Mike Piero 🏳️🌈
@mikepiero.org
Writer. Novelist. Poet. Game Studies Scholar. Writing in J Journal, Midway Journal, Rain Taxi, Moveable Type, Impost, Sandy River Review, & Trash Cat Lit. *Views are my own.* More at www.mikepiero.org. He/Him. Bi. 🩷💜💙
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Mike Piero 🏳️🌈
@mikepiero.org
· Apr 29
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
Read more (including his full endorsement) and sign up for updates here: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
#booksky #fiction #writer
Define #love:
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Define #love:
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
Coming home at 9 pm after a long day at work to find this waiting in your office.
#kingofthehill
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This has been a project long in the making, and evolving from several years of conversations with good friends and colleagues. I'm beyond proud to have worked with everyone to help bring these to life.
Genre is inherently political. It captures the sensibilities of contemporary life and strategies for responding to the present that cultivate different futures
Updated/Final covers for a passion-project w/ @joshcall.bsky.social, @profmatthew.bsky.social, and @betsybrey.bsky.social
Out Jan 2026!
Updated/Final covers for a passion-project w/ @joshcall.bsky.social, @profmatthew.bsky.social, and @betsybrey.bsky.social
Out Jan 2026!
September 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This has been a project long in the making, and evolving from several years of conversations with good friends and colleagues. I'm beyond proud to have worked with everyone to help bring these to life.
Excited about some new writing I've begun. More soon.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Excited about some new writing I've begun. More soon.
This was me this week. LOVE higher ed politics. 🙃 Need to get out of meetings and back to my writing.
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This was me this week. LOVE higher ed politics. 🙃 Need to get out of meetings and back to my writing.
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
#bollocks
#borderlands
#highered
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If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you've had a great experience with our wee magazine - as a subber, reader or anything else - we'd love you to consider nominating us for @chillsubs.bsky.social Community Favourites awards. Takes just a mo and deadline is 5th December 🦝💜
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Just submitted my nominations for the 3rd Annual Chill Subs Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards. Nominations are due by Dec 5 and winners will be announced on Dec 15.
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just submitted my nominations for the 3rd Annual Chill Subs Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards. Nominations are due by Dec 5 and winners will be announced on Dec 15.
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Great way to celebrate the stalwart work, passion, and support our outstanding editors out in!
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
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Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today's teases from our gorgeous charity print anthology are from stories exploring family loss and uncovered family secrets.
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Stunning work from @joycebingham.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @clareobrien.bsky.social
Get a copy and enjoy all 27 short fictions:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL... 🦝
Haven’t posted #cat pics in a while—here’s a festive one for our favorite holiday! Lyra doesn’t mind the body costume but isn’t a big fan of the hat. 🎃👻💀
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
October 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Haven’t posted #cat pics in a while—here’s a festive one for our favorite holiday! Lyra doesn’t mind the body costume but isn’t a big fan of the hat. 🎃👻💀
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
Also, happy National Coming Out Day! Special shout out to my fellow Bi+ peeps! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #lgbtq #pride
#catsofbluesky #catlovers #cats #felinefriends
A lovely treat arrived from Bonny Doon Vineyards yesterday, their Grenache-based Le Cigare Volant, which I ordered after watching too many #Frasier episodes (Le Cigare Volant is the of Frasier and Niles’ favorite restaurant).
Check out the wine here:
www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/product/2023...
Check out the wine here:
www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/product/2023...
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A lovely treat arrived from Bonny Doon Vineyards yesterday, their Grenache-based Le Cigare Volant, which I ordered after watching too many #Frasier episodes (Le Cigare Volant is the of Frasier and Niles’ favorite restaurant).
Check out the wine here:
www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/product/2023...
Check out the wine here:
www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/product/2023...
What a shitty day. I need a vacation.
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What a shitty day. I need a vacation.
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Very proud of this beautiful baby! 🦝
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
We're so excited to share our first print anthology, available to purchase for only £9/ $11.50 🦝
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
Please consider grabbing a copy - we're raising money for
@WildlifeTrusts
and have 27 truly exceptional short fictions for you to enjoy on actual paper 💜
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Very proud of this beautiful baby! 🦝
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
If you love short fiction and want to read 27 amazing writers' interpretation of "treasure in unexpected places", then please do grab a copy and help raise money for UK wildlife 🦡🦊🦢🦌
Amazing anthology raising money for a great cause! Pick up your copy today! I ordered a few myself today. Honored to have a story included in it.
