Michael Merriam
@mmerriam.bsky.social
Blind. Author. Performer. Playwright. Screenwriter. Posts about artist life, disability, cute animals, and living in Minneapolis, MN. He/Him. #SFWA
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This Story Hour, Michael Merriam and Laurence Raphael Brothers took us back—and forward—in time. When you watch and listen, you may feel time stand still. A very warm and human hour of stories for you to relive—or watch for the first time! @mmerriam.bsky.social @lrb.bsky.social youtu.be/jaFx_qHS4xg
November 19, 2025: Michael Merriam and Laurence Raphael Brothers
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November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This Story Hour, Michael Merriam and Laurence Raphael Brothers took us back—and forward—in time. When you watch and listen, you may feel time stand still. A very warm and human hour of stories for you to relive—or watch for the first time! @mmerriam.bsky.social @lrb.bsky.social youtu.be/jaFx_qHS4xg
Tonight! 9:00 pm Central Time / 7:00 Pacific. Give us a listen!
Tomorrow night, I will be reading "Now Arriving on Track Four," a little story about tangled timelines, during Story Hour at 9:00 pm Central Time / 7:00 p.m. Pacific. Come out and listen! www.storyhour2020.com
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November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Tonight! 9:00 pm Central Time / 7:00 Pacific. Give us a listen!
Tomorrow night, I will be reading "Now Arriving on Track Four," a little story about tangled timelines, during Story Hour at 9:00 pm Central Time / 7:00 p.m. Pacific. Come out and listen! www.storyhour2020.com
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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Tomorrow night, I will be reading "Now Arriving on Track Four," a little story about tangled timelines, during Story Hour at 9:00 pm Central Time / 7:00 p.m. Pacific. Come out and listen! www.storyhour2020.com
I finished a short screenplay. Worked on it tonight, using my writing group's notes. Should have something to submit by next season. I might need to try finding funding and shoot it myself, which I don't love, but that might be my only option.
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I finished a short screenplay. Worked on it tonight, using my writing group's notes. Should have something to submit by next season. I might need to try finding funding and shoot it myself, which I don't love, but that might be my only option.
Watching the beacon lighting ceremony in honor of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald at Split Rock Lighthouse here in Minnesota. Touching and beautiful. I hope Minnesotans realize what an absolute gem this lighthouse is.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Watching the beacon lighting ceremony in honor of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald at Split Rock Lighthouse here in Minnesota. Touching and beautiful. I hope Minnesotans realize what an absolute gem this lighthouse is.
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
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#Booksky Are TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social, THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES by @heatherrosejones.bsky.social, LITTLE NOTHING by @deeholloway.bsky.social and POINT OF KNIVES by @blueterraplane.bsky.social are your TBR for #Novellavember? @greeniezona.bsky.social has great taste!
My final* #Novellavember TBR! I had a bunch of plans for tomorrow just get cancelled, so I may split the day Catching Up on All The Things and having a mini novella readathon.
Who's in, and what are you reading?
Who's in, and what are you reading?
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
#Booksky Are TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by @mmerriam.bsky.social, THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES by @heatherrosejones.bsky.social, LITTLE NOTHING by @deeholloway.bsky.social and POINT OF KNIVES by @blueterraplane.bsky.social are your TBR for #Novellavember? @greeniezona.bsky.social has great taste!
The corpse of Halloween isn't even cold yet, and Thanksgiving hasn't had a chance to put on its boots, and Macy's is hitting me with a fucking Christmas commercial.
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The corpse of Halloween isn't even cold yet, and Thanksgiving hasn't had a chance to put on its boots, and Macy's is hitting me with a fucking Christmas commercial.
It has now been nearly a month since I wrote anything on the Weird West Pony Express story. In that time, I've done a bunch of outlining and brainstorming on the story. I can see the shape of the thing in my head, but I can't seem to get the actual words to come. 1/2
October 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It has now been nearly a month since I wrote anything on the Weird West Pony Express story. In that time, I've done a bunch of outlining and brainstorming on the story. I can see the shape of the thing in my head, but I can't seem to get the actual words to come. 1/2
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My mother's ashes have been buried between her mother and father, and her stone has been set out at the little country cemetery in Albert/Oney, Oklahoma. My brother Brian Myers handled this part. He did a great job. Also, the vase with her flower glows in the dark. Just perfect for spooky season.
