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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

I like to think about interstellar encounters with non-human sentients and advanced, god-like beings beyond the common SF tropes. I think that these interactions may be so outside of normal experience that we'd label them surreal, which is how I came upon the name Surrealia for the sentient planet.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · 8d

I am proud to announce that my science fiction novel-in-verse, Surrealia, won Second Place in the.2025 Elgin Awards for Best Full-Length Speculative Poetry Book!

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Sep 4

SpecPoVerse has recordings of poets readings their poems from Vol. 1, Issues 1 and 2 (more coming for Issue 2).

The tonal nuances, the rhythm, and the emotional coloring transform and elevate the poems.

Issue 1: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

Issue 2: specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

Specpoverse

Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 30

Tonight at midnight EST, SpecPoVerse Volume 1 Issue 2 will launch online! This issue contains amazing verse from poets around the world with themes from science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. As always, SpecPoVerse is free! I hope you enjoy it.

specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

Specpoverse

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 26

My poem "Sound healing" is being published in the Sauuti Terrors anthology, pre-orders available at $26.99 for 1/20/2026 launch. The Sauutiverse is an Africancentric cosmology with sound-based magic mixed with science in a solar system with five planets.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sauu-ti-te...

Sauu ti Terrors Short Stories|Hardcover

A powerful dark science fiction collection in a stunning edition, bringing back the revolutionary Afrocentric Sauútiverse.Co-editors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy bring us a p...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Selfie with SFPA Grandmaster poet Linda D. Addison who signed my copy of her spectacular poetry book "Everything Endless" (co-authored with the amazing Jamal Hodge)

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 16

September 1st is coming up fast! Get your speculative poems ready to submit to SpecPoVerse for Volume 1, Issue 3.
specpoverse.org/submission

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 16

Sold all my copies of Surrealia at Seattle Worldcon plus more with folks using the QR code on my T-shirt.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 1

Here's the application:
www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/wp-content/u...

www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 1

@rachel-aaron.bsky.social Just so you know, I'm going to campaign hard to have you invited to Balticon 60 during Memorial Day weekend.
Here's the link to Balticon 59.
www.balticon.org

Balticon 59 | Baltimore's Science Fiction Convention

Whether you love science with your fiction or costumes with your books, at Balticon we do too! Join 1500+ fans of all backgrounds to celebrate Science Fiction and Fantasy with 300+ hours of diverse pr...

www.balticon.org

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 1

@rachel-aaron.bsky.social
You might be interested in being a panelist/book signer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We have sold fantasy books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark and Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw. Politics & Prose sells the books.
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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm proud that my scifi novel-in-verse, Surrealia, was nominated for the 2025 Elgin Award! #elgin #SFPA
Voting ends on 9/15/2025.
Wish me luck!

www.sfpoetry.com/elgin.html

Science Fiction Poetry Association

Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.

www.sfpoetry.com

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 11

Book recommendation if you like subversive takes on myths:
Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
Heracles (Hercules) like you've never seen him before. Really fascinating entwined arc of Heracles, the demigod whose name means "glory of Hera," and Hera, who initially despises and curses him.

Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 7

SpecPoVerse received 196 poetry submissions for Volume 1, Issue 2, coming out 8/31/2025. Check out the wonderful verse in Volume 1, Issue 1:
specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-iss...

Specpoverse

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specpoverse.org

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 5

Cyberhaunt

Nanowraith drifting

Quantum dot swarm shimmers swirls

Ghost of dead AI

Glides through misty Scottish moor

Maker’s spirit never found

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 19

an illustration of a woman holding a fist in the air with the words juneteenth written around her

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 17

Listen to the fragrances

the cymbal crash of cardamom
the bluesy bass of basil
sleepy soprano saffron
cartwheeling chords of chamomille
synesthesia on tap
neuroimplant catching the tunes
from my spice cabinet

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 17

My mom offers me dream play
While I lie still in my egg

Telepathic teaching tickles
We romp with astral fondness

Then the bioclock strikes time
Emergence exultation

Flesh shield ruptured
I give savage sentiment

Crawling out my first meal
I look at the cooling corpse and think, "Thanks, Dad!"

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 17

You got through it fine! Your poems sizzle like hotcakes.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · Jun 7

A scifaiku:

Cosmos nears its end
Sentients almost god-like
Hard drive gets refreshed

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · May 27

@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Great talking to you at #Balticon59 ! I will see your lovely fierceness at #Worldcon ! Keep being your authentic stab-em-with-words self.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · May 26

A fantastic #Balticon59!
I was immersed in the love of my #SFFtribe

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · May 25

Sang my own song for the first time at Friday FILK (sci-fi/fantasy songs) at Balticon 59. My heart didn't explode. My friend Tavair Tapp #sagacioustraveler joined me on chorus. Singing again tonight at 10 pm.

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Miguel O. Mitchell @miguelmitchell.bsky.social · May 21

And SpecPoVerse got lots of love!! ❤️