Riley Passmore

Award-winning SFFH & CNF writer. Creator of RHENGE 5E for @GamesMarble. Pubs in @SwampApeReview, @BStormJournal, @fiveonthefifth, & more. Clarion 2025. He/him.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

Gonna be spending more time on b!ue 5ky. Find me there at rdpassmore for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writing. Way too many bots, ads, and trolls since the election.

[Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton]

If you have dedicated your life to words and books and literature and language, you have my respect and I will be collegial in all my relations and interactions with you. I think we owe each other that in this strange age, in which our trade, our passion, goes so against the tide

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@bernardtjoy A bit silly, a bit playful, but one I always come back to.

[jasmine sun @jasminewsun]

somehow the same AIs that can do PhD-level math and superhuman coding can only write as well as “a real poet’s okay poem” (sama’s words, not mine!)

I talked to the people training AIs to write about what makes it so hard:

new from me for @TheAtlantic: https://t.co/2mjIfruImn

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@TheLincoln Yup. And to me, it also reveals the naked amorality of the whole project: at minimum, the entire technology is built on lying, either for the "writer" or to the reader.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@SteveCicirelli Everybody talkin', nobody listenin'.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@j_amesmarriott Pre-ordered! Can't wait to read it.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@nrmehta @mirandanover It really is! The Hulu adaptation was pretty great, too.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@nrmehta @mirandanover Not sure how you define long (and I'm not sure how much you're up for experimental, either), but: David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest," Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves," and "James Joyce's "Ulysses" are some of the greats. James Clavell's "Shogun" is another.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@etymology_nerd Just pre-ordered! Can't wait to check this one out.

[anu @anuatluru]

frictionless creation leads to weightless rewards

[After Dinner Conversation @AfterDinnerCon]

Some insightful comments from Warpaint Journal.

[Njoku Nonso @njokunonso_]

I have a yearly ritual of sharing this Keith Leonard’s poem, almost like a personal tradition. Some poems are perfect, beatific things you want to wear for the rest of your life. If you have ever wondered about the navel at which philosophy joins with poetry, here’s your answer.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@shaindelr If you're looking for mental health narratives, I'd love to volunteer my personal essay "To Breathe Wholly and Free."

https://t.co/AckGQNg62w

[Five on the Fifth @fiveonthefifth]

Happy March, lovely readers! We're so thrilled to announce that our March 2025 issue is now LIVE! And it's one we're very proud of, so we invite you to dive in... and dive deep: https://t.co/TMsLDxkkGg #fotf #fotflitmag #writing #WritingCommmunity #newissue #springissue

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@AustinTRoss Just taught CivilWarLand (the story) to my HS juniors and seniors. Absolutely blew their minds. Amazing students and an amazing story.

[Riley Passmore @RDPassmore]

@michaelwehunt @StMartinsPress Of course! I can't wait 😁

[Leslie J. Anderson @inkhat]

I must once again remind you...

[HAD @havehadhavehad]

didn't schedule this purposefully, but today's wonderful 99er poem from @kennymwrites being a drinking game feels kinda perfect?

https://t.co/d6LGWPZwYJ