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My final pitch for the day!

“All Roads Lead to Roam” my nomadpunk collection

- transience as resilience
- radical adaptability
- wandering forests, roaming campervans, peripatetic mushroom vendors, people who move with the seasons and without permission

#HopePit #solarpunk #querying #nomadpunk
Golden manu cornuto charm with words “All Roads Lead to Roam” Words: Move free and plant things Illustration: person reclining in an alpine valley next to a bicycle with a large photovoltaic display
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Whelp…I’m at a bit of a loss- incredibly touched to see my antifascist nomadpunk story “A Charm to Keep the Evil Eye Away from Your Campervan; or, Roamin’ Rights” (from the Strange Horizons/ @fightforthefuture.org Stop Copaganda contest) selected for 2025!

Thank you very much, Maria, for reading.
mariahaskins.com Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · Sep 30
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
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October 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
A little solarpunk/nomadpunk to get you through the day! Bikes, grasslands, and trespassing- what’s not to like?

#shortstory #solarpunk #clifi #fiction
cbdroege.bsky.social CB Droege (Manawaker) @cbdroege.bsky.social · Jun 26
✏️ Some lines were meant to be erased.

🎙️ Manawaker Studio presents:
"The Prairie School" by Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social

🎧 Any podcast app
❤️ Supported by patrons! www.patreon.com/manawaker/po...
#FlashFiction #FictionPodcast #SpecFic #NewEpisode #booksky #conservation
June 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
And as promised: lunar tardigrade eco-fiction

Please support this wonderful new magazine and all the contributors to this issue

@stateofmatter.bsky.social #scifi #clifi #solarpunk #nomadpunk #waterbears
stateofmatter.bsky.social State of Matter @stateofmatter.bsky.social · Feb 18
“Searching For Water Bears” by @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social: #scifi about finding hope in the smallest of things, literally, before you leap into space.

Read this one before a big event.

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Searching For Water Bears – State of Matter
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February 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
NOMADPUNK; OR, ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM

Solarpunk nomadism stories featuring

- Wandering forests that trespass
- DIY nomads vs autonomous vehicles
- Running away with the circus
- Smugglers sabotaging border surveillance
- Lots of solar panels. Like, a lot.

#questpit #sf #clifi #collection #Q
Illustration of a golden mano cornuta on a golden chain with stylized topographical lines, set against a black backdrop. The text reads “ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM” Illustration of an e-bike attached to a large flower-petal style photovoltaic array, sitting on a grassy hill with mountains and a river valley in the distance. In the middle ground, a person reclines on the edge of the hill. The text reads “Nomadpunk: Move Free and Plant Things” Blue text on a yellow field: ALL ROATS LEAT TO ROAM • CLIMATE RESTLIENCE THROUGH NOMADISM • BORDERS? WHAT BORDERS! MINIMALIST LIVING, MAXIMALIST HOPE
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Hello #HopePit I’m Chris! I write nomadpunk, anti-authoritarian climate fiction about resilience and mobility. Currently querying two story collections!

What gives me hope is meeting so many people doing great work. Also great food and great wine. Those give me hope too. And my kids. Also.
hopepit.bsky.social #HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social · Nov 5
Day 1: #Hopepit meet & greet!

Let's get to know each other a little!
Introduce yourself, drop a photo or video if you like

Maybe share what brings you hope 🌞 🌱
background photo of colored flame by @arachnereid.bsky.social words: Wed Nov 5 meet & greet Introduce yourself & your work 🌞 What brings you hope? 🌞 Use #Hopepit hashtag & engage with others to uplift hopepunk & build community #Hopepit hype event November 9 🌞🌱 Let’s elevate hope! 🌱🌞
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
WIP

#solarpunk #nomadpunk #somuchgrass
September 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
This is my nomadpunk short story collection! Resilience, sustainability, harmony, hope, and freedom- all through mobility.

With:
- Antifascist Italian van-lifers
- Seed smugglers
- Wandering forests and their shepherds
- Anarchist cowboys…in the sky

#q #collection #clifi #solarpunk #nomadpunk
Golden mano cornuta charm on a golden chain, set against a black backdrop. The words read “All Roads Lead to Roam”
April 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Illustration of a person reclining in a mountain valley, next to an e-bike with a large photovoltaic array. Text reads “nomadpunk: move free and plant things” Nomadpunk - solarpunk nomadism - mobility as resilience - move free and plant things
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
#clifipit was postponed but I’d still love to hear what everyone is working on!

I was planning on pitching one nomadpunk collection (solarpunk nomadism) and one that was a shared-world collection of solarpunk/nomadpunk in the North American West

Tell me yours!

#clifi #solarpunk #writersky
Illustration of a person reclining on a hill next to a e-bike with an oversized flower-shaped solar charger. A wide angle river and tall mountains are in the background. The text reads: “nomadpunk” “move free and plant things” Aerial view illustration of a person on a horse, towing hovering greenhouse, crossing a field of swaying grass. The text reads: Unbarbing of Wire A golden mano cornuto charm with topographic lines, set against a black background. The text reads: All roads lead to roam All Roads Lead to Roam - climate resilience through nomadism - Borders? What borders? - Minimalist living, maximalist hope
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
I’ve got a story out tomorrow doo-da doo-da
It’s about cowboy anarchists seeding clouds all the doo da day

#writing #solarpunk #nomadpunk #ghostridersinthesky
May 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
I got to sit down with Bogdana Rakova and discuss friction, fiction, solarpunk, nomadism, and digital human rights- read the interview here

#solarpunk #nomadism #nomadpunk

speculativefriction.substack.com/p/collective...
Collective Bargaining Through Code: How Solarpunk Fiction Imagines AI Beyond Corporate Control
A conversation with Christopher Muscato
speculativefriction.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
I haven’t talked too much on here about nomadpunk, my concept of a nomadism-driven #solarpunk movement. But I’m giving a webinar on it tomorrow, so if you’d like to learn about nomadpunk here’s an essay I wrote for the Solarpunk Conference (page 99)

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The Solarpunk Conference Journal: 2023 Conference
The Solarpunk Conference Journal is a collection of 13 papers combining papers given at the conference alongside additional papers from conference applicants. These papers look at solarpunk, engaging ...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
All Roads Lead to Roam: a Nomadpunk Collection

Roaming forests! Border-subverting smugglers! Mushroom gardens in the clouds! Cowboy anarchists! And more!

