Marshall Moore
@marshallsmoore.bsky.social
Southern (American) writer academic gay guy living in Cornwall (for now). Immigrant. Recovering publisher. NCSSM87. I write books and essays and things. Horror-adjacent. Neurodivergent. Had a very excellent cat until recently. Hello. 🏳️🌈🇭🇰
Did I see something somewhere about scammy emails being sent to writers, offering a profile in some bullshit periodical or other for a fee? One just landed in my trash folder. I deleted it, of course, but I wonder if a Nigerian prince actually wrote it while guarding my lotto winnings.
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Did I see something somewhere about scammy emails being sent to writers, offering a profile in some bullshit periodical or other for a fee? One just landed in my trash folder. I deleted it, of course, but I wonder if a Nigerian prince actually wrote it while guarding my lotto winnings.
Woke up to pounding next door. Not the fun kind, though. Saws and hammers. There’s a loft ladder replacement service van parked out front. Also have to drive down to Helston today. It’s pouring. So far Thursday is Thursdaying as hard as it can.
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Woke up to pounding next door. Not the fun kind, though. Saws and hammers. There’s a loft ladder replacement service van parked out front. Also have to drive down to Helston today. It’s pouring. So far Thursday is Thursdaying as hard as it can.
It’s official, y’all: I’ve been nominated for the Pushcart!
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's @pushcartprize.bsky.social nomination for nonfiction: “Metro, Metro” by Marshall Moore (@marshallsmoore.bsky.social)
Metro, Metro — Susurrus
www.susurrusthemagazine.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It’s official, y’all: I’ve been nominated for the Pushcart!
This is a very intelligent analysis of the sex scenes in Heated Rivalry. I had noticed these dynamics but not in the same level of detail. Perhaps I should watch the first three episodes again. Strictly for research purposes, of course.
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a very intelligent analysis of the sex scenes in Heated Rivalry. I had noticed these dynamics but not in the same level of detail. Perhaps I should watch the first three episodes again. Strictly for research purposes, of course.
Oh yay, this weather mess has a name now: Storm Bram. Apparently it’s mostly missed Cornwall and is pounding the shit out of Devon. But the sound of the rain on my conservatory roof keeps getting louder, so I’m thinking another couple of towels on the floor before I go to bed. 🌀
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh yay, this weather mess has a name now: Storm Bram. Apparently it’s mostly missed Cornwall and is pounding the shit out of Devon. But the sound of the rain on my conservatory roof keeps getting louder, so I’m thinking another couple of towels on the floor before I go to bed. 🌀
How are bare male torsos adult content?
December 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
How are bare male torsos adult content?
Some of the latest iOS updates suck balls. Who wanted or needed the alarm to be included with an overly complicated sleep monitor? And then some transparent Veil of Blackness showed up at 1030pm to remind me it was sleepy time? I keep ADHD vampire hours. I’m eating dinner at 1030, not going to bed.
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Some of the latest iOS updates suck balls. Who wanted or needed the alarm to be included with an overly complicated sleep monitor? And then some transparent Veil of Blackness showed up at 1030pm to remind me it was sleepy time? I keep ADHD vampire hours. I’m eating dinner at 1030, not going to bed.
This is wisdom.
Some fuck complained about the wonderful fucks in your book? Ignore them and go write some more fucks. You fucking got this.
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is wisdom.
Unimpressed with Revolut right now. ID verification failed due to tech glitch on their end. I’ve been in queue for support for 3 days now. Read that again: 3 DAYS. Good experiences previously, but this is how you lose customers. Are there any non-terrible banks in the UK? Recommendations?
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Unimpressed with Revolut right now. ID verification failed due to tech glitch on their end. I’ve been in queue for support for 3 days now. Read that again: 3 DAYS. Good experiences previously, but this is how you lose customers. Are there any non-terrible banks in the UK? Recommendations?
This is devastating. The whole time I lived there, I worried something like this could happen.
JUST IN: The number of people killed in Hong Kong’s devastating apartment complex fire has risen to 128. Officials warn that the number could rise. https://cnn.it/4pAjg6s
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is devastating. The whole time I lived there, I worried something like this could happen.
Winterville: continuity edit now that I’ve made an atlas to keep up with all the geography. I’ve cut dead wood I knew was there and had been reluctant to part with. Now it’s turning into the book I meant for it to be, at last. When you read something you wrote and are like “I wrote this?”, yeah. ☃️
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Winterville: continuity edit now that I’ve made an atlas to keep up with all the geography. I’ve cut dead wood I knew was there and had been reluctant to part with. Now it’s turning into the book I meant for it to be, at last. When you read something you wrote and are like “I wrote this?”, yeah. ☃️
Back to London and Worthing for the holidays. Suddenly this move thing is getting real. I’ll be using my time in Worthing to look for a flat or a house to rent until I can buy something. Which itself is a whole new layer of holy crap, I’m about to do that.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Back to London and Worthing for the holidays. Suddenly this move thing is getting real. I’ll be using my time in Worthing to look for a flat or a house to rent until I can buy something. Which itself is a whole new layer of holy crap, I’m about to do that.
