Riley Passmore
@rdpassmore.bsky.social
Award-Winning SFFH & CNF writer. Creator of RHENGE 5E for Black Marble Games. Words in Swamp Ape Review, Small World City, Barnstorm Journal, Five on the Fifth, and others. Clarion 2025 alumnus. He/Him.
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Riley Passmore
@rdpassmore.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Saturday Night Inkheads — Small World City — Issue 06
A space for the otherworldly, the alternate, and the not yet // Small World City is a Dhaka-based quarterly literary magazine focused on speculative fiction
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Woke up to a ton of new followers, so...hey there! I'm Riley. I write Weird fiction (and CNF, too). I'm about finished with my first short story collection, and hope to be on sub in Jan. If you're a fan of SF, F, & H, give me a follow!
Here's my most recent pub: smallworldcity.com/Saturday-Nig...
Here's my most recent pub: smallworldcity.com/Saturday-Nig...
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Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
Going to Clarion this summer!!! 🥳🥳🥳
April 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Going to Clarion this summer!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Coming back to BlueSky with a poem:
April 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Coming back to BlueSky with a poem:
The research for my next project has officially begun! This time: a novel.
April 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The research for my next project has officially begun! This time: a novel.
Just got my Swamp Ape Review contributor's copy! Deeply honored to be the recipient of the 2025 Justin Waldron Memorial Prize for Innovative Prose. An incredible issue!
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just got my Swamp Ape Review contributor's copy! Deeply honored to be the recipient of the 2025 Justin Waldron Memorial Prize for Innovative Prose. An incredible issue!
Man, fighting these things in a boiling hot, climate-collapsed North American wasteland is gonna SUCK.
youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
Walk, Run, Crawl, RL Fun | Boston Dynamics
YouTube video by Boston Dynamics
youtu.be
March 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Man, fighting these things in a boiling hot, climate-collapsed North American wasteland is gonna SUCK.
youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
Just finished the latest episode and Severance and...I am not going to sleep very well tonight.
February 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Just finished the latest episode and Severance and...I am not going to sleep very well tonight.
Doing some research for my next project and...guys, I have some bad news.
February 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Doing some research for my next project and...guys, I have some bad news.
Rebel Ridge was fantastic! I'm not normally a crime/thriller fan, but the plot avoided the whole "wronged guy kills all who wronged him" trope really well.
February 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Rebel Ridge was fantastic! I'm not normally a crime/thriller fan, but the plot avoided the whole "wronged guy kills all who wronged him" trope really well.
The Gorge: A cool as hell concept, but a terribly lit movie. I'm watching this thing with a flashlight.
February 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Gorge: A cool as hell concept, but a terribly lit movie. I'm watching this thing with a flashlight.
Incredible!
Severance fanart: Tabletop Team-Building Day at Macrodata Refinement! #severance
February 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Incredible!
When your short story collection gets two rejections in a day:
February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When your short story collection gets two rejections in a day:
Feeling fancy this afternoon.
February 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Feeling fancy this afternoon.
When you're a writer and Google rubs it in.
February 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When you're a writer and Google rubs it in.
Hey, folks. I'm trying to find a horror novel. I think it's indie? It's about a group of friends who go hiking, but one of them turns out to be an imposter? I think it came out last year. Any help?
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hey, folks. I'm trying to find a horror novel. I think it's indie? It's about a group of friends who go hiking, but one of them turns out to be an imposter? I think it came out last year. Any help?
Every single word must be written with intention. Every. Single. One.
Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Every single word must be written with intention. Every. Single. One.
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Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
"Poem with No Speaker" by Frank Stanford.
January 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Poem with No Speaker" by Frank Stanford.
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Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Hexagon Hiatus
I have edited 19 (soon to be 20) issues of my favourite magazine of all time, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now). I started Hexagon as a project to gain editing experience and to improve my own…
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January 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Started binge watching Shogun on Hulu. It's fantastic! I can't believe I missed this one.
January 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Started binge watching Shogun on Hulu. It's fantastic! I can't believe I missed this one.
Disgusting and vile.
January 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Disgusting and vile.
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Aw, wow. David Lynch has left us. What a vision, what a powerhouse. I'll never forget his Twin Peaks, his Dune.
January 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Aw, wow. David Lynch has left us. What a vision, what a powerhouse. I'll never forget his Twin Peaks, his Dune.
Look, man. I don't know what it means, but I don't need to. All I know is, this song and this video is gonna live rent free in my head for the next one hundred years.
youtu.be/mRNtw_Tc1Jc?...
youtu.be/mRNtw_Tc1Jc?...
The Shoebody Bop
YouTube video by Drue Langlois
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January 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Look, man. I don't know what it means, but I don't need to. All I know is, this song and this video is gonna live rent free in my head for the next one hundred years.
youtu.be/mRNtw_Tc1Jc?...
youtu.be/mRNtw_Tc1Jc?...
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Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.