Morgan Wallace
@morganwallace.bsky.social
Writer of minimalist stories, knower of obscure and useless things. Member of PNWA and Hugo House.
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Morgan Wallace
@morganwallace.bsky.social
· Jul 19
2025 Contest Finalists - PNWA - a writer's resource
"The District" - Jim McMaster
www.pnwa.org
News!
My short story, "The Soft Prison," is a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association's Unpublished Writing Contest.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced at the PNWA's annual conference in Sept.
Here is the contest's finalists page:
www.pnwa.org/page/Finalis...
My short story, "The Soft Prison," is a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association's Unpublished Writing Contest.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced at the PNWA's annual conference in Sept.
Here is the contest's finalists page:
www.pnwa.org/page/Finalis...
Just finished AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER by Jamaica Kincaid.
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Just finished AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER by Jamaica Kincaid.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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For the past five years, I have crisscrossed our state to offer free & bilingual writing classes to more than 850 students in 50 towns & cities.
My very last Humanities Washington class is Tuesday night at Folio in Pike Place Market. 12/9 at 6. Register here:
www.folioseattle.org/event-detail...
My very last Humanities Washington class is Tuesday night at Folio in Pike Place Market. 12/9 at 6. Register here:
www.folioseattle.org/event-detail...
How to Write a Family Portrait / Cómo escribir un retrato familiar | FOLIO SEATTLE
In partnership with Humanities Washington
www.folioseattle.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
For the past five years, I have crisscrossed our state to offer free & bilingual writing classes to more than 850 students in 50 towns & cities.
My very last Humanities Washington class is Tuesday night at Folio in Pike Place Market. 12/9 at 6. Register here:
www.folioseattle.org/event-detail...
My very last Humanities Washington class is Tuesday night at Folio in Pike Place Market. 12/9 at 6. Register here:
www.folioseattle.org/event-detail...
I just finished THE VEGETARIAN by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I just finished THE VEGETARIAN by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
Clam chowder, iced tea, onion rings, and grilled swordfish with salad from Seattle Fish Company!
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Clam chowder, iced tea, onion rings, and grilled swordfish with salad from Seattle Fish Company!
We voted in the Tuesday, November 4th general election.
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We voted in the Tuesday, November 4th general election.
Capitol Hill, Seattle
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Capitol Hill, Seattle
When I can't sleep, I think about how hotcakes and pancakes are the same thing, BUT "hotcake makeup" isn't a thing, AND no one ever says that a popular consumer good "sells like pancakes."
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When I can't sleep, I think about how hotcakes and pancakes are the same thing, BUT "hotcake makeup" isn't a thing, AND no one ever says that a popular consumer good "sells like pancakes."
"One more word outta you and I'm opening up my can of Whoop-Ass."
October 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"One more word outta you and I'm opening up my can of Whoop-Ass."
It must have been an epic battle.
September 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It must have been an epic battle.
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My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
Letter from the Portland War Front (humor about something deadly serious)
My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
Just completed THE SUFFERINGS OF YOUNG WERTHER by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated from the German by Stanley Corngold. This is the Norton Critical Edition.
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just completed THE SUFFERINGS OF YOUNG WERTHER by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated from the German by Stanley Corngold. This is the Norton Critical Edition.
Last night at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference Awards Banquet.
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Last night at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference Awards Banquet.
Tucker enjoys a relaxing Monday.
September 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Tucker enjoys a relaxing Monday.
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Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
Strange moon tonight.
September 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Strange moon tonight.
Labor Day Rally and March, Shoreline, Washington.
September 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Labor Day Rally and March, Shoreline, Washington.
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"The Republican Party wants to pull YOUR teenage daughter's pants down in the middle of gym class if they think she's too good at lacrosse, this is vile and depraved and only the start of their intrusive government overreach" should be the party line and I don't think it's a heavy lift
why do transphobes have a fucking monopoly on "having some concerns about fairness", can i have a concern about the fairness of normalizing kids getting their genitals inspected by strange adults for reasons entirely unrelated to health or hygiene as a prerequisite for peewee soccer?
August 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"The Republican Party wants to pull YOUR teenage daughter's pants down in the middle of gym class if they think she's too good at lacrosse, this is vile and depraved and only the start of their intrusive government overreach" should be the party line and I don't think it's a heavy lift
Tucker in Dreamland.
September 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Tucker in Dreamland.
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Being in a sea of humanity, all of you cheering for more humanity, is an incredible feeling and will bolster your resolve for the endurance march that will be the next several years. We do have each other, and that's a lot. For love, we'll give it a shot.
relatedly: if you’re worried about this, i strongly encourage you to seek out and attend a rally wherever you live on labor day. it will give you a much better perspective on how many of us there are vs. how many of them in a way that isn’t just abstract math.
one thing to remember about "ICE is going to occupy Democrat strongholds" is that ICE, if it hires to capacity, will employ about 26k people by the end of 2026, which is 1/3 smaller than the NYPD, which is not a large enough police force to occupy New York City itself.
August 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Being in a sea of humanity, all of you cheering for more humanity, is an incredible feeling and will bolster your resolve for the endurance march that will be the next several years. We do have each other, and that's a lot. For love, we'll give it a shot.
I just read THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated from German by Thomas Carlyle and R. D. Boylan.
"...[T]his masterpiece catapulted the author to the forefront of the literary movement known as 'Sturm und Drang.'"
"...[T]his masterpiece catapulted the author to the forefront of the literary movement known as 'Sturm und Drang.'"
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I just read THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated from German by Thomas Carlyle and R. D. Boylan.
"...[T]his masterpiece catapulted the author to the forefront of the literary movement known as 'Sturm und Drang.'"
"...[T]his masterpiece catapulted the author to the forefront of the literary movement known as 'Sturm und Drang.'"
Speaking of vestiges of the past....
Once upon a time Seattle had TWO daily papers.
Once upon a time Seattle had TWO daily papers.
August 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Speaking of vestiges of the past....
Once upon a time Seattle had TWO daily papers.
Once upon a time Seattle had TWO daily papers.
A street corner in Shoreline.
Shoreline's streets were laid out by a mysterious stranger with glowing red eyes. He smelled of sulfur.
Shoreline's streets were laid out by a mysterious stranger with glowing red eyes. He smelled of sulfur.
August 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A street corner in Shoreline.
Shoreline's streets were laid out by a mysterious stranger with glowing red eyes. He smelled of sulfur.
Shoreline's streets were laid out by a mysterious stranger with glowing red eyes. He smelled of sulfur.