Grab WHAT COMES TO LIGHT here:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
#fiction #charity #writersky #writingcommunity #publishing #literature #fictionwriters
Grab WHAT COMES TO LIGHT here:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
#fiction #charity #writersky #writingcommunity #publishing #literature #fictionwriters
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Amazing anthology raising money for a great cause! Pick up your copy today! I ordered a few myself today. Honored to have a story included in it.
Grab WHAT COMES TO LIGHT here:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
#fiction #charity #writersky #writingcommunity #publishing #literature #fictionwriters
Grab WHAT COMES TO LIGHT here:
mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
#fiction #charity #writersky #writingcommunity #publishing #literature #fictionwriters
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My story in this anthology (Happy Birthday, You Geriatric POS) will change your life, and the other 26 are somehow MORE vital. Even if you hate yourself, it's for charity... do you hate animals? Why? Get it at mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My story in this anthology (Happy Birthday, You Geriatric POS) will change your life, and the other 26 are somehow MORE vital. Even if you hate yourself, it's for charity... do you hate animals? Why? Get it at mybook.to/WhatComesToL...
So very honored. 💗💜💙 Thank you, @trashcatlit.bsky.social!
Fab new literary awards from @monarch.gay and we are thrilled to send our two nominations.
Good luck @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and @mikepiero.org 💜💜
Good luck @nomad-sw18.bsky.social and @mikepiero.org 💜💜
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So very honored. 💗💜💙 Thank you, @trashcatlit.bsky.social!
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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...
#bookreview
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#bookreview
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CURRENT PRINT EDITION - Rain Taxi Review of Books
Volume 30, Number 3, Fall 2025 (#119) To purchase issue #119 using Paypal, click here.To become a member and get quarterly issues of Rain
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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...
#bookreview
raintaxi.com/rain-taxi-re...
#bookreview
raintaxi.com/rain-taxi-re...
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Universities must be bastions of open inquiry, not battlegrounds for partisan intimidation.
Please sign & share.
Please sign & share.
chng.it/v648fZ9tKW Solidarity with colleagues at Texas A&M.
Sign the Petition
Stop the Overreach: Reinstate the Dean of Arts & Sciences Now
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September 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Universities must be bastions of open inquiry, not battlegrounds for partisan intimidation.
Please sign & share.
Please sign & share.
Working on a new short story, "Lawn Jesus," along with drafting an autobiographically-driven op-ed about the existential dangers of evangelical Christian nationalism.
My debut novel, ROGUE BURNOUT, also addresses this theme in the context of an esports tournament: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
My debut novel, ROGUE BURNOUT, also addresses this theme in the context of an esports tournament: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
September 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Working on a new short story, "Lawn Jesus," along with drafting an autobiographically-driven op-ed about the existential dangers of evangelical Christian nationalism.
My debut novel, ROGUE BURNOUT, also addresses this theme in the context of an esports tournament: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
My debut novel, ROGUE BURNOUT, also addresses this theme in the context of an esports tournament: mikepiero.org/index.php/ro...
Each week, I engage in the work of deep mourning at the loss of time not spent writing. Another day gone, evaporated into the heavens. Sometimes the melancholy drives me back to the writing, and sometimes it drives me elsewhere.
Only a writer or an artist knows this burden we carry.
#writerslife
Only a writer or an artist knows this burden we carry.
#writerslife
September 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Each week, I engage in the work of deep mourning at the loss of time not spent writing. Another day gone, evaporated into the heavens. Sometimes the melancholy drives me back to the writing, and sometimes it drives me elsewhere.
Only a writer or an artist knows this burden we carry.
#writerslife
Only a writer or an artist knows this burden we carry.
#writerslife
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Great response so far—we’d love to see more flash (fiction and non) and prose poems, but we’ll read whatever you’ve got ready!
We are back from summer hiatus and open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, flash, poetry, and more. We are excited to read your words! www.roanokereview.org/submit
Submit — Roanoke Review
www.roanokereview.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Great response so far—we’d love to see more flash (fiction and non) and prose poems, but we’ll read whatever you’ve got ready!
Nothing like a hot buttered rum once the weather cools down.
August 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nothing like a hot buttered rum once the weather cools down.
