Bill Mize
@billmize.bsky.social
I write things, film things, and occasionally publish things.
Husband, Father, USAF Veteran. Podcaster. Tabletop Gamer. Certified Life Coach and liberal zaddy.
Retired Nerd trying to do his best in the world.
https://linktr.ee/billmize
Husband, Father, USAF Veteran. Podcaster. Tabletop Gamer. Certified Life Coach and liberal zaddy.
Retired Nerd trying to do his best in the world.
https://linktr.ee/billmize
This week's video!
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An Old Photograph Can Surprise You
YouTube video by Bill Mize
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October 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This week's video!
Thanks for watching, sharing and subscribing!
Thanks for watching, sharing and subscribing!
Happy James Bond Day!
On this day, in 1962, the first James Bond film, Dr. No, premiered.
I was only going on two, but I got caught up in the early 70's, and I'm a big fan to this day.
Daniel Craig is my current favorite, but I'm curious and eager to see what happens next!
#jamesbond #jamesbondday
On this day, in 1962, the first James Bond film, Dr. No, premiered.
I was only going on two, but I got caught up in the early 70's, and I'm a big fan to this day.
Daniel Craig is my current favorite, but I'm curious and eager to see what happens next!
#jamesbond #jamesbondday
October 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Happy James Bond Day!
On this day, in 1962, the first James Bond film, Dr. No, premiered.
I was only going on two, but I got caught up in the early 70's, and I'm a big fan to this day.
Daniel Craig is my current favorite, but I'm curious and eager to see what happens next!
#jamesbond #jamesbondday
On this day, in 1962, the first James Bond film, Dr. No, premiered.
I was only going on two, but I got caught up in the early 70's, and I'm a big fan to this day.
Daniel Craig is my current favorite, but I'm curious and eager to see what happens next!
#jamesbond #jamesbondday
New video up on my YouTube channel; I hope it resonates with you.
The Name Tag I Still Reach For
YouTube video by Bill Mize
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
New video up on my YouTube channel; I hope it resonates with you.
Two things:
1. Modiphius' 2d20 system finally clicked for basic game play, and
2. I got these two PDFs.
These two things are very, very connected. Join my teeny tiny little server and look for one shots coming soon!
1. Modiphius' 2d20 system finally clicked for basic game play, and
2. I got these two PDFs.
These two things are very, very connected. Join my teeny tiny little server and look for one shots coming soon!
September 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Two things:
1. Modiphius' 2d20 system finally clicked for basic game play, and
2. I got these two PDFs.
These two things are very, very connected. Join my teeny tiny little server and look for one shots coming soon!
1. Modiphius' 2d20 system finally clicked for basic game play, and
2. I got these two PDFs.
These two things are very, very connected. Join my teeny tiny little server and look for one shots coming soon!
I'm itching to run some one shots/short shots of Call of C'thulhu in the near future!
If you'd like to game with ya boy Bill, then please join my teeny, tiny little Discord server.
discord.gg/quc93r83fF
If you'd like to game with ya boy Bill, then please join my teeny, tiny little Discord server.
discord.gg/quc93r83fF
September 24, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I'm itching to run some one shots/short shots of Call of C'thulhu in the near future!
If you'd like to game with ya boy Bill, then please join my teeny, tiny little Discord server.
discord.gg/quc93r83fF
If you'd like to game with ya boy Bill, then please join my teeny, tiny little Discord server.
discord.gg/quc93r83fF
I started making some videos, both long and short.
I'd love it if you checked them out, please, and thank you in advance!
PS. Subscribe = love ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrM...
I'd love it if you checked them out, please, and thank you in advance!
PS. Subscribe = love ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrM...
Today I Got My Life Back At 65. Here's What I'm Doing About It.
YouTube video by Bill Mize
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I started making some videos, both long and short.
I'd love it if you checked them out, please, and thank you in advance!
PS. Subscribe = love ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrM...
I'd love it if you checked them out, please, and thank you in advance!
PS. Subscribe = love ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWrM...
Today, take a moment of silence to remember those brave souls stationed on Moonbase Alpha, who, after the horrific nuclear accident that tore our moon out of its orbit, were never to be seen again.
September 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Today, take a moment of silence to remember those brave souls stationed on Moonbase Alpha, who, after the horrific nuclear accident that tore our moon out of its orbit, were never to be seen again.
60 years ago today, the very first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap" premiered. Star Trek was my first fandom, and it still holds a place in my heart. There are many fandoms, but this fandom is mine.
#startrek #startrek60
#startrek #startrek60
September 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
60 years ago today, the very first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap" premiered. Star Trek was my first fandom, and it still holds a place in my heart. There are many fandoms, but this fandom is mine.
#startrek #startrek60
#startrek #startrek60
I've put up a bookstore on my website, so you can see the books I recommend in my coaching practice for health, fitness, relationships, dating, meaning and creativity.
Any purchases bring me one step closer to affording a cup of coffee, courtesy of Bezos the Clown.
Any questions, let me know!
Any purchases bring me one step closer to affording a cup of coffee, courtesy of Bezos the Clown.
Any questions, let me know!
Bookstore
As a former Assistant Manager of the late, great Waldenbooks (Countryside Mall, Clearwater, Florida and Union Square, San Francisco, California) and then as an inveterate customer and occasional Ho…
williammize.com
August 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I've put up a bookstore on my website, so you can see the books I recommend in my coaching practice for health, fitness, relationships, dating, meaning and creativity.
Any purchases bring me one step closer to affording a cup of coffee, courtesy of Bezos the Clown.
Any questions, let me know!
Any purchases bring me one step closer to affording a cup of coffee, courtesy of Bezos the Clown.
Any questions, let me know!
Seems like it's been a million years since I published any fiction, so here's one for you!
“Death in the Black Lagoon”
The creature’s claws grip the rail of the hospital bed, as if hanging on for dear life. Smokers yellow nails, ancient blood a dark blue beneath the paper thin skin. Primordial, ancient, he’s been l…
williammize.com
August 20, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Seems like it's been a million years since I published any fiction, so here's one for you!
See, THIS is what AI should be used for: childhood crushes in favorite childhood television show uniforms.
I would also have accepted Susan Dey and Joy from The Bugaloos.
I would also have accepted Susan Dey and Joy from The Bugaloos.
August 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
See, THIS is what AI should be used for: childhood crushes in favorite childhood television show uniforms.
I would also have accepted Susan Dey and Joy from The Bugaloos.
I would also have accepted Susan Dey and Joy from The Bugaloos.
Funny, but not funny at the same time.
Maybe funny AND horrifying?
Maybe funny AND horrifying?
August 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Funny, but not funny at the same time.
Maybe funny AND horrifying?
Maybe funny AND horrifying?
In which the wonderful hosts of The Classic Horrors Club make an error in judgement and invite me to be on their show again to discuss 1976's "Alice Sweet Alice", which included a blink and you'll miss it appearance from a very young Brooke Shields.
classichorrors.club/2026/07/20/t...
classichorrors.club/2026/07/20/t...
The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 117: Fright, Sweet Fright
A 1970s drive-in movie by any other name would be as good… You say Alice, Sweet Alice, I say, Communion, Richard says, Holy Terror, and no one, including this month’s special guest, Bil…
classichorrors.club
July 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
In which the wonderful hosts of The Classic Horrors Club make an error in judgement and invite me to be on their show again to discuss 1976's "Alice Sweet Alice", which included a blink and you'll miss it appearance from a very young Brooke Shields.
classichorrors.club/2026/07/20/t...
classichorrors.club/2026/07/20/t...
The DNP period is over, so I can share with you my 2nd round entry for the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction Contest, "Peace At Any Price".
It didn't make it into the final round, but I think that my fellow @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu players might find this interesting.
It didn't make it into the final round, but I think that my fellow @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu players might find this interesting.
“Peace At Any Price”
This was my second round entry in the NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Challenge. For more on the competition and my winning first round entry, check this post out. Unfortunately, this story did…
williammize.com
July 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The DNP period is over, so I can share with you my 2nd round entry for the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction Contest, "Peace At Any Price".
It didn't make it into the final round, but I think that my fellow @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu players might find this interesting.
It didn't make it into the final round, but I think that my fellow @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu players might find this interesting.
The Do Not Publish period is over, so I can share with you my first place entry in the first round of the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction contest, "The Thin Line".
Fingers crossed that my entry for the second round does just as well!
Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Fingers crossed that my entry for the second round does just as well!
Enjoy and let me know what you think!
“The Thin Line”
This was my entry in the first round of the NYC Midnight 100 Word Microfiction Challenge. It won First Place in my group! How the competition works is that everyone who signs up is assigned to a gr…
williammize.com
May 29, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The Do Not Publish period is over, so I can share with you my first place entry in the first round of the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 100 Word Microfiction contest, "The Thin Line".
Fingers crossed that my entry for the second round does just as well!
Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Fingers crossed that my entry for the second round does just as well!
Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Woke up to the news that my story, "The Thin Line" placed first in my group in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 2026 100 Word Microfiction Challenge!
I move to the 2nd round, and, on Friday, I'll have a new prompt and 24 hours to write another one!
www.nycmidnight.com/100
I move to the 2nd round, and, on Friday, I'll have a new prompt and 24 hours to write another one!
www.nycmidnight.com/100
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...
www.nycmidnight.com
May 14, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Woke up to the news that my story, "The Thin Line" placed first in my group in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 2026 100 Word Microfiction Challenge!
I move to the 2nd round, and, on Friday, I'll have a new prompt and 24 hours to write another one!
www.nycmidnight.com/100
I move to the 2nd round, and, on Friday, I'll have a new prompt and 24 hours to write another one!
www.nycmidnight.com/100
Think you've got what it takes to manage a popular beach hotel in the 1920's?
HINT: YOU DON'T.
Think you want to play a free browser game where you enter the universe of The Marx Brothers a la "Cocoanuts"?
HINT: YOU DO.
geoffreygolden.itch.io/cocoanut
HINT: YOU DON'T.
Think you want to play a free browser game where you enter the universe of The Marx Brothers a la "Cocoanuts"?
HINT: YOU DO.
geoffreygolden.itch.io/cocoanut
Cocoanut Hotel by Geoffrey Golden, Gwen C. Katz
Run a madcap hotel in this Marx Bros management sim.
geoffreygolden.itch.io
May 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Think you've got what it takes to manage a popular beach hotel in the 1920's?
HINT: YOU DON'T.
Think you want to play a free browser game where you enter the universe of The Marx Brothers a la "Cocoanuts"?
HINT: YOU DO.
geoffreygolden.itch.io/cocoanut
HINT: YOU DON'T.
Think you want to play a free browser game where you enter the universe of The Marx Brothers a la "Cocoanuts"?
HINT: YOU DO.
geoffreygolden.itch.io/cocoanut
It's #flashfictionfriday and here's my latest for you to enjoy!
The rejection notices were piling up, so I figure I'd just publish it my dang self.
Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing!
#flashfiction
The rejection notices were piling up, so I figure I'd just publish it my dang self.
Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing!
#flashfiction
“Divine Intervention”
The world was coming to an end, and all he could do was scream about the lack of Peanut Butter Crunch cereal. His seven year old face was red and wet and contorted in feral mask of rage and his scr…
williammize.com
April 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It's #flashfictionfriday and here's my latest for you to enjoy!
The rejection notices were piling up, so I figure I'd just publish it my dang self.
Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing!
#flashfiction
The rejection notices were piling up, so I figure I'd just publish it my dang self.
Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing!
#flashfiction
“Private Lives”
This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force. As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St.…
This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force. As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St.…
“Private Lives”
This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force. As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St. Petersburg Times. During the transit time between Reading UK and Florida, I thought "Huh.
williammize.com
April 12, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“Private Lives”
This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force. As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St.…
This is the essay that nearly got me kicked out of the Air Force. As I neared the end of my 6 year enlistment, I wanted to get a head start on my freelance writing career. I scribbled this up and sent it to Sandra Thompson, the editor for the weekly Private Lives column at the St.…
A new little flash fiction for you to start your Saturday with!
This is something new I'm trying, to get back into the fiction writing groove.
It's a quick read, but I hope a good one for you.
#flashfiction #fiction #writing
williammize.com/2026/04/10/w...
This is something new I'm trying, to get back into the fiction writing groove.
It's a quick read, but I hope a good one for you.
#flashfiction #fiction #writing
williammize.com/2026/04/10/w...
April 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A new little flash fiction for you to start your Saturday with!
This is something new I'm trying, to get back into the fiction writing groove.
It's a quick read, but I hope a good one for you.
#flashfiction #fiction #writing
williammize.com/2026/04/10/w...
This is something new I'm trying, to get back into the fiction writing groove.
It's a quick read, but I hope a good one for you.
#flashfiction #fiction #writing
williammize.com/2026/04/10/w...
Four books on writing I'd recommend:
- Working Days - Steinbeck - illuminates the joy & the struggle.
- The Weekend Novelist - Ray - used copy of the first edition only.
- Writing The Short Story - Bickham - learn the craft.
- Writing Novels That Sell - Bickham - the OG way to learn Scene & Sequel
- Working Days - Steinbeck - illuminates the joy & the struggle.
- The Weekend Novelist - Ray - used copy of the first edition only.
- Writing The Short Story - Bickham - learn the craft.
- Writing Novels That Sell - Bickham - the OG way to learn Scene & Sequel
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Four books on writing I'd recommend:
- Working Days - Steinbeck - illuminates the joy & the struggle.
- The Weekend Novelist - Ray - used copy of the first edition only.
- Writing The Short Story - Bickham - learn the craft.
- Writing Novels That Sell - Bickham - the OG way to learn Scene & Sequel
- Working Days - Steinbeck - illuminates the joy & the struggle.
- The Weekend Novelist - Ray - used copy of the first edition only.
- Writing The Short Story - Bickham - learn the craft.
- Writing Novels That Sell - Bickham - the OG way to learn Scene & Sequel
Four Novels That Changed My Writing Life:
- The Grapes of Wrath: It taught me empathy as a novelist.
- A Prayer For Owen Meany: It taught me how to structure a novel.
- Fer De Lance: It rekindled my love of the mystery.
- A Confederacy of Dunces: It got me a wife.
#booksky
- The Grapes of Wrath: It taught me empathy as a novelist.
- A Prayer For Owen Meany: It taught me how to structure a novel.
- Fer De Lance: It rekindled my love of the mystery.
- A Confederacy of Dunces: It got me a wife.
#booksky
January 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Four Novels That Changed My Writing Life:
- The Grapes of Wrath: It taught me empathy as a novelist.
- A Prayer For Owen Meany: It taught me how to structure a novel.
- Fer De Lance: It rekindled my love of the mystery.
- A Confederacy of Dunces: It got me a wife.
#booksky
- The Grapes of Wrath: It taught me empathy as a novelist.
- A Prayer For Owen Meany: It taught me how to structure a novel.
- Fer De Lance: It rekindled my love of the mystery.
- A Confederacy of Dunces: It got me a wife.
#booksky
Music to my Sinatra loving, Trump hating ears.
December 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Music to my Sinatra loving, Trump hating ears.