Miguel O. Mitchell
@miguelmitchell.bsky.social
Speculative poet, Editor-in-Chief/Co-Founder of SpecPoVerse, SFF author, visual artist, Chemistry PhD, retired chemistry professor, science editor, Second Place winner of the 2025 Elgin Award for the scifi novel-in-verse Surrealia
A copy of my book arrived!
September 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
A copy of my book arrived!
Submit your poems! Submissions for speculative poetry for SpecPoVerse, Vol. 2, Issue 3 will open on Sept. 1, 2026 and end on October 31, 2026.
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Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
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August 31, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Submit your poems! Submissions for speculative poetry for SpecPoVerse, Vol. 2, Issue 3 will open on Sept. 1, 2026 and end on October 31, 2026.
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SpecPoVerse, Vol. 2, Issue 2 (2026) is available:
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August 31, 2026 at 9:20 PM
SpecPoVerse, Vol. 2, Issue 2 (2026) is available:
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My new speculative poetry book, Lounging with Strange, is now available for pre-order. It's full of songs, song-like poems, love, horror, humor, puzzlement, and the cosmic bizarre bazaar.
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Lounging With Strange - Gnashing Teeth Publishing
| words that get in your teeth Lounging with Strange is a poetry collection about recognizing how bizarre the denizens of the universe could be and kicking back with those folks, not treating them as ...
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August 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
My new speculative poetry book, Lounging with Strange, is now available for pre-order. It's full of songs, song-like poems, love, horror, humor, puzzlement, and the cosmic bizarre bazaar.
gnashingteethpublishing.com/books/loungi...
gnashingteethpublishing.com/books/loungi...
genderfluid leaks
compassion oil
lubricating our
humanity
compassion oil
lubricating our
humanity
August 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
genderfluid leaks
compassion oil
lubricating our
humanity
compassion oil
lubricating our
humanity
Good news! SpecPoVerse Inc is now a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Time to apply for some grants!
August 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Good news! SpecPoVerse Inc is now a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Time to apply for some grants!
I'll be attending LAcon V virtually. The Virtual Reading is for true nightowls, unless you're in another time zone, so each person who shows up will receive one free poem fom my forthcoming poetry book "Lounging with Strange" each week by email for five weeks (your email must be provided).
August 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I'll be attending LAcon V virtually. The Virtual Reading is for true nightowls, unless you're in another time zone, so each person who shows up will receive one free poem fom my forthcoming poetry book "Lounging with Strange" each week by email for five weeks (your email must be provided).
My SFF short fiction collection is ready for first draft review!
Here's a taste from Siblings of the Scourge:
"We started out as nine Siblings, and now there were seven of us, traveling on an engineless starship propelled by the power of spite. That's what I thought the Scourge was."
Here's a taste from Siblings of the Scourge:
"We started out as nine Siblings, and now there were seven of us, traveling on an engineless starship propelled by the power of spite. That's what I thought the Scourge was."
July 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
My SFF short fiction collection is ready for first draft review!
Here's a taste from Siblings of the Scourge:
"We started out as nine Siblings, and now there were seven of us, traveling on an engineless starship propelled by the power of spite. That's what I thought the Scourge was."
Here's a taste from Siblings of the Scourge:
"We started out as nine Siblings, and now there were seven of us, traveling on an engineless starship propelled by the power of spite. That's what I thought the Scourge was."
Here's the front cover of my upcoming speculative poetry collection Lounging with Strange, to be published very soon!
The front cover is a photo of my painting Old Friends. Updates soon!
The front cover is a photo of my painting Old Friends. Updates soon!
July 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Here's the front cover of my upcoming speculative poetry collection Lounging with Strange, to be published very soon!
The front cover is a photo of my painting Old Friends. Updates soon!
The front cover is a photo of my painting Old Friends. Updates soon!
Space & Time Issue 152, Theme: Reject Fake Muse, is now live with my flash fiction story "Finding the Path." Great poems and stories in this issue from Linda D Addison, Jamal Hodge, Pixie Bruner, Maxwell I. Gold, L. Marie Wood, and many others!
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Space & Time 152
Buy Space & Time 152, Space and Time Magazine, #152 by Angela Yuriko Smith from Booktopia. Get a discounted ePUB from Australia's leading online bookstore.
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July 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Space & Time Issue 152, Theme: Reject Fake Muse, is now live with my flash fiction story "Finding the Path." Great poems and stories in this issue from Linda D Addison, Jamal Hodge, Pixie Bruner, Maxwell I. Gold, L. Marie Wood, and many others!
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Balticon 60!! Sixty years of science fiction and fantasy fandom!
May 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Balticon 60!! Sixty years of science fiction and fantasy fandom!
SpecPoVerse, Vol. 2, Issue 1 has launched! Check out all the great poems as we embark on our second year of publication.
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Specpoverse
Join us in our mission to create a multicultural vision of speculative poetry.
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April 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
SpecPoVerse, Vol. 2, Issue 1 has launched! Check out all the great poems as we embark on our second year of publication.
