Tim Melody Pratt
@timpratt.org
Writer and editor. Loser of Nebula, World Fantasy, Dick, and Stoker Awards (won a Hugo tho). Been published in Best American Short Stories AND Best American Erotica. Genderfluid. Any pronouns
I publish a new story monthly at www.patreon.com/timpratt (ooh)
I publish a new story monthly at www.patreon.com/timpratt (ooh)
All right! My first full week as a full-time writer who deliberately moves their human body every day is concluded
Since Monday I:
wrote 14,500 words on my horror novella
walked 46,000 steps
This isn't bad considering I was still laid low with a cold on Monday and wrote little and exercised less
Since Monday I:
wrote 14,500 words on my horror novella
walked 46,000 steps
This isn't bad considering I was still laid low with a cold on Monday and wrote little and exercised less
January 9, 2026 at 10:52 PM
All right! My first full week as a full-time writer who deliberately moves their human body every day is concluded
Since Monday I:
wrote 14,500 words on my horror novella
walked 46,000 steps
This isn't bad considering I was still laid low with a cold on Monday and wrote little and exercised less
Since Monday I:
wrote 14,500 words on my horror novella
walked 46,000 steps
This isn't bad considering I was still laid low with a cold on Monday and wrote little and exercised less
Grapefruit Nuts
Cinnamon Scrote Crunch
what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Grapefruit Nuts
been running my space heater for two hours and the temperature in my room is all the way up to 67 degrees
gotta love bay area houses and their total lack of, what do people in other places call it, oh right, "insulation"
gotta love bay area houses and their total lack of, what do people in other places call it, oh right, "insulation"
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
been running my space heater for two hours and the temperature in my room is all the way up to 67 degrees
gotta love bay area houses and their total lack of, what do people in other places call it, oh right, "insulation"
gotta love bay area houses and their total lack of, what do people in other places call it, oh right, "insulation"
i want my baby back baby back baby back baby back
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
i want my baby back baby back baby back baby back
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A little good news today. For the first time since December 2000, the entire state of California is no longer either entering or recovering from a drought! That's 25 years of drought conditions. www.drought.gov/states/calif...
California
Current state-level drought information for California: .
www.drought.gov
January 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A little good news today. For the first time since December 2000, the entire state of California is no longer either entering or recovering from a drought! That's 25 years of drought conditions. www.drought.gov/states/calif...
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It's me! I'm interstellar art heists!
There are a ton of great-looking books coming in 2026, and I've rounded up the ones that I'm looking forward to the most, including space operas, interstellar art heists, unicorns, dinosaurs, and plenty more.
Here's the full list: www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fanta...
Here's the full list: www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fanta...
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
It's me! I'm interstellar art heists!
3,250 words today. I have entered novelette length on my way to novella length. I think I have a good handle on the pacing, and I wrote some banger lines today
Doing art can feel pointless in times like these but it's the main thing I know how to do
Doing art can feel pointless in times like these but it's the main thing I know how to do
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
3,250 words today. I have entered novelette length on my way to novella length. I think I have a good handle on the pacing, and I wrote some banger lines today
Doing art can feel pointless in times like these but it's the main thing I know how to do
Doing art can feel pointless in times like these but it's the main thing I know how to do
Writing a horror story as a distraction from living in a much bigger and scarier horror documentary
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Writing a horror story as a distraction from living in a much bigger and scarier horror documentary
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You can do this. You can do SOMETHING.
Look up X on the App Store, scroll down to Report a Problem and fill out the form with this information.
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
You can do this. You can do SOMETHING.
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So many things are bad right now, but I interviewed @maggietokudahall.bsky.social about painting pigeons and small acts of survival. 📸 by @estefancy.bsky.social
Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings
“Everything that we think is disgusting about human life, pigeons wear without shame.”
www.coyotemedia.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
So many things are bad right now, but I interviewed @maggietokudahall.bsky.social about painting pigeons and small acts of survival. 📸 by @estefancy.bsky.social
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I didn't think I could be more excited, but I just learned that both Nisi Shawl and Eileen Gunn are reading stories never before seen or heard. Don't miss this!
Have you missed Story Hour? The stories missed you! Join us in welcoming back two of Story Hour’s first superstars, Eileen Gunn and Nisi Shawl. Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PST! And you can absolutely still say “Happy New Year.” @eileengunn.bsky.social @nisishawl.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I didn't think I could be more excited, but I just learned that both Nisi Shawl and Eileen Gunn are reading stories never before seen or heard. Don't miss this!
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Unforseen benefit of starting day working on fiction is that no matter what happens over course of the day otherwise, I have done the enjoyable thing I can control. Which is deeply comforting at day end. There's something very calming about creating narrative. Brains love order.
