Riley Passmore
@rdpassmore.bsky.social
Award-Winning SFFH & CNF writer. Creator of RHENGE 5E for Black Marble Games. Words in Swamp Ape Review, Small World City, Barnstorm Journal, Five on the Fifth, and others. Clarion 2025 alumnus. He/Him.
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Black Hole Blues | Issue 12
Radon Journal Issue 12 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.
www.radonjournal.com
My latest fiction is out! Stop by and read my story "Black Hole Blues" in issue twelve of Radon Journal. It's an incredible issue of both fiction and poetry. ⚫⚫⚫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/bla...
www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/bla...
My latest fiction is out! Stop by and read my story "Black Hole Blues" in issue twelve of Radon Journal. It's an incredible issue of both fiction and poetry. ⚫⚫⚫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/bla...
www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/bla...
Black Hole Blues | Issue 12
Radon Journal Issue 12 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.
www.radonjournal.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
My latest fiction is out! Stop by and read my story "Black Hole Blues" in issue twelve of Radon Journal. It's an incredible issue of both fiction and poetry. ⚫⚫⚫
www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/bla...
www.radonjournal.com/issue-12/bla...
Reposted by Riley Passmore
Issue 12 is live!
Sixteen stories and poems are available on our site, and we have print copies + eBook + PDF version available.
www.radonjournal.com/issue12
A speculative commentary on the present world with just enough hope that we're sure you'll mourn freedom and cry beauty in equal measures
Sixteen stories and poems are available on our site, and we have print copies + eBook + PDF version available.
www.radonjournal.com/issue12
A speculative commentary on the present world with just enough hope that we're sure you'll mourn freedom and cry beauty in equal measures
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Issue 12 is live!
Sixteen stories and poems are available on our site, and we have print copies + eBook + PDF version available.
www.radonjournal.com/issue12
A speculative commentary on the present world with just enough hope that we're sure you'll mourn freedom and cry beauty in equal measures
Sixteen stories and poems are available on our site, and we have print copies + eBook + PDF version available.
www.radonjournal.com/issue12
A speculative commentary on the present world with just enough hope that we're sure you'll mourn freedom and cry beauty in equal measures
So excited to be a part of this issue! Can't wait to read everyone's amazing work. 🎉
Second round of Radon #12 author reveals!
@lucienrstarchild.bsky.social
@bugthewriter.bsky.social
@amulderwrites.bsky.social
@rdpassmore.bsky.social
@lucienrstarchild.bsky.social
@bugthewriter.bsky.social
@amulderwrites.bsky.social
@rdpassmore.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
So excited to be a part of this issue! Can't wait to read everyone's amazing work. 🎉
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Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
Going to Clarion this summer!!! 🥳🥳🥳
April 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Going to Clarion this summer!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Coming back to BlueSky with a poem:
April 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Coming back to BlueSky with a poem:
The research for my next project has officially begun! This time: a novel.
April 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The research for my next project has officially begun! This time: a novel.
Just got my Swamp Ape Review contributor's copy! Deeply honored to be the recipient of the 2025 Justin Waldron Memorial Prize for Innovative Prose. An incredible issue!
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just got my Swamp Ape Review contributor's copy! Deeply honored to be the recipient of the 2025 Justin Waldron Memorial Prize for Innovative Prose. An incredible issue!
Man, fighting these things in a boiling hot, climate-collapsed North American wasteland is gonna SUCK.
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youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
Walk, Run, Crawl, RL Fun | Boston Dynamics
YouTube video by Boston Dynamics
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March 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Man, fighting these things in a boiling hot, climate-collapsed North American wasteland is gonna SUCK.
youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
youtu.be/I44_zbEwz_w?...
Just finished the latest episode and Severance and...I am not going to sleep very well tonight.
February 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Just finished the latest episode and Severance and...I am not going to sleep very well tonight.
Doing some research for my next project and...guys, I have some bad news.
February 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Doing some research for my next project and...guys, I have some bad news.
Rebel Ridge was fantastic! I'm not normally a crime/thriller fan, but the plot avoided the whole "wronged guy kills all who wronged him" trope really well.
February 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Rebel Ridge was fantastic! I'm not normally a crime/thriller fan, but the plot avoided the whole "wronged guy kills all who wronged him" trope really well.
The Gorge: A cool as hell concept, but a terribly lit movie. I'm watching this thing with a flashlight.
February 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Gorge: A cool as hell concept, but a terribly lit movie. I'm watching this thing with a flashlight.
Incredible!
Severance fanart: Tabletop Team-Building Day at Macrodata Refinement! #severance
February 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Incredible!
When your short story collection gets two rejections in a day:
February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When your short story collection gets two rejections in a day:
Feeling fancy this afternoon.
February 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Feeling fancy this afternoon.
When you're a writer and Google rubs it in.
February 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When you're a writer and Google rubs it in.
Hey, folks. I'm trying to find a horror novel. I think it's indie? It's about a group of friends who go hiking, but one of them turns out to be an imposter? I think it came out last year. Any help?
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hey, folks. I'm trying to find a horror novel. I think it's indie? It's about a group of friends who go hiking, but one of them turns out to be an imposter? I think it came out last year. Any help?
Every single word must be written with intention. Every. Single. One.
Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Every single word must be written with intention. Every. Single. One.
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Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.
"Poem with No Speaker" by Frank Stanford.
January 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Poem with No Speaker" by Frank Stanford.
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Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Hexagon Hiatus
I have edited 19 (soon to be 20) issues of my favourite magazine of all time, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now). I started Hexagon as a project to gain editing experience and to improve my own…
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January 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Hexagon has been my most incredible creative venture thus far, but it’s time to say goodbye (for now).
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Read the full announcement of Hexagon’s hiatus on our website or Patreon. 🧡
Started binge watching Shogun on Hulu. It's fantastic! I can't believe I missed this one.
January 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Started binge watching Shogun on Hulu. It's fantastic! I can't believe I missed this one.
Disgusting and vile.
January 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Disgusting and vile.
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