fugitivesandfuturists.com/fiction/pietro PIETRO by Karina Bush (K A R I N A) “𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙚?”  “𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬”, 𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙚.   “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚”.  𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

Man, Moon and Stars moma.org/collection/wor…

Return of the Gravitron [Dan McNeil, 2025]

My second appearance in a Stanchion issue is an editor's love song to poetry. Sharing the title and epigraph here. Thank you, François Bereaud and Jeff Bogle, for publishing me again. Get 90+ pages of poetry, prose and photography in Stanchion Issue 19, now at a reduced price. 👇

Oh no, it's August, and that means Ansible 457.... news.ansible.uk/a457.html

Except from ‘And Life, Orbiting A Main Sequence Star II’ [story and art by Dan McNeil, 2021] fugitivesandfuturists.com/fiction/and-li…

Atomic Twister [Dan McNeil, 2022]

One Afternoon At The Beach With My Missing Friends [Dan McNeil, 2023]

The Illusion of Visual Noise II [Dan McNeil, 2023]

I'm tired of this back-slappin' "isn't humanity neat" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes. [Bill Hicks]

The late John Brunner was a brilliant science fiction writer who needs a new generation of readers. His greatest novel is Stand on Zanzibar, the title a reference to how big an island would be required for the human race to stand on shoulder to shoulder.

Patty Hearst, 1974

The Entrance of Photonic Glory [Dan McNeil, 2023]

The Petroleum Psychopaths II [Dan McNeil, 2023]

The Gallery Trap [Dan McNeil, 2024] donotsubmit.net/the-gallery-tr… don't submit!

Through Their Prisons Peered the Eyes of the Dead [Dan McNeil, 2024]

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse | Environment | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Some new followers over the last few days, thanks. I’m an extremely unprolific writer of very short fiction: surrealistic, weird, horror type stuff. I also create art, mainly to moodboard the writing. linktr.ee/DanMcNeil dan-mcneil.com

Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm | Richard Dannatt | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

The all-female rescue mission to Mars: my opera about a toxic tech bro takeover of the red planet | Opera | The Guardian theguardian.com/music/2025/aug…