M. C. Benner Dixon
@mchristinebd.bsky.social
Writer, editor, coach. She/her. Pittsburgh. My writing trends lyrical, peculiar, melancholy, existential. Books: MILLIONS OF SUNS (2023). THE HEIGHT OF LAND (2025). Covid cautious/airborne aware. Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. linktr.ee/mchristinebd
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Today, my first novel comes out. Now there are two books with my name on them. They are different creatures, these two, but I put my heart into both of them. Readers: I hope these books move you, encourage you, challenge you. May these books start to feel like your books, too.
We just strap ours to the roof and take it through the car wash.
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We just strap ours to the roof and take it through the car wash.
It’s been fun writing this book. My voice when I’m writing as Mir is brasher, bolder, and less measured than usual. I’m taking risks and getting myself and my characters in trouble. But that means the story can run away with its readers, too. And who doesn’t want to be swept away from time to time?
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s been fun writing this book. My voice when I’m writing as Mir is brasher, bolder, and less measured than usual. I’m taking risks and getting myself and my characters in trouble. But that means the story can run away with its readers, too. And who doesn’t want to be swept away from time to time?
The deal report for my next novel—written under the pen name Mir Benitz—came out this week. It’s kinetic and swoony and colorful. I can’t wait for readers to get ahold of FIRE POWER. This report doesn’t mention the fact, but the novel is also being published in the U.S. by Little, Brown.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The deal report for my next novel—written under the pen name Mir Benitz—came out this week. It’s kinetic and swoony and colorful. I can’t wait for readers to get ahold of FIRE POWER. This report doesn’t mention the fact, but the novel is also being published in the U.S. by Little, Brown.
I say risk it. Sounds like an excellent way to introduce hijinks into your life
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I say risk it. Sounds like an excellent way to introduce hijinks into your life
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My wife, @mchristinebd.bsky.social, did a book event yesterday and I tagged along to watch and also set up 6 AirFanta 3Pro air filters to reduce viral transmission. (Five pictured, one more in back. Plug spots limited options.) We both wore high quality masks, too. #COVIDisnotover #AirQuality
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My wife, @mchristinebd.bsky.social, did a book event yesterday and I tagged along to watch and also set up 6 AirFanta 3Pro air filters to reduce viral transmission. (Five pictured, one more in back. Plug spots limited options.) We both wore high quality masks, too. #COVIDisnotover #AirQuality
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Pittsburgh! Come out on 11/4 @ 7 PM to hear from @yumewrites.bsky.social Do you like near-future dystopias, stubborn people, climate fiction, pirates, smart and resourceful female characters, complicated family relationships, and gorgeous writing? Join us! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
An Evening with Yume Kitasei in Conversation with MC Benner Dixon — Riverstone Books
Author Yume Kitasei joins us to talk about her latest dystopian sci-fi book, SALTCROP.
www.riverstonebookstore.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pittsburgh! Come out on 11/4 @ 7 PM to hear from @yumewrites.bsky.social Do you like near-future dystopias, stubborn people, climate fiction, pirates, smart and resourceful female characters, complicated family relationships, and gorgeous writing? Join us! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
Pittsburgh! Come out on 11/4 @ 7 PM to hear from @yumewrites.bsky.social Do you like near-future dystopias, stubborn people, climate fiction, pirates, smart and resourceful female characters, complicated family relationships, and gorgeous writing? Join us! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
An Evening with Yume Kitasei in Conversation with MC Benner Dixon — Riverstone Books
Author Yume Kitasei joins us to talk about her latest dystopian sci-fi book, SALTCROP.
www.riverstonebookstore.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pittsburgh! Come out on 11/4 @ 7 PM to hear from @yumewrites.bsky.social Do you like near-future dystopias, stubborn people, climate fiction, pirates, smart and resourceful female characters, complicated family relationships, and gorgeous writing? Join us! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
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I’m so excited to announce that ALL OUR TOMORROWS is now available as an audiobook! 🎧 This project was so important to me bc I’m part of the ME/CFS community, and many of my peers can only tolerate audiobooks. I wanted to make sure my book was accessible to everyone. 🩵 Peep my bio!
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m so excited to announce that ALL OUR TOMORROWS is now available as an audiobook! 🎧 This project was so important to me bc I’m part of the ME/CFS community, and many of my peers can only tolerate audiobooks. I wanted to make sure my book was accessible to everyone. 🩵 Peep my bio!
The climate “skeptics” have been talking for ages about how high CO2 is good for plants. Why not extend that to people? It’s a buzzword that can be perverted to capitalistic ends, so why not? Look soon for the purported benefits of diesel exhaust for children hanging around idling buses.
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The climate “skeptics” have been talking for ages about how high CO2 is good for plants. Why not extend that to people? It’s a buzzword that can be perverted to capitalistic ends, so why not? Look soon for the purported benefits of diesel exhaust for children hanging around idling buses.
This looks super handy. I couldn’t click through the link, though. I got a “resource limit” message. Thought you might want to know.
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This looks super handy. I couldn’t click through the link, though. I got a “resource limit” message. Thought you might want to know.
This essay about weeds and teachers came out today on Vox Populi. It’s part of an essay collection that Sharon and I are working on—all nature essays. We just turned the full manuscript in to our editor this week! Here's the link to the full essay: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/10/16/m...
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This essay about weeds and teachers came out today on Vox Populi. It’s part of an essay collection that Sharon and I are working on—all nature essays. We just turned the full manuscript in to our editor this week! Here's the link to the full essay: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/10/16/m...
