Bill Merklee
@bmerklee.bsky.social
Writer of very short things.
In Best Microfiction 2021. Nom Best Small Fictions 2022 & 2024. Short-listed for Bath Novella-in-Flash Award & Fractured Lit Chapbook Prize. Wigleaf Top 50 long list. But enough about me. How are you?
http://billmerklee.com
In Best Microfiction 2021. Nom Best Small Fictions 2022 & 2024. Short-listed for Bath Novella-in-Flash Award & Fractured Lit Chapbook Prize. Wigleaf Top 50 long list. But enough about me. How are you?
http://billmerklee.com
2025 has been a slow writing year for me, so it feels especially good to have made the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award long list. Congrats to my fellow listees!
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
2025 has been a slow writing year for me, so it feels especially good to have made the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award long list. Congrats to my fellow listees!
So now our pathetic POTUS needs to be placated with participation prizes.
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So now our pathetic POTUS needs to be placated with participation prizes.
Reposted by Bill Merklee
“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” ~ Ram Dass.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” ~ Ram Dass.
The New Mastersounds in Brooklyn on Saturday. OMG.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The New Mastersounds in Brooklyn on Saturday. OMG.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social We showed up in droves. We gave you the momentum. And what do you do? You roll over. The party is less than useless.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social We showed up in droves. We gave you the momentum. And what do you do? You roll over. The party is less than useless.
St. Kitts morning.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
St. Kitts morning.
Well done, New Jersey. ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Well done, New Jersey. ❤️
PSA: A vote for Republicans is a vote for fascism.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
PSA: A vote for Republicans is a vote for fascism.
Don’t know why, but rewatching “Six Feet Under” seems to be what I need right now.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Don’t know why, but rewatching “Six Feet Under” seems to be what I need right now.
Seems like a good day to rewatch HBO’s “The Leftovers.”
September 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Seems like a good day to rewatch HBO’s “The Leftovers.”
Stop me if you’ve heard this before:
The First and Second Amendment
Walk into a bar.
Only one walks out.
No one
Deserves
To be shot, but
Do not expect me
To mourn him; I’m too busy
Mourning school children.
You know — the acceptable losses.
The First and Second Amendment
Walk into a bar.
Only one walks out.
No one
Deserves
To be shot, but
Do not expect me
To mourn him; I’m too busy
Mourning school children.
You know — the acceptable losses.
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Stop me if you’ve heard this before:
The First and Second Amendment
Walk into a bar.
Only one walks out.
No one
Deserves
To be shot, but
Do not expect me
To mourn him; I’m too busy
Mourning school children.
You know — the acceptable losses.
The First and Second Amendment
Walk into a bar.
Only one walks out.
No one
Deserves
To be shot, but
Do not expect me
To mourn him; I’m too busy
Mourning school children.
You know — the acceptable losses.
Again I defer to Clarence Darrow.
September 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Again I defer to Clarence Darrow.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Put up a fight or get out of the way.
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Put up a fight or get out of the way.
Love seeing herons in the twilight.
September 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Love seeing herons in the twilight.
Happy Labor Day
Matewan Union Speech
YouTube video by Haskell Wexler
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Happy Labor Day
Why did it take me so long to discover rewriting on the front porch as the sun slips away and the crickets start to sing?
August 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Why did it take me so long to discover rewriting on the front porch as the sun slips away and the crickets start to sing?
So yeah, that quote about taking pleasure in reading some obituaries turns out to be from Clarence Darrow, not Mark Twain. But it still applies today.
August 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So yeah, that quote about taking pleasure in reading some obituaries turns out to be from Clarence Darrow, not Mark Twain. But it still applies today.
Reposted by Bill Merklee
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
Mercury retrograde is an optical illusion and nothing more.
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mercury retrograde is an optical illusion and nothing more.
Few things finer than a platter of clams and oysters and a flight of IPAs with good friends as the sun sets on Long Beach Island, NJ. A brief and welcome respite from our national stupidity.
July 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Few things finer than a platter of clams and oysters and a flight of IPAs with good friends as the sun sets on Long Beach Island, NJ. A brief and welcome respite from our national stupidity.
Easily the shittiest Independence Day of my 67 years.
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Easily the shittiest Independence Day of my 67 years.
Just got an email from the Social Security Administration, blowing smoke up my ass about the Big Bullshit Bill.
July 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Just got an email from the Social Security Administration, blowing smoke up my ass about the Big Bullshit Bill.
Jesus can’t stop throwing up.
July 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Jesus can’t stop throwing up.