Michael G. O'Connell
@mocando.bsky.social
Author/Illustrator from the Sunshine State. 🖤👻
Southern Gothic/Horror
Now available chapbooks & other goodies. https://linktr.ee/mocando
In Tales to Terrify, Dracula Beyond Stoker, WAS, Raven Review, Mystery Trib. & more
🚫DMs unless you already know me.
Southern Gothic/Horror
Now available chapbooks & other goodies. https://linktr.ee/mocando
In Tales to Terrify, Dracula Beyond Stoker, WAS, Raven Review, Mystery Trib. & more
🚫DMs unless you already know me.
Pinned
I don’t mean to be rude, but I’m probably no longer going to respond to DMs that ask me how I’m doing, or even just a friendly “hi”. I now understand all the “No DMs” in people’s profiles. So, here’s my standard reply:
“Hi! Thanks for the follow. I’m well. Hope you have a nice day.”
“Hi! Thanks for the follow. I’m well. Hope you have a nice day.”
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Two of my widest read books are available on #KindleUnlimited as well as #audible.
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Two of my widest read books are available on #KindleUnlimited as well as #audible.
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
Links👇
Mosaic: mybook.to/hhDt
Lacelean Street: mybook.to/LaceleanStreet
I've been talking about @armandauthor.bsky.social's Kickstarter recently (kck.st/4bBxNuJ). Here's another. Both authors are wildly creative and productive, and most of all, generous with their time. So, please back them, and share. They aren't asking for much. #WritingCommunity #Crime #Horror
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've been talking about @armandauthor.bsky.social's Kickstarter recently (kck.st/4bBxNuJ). Here's another. Both authors are wildly creative and productive, and most of all, generous with their time. So, please back them, and share. They aren't asking for much. #WritingCommunity #Crime #Horror
If you are just starting to write your series, you should check out @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social's workshop. I have taken a few of his workshops over the years and highly recommend anything he is involved in. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
#workshop #writingworkshop #masterclass #writingcommunity #writingtips #bestseller #jonathanmaberry | Jonathan Maberry
Join me for a masterclass workshop: WRITING A SERIES with NY Times bestseller JONATHAN MABERRY
Time: February 21, 2026 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
DESCRIPTION: Series are hot and have alw...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If you are just starting to write your series, you should check out @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social's workshop. I have taken a few of his workshops over the years and highly recommend anything he is involved in. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
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A little bit late to sharing this, but Adi is so proud to have nominated the following wonderful writers for a Pushcart Prize earlier this month.
Congrats to Rania Mamoun, Alaa Alqaisi, Sharon Aruparayil, Tarfa Benson, @jezzbah.bsky.social, and Malak Hijazi!
Congrats to Rania Mamoun, Alaa Alqaisi, Sharon Aruparayil, Tarfa Benson, @jezzbah.bsky.social, and Malak Hijazi!
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A little bit late to sharing this, but Adi is so proud to have nominated the following wonderful writers for a Pushcart Prize earlier this month.
Congrats to Rania Mamoun, Alaa Alqaisi, Sharon Aruparayil, Tarfa Benson, @jezzbah.bsky.social, and Malak Hijazi!
Congrats to Rania Mamoun, Alaa Alqaisi, Sharon Aruparayil, Tarfa Benson, @jezzbah.bsky.social, and Malak Hijazi!
Hoarding Disorder.
A poem by Jessica Q. Stark
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@jezzbah.bsky.social
@adroitjournal.bsky.social
A poem by Jessica Q. Stark
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
@jezzbah.bsky.social
@adroitjournal.bsky.social
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January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Hoarding Disorder.
