B. Morris Allen

Updated links! For newcomers: I'm a #sciencefiction and #fantasy #writer - mostly short stories, but also a dark SF novella (The Speed of Winter) and a dark fantasy novel (Susurrus). I'm behind @metaphorosis.com - anthologies and magazine. I'm also a long-time #vegan living on the #OregonCoast. .

Watching a low-budget space show, and it's okay, but evidently they passed entirely on the science. 1. Turn off the engines, the ship stops dead. 2. There's a deadly toxin similar to LSD that's smaller than a water molecule. 3. Traveling from Earth to Proxima Centauri, they ... pass moons and stars.

Elizabeth and I had so much fun talking with Suzanne Willis and B. Morris Allen about their upcoming collaborative novel. They put it all together in a really creative way, and it sounds amazing. I can't wait to buy it. @bmorrisallen.com @eeking.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lumm...

It's me and Suzanne Willis, talking about an exciting anthology due in December. There's an epic quest in the background, but this book is about the ordinary people - the chandlers and hedge witches and launderers - whose lives the quest passes through. Pre-order here! bookshop.org/p/books/vesp...

In addition to AI's other problems, it's disheartening that I now get more e-mail from #AI scammers and spammers than from readers and fans.

Got my #ballot Friday, #voted and had the Post Office date stamp it the same day. Not taking chances, though it's a shame I have to think this way.

Here I've published anywhere between 13 and 113 anthologies and only learned this today. Just a natural botanist, I guess.

An anthology is literally a “flower collection” or a “gathering of flowers.” The Greek anthologia is made of anther “flower” and logia, here meaning “collection” or “gathering.” In Greek it was a word for a collection of poems and aphorisms, used metaphorically…

I used to be both an attorney and a lawyer, and frankly I doubt I could have told you the difference between the two terms. Zacharia may not have been a good press secretary (there's only one briefing to go on), but being fired for carelessness with those two terms is ridiculous.

When I despair at the dearth of protest singers today, I remember #Eliza Gilkyson. folkalley.com/song-premier...

Interesting summary of how US 1st and 2nd amendment decisions have changed in the Supreme Court over the last 20 years. @scotusblog.com share.google/7mpdY0HNpTNx...

As expected, had a good time at a Carrie Newcomer concert last night. Plus, it gave me (read, I stole) the title for a story I've been planning. Apparently, she and I were inspired by the same thing - the movement of birds - for her upcoming album Murmurations.

New indie book review - Vesperil: In the Last Days of the Blight from @metaphorosis.com jlgeorge.beehiiv.com/p/indie-book...

I've got an extra ticket for Carrie Newcomer in #Portland this Saturday. DM me if interested. I can send you a PDF - you don't have to sit with me. :-) www.bandsintown.com/e/107904721

Just finished the first rough draft of a novella ("Dead Letter") inspired in part by a @robwords.com episode. But with aliens. Bring back thorn! þ

Hello fellow humans, this is your reminder that I run a FREE quarterly newsletter for upcoming SFFH books published by small presses. The next one drops in two weeks, so don't forget to: - Subscribe to get it directly in your inbox! - Submit your (eligible) upcoming books so I don't miss a release.

Just a few hours left to get this bundle!

A Proposal on Naming The Democratic Socialists of America have had recent success acknowledging that the US is, in fact, a #socialist country. I propose that the US far right take notice and be equally forthright in taking the name Republican Fascists of America. /s

Are you a #vegan #SFF author? Please consider joining a new discussion group at groups.io/g/vegan-sff. Just click the blue 'Apply for membership' button and answer the automatic response. Look forward to seeing you there!

How long until this government requires estrogen screening to make sure that mothers are 'womanly' enough to raise children? New testosterone screening rules share.google/B6VzwncSYF5o...

As someone who spent 30 years advising foreign governments on how to fight #corruption, it's eminently doable (and the US already did it once). But one of the most important requirements is commitment at the top. And once you slip, it takes a long time to get back up. www.axios.com/2026/09/02/g...