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I wrote an essay for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy about how I think there are two subgenres of dystopian fiction - the allegorical / thought experiment and the potential horrible future - and how they seem to be blending more and more…and converging with reality.
lithub.com/its-okay-but...
lithub.com/its-okay-but...
“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment
Dystopian fiction is getting real, and I’m here for it. I don’t think I’m the only one. There’s something cathartic about reading about the end of the world. As a science fiction reader and avid fa…
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October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I wrote an essay for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy about how I think there are two subgenres of dystopian fiction - the allegorical / thought experiment and the potential horrible future - and how they seem to be blending more and more…and converging with reality.
lithub.com/its-okay-but...
lithub.com/its-okay-but...
That’s the kind of reader feedback you dream about. (This is my other pen name, by the way.)
This is definitely a first! One of my early readers told me she was so excited reading the climactic race scene in my book that she was physically trembling. I feel both proud of my work and a little bad for hijacking her body’s nervous system.
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
That’s the kind of reader feedback you dream about. (This is my other pen name, by the way.)
Gardeners hear “tending to” a little differently than other folks
October 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Gardeners hear “tending to” a little differently than other folks
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Writers, man. What an emotional train wreck! (It's me; I'm the wreck)
I'm a prolific author with lots of novels/short stories over many years... I have a pattern. When I finish a story, the first 24 hours are an emotional rollercoaster.
All the highs.
All the lows.
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I'm a prolific author with lots of novels/short stories over many years... I have a pattern. When I finish a story, the first 24 hours are an emotional rollercoaster.
All the highs.
All the lows.
1/n
#writing
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Writers, man. What an emotional train wreck! (It's me; I'm the wreck)
I'm a prolific author with lots of novels/short stories over many years... I have a pattern. When I finish a story, the first 24 hours are an emotional rollercoaster.
All the highs.
All the lows.
1/n
#writing
I'm a prolific author with lots of novels/short stories over many years... I have a pattern. When I finish a story, the first 24 hours are an emotional rollercoaster.
All the highs.
All the lows.
1/n
#writing
Thanks for posting this. At first, I thought my own high/depression cycle was a sign of immaturity. (As a youth adults told me how mature I was, now it’s flipped.) I have come to realize it is part of being a writer for me—not something to fight in myself but to prepare for and tend to.
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thanks for posting this. At first, I thought my own high/depression cycle was a sign of immaturity. (As a youth adults told me how mature I was, now it’s flipped.) I have come to realize it is part of being a writer for me—not something to fight in myself but to prepare for and tend to.
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Woo! Weekend conference followed by a book talk this evening . . . So much writerliness over the last few days!
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
An Evening with Yume Kitasei in Conversation with MC Benner Dixon — Riverstone Books
Author Yume Kitasei joins us to talk about her latest dystopian sci-fi book, SALTCROP.
www.riverstonebookstore.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Woo! Weekend conference followed by a book talk this evening . . . So much writerliness over the last few days!
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
Woo! Weekend conference followed by a book talk this evening . . . So much writerliness over the last few days!
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
An Evening with Yume Kitasei in Conversation with MC Benner Dixon — Riverstone Books
Author Yume Kitasei joins us to talk about her latest dystopian sci-fi book, SALTCROP.
www.riverstonebookstore.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Woo! Weekend conference followed by a book talk this evening . . . So much writerliness over the last few days!
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
And more to come! @yumewrites.bsky.social and I are talking about her new book on Thursday! www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev... #PittsburghBooks
There’s no point in denying it!
September 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There’s no point in denying it!
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A Hunger with No Name has been out in the world for a year! I'm still in love with this story of hope in the high desert, dealing w so many things we’re grappling w now.
Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A Hunger with No Name has been out in the world for a year! I'm still in love with this story of hope in the high desert, dealing w so many things we’re grappling w now.
Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
Like, follow, share for your chance to win the book in the format of your choice (internat'l e-book only) #giveaway
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The best and most accessible explanation I’ve seen about some of the far-right subcultures and how they operate and communicate is this TikTok by @cybelecanterel.bsky.social.
It’s 8 minutes long—so I can’t post it—and it’s worth every minute.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6E36akE/
It’s 8 minutes long—so I can’t post it—and it’s worth every minute.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6E36akE/
A quick crash course in blackpill accelerationism: the memes are the ideology.
TikTok video by Cy Canterel
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September 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The best and most accessible explanation I’ve seen about some of the far-right subcultures and how they operate and communicate is this TikTok by @cybelecanterel.bsky.social.
It’s 8 minutes long—so I can’t post it—and it’s worth every minute.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6E36akE/
It’s 8 minutes long—so I can’t post it—and it’s worth every minute.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6E36akE/
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✨Blurb reveal from @sonorareyes.bsky.social for IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, out February 10! ✨
September 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
✨Blurb reveal from @sonorareyes.bsky.social for IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, out February 10! ✨
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Pleased to share that my book review of @mchristinebd.bsky.social's brilliant debut novel, The Height of Land, just dropped in Rain Taxi. Check it out through the link below! Also be sure to pick up The Height of Land: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Pleased to share that my book review of @mchristinebd.bsky.social's brilliant debut novel, The Height of Land, just dropped in Rain Taxi. Check it out through the link below! Also be sure to pick up The Height of Land: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
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I know! Between your books and your Gather library, I feel like I have explored the recesses of your mind already. Can’t wait!
September 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I know! Between your books and your Gather library, I feel like I have explored the recesses of your mind already. Can’t wait!
Don't mind if I do!
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Don't mind if I do!