A poem by Jessica Q. Stark
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
@jezzbah.bsky.social
@adroitjournal.bsky.social
A poem by Jessica Q. Stark
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
@jezzbah.bsky.social
@adroitjournal.bsky.social
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It’s the 10th anniversary of @armandauthor.bsky.social ’s first Dirty Deeds crime thriller book release. Help him celebrate! He has a 10th anniversary with the original banned cover and a new novella, Gut Punch, that is part of the Dirty Deeds world. #exclusive www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning Dirty Deeds book with the original cover! Limited edition
www.kickstarter.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
It’s the 10th anniversary of @armandauthor.bsky.social ’s first Dirty Deeds crime thriller book release. Help him celebrate! He has a 10th anniversary with the original banned cover and a new novella, Gut Punch, that is part of the Dirty Deeds world. #exclusive www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATS
open.substack.com/pub/alyssajm...
open.substack.com/pub/alyssajm...
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATS
DO SOMETHING NOW
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January 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATS
open.substack.com/pub/alyssajm...
open.substack.com/pub/alyssajm...
It’s the 10th anniversary of @armandauthor.bsky.social ’s first Dirty Deeds crime thriller book release. Help him celebrate! He has a 10th anniversary with the original banned cover and a new novella, Gut Punch, that is part of the Dirty Deeds world. #exclusive www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning Dirty Deeds book with the original cover! Limited edition
www.kickstarter.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
It’s the 10th anniversary of @armandauthor.bsky.social ’s first Dirty Deeds crime thriller book release. Help him celebrate! He has a 10th anniversary with the original banned cover and a new novella, Gut Punch, that is part of the Dirty Deeds world. #exclusive www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
I just backed Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition on @kickstarter.com You should, too. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
#crime #thriller #Suspense #booksky #MustRead #DirtyDeeds
#crime #thriller #Suspense #booksky #MustRead #DirtyDeeds
Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning Dirty Deeds book with the original cover! Limited edition
www.kickstarter.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I just backed Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition on @kickstarter.com You should, too. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
#crime #thriller #Suspense #booksky #MustRead #DirtyDeeds
#crime #thriller #Suspense #booksky #MustRead #DirtyDeeds
Check out Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition by Armand Rosamilia on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning Dirty Deeds book with the original cover! Limited edition
www.kickstarter.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Check out Dirty Deeds 10th Anniversary Edition by Armand Rosamilia on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dir...
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Legend
December 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Legend
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From demons to #cryptids to #kaiju, 2026 has #creature #horrorbooks to fill your #horror TBR
@whchizmar.bsky.social
@kristalstittle.bsky.social
@hachepueyo.bsky.social
@clarecavenagh.bsky.social
@jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social
@whchizmar.bsky.social
@kristalstittle.bsky.social
@hachepueyo.bsky.social
@clarecavenagh.bsky.social
@jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
From demons to #cryptids to #kaiju, 2026 has #creature #horrorbooks to fill your #horror TBR
@whchizmar.bsky.social
@kristalstittle.bsky.social
@hachepueyo.bsky.social
@clarecavenagh.bsky.social
@jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social
@whchizmar.bsky.social
@kristalstittle.bsky.social
@hachepueyo.bsky.social
@clarecavenagh.bsky.social
@jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social
It's a feel-good story and something we all need in these troubling times. substack.com/@nutsaboutje...
FollowingJesus (@nutsaboutjesus)
A Louisiana prison hosted a father-daughter dance that reunited incarcerated dads with their little girls.
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This is funded by a church group and private donations and every one of these inmates ...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's a feel-good story and something we all need in these troubling times. substack.com/@nutsaboutje...
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This is what I don’t understand. I don’t know where the fuck everyone is either. I honestly thought Trump and his evil stooges would have been taken out by the military by now. I’m kind of shocked actually. We’ve always claimed to be the most powerful country, but nobody has any balls. NOBODY!!
December 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is what I don’t understand. I don’t know where the fuck everyone is either. I honestly thought Trump and his evil stooges would have been taken out by the military by now. I’m kind of shocked actually. We’ve always claimed to be the most powerful country, but nobody has any balls. NOBODY!!
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This whole thread. I’d been making different webcomics for 20 years before my debut.
