Christopher Mark Rose
@chrisrose.bsky.social
Spec fiction writer, engineer, owl. Stories in Asimov's, F&SF, Interzone. Avionics in NASA spacecraft. #ViableParadise #SFF #VP23 #SFWA #Codexian #SciFi #CharmCitySpec #writingcommunity BLM 🇺🇦
Welcome to Baltimore, hon!
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Welcome to Baltimore, hon!
Olga made nutella cookies last night!
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Olga made nutella cookies last night!
i was today years old when I learned that Cookie Monster's actual name is Sid(??!) We've been this close for so long, and he's never told me? I'm like WHAAAA—?
#monsters
#monsters
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
i was today years old when I learned that Cookie Monster's actual name is Sid(??!) We've been this close for so long, and he's never told me? I'm like WHAAAA—?
#monsters
#monsters
Autumn for real now—
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Autumn for real now—
Rabbit rabbit—
November 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Rabbit rabbit—
Just putting this up here for bookish folks in Baltimore—
October 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just putting this up here for bookish folks in Baltimore—
More photos of Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Sarah Pinsker, Julia Vee, and Ray Nayler, in the thick of it. A great night!
October 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
More photos of Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Sarah Pinsker, Julia Vee, and Ray Nayler, in the thick of it. A great night!
Photos from last night's edition of the Traveling SSF book festival, at Greedy Reads in Baltimore—a really great conversation
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Photos from last night's edition of the Traveling SSF book festival, at Greedy Reads in Baltimore—a really great conversation
Picking our American Kiwis—they may not look like much, but they're sweet!
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Picking our American Kiwis—they may not look like much, but they're sweet!
Here's Willow, here to brighten up your timeline—
October 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Here's Willow, here to brighten up your timeline—
Rabbet rabbet!
October 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Rabbet rabbet!
Rabbit, rabbit!
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Rabbit, rabbit!
From a review of the new Pynchon book. Paging: @robotleblanc.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
From a review of the new Pynchon book. Paging: @robotleblanc.bsky.social
Also saw, on the same bill:
The Marias (shown), Lucius, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (my favorite), Caroline Kingsbury, & bits of The Beaches, and The Last Dinner Party. I may have injured myself a little dancing—I'm sure it will be fine.
The Marias (shown), Lucius, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (my favorite), Caroline Kingsbury, & bits of The Beaches, and The Last Dinner Party. I may have injured myself a little dancing—I'm sure it will be fine.
September 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Also saw, on the same bill:
The Marias (shown), Lucius, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (my favorite), Caroline Kingsbury, & bits of The Beaches, and The Last Dinner Party. I may have injured myself a little dancing—I'm sure it will be fine.
The Marias (shown), Lucius, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (my favorite), Caroline Kingsbury, & bits of The Beaches, and The Last Dinner Party. I may have injured myself a little dancing—I'm sure it will be fine.
Took my daughter to see Noah Kahan at the All Things Go festival in Columbia, Maryland! He does put on a show!
September 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Took my daughter to see Noah Kahan at the All Things Go festival in Columbia, Maryland! He does put on a show!
A General Electric light meter, 1935. From my grandparents' house in Rochester, New York.
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A General Electric light meter, 1935. From my grandparents' house in Rochester, New York.
One hungry and hopeful doggo—
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
One hungry and hopeful doggo—
New friends brought us some eggs last night—how nice is that?
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New friends brought us some eggs last night—how nice is that?
Happy birthday to British author Tanith Lee, who would have turned 78 today, September 19, 2025.
She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and over the course of a long writing life collected a loyal following.
She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and over the course of a long writing life collected a loyal following.
September 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Happy birthday to British author Tanith Lee, who would have turned 78 today, September 19, 2025.
She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and over the course of a long writing life collected a loyal following.
She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and over the course of a long writing life collected a loyal following.
Big boy in suburbia—
September 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Big boy in suburbia—
My absolute favorite photo from the past week! Autumn is here!!
September 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My absolute favorite photo from the past week! Autumn is here!!
Little saki or whisky cup, blue/pink barium glaze over dark stoneware, glossy white liner. Never used for its intended purpose.
September 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Little saki or whisky cup, blue/pink barium glaze over dark stoneware, glossy white liner. Never used for its intended purpose.