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@cdbrown.bsky.social Hi! Would you remind me which future issue will have my short story "Synchronicity Redux"?
April 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
@cdbrown.bsky.social Hi! Would you remind me which future issue will have my short story "Synchronicity Redux"?
My poem "Expressions of Love" was published today in Space and Time magazine, Issue 149.
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Available now at your favorite digital store!
Space & Time · 149 by Angela Yuriko Smith
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April 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
My poem "Expressions of Love" was published today in Space and Time magazine, Issue 149.
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I'm going to self-publish a collection of my SFF short stories/novelettes/novellas. Stay tuned!
February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I'm going to self-publish a collection of my SFF short stories/novelettes/novellas. Stay tuned!
From "The First 27":
Hey, I’m Tasha. I’m new here. I returned two months and three days ago. I have two twin eight-year-old girls who want to play with mommy all the time now that she’s not dead anymore. Some days I want to find their real mommy so I can stop babysitting these …doppelgangers.
Hey, I’m Tasha. I’m new here. I returned two months and three days ago. I have two twin eight-year-old girls who want to play with mommy all the time now that she’s not dead anymore. Some days I want to find their real mommy so I can stop babysitting these …doppelgangers.
February 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
From "The First 27":
Hey, I’m Tasha. I’m new here. I returned two months and three days ago. I have two twin eight-year-old girls who want to play with mommy all the time now that she’s not dead anymore. Some days I want to find their real mommy so I can stop babysitting these …doppelgangers.
Hey, I’m Tasha. I’m new here. I returned two months and three days ago. I have two twin eight-year-old girls who want to play with mommy all the time now that she’s not dead anymore. Some days I want to find their real mommy so I can stop babysitting these …doppelgangers.
I submitted a science fiction short story to Space and Time magazine over a year ago. It eventually became a finalist. Now the magazine is restructuring and only publishing themed 1000 word flash fiction and themed poetry, so I now must submit my story to another venue. Suggestions? No MRM please.
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I submitted a science fiction short story to Space and Time magazine over a year ago. It eventually became a finalist. Now the magazine is restructuring and only publishing themed 1000 word flash fiction and themed poetry, so I now must submit my story to another venue. Suggestions? No MRM please.
Received 5 copies of the Sauúti Terrors anthology!
My poem "Sound healing" is on pp. 332-337.
My poem "Sound healing" is on pp. 332-337.
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Received 5 copies of the Sauúti Terrors anthology!
My poem "Sound healing" is on pp. 332-337.
My poem "Sound healing" is on pp. 332-337.
My horror movie preview idea: "Glamour"
Scene:
It's late afternoon on a city street
"Get out of your car!" yells a masked ICE officer, pulling on the door handle. Two other ICE behind him.
The woman inside smiles and says, "This neighborhood is guarded."
"What?"
Roar, agent screams, blood splatter
Scene:
It's late afternoon on a city street
"Get out of your car!" yells a masked ICE officer, pulling on the door handle. Two other ICE behind him.
The woman inside smiles and says, "This neighborhood is guarded."
"What?"
Roar, agent screams, blood splatter
January 26, 2026 at 12:49 AM
My horror movie preview idea: "Glamour"
Scene:
It's late afternoon on a city street
"Get out of your car!" yells a masked ICE officer, pulling on the door handle. Two other ICE behind him.
The woman inside smiles and says, "This neighborhood is guarded."
"What?"
Roar, agent screams, blood splatter
Scene:
It's late afternoon on a city street
"Get out of your car!" yells a masked ICE officer, pulling on the door handle. Two other ICE behind him.
The woman inside smiles and says, "This neighborhood is guarded."
"What?"
Roar, agent screams, blood splatter
I set up a copper electroplating a key experiment as a hands-on STEM activity for students at Baker Middle School students, and I realized that I never got to do fun, practical stuff like this in college. Why did they avoid the useful, interesting experiments?
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I set up a copper electroplating a key experiment as a hands-on STEM activity for students at Baker Middle School students, and I realized that I never got to do fun, practical stuff like this in college. Why did they avoid the useful, interesting experiments?
As SpecPoVerse is starting its second year of publication, I encourage folks to donate to keep it going. The zine is sustained by my side gig, and all the money I make is paid to poets and to keep the website around. Any amount helps. Thank you for your support!
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January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
As SpecPoVerse is starting its second year of publication, I encourage folks to donate to keep it going. The zine is sustained by my side gig, and all the money I make is paid to poets and to keep the website around. Any amount helps. Thank you for your support!
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
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Cardamom orange almond cookies
January 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Cardamom orange almond cookies
Just baked cardamom orange almond cookies. Very tasty!
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Just baked cardamom orange almond cookies. Very tasty!
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
1 stick unsalted butter
2 cups freshly ground almonds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
zest of 3 oranges
By hand, combine all in bowl and mix evenly until dough forms. Bake for 14 min at 350 deg. F.
