Melissa F. Olson
@mfolson.bsky.social
I turn Diet Coke into books. Writer, film prof, pit bull advocate, #EDS patient, shenanigans enthusiast. I’d probably be great on your podcast. She/her.
Find me everywhere: http://linktr.ee/melissafolson
Find me everywhere: http://linktr.ee/melissafolson
I just really like the outfit I pulled together to teach college students about silent film. I was one monocle or bowler hat away from going to a cliffside tea party on my dirigible.
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I just really like the outfit I pulled together to teach college students about silent film. I was one monocle or bowler hat away from going to a cliffside tea party on my dirigible.
For your consideration
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM
For your consideration
Listen. If your dog dies, and 5 years later you get another dog, those 2 dogs are siblings.
My brindle pup is the annoying little brother of the dog I got right after college, The dog I have when I’m 70 will be *their* little sister.
I don’t make the rules. This is just how dog posterity works.
My brindle pup is the annoying little brother of the dog I got right after college, The dog I have when I’m 70 will be *their* little sister.
I don’t make the rules. This is just how dog posterity works.
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Listen. If your dog dies, and 5 years later you get another dog, those 2 dogs are siblings.
My brindle pup is the annoying little brother of the dog I got right after college, The dog I have when I’m 70 will be *their* little sister.
I don’t make the rules. This is just how dog posterity works.
My brindle pup is the annoying little brother of the dog I got right after college, The dog I have when I’m 70 will be *their* little sister.
I don’t make the rules. This is just how dog posterity works.
Writer here. On this most hallowed #PortfolioDay, I’m keeping an eye out for a comics artist who likes architecture and ghosts.
And, in case you thought artists weren’t important, I present some of my own very best drawing.
And, in case you thought artists weren’t important, I present some of my own very best drawing.
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Writer here. On this most hallowed #PortfolioDay, I’m keeping an eye out for a comics artist who likes architecture and ghosts.
And, in case you thought artists weren’t important, I present some of my own very best drawing.
And, in case you thought artists weren’t important, I present some of my own very best drawing.
Please let me live the kind of life that generates this kind of headline when I die
January 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Please let me live the kind of life that generates this kind of headline when I die
I’m writing a SF adventure on Patreon! Scientists studying de-extinct mammoths on an Antarctic island learn that the island’s caves were already occupied. 😈
Join me for monthly chapters, my process, research, etc. Plus a LIBRARY of my UF writing to catch up on!
Free chapters here:
bit.ly/FamiliarInc
Join me for monthly chapters, my process, research, etc. Plus a LIBRARY of my UF writing to catch up on!
Free chapters here:
bit.ly/FamiliarInc
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I’m writing a SF adventure on Patreon! Scientists studying de-extinct mammoths on an Antarctic island learn that the island’s caves were already occupied. 😈
Join me for monthly chapters, my process, research, etc. Plus a LIBRARY of my UF writing to catch up on!
Free chapters here:
bit.ly/FamiliarInc
Join me for monthly chapters, my process, research, etc. Plus a LIBRARY of my UF writing to catch up on!
Free chapters here:
bit.ly/FamiliarInc
Well I just don’t know how to feel about that
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Well I just don’t know how to feel about that
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and happy Dressed Up Thursday to those who don’t. 🎄🎅
December 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and happy Dressed Up Thursday to those who don’t. 🎄🎅
And then there are these
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And then there are these
It’s nice when a photo perfectly encapsulates a vibe. :)
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It’s nice when a photo perfectly encapsulates a vibe. :)
About to pitch “The Descent on a Ghost Ship" sisters comic w/my co-writer/sister. We’ve been working on it for 2+ yrs but now we have an amazing artist, @matthtaylor.com.
We’ve worked so hard; it’s a really strong pitch…but I look at *gestures at comics industry* and already feel pre-defeated.
We’ve worked so hard; it’s a really strong pitch…but I look at *gestures at comics industry* and already feel pre-defeated.
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
About to pitch “The Descent on a Ghost Ship" sisters comic w/my co-writer/sister. We’ve been working on it for 2+ yrs but now we have an amazing artist, @matthtaylor.com.
We’ve worked so hard; it’s a really strong pitch…but I look at *gestures at comics industry* and already feel pre-defeated.
We’ve worked so hard; it’s a really strong pitch…but I look at *gestures at comics industry* and already feel pre-defeated.
The face of a reactive anxious dog whose whole life flashed before his eyes during a 90 second visit into the hardware store. He barely survived and now has big Scrooge on Christmas Morning energy.
