delight to interview Special Guest @nghivo.bsky.social at Philcon, and to see her World Fantasy Award delivered by Catelynn Cunningham!
Here's my Philcon schedule! I'm looking forward to interviewing our GOH @maxgladstone.bsky.social and Special Guest @nghivo.bsky.social on Saturday 11/23! Register at philcon.org
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Here's my Philcon schedule! I'm looking forward to interviewing our GOH @maxgladstone.bsky.social and Special Guest @nghivo.bsky.social on Saturday 11/23! Register at philcon.org
I'm giving a talk next week at my local library on Why I Write Science Fiction and Fantasy! It's been really fun to go through the books and TV shows (looking at you, Star Trek) that shaped my imagination. Lansdowne Library, Wednesday, 9/25 at 6:15 pm.
September 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I'm giving a talk next week at my local library on Why I Write Science Fiction and Fantasy! It's been really fun to go through the books and TV shows (looking at you, Star Trek) that shaped my imagination. Lansdowne Library, Wednesday, 9/25 at 6:15 pm.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #475,344! Okay, I wasn't in the first 10, or the first 10,000, but still.
September 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #475,344! Okay, I wasn't in the first 10, or the first 10,000, but still.
Still can't get over this picture of #TimWalz and the #DalaiLama (Newsweek, 8/7/24, "Tim Walz's Comments on China...")
August 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Still can't get over this picture of #TimWalz and the #DalaiLama (Newsweek, 8/7/24, "Tim Walz's Comments on China...")
Hey, I have a personal essay out in the latest issue of Calyx! It's about my grandmother's experience working as a rehearsal pianist with Sergei Prokofiev, and the crossroads it led her to. Order here: www.calyxpress.org/shop/34-2/ or listen to the essay here: www.calyxpress.org/playing-for-...
May 18, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Hey, I have a personal essay out in the latest issue of Calyx! It's about my grandmother's experience working as a rehearsal pianist with Sergei Prokofiev, and the crossroads it led her to. Order here: www.calyxpress.org/shop/34-2/ or listen to the essay here: www.calyxpress.org/playing-for-...
Top ten movies about the multiverse, by physicist/author @phalpern.bsky.social:
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January 19, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Top ten movies about the multiverse, by physicist/author @phalpern.bsky.social:
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