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Unforseen benefit of starting day working on fiction is that no matter what happens over course of the day otherwise, I have done the enjoyable thing I can control. Which is deeply comforting at day end. There's something very calming about creating narrative. Brains love order.
typos this morning include "relunctantly" and "line-of-sigh," both of which are pretty good
anyway, 3500 words written this morning, AND I'm like 90% of the way over my cold, so, reasons to be cheerful
anyway, 3500 words written this morning, AND I'm like 90% of the way over my cold, so, reasons to be cheerful
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
typos this morning include "relunctantly" and "line-of-sigh," both of which are pretty good
anyway, 3500 words written this morning, AND I'm like 90% of the way over my cold, so, reasons to be cheerful
anyway, 3500 words written this morning, AND I'm like 90% of the way over my cold, so, reasons to be cheerful
The Shield
Honorable mention to Angel (that’s also the answer to the prompt I saw earlier that was like “what’s your favorite show made by a total asshole” or whatever)
Honorable mention to Angel (that’s also the answer to the prompt I saw earlier that was like “what’s your favorite show made by a total asshole” or whatever)
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 AM
The Shield
Honorable mention to Angel (that’s also the answer to the prompt I saw earlier that was like “what’s your favorite show made by a total asshole” or whatever)
Honorable mention to Angel (that’s also the answer to the prompt I saw earlier that was like “what’s your favorite show made by a total asshole” or whatever)
Spent the first few days of the New Year in Monterey and environs and it was lovely
January 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Spent the first few days of the New Year in Monterey and environs and it was lovely
Walked 3.5 sloooooow miles but the sun was out and I saw good street art and continued to seed little free libraries with my excess author copies (there are so many around here, seriously, almost every dot on this map is a little free library)
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Walked 3.5 sloooooow miles but the sun was out and I saw good street art and continued to seed little free libraries with my excess author copies (there are so many around here, seriously, almost every dot on this map is a little free library)
Okay, got 3300 words written on my horror novella. Still not exactly zooming along at full power here but it's solid progress (and a horrible thing has now happened to a likable character, which is crucial)
I'm going to take a walk and breathe some air that isn't just my own recirculated coughs
I'm going to take a walk and breathe some air that isn't just my own recirculated coughs
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Okay, got 3300 words written on my horror novella. Still not exactly zooming along at full power here but it's solid progress (and a horrible thing has now happened to a likable character, which is crucial)
I'm going to take a walk and breathe some air that isn't just my own recirculated coughs
I'm going to take a walk and breathe some air that isn't just my own recirculated coughs
My cold symptoms are getting better but my lower back is sore (happens whenever I stay in bed too much), bleahhhh
Have done some cat-cow stretches though and will take a walk after I write, should help
Have done some cat-cow stretches though and will take a walk after I write, should help
January 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
My cold symptoms are getting better but my lower back is sore (happens whenever I stay in bed too much), bleahhhh
Have done some cat-cow stretches though and will take a walk after I write, should help
Have done some cat-cow stretches though and will take a walk after I write, should help
I understand on an intellectual level that I cannot expect to be as productive when I’m sick as I am when I am not sick, but what if I’m secretly just a lazy malingerer
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I understand on an intellectual level that I cannot expect to be as productive when I’m sick as I am when I am not sick, but what if I’m secretly just a lazy malingerer
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I probably shouldn’t admit this... buuuuut you get 50 free short stories with your first pledge.
Really.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
Really.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
Kameron Hurley | Patreon
creating Short Stories
www.patreon.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I probably shouldn’t admit this... buuuuut you get 50 free short stories with your first pledge.
Really.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
Really.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
I am still sick (sore throat is better, stuffy head is worse) but I am breaking ground on a new horror novella (probably, maybe a long novelette) anyway!
I also got an unexpected email about a cool writing thing. The first cool writing thing of 2026!
I also got an unexpected email about a cool writing thing. The first cool writing thing of 2026!
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I am still sick (sore throat is better, stuffy head is worse) but I am breaking ground on a new horror novella (probably, maybe a long novelette) anyway!
I also got an unexpected email about a cool writing thing. The first cool writing thing of 2026!
I also got an unexpected email about a cool writing thing. The first cool writing thing of 2026!
I am actually enjoying these last few episodes of Stranger Things but I did just say aloud “what if the try-fail cycle but TOO MUCH?”
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I am actually enjoying these last few episodes of Stranger Things but I did just say aloud “what if the try-fail cycle but TOO MUCH?”
just typoed "sore throat" as "sword throat" and you know what I stand by it
January 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
just typoed "sore throat" as "sword throat" and you know what I stand by it