Mike McHone
@mikemchone.bsky.social
Award winning writer in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Mag, Playboy, AV Club etc.
https://linktr.ee/mikemchone
https://linktr.ee/mikemchone
Reposted by Mike McHone
We may be the new kids on the block, but we still get to do some cool stuff, like nominate stories for Pushcart Prizes.
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.
#fiction #pushcartprize
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.
#fiction #pushcartprize
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We may be the new kids on the block, but we still get to do some cool stuff, like nominate stories for Pushcart Prizes.
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.
#fiction #pushcartprize
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.
#fiction #pushcartprize
So for those keeping score this wekk (probably none of you) I've been nominated for a Beat of the Net award and, now, the Pushcart Prize. Thanks to @literarygarage.bsky.social
We may be the new kids on the block, but we still get to do some cool stuff, like nominate stories for Pushcart Prizes.
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.
#fiction #pushcartprize
Congrats to @jdclappwrites.bsky.social and @mikemchone.bsky.social for their outstanding stories.
#fiction #pushcartprize
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So for those keeping score this wekk (probably none of you) I've been nominated for a Beat of the Net award and, now, the Pushcart Prize. Thanks to @literarygarage.bsky.social
Reposted by Mike McHone
"Instead of sitting in my mother’s living room, 31, drunk, & jobless, I would be twenty-one, sober, & doing something responsible and worthwhile & American, like fighting in a war somewhere, & everything would look like a 1940s comic book." @mikemchone.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Instead of sitting in my mother’s living room, 31, drunk, & jobless, I would be twenty-one, sober, & doing something responsible and worthwhile & American, like fighting in a war somewhere, & everything would look like a 1940s comic book." @mikemchone.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
Well, shit fire. A poem of mine is up for Best of the Net courtesy of Revolution John.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Well, shit fire. A poem of mine is up for Best of the Net courtesy of Revolution John.
That's a Wrap! Nails in the Coffin
Vote for your favorite lines in this call!
pistoljimpress.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
"A Palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman." - Gandalf the Grey
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"A Palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman." - Gandalf the Grey
Schrodinger's Garfield
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Schrodinger's Garfield
Aye
I love my friends. Where else would I have to look this up on a WhatsApp group chat.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Aye
Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X
MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Also featuring @kmwriter01.bsky.social @wilsonkoewing.bsky.social @carlottadale.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social and curated by @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===" / X
MICRO MAYHEM v2 Mythic Micros by @KennethMGRAY2 @KMWriter01 @JWenner_Author @carlottadale38 @mike_mchone @fshrum @msladybrute @melissacuisine @KellieScottReed @JohnTures2 @OfferKuban & @jadedwriter_ Curated by @NathanBorn2010 / Nathan Pettigrew #MythicPicnicTweetStory ===
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I know a lot of you aren't on that *ahem* other site, but here's a nice, gritty flash fiction/poetry compilation including yours untruly and a couple of mutual. Enjoy. Or don't. I don't care.
x.com/MythicPicnic...
x.com/MythicPicnic...
A new story up at @literarygarage.bsky.social This one probably has the best ending I've written, in my not so humble opinion.
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
I Stand At The Door | Literary Garage
literarygarage.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A new story up at @literarygarage.bsky.social This one probably has the best ending I've written, in my not so humble opinion.
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
literarygarage.com/i-stand-at-t...
Meatloaf by Mike McHone
from Nails in the Coffin: a Pistol Jim Press series
pistoljimpress.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Holds up perfectly, and it's probably more relevant today than it was a decade ago.
Ten years ago I wrote this essay about social class. Hope it still holds up.
oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...
Trash Food
oxfordamerican.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Holds up perfectly, and it's probably more relevant today than it was a decade ago.
@caseystegman.com has been a long time booster for many folks in the crime writing community, myself included, and it's nice to see one of the good guys, and one of the great writers, score a win. I'm proud of him. Congratulations, Casey. If anyone deserves it, it's you.
Y’all!
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@caseystegman.com has been a long time booster for many folks in the crime writing community, myself included, and it's nice to see one of the good guys, and one of the great writers, score a win. I'm proud of him. Congratulations, Casey. If anyone deserves it, it's you.
Not sure who did this, but I dig it. Too bad Curtis Mayfield wasn't around to score the new movie.
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not sure who did this, but I dig it. Too bad Curtis Mayfield wasn't around to score the new movie.
Define your music taste in 8 artists
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
Define your music taste in 8 artists:
1. Nina Simone
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. The Zombies
5. Parliament-Funkadelic
6. Harvey Danger
7. Le Tigre
8. Carly Rae Jepsen
1. Nina Simone
2. X-Ray Spex
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. The Zombies
5. Parliament-Funkadelic
6. Harvey Danger
7. Le Tigre
8. Carly Rae Jepsen
Define your music taste in 8 artists:
1 R.E.M.
2 John Williams
3. Nirvana
4 Lemonheads
5 Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü/Sugar)
6 Neutral Milk Hotel
7 Nine Inch Nails
8 Jason Isbell
1 R.E.M.
2 John Williams
3. Nirvana
4 Lemonheads
5 Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü/Sugar)
6 Neutral Milk Hotel
7 Nine Inch Nails
8 Jason Isbell
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Define your music taste in 8 artists
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
1. Frank Zappa
2. The Beatles
3. Motorhead
4. Rush
5. Tom Waits
6. Black Sabbath
7. Miles Davis
8. Van Halen
Need some noir in your life? @cwblackwell.bsky.social has you covered. Hard Mountain Clay from @shotgunhoney.com is a brutal novella, River Street Rhapsody is an amazing collection of poems, and WKTP from @rhppress.bsky.social puts society under a microscope. Pick up CWs stuff. You won't regret it.
October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Need some noir in your life? @cwblackwell.bsky.social has you covered. Hard Mountain Clay from @shotgunhoney.com is a brutal novella, River Street Rhapsody is an amazing collection of poems, and WKTP from @rhppress.bsky.social puts society under a microscope. Pick up CWs stuff. You won't regret it.
New bullshit coming soon to a PC, laptop, tablet, phone, whateverthehell near you. @mrbullbull.bsky.social @literarygarage.bsky.social @witchingmetal66.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New bullshit coming soon to a PC, laptop, tablet, phone, whateverthehell near you. @mrbullbull.bsky.social @literarygarage.bsky.social @witchingmetal66.bsky.social
Psst. Wanna check out my first published short story? *crickets* Thought so. Anyhoo, the horror mag Blood Moon Rising gave me chance 21 years ago this month. Here's a link to a PDF (and, yes, it looks like a jumbled mess of bullshit). Not great, but not bad either. Keep on reading on. Peace.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Psst. Wanna check out my first published short story? *crickets* Thought so. Anyhoo, the horror mag Blood Moon Rising gave me chance 21 years ago this month. Here's a link to a PDF (and, yes, it looks like a jumbled mess of bullshit). Not great, but not bad either. Keep on reading on. Peace.
Sums up my taste in, and stern judgement of music and movies almost to a tee
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Sums up my taste in, and stern judgement of music and movies almost to a tee