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My mother's ashes have been buried between her mother and father, and her stone has been set out at the little country cemetery in Albert/Oney, Oklahoma. My brother Brian Myers handled this part. He did a great job. Also, the vase with her flower glows in the dark. Just perfect for spooky season.
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Anyone can hop in an inflatable suit and protest. Can't make it to an "official protest"? Find a freeway overpass or an intersection nearby. Hang out with your friends. Wave signs about ending fascism, or saving democracy. Everyone has their thing. My mom? No swears. My husband? Guillotines. 😂🤷♀️
You all are so relentlessly insufferable. (not Kevin)
STOP GATEKEEPING PROTEST
THATS NOT HOW PROTEST WORKS
THE MORE PROTEST THE BETTER
THE MORE KINDS OF PROTEST THE BETTER
the same people screaming “do something!” also screaming “not like that!”
Y’all are shooting yourselves in the foot.
STOP GATEKEEPING PROTEST
THATS NOT HOW PROTEST WORKS
THE MORE PROTEST THE BETTER
THE MORE KINDS OF PROTEST THE BETTER
the same people screaming “do something!” also screaming “not like that!”
Y’all are shooting yourselves in the foot.
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
October 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Anyone can hop in an inflatable suit and protest. Can't make it to an "official protest"? Find a freeway overpass or an intersection nearby. Hang out with your friends. Wave signs about ending fascism, or saving democracy. Everyone has their thing. My mom? No swears. My husband? Guillotines. 😂🤷♀️
Baseball Post: What I'm loving about this American League Championship Series is that I'm old enough to remember when these two teams (Seattle and Toronto) came into the league together as expansion teams.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Baseball Post: What I'm loving about this American League Championship Series is that I'm old enough to remember when these two teams (Seattle and Toronto) came into the league together as expansion teams.
Did some thinking and pre-writing work on the next section of the Pony Express Weird Western. I'm close to being ready to start writing on this draft again.
October 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Did some thinking and pre-writing work on the next section of the Pony Express Weird Western. I'm close to being ready to start writing on this draft again.
Wrote a new poem today, so that's something.
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wrote a new poem today, so that's something.
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Congratulations, Michael! 🎉🎉🎉
October 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Congratulations, Michael! 🎉🎉🎉
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#Booksky Big congratulatory 👍🏻 to author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social! He is a finalist for the Starpath Creatives contest, a semi-finalist for the Small Spec Book Awards and he’ll be selling books at @creamandamber.bsky.social’s Fall Mini Market 10/11! queenofswordspress.com/authors/mich...
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#Booksky Big congratulatory 👍🏻 to author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social! He is a finalist for the Starpath Creatives contest, a semi-finalist for the Small Spec Book Awards and he’ll be selling books at @creamandamber.bsky.social’s Fall Mini Market 10/11! queenofswordspress.com/authors/mich...
Them: "How are you doing?"
Me:" I'm most driven by caffeine, ramen noodles, and spite these days."
Me:" I'm most driven by caffeine, ramen noodles, and spite these days."
October 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Them: "How are you doing?"
Me:" I'm most driven by caffeine, ramen noodles, and spite these days."
Me:" I'm most driven by caffeine, ramen noodles, and spite these days."
It's me! Congrats to all the finalists.
October 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's me! Congrats to all the finalists.
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#Booksky Upcoming book table! Author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social will be at @creamandamber.bsky.social‘s Fall Mini Mart in Hopkins, MN this Saturday from 10/2 with our books and his. Go say hi! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...
Fall Mini Market
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October 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#Booksky Upcoming book table! Author Michael Merriam @mmerriam.bsky.social will be at @creamandamber.bsky.social‘s Fall Mini Mart in Hopkins, MN this Saturday from 10/2 with our books and his. Go say hi! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...
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Reminder: I'll be at the Cream and Amber Mini-Market on Saturday, October 11th, selling my indie books and representing Queen of Swords Press with their full line of titles. Come out for books, coffee, beer, and early holiday shopping! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...
Fall Mini Market
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September 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Reminder: I'll be at the Cream and Amber Mini-Market on Saturday, October 11th, selling my indie books and representing Queen of Swords Press with their full line of titles. Come out for books, coffee, beer, and early holiday shopping! creamandamber.com/event/2025-1...
Makes me proud to be a Merriam (Webster's should all be proud as well).
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Makes me proud to be a Merriam (Webster's should all be proud as well).
Welp. I guess I'm an official enemy of the state.
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
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September 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Welp. I guess I'm an official enemy of the state.
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...