Scott Michael Powers
@scottfist.bsky.social
Indie author, retired journalist, lucky husband, proud father, Reds & Spurs fan, rocker, Florida man, lover of both fiction and facts, knower of the difference, unindicted co-conspirator. My latest great American novel: THE MURDER PLAGUE, on Amazon.
Headline today on an ESPN news story:
'New integrity crisis': Congress seeks MLB answers on betting
Also today, an invitation I received from the Cincinnati Reds:
'New integrity crisis': Congress seeks MLB answers on betting
Also today, an invitation I received from the Cincinnati Reds:
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Headline today on an ESPN news story:
'New integrity crisis': Congress seeks MLB answers on betting
Also today, an invitation I received from the Cincinnati Reds:
'New integrity crisis': Congress seeks MLB answers on betting
Also today, an invitation I received from the Cincinnati Reds:
Who had Joyce Carol Oates V. Elon Musk as the fight for our times?
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Who had Joyce Carol Oates V. Elon Musk as the fight for our times?
Hard to describe the grief one feels at the loss of a beloved… pressure washer. We’ve been together a long time. But today she quit spraying. I took her in, but my guy said her pump is shot and, well, she’s just old. No point in prolonging. Move on, he urged. Trying.
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hard to describe the grief one feels at the loss of a beloved… pressure washer. We’ve been together a long time. But today she quit spraying. I took her in, but my guy said her pump is shot and, well, she’s just old. No point in prolonging. Move on, he urged. Trying.
NBA Commish Adam Silver: “I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.”
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NBA Commish Adam Silver: “I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.”
Talk about AI craziness!
W/ my latest short story newly published online, I Googled the title to see if and how the published story is showing up in Google.
I got this hit labeled "AI Overview" ... it appears to be AI-generated speculation about my story. It is all wrong.
Wait? What? Why?
W/ my latest short story newly published online, I Googled the title to see if and how the published story is showing up in Google.
I got this hit labeled "AI Overview" ... it appears to be AI-generated speculation about my story. It is all wrong.
Wait? What? Why?
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Talk about AI craziness!
W/ my latest short story newly published online, I Googled the title to see if and how the published story is showing up in Google.
I got this hit labeled "AI Overview" ... it appears to be AI-generated speculation about my story. It is all wrong.
Wait? What? Why?
W/ my latest short story newly published online, I Googled the title to see if and how the published story is showing up in Google.
I got this hit labeled "AI Overview" ... it appears to be AI-generated speculation about my story. It is all wrong.
Wait? What? Why?
Attn: #writingcommunity. Here's another dubious marketer usurping the name of a well-known book brand, in order to hit on #indieauthors. This is not @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social. I wrote earlier about a similar charlatan using the name Barnes & Noble.(scottmichaelpowers.com/barnes-noble...) Beware!
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Attn: #writingcommunity. Here's another dubious marketer usurping the name of a well-known book brand, in order to hit on #indieauthors. This is not @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social. I wrote earlier about a similar charlatan using the name Barnes & Noble.(scottmichaelpowers.com/barnes-noble...) Beware!
Connie & I attended our 1st No Kings rally today in Orlando. Big crowd. Great day. Lively. Peaceful. Inspiring. Fun.
2 criticisms:
“No Kings” is a dumb slogan.
Libs/Dems/Anti-MAGAs/general opposition need to focus. Any & every progressive cause means something in the platform to turn off everyone.
2 criticisms:
“No Kings” is a dumb slogan.
Libs/Dems/Anti-MAGAs/general opposition need to focus. Any & every progressive cause means something in the platform to turn off everyone.
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Connie & I attended our 1st No Kings rally today in Orlando. Big crowd. Great day. Lively. Peaceful. Inspiring. Fun.
2 criticisms:
“No Kings” is a dumb slogan.
Libs/Dems/Anti-MAGAs/general opposition need to focus. Any & every progressive cause means something in the platform to turn off everyone.
2 criticisms:
“No Kings” is a dumb slogan.
Libs/Dems/Anti-MAGAs/general opposition need to focus. Any & every progressive cause means something in the platform to turn off everyone.
Repeating the only advice I ever give other writers: Please, REGISTER YOUR COPYRIGHT as soon as your manuscript is done, before publication.
Via Dave Chesson @Kindlepreneur, the landmark, $1.5B Anthropic AI piracy lawsuit settlement says ONLY authors holding registered copyrights may collect.
Via Dave Chesson @Kindlepreneur, the landmark, $1.5B Anthropic AI piracy lawsuit settlement says ONLY authors holding registered copyrights may collect.
