Michael Pryor
@michaeljpryor.bsky.social
YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.
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Michael Pryor
@michaeljpryor.bsky.social
· Nov 13
What’s true? What’s not? Michael Pryor and George Ivanoff present three remarkable stories to each other. Two stories are true, but one is totally made up. Subscribe and listen to Michael and George as they try to fool each other into believing absolute nonsense.
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If Sherlock Holmes was Australian, would everyone call him 'Shirl' or 'Locky'? Or maybe 'Holmsey'?
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
If Sherlock Holmes was Australian, would everyone call him 'Shirl' or 'Locky'? Or maybe 'Holmsey'?
Went to the cemetery with a friend to check out some old time ancestor but he got angrier and angrier when he couldn't find it, kicking headstones and all, even though he swore he'd visited before.
He completely lost the plot.
He completely lost the plot.
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Went to the cemetery with a friend to check out some old time ancestor but he got angrier and angrier when he couldn't find it, kicking headstones and all, even though he swore he'd visited before.
He completely lost the plot.
He completely lost the plot.
Under the full moon, a behemoth of a cruise ship sails out of Valetta harbour.
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Under the full moon, a behemoth of a cruise ship sails out of Valetta harbour.
In the Grand Palace of the Knights of Malta, Valetta. No sign of Sam Spade or Joel Cairo.
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In the Grand Palace of the Knights of Malta, Valetta. No sign of Sam Spade or Joel Cairo.
Valetta harbour.
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Valetta harbour.
My daughter's horse just had a baby horse!
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My daughter's horse just had a baby horse!
Silent film genius Buster Keaton reading a book.
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Silent film genius Buster Keaton reading a book.
I still call them shops, not stores, because I go shopping not storing.
October 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I still call them shops, not stores, because I go shopping not storing.
Some of the extraordinary mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily. I've never seen so many intact, high quality Roman mosaic work. Room after room of the most intricate creations. Astonishing.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Some of the extraordinary mosaics at the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily. I've never seen so many intact, high quality Roman mosaic work. Room after room of the most intricate creations. Astonishing.
A European Robin, Palermo, Sicily.
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A European Robin, Palermo, Sicily.
Four on the floor, three on the ...?
October 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Four on the floor, three on the ...?
I met this robin today outside the Royal Palace, Palermo, Sicily.
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I met this robin today outside the Royal Palace, Palermo, Sicily.
Reposted by Michael Pryor
Get Traitor's Gathering (a Lenticular Series prequel story) and over 60 other SF, Paranormal and Fantasy books free in the Woo-Hoo Halloween Giveaway 📚🪐 - storyoriginapp.com/to/rEXJZQ2
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Get Traitor's Gathering (a Lenticular Series prequel story) and over 60 other SF, Paranormal and Fantasy books free in the Woo-Hoo Halloween Giveaway 📚🪐 - storyoriginapp.com/to/rEXJZQ2
Golden Celebrations is blooming. Big, many-petalled flowers with a rich, lingering scent.
#owngarden #roses
#owngarden #roses
October 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Golden Celebrations is blooming. Big, many-petalled flowers with a rich, lingering scent.
#owngarden #roses
#owngarden #roses
The roses continue to bloom. This is Madame Isaac Péreire, an old Bourbon rose, first bred in 1841, which is reputed to have the strongest perfume of any rose. It has many petals in an almost magenta pink. Glorious.
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The roses continue to bloom. This is Madame Isaac Péreire, an old Bourbon rose, first bred in 1841, which is reputed to have the strongest perfume of any rose. It has many petals in an almost magenta pink. Glorious.
Since spring is here, I'm making asparagus and lemon risotto for dinner.
October 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Since spring is here, I'm making asparagus and lemon risotto for dinner.
The first rose of the season. Friesia, a happy, bright yellow - not gold - with a spicy, strong scent.
October 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The first rose of the season. Friesia, a happy, bright yellow - not gold - with a spicy, strong scent.
Trompe LOL: an internet image you have to look at a few times before you realise it's funny.
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Trompe LOL: an internet image you have to look at a few times before you realise it's funny.
It grieves me that kibosh has no purpose other than putting it on something.
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It grieves me that kibosh has no purpose other than putting it on something.
Finishing a first draft is like looking at a whole lot of clay, straw and water and saying, 'Yup, nearly finished that mud brick home I've always dreamed of.'
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Finishing a first draft is like looking at a whole lot of clay, straw and water and saying, 'Yup, nearly finished that mud brick home I've always dreamed of.'
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: 'No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.'
Just about any plotter author: No novel plan ever survives around about chapter three when characters start doing things of their own accord.
Just about any plotter author: No novel plan ever survives around about chapter three when characters start doing things of their own accord.
October 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: 'No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.'
Just about any plotter author: No novel plan ever survives around about chapter three when characters start doing things of their own accord.
Just about any plotter author: No novel plan ever survives around about chapter three when characters start doing things of their own accord.
Episode 1 of Season 2 of the 'It's True - or Is it?' podcast has just been released. Six stories about food, four of which are true, but two are totally bogus. Which is which?
Get it wherever you get your podcasts or find all episodes here: itstrueorisit.podbean.com
Get it wherever you get your podcasts or find all episodes here: itstrueorisit.podbean.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Episode 1 of Season 2 of the 'It's True - or Is it?' podcast has just been released. Six stories about food, four of which are true, but two are totally bogus. Which is which?
Get it wherever you get your podcasts or find all episodes here: itstrueorisit.podbean.com
Get it wherever you get your podcasts or find all episodes here: itstrueorisit.podbean.com
Reposted by Michael Pryor
Aurealis has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten Australian classic speculative fiction. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia’s literary history.
aurealis.com.au/store/classi...
aurealis.com.au/store/classi...
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Aurealis has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten Australian classic speculative fiction. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia’s literary history.
aurealis.com.au/store/classi...
aurealis.com.au/store/classi...
Happy World Cassowary Day everyone! Best wishes to our favourite dangerous bird!
cassowaryconservation.org/event/world-...
cassowaryconservation.org/event/world-...
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Happy World Cassowary Day everyone! Best wishes to our favourite dangerous bird!
cassowaryconservation.org/event/world-...
cassowaryconservation.org/event/world-...
Here's a young Sean Connery reading a book.
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Here's a young Sean Connery reading a book.