Had a *fascinating* conversation with a publisher a Thought Bubble - I was talking about how there’s an entire market out there traditional publishing had been ignoring (both comics & comic conventions). They said
Had a *fascinating* conversation with a publisher a Thought Bubble - I was talking about how there’s an entire market out there traditional publishing had been ignoring (both comics & comic conventions). They said
We're so glad that comics are finally getting the attention they deserve, but please spare a thought for the long years in which the UK comic 'industry' was carried by independent creators, often at great expense, purely as a labour of love. A whole generation of amazing talent risked dying on...
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This whole thread. I’d been making different webcomics for 20 years before my debut.
Had a *fascinating* conversation with a publisher a Thought Bubble - I was talking about how there’s an entire market out there traditional publishing had been ignoring (both comics & comic conventions). They said
Had a *fascinating* conversation with a publisher a Thought Bubble - I was talking about how there’s an entire market out there traditional publishing had been ignoring (both comics & comic conventions). They said
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Ooooof.
This reads to me as a top down report from people looking to the avarice in our sister industries like video games and instead of wanting to protect against it thinking ‘how can we get in on that?’
Don’t worry, I will elaborate
This reads to me as a top down report from people looking to the avarice in our sister industries like video games and instead of wanting to protect against it thinking ‘how can we get in on that?’
Don’t worry, I will elaborate
With the publication of Comic Book UK’s “Vision for growth” white paper today – essentially the blueprint for everything the newly-formed trade association plan to do going forward – Mark Fuller, its Chief Executive outlines their strategy: downthetubes.net/game-on-why-...
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ooooof.
This reads to me as a top down report from people looking to the avarice in our sister industries like video games and instead of wanting to protect against it thinking ‘how can we get in on that?’
Don’t worry, I will elaborate
This reads to me as a top down report from people looking to the avarice in our sister industries like video games and instead of wanting to protect against it thinking ‘how can we get in on that?’
Don’t worry, I will elaborate
The world, quite literally, lost a giant who left his mark upon it.
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.'s urban landscape, dies at 96 - Los Angeles Times
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.'s urban landscape, dies at 96 - Los Angeles Times
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The world, quite literally, lost a giant who left his mark upon it.
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.'s urban landscape, dies at 96 - Los Angeles Times
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.'s urban landscape, dies at 96 - Los Angeles Times
Occupy your mind with some good kind of distrations. Here’s one from Mother Horror. open.substack.com/pub/sadiehar...
How to Feel Big Feelings And Be Less Cynical
Living in this American-dystopian-nightmare can take its toll.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Occupy your mind with some good kind of distrations. Here’s one from Mother Horror. open.substack.com/pub/sadiehar...
🤣
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🤣
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dogyard mag is #openforsubmissions!
Submit your #poetry, #art, #cnf, #fiction, and anything else. Trust me, I want to read some weird stuff this week!!
#writingcommunity #writersofbsky #dogyard
Submit your #poetry, #art, #cnf, #fiction, and anything else. Trust me, I want to read some weird stuff this week!!
#writingcommunity #writersofbsky #dogyard
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
dogyard mag is #openforsubmissions!
Submit your #poetry, #art, #cnf, #fiction, and anything else. Trust me, I want to read some weird stuff this week!!
#writingcommunity #writersofbsky #dogyard
Submit your #poetry, #art, #cnf, #fiction, and anything else. Trust me, I want to read some weird stuff this week!!
#writingcommunity #writersofbsky #dogyard
Like vampire stories?
The Old West?
Originality that bleeds off the page?
Give this one a read. mocando.blogspot.com/2025/03/some...
The Old West?
Originality that bleeds off the page?
Give this one a read. mocando.blogspot.com/2025/03/some...
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Like vampire stories?
The Old West?
Originality that bleeds off the page?
Give this one a read. mocando.blogspot.com/2025/03/some...
The Old West?
Originality that bleeds off the page?
Give this one a read. mocando.blogspot.com/2025/03/some...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...