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Repeating the only advice I ever give other writers: Please, REGISTER YOUR COPYRIGHT as soon as your manuscript is done, before publication.
Via Dave Chesson @Kindlepreneur, the landmark, $1.5B Anthropic AI piracy lawsuit settlement says ONLY authors holding registered copyrights may collect.
Via Dave Chesson @Kindlepreneur, the landmark, $1.5B Anthropic AI piracy lawsuit settlement says ONLY authors holding registered copyrights may collect.
My first purchase to commemorate Banned Books Week: "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, purchased from The Writers' Block Bookstore in Winter Park, Fla.
Commemorate Banned Books Week. Go to a bookstore. Ask them about banned books. Buy one. Post on social media.
Commemorate Banned Books Week. Go to a bookstore. Ask them about banned books. Buy one. Post on social media.
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My first purchase to commemorate Banned Books Week: "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, purchased from The Writers' Block Bookstore in Winter Park, Fla.
Commemorate Banned Books Week. Go to a bookstore. Ask them about banned books. Buy one. Post on social media.
Commemorate Banned Books Week. Go to a bookstore. Ask them about banned books. Buy one. Post on social media.
Tonight’s sunset in my Orlando neighborhood.
Never waste a beautiful sunset.
Never waste a beautiful sunset.
September 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Tonight’s sunset in my Orlando neighborhood.
Never waste a beautiful sunset.
Never waste a beautiful sunset.
I prefer the label FORBIDDEN BOOKS ... Thank you.
September 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I prefer the label FORBIDDEN BOOKS ... Thank you.
Just finished—and submitted for copyright registration—my latest short story, "Arlene The White Oak Tree." This one is magical realism flash fiction. Arlene escapes a bad marriage and a crappy life by turning into a tree.
Available now to some really cool journal.
Available now to some really cool journal.
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Just finished—and submitted for copyright registration—my latest short story, "Arlene The White Oak Tree." This one is magical realism flash fiction. Arlene escapes a bad marriage and a crappy life by turning into a tree.
Available now to some really cool journal.
Available now to some really cool journal.
In an act of absolute cowardice, and a total refutal of Orlando's needed gesture of love and unity: Because Gov. Ron DeSanctimonious can't stand gay people, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, Florida DOT painted over the rainbow crosswalk leading to the memorial for 49 people massacred at Pulse nightclub.
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In an act of absolute cowardice, and a total refutal of Orlando's needed gesture of love and unity: Because Gov. Ron DeSanctimonious can't stand gay people, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, Florida DOT painted over the rainbow crosswalk leading to the memorial for 49 people massacred at Pulse nightclub.
Here I present evidence that either, A) Hollywood doesn’t make excellent, entertaining films like it used to, or B) I’m well into the grumpy-old-man phase of life now.
There is not one movie on this list that I would pay money to go see a second time.
There is not one movie on this list that I would pay money to go see a second time.
July 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Here I present evidence that either, A) Hollywood doesn’t make excellent, entertaining films like it used to, or B) I’m well into the grumpy-old-man phase of life now.
There is not one movie on this list that I would pay money to go see a second time.
There is not one movie on this list that I would pay money to go see a second time.
My All-Star Game ballot. Only 1 Yankee? 3 Dodgers? 2 Rays? No Mets or Phillies?
Discuss.
Debate.
Discuss.
Debate.
June 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My All-Star Game ballot. Only 1 Yankee? 3 Dodgers? 2 Rays? No Mets or Phillies?
Discuss.
Debate.
Discuss.
Debate.
Since I never pursue AI, my only experiences are when AI pursues me, as w/ streaming service algorithms offering options it says I might like. These are 90% wrong (w/ the exceptions akin to blind squirrels finding nuts.) We're supposed to trust decision-making to such inept entities?
May 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Since I never pursue AI, my only experiences are when AI pursues me, as w/ streaming service algorithms offering options it says I might like. These are 90% wrong (w/ the exceptions akin to blind squirrels finding nuts.) We're supposed to trust decision-making to such inept entities?
I opined here that a stick shift makes driving more fun. That’s all.
I didn’t expect, yet received, several stern rebuttals saying, in various ways, that driving is so difficult and dangerous that it shouldn’t ever be fun.
Who saw this as a socially divisive issue?
Are people really so miserable?
I didn’t expect, yet received, several stern rebuttals saying, in various ways, that driving is so difficult and dangerous that it shouldn’t ever be fun.
Who saw this as a socially divisive issue?
Are people really so miserable?
