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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author

@mbaileywriter.bsky.social

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Independent author (superhero, fantasy, urban fantasy), stage combat director/instructor in the central MA area. Native Cape Codder. Shares a bed with one wife, two dogs, and three cats. He/him/his. https://innsmouthlook.com

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · Nov 19

Pinning this for folks who might be interested in my writing:

WEBSITE: innsmouthlook.com

AMAZON AUTHOR CENTRAL: www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/a...

You can order print editions through the website. I'll happily sign them, too!

InnsmouthLook.com

Your Home for Quality Snark Fiction by Michael C. Bailey

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 3h

Dear General Public: you wouldn't know how to put a story together if your lives depended on it. There's a reason why you're the audience and not a creator.

Also, don't click on the link and support this pandering bullshit.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 8h

🤡 (1/5)

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 3h

I'm going with Red Sonja: Consumed by @gailsimone.bsky.social. I tore through it in a few hours. Lots of fun, moments of earnest emotion, sly humor, and more than a little naughty.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 8h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 11h

Make Some Noise on Dropout.

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 11h

Watch this show. The first five minutes made me laugh hard enough to make my face hurt for the rest of the night.

Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 11h

have you heard?

Josh Ruben, Brennan Lee Mulligan, and Zac Oyama miming offering gifts. In each of their hands, text is overlaid that reads "MSN is back"

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 11h

If it makes you happy and doesn't cause you harm, it has value, so fuck this "coffee isn't important" bullshit.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12h

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 11h

Captain Planet in the 90s: the former.

Captain Planet if it was rebooted today: the latter.

exfauna @poisonjr.bsky.social · 1d

i like that in fiction, enemies of the environment are just like “i love pollution!!! YES!!! MUCK!! GOOP” instead of “We have a duty to our shareholders”

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 11h

Struzan was a modern master who illustrated a massive chunk of my childhood. RIP.

Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 12h

We’ve lost Drew Struzan. A modern master, who by all accounts was a humble, sweet, loving, dedicated man. His work influenced culture itself, & we’ll be seeing that influence until the end of the modern world. What a legacy. What a body of work. May he rest well, & may his memory be a blessing.

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 11h

Gavin Newsom is Trump's enemy, that doesn't mean he's your friend.

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 11h

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 13h

Weekly Update – October 14, 2025

On the writing front, I wrapped over the long weekend -- belated Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, by the way -- the first draft of a new project I'm keeping hush-hush for the moment, but it's one I've had tucked in the back of my head for quite a while now, so I'm…

Weekly Update – October 14, 2025

On the writing front, I wrapped over the long weekend -- belated Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, by the way -- the first draft of a new project I'm keeping hush-hush for the moment, but it's one I've had tucked in the back of my head for quite a while now, so I'm happy to finally be putting it to (metaphorical) paper.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 15h

We're heading toward the holiday shopping season, so remember to treat retail workers with kindness. It's not their fault that...

* Prices are up and inventories are down
* Other shoppers are in shitty moods
* You're stressed out because you waited until the last minute to go holiday shopping

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 15h

The hierarchy is:

No ads: Apple TV +
Ad-supported: Apple TV
No shows, nothing but ads: Apple TV -

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 15h

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today have probably never heard of.📺

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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 1d

MA Creative Writing programs that alienate and bully speculative fiction author students are part of the reason our country is so messed up right now, and it’s beyond time they examine the white supremacy and white privilege history of “literary fiction.”

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

(Checks calendar. Sees it's not April 1.)

What the actual fuck?

Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 1d

M. Night Shyamalan announced he will be directing a Magic 8 Ball live-action tv series.

M. Night Shyamalan to Direct MAGIC 8 BALL TV Series

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

Alt text:
Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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Travels With Brindle Takes Manhattan 11/9 @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social · 1d

I’m only half kidding when I say it should be on the Seal of the Commonwealth

Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 3d

A record where 'this is one of the best LP sides ever?" is matched by "no, *this* one is"

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

We absolutely, positively DO NOT need to learn to live with anyone who wants some of us FUCKING ERASED. Rowling & her money is doing real harm to trans men & women across the world and she needs to fuck off into the sun at her earliest opportunity. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Into the sun.

Laura 🍁🍄🦇🎃 @tricksyliesmith.bsky.social · 1d

oh no. no. absolutely the fuck not. fuck off.

a bullshit statement from Keira knightley saying she was not aware of a boycott against jk Rowling before taking a job on the new audio series and that she's "sorry" and "we're all going to have to figure out how to live together and we've all got very different opinions"
She can fuck off.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

The publishing industry is stuck in an insanity cycle: pay a celebrity with name recognition but no skill as a writer an obscene amount of money for a hack job book, lose a shit-ton of money on that book, do the same thing again hoping maybe this project will recoup the losses of the last one.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Veronica Bailey (she/her) @empheliath.bsky.social · 1d

Monday #art post. This small #watercolor painting, "The Bleak", was inspired by paint on my palette that I didn't want to waste. The original is for sale in my Ko-Fi shop. #bsnm
ko-fi.com/s/5c2ffeb980

A watercolor painting of a dark, leafless tree against a dreary gray, blue, and white background.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

Another old Inktober piece with a horror theme. I'm still super pleased with the likeness. Hail to the chin, baby!

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

Another first draft completed! Time to put writing aside for a bit, let my brain cool down, and spend a dreary day being warm and cozy inside with my wife and fuzzies.

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

This, plus the AI wags have convinced execs *with no real understanding of what AI is and what it does* that this is the next big leap in technology, and if they don't jump on-board now, they'll be left in the dust. It's FOMO for capitalists, except there's nothing substantial to miss out on.

Barry Ryerson @barryryerson.bsky.social · 2d

The push for AI seems very short-sighted to me.

The idea seems to be: pay <insert AI company here> and you don't have to pay wages to make your product/service.

Extrapolate that, and you get so many unemployed who can't buy your product or service. What happens to your company then?

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

I see the "paid protester" nonsense is making the rounds again ahead of this weekend's rally.

FYI, the people pushing that bullshit don't really believe it. It's simply another lazy way to rile up the base while also tacitly admitting that the idea of genuinely caring about stuff is alien to them.

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