aka Bear Michaels
@akabearmichaels.com
I write LGBT speculative fiction and ask big questions, like “What if the Golden Girls were mercs.” Based in Seattle, I winter in a gaming chair, and summer at the queer nude beach like a tin roof, rusting.
View from my morning seat at the café. Graffiti will always be one of your most reliable sources of news. Don't look away from it.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
View from my morning seat at the café. Graffiti will always be one of your most reliable sources of news. Don't look away from it.
MICHELLE GOMEZ??
October 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
MICHELLE GOMEZ??
My body is sore; could use a rubdown, buddy
October 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My body is sore; could use a rubdown, buddy
THE TASK IS DONE
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
THE TASK IS DONE
Seamus, why are your ears in disagreement?
October 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Seamus, why are your ears in disagreement?
Ope, my timeline pulled some synchronicity, Nisi!
October 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Ope, my timeline pulled some synchronicity, Nisi!
Sundays are for beds and cute boys
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sundays are for beds and cute boys
Jay Duplass is delightful.
September 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Jay Duplass is delightful.
1988. You may not remember that these came out the same day, but I definitely do.
I was seven. We were staying in a shelter for battered women & their children - a space so rich with a sense of purposeful community that it left a permanent mark on me.
We saw these back to back.
I was seven. We were staying in a shelter for battered women & their children - a space so rich with a sense of purposeful community that it left a permanent mark on me.
We saw these back to back.
September 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1988. You may not remember that these came out the same day, but I definitely do.
I was seven. We were staying in a shelter for battered women & their children - a space so rich with a sense of purposeful community that it left a permanent mark on me.
We saw these back to back.
I was seven. We were staying in a shelter for battered women & their children - a space so rich with a sense of purposeful community that it left a permanent mark on me.
We saw these back to back.
Do you believe the Smoke Moon can change your life?
September 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Do you believe the Smoke Moon can change your life?
Aww, I found a photo of my childhood living room from the 80s. My mom crocheted that afghan, and I kept the coffee table when I moved out.
August 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Aww, I found a photo of my childhood living room from the 80s. My mom crocheted that afghan, and I kept the coffee table when I moved out.
Shortbus (2006): "and the hole is for singing the Star Spangled Banner"
August 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Shortbus (2006): "and the hole is for singing the Star Spangled Banner"
My favorite Doctor and companion.
August 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My favorite Doctor and companion.
Ghosts (US) has one of the all-time most terrifying subplots I've ever encountered, once you give its idea a little time in your head. It's a fantastic comedy show that has the balls to say "holes are bad."
I happened to think of places like Derinkuyu after, with a swelling sense of OH NO.
I happened to think of places like Derinkuyu after, with a swelling sense of OH NO.
August 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ghosts (US) has one of the all-time most terrifying subplots I've ever encountered, once you give its idea a little time in your head. It's a fantastic comedy show that has the balls to say "holes are bad."
I happened to think of places like Derinkuyu after, with a swelling sense of OH NO.
I happened to think of places like Derinkuyu after, with a swelling sense of OH NO.
Is it even a neckline if it isn't plunging?
August 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Is it even a neckline if it isn't plunging?
Saint Rat never goes unattended.
August 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Saint Rat never goes unattended.
Post a random picture or everything will go bad* in August
*may include losing your leg to a confetti cannon
*may include losing your leg to a confetti cannon
August 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Post a random picture or everything will go bad* in August
*may include losing your leg to a confetti cannon
*may include losing your leg to a confetti cannon
Sometimes we get nice sunsets.
July 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Sometimes we get nice sunsets.
Definitely Chichiri from Fushigi Yûgi. We love any sadboy clown, but this was my first.
July 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Definitely Chichiri from Fushigi Yûgi. We love any sadboy clown, but this was my first.
Fantastic Four expected me to believe that THIS man can live with Pedro Pascal and just be cool about it. Nuh-uh.
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Fantastic Four expected me to believe that THIS man can live with Pedro Pascal and just be cool about it. Nuh-uh.
It's a good time for me to recommend Dabble Writer! If you're looking for a good middle ground between Google Docs & Scrivener for your prose, this is the best I've found. And they're listening to what writers want, taking a hard No stance to AI.
July 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's a good time for me to recommend Dabble Writer! If you're looking for a good middle ground between Google Docs & Scrivener for your prose, this is the best I've found. And they're listening to what writers want, taking a hard No stance to AI.
this is the ideal gay couple.
you may not like it, but this is what peak faggotry looks like.
you may not like it, but this is what peak faggotry looks like.
July 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
this is the ideal gay couple.
you may not like it, but this is what peak faggotry looks like.
you may not like it, but this is what peak faggotry looks like.
Of course he is. Haven't you ever heard of "Bury Your Gays"?
July 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Of course he is. Haven't you ever heard of "Bury Your Gays"?