Mike McClelland

Lula's victory in Brazil means a lot to a ton of people in the country, including transgender people. So when Lula won, it was a major moment of celebration when he turned to kiss a popular transgender lawmaker on the cheek. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I have a new micro fiction story in @havehashad.com! grateful to @aaronburch.bsky.social for my 8th 💀 & you for reading ♡ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

I second this AND @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social I need a monster on my copy!!!! 🤣😍

So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.

9/3/66: Agnès Varda's The Creatures w/Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli Coolly received, but note: @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... @magicmikewrites.bsky.social: spectrumculture.com/2019/07/11/o... [Bonus - Much more on Agnes from us: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u...

Omg it’s like all my depressive episodes are having a slumber party

Returned to Twitter to follow the French Open - found horrors at every turn. F-slurs, bots galore, incel tea parties, tea party incels, and my ex-boyfriend is now a pectoral influencer (!?!?!) whose nipples have gone viral. Will it just keep getting weirder til it pops? (Twitter, not the pecs)

The news about Trump’s $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund has left me absolutely ENRAGED! So I made some art about it. Here are some ideas for other places where we could put that money to much better use. Click the link to read the whole comic! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/trumps-18-...

There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

I love this book! Dig your teeth in!

the thing of "trans people just pushed too hard on the sports stuff" is so ahistorical that it makes me mad, when did you hear about trans sports before 2020 outside of the occasinoal human interest story on it

"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

I'm sorry for anyone asking how I am lately, because I'm being honest.

Delighted to be in this list : “15 must-read queer books to kick off your summer stack” www.queerty.com/15-must-read...

ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the 2026 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers! Two recipients will receive $500 each to help incubate their future creative endeavors. Deadline: July 31st, 2026. More: alocasia.org/alocasias-mi...

"When the mailboxes started appearing all over town—the ones in which you could send letters to your dead that they’d be able to receive and read—we all regarded it as something dangerous." 📬 Find @anniejowrites.bsky.social's haunting story in The Bulb Region today. bulbregion.com/Unsent-Love-...

Comments here are glorious!

I finally get to announce my second novel will come out next spring! 🎉

If anyone is capable of picking up the mantle left behind by David Lynch, I’m certain that Jane Schoenbrun could do it.

Our next Chicago Writers Showcase reader is C. Russell Price reading from their new poetry collection BISQUICK: AN AMERICAN SEANCE (Northwestern University Press).They are a Poet in Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center and work with the Anarchist Review of Books 🧵 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It’s her day

Couldn't be more excited to get to share that @amystuber.com's Short Story, Long story, "Swans," was selected for The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026! This was not only one of my fave stories I published last year, but one of my fave stories of the year, period. Congrats, Amy!!

happy star wars day to this tweet in particular

Agree 700%

The latest issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE is here, and with it, new writing prompts for our subscribers. Find inspiration in poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction from @subhaga.bsky.social, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social, and @magicmikewrites.bsky.social.

I joined @jacklegpress.bsky.social to bring books like Clark's out--essential, unique voices that push the limits of what the literary and the speculative could do. Just super proud of Clark & if you have not bought a copy of EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE now's your chance. bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

1. In a draconian new policy, Texas Tech is banning writing about LGBTQ+ topics. The ban is the first don't say gay or trans policy to apply to students themselves. It applies to any thesis/dissertation moving forward. They are using AI to scan everything. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Gift article! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Pairs well with this delightful story by @magicmikewrites.bsky.social ! Greenland sharks are amazing grist.org/climate-fict...

I wrote about how Heated Rivalry is just the latest case of how publishers, with all their data, are still not able to predict what will be the next sensation. lithub.com/get-ready-fo...

This weekend, we hunker down. Next weekend, we gather. Central IL, join us for Lions in Winter at EIU. thekeep.eiu.edu/lionsinwinte...

Not sure if Mike is on here. But so excited to have him on the team. His weird books are a perfect fit for me!!!!!

Dr. Mike McClelland is newly represented by @helenlane.bsky.social - thriller lovers, this is one for you! Read more: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/dr-mike...

maybe the 6 month old they tear gassed was driving right at them, maybe think about that before you pass judgement