Short climate fiction stories of resilience, hope, and above all, movement

#DVpit #scifi #clifi #solarpunk #short
#collection
Gold mano cornuto charm with topographical lines on a chain, against a black background. The text in gold reads “All Roads Lead to Roam”. Art by me. Gold text on a black backdrop reading “They tried to catch me once or twice/for crossing their borders/but what are paper lines/when the winds give me my orders?” Dark blue text on a yellow backdrop reading: ALL ROATS LEAD TO ROAM • CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH NOMADISM • BORDERS? WHAT BORDERS? * MINIMALIST LIVING, MAXIMALIST HOPE Black letters on a yellow backdrop reading: Nomadpunk • solarpunk nomadism • mobility as resilience • move free and plant things
October 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Hey #hopepit here’s some digital doodles that helped me think through a few of my nomadpunk stories!

My writing is about mobility as a form of climate resilience and ecological harmony, and doing these doodles helps me set the vibes

#clifi #solarpunk #hopepunk
Digital illustration of a person in a broad-brimmed hat, riding a horse with a hovering greenhouse-cart in tow. The illustration is an aerial perspective, set against a field of waving green-gold grass. Digital illustration of a bicycle attached to a large photovoltaic array, parked on a hill overlooking a river valley, with mountains in the distance. A person reclines on the hillside.
April 20, 2026 at 1:48 PM
arachnereid.bsky.social
oh yeah! Would you consider that nomadpunk?
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
arachnereid.bsky.social
I'm excited to see more about nomadpunk! Reminds me of that story, maybe you even shared (?) about the person who lived in a trail that got stuck in an earthquake chasm.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Art share day! Here’s some doodles for the nomadpunk collections I’m querying

Show us some of your hopeful, human-made art too!

#HopePit #Artshare #solarpunk #clifi #hopepunk
Illustration of me in a red shirt and yellow hat with the word “Hey” in yellow Illustration of a person reclining in an Alpine meadow, overlooking a river with mountains in the background. In the foreground is an e-bike with a flower-petal photovoltaic array Aerial view of a person in a cowboy hat, riding a horse that is pulling a hovering greenhouse. The ground is filled with swaying green and gold prairie grass
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Love getting an author’s copy :)

Great to see my ode to laziness in this amazing @writehive.bsky.social anthology about hope and curiosity (which arrived in just the classiest packaging from Inked in Gray Press, might I add)

#solarpunk #nomadpunk #clifi #lazy

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Cover of the book “Rescuing Curiosity: A Writehive Anthology”. On top of the book is a bookmark that says “words make art” and “inked in gray” First page of the story “Hardly Working” by Christopher R. Muscato. The first lines are: Work was vital and good. Like any good, productive member of society, Paul lived by this mantra.
April 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
A few snippets from my nomadpunk collection!

#HopePit #solarpunk #writersky
"But her father always said that a utopia was not a place where things were perfect, only a place that was willing to address its own imperfections. And now she was part of that." "THE TIDES ROLLED IN" THEY TRIED TO CATCH ME ONCE OR TWICE/FOR CROSSING THEIR BORDERS/BUT WHAT ARE PAPER LINES/WHEN WINDS GIVE ME MY ORDERS? "PASSAGE MIGRANT" EVENTUALLY, I FOUND MY PLACE IN THE CIRCUS. IT WAS A NATURAL FIT. I BECAME AN ESCAPEARTIST "THE BALLAD OF GUAN ZONGYING"
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
Need something to read/ listen to tonight? I’ve got a new story out at Drabblecast about autonomous vehicles and the descent of civilization into fascism…also togas

#solarpunk #nomadpunk #scifi #writesky

www.drabblecast.org/2026/05/06/d...
Drabblecast 509 – All Roads Lead to Roam
Norm gives us the low down on his disgusting clot procedure, and we present the story “All Roads Lead to Roam” by Christopher R. Muscato. Like the story? Why not follow Christopher&#821…
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May 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
wcsfa.bsky.social
WCSFA is putting out a Call for Concept Sketches for our Fall 2026 event art.

Theme: Pick Your Punk: Living Through the 21st Century

Cyberpunk, solarpunk, space nomads, junkpunk, nomadpunk, hopeful futures, messy futures

— bring us your weird little future visions.

🧵 1/4
May 26, 2026 at 2:16 AM
chrisrmuscato.bsky.social
In which my friend Val discusses nomadism, climate resilience, and human rights- partially inspired by a conversation we had at RightsCon in Taiwan

#nomadism #nomadpunk

valelefante.substack.com/p/my-adventu...
My Adventures in Nomadism: A History, Theory, and Practice
I wrote a fun-filled essay to catch y'all up on what's been going on in my life. Hint: working, traveling, and living my dream🥹
valelefante.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
northernkender.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy
Запись одной из песен Ермена Анти на квартирнике в #осло 22 мая. Здание, где проходил квартирник, скоро снесут.

"Они прошли":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3Q88e724o

#ерменанти #адаптация #nomadpunk
June 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM