Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈

Writer! Dad of 2. Teach @EIU. Book: #GayZooDay. Words: @guardian @rollingstone, @WIRED. Fiction ed. @bluestemmag. Rep: Helen Lane at Ki. Awkwardly cheerful.

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

I really struggled to write this. Earlier this year, to discovered that the bodycam footage of my comedic, traumatic 2021 arrest had not only been released, it had gone viral on YouTube. Thanks to @guardian for giving me the space to write about it: https://t.co/8zmBTtwQBf

[HAD @havehadhavehad]

we'll probably have a sub call soon (when? overseen by who? a theme or no? idk!) but, in the meantime, Aaron's other project is open this month

longer short stories (2k-8k words long, w/ 3k-5,500 being the real sweet spot), $150 + paired w/ original art

https://t.co/s2cKOMhUoJ

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@ashleevance @nickbilton If someone fired your colleagues in order to stifle free speech, would you "hear them out?"

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

I didn't know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@bernardtjoy Must can oi 😭

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@bernardtjoy Now you’re talking! Helen of Troy must can only be played by Sculpey!

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@DanSeifwrites It’s an all-timer!!! So good.

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@jpodhoretz Shutting up is always an option! Are you having a racist rant to revive a stalled career or are you masochistically hoping to gain relevance through willful, grumpy stupidity?

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@ryanstephen0

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@F466OT

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

You’re right! Lupita Nyong’o isn’t the most beautiful woman in the world. She’s the most beautiful woman in the universe.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Not one person on the planet actually thinks that Lupita Nyong’o is “the most beautiful woman in the world.” But Christopher Nolan knows that he would be called racist if he gave “the most beautiful woman” role to a white woman. Nolan is technically talented but a coward. Too afraid to do anything that even slightly challenges the spirit of the age.

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@elonmusk @IterIntellectus He paying you for all this free publicity? 😂

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@F466OT

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@katefolk Much healthier tbh!

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

@pswordwoman Well-deserved recognition! This book deserves all the flowers!!!

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

To everyone who believed in these tricky, queer, often-apocalyptic stories - friends, family, classmates, editors, legends, spirits, and strangers - thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

I'm so excited to share that my short story collection, Is the Sky Falling or Are We Rising Towards the Lord?, will be published by @jacklegpress in February of 2028. JackLeg has published some of my favorite books of recent times, books by writers I admire so much.

[Dr. Mike McClelland 🌈 @magicmikewrites]

It is such an honor to be in their company. I've been in a season of loss in life, of endings, so it's very poignant for me that this book of "endings" has found such a beautiful home. I cannot wait to share more with you in the weeks and months to come.

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

This is a pretty fantastic journal to work with.

[AWP @awpwriter]

The latest issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE is here, and with it, three new writing prompts for our subscribers. This month, find inspiration in poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction from @SubhagaCrystal, @doylejacq, and @magicmikewrites. https://t.co/D6sfnrFghP