Why are witches and wizards the way they are? I'm reading through the books in this bundle, and there are a bunch of origin stories, including my own novel about how an evil sorceress got that way. The bundle of $5/3 books or $30/19 is still available for another couple of weeks. Take a look!

Vesperil is now available to #reviewers on #NetGalley through the end of September! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

A little more visual flair to point people to our store, the EMPORIUM. Might be a bit too hectic, but I don't care!

My village has little free libraries, little free art galleries, etc. But this is my absolute favorite:

My latest story, "Dream Your Own Dragon" is out in the latest @trollbreathmag.bsky.social! If you're open to a bit of unabashed sentimentality (with dragons), take a look. magazine.trollbreath.com

In other news, apparently the 2026-2027 Covid vaccine is now suddenly available, so I've booked my shot for later this week.

Donating to The Imagination Library is good way to pay your respects to Dolly Parton. imaginationlibrary.com

RIP Dolly Parton, who seems to have been a genuinely good (and very talented) person. youtu.be/vuAu_ZtyQdA?...

Have more time to focus now that it's the weekend? Check out this story bundle. I know, I'm going on about it, but I'm excited!

Now that we have the SFWA directory back, I've decided to start working my way through alphabetically, 'friending' people I've worked with. a) feel free to say no if you define 'friend' more intimately. No offense taken b) feel free to 'friend' me first!

We are now working on building out our submission portal to be ideal for writing contests. So if you've participated in contests as a writer, judge, or host, let me know what your biggest pet peeves are, your favorite features, or things you'd like to see!

Bundle pricing is now available on the Emporium. Buy 3 items (print or digital) get 15% off, buy 5 and get 25% off. Paid subscribers of Foofaraw get an additional 10% on top as well. This will be even more useful when we bring on other mags and publishers soon! store.foofaraw.press

My dark fantasy novel Susurrus is in this, along with a bunch of other great stuff. Check it out!

Check it out #booklovers it's a #book bundle of #fantasy by @sfwa.bsky.social authors! #sff 📚🪐 #readers

Storybundle! My dark fantasy novel Susurrus is in SFWA's Wizards, Warlocks, and Soothsayers StoryBundle out today and for the next 4 weeks! 20 books for $30!

Storybundle! My dark fantasy novel Susurrus is in SFWA's Wizards, Warlocks, and Soothsayers StoryBundle out today and for the next 4 weeks! 20 books for $30!

Interesting interview with Jason Chen about @storybundle.bsky.social No, I'm not just bringing this up randomly... blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ja...

There are some drawbacks to where I live, but today's afternoon walk was T-shirt weather, a pod of whales spouting, a graceful line of pelicans, a cormorant fishing in the surf, a blue heron sleeping in the wetlands, lots of sand for the dog to dig in, etc. #OregonCoast

I just got my copies of this beauty. (Bought three copies because I have no shame. Guess what my sis and dad are getting for their birthdays? Don't worry! It's not the WHOLE present.) Thank you @bmorrisallen.com for his exceptional editorial advice. Acquired Tastes is out in the world!

One of my favorites of my stories is back! In Lorelei Signal now! www.loreleisignal.com/dragons-i-ha...

Coming in August! TRUNK: stories that took the long way A collection of stories that almost didn't make it.

John Gorka fan in Portland tomorrow? It's possible I'll have an extra ticket. DM me.

I'm finally watching #GameOfThrones, long after reading the books. The showrunners seem to use leaders watching violent blood sports on namedays as shorthand for self-centered, out-of-touch autocrats, and I can't disagree. Apropos of nothing at all going on at the White House today.

Several people have asked me recently why Analog/Asimov's/F&SF/Ellery Queen/Alfred Hitchcock still don't have Submission Grinder listings again, because the communications from SFWA on the subject have been so positive. So I thought it might be worth addressing this briefly.

My latest story "In the Thick of Time" will be out on Friday in A Great Big Fuss, @foofarawpress.bsky.social's 2025 anthology. foofaraw.press/a-great-big-...

I'm somehow always surprised to see a heron in a tree, but we just discovered a very small (2 nest rookery) near us. The babies look either (young) like faintly iridescent dragons or (older) like grumpy vultures.