Mike Piero 🏳️🌈
Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Repped by Mark Gottlieb @ Trident. Fiction and poetry have appeared in J Journal, Midway Journal, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, and Oak Tree Journal. More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. 🩷💜💙
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- My mom and I on #mothersday this year. We’ve never been out to eat together, as she only has 30-60 minutes of energy to chat a day due to her #CFS / #CFSME, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (much more than “just” being tired). She’s at the extreme end of the spectrum—homebound. Research very underfunded.
- That awkward moment when your Health and Human Services Secretary starts taking advice from George Carlin to bathe in raw sewage. You think RFK thinks it’ll prevent polio? News story: www.seattletimes.com/nation-world... #rfk #georgecarlin #politics #health #comedy youtu.be/gst-mBlFb8E?...
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- “I didn’t budget for social activities this month.” —Vork 😂
- Driving #highered innovation in teaching and learning since 2011. Happy end-of-term to all #professors and #teachers out there! Enjoy some well-deserved rest! #Iykyk #AI #A1 #education #academicsky
- Weekly #cat pic fix! This is how I feel when I get an email that an internal grant was approved, but some changes to the #paperwork are needed, changes described with such brazen ambiguity that no one can discern what changes are needed. 🙃 Off to read some #Kafka. #cats #catsky #catsofsky
- Received 3 short #fiction #rejection emails today. Still a good day. 🙃 Keep writing! Keep submitting! #writing #writingcommunity #writerslife #writersky
- Grateful to @patrickhickeyjr.bsky.social of Legacy Comix for this generous review of my and @burnedprof.bsky.social’s edited collection w/ McFarland, Being Dragonborn: Critical Essays on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Check it out! #gamestudies #culturalstudies www.instagram.com/reel/DJWu5Bw...
- I feel as though I’ve lived several lifetimes, all quite distinct. Through all of it though, the one constant has been #writing. Reading and writing; especially writing. The work hasn’t always been pretty or polished, but it’s always been me. #writingcommunity #writers #writesky Photo: Hocking Hills
- Feeling good—managed to #write 2k words today, finishing a draft of a new #wip #shortstory. 1st line: “Richie still smoked filtered cigarettes, drank milk from the carton, and hung out at Risko’s for drinks with the guys after his shift at the elementary school.” #writingcommunity #writesky
- Woke up early today, #coffee in hand, to work on a new, currently untitled short story of two diverging paths of a middle-aged man’s life, both stories told simultaneously. 1/2 way thru draft. Do you write #story titles first or last? #writesky #writingcommunity #writers #fiction #writingroutine
- Working on a new story that tells two narratives at the same time on a page, voices demarcated by a horizontal line. Think: Josipovici’s “Mobius the Stripper” or Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year. Anyone know of any #litjournals who might be interested, especially given formatting challenges? #writesky
- Photo of frozen Lake Erie at the end of my street. Not today—it’s 47 and raining. #Ohio #LakeErie #photography #random
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- An old #Skyrim mod, but if you’re following #Ohio #politics, this checks out—couldn’t have captured the feeling of living in this state any better, especially as an #educator and #professor in Ohio. Even more so under #OHSB1. #humor #videogames #oblivion #oblivionremastered youtu.be/jsWBRJ0SUEo?...
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- I attended a #funeral yesterday for my partner’s grandma, 98. RIP, Helen. My story, “The Pearl,” came to mind, which I wrote when my own grandma died. Appeared in inaugural issue of Oak Tree Journal, run by EGCC students. Check it out here: oaktreejournal.com/wp-content/u... #fiction #queerlit
- That feeling when the semester is coming to a close. 😁 Your weekly #cat pic! This is Lyra—she’s full of #carefree energy. #academicsky #college #cats #catsofsky #catlovers
- So honored to receive this glowing endorsement from author, doctor, lawyer, and all-around amazing human being Jacob M. Appel of my debut novel, Rogue Burnout! #grateful Read more (including his full endorsement) and sign up for updates here: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro... #booksky #fiction #writer
- Adopted a #pangolin tonight (symbolically—no pangolin roams around the house). I wonder what tastes better for a pangolin—ants or termites. 🤔 Enjoyed watching the Netflix documentary, Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey. Check out trailer: youtu.be/4s0uSmECs50?... gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/...
- Who wants to be my 1000th follower? Lovin’ #Bluesky — been here only 9 days and have found so many friends, colleagues, new writers! Thanks for making me feel welcome here! 💙
- Oh, hell yeah... Sent two #poems your way, @tacobellquarterly.org! Thanks for satisfying our cravings for tacos and fine literature! #publishmedaddy TBQ Merch store: tbq.creator-spring.com @tacobell.bsky.social: Stay strong defending #DEI! #poetry
- Debut novel, ROGUE BURNOUT, repped by Mark Gottlieb at Trident (@tridentmediagroup.bsky.social). 24 yo Pan drops out of college to play #esports, but after a series of losses, his team must win their tournament in Chicago. Then he falls in LOVE. 🏳️🌈 More here: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
- Can’t wait to read Jacob Appel’s new story collection—one of my favorite contemporary authors! Pre-order now! #fiction #shortstories #shortfiction #booksky
- Life is tough, especially right now. Find your people. Surround yourself with caring, non-judgmental folks. Fight like hell but also take time to care for yourself. Adopt a #cat. Photo: Lyra and Pooka #cats #catsky #animals #inspiration
- Don Julio should offer a writing residence fellowship at one of their tequila distillery, La Primavera, in the Jaliscan Highlands. I’d apply. Help cultivate agave. Do some writing. Share a glass with new friends. #lifegoals #tequila #writingcommunity
- New #Substack post on tips for students for using AI ethically to support college reading and writing. First post in the series. How are you using AI--or not--in your courses or writing? Subscribe for free! #AI #AIpedagogy #collegewriting #generativeAI open.substack.com/pub/mikepier...
- Woke up today to the sound of birds chirping outside my bedroom, a sound that nearly made me forget (very briefly) that we’re living in early stage #fascism in the US. I thought of this #poem published in 2023 in Midway Journal. “Dragon Blood Tears” #poetry open.substack.com/pub/mikepier...
- Reposted by Mike Piero 🏳️🌈PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
