Mike Chen
@mikechenwriter.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author
Dabbles in time travel and vampires, Star Wars and Star Trek, novels and comics. Former NHL guy. Friend of dogs.
Next: The Photonic Effect, Star Wars: Low Red Moon
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Dabbles in time travel and vampires, Star Wars and Star Trek, novels and comics. Former NHL guy. Friend of dogs.
Next: The Photonic Effect, Star Wars: Low Red Moon
Mikechenwriter on all socials.
Here it is! My shaky, handheld recording of Taliesin Jaffe announcing @criticalrole.bsky.social The Mighty Nein: Stories Untold anthology from last night. Very cool to be namechecked live on the show alongside @rinchupeco.bsky.social. (Plus a corgi spotting!) Preorder now at criticalrolebooks.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here it is! My shaky, handheld recording of Taliesin Jaffe announcing @criticalrole.bsky.social The Mighty Nein: Stories Untold anthology from last night. Very cool to be namechecked live on the show alongside @rinchupeco.bsky.social. (Plus a corgi spotting!) Preorder now at criticalrolebooks.com
Live look at a very tired guy waiting for school pickup who is 10 years older than the fucko below. Is it my Asian genetics or his association with evil that is tipping the scales???
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Live look at a very tired guy waiting for school pickup who is 10 years older than the fucko below. Is it my Asian genetics or his association with evil that is tipping the scales???
Watch tonight's @criticalrole.bsky.social for more on the just-announced Mighty Nein anthology. Respectfully, I'm having a blast writing a cozy adventure about everyone's favorite shopkeeper Pumat Sol (and Pumat Sol and Pumat Sol and Pumat Sol).
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Watch tonight's @criticalrole.bsky.social for more on the just-announced Mighty Nein anthology. Respectfully, I'm having a blast writing a cozy adventure about everyone's favorite shopkeeper Pumat Sol (and Pumat Sol and Pumat Sol and Pumat Sol).
Uh oh, I hope there's not an email in there going "It's-a-me, Mario!"
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Uh oh, I hope there's not an email in there going "It's-a-me, Mario!"
Question for @ukhadds.bsky.social - I went to a concert in a packed 500 person theater. I was front row and had my CO2 meter in my bag. Data showed ~1200 for the duration of the show. Does that mean the venue had decent exchange since it plateaued and wasn't forever escalating?
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Question for @ukhadds.bsky.social - I went to a concert in a packed 500 person theater. I was front row and had my CO2 meter in my bag. Data showed ~1200 for the duration of the show. Does that mean the venue had decent exchange since it plateaued and wasn't forever escalating?
It is my birthday today, so by law you are required to reply with pics of your dogs and cats.
Also, you may donate to Doggie Protective Services, which rescued Jake off the mean streets of Fresno. You may also join me in manifesting a cardiac event for a certain person.
www.dpsrescue.org
Also, you may donate to Doggie Protective Services, which rescued Jake off the mean streets of Fresno. You may also join me in manifesting a cardiac event for a certain person.
www.dpsrescue.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It is my birthday today, so by law you are required to reply with pics of your dogs and cats.
Also, you may donate to Doggie Protective Services, which rescued Jake off the mean streets of Fresno. You may also join me in manifesting a cardiac event for a certain person.
www.dpsrescue.org
Also, you may donate to Doggie Protective Services, which rescued Jake off the mean streets of Fresno. You may also join me in manifesting a cardiac event for a certain person.
www.dpsrescue.org
One petty thing that really bugs me about TFG is how he always uses "like a dog" as an insult.
Dogs are the fucking best, you asshole. Get their name out of your fucking mouth.
Dogs are the fucking best, you asshole. Get their name out of your fucking mouth.
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One petty thing that really bugs me about TFG is how he always uses "like a dog" as an insult.
Dogs are the fucking best, you asshole. Get their name out of your fucking mouth.
Dogs are the fucking best, you asshole. Get their name out of your fucking mouth.
First the Democrats wipe the floor on election day, and now THIS. Nature is healing.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
First the Democrats wipe the floor on election day, and now THIS. Nature is healing.
