Mike Chin

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

My new book, This Year’s Ghost, is officially out today! It was a 15-year journey to get to this day. I hope you’ll give it a look! https://t.co/MPRSuhlf6Z

[Calvin and Hobbes Fan Account @Calvinn_Hobbes]

On December 31, 1995, Bill Watterson published the final 'Calvin & Hobbes' comic strip. #CalvinandHobbes

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

Also. 2 nights of WrestleMania, complete with assorted wrestler meet and greets.

Plenty of other good travels, good people, good music, good books.

Onward to 2026. Happy new year wherever you are!

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

It may have been a rotten year on a global level, but, personally, I’ll always have a soft spot for 2025.

In particular, it’s a year when
2 books dropped, complete with an AWP reading, my first proper book launch, signings, and a reading in Corvallis.

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

@DavidPStaggs Yeah, I think that’s what I’d settle on too.

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

Catching up on the last episodes of End of an Era whilst rereading Bret Hart’s memoir and the most vexing choice occurred to me. Would you rather:

a) be the kid to get the Hitman’s sunglasses at ringside or
b) get the “22” hat?

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

Perhaps—just perhaps—the point(s) you choose to nitpick about #StrangerThings5vol2 say more about you than the show.

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

https://t.co/G7fHxhgisX

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

One last bit of creative non-fiction for 2025 out via Stickman Review. The piece reflects on the night a possible oil tycoon bought my family dinner, my late grandmother, visiting France, and a failed relationship from another lifetime. Full text online, link in the thread below.

[SEScoops @sescoops]

@WWE 📝 John Cena Retires: 3 Things #WWE Got Right, and 3 Things They Got Wrong

New feature by @miketchin looking at Cena's final year in hindsight.

https://t.co/BVeCoETI2A

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

I’ve been tearing up watching Xmas movies since Turkey Day, and this weekend I watched both the first 2 eps of #EndofanEra and #JohnCena’s last match.

By the time I finish #StrangerThings 5, Volume 3, I might just have too much pop culture emotional baggage to make it to 2026.

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

Cena was never my favorite, but he had a hell of a career. Glad he’s getting his proper send off. #SNME

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

I was in my 20s when John Cena became the guy, and he was never my favorite.

But then I look back on:

The 2006 Edge feud
The 2008 Rumble return
The 2011 Punk feud
The 2013 Bryan feud
The 2015 Owens feud
The 2016 Styles feud
The 2020 Firefly Fun House match with Wyatt…

#SNME

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

There’s every chance we wont get what I think is right, but this is where I stand.

#JohnCena #TheLastTimeIsNow #SNME

https://t.co/5G91sXYlCY

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

@jonwaddy @misternagel Congrats man, love to see it.

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

People talking about how Taylor Swift’s bonuses make her a great person vs. how carefully curated the scene is for documentary purposes vs. understanding the bonuses as tax write-offs…

What if I told you literally all of these things could simultaneously be true?

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

https://t.co/jFAFJBDQhR

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

Did you know that the title story from This Year’s Ghost (@jacklegpress) was originally published with The Pinch out of the University of Memphis? I was delighted they afforded me some interview space to talk about the book, writing, and other miscellany. Link in the thread below

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

All right, because no asked, my #TaylorSwift top five:

1) All Too Well (I favor Sad Girl Autumn, but this pick encompasses all versions)
2) My Tears Ricochet
3) The Manuscript
4) Long Live
5) Dress

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

@QuinataDelgado Thanks so much, Francisco!

[Mike Chin @miketchin]

I’m pleased to have some new flash fiction out in the world, “Summer Snow,” alongside some other great work in the new issue of Roadrunner Review.

https://t.co/Y88HdlJiKX