#rescuedogs
#rescuedogs
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The face of a reactive anxious dog whose whole life flashed before his eyes during a 90 second visit into the hardware store. He barely survived and now has big Scrooge on Christmas Morning energy.
#rescuedogs
#rescuedogs
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
You thought you had problems?
Drop everything and send thoughts and prayers for Frankie, who had to drag not one but two pillows into his comfortable dog bed
#FrankieSteinOlson
Drop everything and send thoughts and prayers for Frankie, who had to drag not one but two pillows into his comfortable dog bed
#FrankieSteinOlson
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
You thought you had problems?
Drop everything and send thoughts and prayers for Frankie, who had to drag not one but two pillows into his comfortable dog bed
#FrankieSteinOlson
Drop everything and send thoughts and prayers for Frankie, who had to drag not one but two pillows into his comfortable dog bed
#FrankieSteinOlson
MUTHER
DESPITE MY EXPRESSION I AM TRULY QUITE STRESSED
WHY MUST YOU BRING ME TO THE CHAMBER OF MEDICAL POKERY
#FrankieSteinOlson
DESPITE MY EXPRESSION I AM TRULY QUITE STRESSED
WHY MUST YOU BRING ME TO THE CHAMBER OF MEDICAL POKERY
#FrankieSteinOlson
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
MUTHER
DESPITE MY EXPRESSION I AM TRULY QUITE STRESSED
WHY MUST YOU BRING ME TO THE CHAMBER OF MEDICAL POKERY
#FrankieSteinOlson
DESPITE MY EXPRESSION I AM TRULY QUITE STRESSED
WHY MUST YOU BRING ME TO THE CHAMBER OF MEDICAL POKERY
#FrankieSteinOlson
Meant to share this photo from trick-or-treating of my pal, the King in Yellow. I hadn’t actually read Chambers, so I’m off to get @injculbard.bsky.social’s gorgeous adaptation to find out how narrowly I escaped with my life 😆
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Meant to share this photo from trick-or-treating of my pal, the King in Yellow. I hadn’t actually read Chambers, so I’m off to get @injculbard.bsky.social’s gorgeous adaptation to find out how narrowly I escaped with my life 😆
So, uh, if you really want to fill out your Frankenstein dance card, I have this book out…
bit.ly/EFrankenstein
bit.ly/EFrankenstein
October 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
So, uh, if you really want to fill out your Frankenstein dance card, I have this book out…
bit.ly/EFrankenstein
bit.ly/EFrankenstein
Oh man, I feel like it must be SO satisfying in there
October 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh man, I feel like it must be SO satisfying in there
What it’s like to live with me in one photo
October 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
What it’s like to live with me in one photo
Me: Okay, going outside to get the mail, then right back in to work more.
Outside: you put this hammock up for a reason, dipshit.
Outside: you put this hammock up for a reason, dipshit.
October 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Me: Okay, going outside to get the mail, then right back in to work more.
Outside: you put this hammock up for a reason, dipshit.
Outside: you put this hammock up for a reason, dipshit.
It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde
How I earned this face:
a) I let in an EVIL STRANGER (my kid’s friend)
b) I trapped him in a CAGE (my office, w/me) while she roamed the den w/her EVIL GRUBBY PAWS (they played Roblox)
c) I gave the EVIL STRANGER snacks meant for HIM (they were not)
d) I did not let him kill her EVEN A LITTLE BIT
a) I let in an EVIL STRANGER (my kid’s friend)
b) I trapped him in a CAGE (my office, w/me) while she roamed the den w/her EVIL GRUBBY PAWS (they played Roblox)
c) I gave the EVIL STRANGER snacks meant for HIM (they were not)
d) I did not let him kill her EVEN A LITTLE BIT
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
How I earned this face:
a) I let in an EVIL STRANGER (my kid’s friend)
b) I trapped him in a CAGE (my office, w/me) while she roamed the den w/her EVIL GRUBBY PAWS (they played Roblox)
c) I gave the EVIL STRANGER snacks meant for HIM (they were not)
d) I did not let him kill her EVEN A LITTLE BIT
a) I let in an EVIL STRANGER (my kid’s friend)
b) I trapped him in a CAGE (my office, w/me) while she roamed the den w/her EVIL GRUBBY PAWS (they played Roblox)
c) I gave the EVIL STRANGER snacks meant for HIM (they were not)
d) I did not let him kill her EVEN A LITTLE BIT