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I opined here that a stick shift makes driving more fun. That’s all.
I didn’t expect, yet received, several stern rebuttals saying, in various ways, that driving is so difficult and dangerous that it shouldn’t ever be fun.
Who saw this as a socially divisive issue?
Are people really so miserable?
I didn’t expect, yet received, several stern rebuttals saying, in various ways, that driving is so difficult and dangerous that it shouldn’t ever be fun.
Who saw this as a socially divisive issue?
Are people really so miserable?
My new short story, available for digital download from Amazon, is currently #15 in Amazon's Best Sellers in Humorous Dark Comedy!
I know that's just a 1-day snapshot, and a limited category. But that's all dark comedy, regardless of length.
So yeah! Have a sip of drink-of-your-choice. Thanks.
I know that's just a 1-day snapshot, and a limited category. But that's all dark comedy, regardless of length.
So yeah! Have a sip of drink-of-your-choice. Thanks.
May 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My new short story, available for digital download from Amazon, is currently #15 in Amazon's Best Sellers in Humorous Dark Comedy!
I know that's just a 1-day snapshot, and a limited category. But that's all dark comedy, regardless of length.
So yeah! Have a sip of drink-of-your-choice. Thanks.
I know that's just a 1-day snapshot, and a limited category. But that's all dark comedy, regardless of length.
So yeah! Have a sip of drink-of-your-choice. Thanks.
Happy May Day all!
Now, for therapy, go read Harry Crews CELEBRATION and have a good laugh to spite it all.
Now, for therapy, go read Harry Crews CELEBRATION and have a good laugh to spite it all.
May 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Happy May Day all!
Now, for therapy, go read Harry Crews CELEBRATION and have a good laugh to spite it all.
Now, for therapy, go read Harry Crews CELEBRATION and have a good laugh to spite it all.
COVER REVEAL:
My new short story book "Versipellis Nemora" publishes May 9 as part of THE LIGHT FANTASTIC 2 collection of humorous speculative fiction short stories.
Mine is the story of a secret retirement home for werewolves. Everything's going swell until someone rats the place out to the state.
My new short story book "Versipellis Nemora" publishes May 9 as part of THE LIGHT FANTASTIC 2 collection of humorous speculative fiction short stories.
Mine is the story of a secret retirement home for werewolves. Everything's going swell until someone rats the place out to the state.
April 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
COVER REVEAL:
My new short story book "Versipellis Nemora" publishes May 9 as part of THE LIGHT FANTASTIC 2 collection of humorous speculative fiction short stories.
Mine is the story of a secret retirement home for werewolves. Everything's going swell until someone rats the place out to the state.
My new short story book "Versipellis Nemora" publishes May 9 as part of THE LIGHT FANTASTIC 2 collection of humorous speculative fiction short stories.
Mine is the story of a secret retirement home for werewolves. Everything's going swell until someone rats the place out to the state.
Attention #writingcommunity, #indieauthors: Someone going by the name Barnes & Noble Publishing House is advertising for our business. They are not the real Barnes & Noble, nor connected in any way. Smells bad to me. I’ve alerted the real @barnesandnoble.com and WriterBeware.
April 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Attention #writingcommunity, #indieauthors: Someone going by the name Barnes & Noble Publishing House is advertising for our business. They are not the real Barnes & Noble, nor connected in any way. Smells bad to me. I’ve alerted the real @barnesandnoble.com and WriterBeware.
Sometimes I pull an old book for a reread. Up now is ON THE ROAD. Back in college, I wrote notes in the margin. One: “Why does this paragraph really bother me?” Was my 21-y-o self asking that question of my 65-y-o self? If so, beats me. The graph doesn’t bother me at all now. Am I wiser or dumber?
April 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Sometimes I pull an old book for a reread. Up now is ON THE ROAD. Back in college, I wrote notes in the margin. One: “Why does this paragraph really bother me?” Was my 21-y-o self asking that question of my 65-y-o self? If so, beats me. The graph doesn’t bother me at all now. Am I wiser or dumber?
40 years ago today we learned about the greatest baseball pitcher who never played, the New York Mets mysterious, mystical phenom Sidd Finch, with his 168 MPH fastball. That's right, 168 MPH.
www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/...
www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/...
April 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
40 years ago today we learned about the greatest baseball pitcher who never played, the New York Mets mysterious, mystical phenom Sidd Finch, with his 168 MPH fastball. That's right, 168 MPH.
www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/...
www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/...
Hope
Springs
Eternal.
Springs
Eternal.
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hope
Springs
Eternal.
Springs
Eternal.