It's pretty telling when the only upside is holding seats that your party previously won by 10 points.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It's pretty telling when the only upside is holding seats that your party previously won by 10 points.
And since we're talking about attraction, don't forget to preorder Star Wars: Outlaws - Low Red Moon for all the big feels about sexy droids. (Note: There's gonna be a bookplate preorder reward coming soon, preorder at your favorite place)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761127...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761127...
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And since we're talking about attraction, don't forget to preorder Star Wars: Outlaws - Low Red Moon for all the big feels about sexy droids. (Note: There's gonna be a bookplate preorder reward coming soon, preorder at your favorite place)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761127...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761127...
It's daylight savings day, which means that you set your clocks back and Morrissey cancels some concerts
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's daylight savings day, which means that you set your clocks back and Morrissey cancels some concerts
We are all "Confused Garfield" these days
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We are all "Confused Garfield" these days
Here's my Halloween costume. You might think I am doing a pose similar to the Strange New Worlds promo photos where everyone is looking up inspirationally. But I am more averting my gaze to the hellscape that is our real world.
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here's my Halloween costume. You might think I am doing a pose similar to the Strange New Worlds promo photos where everyone is looking up inspirationally. But I am more averting my gaze to the hellscape that is our real world.
I, uh, may have a YA portal fantasy coming out next year. (I mean, it's a portal fantasy but it's really about universal basic income and taking down oppressive systems and child of immigrant trauma and found family AKA Mike's greatest hits on shuffle; also it's getting a new title)
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I, uh, may have a YA portal fantasy coming out next year. (I mean, it's a portal fantasy but it's really about universal basic income and taking down oppressive systems and child of immigrant trauma and found family AKA Mike's greatest hits on shuffle; also it's getting a new title)
In THE PHOTONIC EFFECT, Captain Demora Kim of the starship Horizon has a greyhound named Indy, rescued from an underground track on a Mars colony.
This is Indy in real life, our first racer rescue.
Request THE PHOTONIC EFFECT on Netgalley now! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
This is Indy in real life, our first racer rescue.
Request THE PHOTONIC EFFECT on Netgalley now! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In THE PHOTONIC EFFECT, Captain Demora Kim of the starship Horizon has a greyhound named Indy, rescued from an underground track on a Mars colony.
This is Indy in real life, our first racer rescue.
Request THE PHOTONIC EFFECT on Netgalley now! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
This is Indy in real life, our first racer rescue.
Request THE PHOTONIC EFFECT on Netgalley now! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
**the best, honestly
October 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
**the best, honestly
Listening to an absolute end-to-end gem of an album that time has kind of forgotten about. Fans of modern bands like Alvvays and Wet Leg will love That Dog.
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Listening to an absolute end-to-end gem of an album that time has kind of forgotten about. Fans of modern bands like Alvvays and Wet Leg will love That Dog.
When @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social knows my weak spot and sends me an email to debuff me like a Final Fantasy boss
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
When @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social knows my weak spot and sends me an email to debuff me like a Final Fantasy boss
These executive orders are being cited as checks and balances against "full speed ahead" actions. I know the destruction is done, but does this successfully put the action into "legally questionable" territory?
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
These executive orders are being cited as checks and balances against "full speed ahead" actions. I know the destruction is done, but does this successfully put the action into "legally questionable" territory?
Addendum to the above, the following executive orders constrain any exemptions claimed by the White House
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Addendum to the above, the following executive orders constrain any exemptions claimed by the White House
I found a really good summary of why the White House's demolition process is illegal. It's in the comments of this architect trade journal/forum archinect.com/forum/thread...
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I found a really good summary of why the White House's demolition process is illegal. It's in the comments of this architect trade journal/forum archinect.com/forum/thread...
Marceline looked at the news and decided to resume hiding under her blanket
October 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Marceline looked at the news and decided to resume hiding under her blanket
Of course women don’t like the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing, and it’s a speeder with an open cockpit and the right speed capabilities.
Women only want one thing, and it’s a speeder with an open cockpit and the right speed capabilities.
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Of course women don’t like the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing, and it’s a speeder with an open cockpit and the right speed capabilities.
Women only want one thing, and it’s a speeder with an open cockpit and the right speed capabilities.