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Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Portal Kitty Blanket. Cats are able to create portals at will, which explains why they are never in the room you expect them to be.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Is anyone else having WTAF vibes from Drag Race UK? I don’t remember the last time the contestant who so obviously lost, won.
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Is anyone else having WTAF vibes from Drag Race UK? I don’t remember the last time the contestant who so obviously lost, won.
It me. 🚊
"I had achieved a version of the erasure I was looking for: I was a skin color, a passport, a nationality. A lifelong inability to fit in ceases to matter in a place where you’re never going to fit in."
"Metro, Metro" by @marshallsmoore.bsky.social
"Metro, Metro" by @marshallsmoore.bsky.social
Metro, Metro — Susurrus
www.susurrusthemagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It me. 🚊
Oh thank fuck. I’m planning to move in a few months’ time, and one of the criteria I’ve been considering is whether the new place will be pet-friendly. I don’t currently have a cat, but I had already decided I wouldn’t choose a new place that forbade them. (Also, hard nope on street parking.) Yay!
Renters' Rights Bill becomes law
Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, a new law to give renters more rights was formally approved on Monday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, a new law to give renters more rights was formally approved on Monday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you
Sweeping new rules for renting in England receive royal assent - so what is changing?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Oh thank fuck. I’m planning to move in a few months’ time, and one of the criteria I’ve been considering is whether the new place will be pet-friendly. I don’t currently have a cat, but I had already decided I wouldn’t choose a new place that forbade them. (Also, hard nope on street parking.) Yay!
Queer Bluesky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I came out to myself once and for all at 18, although I’d known for much longer. I’m 55 now.
I came out to myself once and for all at 18, although I’d known for much longer. I’m 55 now.
Queer Bluesky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 37. I'm now 41.
I was 37. I'm now 41.
Queer BlueSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
15 and 38
15 and 38
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Queer Bluesky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I came out to myself once and for all at 18, although I’d known for much longer. I’m 55 now.
I came out to myself once and for all at 18, although I’d known for much longer. I’m 55 now.
This is actually exciting. New territory for me as a writer. I’ve always written one-off books. I used to want to write a sequel to my first novel, The Concrete Sky. I have a detailed synopsis and know the title. Of interest to some, Trebor Healey is the only other person who knows the details.
October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is actually exciting. New territory for me as a writer. I’ve always written one-off books. I used to want to write a sequel to my first novel, The Concrete Sky. I have a detailed synopsis and know the title. Of interest to some, Trebor Healey is the only other person who knows the details.
Just finished the first draft of Stillpoint, the new novel. Cranked out the last two chapters in a white heat and am kind of fried now.
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just finished the first draft of Stillpoint, the new novel. Cranked out the last two chapters in a white heat and am kind of fried now.
Reposted by Marshall Moore
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
www.motherjones.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.
If you haven’t watched Boots on Netflix, you probably should. Disclaimer: I’m a Marine brat and the same age as the author of the book the series is based on, and even though joining the military was never in the cards for me, there’s a lot that’s relatable in the story. It’s excellent.
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you haven’t watched Boots on Netflix, you probably should. Disclaimer: I’m a Marine brat and the same age as the author of the book the series is based on, and even though joining the military was never in the cards for me, there’s a lot that’s relatable in the story. It’s excellent.
I have started putting crabmeat in jambalaya instead of prawns and it’s as good as it sounds.
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I have started putting crabmeat in jambalaya instead of prawns and it’s as good as it sounds.
Probably two chapters and an epilogue away from finishing the new novel. Took the day off to read. As much fun as I’ve had with this thing, the ending is complex and I need to account for a number of moving parts. Also, I’m increasingly sure I know where I’m going with the next one, which helps.
October 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Probably two chapters and an epilogue away from finishing the new novel. Took the day off to read. As much fun as I’ve had with this thing, the ending is complex and I need to account for a number of moving parts. Also, I’m increasingly sure I know where I’m going with the next one, which helps.
Just watched the new Drag Race UK episode. Reminded of something I’ve been thinking for years: so many of the queens are entering the competition too soon. I had a bit of success in my late 20s and handled it badly. I’m still around, which is an accomplishment, but fame at an early age is corrosive.
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Just watched the new Drag Race UK episode. Reminded of something I’ve been thinking for years: so many of the queens are entering the competition too soon. I had a bit of success in my late 20s and handled it badly. I’m still around, which is an accomplishment, but fame at an early age is corrosive.