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I want to cross the Atlantic and shake Rick until he looks like a bobblehead. He *never* fails to produce stories with resonance and payoff, and it's really pissing me off. Stop getting better, Rick, no one wants that! No, I'm not jealous, everyone else is jealous.

Rick White @ricketywhite.bsky.social · 19d

I have a new story in @MaudlinHouse today documenting the absurdity and horror of a typical working day, “A More Radiant Glow” is live now, please give it a read. 👻 🖤🍸

maudlinhouse.net/a-more-radia...

A More Radiant Glow

John sat uncomfortably in a chair which must surely have been designed for discomfort, since it served no other purpose. It was eleven forty-seven a.m., or maybe two-eighteen p.m. or twenty past the h...

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 13d

I want to cross the Atlantic and shake Rick until he looks like a bobblehead. He *never* fails to produce stories with resonance and payoff, and it's really pissing me off. Stop getting better, Rick, no one wants that! No, I'm not jealous, everyone else is jealous.

Rick White @ricketywhite.bsky.social · 19d

I have a new story in @MaudlinHouse today documenting the absurdity and horror of a typical working day, “A More Radiant Glow” is live now, please give it a read. 👻 🖤🍸

maudlinhouse.net/a-more-radia...

A More Radiant Glow

John sat uncomfortably in a chair which must surely have been designed for discomfort, since it served no other purpose. It was eleven forty-seven a.m., or maybe two-eighteen p.m. or twenty past the h...

maudlinhouse.net

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 21d

Folks waiting at the car wash across the street are reading your draft RN.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 24d

Look what we have here then.

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Rick White @ricketywhite.bsky.social · 26d

I’ve always loved @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social writing, but there’s just something about this piece that really resonates deeply with me. Like he’s turned the bass up to 11, the bass in all four chambers of my heart, that is 🖤 💫

Also, the last line is an all-timer…

Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 2

Feels great to be back after a 3-day sub-orbital test flight (details are classified but I can tell you they'd run out of monkeys) and learn my essay-flash-doodle "The Lesser Feats of Atlas" is up at The Airgonaut. I'm home again but still weightless!

theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 26d

Rick thanks for the boost I didn't mean to punch you in the ol' blood-pump and it turns out the piece's ending exceeded my quota of commas for a while so I'm forced to use lots of run-on sentences which is a bitch but I'll work it out somehow oh and I want to write a happy story but don't know how.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29d

"Alright, you've pushed me too far! It's two fingers of Bushmills 16 Year and off to bed with you! Do I have to say it again?"

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29d

"Yes, sweet Axl, prior to the rising temperatures and dwindling oceans of the 2020s, a cute kitten such as yourself could've caught real fish! Truly! Honor their memory. And thank our good and generous Overlord Roku for allowing us these digital glimpses of the past!"

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · 29d

If you haven't read Rick's latest published story, why are you even on this Earth? Producing carbon dioxide? Boosting consumer spending metrics? Please immerse yourself in "Kevin" ASAP. Thank you.

Rick White @ricketywhite.bsky.social · 29d

They say every writer has one story about a pivotal career change in the life of a dolphin and this is mine! “Kevin” recently published in the Gorko Gazette 🐬 thegorkogazette.com/2025/09/12/k...

New content every morning!

It’s impossible to talk about the 2009 Sea World Dolphin Adventures Squad without mentioning Kevin.

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The Awkward Silence @theawkwardsilence.bsky.social · 29d

At last, a sketch we can ALL relate to.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 17

I heard that this type of high-quality content on Bluesky produces enhanced amounts of something called "engagement."

Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 17

I can't talk to you right now. Just got back from my vacation in Tennessee and I'm planning my next trip there, which I hope will be soon.

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Sheila Scott @mahenry20.bsky.social · Sep 7

"facts are speedbumps, or more explicitly they are pancakes of roadkill in the breakdown lane." I lost Michael when I moved to Bluesky from the Bad Place'. It's so lovely to have his writing back. 😊

Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 2

Feels great to be back after a 3-day sub-orbital test flight (details are classified but I can tell you they'd run out of monkeys) and learn my essay-flash-doodle "The Lesser Feats of Atlas" is up at The Airgonaut. I'm home again but still weightless!

theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 7

You are way too kind, Sheila, which is one of many reasons why I've missed you. Thanks!

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 7

(29 of 29) ...so for all of these stated reasons, our new kitten Axl is undergoing ball-removal surgery tomorrow. Say bye-bye to his soon-to-be unrealized dreams of tomcat supremacy.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 3

"I ask help from my brother but he’s busy with life, roaming the world, the world that I carry."

I'll be thinking about Mileva's story for days. The nuance, the conversational style. Our burdens to be borne. Take a look and see for yourself!

Mileva Anastasiadou 🍉 @happilander.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm not here often, perhaps I should, but I have a new story on the wonderful Airgonaut and I'd be honored if you gave it a read, friends 💖
theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/s...

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Sep 2

Feels great to be back after a 3-day sub-orbital test flight (details are classified but I can tell you they'd run out of monkeys) and learn my essay-flash-doodle "The Lesser Feats of Atlas" is up at The Airgonaut. I'm home again but still weightless!

theairgonautblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · Sep 2

The start of every 80s movie:

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Aug 28

Strong Scarfolk Council vibe.

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Michael Grant Smith @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are grief and relief a slant rhyme?

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